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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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08MOSCOW509COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL HAN
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Shelly Han, Senior Advisor, and Mr. Kyle Parker, Staff Advisor, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, from March 1-7. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970-4996 (cell); E [...]
2008-02-26 09:40:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM RS
08MOSCOW520ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...]
2008-02-26 15:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF
08MOSCOW530NORTH CAUCASUS SECURITY: CHECHNYA BETTER, OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: While the security environment in Chechnya has stabilized sufficiently to allow the Danish Refugee Council to base its operations in Grozny, Ingushetiya and Dagestan are experiencing increased violence due to separatist and extremist activities, high unemployment rates, easy avai [...]
2008-02-27 12:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PGOV ASEC RS
08MOSCOW531RUSSIAN PRISONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian prison system combines the country's emblematic features - vast distances, harsh climate, and an uncaring bureaucracy - and fuses them into a massive instrument of punishment. Russia imprisons a greater portion of its population than almost any other country in the world (s [...]
2008-02-27 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TBIO RS
08MOSCOW538KOZAK ON ECONOMIC DECENTRALIZATION, REGIONAL
[...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, Minister of Regional Development Dmitry Kozak told the Ambassador that the GOR was committed to a policy of economic decentralization but that the pace would vary from region to region depending on local factors, above all local leadership. Kozak said different r [...]
2008-02-27 15:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW558MEDVEDEV AND RUSSIA'S NATIONAL PRIORITY PROJECTS
[...] (C) President Putin's choice of Dmitry Medvedev as his successor has been cause for optimism among much of Russia's business elite, who point to Medvedev's calls for more economic freedom. However, Medvedev's public record provides little substance to support this rhetoric. In addition to hi [...]
2008-02-28 15:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV RS SOCI
08MOSCOW56SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's season for political surprises has ended. The country now looks set to continue Putin's domestic and foreign policies with the expected shift to Medvedev as President and Putin as Prime Minister this spring. The expected Putin-Medvedev team appears set to ensure conti [...]
2008-01-10 17:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON OVIP PGOV RS
08MOSCOW630THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin and an important factor in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP [...]
2008-03-06 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW635KASHIN PROTESTS, BUT NOT TO EMBASSY OR MFA
[...] (SBU) Aleksandr Kashin, who was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a 1998 traffic accident involving then Consul General in Vladivostok Douglas Kent, traveled to Moscow on March 3 where he reportedly continues a hunger strike, apparently initiated to draw attention to his plight and [...]
2008-03-06 13:30:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI RS KJUS
08MOSCOW64RUSSIA: WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
[...] On January 9, 2008 post delivered reftel invitation from Secretary Rice for a Russian delegation to attend WIREC 2008 to the SIPDIS Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov. Invitation was sent through Mr. Igor Neverov, Director of the North America Department at the Ministry of Foreign A [...]
2008-01-14 10:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY EPET EAID SOCI KSCA KGHG KPAO RS
08MOSCOW682RUSSIAN FASCINATION WITH U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Compared to Russia's recent presidential elections, Russian interest in the U.S. presidential elections is hard to miss here. Newspapers are filled with stories on the race and profiles of the leading candidates' views on U.S.-Russia relations. Polling data suggests that 63 per [...]
2008-03-11 15:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW687KAZAN REMAINS TIED TO MOSCOW DESPITE TATARSTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Despite its unique status within the Russian Federation negotiated with the central government under Yeltsin in 1994 and again with Putin in 2007, Tatarstan is firmly part of Russia and seems set to remain so under Medvedev. President Mintimer Shamiyev is currently very much in [...]
2008-03-12 14:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RS
08MOSCOW688TATARSTAN VIES TO REMAIN LEADER OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Although its image as a center of Islam may have been tarnished somewhat during almost 70 years of obedience to Moscow during the Soviet period, the government of Tatarstan and the religious leadership there are now attempting to shore up their position as not only a leading for [...]
2008-03-12 14:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR RS
08MOSCOW717COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. EXPERTS FOR CFE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Laurendeau, Donna Phelan, and Michael Q. Powell for the CFE Consultations from March 16-19, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Michael Kelleher, tel. 7-495-728-5311; 7-495-737-5065 (hm); 7-495-774-2573 (cell); E-mail is KelleherMJ@state.G [...]
2008-03-14 14:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT PARM PREL KFCE RS
08MOSCOW732COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL TALWAR
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Puneet Talwar, Senior Professional Staff Member Senate Foreign Relations Committee, from March 19-22, 2008. 2. Control Officer is Dereck Hogan, tel. 7-495-728-5152; 7-495-728-5451 (hm); 7-495-970-4995 (cell); E-mail is HoganDJ@state.Gov. [...]
2008-03-17 14:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH RS
08MOSCOW751THE ISLAMIC FACTOR IN RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: Expanding Russia's ties with the Islamic world has been a priority for Putin in his efforts to revitalize Russian foreign policy. The GOR has increased bilateral diplomacy with Muslim states, ratcheted up involvement in the Middle East peace process (MEPP) and the Organization o [...]
2008-03-19 13:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KISL PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW768BP AND TNK-BP OFFICES RAIDED BY AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) Russian authorities raided the offices of TNK-BP on the morning of March 19 and, later that day, the offices of BP Russia. TNK-BP VP for International Affairs, Amcit Shawn McCormick, told us late that night that the raid had been conducted by the FSB. McCormick and a contact at BP said th [...]
2008-03-20 16:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW813YOUNG RUSSIA TAKES AIM AT CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a ruling by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) that the GOR should "correct" the situation faced by the un-registered Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology in Russia (COS),the COS has been under investigation by the Ministry of Internal Af [...]
2008-03-25 12:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW817MOSCOW UNDERSTANDS IRANIAN AMBITIONS, SAY RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent round of meetings, prominent Russian analysts argued that Russia's long history of dealing with Iran and its willing understanding of Iran's ambitions to be a great power in the Middle East and wider Islamic world are two important factors in appreciating the GOR appr [...]
2008-03-25 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ETRD IR RS
08MOSCOW821DUMA PASSES STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 21, the State Duma passed the Strategic Sectors Law (SSL) in its second reading, clearing a path for President Putin to sign the law that will regulate foreign investment into Russia's "strategic sectors." The version passed by the Duma increases the number of sectors [...]
2008-03-26 05:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ENRG EPET RS
08MOSCOW857RUSSIA CONCERNED POLITICS UNDERCUTS PAKISTANI
[...] (C) Summary: Russia is concerned that Pakistan's new coalition government will fail to aggressively pursue Islamic extremists. MFA observers lament the diminished influence of Musharraf, Russia's preferred Pakistani leader, and hope that he could make a comeback if a new government comes to p [...]
2008-03-28 13:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK RS
08MOSCOW859RUSSIAN DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL NAZAROV ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with SFRC Staff Member Puneet Talwar and DCM, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Nazarov praised P5 1 unity on Iran, but argued that SIPDIS a lack of a roadmap, the failure to lay out positive inducements for Iranian action, over-reliance on sanct [...]
2008-03-28 13:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNDP RS IR
08MOSCOW932SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...]
2008-04-04 06:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW954KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 07:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALCASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS
08MOSCOW956RUSSIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ AND IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Present and former Russian officials welcomed the message from the Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, that the U.S. encouraged increased Russian engagement in Iraq during a round of April 2-3 meetings, and pressed the U.S. to broaden [...]
2008-04-08 07:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW957RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND
[...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]
2008-04-08 07:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW963KERENSKY-ERA CLAIMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED MARCH 20
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-08 12:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALCASC ECON KGCN KIDE PREL RS
08MOSCOW991CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY MOSCOW CENTER LOSES ITS LEASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A representative from the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology (COS) informed us that the lease for its center next to the Bauman State Technical University was not renewed and that the organization must vacate the premises by May 15. The COS representative said that the [...]
2008-04-10 15:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI RS
08MUMBAI113CODEL PELOSI HEARS FROM INDIAN INDUSTRIALISTS THAT MARKET
[...] (U) Summary: In an open and wide-ranging discussion, India's leading businessmen told Speaker Pelosi and her delegation that they prefer market incentives rather than tax policy to promote environmentally-friendly technology. They also stressed that, given high energy prices, large Indian c [...]
2008-03-27 10:28:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ENRG TSPL ETRD IN
08MUMBAI284MAHARASHTRA AG-EXPERTS AGREE THAT INDIAN FARMERS ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, a senior Foreign Agriculture Service official met with agricultural experts in Maharashtra to discuss rising global food prices and the impact on farmers of the food exports ban. There was a general consensus that the export ban harmed local farmers but that the go [...]
2008-06-13 10:13:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON IN
08MUMBAI339MUMBAI MASALA JUL 16, 2008: GUJARATI MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Table of Contents: - Gujarat Liberal Muslim Leader Says that State's Muslims are Progressing Despite Neglect from State Government - Gujarat reports an Increase in Female Births - Amarnath Shrine Protests Turn Violent in Indore, Madhya Pradesh Liberal Gujarat Muslim Leader Says tha [...]
2008-07-16 06:03:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PHUM KWMN IN
08MUMBAI359MUMBAI MASALA JULY 25, 2008: AGITATION IN GUJARAT, RBI TALKS
[...] (U) Table of Contents: -Agitation Against Hindu Spiritual Leader in Gujarat Turns Violent -RBI Talks about Financial Inclusion Developments -Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission Describes Its Efforts AGITATION AGAINST HINDU SPIRITUAL LEADER IN GUJARAT TURNS VIOLENT --- [...]
2008-07-25 05:20:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ECON EFIN PGOV IN
08MUMBAI364MUMBAI ON HIGH ALERT AS AHMEDABAD RETURNS TO NORMAL AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following serial blasts in two major cities on July 25 (Bangalore) and July 26 (Ahmedabad),India's commercial capital Mumbai will continue to remain on high alert until at least Indian Independence Day on August 15. In the meantime, life is returning to normal in Ahmedabad and [...]
2008-07-28 11:28:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV ECON PK IN
08MUMBAI365MUMBAI EAC MEETING AND AHMEDABAD BLAST UPDATE
[...] (U) American Consulate General Mumbai's Emergency Action Committee met to discuss the July 26, 2008 bombings in Ahmedabad, India. Since the initial attack on July 26, 2008 up to fifteen improvised explosive devices have been found and safely disarmed by police bomb squad personnel. EAC Mumbai [...]
2008-07-29 11:04:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV IN
08MUMBAI367R VISAS -- FRAUD IN THE NAME OF GOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post Mumbai detects significant fraud among applicants for Religious Worker (R-1) visas. Mumbai refused nearly 52% of all applicants seeking R-1 religious worker visas in CY 2007. Following aggressive FPU investigations in Gujarat and Maharashtra States, CY2008 R-1 visa refu [...]
2008-07-29 14:53:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SOCI KCRM KFRD IN
08MUMBAI46INDIAN IT AND TEXTILE INDUSTRIES STRUGGLE TO COPE WITH
[...] (U) This cable is classified as sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: India's two largest foreign exchange earners - the textile and IT industries -- are struggling to adjust to the appreciation of the Indian rupee against the dollar. However, in a series o [...]
2008-02-11 11:12:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD IN
08MUMBAI480MAHARASHTRA SEED COMPANIES CLAIM THAT GM CROPS ARE
[...] (U) Maharashtra-based seed companies told Congenoffs that Bt-cotton seeds are "beneficial" to farmers and "necessary" to raise the yield of cotton. They also stated that despite being more expensive, the use of Bt-cotton seeds results in considerable savings to the farmers due to reduced pest [...]
2008-10-08 11:40:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ECON IN
08MUMBAI491DOW CONTINUES TO RUN THE GAMUT OF INDIAN POLITICS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 1 Maharashtra Chief Minister (CM) Vilasrao Deshmukh ordered a halt to construction of the Dow Chemical Company's Research and Development facility near Pune until a commission can review Dow's plans. The CM ordered this halt to defuse broadening protests against the constr [...]
2008-10-15 04:31:00Consulate MumbaiCONFIDENTIALEINV EIND ECON PGOV IN
08MUMBAI505RAJ THACKERAY ARRESTED; MUMBAI EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 21,
[...] (SBU) Summary: American Consulate General Mumbai Emergency Action Committee met on Oct 21, 2008 to discuss the arrest of Raj Thackeray, founder and president of the pro-Marathi Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) Party. The arrest occurred early morning Oct 21st at Ratnagiri in South Maharashtra [...]
2008-10-21 11:53:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC IN PREL PGOV PHUM
08MUMBAI513RAJ THACKERAY OUT ON BAIL, GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA PLANS
[...] (U) Summary: Facing multiple criminal charges across Maharashtra stemming from October 19 attacks against North Indian candidates for the Indian Railway exam by his Maharashtra Navnirman Sena supporters, Raj Thackeray appealed to the Sessions Court and was granted preemptory bail and an order [...]
2008-10-27 10:01:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08MUMBAI545TERRORISTS LAUNCH COORDINATED ATTACKS THROUGHOUT MUMBAI
[...] Summary. Beginning at about 9:30 pm local time on November 26, an unconfirmed number of terrorists launched coordinated attacks on at least five of South Mumbai's key hotels, hospitals, restaurants, and rail stations. Currently, at least 100 people are reported dead, of which at least six ar [...]
2008-11-27 08:34:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER IN
08MUMBAI546(SITREP 2) MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS: SECURITY FORCES
[...] (SBU) An RSO team has visited both the Trident/Oberoi Hotel and Nariman (Chabad) House, where two of the three hostage standoffs continue. According to RSO investigators at the Trident/Oberoi, the Ministry of Home Affairs paramilitary force, the National Security Guards (NSG) have cleared the [...]
2008-11-27 12:53:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI547SITREP 3: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES PREPARE
[...] (SBU) At 5 pm, the Consul General, A/RSO, and Acting PAO visited the Oberoi/Trident, Taj Palace Hotel, and Nariman (Chabad) House sites to gauge the response and strategy of the paramilitary and police forces in dealing with the hostage situations. Despite an army and police cordon, the CG's [...]
2008-11-27 19:40:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI548SITREP 4: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS - SECURITY FORCES BEGIN
[...] (SBU) As of 12 pm, operations continue at all three hostage sites: the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, the Trident/Oberoi hotels and Nariman (Chabad) House. National Security Guard (NSG)forces have continued clearing operations at both hotels, though an unidentified number of terrorists are still pres [...]
2008-11-28 08:28:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI550SITREP 6: OPERATIONS CONTINUE AT TAJ; 5 AMCITS CONFIRMED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 22:12:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08MUMBAI551SITREP #7: AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60 HOURS, ALL
[...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault during the night. (Operations at Nariman House had ended around midnight on Friday/Saturd [...]
2008-11-29 06:34:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI552SITREP #7 (CORRECTED): AN INDIAN TRAGEDY ENDS; AFTER 60
[...] (SBU) Around 9 a.m. local time on Saturday, November 29, J.K. Dutt, Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) forces, said that NSG forces killed three of the terrorists during a final assault at the Taj Mahal Hotel that ended in the morning. (Operations at Nariman House had ended [...]
2008-11-29 09:19:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN
08MUMBAI553SITREP #8: CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AT TAJ; CITY BEGINS TO RETURN
[...] (SBU) Since the ending of tactical operations at the Taj Palace Hotel by National Security Guard (NSG) forces, access to the Taj Hotel has been slow. Police told RSO teams at the hotel that there is still unexploded ordinance in the hotel. There were several explosions in the hotel as late as [...]
2008-11-29 11:47:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV PREL IN
08MUMBAI554MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN TO NORMALCY
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...]
2008-11-30 08:38:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI555CORRECTED COPY: MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS, SITREP #9: RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the tragedy sinks in, Mumbai's residents are coming to terms with their grief for those lost in the attacks, and beginning to return to the normal lives. The media extensively covered the funerals of prominent police officials, actors, and businesspeople who were killed in t [...]
2008-11-30 08:56:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV IN
08MUMBAI569INDIAN INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE GRAPPLES WITH NEW REALITIES
[...] (U) Summary. The global credit crisis has hit infrastructure finance in India, making it difficult for financiers and development companies to raise funds to start or continue projects. While slow execution, regulatory uncertainty, high commodity prices, and investment barriers have slowed [...]
2008-12-05 07:53:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IN
08MUNICH175AUDI ON EU CO2 RULES, THE FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE, AND THE
[...] (SBU) Senior Audi officials told ConGen Munich they share BMW's view that proposed EU CO2 rules represent nothing less than French industrial policy. Going a step further, they made the questionable argument that the EU rules would effectively "kill" the European auto industry while achieving [...]
2008-05-14 05:30:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL FR GM
08MUNICH319GERMANY/BAVARIAN ELECTIONS - HISTORIC VOTE COULD END AN ERA
[...] (SBU) Bavarian voters go to the polls September 28, but the election could have an impact beyond Bavaria's borders. If the ruling Christian Social Union (CSU) falls below its own goal of 50 percent of the vote, it could scuttle the careers of the CSU leadership duo and shake up the local gove [...]
2008-09-25 05:48:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM
08MUNICH373 OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE AND INVITATION TO THE
[...] Consulate Munich received a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama dated November 5 from Horst Seehofer, Minister President of Bavaria. The letter includes an invitation to the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy (MSC),February 6-8, 2009. The conference regularly at [...]
2008-11-18 10:22:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP PGOV ASEC GM
08MUNICH384GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: Scene Setter for the
[...] (SBU) The annual Munich Security Conference, the "Davos of the security world," uniquely brings official national delegations together with private opinion makers and experts in an informal setting conducive to lively debate and dialogue. The MSC this year holds its first session on Friday, F [...]
2008-12-08 10:37:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTAGS
08MUNICH388 GERMAN "INDEPENDENTS" CHALLENGE MAINLINE PARTIES IN
[...] (SBU) A new sort of German politician, the Freie Waehler (Independent Voters) (FW),has invaded the parliamentary turf of establishment parties at the top of Bavarian politics. Their leadership dreams expansively of its first-ever nationwide campaign for the European Parliament in June 2009, h [...]
2008-12-12 12:13:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV GM INRB
08MUNICH409 EU/GALILEO/GPS: POLITICAL CAVEATS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: American subcontractors could be well-placed to partner with primary EU contractors as the EU presses on with its aggressive schedule to attain an operational 30-satellite Galileo constellation by 2013. Successful bidders will have to keep in mind that Galileo projects have tech [...]
2008-12-19 10:44:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA GM
08MUNICH54AFGHANISTAN GETS TOP BILLING AT MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The need for greater Allied solidarity in meeting the demands of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion at the February 8-10 Munich Security Conference (see ref A for full overview of conference). It was not only the subject of Secretary Gates' prepare [...]
2008-02-12 09:01:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR NATO GM AF
08MUNICH59MUNICH CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY AT INFINEON
[...] Summary. The themes of Munich's 2008 Consular Leadership Day were the CA Leadership Tenets "Learn Constantly" and "Build Great Teams." On January 30 we traveled together to Regensburg, about 90 minutes from Munich, where the German semiconductor company Infineon manufactures the electronic c [...]
2008-02-12 14:54:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT GM
08MUNICH68A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried noted that Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov's Munich speech was a welcome change in tone from other senior Russian statements. The discussion focused primarily on Kosovo. Fried urged Russia to be constructive with Serbia and Kosovo; the U.S. had a disagreement over Kosov [...]
2008-02-14 09:39:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PARM PREL GM RS
08MUNICH94EADS' TANKER WIN - ANATOMY OF A (VERY BIG) DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) THE FEBRUARY 29 ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE U.S. AIR FORCE WOULD AWARD A USD 40 BILLION CONTRACT FOR AERIAL REFUELING TANKERS TO A CONSORTIUM FORMED BY EADS AND NORTHROP GRUMMAN, A DEAL THAT DEFENSE EXPERTS HAD BEEN ALL- BUT-CERTAIN WOULD GO TO BOEING, LANDED LIKE A BOMBSHELL AT EADS' CO-HEADQU [...]
2008-03-03 18:04:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM
08MUSCAT104MEDIA REACTION: GAZA UNDER TWO SEIGES; OMAN JOURNALIST
[...] SUMMARY: The editorial in private Arabic daily "Al Zaman" commented that Fatah leader Abbas is pressuring Hamas for a truce. Private youth-oriented Arabic daily "Al Shabiba" praised an Omani journalist working for Al Hurra TV, saying that Omani journalists can demonstrate their true talent in f [...]
2008-02-06 11:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT129MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI BLOCKADE OF GAZA
[...] SUMMARY: The editorials in private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" and government-owned "Oman" commented on the need to save Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the basis of moral and legal concerns and human rights. END SUMMARY. ------------------------ MORAL AND LEGAL COLLAPSE ------------------ [...]
2008-02-12 13:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT160GOVERNMENT USING MEDIA TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT TIP
[...] (SBU) Over the past few months, Oman's public and private press has run a number of articles about trafficking in persons (TIP) in which government officials have publicly acknowledged TIP and their actions to combat it. On February 16, the government-owned, Arabic-language daily "Oman" carri [...]
2008-02-24 12:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT169OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER
[...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]
2008-02-27 11:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08MUSCAT173MEDIA REACTION: DEMOCRATS ABANDON IRAQ; MOUSSA POSTPONEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in government-owned "Oman" said that America has failed to keep its promise to Iraq, evident by escalating violence and pursuit of an exit strategy. Private "Al Watan" described the challenges facing Amr Moussa in bringing the different parties closer. It also hailed Presid [...]
2008-02-27 13:49:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT174ADMIRAL WILLIAM J. FALLON'S MEETING WITH SULTAN
[...] (C) Sultan Qaboos discussed both domestic and regional issues during his February 19 meeting with Admiral William J. Fallon, CENTCOM Commander. On the domestic front, the Sultan described his desire to empower the government to be more responsive to citizen concerns. Seeking to strengthen th [...]
2008-03-01 05:49:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ENRG KWMN IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT187NEW FOREIGN FIRMS SEEK FOOTHOLDS IN OMAN
[...] (C) According to a key project development banker in Oman, new foreign firms, including those from Iran and China, are attempting to gain a foothold in Oman amidst the current construction boom. So far, entry has not been easy, in spite of Oman's generally clean tender process. Competence, [...]
2008-03-03 12:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL IR MU
08MUSCAT195OMAN MEDIA CALLS FOR ARAB (AND PALESTINIAN) UNITY
[...] In response to the recent escalation of conflict in Gaza, Omani media outlets have called for renewed Arab unity in support of the Palestinians. Under the March 2 headline, "So that Silence Is Not Consent," private Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" urged uniform condemnation not only of Israeli [...]
2008-03-05 13:22:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KPAL PBTS KPAO MU
08MUSCAT198SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...]
2008-03-05 15:53:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS
08MUSCAT235SULTAN'S ADVISOR SPEAKS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Iran is taking advantage of America's misperceived weakness in the region in order to court the Arab street and fill the resulting power vacuum in the region, according to Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas. In a meeting with the Ambassador March 25, [...]
2008-03-26 11:58:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN IR MU
08MUSCAT237SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...]
2008-03-26 13:29:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON
08MUSCAT281Oman Media Reaction: Gaza Blockade; Anniversary of Iraqi
[...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" continues to focus on Israel's blockade of Gaza and on Palestinian suffering, calling for dialogue between Hamas and Fatah. It also condemned not only the Israeli collective punishment against Palestinian civilians, but also condemned the silence of the internationa [...]
2008-04-15 10:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT297SENIOR OMANI DELEGATION VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (U) A delegation of Omani officials, led by Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmud al-Sa'id, arrived in Tehran on April 20 for a three-day official visit to Iran. According to the Oman News Agency, the delegation included Sayyid Haitham bin Tariq al-Sa'id (Minister of Heritage and Cultu [...]
2008-04-21 13:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT298OMAN MEDIA REACTION: PALESTINIAN FACTS, IRAQI REALITY AND
[...] SUMMARY: private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" continues to opine on the conundrum of Israeli settlement expansion even as its leaders negotiate. State Arabic daily "Oman" wrote that the only solution to the Iraq dilemma is that its people unify to end sectarianism and end American presence there. [...]
2008-04-22 03:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT32ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR OMANI INVESTMENT CHIEF'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy requests the assistance of Washington agencies in scheduling appointments with appropriate officials from the Department of State, Department of Commerce, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR),Overseas Private [...]
2008-01-13 12:15:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL MU
08MUSCAT325EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION FOR 2008 AWARD FOR
[...] Following up on his outstanding performance on labor issues the previous year (ref D),Labor/Human Rights Officer Andy Lentz has continued to significantly advance U.S. foreign policy interests in the labor field. As Oman's nascent independent labor unions (legalized in 2006) slowly develop [...]
2008-04-29 06:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ELAB PHUM MU
08MUSCAT328OMAN MEDIA REACTION: THE SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM, REJECTION
[...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" writes that America is falling into another Israeli trap over the allegations of Syria's nuclear program, warning against blind support for Israel. State Arabic daily "Oman" criticized Israel for rejecting the Hamas peace proposal. "Al-Watan" also call [...]
2008-04-29 13:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT34MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT'S TOUR TO THE REGION.
[...] SUMMARY: President Bush's tour to the region is garnering extensive local media coverage in Oman. The media described his tour as "controversial" because of his remarks in support of Israel, in local eyes contradicting the purpose of the visit. Both private and government dailies expressed the [...]
2008-01-14 10:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT35OMAN FY08 BFIF REQUEST
[...] Continued Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) assistance will be essential in helping the Embassy promote the soon-to-be-implemented U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Post requests $6,807 in BFIF program funds for outreach to the local community on the benefits of the FTA, strengt [...]
2008-01-14 12:37:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MU
08MUSCAT351FOLLOW UP ON OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS: OMAN
[...] (U) This cable provides updated information on Post's actions to engage with democracy and human rights activists and promote democratic reform in support of the President's Freedom Agenda in Oman. - - - - - - - - - - - - Meeting with Activists - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (C) There are v [...]
2008-05-12 11:42:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO MU
08MUSCAT359LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OMAN'S INTERIOR
[...] (C) Business officials in the Omani interior towns of Buraimi (located on the border with the United Arab Emirates) and Ibri are optimistic about the economic growth potential of their respective areas, in spite of the obstacles facing them. Improved road access and availability of natural gas [...]
2008-05-14 10:39:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV MU
08MUSCAT36OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs praised close U.S.-Oman ties and the two countries' "strategic" relationship. He applauded President Bush's renewed push to help create a Palestinian state, but feared [...]
2008-01-14 13:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IR MU
08MUSCAT374OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PEACE EFFORTS, DOHA DIALGOUE AND
[...] SUMMARY: State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" recognized the Bush administration's peace efforts, but accused Israel of hindering real progress. "Oman" also signaled its hope for a positive outcome from the Doha dialogue, noting strong international support as the key. In a criticism of the Presid [...]
2008-05-19 12:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT418OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] SUMMARY: While the number of Omani papers responding to date to the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is to date limited (to wire service material in on English private daily and more targeted coverage in a pair of Arabic and English sister papers),one paper has made the [...]
2008-06-09 04:53:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT424YOUNG OMANIS SOUND OFF ON REGIONAL ISSUES,
[...] (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young professionals shared their views on Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, democracy, and the public image of the U.S. Participants were downbeat on Iraq and thought it was inevitable that the U.S. would withdraw its troops f [...]
2008-06-09 14:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KMPI KPAL IZ MU
08MUSCAT425OMAN INDIGNANT OVER 2008 TIP REPORT; SUSPENDS TIP
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8 below. 2. (C) Summary: Sayyid Badr al-Busaidy, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told me June 9 that the government of Oman does not accept Oman's placement on Tier 3 of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) re [...]
2008-06-09 14:56:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT430AMBASSADOR CONDUCTS BROAD OUTREACH IN SALALAH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the southern Omani city of Salalah and the surrounding governorate of Dhofar May 26-28. His trip included a meeting with the Deputy Governor of Dhofar, a tour of the operations of an expanding U.S.-based company, a discussion with university students ab [...]
2008-06-11 11:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV KPAO MU
08MUSCAT434SPECIAL OMAN MEDIA REACTION: BLASTING THE TRAFFICKING
[...] SUMMARY: Omani media, public and private alike and in all outlets, highlighted the strong official response to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report (Refs A, B),as made public in comments on June 10 by Foreign Ministry Secretary General Sayyid Badr Al Busaidi via a text released by the offici [...]
2008-06-14 10:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OIIP SMIG KPAO ELAB KCRM KMDR MU
08MUSCAT436OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...]
2008-06-14 12:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU
08MUSCAT437MISSION EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER OMANI
[...] Over the past two years, Embassy Muscat's Public Affairs and Consular Sections, with strong and consistent Front Office guidance and broader Mission support, have collaborated on a range of efforts aimed at demystifying the consular process, dispelling myths about U.S. visas, and reducing stil [...]
2008-06-15 02:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV MU CVIS
08MUSCAT443FUELED BY MEDIA, POPULAR RESENTMENT GROWS OVER TIP
[...] (SBU) Local media have stepped up coverage of the Omani government's strong reaction to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, with an increasing number of government officials and offices publicly adding their statements to those made initially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]
2008-06-15 12:28:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT454OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Ongoing Trafficking Coverage
[...] SUMMARY: Negative coverage of the TIP report continued to dominate news articles, editorials, and commentaries through the weekend and into Monday. After recent statements to the press from the Majlis A'Shura (reftel Muscat 444) and other government officials, Foreign Ministry Secretary Genera [...]
2008-06-16 11:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT469OMAN MEDIA REACTION: MORE PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON TIP;
[...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of TIP continued at the same elevated level reported in reftel, with over a dozen articles appearing in English and Arabic since Monday, June 16. On Tuesday, June 17, the Oman Journalist Association (OJA) issued a statement, carried in all dailies, in line with other of [...]
2008-06-21 12:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT480NEGATIVE TIP COVERAGE SHOWS SIGNS OF A COORDINATED
[...] (C) Summary: Coverage in both the Arabic and English-language local press of Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has gone through several distinct stages, with an increasing number of official and civil society actors criticizing the report and the USG. Conta [...]
2008-06-24 09:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT513OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GULF IGNORED OVER IRAN ISSUE
[...] SUMMARY: Omani press focused this week on the nuclear tensions between Israel and Iran, pushing TIP further to the background. Arabic daily "Al Watan" criticized the U.S. administration for ignoring the Gulf in its Iran strategy. An online discussion forum asking about Oman's reaction to a po [...]
2008-07-07 12:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT524OMAN FY08 BFIF PROGRAM INTERIM RESULTS
[...] Per ref A request, Embassy Muscat reports that $1,252 has been spent from its FY 2008 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) account for the training of its Commercial Assistant at its Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) partnership post in Dubai. On January 28-30, the Commercial Assistant [...]
2008-07-14 05:40:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM MU
08MUSCAT528OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on Oman's and the Gulf's relationship to U.S. in the context of the Iran situation. "As Shabiba" reported on the Omani Foreign Ministry's decision not to send an ambassador to Baghdad and criticized the U.S. for allowing Iranian influence in Iraq to gro [...]
2008-07-14 13:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT536IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO MUSCAT (JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki made a brief visit to Muscat on July 16 for talks with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Mottaki reportedly did not meet with other senior Omani officials. While in Oman, Mottaki granted a press intervi [...]
2008-07-21 13:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IR MU
08MUSCAT537OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Local papers focused heavily on International Criminal Court (ICC) action against the Sudanese president, with government-owned daily "Oman" calling it a plot by superpowers to rob Sudan. "Oman" expressed optimism over U.S. participation in the Geneva talks on the Iranian nuclear iss [...]
2008-07-21 13:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT550OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Government-daily "Oman" praised the Arab League's support for Sudan's proposal to form special human rights courts, calling for more strong action by Arabs in Sudan's defense against the ICC. Private daily "Al Watan" said that U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's statements sh [...]
2008-07-28 12:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT558OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...]
2008-08-04 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT599OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" commented on the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners, it was surprising that there were Palestinian personalities revealed their identities and ideological belonging. "Oman" also stressed the importance of Iraqi stability for the region. Private daily "Al-Watan" h [...]
2008-08-25 12:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT626OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: While the state daily "Oman" praised U.S. efforts toward Israeli-Palestinian peace, private daily "Al-Watan" accused the American administration of a week stand on the issue, decrying a lack of firmness toward Israel. "Al-Watan" also suggested that the Israeli Prime Minister's proposa [...]
2008-09-03 06:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT640OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Daily "Al-Watan" urged GCC countries and Iran to quickly settle the territorial dispute with the United Arab Emirates. On September 5, "Al Watan" attacked Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's description of the Iraq war as divine action. State daily "Oman" hailed Syria's progre [...]
2008-09-08 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT647SULTAN QABOOS REPLACES LABOR MINISTER AND MUSCAT
[...] (C) In a surprise move to many, Sultan Qaboos removed Oman's Minister of Manpower in a September 6 royal decree and replaced him with a government official who, although reportedly very competent, has little direct experience in labor issues. The reason for the Minister's ouster is unknown, [...]
2008-09-10 12:09:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SMIG KTIP MU
08MUSCAT661OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Arabic daily "Al Watan" wrote twice on the crisis in Darfur, calling for the establishment of an Arab mechanism for conflict resolution and praising the Arab Foreign Ministers' intent to seize initiative. Government daily "Oman" blamed conspirators for creating regional instability w [...]
2008-09-15 12:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT696OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Government daily "Oman" praised recent agreements in Lebanon to remove antagonistic party slogans from the streets. "Oman" also called on all Gulf countries to protect themselves from the American economic crisis, calling for "appropriate precautionary measures". Private daily "Al-Wa [...]
2008-09-30 05:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT70MEDIA REACTION: GAZA STRIP; LEBANON; ARAB FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials in private daily "al Watan" call the U.S. veto of the UNSC draft resolution on Gaza "typical discriminatory policy". Another "al Watan" editorial states that Arab foreign ministers find themselves at a difficult crossroad at the Arab Leagues meeting on Lebanon. State daily " [...]
2008-01-29 12:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT709INTERIOR RESIDENTS EXPRESS VIEWS ON U.S. FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In his 'Eid al Fitr calls on senior sheikhs and majlis members in Oman's interior Sharqia governorate, the Ambassador heard diverse and sometimes surprising views about the U.S. and on Omani government policies. Omanis expressed considerable interest in the ongoing financial c [...]
2008-10-06 13:20:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON EFIN KPAO MU
08MUSCAT721OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continued writing on the global financial crisis. Private daily "Al Watan" predicted the rise of a multi-polar world as a result of economic shifts. Private daily "Al Shabiba" said the economic crisis is another failure of the U.S. administration, causing allies to ree [...]
2008-10-14 12:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT728UNDERSTANDING AND MOVING ON FROM OMAN'S HARSH
[...] (C) There are likely several reasons behind Oman's hypersensitivity and reaction to its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: its unspoken past involvement in the slave trade, its strong desire to protect and shape its national image, and its devotion to the principl [...]
2008-10-16 14:19:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL SMIG MASS ECON ETRD ELAB MU
08MUSCAT738SCENESETTER FOR U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWAB'S
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," [...]
2008-10-22 13:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU
08MUSCAT747SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT748SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT772OMAN REACTS TO THE U.S. ELECTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: As the November 4 presidential election approached, on Election Day, and in the immediate wake of the election results being announced, Omanis at all levels have been remarkably focused on events as they unfolded. In the media, online, and in person at a range of recent events, we ha [...]
2008-11-12 10:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT796MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) On November 16, the DCM and Pol-Econ Chief paid an introductory call to Ambassador Lyutha bint Sultan bin Ahmad al-Mughairy, the new director of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: As Sayyid Badr is post's senior Omani interlocu [...]
2008-11-19 13:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU
08MUSCAT843OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies focused this week on the Mumbai attacks and transition of administrations. Government daily "Oman" signaled that the Mumbai attacks require a united, international response to the evolving threat of terrorism. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" commented that American pol [...]
2008-12-14 05:17:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT850OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies continued commentary on the Mumbai attacks, repeating calls for calm and cooperation. Government Arabic daily "Oman" called the Iraq-U.S. SOFA an "achievement" for the Iraqi people, and private Arabic "Al Watan" claimed that Israel's lies have "flourished" ov [...]
2008-12-16 13:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08NAGOYA15BOEING 787 PRODUCTION DELAYS AND RESPONSE IN NAGOYA
[...] (SBU) The recently announced delay for the Boeing 787 results from global supply chain and production issues. A recent visit to the Fuji Heavy Industries factory making the 787's center wing section and discussions with Fuji and Boeing 787 program executives indicate that those problems conti [...]
2008-04-10 09:03:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PREL JA
08NAGOYA19CENTRAL JAPAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FALLS FROM VERY GOOD TO GOOD
[...] (SBU) The pace of growth in Japan's manufacturing heartland has begun to level off. Regional producers are facing a stronger yen, higher prices for inputs, and a slowdown in demand in the U.S. market. Increasing demand from the "BRICs" (Brazil, Russia, India and China) is balancing those neg [...]
2008-04-24 08:32:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV JA
08NAGOYA27JFTC MAY LOOK AT MANUFACTURING SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIPS IN
[...] (SBU) Newly arrived Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Central Japan Director Toshihiro Hara paid a courtesy call on Nagoya PO on July 2. Looking beyond the recently concluded Nagoya Subway bid-rigging case, Hara said his office plans to focus on buyer-supplier relationships in the manufactur [...]
2008-07-03 09:01:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV JA
08NAGOYA28FOREIGN WORKERS CHANGE THE FACE OF CENTRAL JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Despite stereotypes of Japan as a homogeneous nation, long-term foreign resident workers now play a crucial role in the Central Japan economy. Owing to labor shortages and the continuing strength of the regional manufacturing sector (even in the face of rapidly rising fuel and raw mater [...]
2008-07-23 04:07:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL CVIS JA BR CH PE
08NAHA29MIXED FORECAST FOR AMERICAN DEFENDANTS: JAPAN'S PENDING
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 2009 Japanese citizens will begin sitting in judgment, alongside career judges, in trials of serious criminal cases. Japanese officials say that citizen participation in the criminal justice system brings Japan into line with other developed nations. There are, however [...]
2008-04-09 10:21:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC MARR JA
08NAIROBI1049AMERICAN BUSINESS INTEREST IN SOUTHERN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel request to gauge sentiment in the Kenya-based U.S. business community with regard to doing business in Southern Sudan and likely participation in a suggested USG-organized trade mission to Juba. In Kenya, the response of U.S. companies is mixed: Most are ke [...]
2008-04-21 13:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV SU KE
08NAIROBI1101KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO U.S. BUSINESS AND
[...] On April 24, the U.S. Mission disseminated an open letter from the Ambassador to the American business community and U.S. tourists. Wide dissemination was achieved by providing the letter electronically to the Kenya Tourism Board and to the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service's Office of Marketin [...]
2008-04-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1125SENIOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS WARDEN STRIKE
[...] A prison work slowdown has brought severe disruption to Kenya's correctional institutions. The slowdown which was announced on April 25 has resulted in substantial problems in jails throughout Kenya. In his capacity as Minister of Home Affairs, Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka oversees the pri [...]
2008-04-29 11:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV CASC ASEC KE
08NAIROBI1210KENYA CONSIDERS JAPAN'S YO TAKAGI AS STRONGEST WIPO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For USG internal distribution only. 2. (SBU) In the absence of Kenya Copyright Board (KCB) Acting Director Marisella Ouma, on May 8 Econoff spoke separately with KCB Senior State Counsel Edward Sigei, Kenya Industrial Property I [...]
2008-05-08 14:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL KE
08NAIROBI1222KENYA COAST PEACE CONFERENCE DRAWS SRO
[...] SUMMARY: Mombasa American Presence Post Officer (APPO) based in Nairobi attended a one- day peace conference in Mombasa. The conference, the theme of which was "Sustainable Peace and Development in the Coast" drew a standing-room- only crowd. Guests included provincial and district officia [...]
2008-05-12 08:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI126NAIROBI JANUARY 11 EAC MEETING AND SECURITY WRAP-UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 11 January 2008 to review and discuss Post's security posture in the aftermath of the announcement on December 30 of the results of a "seriously flawed" presidential election. Trip [...]
2008-01-11 15:42:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC KE
08NAIROBI1271Somalia - TFG Loses Key Advisors
[...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has lost one of his key advisors with the May 10 resignation of Mohamed Abdirizak, Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President. Post has also lost one of its primary interlocutors within the TFG. Abdirizak's resignation comes at a time when other T [...]
2008-05-16 10:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1272KENYA: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL MOVES FORWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering bill survived its second reading in Kenya's Parliament on May 8. Despite criticism from some MPs, the bill was sent to two committees for review, amendment and decision. The GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force is opt [...]
2008-05-19 05:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM KTFN ECON EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1320 PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT
[...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...]
2008-05-23 05:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1363Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise
[...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]
2008-06-03 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1384KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON
[...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...]
2008-06-05 15:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1449 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SMALL ARMS FOREIGN
[...] The Government of Kenya has been a close partner for the U.S. in many areas, including in military cooperation. They have provided important support in the Global War on Terror in spite of the risk they face, and it is in our interest to help them modernize their military forces to better prov [...]
2008-06-12 14:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI1453TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN
[...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...]
2008-06-13 11:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1461KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR PM ODINGA'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The June 16-19 visit of Prime Minister Odinga will highlight U.S. support for the coalition government, bolster the authority of the office of the Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the government, and provide us an important opportunity to press for results on institutiona [...]
2008-06-16 07:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KE US
08NAIROBI148KENYA: JANUARY 15, 2008 STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) AS OF 01/15 1900 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY: NATION-WIDE, CALM BUT TENSE. NO INCIDENTS REPORTED. POLICE REMAIN DEPLOYED AND ACTIVE, ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN NAIROBI AROUND THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING WHERE THE NEW PARLIAMENT CONVENED TODAY TO ELECT A SPEAKER AND DEPUTY. MAJOR TRAFFIC DISR [...]
2008-01-15 15:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF
08NAIROBI1480COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL NELSON
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Nelson. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Lorrai [...]
2008-06-17 08:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE
08NAIROBI1579SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]
2008-06-27 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1658SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MEETS WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met on June 30 with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The two discussed continuing USG-GOK cooperation in combating terrorism and security threats to Kenya presented by ongoing lawlessness in Somalia. Odinga discussed his recent trip to Washington and the nee [...]
2008-07-07 14:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1684July 4 Reception Advances Support for Coalition Government
[...] (U) Embassy Nairobi's tremendously successful July 4 reception was highlighted by the joint appearance of Prime Minster Odinga and Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka. More than 2,000 guests witnessed the political rivals joining the Ambassador on the podium for speeches, all of which focused on su [...]
2008-07-09 06:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI1725Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy
[...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...]
2008-07-14 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE ZI
08NAIROBI1726Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech
[...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...]
2008-07-14 14:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI1753 CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 08:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1815PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TELL CODEL PRICE
[...] (U) CODEL Price has cleared on this cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In separate meetings held on July 3, CODEL Price heard from both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that constitutional reform is one of the Grand Coalition Government's top priorities. Prime M [...]
2008-07-28 13:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KBIO KE ZI
08NAIROBI1821KENYAN ELEPHANT EXPERTS REGRET CITES DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary: On July 15, the CITES Standing Committee granted China permission to import ivory from stockpiles held by Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe despite opposition from members of the African Elephant Coalition (AEC) and Australia. In the face of arguments from Kenya, Mal [...]
2008-07-29 08:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PGOV PREL SENV
08NAIROBI184KENYA: JANUARY 16, 2008 STATUS REPORT
[...] AS OF 01/16 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: HEAVY RAIN AND ODM'S SUCCESS YESTERDAY IN ELECTING ITS CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN SOME STEAM OUT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY. IN NAIROBI, DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO MOBILIZE AROUND 1400; POL [...]
2008-01-16 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF
08NAIROBI1892COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUGUST
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes CODEL Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Rachel [...]
2008-08-04 12:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE
08NAIROBI1961SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]
2008-08-14 12:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI197KENYA: JANUARY 17, 2008
[...] AS OF 01/17 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: AROUND 1400 HOURS, SEVERAL ODM LEADERS ATTEMPTED TO LEAD A GROUP OF PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS INTO UHURU PARK AND WERE STOPPED BY POLICE, WITH TEAR GAS. THE DEMONSTRATORS RETREATED. LARGE BUT PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN ELDORET; MOMBA [...]
2008-01-17 16:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KE PGOV
08NAIROBI200KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: WORKING FOR A SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. With strong support through the Secretary's calls and A/S Frazer,s recent visit, we are continuing intensive efforts to facilitate dialogue between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga in order to achieve a political resolution of the post-electoral crisis. If achieved, this will b [...]
2008-01-17 19:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI213KENYA EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS SECURITY SITUATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Nairobi's Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 18 January 2008 to review Tripwires for Nairobi and approve a separate set of Tripwires for Chief Of Mission (CoM) facilities in Kisumu. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) EAC reviewed the t [...]
2008-01-18 15:06:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KE PTER
08NAIROBI2140PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]
2008-09-10 16:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2158Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]
2008-09-12 08:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2164 Somalia - Youth Enrichment Program on the Border
[...] Following on the success of the inaugural Somalia Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) in April (reftel),the Somalia Unit, including the embedded MIST team, conducted a second YEP in the border town of Mandera from August 25-28. Forty-five mostly Marehan clan Somali youth came across the border to [...]
2008-09-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SO
08NAIROBI2225Somalia: Atmospherics During Somalia Program in Kenya
[...] (C) Summary: The Somalia Unit, including the embedded Military Information Support Team (MIST),conducted a Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) from August 25-29, 2008 in Mandera, on the Kenya-Somalia border (reftel). While the program was an unqualified success in changing negative attitudes towa [...]
2008-09-22 09:04:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2326KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...]
2008-10-09 10:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI233Somalia -- Travel Request
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paras 2 and 30. 2. (C) Post requests Department approval and country clearance for a Mobile Security Deployments (MSD) Advance Team to travel to Hargeysa, Somaliland. The MSD Team will conduct a security assessment for future travel by Assistant Secretary [...]
2008-01-22 15:35:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNOTRA AMGT ASEC PTER PREL SO
08NAIROBI2369SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...]
2008-10-15 15:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2375JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF
[...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...]
2008-10-16 12:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI240KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE
[...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel),the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...]
2008-01-22 19:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2519SOMALIA - PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The final number of casulties from the October 29 suicide car bombs in northern Somalia's Somaliland and Puntland regions have not yet been confirmed. In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, reportedly three car bombs killed 29 and injured scores more. In Bossaso, Puntland's [...]
2008-10-30 15:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS
08NAIROBI2553SOMALIA - Business and Investment Council Shares U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 the chairman and members of the Djibouti-based Somali Business and Investment Council (SBIC) told us that key business leaders are ready to support the peace process in Somalia and begin a new chapter in relations with the U.S. Government. The businessmen welcome [...]
2008-11-05 11:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO
08NAIROBI2562SOMALIA - REACTION TO OBAMA WIN
[...] Somali contacts expressed deep admiration for the United States in the aftermath of the November 5 U.S. election. A wide range of Somalia Unit contacts called and wrote to congratulate the United States on a peaceful and historic election. Contacts' comments ranged from statements of esteem [...]
2008-11-10 15:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO PINS SO
08NAIROBI2588U.S. ELECTION DAY IN KENYA
[...] Summary. Kenyans see President-elect Barack Obama as their "favorite son," and are delighted by his election. The Ambassador hosted an early morning November 5 event attended by over 2,000 Kenyans to watch the results, and issued a statement highlighting the transparent and peaceful nature of [...]
2008-11-13 12:39:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2594KENYA TO HOST 2009 AGOA FORUM BETWEEN AUGUST 9-14
[...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Please See Action Request - Para 15. 3. Summary. Kenya proposes hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi, between August 9-14. The preferred venue is the Kenyatta International Convention Center (KICC) in downtown Nairobi. Deputy Pri [...]
2008-11-14 10:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV KE
08NAIROBI2597SOMALIA: OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE
[...] Please pass the following congratulatory message in para 2 to the President-elect Barack Obama, from the President of the Transitional Government of the Federal Republic of Somalia. 2. Begin text: His Excellency Barack Obama President-elect of the United States of America Washington, [...]
2008-11-14 12:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC OVIP PREL
08NAIROBI2605 KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES
[...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...]
2008-11-18 06:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC
08NAIROBI2626NAIROBI EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS AL-SHABAAB IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 19 November 2008 to discuss recent events in El Wak, Kenya and recent reports of alleged al-Shabaab activity in country and their impact, if any, on Post operations, [...]
2008-11-20 13:02:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNASEC KE PTER
08NAIROBI2671DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...]
2008-11-26 12:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE
08NAIROBI2676NAIROBI CORE EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RECENT THREAT REPORTING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Nairobi's Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) convened Post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 28 November 2008 to discuss recent reporting contained in RefTel regarding a threat to the Lamu Festival taking place in Lamu, Kenya from 28 to 30 December 2008 and [...]
2008-11-26 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNASEC KE PTER
08NAIROBI2722 NO SALES OF KENYAN RUBIES TO BURMA
[...] Summary: According to three senior Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources officials, Kenya does not export rubies to Burma. End Summary. 2. In separate December 4 meetings with Kenya's Commissioner of Mines and Geology Lojomon Biwott, acting Chief Geologist Shadrack Kimomo, and Ward [...]
2008-12-05 09:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EMIN ECON PREL PGOV EFIN BM KE
08NAIROBI2755SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB GAINS BUT BATTLES CONTINUE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite partnering with the moderate Islamist Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) to create a unity government, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been unable to influence security on the ground. TFG control in Somalia is limited to pockets of Mog [...]
2008-12-11 09:08:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV EAID PINR PHUM SOCI MOPS MARR SO ET
08NAIROBI2769SOMALIA - Humanitarian Response
[...] (SBU) Summary. As conditions in Somalia continue to deteriorate, aid agencies are grappling with fundamental humanitarian dilemmas. Although the crisis has worsened it is not, nor will it likely become, a famine. Nevertheless, the latitude to operate in Somalia is shrinking, blurring the lin [...]
2008-12-11 22:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SO
08NAIROBI2779SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...]
2008-12-15 15:36:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2793GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS
[...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]
2008-12-16 12:15:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NAIROBI2839KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE
[...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...]
2008-12-18 13:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI339KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...]
2008-01-31 13:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI354KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...]
2008-02-01 13:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI383KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...]
2008-02-06 12:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE
08NAIROBI384KENYA - FEBRUARY 6 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted in ref C, the Kofi Annan-lead negotiations entered their most critical and difficult phase today as the parties began talks on power-sharing. The parties begin these discussions far apart and continued interference by hardliners from each camp threaten to [...]
2008-02-06 13:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI417KENYA - FEBRUARY 8 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: As noted ref B, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi entered their most critical and difficult phase February 7, as the parties began talks on power-sharing. We spoke with one ODM negotiator at their 1430 break and were told that the parties were making si [...]
2008-02-08 12:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI493 KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION
[...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...]
2008-02-15 10:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
08NAIROBI514KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...]
2008-02-20 12:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI621Somalia - Inquiries on Air Strike Reports
[...] (S) Post has received several inquiries from media outlets and other diplomatic missions regarding reports of air strikes in Dhoble, Somalia on night of March 2 or early morning March 3. Most press reports cite local residents allegations that "missiles" were launched by a U.S. plane. Press r [...]
2008-03-03 13:35:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI641KENYA'S POLITICAL ACCORD AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have a positive public tone regarding their commitment to implement the coalition agreement. When I met with them separately on March 3 to lay out U.S. plans and to discuss next steps, they were upbeat. Sorting out the disposition of cabinet [...]
2008-03-05 09:38:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI680Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society
[...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2008-03-10 14:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI763KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...]
2008-03-18 14:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE
08NAIROBI792KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]
2008-03-20 10:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI796Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf
[...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates met with President Yusuf to discuss reconciliation efforts, the humanitarian situation, the fight against terrorism, and security concerns. The President agreed to take action on appointing a single point-of-contact in the TFG on humanitarian issues, a lo [...]
2008-03-20 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC PREL SO
08NAIROBI798CORRECTED COPY: KENYA'S POLITICAL PROCESS AND U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. Since the signing of the political accord on February 28, President Kibaki and Raila Odinga have sent positive signals and maintained the momentum for peace and political reconciliation generated by the February 28th landmark power-sharing accord. Odinga will likely be sworn [...]
2008-03-20 12:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI803 Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit
[...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...]
2008-03-20 16:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US
08NAIROBI811SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE
[...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...]
2008-03-25 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG KE
08NAIROBI812SOLICITATION FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE
[...] Embassy Nairobi regrets the delay in submission of project nominations for G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE project funds, but is pleased to nominate the following three projects in priority order. Ripe For Harvest ---------------- 2. (a) Ripe For Harvest (b) $249,989 (c) Production o [...]
2008-03-25 13:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KE
08NAIROBI815DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS A
[...] (C) On March 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on the designation of al-Shabaab as a terrorist organization to Stella Sokoto, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Officer, Americas Desk. Sokoto said she would direct our request that the Government of Kenya consider taking similar actions [...]
2008-03-25 13:44:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL KCRM KE SO
08NAIROBI902Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia
[...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...]
2008-04-04 16:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAPLES36ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This is the first of a three-part series; this message offers some background on organized crime in Southern Italy and examines its political dimensions. Organized crime is one of Southern Italy's greatest challenges to economic growth and political stability, [...]
2008-06-04 15:34:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NAPLES38ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN
[...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...]
2008-06-06 17:20:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NAPLES48VENEZUELAN CONSULATE PROMOTES CHAVEZ BRAND OF SOCIALISM
[...] (C) Venezuela appears to be using its long-dormant Consulate General in Naples as a platform for spreading propaganda on behalf of the Chavez brand of socialism. After leaving the Consul General position vacant for over a year, reflecting Venezuela's apparently minimal interests in southern I [...]
2008-06-18 08:58:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IT VE
08NAPLES79SOUTHERN ITALY'S GROWING ENERGY SECTOR
[...] Summary: While Italy continues to import up to 90 percent of its energy needs, increasing production in southern Italy has the potential to slightly reduce the country's dependence on oil and gas from Russia and North Africa. Ironically, the growing production in the South has not prevented [...]
2008-10-31 15:59:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY BEXP KGHG SENV IT RS
08NAPLES96CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED?
[...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...]
2008-12-02 15:02:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT
08NAPLES97NAPLES TOURISM SECTOR HARD HIT
[...] The tourism industry in the city of Naples and the surrounding area has been hard hit in 2008, according to official figures and ConGen contacts. Data compiled by the Provincial Tourism Board show a 13 percent drop in the total number of visitors in 2008, and a decline of 18 percent in the n [...]
2008-12-02 16:15:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDECON IT
08NASSAU126 2008 BAHAMAS BUSINESS OUTLOOK
[...] SUMMARY: Presenters at the 17th Annual Bahamas Business Outlook Conference discussed substantial challenges to the Bahamian economy, including the need to: upgrade the infrastructure on New Providence, conclude investment deals quickly, and develop new ways to appeal to tourists. They painted [...]
2008-02-08 20:24:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR BEXP ETRD BF
08NASSAU160COAST GUARD STOPS HAITIAN MIGRANT SURGE, BUT LONG
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter overtook a sailboat packed with 73 Haitian migrants on February 7, in the latest of four significant interdictions in the Windward Passage over a span of three weeks. The recent surge in migrants saw 447 Haitians rescued at sea by the USCG cutter, with [...]
2008-02-21 22:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG HA BF
08NASSAU191U.S.-BAHAMAS COUNTER-DRUG TASK FORCE REVIEWS TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counternarcotics/Illegal Migration Task Force Meeting (JTF) between the United States, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands on December 14, 2007. The parties discussed trafficking trends, reviewed year-to- [...]
2008-03-03 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU590WHA DAS MADISON SIGNS PSI SHIPBOARDING AGREEMENT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA DAS Madison signed a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) shipboarding agreement with Bahamas Acting Prime Minister Symonette on August 11 in Nassau. In separate discussions with top Bahamian officials, Madison focused on the GCOB,s stated security priority of improving [...]
2008-08-14 20:37:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PREL PHSA KTIA KNNA EWWT MARR PARM
08NASSAU623CARIBBEAN ENERGY SEMINAR SPOTLIGHTS ISLAND INITIATIVES AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Advancing U.S. energy diplomacy in the Caribbean, the USG partnered with the OAS and the GCOB to host a two day regional sustainable energy event July 23-24 in Nassau. The USG-funded, OAS-sponsored seminar brought Caribbean leaders together with energy experts from the OAS, CARICO [...]
2008-08-29 14:07:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV ETRD BF
08NASSAU630BAHAMAS UNPREPARED TO DISCUSS SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (U) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points and asked newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, for GCOB impressions of the draft Declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain, September 2. PS Rodgers did not appear briefed on the summit or the [...]
2008-09-03 18:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG ETRC PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU657PM'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON TRAVEL, PORT SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's Permanent Secretary focused on domestic issues that impact the tourism sector, the bedrock of the national economy, such as consular and travel issues, air and seaport security, and U.S. investment during a wide-ranging discussion with DCM September 15. They [...]
2008-09-17 16:01:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU711HAITIAN AMBASSADOR OPPOSES SLOOP BAN, SEEKS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Haitian Ambassador told Charge he seeks to better organize the Haitian-Bahamian community in order to more effectively lobby the GCOB on issues of concern. He also expressed opposition to a new GCOB ban on wooden-hulled commercial sailing sloops citing its negative economic [...]
2008-10-07 21:14:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR BF HA
08NASSAU765TOURISM LEVELS DROP IN BAHAMAS FOLLOWING ECONOMIC
[...] Summary: Tourist numbers in The Bahamas have decreased following the recent economic downturn in the U.S. Newly released visitor arrival numbers show a 9.6% drop in overall numbers for the first half of 2008. The economy of The Bahamas is dependent on tourism, which accounts for nearly 70% [...]
2008-10-30 15:47:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB BF
08NASSAU776BAHAMAS APPLAUDS HISTORIC US ELECTION RESULT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bahamian public, press and government greeted the U.S. presidential election outcome with joy and satisfaction at the historic success of an African-American candidate and admiration for the U.S. and the American democratic process. Optimism marked the view of the potential [...]
2008-11-06 15:09:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PROG PREL BF
08NASSAU785U.S. CANDIDACY FOR CIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points November 4 on the U.S. candidacy for the Executive Committee of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Relations Division, Marilyn Zonicle. Ms. Zonicle had previously informed Post [...]
2008-11-10 20:33:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDAORC OAS KWMN PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU811WHA CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE: ATTENDANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Ned L. Siegel respectfully requests permission to travel to Washington, D.C. from December 3-5, 2008 to attend the 2008 WHA Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Brookings Institue, Department of State and the National Press Club. The Ambassador's travel schedule is [...]
2008-11-20 19:38:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT CMGT ECON OTRA PGOV PREL BA
08NASSAU832 HOTEL LAYOFFS CONTINUE AS TOURIST ARRIVALS REMAIN LOW
[...] (U) Summary: Tourism levels in The Bahamas have dropped to near post-9/11 levels and led to a wave of layoffs in well-paying hotels jobs - some 800 positions at the premiere, U.S.-owned Atlantis Resorts in Nassau two weeks ago and another 150 terminated at other hotels since then. With the e [...]
2008-11-28 16:28:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB BF
08NASSAU872 Bahamas and the EU Economic Partnership Agreement - impact
[...] This is an action cable see paragraph 10. 2. Summary: The Bahamas recently joined the Forum of Caribbean States (CARIFORUM) in signing the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU). Opponents argued, with some reason, that not even the Bahamian government (GCOB) f [...]
2008-12-15 14:33:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BF
08NASSAU896BAHAMAS: UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche points regarding the UNESCO Director-General election to Marilyn Zonicle, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 15. Ms. Zonicle took down the details but made no reply. Later, speaking on another matter, she told PolOff that, having [...]
2008-12-18 20:07:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO BF
08NASSAU897TRIP REPORT FOR FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS DECEMBER 10-11, 2008
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ/PD Chief traveled to Freeport, The Bahamas December 10-11 to attend the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Stakeholders Consultation and meet with local Island Administrators, representatives of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, the CEO of Hutchinson Container Port, and [...]
2008-12-18 21:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN EAIR ECON BF
08NDJAMENA111NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...]
2008-03-25 10:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA162Petroleum in Chad: Business as Usual
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Government's full attention focused on security, representatives of the Esso (ExxonMobil)led Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium, report "business as usual" in the petroleum sector with minimal friction with governmental authorities. Both Chinese and Taiwanese oil sec [...]
2008-04-16 17:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CD
08NDJAMENA262CHAD: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO CASE
[...] On May 15, the MFA sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting the release of alleged Chadian national currently under DOD control at Guantanamo. Paragraph 2 contains the summary of the note. Post will pouch a copy of the note in French to Department. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: [...]
2008-06-23 16:54:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER CD
08NDJAMENA274CHAD'S LATEST "MADHI MOVEMENT" IN CENTRAL PART OF
[...] (U) The Chad Government is reporting that its security forces crushed a violent religious extremist movement led by a self-proclaimed "Madhi" (spiritual leader) centered in the town of Kouni in south-central Chad, after peaceful efforts to dissuade the "Madhi" to moderate his rhetoric and thre [...]
2008-07-03 16:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER SOCI ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA288 HARD TIMES: CHAD NEEDS USG HELP TO MEND FENCES
[...] (U) This is an action message: See para 15. ------------ Summary: ------------ 2. (SBU) Chad's new Prime Minister believes that the World Bank already has unfairly and unilaterally decided at the highest level to end its relationship with Chad in the petroleum sector, which would be [...]
2008-07-14 13:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EPET ETRD CD
08NDJAMENA459CHAD: MFA REACTION TO AFRICOM UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-09 17:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL CD
08NDJAMENA478BRIEFING THE AFRICAN UNION MISSION
[...] (C) Summary. I advised the visiting African Union mission members whose mandate is to find ways to reduce tension between Chad and Sudan that the prospects for improved relations between the two capitals were marginal, probably only cosmetic, pending the outcome of projected fighting with rebe [...]
2008-10-15 14:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA511DAKAR CONTACT GROUP MEETING SET FOR NDJAMENA
[...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note on October 30 from the Chadian Foreign Ministry advising that the 6th ministerial meeting of the contact group charged with implementing the Dakar Accord of 13 March 2008 between Chad and Sudan would meet in Ndjamena on November 15. The ministerial meeti [...]
2008-10-31 11:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF CD SU
08NDJAMENA514 GTMO DETAINEE RETURN TO CHAD?
[...] (S/NF). Summary. Post believes that the question of returning a Chadian from GTMO to Ndjamena needs to be fully coordinated inter-agency and with some thought for the consequences in terms expanding the terrorist threat aimed at Americans in Chad. On the basis of information available to us no [...]
2008-11-07 08:46:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA515CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] Embassy has received the following message for President-elect Obama from President Deby. Original will be forwarded by diplomatic pouch. Unofficial translation from the French follows. 2. His Excellency Mr. Barrack Obama, President elect of the United States Mr. President, With gre [...]
2008-11-07 09:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP CD
08NDJAMENA516CHAD CHRONICLE: NOV 3-7
[...] US ELECTION 2008 --------------------------------------------- -------- --- "THE WHITE HOUSE PAINTED BLACK" SAID L'OBSERVATEUR NEWSPAPER ABOUT THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA. SEVERAL ARTICLES FOCUSED ON HOW OBAMA WON THE ELECTION AND THE AMERICAN ELECTORAL SYSTEM. THE HEADLINE PIECE CONCLUDE [...]
2008-11-07 11:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA531AMB BECHIR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR "HIS"
[...] (C) Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir told AMB and DCM November 14 that the opportunity was ripe for the incoming Obama administration to engage President Deby at a senior level to craft an end to the Darfur/Chad crisis. Bechir described his own role as Chad interlocutor for dialogue with [...]
2008-11-17 13:36:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU LY US CD
08NDJAMENA66SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY
[...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...]
2008-01-31 20:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA69SITREP 4: CHAD SITUATION AT 1330 ON 1 FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) N'djamena is still tense but calm. Agence France Presse (AFP) reports that fighting has broken out near Massaguet, 60-90 miles NE of the capital. A few hundred Chadian riot police and various armored tanks have been seen moving about the city. Chadian military aircraft have left the air [...]
2008-02-01 12:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA70SITREP 5: FIGHTING ONGOING IN NDJAMENA
[...] (SBU) Sounds of artillery fire and automatic weapons have been heard off-and-on beginning 0845 2 February in N'djemana. Fighting between elements of the Chadian military forces loyal to President Deby and rebel forces continue. The road in front of the presidential palace is closed. There is l [...]
2008-02-02 08:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA81JEM REBELS: DEBY'S SAVIOUR AND BUDDING NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Sudanese rebel group JEM told N'Djamena Emboffs on March 7 that JEM was well on the way to becoming an inclusive Sudanese national movement. They acknowledged that JEM forces had come to the aid of President Deby during the February 2-3 rebel attacks on N'D [...]
2008-03-07 16:48:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NEWDELHI1013GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]
2008-04-08 07:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI1026NEW PRO-DEAL VOICES EMERGE IN NUCLEAR LULL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of forward movement on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative in recent weeks, political, business and religious proponents have emerged in India, revealing that the issue remains alive. Previously quiet Congress Party politicians have spoken in fav [...]
2008-04-09 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI103DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...]
2008-01-11 13:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI
08NEWDELHI1035DALAI LAMA PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PERSUADE CHINESE TO
[...] Action request in para. 7. 2. (C/REL UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA) Summary: Hours before his April 9 departure for the U.S., the Dalai Lama summoned PolCouns to convey a message: please use all effective means to persuade the PRC to engage in dialogue with him. He said recent events had left him increasi [...]
2008-04-10 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI1065IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT INDIA APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA and NEA. Please see paragraph six. 2. (S/NF) A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official notified PolCouns on April 15 that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit India on April 29. The official said she was providing the Embassy with this inf [...]
2008-04-15 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IN
08NEWDELHI1134INDIAN IRAN RETORT MIGHT LAY GROUNDWORK FOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee echoed April 23 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesman's strong and unhelpful reaction to the U.S. statement on India's relationship with Iran. While the Communists expressed their approval for the MEA statement, Left leaders als [...]
2008-04-24 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN IR
08NEWDELHI1142AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA SEEN AS PURE POLITICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's National Security Advisor MK Narayanan publicly confirmed that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit India for seven hours on April 29 following a trip to Sri Lanka and prior to arriving in Pakistan. Post conveyed to senior Ministry of External Affairs officia [...]
2008-04-25 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP PARM PINR ECON ENRG EPET IR IN
08NEWDELHI1180AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA FOCUSES ON PIPELINE,
[...] (C) Summary. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's April 29 visit to India focused primarily on energy and trade issues, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) contacts. Indian officials announced the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline deal "is doable" within 45 days, though "a lot of work" needs [...]
2008-04-30 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1194MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...]
2008-05-01 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1218MEA AMERICAS DIVISION ASSURES DASD CLAD MIL-MIL
[...] (S) Summary. In a private meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad, Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS (MEA) Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar: -- assured DASD Clad that the military-to-military relationship was a top priority of her ministry; -- warned that the ""reopening"" o [...]
2008-05-05 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IN
08NEWDELHI1224 UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY ENGAGES INDIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Global Issues Forum held April 24, 2008 in New Delhi, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky led a delegation consisting of OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Dr. Robert Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinato [...]
2008-05-05 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1237INDIA AND DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-06 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN
08NEWDELHI126LET'S FIX IRRITANTS THAT PLAGUE THIS PARTNERSHIP,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador told Foreign Secretary Menon January 11 that a range of bilateral problems has started to make people question the strategic partnership that both sides seek, and wonder why the USG has encountered such difficulty when it has done so much to try to bring India into the g [...]
2008-01-14 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL AMGT KREC OFDP ODIP IN
08NEWDELHI1284INDIA: CUBAN PEOPLE SOLIDARITY DAY: AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 08:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU IN
08NEWDELHI1296BURMESE FM TELLS MUKHERJEE ALL COUNTRIES CAN SEND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV BM IN
08NEWDELHI1311EX-PRESIDENT OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR INDIA'S
[...] (C) Summary: Former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's explicit endorsement of the civil nuclear initiative has added further pressure to the opposition BJP party to reverse its stance against the nuclear deal. However, BJP leader Jaswant Singh countered the building momentum by claiming that for [...]
2008-05-13 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1325INDIA EXPECTS BURMA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO ALL
[...] (C/REL AGCU) In a May 14 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon, the Ambassador thanked him for conveying to the Burmese junta the U.S. concern about the immense difficulty in foreign assistance reaching the cyclone victims. Menon said that while the message seems to have had an imp [...]
2008-05-14 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL BM IN
08NEWDELHI1333DALAI LAMA REQUESTS BUSH TO VISIT LHASA DURING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 10 meeting, the Dalai Lama requested Poloff to convey a request to President Bush to visit Lhasa during the President's August 2008 Beijing visit. He characterized the April 27-29 China-Tibet talks as "productive," noting that China's representatives adopted a "softer" [...]
2008-05-14 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KIRF CH IN
08NEWDELHI1336SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...]
2008-05-14 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08NEWDELHI1351AMBASSADOR PUSHES INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER FOR
[...] (S) Summary. During a May 14 meeting with Defense Minister AK Antony, Ambassador: -- advocated for the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter in the VVIP helicopter competition and for Honeywell to be able to compete its F125IN engine for the Jaguar engine upgrade; -- handed over a draft Memorandum of Understan [...]
2008-05-16 10:24:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL MARR ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI1353AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...]
2008-05-16 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1375CHINA'S ATTACKS ON DALAI LAMA ALARM TIBETAN MPS
[...] Send a fact-finding delegation to access the real situation inside Tibet. Urge upon the UN to do the same. 2. Impress upon China to stop killings & uphold the Fundamental Human Rights inside Tibet. 3. Facilitate International medical communities / organizations to render medical assistance t [...]
2008-05-21 03:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALCH IN KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI1406INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in reftel A, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Bilateral Visits Increase, but Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------- [...]
2008-05-23 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
08NEWDELHI1432SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...]
2008-05-27 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1489NARAYANAN URGES BETTER BILATERAL UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-02 10:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL PTER KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1515INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...]
2008-06-04 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1664FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON NONCOMMITTAL ON P5+1
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was noncommittal in response to the Ambassador's spirited demarche on June 17 requesting that the government of India encourage Iran to accept the updated P5 1 incentive package (reftel). The Ambassador emphasized the broad scope of the incentives and t [...]
2008-06-17 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI1683 POST RECOMMENDS MODIFIED IPR STRATEGY FOR INDIA
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: Despite some impressive advancements on certain aspects of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the GOI's continued willingness to engage, India remained on the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR's) 2008 Spec [...]
2008-06-18 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EINV IN
08NEWDELHI1712NEW 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 June 16 to June 20, 2008, including the following items: -- INFLATION CROSSES DOUBLE-DIGIT MARK -- UPDATE ON THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR -- NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS OFF WITH ROBUST TAX REVENUES -- [...]
2008-06-20 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1756SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]
2008-06-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1783NEW 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 June 23 to June 27, 2008, including the following: -- RBI USING RESERVES TO STEM RUPEE DEPRECIATION -- ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING MANDATE FOR REGIONAL RURAL BANKS AND COOPERATIVE BANKS -- INDIA SIGNS FOUR E [...]
2008-06-27 13:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1825INDIA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NO
[...] (C) A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on "Kosovo recognition, donors conference, IMF and World Bank membership following UN reconfiguration" to External Affairs Ministry Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on June 30. In a July 1 follow up with Kumar's staff, Americas Director Vani Rao [...]
2008-07-02 06:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV IN
08NEWDELHI1906INDIANS BEGIN TO FOCUS ON NEXT STEPS IN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Speculation about the timing and likely result of a confidence vote following the Left Front's withdrawal of support from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government dominated local media on July 9. Comments by Foreign Minister Mukherjee caused confusion [...]
2008-07-09 14:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI193NRI CONFERENCE CONNECTS INDIA TO ITS DIASPORA
[...] (U) Summary: Critics called the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual gathering of overseas Indians, nothing more than a talk shop. However, the event draws a large crowd and more press coverage every year and participants appeared content engaging informally with old friends and making n [...]
2008-01-18 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI EINV ECON IN
08NEWDELHI1945POLITICAL REALIGNMENT CONTINUES AS JULY 22
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government continued to maintain its slim majority leading toward the July 22 confidence vote. Several small, marginal parties remained uncommitted, hoping to use their leverage to extract concessions for their support. [...]
2008-07-14 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI195 DRS. WATSON AND DIXON ENGAGE GOI IN PREPARATION FOR SECOND
[...] SUMMARY: Drs. Harlan Watson and Robert Dixon met with representatives of the Government of India (GOI) to discuss preparations for the upcoming Second Major Economies Meeting (MEM2) scheduled for January 30-31 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The GOI was represented by officials from the Ministry of Ext [...]
2008-01-18 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1972POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2009WHILE GOI STILL MIFFED AT UNESCO DEFERMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 8 UNESCO World Heritage Committee meeting in Quebec, the International Council on Museum and Monuments (ICOMOS) advised the committee to defer India's nomination -- the River Island of Majuli in Assam -- because of questions surrounding its authenticity, safety, and [...]
2008-07-22 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL
08NEWDELHI2078SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST
[...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...]
2008-07-30 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2159EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NICKUNJ EXIMP ENTERPRISES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On July 30, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Nickunj Eximp Enterprises (NEE) in Mu [...]
2008-08-07 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2160EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NIKUNJ EXIMP ENTERPRISES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On July 30, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Nickunj Eximp Enterprises Pvt. Limite [...]
2008-08-07 09:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2168INDIA CANCELS OVERFLIGHT PERMISSION FOR FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered ref A demarche on August 6 to Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for the Americas Gaitri Kumar. Sharma noted the urgency of the issue and the Indian government's obligation to comply wi [...]
2008-08-08 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2170NSG MUST "ACCEPT INDIA AS IT IS," ACCORDING TO
[...] (C) Summary. In an August 6 meeting with the Charge, Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma thanked the USG for its efforts to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative and reaffirmed the GOI message -- accept India as it is -- in the lead up to the August 21-22 Nuclear Sup [...]
2008-08-08 10:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM ENRG KNNP PARM TSPL
08NEWDELHI2175SCO SUMMIT DEMARCHE: INDIA SEES ITSELF MERELY AS
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, PolMilOff delivered talking points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Americas Division Director Vani Rao and Eurasia Director Sandeep Arya. On August 8 Arya replied that the Indian government noted our points and shared our broader goals, particular [...]
2008-08-08 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AFIN IN
08NEWDELHI22SCENESETTER PART III: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on government authorities that exist and are being created for regulation of drugs, food, medical devices, and biotechnology. This is a long cable and our intent is to provide "complete picture" for yo [...]
2008-01-03 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI223MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...]
2008-01-23 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2246MUSHARRAF RESIGNS: INDIAN REACTION PURPOSEFULLLY
[...] (C) Summary. Official Indian reaction to news of President Musharraf's resignation has been a calculated message of non-interference and a desire to work with the GOP to continue to improve bilateral ties. Below the surface is a fear that Musharraf's departure could lead to a breakdown of ci [...]
2008-08-19 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2278 PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION ON SOLAR ENERGY
[...] (U) Summary. The recently announced National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) envisages solar energy as a key element to India's energy security and climate change strategy. It calls for the formation of a new National Solar Mission (NSM),which is expected to lead to more integrated Go [...]
2008-08-22 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2295NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: AUGUST 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes an S&T section update on the new Indo-US collaboration in Engineering Education, exploring opportunities for US-India collaboration in space and solar energy, India's plans to set up its largest solar telescope and a report on [...]
2008-08-26 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2297SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...]
2008-08-26 12:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2367AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on September 2 to discuss upcoming high level bilateral meetings, including the President-Prime Minister meeting on September 25 and the CEO Forum scheduled for October 14. In addition, the Ambassador [...]
2008-09-04 00:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAGR ECON EDU EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC IN KNNP
08NEWDELHI2393NEW 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 September 1 to September 5, 2008, including the following: -- NEW ROUND OF EU/INDIA FTA TALKS -- U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES -- INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO TAMIL NADU -- [...]
2008-09-05 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2446YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...]
2008-09-11 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN
08NEWDELHI2466EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ENTERYSYS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On August 26, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Enterysys Corporation (ENT [...]
2008-09-15 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2526COMMERCE A/S BOHIGIAN MEETS WITH MINISTRIES OF FINANCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Market Access David Bohigian met on September 8 with Ministry of Finance Revenue Secretary Bhide and Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Mukim to discuss US industry concerns on tariff and non-tariff barriers to US exports to India. B [...]
2008-09-19 08:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2533NEW 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 September 15 to September 19, 2008, including the following: -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BACK UP IN JULY -- NORMAL MONSOON GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE -- FOREIGN FIRMS NEEDED FOR MEGA POWER -- AHEAD OF US VISIT, PM [...]
2008-09-19 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2557INDIA QUIETLY SUPPORTS AFGHANISTAN FOR IAEA BOARD
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to Ministry of External Affairs director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) G. Dharmendra (protect). Dharmendra said that Kazakhstan's outsider status in the IAEA's Middle East and South Asia (MESA) Group was [...]
2008-09-22 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIAEA PARM MNUC
08NEWDELHI2587 KILLER IN THE INDIAN KITCHEN: INDOOR AIR POLLUTION
[...] SUMMARY. On September 5-6, 2008, the Indo-U.S. Collaboration on Environmental and Occupational Health Joint Working Group convened a workshop on indoor air pollution (IAP) and respiratory health in Chandigarh, India. IAP kills between 400,000 and 2 million Indians each year and is one of the [...]
2008-09-26 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI260 INDIA WELCOMES INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE AS GHARIAL DEATHS
[...] SUMMARY: ESTHOFF and ESTHFSN met with Dr. R.B. Lal, Inspector General, and Dr. Anmol Kumar, Deputy Inspector General of Wildlife at the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on January 24, 2008 to discuss the continued die-off of India's gangetic gharial population described in Reftel. [...]
2008-01-25 10:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV IN
08NEWDELHI2606INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]
2008-09-30 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2613MEDIA REACTION: INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "JUST A STEP AWAY," editorial in the September 29 AMAR UJLA Hindi daily: "The U.S.-India nuclear deal is just a step away from its conclusion after the approval by the U.S. House of Representatives. Now there will be a discussion on the deal in the senate. The U.S. Congress' clearance is just [...]
2008-09-30 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2629MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, IRAN:
[...] "NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO GAIN?" editorial in the September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "As desired by Manmohan Singh, the final seal on the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement is just a matter of formality now. Very soon, the agreement would see the light of day [...]
2008-10-01 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SIPDIS
08NEWDELHI2641WITH THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF "CHANDRAYAAN I" MOON MISSION,
[...] (U) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised to take on many ambitious projects with the aim of establishing broader international collaborations, developing novel technologies to meet social and economic development needs, and attracting and harnessing India's young ta [...]
2008-10-03 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2643MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "INDIA DID IT" editorial in October 3 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "... As if ridiculing those of his allies...who regard the agreement as America's imperialist design, Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear deal with the French President... That Manmohan could come back with a d [...]
2008-10-03 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2645NEW 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 September 29 to October 3, 2008, including the following: -- MOCI PROPOSES EXPANSION OF FDI IN RETAIL -- NEW MANUFACTURING POLICY IDEAS - MOVE IN RIGHT DIRECTION? -- TWO LARGE RAILWAY PROJECTS WITH US [...]
2008-10-03 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2653MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN SENATE APPROVES DEAL", editorial in theM October 4 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "At last, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal has been given the green signal by the American Senate by a huge margin. It was an extremely vital stage of the entire process, concluding in the de [...]
2008-10-06 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2664SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIAN MEDIA OPINION ON
[...] Begin summary: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's October 4 visit to New Delhi was widely labeled by the Indian media as her victory lap, with expectations that the 123 Agreement would be inked. The October 5 coverage was generally straightforward, reflecting a clear sense of disapp [...]
2008-10-07 05:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2665MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...]
2008-10-07 09:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2678MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] NUCLEAR DEAL A TRIBUTE TO INDIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATURE," op-ed in the October 7 centrist DAINIK HINDUSTAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Pranay Sharma: "The nuclear deal with the U.S. is a big triumph for the UPA government, although it may not translate into votes for the Congress par [...]
2008-10-08 10:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2681BJP LEADER NAIDU DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu told PolCouns that he expects inflation, terrorism and the crisis in agriculture to be the main issues in the upcoming national elections. He was confident of the BJP winning state assembly elections due in four states this Nove [...]
2008-10-08 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KIRF CVIS IN
08NEWDELHI269DAS FEIGENBAUM PRESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR SYNERGIES
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) S.K. Sharma, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum: -- pressed for defense cooperation to be one impetus for moving the broader bilateral relationship forward; -- stressed that India has w [...]
2008-01-28 05:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2709MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "GEORGE BUSH'S GIFT," op-ed in the October 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by political commentator and Congress party leader Rajiv Shukla: "President Bush's gesture of signing the nuclear agreement on the Indian Dasshera festival day is significant in that it is a unique and unprecedented agreem [...]
2008-10-14 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2713MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "PRANAB'S REQUEST," editorial in the October 14 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "After signing the India- U.S. civilian nuclear agreement with the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks in Washington were significant. He urged Pakistan not to be app [...]
2008-10-15 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2721MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY / FINANCIAL
[...] "SELF-CREATED CRISIS", editorial in the October 15 right-of-center Urdu daily "HAMARA SAMAJ", New Delhi: "The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, termed the present world financial crisis as man-made "catastrophe". His statement needs no comment. Need not to explain the reason behind [...]
2008-10-16 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2722MIXED SENTIMENT AMONG INDIANS OVER ZARDARI
[...] (C) Summary: The Indian Government has been in wait-and-see mode regarding the path of India's bilateral relationship with Pakistan since President Zardari's election on September 6. Indian media has paid much attention to positive comments made by Zardari, as well as to the possibility of tr [...]
2008-10-16 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KNNP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2749MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN ATTACK ON PAKISTAN", editorial in October 18 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "For the last few months, Pakistan is paying the price of friendship and cooperation with America. America sought no permission from Pakistan for air attacks within its territory. Either Amer [...]
2008-10-21 03:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2759MEDIA REACTION: U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT,
[...] "GOVERNMENT OF HOLLOW PROMISES," op-ed in October 20 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney: "After concluding the flawed nuclear deal with the US, PM Manmohan Singh should now be reminded of his assurance to allow a parliamentary probe into the deal. Not only has the [...]
2008-10-21 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2762INDIAN MEA SIGNALS DESIRE TO NEGOTIATE END-USE
[...] This is an action request for the State Department and Department of Defense. Please see paragraph three. 2. In an October 21 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas Division) Gaitri Kumar told Acting DCM that the Indian government would welcome a visit from a U.S. [...]
2008-10-21 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MASS ETTC PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2768MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA, editorial-page article in the October 22, 2008 CPI (M) Organ GANASHAKTI Bengali daily, Kolkata by senior columnist Dr. Dilip Ghosh Roy. Those who take interests on the issues of social justice and equality will certainly understand the significance [...]
2008-10-22 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI277INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...]
2008-01-28 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2780MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "EASY SOLUTION TO ECONOMIC CRISIS," op-ed in October 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "When you are hard up you reach for the money you have hidden. India or, for that matter, the entire South Asia, is facing the crisis of liquid [...]
2008-10-23 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2800MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION,
[...] "BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TRADE," commentary in October 24 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily by Jayantilal Bhandari: "The picture of nuclear energy, which has emerged in India after the conclusion of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal, promotes new possibilities for economic [...]
2008-10-27 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2812MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "PM's STRAIGHT TALK," editorial in the October 28 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "When markets fail, governments must act. At the Asia-Europe summit in Beijing, India's Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh minced no words. He said the international financial crisis has resulted because [...]
2008-10-30 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2816MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS AND OTHER
[...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation and a range of bilateral issues with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on October 30. Menon said he was prepared to review draft diplomatic notes to bring [...]
2008-10-30 14:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2824MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...]
2008-10-31 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2829PUNJAB: BELLWETHER STATE CAUGHT BETWEEN CONSUMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Punjab remains the richest state in India with its historically strong agricultural sector, and nascent real estate and industrial sectors. However, there are signs of decline in Punjab as other states surge ahead. Its long-held claim to highest per capita income in India has [...]
2008-10-31 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2830REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...]
2008-10-31 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2835MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...]
2008-11-03 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2849MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "U.S. PREDICTION," editorial in the November 4 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Western countries, which dominate the world, have started showing signs of collapsing. According to the U.S. intelligence report if the current trend continues, China will emerge as the world's largest economy and to [...]
2008-11-05 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2852SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "YES, HE CAN," editorial in the November 6 centrist THE TIMES OF INDIA. "Obama campaigned consistently as the candidate for change by handing a landslide victory to its first ever African-American president, America already is a different country ... With Obama's election America has come cl [...]
2008-11-06 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2860SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - LANDSLIDE VICTORY FOR
[...] Begin summary: The India media gave unprecedented attention to the U.S. elections this year. Only India's own national elections aftermath could have surpassed Senator Barack Obama's election victory in sheer volume of coverage. In reporting and commentary, there was widespread admiration fo [...]
2008-11-06 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2872KING OF BHUTAN CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) Even in the midst of hi coronation celebrations, His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck sent a congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Obama via fax on November 5. The speed with which the Bhutanese sent the message reflects the intense interest the U.S. [...]
2008-11-07 07:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN
08NEWDELHI2878SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...]
2008-11-07 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2888 ELECTION DAY
[...] The American Mission in India celebrated the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election around the country with colorful and festive events attended by enthusiastic friends and contacts. Mission India's election programs superbly highlighted American democracy and the strong and growing relationship bet [...]
2008-11-07 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL IN
08NEWDELHI2889INDIANS EXCITED, GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBAMA VICTORY
[...] (U) Summary: The Indian public and the media heralded Barack Obama's presidential victory with joy, amazement and admiration. Indians from all social strata had followed the election with more interest than any previous U.S. presidential election. Many of the national dailies devoted several [...]
2008-11-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI2895MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; NEW
[...] "CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR OBAMA" Sunday supplement special article in the November 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left- of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. "The American media which is going gaga over Barack Obama's electoral victory is soon going to show its true colors. It will shower praises on Obam [...]
2008-11-10 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2904MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]
2008-11-12 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2905INDIAN GOVERNMENT UNWILLING TO AGREE TO END-USE
[...] (C) Summary: While Indian National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh stated their urgent interest on reaching agreement on end-use monitoring, talks led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs) Mitchell Shivers [...]
2008-11-12 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PROV MASS KOMC IN
08NEWDELHI2918MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-
[...] "OBAMA AND INDIA: OBAMA'S NAIVE VIEW ON KASHMIR" op-ed article by guest columnist and retired air vice marshall P.L. Purohit in the November 13, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Unfortunately, Barack Obama's understanding of the Kashmir issue is based on some half-truths [...]
2008-11-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2924NEW 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 10 to November 14, 2008, including the following: -- PM Singh Comments on His Plans for G-20 Summit -- Inflation Rate Drops to Single Digits -- Private Carriers Protest Their Exclusion Under GOI [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI2926MENON ADDRESSES CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS WITH NRC
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and NRC Chairman Klein discussed next steps on civil nuclear cooperation with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on November 12. Menon underlined the importance of India adopting a nuclear regulatory regime that would allow the industry to expand and avoid hamp [...]
2008-11-14 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2942ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO COVER THE BIGGEST
[...] (U) Action Request -- Paragraph 1. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (U) Mission India urges the Department to make available approximately $72,000 in additional travel funds as well as four to six additional TDY reporting officers for a period of two to four month [...]
2008-11-18 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AMGT HR OIG IN
08NEWDELHI2943PROPOSED SUPPORT TO HUSK POWER SERVICES IN BIHAR, INDIA
[...] (SBU) This is in response to reftel, seeking Post input into proposed OPIC support of Husk Power Services ("HPS") for the construction and operation of a rice husk waste-to-energy project in rural villages of India. Kolkata EconFSN spoke with Gyanesh Pandey, one of three co-founders of Husk [...]
2008-11-18 12:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2953MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS / G-20
[...] "INDIA'S CONVICTION," editorial in November 18 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The tables have turned as the G-20 summit on the financial crisis concluded in Washington. This time, it is the developed countries that are under the scanner, while countries like India, China and Brazil have the [...]
2008-11-19 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2954GOI SEEMS OPEN TO DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION AND
[...] (C) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Ambassador John Herbst met MEA officials November 6 to explore potential areas of cooperation between the United States and India in civilian reconstruction and stabilizatioN efforts. United Nations-Political Division Joint Secreta [...]
2008-11-19 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KCOR KCRS KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08NEWDELHI2961MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS, G-
[...] "WILL HISTORY HELP RADIATE A NEW GLOW ON AMERICA, WITHIN AND WITHOUT?" editorial-page article in November 20 Kolkata pro-BJP Bengali daily BARTAMAN by Nashville- based columnist Subhankar Mukherjee. "Obama used a refreshing slogan during his campaign, 'Change we need.' He altered this soon af [...]
2008-11-20 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2962MUMBAI ASSESSES THE MARKETS, EXPECTS MORE RBI MOVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings in Mumbai on November 14-15, Mumbai financial and market analysts shared their views on liquidity conditions and their expectations for further monetary actions with Econoffs from New Delhi and Mumbai. They also conveyed a "wait and see" approach to re-entering Ind [...]
2008-11-20 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2970MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] "OBAMA'S NEW ECONOMICS!" op-ed article by columnist Girish Jakhotia in the November 21, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "President-elect Obama should realize that America's economic woes stem from many of its own counterproductive and self-serving polici [...]
2008-11-21 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2983MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] "HOW BENEFICIAL IS THE OBAMA WIN TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD?" editorial in the November 24, 2008, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "The world knows that neither the U.S. Presidential elections nor the elections to the House of Representatives make any difference to the U.S. p [...]
2008-11-24 10:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2993MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA RELATIONS, WORLD
[...] "HURDLES OF EMERGING NATION," editorial in the November 24 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence assessment is in line with the expectations of many Indians that India will emerge as a major world power by 2025. Hopefully, this U.S. assessment will inspire t [...]
2008-11-25 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3013SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...]
2008-11-28 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3016SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT
[...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...]
2008-11-28 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI3023MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3024MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3031MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3035SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "GO TO THE SOURCE," editorial in the December 1 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "It's also time for New Delhi to work together with the US, the UK and other concerned governments to evolve a common approach towards Pakistan, which is the world's central t [...]
2008-12-02 01:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3037NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 06:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3041SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "DEALING WITH THE NEIGHBOR," editorial in the December 2 nationalist English Daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "There is little doubt that the origins of the Mumbai terror attack lie within the borders of Pakistan. India could consider severing the peace process and rolling [...]
2008-12-02 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3050MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION," editorial in the December 2 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Terrorist organizations have miserably failed to play the Islam card and influence India's Muslims. Terrorists have tried many times, but each time they failed. A sign if this is that Muslims in Kashmir def [...]
2008-12-03 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3052MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: CODEL MCCAIN TOLD THAT
[...] (C) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham that India expected Pakistan to respond directly and promptly to New Delhi's demands for the return of accused terrorists provided refuge in Pakistan. In a December 2 meeting, Mukherjee said [...]
2008-12-03 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
08NEWDELHI3054PM SINGH URGES MCCAIN CODEL TO DELIVER TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senators McCain, Lieberman, Graham, and the Ambassador in a December 2 meeting that the November terrorist attacks in Mumbai were of an unprecedented level of sophistication, clearly launched by LeT from Pakistani soil, with at least the knowle [...]
2008-12-03 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3059MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "LET PAKISTAN BE DECLARED A TERRORIST STATE," editorial in the November 29 Leftist Agartala (Tripura) Bengali daily, TRIPURA DARPAN. "Pakistan should immediately be declared a terrorist state. All sorts of relations should be snapped with this country. Merely pointing fingers toward Pakistan [...]
2008-12-04 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3062MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: MUKHERJEE-ZARDARI CALL DID NOT TAKE PLACE
[...] (C) Post now believes that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not in fact phone Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari November 28 despite conflicting reports from the Indian Government. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar had originally told P [...]
2008-12-04 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3064SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: The highly positive media coverage of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Delhi on December 3 has left behind the lasting image of America being India's First Friend in the time of need. In creating that image, the Secretary's visit was supplemented by other significant American [...]
2008-12-04 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3068SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY
[...] SUMMARY: For the second day today, the focus of the Indian media stayed on Secretary RiceQs South Asia visit. Her visit to Islamabad and her meetings with the Pakistani leadership received extensive play in the print and electronic media. The mediaQs interpretation of the outcome of her India- [...]
2008-12-05 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3071MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3076NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly report on science and technology includes an update on the recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and delegation's visit to India, the commencing of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan I experiments, [...]
2008-12-08 04:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI3084MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in the December 7 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's asking for concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is nothing but a ploy to distract India. Pakistan always declares the eviden [...]
2008-12-08 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3095DIPLOMATIC NOTE EXCHANGE WITH INDIA BRINGS 123
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Americas Division initiated the exchange of diplomatic notes as planned December 6 with Embassy New Delhi to bring into force the U.S.-India Agreement Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy as signed October 10 in Washington, DC. The diplomati [...]
2008-12-08 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3113MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "THE ACTION AGAINST LASHKAR-E-TOIBA," editorial in the December 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who until recently maintained that Pakistan had no connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, has suddenly woken up t [...]
2008-12-10 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3123MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HELPLESSNESS," editorial in the December 10 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan, for the first time, has really acted against terrorists, but under pressure. If the Pakistani rulers really want to eradicate terrorism their actions should match their words. They should stop the diploma [...]
2008-12-11 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3148EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: ENTERYSYS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 19, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Enterysys Corporation (E [...]
2008-12-15 08:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI3152MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "PAKISTAN AT ITS DECEIVING BEST," op-ed article in December 14 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by security affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "In the name of action, Pakistan has rounded up a handful of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. This is out of fear that U.S. may declare Pakistan terrorist-sponso [...]
2008-12-15 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3158INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...]
2008-12-15 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3161MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "ZARDARI'S EXCUSES," editorial in December 15 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan is refusing to hand over the terrorists wanted by India and denying that the sole terrorist captured in the Mumbai terror attacks is a Pakistani national. Despite the international pressure, it [...]
2008-12-16 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3167ADVANI SAYS ISI MUST HAVE KNOWN OF MUMBAI
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on December 15, Senator Kerry extended his condolences for the Mumbai terror attacks and said he would deliver a strong message to the Pakistani leadership. Advani demanded immediate action from Pakistan on dismantling the i [...]
2008-12-16 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SENV AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI3175MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ,
[...] "PAKISTAN'S STALEMATE" editorial in the December 17, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "For the first time in recent history, the international community has taken strong open cognizance of the presence of terrorist outfits in Pakistan. In this context, the Mumbai terror [...]
2008-12-17 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3181MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ,
[...] "LETS RID OURSELVES OF THE FEAR PSYCHOSIS OVER PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARMS" op-ed article by retired air marshal P L Purohit in the December 18, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Pakistan is acting under international pressure as of now. But once the pressure recedes, the no [...]
2008-12-18 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3187LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...]
2008-12-19 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH
08NEWDELHI3190BHUTANESE OFFICIAL TURNS SMUGGLER
[...] SUMMARY: Post has identified a Bhutanese smuggler with connections to the Bhutan Chamber of Commerce. Eight of nine associated applicants confessed to paying up to $10,000 to their fixer to allow them to work and/or immigrate to the U.S. Given a relatively small Bhutanese visa applicant poo [...]
2008-12-19 09:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD IN BT
08NEWDELHI3191MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3204MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...]
2008-12-22 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3217INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...]
2008-12-22 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IN
08NEWDELHI3224MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "BEATING OF WAR DRUMS" editorial in the December 23, 2008, multi-edition right-of-center Gujarati daily GUJARAT SAMACHAR. "It seems that war beats have gathered momentum. A feeling rather than a sense of belief is running deep in the nerves of the people of India that Pakistan needs to be t [...]
2008-12-23 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3234MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...]
2008-12-24 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3242December
[...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]
2008-12-29 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3244MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]
2008-12-29 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3253MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...]
2008-12-30 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3259MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...]
2008-12-31 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3267MENON SAYS INDIA TO DECIDE ON INFORMATION-SHARING WITH PAKISTAN, OPPOSED TO SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford December 31 that the Indian government would make a decision later in the day on whether and how much information from the Mumbai terrorist attack investigations to share with Pakistan and other countries. Menon emphasized th [...]
2008-12-31 11:33:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI379U.S. COAST GUARD AND MEA AGREE TO STEP UP MARITIME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a series of Indian port inspections, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Internet Port Security Program (IPSP) delegation told Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar that they found Indian port security to be at an acceptably high level and [...]
2008-02-06 08:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHSA CE IN
08NEWDELHI431DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]
2008-02-08 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI467ISRAELI DCM BRIEFS DCM ON POSITIVE TREND IN
[...] (C) Summary. Israeli DCM Belotsercovsky told DCM recently that he was concerned that a renewal in criticisms from the Left and India's Muslim community could cause the Indian government to pull back from the rapid, positive trend in India-Israel relations. He refused to comment on allegations [...]
2008-02-13 09:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR TSPA MOPS IN
08NEWDELHI475ALIGARH'S MUSLIMS WELCOME US EMBASSY OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 Political Officers engaged in a full day of Muslim outreach in the Uttar Pradesh city of Aligarh. The Deputy Political Counselor delivered a well-attended address to students on US - India relations at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) followed by a lunch with comm [...]
2008-02-13 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI478TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...]
2008-02-13 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI503 DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS),held February 7 - 9, 2008, attracted a wide range of world leaders but proved to be more of a coup for it's organizers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) than for the theme of sustainable development and climate change with few [...]
2008-02-15 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI524SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...]
2008-02-19 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI558SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]
2008-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI560CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]
2008-02-22 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI573NEW 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 February 18-22, 2008. BIOTECH COTTON INCREASES FARMER INCOME ----------- 2. (U) The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications reports that biotech crops are gaining gr [...]
2008-02-22 13:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI581INDIA STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar and MEA Joint Secretary for Central Europe V. Ashok on February 21, neither of whom provided a substantive response. Post notes the MEA released the following statement on Kosov [...]
2008-02-25 09:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI623INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...]
2008-02-27 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF
08NEWDELHI638DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGH EMPHASIZES POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting between Under Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Mario SIPDIS Mancuso, and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, Mancuso: -- stressed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship; -- expressed appreciation for Singh's contribution to b [...]
2008-02-28 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL MARR KNNP PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI644NEW 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 February 25-29, 2008. ANOTHER BUDGET THAT PROMISES MUCH, BUT FUNDS LITTLE, POPULISM ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Chidambaram presented to Parliament on February 29 t [...]
2008-02-29 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI691INDIA WELCOMES UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1803
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford delivered reftel demarche to Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Joint Secretary T.C.A. Raghavan in separate March [...]
2008-03-05 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IN
08NEWDELHI703ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER PRESSES FOR PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: In separate March 4 meetings, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher reviewed the bilateral relationship SIPDIS with Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar. The Ambassador joined in the Menon meeting. They agreed on a renewed effort to achieve progres [...]
2008-03-06 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD AMGT CVIS MARR OEXC OVIP
08NEWDELHI721NEW 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 March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...]
2008-03-07 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI722ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM
[...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...]
2008-03-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI734INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...]
2008-03-11 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN
08NEWDELHI763SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI
[...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...]
2008-03-13 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI8SCENESETTER PART II: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) Mr. Secretary, this is the second scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on U.S.-India collaborations in life sciences, health sciences, and public health. The third companion cable will provide information on the regulatory environment for drugs, vacc [...]
2008-01-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI808DALAI LAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTS CONTINUED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 09:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP CH IN
08NEWDELHI825BELLWETHER: UTTAR PRADESH - ON THE SLOW ROAD TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12 Polcouns hosted a dinner attended by over 165 in the Uttar Pradesh (UP) capital, Lucknow, to honor longtime embassy contact and friend Dr. Ammar Rizvi. In addition to the dinner, Polcouns and Poloffs held meetings with high-level state officials, local journalists, [...]
2008-03-19 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NEWDELHI882TIBET CLAMP DOWN AND PROTESTS PUT INDIA IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tibet remains a front-burner challenge in New Delhi more than 10 days after protests at the Chinese Embassy and a protest march out of Dharamsala led to the arrest of over 200 Tibetans. After another protest at the Chinese Embassy led to more arrests on March 21, the Indian press rep [...]
2008-03-26 12:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI950DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...]
2008-04-01 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP
08NEWDELHI982NEW 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 March 31-April 3, 2008, including the following items: --MCDONALD'S OPENS ITS FIRST OUTLET IN CHENNAI --WIPRO RAMPS UP CHENNAI OPERATIONS --GOA TO HAVE LARGEST OFFSHORE CASINO --PLANNING COMMISSION'S FOC [...]
2008-04-03 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NIAMEY1001Embassy Iftaar Series Generates Substantial Goodwill During
[...] As part of post's Islamic outreach initiatives, Embassy Niamey sponsored a series of Iftaar dinners during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Four separate Iftaars were hosted by the Ambassador, the Charge d'Affaires, the PAO and the Public Affairs Section (PAS). 2. On September 10, Ambass [...]
2008-10-02 09:12:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL NG
08NIAMEY1066NIGER: CHINESE GOV'T BRINGS DREAM TO BUILD AN OIL REFINERY
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger's (GON) dream to build an oil refinery moved a step closer to becoming reality at an elaborate first-stone laying ceremony on October 27, 2008. The GON (all Cabinet Ministers, many National Assembly Members),traditional chiefs, political party heads, diploma [...]
2008-11-03 10:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV ECON SOCI PGOV SENV NG
08NIAMEY1073OFFICIAL CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE HONORABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 15:08:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP NG
08NIAMEY1081NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA
[...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...]
2008-11-10 11:36:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI
08NIAMEY1083NIGER: BURKINA FASO MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA
[...] (C) On November 4, 2008, using reftel talking points, Ambassador Allen raised with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Aichatou Mindaoudou the USG interest in inviting the Government of Burkina Faso to participate in the TSCTP. When asked for the GON's views on the matter and sugg [...]
2008-11-10 11:46:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER NG UV XA XI
08NIAMEY1093NIGER: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TANDJA ON
[...] (U) Summary. On November 11, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by USAID Country Program Manager (CPM) Wentling and USAID/MCC Threshold Program Manager (TPM) Schulman, met with President Tandja, his Cabinet Director Maman and Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Dagra to discuss supplemental food s [...]
2008-11-14 11:27:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL KMCA EAID SOCI SCUL NG
08NIAMEY1110NIAMEY - LESSONS LEARNED FROM SEPTEMBER 2008
[...] (U) Embassy Niamey participated in a two-day Crisis Management Exercise (CME) from September 8 - 9, 2008. The exercise on September 8 centered around a PowerPoint presentation designed to inform the Locally Engaged Staff (LES) about how an Embassy might go about resolving or responding to a [...]
2008-11-21 05:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NG AEMR AMGT CASC ML UV LI
08NIAMEY1133NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...]
2008-12-03 11:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY
08NIAMEY1167Embassy Niamey Confronts Gender-Based Violence in Niger
[...] SUMMARY: Between November 26 - December 10, 2008, Embassy Niamey took advantage of the U.N.-sponsored "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (reftel) to raise awareness successfully on issues of domestic violence and women's rights in Niger. Niamey's Public Affairs Section (PAS) [...]
2008-12-18 06:22:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KISL KWMN NG
08NIAMEY1178 DELIVERY OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] On December 24, Embassy Niamey provided subject demarche, in both French and English, along with the Department of State and Department of Treasury press releases pertaining to the designation of additional Iranian entities under E.O. 13382, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Direc [...]
2008-12-24 11:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM KNNP UN US IR NG
08NIAMEY276NIGER LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on March 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer for the Americas, Asia, and Oceana, Issa Housseyni. Housseyni stated that he believed Niger would most likely recognize Kosovo's independence. He stated that he based this belief on a previous conversa [...]
2008-03-10 13:20:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL NG
08NIAMEY48NIGER: U.S. AMBASSADOR JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH GON
[...] (C) Summary. I met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou on Thursday, January 10, 2008, and discussed the status of Niger,s MCC Threshold Program, security (specifically land mine incidents),human rights-related matters(arrested journalists and military,s killing of [...]
2008-01-14 16:09:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PHUM ASEC PGOV NG
08NIAMEY533NIGER: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESPONSE TO
[...] (U) Following is an unofficial English translation of the Government of Niger (GON) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic Note Number 3413 (dated 19 May 2008),in response to U.S. Embassy Niamey Diplomatic Note Number 36, related to allegations of human rights abuses conducted by Nigerien mil [...]
2008-05-20 13:52:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR PGOV NG
08NIAMEY572NIGER: RESIGNATIONS FROM THE MNJ POLITICAL CELL;
[...] (U) A May 28 posting on the MNJ web site signed by Chehna ag Hamate announced Hamate's resignation from the MNJ political cell. On May 30 another posting said that the political cell had met the day before and accepted the resignation of Chehna Hamate and Kaocen Seydou Maiga. The new politic [...]
2008-05-30 10:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS PINR NG
08NIAMEY619UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN AIR SERVICE (UNHAS)
[...] Summary. The UNHAS launched an inaugural flight in Niger on June 12, 2008, with a short trip from Niamey to Agadez to Niamey. The UNHAS will facilitate travel to remote locations in country as well as offer limited service from Niger to other countries in west and central Africa. This most w [...]
2008-06-23 14:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDEAID CASC AEMR AMED PREL ASEC NG CD CM CT
08NIAMEY641GON CLOSES PROFESSIONAL MEDIA CENTER
[...] On June 30 the Ministry of Communication closed Niger's "Maison de la Presse," a professional media center located in Niamey. 2. In 2005, Nigerien President Mamadou Tandja instructed the Ministry of Communication to donate to Nigerien journalists a media center that had been constructed for [...]
2008-07-02 13:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
08NIAMEY693NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS AGADEZ
[...] (U) The MNJ reports on its web site that it attacked Agadez around 6:30 in the evening of July 10. It claims that the attack is the prelude for an offensive, and warns civilians to stay away from military and government facilities in the interior of the country. It also reiterates its claim [...]
2008-07-14 07:30:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV ASEC NG
08NIAMEY828NIGER: HOST COUNTRY MILITARY DECLINES ACOTA
[...] (U) Following is an unofficial translation of the text of diplomatic note number 5795 that Embassy Niamey received today from the Government of Niger Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of Defense Cooperation, dated 25 August 2008: Quote. The Office of Military Cooperation in the Government [...]
2008-08-26 14:34:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MOPS NG
08NIAMEY945 HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE FOR UNGFA - NIGER
[...] The Nigerien attendees to the 63rd UN General Assembly will be as listed below. (Note: no spouses are anticipated to attend, and travel information is not available at this time. All participants speak French. End Note.): A. Attendance of Head of State: No. B. Attendance of Hea [...]
2008-09-05 14:20:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP OTRA KSEP UNGA NG
08NIAMEY951NIGER: APPLYING LETTER OF THE LAW TO
[...] (C) Summary. USAID Country Manager attended a donors' meeting to discuss the current working environment for NGOs. The tense relationships between the Government of Niger (GON) and two NGOs, Medecins Sans Frontier/France (MSF/F) and Agence Contre le Faim/Espagne (ACF/E),after the NGO operati [...]
2008-09-11 08:55:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALEAID ELAB PREL PGOV EAGR NG
08NIAMEY97NIGER: ENGAGEMENT WITH FRANCE IN TSCTP COUNTRIES
[...] (U) Following is in response to ref b e-mail request for information regarding engagement with France in TSCTP counties. 2. (C) French security interests in Niger are far greater than our own: -- There are more French than American citizens in Niger. Any security incident is therefore m [...]
2008-01-24 09:23:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV NG FR
08NIAMEY974 KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA
[...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker briefed Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on the subject of reftel on September 19. 2. Aicha Andia stated that the matter woul [...]
2008-09-20 14:42:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA UN KV NG
08NIAMEY975 Community of Democracies at UNGA
[...] Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Whitaker and Political Specialist Idi Moussa delivered subject demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Director for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania Sani Nana Aicha Andia and Desk Officer for the Americas Aboubacar Danbarma on September 19. 2. Aicha [...]
2008-09-20 14:42:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM UNGA NG
08NICOSIA110CYPRUS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR
[...] Per Ref A request, the Embassy submits one (1) proposal for an anti-trafficking in persons project to be funded from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations; details have been sent via e-mail to appropriate Department personnel (Ref B). The request is for a film entitled "Lullaby," by Cypriot fi [...]
2008-02-15 10:02:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ASEC ELAB PHUM PREL SMIG CY
08NICOSIA116SURPRISE, SURPRISE: INCUMBENT PAPADOPOULOS THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent Republic of Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos failed February 17 to advance to the second round; instead, challengers Ioannis Kasoulides (DISY, center-right) and Dimitris Christofias (AKEL, left) will do battle February 24. News of Papadopoulos's defeat left Cypr [...]
2008-02-18 15:30:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA152HOW COMMUNIST IS CHRISTOFIAS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot business community is confident that despite his education in the old Soviet Union and refusal to disavow his or his party's communist label, President Christofias will keep his promises to maintain the orthodox economic policies that have helped Cyprus grow over the p [...]
2008-02-29 14:34:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV CY
08NICOSIA181REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2007 - March 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Amy E. Dahm, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3345, Fax: (357) [...]
2008-03-14 11:12:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CY
08NICOSIA281COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT BY KAMAL BEYOGHLOW
[...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT OF MR. KAMAL BEYOGHLOW, PROFESSOR AT US NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE TO TRAVEL TO CYPRUS ON MAY 26 - 28, AS STATED IN REFTEL. CONTACT OFFICER IS POLITICAL CHIEF, GREG MACRIS; OFFICE: 357-22-393524, FAX: 357-22-393467, MOBILE: 357-99-424355, E-MAIL: MACRISGP@STA [...]
2008-05-07 12:02:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CY OTRA
08NICOSIA292EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS INITIAL EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In response to recent developments in Lebanon and a message from the Department ExecSec (Ref A),Ambassador Schlicher chaired a meeting of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 9 at 1000 hrs local to discuss contingency plans for supporting Embassy Beirut as well as a p [...]
2008-05-09 14:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU
08NICOSIA293EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS SECOND EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: At 1630 hrs local on May 9, Ambassador Schlicher held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to assess the latest developments concerning the Beirut crisis and review progress on Embassy Nicosia contingency planning. The meeting was a follow-up to the initial EAC meeting con [...]
2008-05-09 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU
08NICOSIA300EMBASSY NICOSIA EAC LEBANON CRISIS UPDATE MAY 13
[...] (SBU) At 0845 hrs local on May 13, Ambassador Schlicher convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to review political developments in Lebanon and follow up on the May 12 EAC meeting (reftel). Post submitted an updated staffing request to Washington on May 12. Contingency plannin [...]
2008-05-13 07:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PREL PGOV LE CY
08NICOSIA32CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]
2008-01-14 10:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA336EMBASSY NICOSIA SEIZES THE MOMENT TO PROMOTE TRAVEL TO THE
[...] Summary: Cypriots love to travel. Specifically, on the Government Controlled part of the island with a total population of approximately 800,000 there were 1,080,512 trips recorded of Cypriots who traveled abroad in 2007. However, less than 15,000 recorded trips were to the USA. Taking into a [...]
2008-05-28 07:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BEXP ETRD ECON CY
08NICOSIA348MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...]
2008-06-02 04:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA354CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...]
2008-06-02 08:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS
08NICOSIA433CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL OVER U.S.-EU SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 13:05:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM CY
08NICOSIA628CHRISTOFIAS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: If he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat could not reunite Cyprus, then who could? RoC President Demetris Christofias told the Ambassador during the latter's farewell call July 31. President Christofias, while pleased with the outcome of the March-July preparatory phase [...]
2008-08-01 13:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA644CYPRUS SUPPORTS KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC
[...] Per reftel, PolOff demarched Second Secretary Cyril Nicolaou, the Americas Desk Officer for the Cypriot MFA, on August 5 regarding Cyprus's support for keeping the pressure on the FARC. Nicolaou replied that Cyprus does not support the human rights abuses and terrorist acts of the FARC, and [...]
2008-08-05 14:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV CY
08NICOSIA728CYPRUS: PRESIDENT REPLIES TO AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (U) U.S. Ambassador Frank C. Urbancic on September 9 presented his credentials to Republic of Cyprus President Demetris Christofias. Later that day, President Christofias's office sent a formal, written reply to the Ambassador's statement from the presentation of credentials ceremony. The t [...]
2008-09-10 14:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OPDC CY
08NICOSIA731CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...]
2008-09-12 15:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE
08NICOSIA777CYPRUS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN HAVANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the only surprise in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's September 24 declaration that it would open an embassy in Havana was that the government had waited so long. Cuba holds a fond spot in the heart of Demetris Christofias, the communist AKEL party chairman elected RoC pr [...]
2008-09-30 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY CU
08NICOSIA881PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BEHIND CYPRUS'S CONDEMNATION
[...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged October 26 U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria via a press release and website posting (Reftel). In a November 4 meeting with PolChief, Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou explained MFA thinking in a [...]
2008-11-07 05:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY SY TU
08NICOSIA886CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK
[...] ROC President Demetris Christofias on November 7 issued a congratulatory message to U.S.President-elect Barack Obama, the text of which appears in Paragraph 2. 2. "On behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, I would like to express my most heartfelt congratulations [...]
2008-11-10 13:27:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP CY
08NICOSIA896CYPRUS: RESIDENT SYRIAN COMMUNITY PROTESTS
[...] (SBU) At 1100 hrs on November 8, approximately 50 individuals representing the Syrian diaspora in Cyprus staged a demonstration around the corner from Embassy Nicosia (Ref C). Protesters criticized the alleged October 26 U.S. military operation in eastern Syria. The demonstration was peace [...]
2008-11-13 13:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL CY SY
08NICOSIA897CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER USG CONCERNS OVER EXPULSION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-13 13:19:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CY
08NICOSIA936CYPRUS AGAIN SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR WASSENAAR BID
[...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see Paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on November 25 asked the Embassy to forward immediately correspondence from Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou to the Secretary. The letter, the text of which appears in Paragraph 6 [...]
2008-11-26 14:41:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CY TU
08NICOSIA94LEFT-WING CHALLENGER PROMISES CLOSE RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AKEL (Communist) Secretary General and presidential candidate Dimitris Christofias promises his administration will seek and value close relations with the United States. Only with U.S. and UK input and support could Cyprus reunify, he told the Ambassador February 5; while rela [...]
2008-02-08 10:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA940CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]
2008-12-02 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
08NICOSIA958CHURCH OF CYPRUS AND COMMUNITY OF SANT'EDIGIO HOST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political and religious leaders of numerous nations and various faiths gathered in Nicosia November 16-18 at a conference organized by the Roman Catholic Community of Sant'Egidio and hosted/financed by the Church of Cyprus. Despite earlier misgivings that the event could morph in [...]
2008-12-08 04:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KIRF VT CY
08NICOSIA963CYPRUS: LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to Reftel questionnaire (answers keyed to questions). -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the ROC has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights [...]
2008-12-09 13:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ETTC PREL CU CY
08NICOSIA984CYPRUS: LOGISTICS FOR EASTERN MED REGIONAL
[...] (U) Embassy Nicosia, in conjunction with the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT),will host the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) review on January 13. Ref message provided background on RSI and a brief rollout of the substantive d [...]
2008-12-22 07:13:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL CY
08NOUAKCHOTT403DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-03 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT408EAC MEETS IN RESPONSE TO REPORTED COUP
[...] (SBU) The EAC met at 1015hrs to discuss reports of a coup and Mission security posture. Reports indicate that at approximately 0900hrs today, the President and Prime Minister were removed from their physical offices at the direction of General Mohamed Abdel Aziz. General Aziz has been Persona [...]
2008-08-06 13:21:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT421SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...]
2008-08-11 09:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC CASC EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT431SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...]
2008-08-12 20:46:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT439SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...]
2008-08-17 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT449MFA SAYS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL WILL REMAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 15:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV MR IS
08NOUAKCHOTT558EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED OCTOBER 5 PROTESTS
[...] (U) On October 5, 2008, the Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss protests in Nouakchott planned for the afternoon (4:00 pm) of the 5th by the anti-coup National Front for the Preservation of Democracy (FNDD). 2. (C) Charge Meetings with Opposition: Charge [...]
2008-10-05 13:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT624FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...]
2008-10-23 13:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT654MEETING WITH FORMER ECON MINISTER VEZZAZ --
[...] (C) MCC Scorecard A Validation Of Abdallahi Policies: Charge met November 5 with former Minister of Economy and Finance (and current FNDD economic director) Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz who had been the Mission's principal ministerial counterpart in the development of Mauritania's MCC Thres [...]
2008-11-06 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT659MEETING WITH THE REGIME'S "FOREIGN MINISTER"
[...] (C) Summary: Regime "Foreign Minister" Ould Mohamedou claims the High State Council wants to find a solution that will restore constitutionality and maintain stability. The Regime will "put something concrete on the table" at the November 10 African Union meeting in Addis Ababa. The regime [...]
2008-11-09 18:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT671REGIME STILL HAWKING SAME PLAN POST-ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) Charge was convoked November 12 by regime "Foreign Minister" Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou who, along with Secretary General of the Government Ba Ousmane and several ministry division heads, presented a brief on the regime's plan to convene a national dialogue on democracy. The plan t [...]
2008-11-13 14:48:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT686MAKING IT PERSONAL
[...] (U) Anticipating the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) November 1Oth 2008 release of country indicators, Nouakchott issued a release noting that Mauritanian advances outlined in the report had been made during the democratic Abdallahi administration. Mission wished to forestall attempts [...]
2008-11-20 08:00:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT706ABDALLAHI UNIMPRESSED WITH FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi's advisors claim the special French delegation headed by Elysee Africa Director Romain Serman offered no concrete proposals but suggested the need for a concession by President Abdallahi. Abdallahi held firm to his position of no negations while the military [...]
2008-11-30 17:19:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT716SPEAKER VISIT FURTHERS QUIET DIPLOMACY
[...] IIP Speaker Mohammed Bashar Arafat visited Nouakchott from November 23 until November 26 2008. During this time, he gave presentations on Islam In America to two universities in Nouakchott, the University of Nouakchott (11/24) and the Islamic Institute, ISERI (11/25) reaching over 600 students [...]
2008-12-04 12:16:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
08NOUAKCHOTT718MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]
2008-12-04 14:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO KDEM PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT723MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI -- A VERY LONG
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi has restated his absolute rejection of negotiations with the Mauritanian military but expressed a realistic view of American capacity to bring others around to the U.S. policy approach -- a "standard" for others to compare themselves to. Abdallahi also recog [...]
2008-12-10 19:16:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT746CONGRATULATORY LETTER ON BEHALF OF PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) Mission received December 18 a letter signed by President Abdallahi's Minister of Education on behalf of Prime Minister Yahya Ould Ahmed El Waghef who is being held in prison by the post-August 6 coup authorities. An informal translation of the letter (being forwarded in the original F [...]
2008-12-18 13:44:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT759SPIES LIKE US: THE MEDIA'S TENDENCY TO SEE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A December 14th allegation of spying on the part of the US Embassy brought to light an increasing tendency in the local media towards personal attacks, sensationalism and an erosian in journalistic integrity. Since the August 6th coup it has become commonplace to use bold titles [...]
2008-12-21 16:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT770PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI RECONFIRMS HIS AMBASSADOR TO
[...] (SBU) Charge received December 28 a letter from Mauritanian President Abdallahi to President Bush reconfirming Ambassador Dia Ibrahima as his representative in the U.S. Informal translation of the letter follows (copy of French original will be forwarded to AF/W). 2. (SBU) Begin Text: [...]
2008-12-28 12:06:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT776SITUATION IN GAZA - A/DCM DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) A/DCM Cornelius Walsh, met with Americas and Asia Director Ambassador Ahmed Deya Ould Mohammed Vall to review contents of reftel and outline American position regarding December 31 Arab League Ministerial. This is one of the very few demarches the Mission has delivered since the coup as w [...]
2008-12-31 12:33:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL MOPS PHUM MR
08OSAKAKOBE110KANSAI ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: CONCERNS OF FLAGGING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of rising commodity prices on consumer sentiment is the biggest threat facing the Kansai economy, according to a top official at the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. Meeting with EMIN May 23, BOJ Osaka Branch Deputy Director Kunio Matsuda said his greatest anxiety [...]
2008-05-30 04:29:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
08OSLO102NORWEGIANS RECEIVE CUBA DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 06:37:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EU CU NO
08OSLO119NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...]
2008-03-04 09:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO
08OSLO128NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO129NORWAY'S ENERGY PART III: OPEN (OR CLOSED) FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO138NORWAY'S ENERGY PART III: OPEN (OR CLOSED) FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 07:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO139NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 07:16:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO204NORWEGIAN ENERGY UPDATE: DEPUTY MINISTER MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 10 Ambassador Whitney met with Deputy Petroleum Minister Stubholt to discuss several energy issues, including the status of the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Snoehvit project, GON views on the recent WIREC conference, access to new oil/gas acreage, the 20th licensing r [...]
2008-04-11 12:28:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO207NORWAY'S CHALLENGES WITH SOMALI INTEGRATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Norway's newest and arguably least successful wave of immigrants comes from Somalia, with over 20,000 settled in Norway. Both this year and in 2001, Norwegian authorities have arrested Somalis for suspicion of financing terrorist groups in Somalia. Most Somalis [...]
2008-04-15 06:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF SO NO
08OSLO302NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...]
2008-06-03 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO
08OSLO308NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 14:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO
08OSLO353 NORWAY AIMING TO BE A GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LEADER:
[...] (SBU) Norway, the oil and gas giant of northern Europe, is working to become a leader in global renewable energy technology and cleaner fossil fuel production. Norway's renewable energy field, though lagging behind other European nations, has found niches to fill in wind power production, sol [...]
2008-06-24 15:16:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG TRGY PGOV NO
08OSLO374NORWAY - AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-03 13:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF PREL NATO NO
08OSLO40MUSLIM AMERICAN CONGRESSMAN IN NORWAY ON FAITH,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The visit of Congressman Keith Ellison (D-MN) to Oslo 7-11 January focused on peace and reconciliation in the Middle East and establishing ties to Norway. It was a boon to post's interfaith outreach and helped combat stereotypes of the United States and administration policy. END [...]
2008-01-18 06:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL KPAL KIRF OREP NO
08OSLO519NORWAY CONCERNED ABOUT EVENTS IN BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with Oyvind Johansen and Kjersti Rodsmoen of the Latin America section of the MFA to deliver reftel points. While generally supportive of our talking points, they inquired what kinds of evidence (if any) had been used by the governments of Bolivia and Venezuela to support thei [...]
2008-09-22 11:55:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM BL ASEC NO
08OSLO529NORWAY NONCOMMITTAL ON SYRIA AND IRAN ON IAEA
[...] (SBU) DCM contacted MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen (who was in New York for UNGA) stressing points in reftel. Ellefsen was unaware of this issue but promised to get back to us once he found out more. Steffen Kongstad, head of MFA Security Policy Section, after hearing reftel points was [...]
2008-09-24 14:03:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA MNUC PARM NO
08OSLO530NORWEGIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CLAIMS TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Deputy Minister of Justice Terje Pedersen, DCM stressed continued U.S. concern over Norway's counterterrorism approach, requested prompt attention to our proposed HSPD-6 agreement, and asked about any improvements in GON procedures regarding chec [...]
2008-09-24 14:38:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO
08OSLO544NORWAY: BOILING ECONOMY COOLS, PENSION FUND STEAMS
[...] (C) Summary. Norwegian financial markets spiraled downward, immediately following the failed passage on September 29th of the USG's Troubled Asset Recovery Plan (TARP). EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan and Ambassador Whitney met with Norwegian Central Bank officials, discussing percept [...]
2008-10-06 13:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
08OSLO556NORWEGIAN HELSINKI COMMITTEE PLANS FOR CENTRAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff had a wide-ranging, two-hour meeting with the heads of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC),a prominent human rights organization with initiatives in many Eastern European and Central Asian countries. Of greatest interest is NHC's quasi-covert attempt to penetrate Turkm [...]
2008-10-14 14:57:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PROP PGOV SOCI NO
08OSLO561ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN IN OSLO: IRAN, EITI,
[...] (C) Summary. EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan's recent Oslo visit stressed US views on Iranian investments, focused on EITI's achievements, and reviewed the current US financial state in meetings with StatoilHydro executives, regional managers of the Extractive Industries Transparency I [...]
2008-10-15 08:51:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
08OSLO57NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR NO
08OSLO608NORWAY HAS HIGH HOPES FOR OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
[...] (U) Summary: Norway's political leadership enthusiastically welcomed Barack Obama's election victory and outlined some of the issues they would like the next administration to focus on. These include climate change, the financial crisis, fight against poverty, UN reform, and efforts to ensure [...]
2008-11-07 15:28:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDENIV PHUM PINR PREL NO
08OSLO613MORALES NOVEMBER 26 OSLO VISIT AN OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Embassy Oslo delivered points in reftel concerning the explusion of DEA from Bolivia to the head of the Latin American section in the MFA, Hege Araldsen. Araldsen asked if it would be possible to have more information on the positive impact that the DEA has had in Bolivia. Bolivia's Presi [...]
2008-11-10 15:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL NO
08OSLO623NORWEGIAN ENERGY: A MERRY-GO-ROUND OR FISHY
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy officers approached parliamentarians to discuss concerns voiced by American producers and suppliers operating on the Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS). Given the forthcoming 20th licensing round, American energy majors are increasing calls for greater field operatorship [...]
2008-11-21 08:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO647NORWAY KEENLY INTERESTED IN THE LACEY ACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Norwegian government has showed keen interest in the Lacey Act's impact on tropical timber issues. Embassy Oslo arranged a thorough presentation to the Deputy Minister of Environment, NGOs, and other government officials, which generated spirited discussion. An EU represen [...]
2008-12-04 11:56:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALSENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO NO
08OSLO654 TURNING THE TIDE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE:
[...] Summary: Faced with a dramatic decline in student numbers over the past 15 years, Embassy Oslo made student mobility and the promotion of U.S. education a top Mission-wide priority. By building partnerships with interested organizations; outreach efforts to alumni, advisors, teachers and stud [...]
2008-12-08 12:57:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC PREL NO
08OSLO656NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights and, indirec [...]
2008-12-08 13:57:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
08OSLO688NORWEGIANS RELUCTANT TO CUT AID FOR NICARAGUA
[...] (C) Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, head of the Latin America section of the MFA, who expressed official concern over developments in Nicaragua but little interest in actually reducing Norway's budget support. At the same time, Rodsmoen said that Norway would limit its 2009 budget support t [...]
2008-12-23 13:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL NU NO
08OTTAWA1CANADA'S POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2008
[...] (C) Summary: The government of Prime Minister Harper intends to maintain a steady course in implementing the policy priorities of the October 2007 ""Speech from the Throne"" (reftels),while the Conservative Party's minority status in both Houses of Parliament makes demonstrable progress prob [...]
2008-01-02 17:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA1018CANADA AND POSSIBLE AMERICAS TRADE SUMMIT
[...] (sbu) Canada strongly supports the U.S. idea of broadening free trade agreements and cooperation in the western hemisphere, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor in the Americas Strategy Secretariat Rouben Khatchadourian told Econcouns on July 30. Respond [...]
2008-07-30 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD XM XS CA
08OTTAWA1028EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE OAS AND THE SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on July 18, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States Hector E. Morales, Jr. emphasized his hopes of maintaining strong coordination and collaboration with Canada on hemi [...]
2008-08-01 11:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL XL XM CA
08OTTAWA1068CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...]
2008-08-12 11:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA1091YOUNG VOTERS HAVE POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conventional wisdom in Canada suggests that young voters are apathetic. Indeed, official data show youth participation rates in federal elections have declined since 1993. However, mission conversations with politically-active young Canadians suggest that many of them are polit [...]
2008-08-14 20:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1115RESPONSES TO CANADA'S COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26, the government-appointed Competition Policy Review Panel released its final report entitled &Compete to Win.8 The Panel was created in July of 2007 and tasked with reviewing Canada's competition and foreign investment policies in order to issue recommendations to the [...]
2008-08-20 20:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD CA
08OTTAWA1123CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]
2008-08-22 13:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1124BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] A Locally Engaged Staff (LES) member from mission Canada's American Presence Post in Winnipeg, Manitoba visited Wolverine Supplies in Virden, Manitoba on July 25. Wolverine Supplies is named in subject license application as the foreign end-user of "fixed stock" models of the XCR rifle. Based [...]
2008-08-22 20:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC CA
08OTTAWA1130CDMA 2008: CANADA TO PROMOTE SECRETARIAT
[...] (C//NF) Summary: At their September 4 meeting in Banff, Minister of Defence MacKay will urge Secretary of Defense Gates to support the creation of a secretariat for the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA). Canada believes a secretariat is required to bolster the CDMA's abi [...]
2008-08-26 12:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA1162GREEN PARTY MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MP
[...] The Green Party landed its first Member of Parliament on August 30. Sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson formally joined the party and said he will run under the Green banner in a Canadian federal election that local analysts expect to be called within days. Wilson's recruitment marks a first [...]
2008-09-03 15:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1202CANADIAN APPROVAL BRINGS CANUS ILOC INTO FORCE
[...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defense Relations Victor Rakmil told pol/miloff on September 12 that the Government of Canada had received approval from Parliament to bring into force the Agreement on Integrated Lines of Commun [...]
2008-09-15 19:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR CA
08OTTAWA1231VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SECURITY UPDATE - COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 12-28 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will present Canada, and the United States, with complex multi-jurisdictional security challenges. The RCMP has the security lead, but is planning for the Canadian Forces (CF) to render military support of civilian security a [...]
2008-09-17 20:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC PTER KOLY CA
08OTTAWA1244CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 24 HAITI KEY
[...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Assistant Deputy Minister (International Security Branch) and Political Director Colleen Swords and Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiski will participate in the September 24 meeting of Haiti Key Play [...]
2008-09-19 17:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA
08OTTAWA1246CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT U/S BURNS' MEETING ON
[...] (U) The Canadian representative to the September 24 meeting on Colombia hosted by U/S Burns in New York will be Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiskis of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at [...]
2008-09-19 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC PTER PHUM UNGA CO CA
08OTTAWA1258THE U.S. IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION -- NOT!
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the overwhelming importance of the U.S. to Canada for its economy and security, bilateral relations remain the proverbial 900 pound gorilla that no one wants to talk about in the 2008 Canadian federal election campaigns. This likely reflects an almost inherent inferiority c [...]
2008-09-22 18:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA135ELECTRIC POWER FROM CANADA: TRADE DWINDLES AS CONTINENT'S NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS UNBUILT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 21:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA136PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]
2008-01-25 23:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO CA
08OTTAWA1372PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...]
2008-10-28 14:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08OTTAWA1393CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY
[...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...]
2008-10-30 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA
08OTTAWA1394NEW CANADIAN CABINET: "CERTAINTY, STABILITY, AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Cabinet of the second government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office on October 29. Its expanded size includes more women and rewarded some new MPs from key geographic areas. As expected, former Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon succeeded David Emerson as Mini [...]
2008-10-30 19:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA1408CANADA CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) According to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Division for Inter-American Relations Leonard Beaulne, Canada will give "strong consideration" to the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee. [...]
2008-11-03 22:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KWMN OAS CA
08OTTAWA1414PM HARPER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) In a statement on November 4, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama and all incoming Members of Congress and Governors. He pledged to continue to cooperate to "strengthen the special bond" between our two nations. (Full text in pa [...]
2008-11-05 17:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1417 NSDD 38 - Department of Homeland Security (DHS),United
[...] The Embassy has received the NSDD-38 request from the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG) to establish an 0-4 Coast Guard Liaison Officer billet at the Royal Canadian Mounted political (RCMP) Headquarters in Ottawa. The Chief of Mission approves the establishment [...]
2008-11-06 16:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT KMRS CA
08OTTAWA1426NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LAWRENCE CANNON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Lawrence Cannon became Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's second Conservative government (reftel). Cannon is an experienced and competent administrator who is likely to provide stability to a department that has had four minist [...]
2008-11-07 17:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1433CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (SBU) Canada will support the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee at the CIM Assembly election in Santiago (November 10-12),according to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Division of Inter-A [...]
2008-11-10 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KWMN OAS CA
08OTTAWA1460CANADA CRITICAL OF NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on November 18, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Nicaragua desk officer Sandy Ewart confirmed that Canada fully shares U.S. concerns regarding the November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections. He noted that the Canadian Embassy in Costa Ri [...]
2008-11-18 22:20:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV NU CA
08OTTAWA14702008 THRONE SPEECH FOCUSES ON ECONOMY, NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The second Harper government's Throne Speech on November 19 lived down to expectations of a fairly modest agenda, primarily focused on dealing with the domestic impact of the global economic crisis. The government did not indicate any plans for a major economic sti [...]
2008-11-19 22:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA1501CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...]
2008-12-01 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO IR CA
08OTTAWA1508US-CANADA PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE (PJBD)
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted the 222nd bi-national Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) meeting in Quebec City, November 12-14, 2008, with U.S. Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Chairman Rick Casson leading the discussions. The PJBD's Record of Decision (ROD) recognized the merit of [...]
2008-12-02 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA1510BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR ON G20 SUMMIT AND
[...] (c) Summary: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Deputy Governor John Murray told DCM and EMIN in a November 28 meeting that Bank officials were pleased with the G-20 Summit statement of principles. Carney stated that the Summit had acknowledged the global financial system's failures, an [...]
2008-12-03 16:00:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CA ETRD PREL
08OTTAWA1546MISSION CANADA PROMOTES AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED
[...] (U) Summary: Mission Canada marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a November 25 digital video conference (DVC) that included an exchange of best practices among leading American, Canadian, and Portuguese governmental, NGO, and law enforcement experts. [...]
2008-12-11 21:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CA
08OTTAWA156CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...]
2008-01-31 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA
08OTTAWA1566CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA
[...] (SBU) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogue with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Latin America and Caribbean officials, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consistently worked to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cu [...]
2008-12-17 21:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA
08OTTAWA1574CANADA'S SHRINKING POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2009
[...] 1. (C) Summary. For the Canadian government, only three true policy priorities remain for 2009: rescuing the economy (or, more accurately, creating a public perception that it is earnestly trying to do so); remaining in power in face of new threats from the opposition parties; and, buildi [...]
2008-12-19 21:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL CA
08OTTAWA1576CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...]
2008-12-22 21:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO IZ CA
08OTTAWA1578CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...]
2008-12-22 21:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC CA
08OTTAWA1585STEPHEN HARPER'S CHRISTMAS WISHLIST
[...] (SBU) As Santa Claus prepares to leave his North Pole (Canada) base to deliver presents around the world (with NORAD dutifully tracking his progress),Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be offering up his own wistful wish list for Christmas 2008, perhaps as follows: -- President Obama's fi [...]
2008-12-23 18:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1590DELIVERY OF NICARAGUA MUNICIPAL ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff on December 24 delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Latin America Division Deputy Director Patric Picard. There was no substantive response. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/s [...]
2008-12-24 18:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA1595CANADA SEEKS ORTEGA MEETING TO DELIVER STRONG
[...] (C) Canada shares U.S. concerns over the flawed November municipal elections (reftels),but will not contemplate cutting its annual aid worth about C$11 million or canceling official visits, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Nicaragua desk officer Sand [...]
2008-12-29 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA174SEEKING SEPARATE FUNDING FOR OAS CONVENTION
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Deputy Director Robert Sinclair, Canada requests U.S. support for its position that the OAS should not/not fund the proposed Inter-American Convention against Racism through the existing OAS budget. S [...]
2008-02-04 17:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA
08OTTAWA191JANUARY 31 END OF ORAL DECLARATION CREATES FEW
[...] (U) Summary: The situation along the U.S.-Canada border following the January 31 implementation of the requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens show proof of citizenship (rather than simply making an oral declaration) was similar to that reported in reftel concerning the southern border. [...]
2008-02-06 20:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KHLS CA
08OTTAWA251FOREIGN MINISTER BERNIER ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) The Ambassador reached Canadian Foreign Minister Bernier by phone in Colombia (the FM is on a Latin America visit). Saying he had been asked by the Secretary to call, Ambassador strongly urged Canada to join the U.S. and its other allies in recognizing Kosovo's independence. Minister B [...]
2008-02-19 22:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV YI EU CA
08OTTAWA271MORE CANADIAN AID FOR HAITI ANNOUNCED
[...] (U) Summary: Shortly before Foreign Minister Bernier's ongoing visit, the Canadian Government announced nearly C$125 million in support to Haiti, much of which will be used to construct and rehabilitate roads. The rest will be targeted to improve reproductive health; provide technical assista [...]
2008-02-21 21:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI CA HA
08OTTAWA272CANADA AND JORDAN AGREE TO NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE
[...] (U) Summary: Canada has announced it is launching negotiations with Jordan on a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiations are to begin in April in Amman. If concluded, the agreement would be Canada,s first FTA with an Arab country. Canada hopes the FTA would serve as a gateway to other Middl [...]
2008-02-21 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON CA JO
08OTTAWA274CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR)
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 20:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER
08OTTAWA283CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 15:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA
08OTTAWA288CANADA SUPPORTS FORMING CLUSTER GROUPS IN ICG ON
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Canada supports the establishment of cluster groups within the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia, although it is also open to other ideas to improve the ICG's effectiveness. Canada would be interested in joining one [...]
2008-02-25 22:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV SO CA
08OTTAWA290NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]
2008-02-25 22:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA291NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]
2008-02-25 22:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA294CANADA ON CUBA
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 26, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James M. Lambert expressed appreciation for reftel views on seeking meaningful political change in Cuba leading toward a democratic end [...]
2008-02-26 21:14:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID CU CA
08OTTAWA312CANADIAN AID TO KOSOVO (AND BALKANS) TO END BY 2010
[...] (C) Acting Director General for Europe of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Sean Boyd confirmed to PolMinCouns on February 29 that Canada was in the processing of "wrapping up" all of its assistance programs in the Balkans, including Kosovo, with an end date of 2010. He n [...]
2008-02-29 19:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EU KV CA
08OTTAWA336CONSERVATIVES EASILY SURVIVE FEDERAL BUDGET VOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' third budget marks another legislative accomplishment for the minority government, as it easily survived three confidence votes, concluding on March 4. The budget is a lean, low-key document, constrained by prior commitments of C$60 billion in tax cuts and o [...]
2008-03-05 17:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV KCRM EAID AF CA
08OTTAWA339CANADA FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO G8 CASH COURIER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 21:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR
08OTTAWA346CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]
2008-03-07 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA378CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 15:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA
08OTTAWA379CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...]
2008-03-14 17:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CO EC CA
08OTTAWA428MONEY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH PROJECTS IN HONDURAS
[...] During her recent visit to Honduras, International Development Minister Bev Oda announced that the Canadian government is providing C$18 million to help youth and other marginalized groups in Honduras through new school-feeding, health, and water and sanitation initiatives. "These projects w [...]
2008-03-27 15:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI CA HO
08OTTAWA436SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE
[...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...]
2008-03-31 13:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA
08OTTAWA446CANADA ANNOUNCES GREATER DETAIL ON CLIMATE POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 Canada's federal government provided significant additional detail on its "Turning the Corner" climate change plan released last year. This latest iteration announced the government's intent to establish a clear price signal for carbon and greater detail on plans to [...]
2008-04-01 21:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CA
08OTTAWA467HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]
2008-04-07 17:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA470CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP
[...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...]
2008-04-07 21:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CA
08OTTAWA491CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]
2008-04-10 14:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA498CANADA BLOCKS SALE OF ICONIC SPACE ASSETS TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government has decided to block the acquisition by an American company of the space business assets from MDA Corporation, including its space-based imaging satellite, Radarsat 2. The decision follows broad public concern over the sale, particularly over the potent [...]
2008-04-10 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA
08OTTAWA538Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient 'Toxic'
[...] (SBU) Summary - As early as April 18 Canada may declare the chemical bisphenol A (BPA),widely used in plastics, toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This is likely to precipitate additional widespread public concern in both Canada and the United States. We understand that [...]
2008-04-18 14:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA
08OTTAWA553MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH
[...] This message originates from U.S. Consulate Winnipeg. 2. Summary. Following hard on the heels of a February 2008 deal to sell 250 megawatts of electricity to Minnesota Power, Manitoba Hydro announced on April 17 that it had reached agreement with Wisconsin to sell up to 500 megawatts of p [...]
2008-04-21 15:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV CA
08OTTAWA586CANADA AND SPECIAL 301
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-25 13:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA ECON ETRD KIPR
08OTTAWA593CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...]
2008-04-25 18:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA595EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]
2008-04-28 14:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA626REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA
[...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...]
2008-05-07 15:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA627U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...]
2008-05-07 16:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA
08OTTAWA628CANADA TO CONSIDER "DAY OF SOLIDARY WITH CUBA"
[...] (C) In separate conversations with PolMinCouns, senior policy advisor to the Foreign Minister Ross O'Connor and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed Canada's willingness to consider o [...]
2008-05-07 17:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU CA
08OTTAWA635THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]
2008-05-08 11:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA636SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...]
2008-05-08 13:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA684PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...]
2008-05-20 21:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA694DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBA IN CANADA
[...] (U) Following Embassy outreach to the Prime Minister's Office and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (reftels) to encourage Canadian actions in support of the Day of Solidarity with Cuba, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier issued the following statement "in recognition of [...]
2008-05-22 15:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO CU CA
08OTTAWA695TBI: CANADA LOOKING TO INCREASE CARIBBEAN
[...] (C) Summary: Canada is increasing its engagement in the Caribbean in order to bolster prosperity, security, and democracy. The move reflects the government's desire to recast Canada as a capable and reliable "player" in the hemisphere. Canadian government officials over the past year have h [...]
2008-05-22 18:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS XL CA
08OTTAWA703PCO INVESTIGATION ON "NAFTAGATE" FAILS TO SOLVE
[...] (SBU) Following a two month investigation, the Privy Council Office released a May 22 report on "NAFTAGATE" related to alleged leaks by either or both Chief of Staff the Prime Minister Ian Brodie and Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Wilson regarding alleged comments from Democratic U.S. Presid [...]
2008-05-23 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD CA
08OTTAWA712BIOGRAPHY OF NEW FOREIGN MINISTER DAVID EMERSON
[...] (SBU) Summary. PM Harper appointed Vancouver Member of Parliament David Emerson on May 26 as interim Foreign Minister, replacing Maxime Bernier. Emerson will retain his existing ministerial portfolios of International Trade as well as the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics, in [...]
2008-05-28 19:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA713CANADA AND CUBA
[...] (C) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogues with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean, its Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, and the Cuba deskoff, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consi [...]
2008-05-28 20:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL PHUM CU CA
08OTTAWA719CANADA WILL COOPERATE ON OAS ELECTION OBSERVERS IN
[...] (C) In the Ambassador's abscence, DCM met May 29 with Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister for Bilateral Relations James Fox to deliver reftel points. Fox was joined by DG for Africa David Angell and OAS desk officer Heidi Kutz. Fox was clearly surprised by the U.S. proposal and said Canada shar [...]
2008-05-29 19:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS ZI CA CO
08OTTAWA720BIOGRAPHY OF HELENA GUERGIS, CANADIAN SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Stephen Harper promoted Helena Guergis to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade in January 2007 after she had served as Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade from February 2006. The 39 year-old Conservative Member of Parliament [...]
2008-05-29 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA755G-8 COMMITMENT AND DARFUR KEEPS CANADA FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has made Latin America, U.S. relations, Afghanistan, and major emerging markets Canada's prime foreign policy themes, leading to concern that Africa would "fall off the map." Africa nonetheless has maintained its spot on Canada's radar screen, in large meas [...]
2008-06-06 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID XA SU CA CH
08OTTAWA758US-CANADA-MEXICO HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS
[...] (C) Summary. Discussions in annual U.S.-Canada-Mexico human rights trilaterals focused on forwarding human rights in multilateral venues, importantly at the UNGA (UN General Assembly) and the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). All three countries agreed that the HRC has failed in its treatment of [...]
2008-06-06 20:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MX CA
08OTTAWA767LABOR SECRETARY CHAO ATTENDS NORTH AMERICAN AGREEMENT OF LABOR COOPERATION MEETING IN OTTAWA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 21:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PREL CA
08OTTAWA774ASYLUM CLAIMS FROM THE AMERICAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican citizens are now the largest single nationality claiming asylum in Canada, increasingly citing narco-violence instead of sexual discrimination. Haiti, Colombia, and the United States follow as source countries; the four countries account for 50% of asylum claims in Cana [...]
2008-06-09 17:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CO MX HA CA
08OTTAWA778CANADA AND COLOMBIA CONCLUDE FTA TALKS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-10 12:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EIND EINV ELAB SENV CA CO
08OTTAWA789CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Deputy Director for Regional Security Elizabeth Baldwin Jones of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Defence and Security Relations Division confirmed to PolMinCouns on June 11 Canada's support generally for an ARF statement on Regional Disaster Preparedne [...]
2008-06-11 19:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA85CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...]
2008-01-15 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08OTTAWA884A CONSERVATIVE SCORE-CARD: A SOLID B+, BUT NO GOLD STAR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two-and-a-half years into its mandate, the minority Conservative government is effectively implementing its policy agenda and delivering on core pledges to rebuild Canada's armed forces, tackle violent crime, and cut taxes. The extension of Canada's combat mission in Afghanista [...]
2008-06-27 21:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PTER SOCI CA
08OTTAWA889CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...]
2008-06-30 19:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN
08OTTAWA918COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...]
2008-07-09 18:49:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA960OMAR KHADR INTERROGATION DVD RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers on July 15 released DVDs containing the 2003 interrogation of their client by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) agents at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr's lawyers and friendly media characterized the content as "disturbing" and hoped the mater [...]
2008-07-15 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC AF
08OTTAWA976KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC
[...] (C) In meetings with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert in Ottawa on July 18 (septel),U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and PolMinCouns conveyed reftel talking points, ex [...]
2008-07-18 20:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL VE CO CA
08OTTAWA982PROPOSED LNG RECEIVING TERMINALS IN CANADA
[...] (U) Although Canada currently does not have any liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regassification terminals, there are many projects under development. Canada has four fully approved LNG import facilities, one of which is under construction, and three proposed terminals. One additiona [...]
2008-07-21 20:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG SENV CA
08OUAGADOUGOU1005LETTER OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM PRESIDENT COMPAORE TO
[...] On November 5th, Post received a copy of the letter from Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore congratulating President-elect Barack Obama on his election. The Presidency sent the original letter to the Burkina Faso Embassy in Washington, D.C. prior to Post's receipt of reftel cable. Post se [...]
2008-11-06 15:09:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1025NO AMERICAN CASUALTIES IN BUS ACCIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: Sixty-six people died in a traffic accident over the weekend in Burkina Faso. According to Burkinab authorities there are no American victims from the accident. END SUMMARY. 2. On November 15, 2008, 66 people died when a truck and a passenger bus collided and caught fire near the t [...]
2008-11-17 15:51:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU1042WAEMU WANTS THE TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENT (TIFA) TO
[...] Summary: West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) commerce ministers met November 11-12 in Ouagadougou to discuss the U.S.-WAEMU Trade and Investment Agreement (TIFA). Member States adopted a work plan that would enhance WAEMU members' ability to benefit from African Growth and Opportu [...]
2008-11-25 16:59:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN AGOA UV
08OUAGADOUGOU332BURKINA FASO TO HOST AFRICAN "COTTON UNIVERSITY"
[...] Key Point: -- A French foundation and business school, with the financial backing of France and the European Union, are working with a regional producers association to found a "Cotton University" in Burkina Faso for students from 15 cotton-producing nations. 2. Key Judgment: -- The i [...]
2008-04-24 07:56:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON EAID PREL USTR UV
08OUAGADOUGOU432SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor
[...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]
2008-05-22 14:49:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08OUAGADOUGOU827 BURKINA FASO: HOPE AND CHALLENGES NEAR THE COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials in Western Burkina Faso are depending on the successful implementation of the Ouagadougou Peace Accords for their region's economic survival and long-term stability. The flashpoint of the February food price riots, Bobo-Dioulasso, still bears the scars seven months lat [...]
2008-09-22 11:40:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SCUL KPAO PHUM CASC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU833BURKINA FASO: INTERFAITH IFTAAR PROMOTES RELIGIOUS
[...] Summary: On September 18, the Ambassador hosted an inter-faith Iftaar dinner for 24 Muslim and Christian leaders in Ouagadougou. Guests were pleased that inter-faith dialogue was being promoted, commented on the usefulness of the event, and encouraged similar activities in the future. Guests s [...]
2008-09-23 17:35:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KIRF KISL UV
08OUAGADOUGOU963ARS Speaker Dr. Ekovich Educates Burkina on U.S.
[...] Summary: August 29 -September 6, 2008 ARS Speaker Dr. Steven Ekovich presented a series of lectures to Burkinabe audiences from academia, media, government, military and students. The topic themes revolved around the U.S. political system, the electoral process, and especially the upcoming P [...]
2008-10-15 16:29:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM UV
08PANAMA103*PANAMA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Asserting that Panama need "reinvention," Panamenista presidential nomination contender Marco Ameglio said he would call for a constitutional assembly (constituyente) during the first 18 months of his presidency to "redefine the republic." "Today, I am issuing a 20-month plan, not a 60-mon [...]
2008-01-31 22:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON ENRG ELAB SNAR KCRM PM
08PANAMA151PANAMA WIREC DELEGATION
[...] (U) On February 14, 2008, Post provided the GOP's Energy Secretariat, National Environmental Authority, and its OAS SIPDIS delegation with the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC) registration information in reftel. 2. (U) On February 13, 2008, Post received a lett [...]
2008-02-20 22:33:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY PM
08PANAMA18PANAMA POST: 1ST EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this year's first edition, the Panama Post includes the following stories: -- Panamamenista Party President Juan Carlos Varela launches presidential campaign; -- Team Martin player disillusioned as President Torrijos backs challenger to his seat on the governing Democratic Revoluti [...]
2008-01-04 22:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA204PANAMA AND MEXICO TO RE-START FTA TALKS; MEXICO
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 5, 2008, during the inaugural speech for Expocomer 2008 Trade Convention in Panama City, Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced that he would seek a free trade agreement with Panama and that the GOM would eliminate the visa requirement for Panamanians traveling to Mex [...]
2008-03-07 18:48:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON CVIS EFTA ETRD FAS PM
08PANAMA206PANAMA POST: 8TH EDITION; VOLUME II
[...] (C) The first week of March was a busy one for the Panama post. As the PRD wound down its congressillos in advance of its March 9 convention, Ambassador engaged the Panamenista Party's leading candidates for its presidential nomination, the knife was stuck in a CID Gallup poll, and one mutual [...]
2008-03-07 21:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA220PANAMA: IN WAKE OF PRD CONVENTION, PRIMARIES BEGIN
[...] (C) In the wake of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) March 9 convention, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro acted quickly to launch his campaign to win the PRD's presidential nomination on March 12. The convention left Torrijos in control of the party, though leftist or "t [...]
2008-03-13 22:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
08PANAMA233TRADE MINISTER FERRER TO STEP DOWN MARCH 31
[...] (U) In a move that had been expected widely since late 2007, Trade Minister Alejandro Ferrer announced on March 18 that he will resign, effective March 31. Ferrer said that he could no longer postpone his return to private law practice. Ferrer had repeatedly delayed his departure in hopes of [...]
2008-03-19 22:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PM
08PANAMA255PANAMA: ADDITIONAL KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) "We are working with the Central American Integration System (SICA) to see if we pull together several of our neighbors to join Panama in recognizing Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador March 26 in response to reftel demarche. "Panama has no problem recognizing Kosovo, bu [...]
2008-03-28 14:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI EU MY PM UV
08PANAMA284PANAMA: U.S. REP. GENE TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH GOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 24, 2008, U.S. Representative Gene Taylor (Mississippi) met GOP Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis. During the wide ranging 90-minute meeting, they discussed the Panama Canal expansion project, Manta relocation, 2009 Panamanian elections, the Colombia-Ecu [...]
2008-04-09 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG NAS PM
08PANAMA324PANAMA POST: THE PANAMA WATCHERS' SPECIAL EDITION,
[...] (S/NF) The April 18 to 25 visit by two seasoned USG Panama watchers provided a welcome opportunity to do a "deep dive" on Panama's domestic political scene. Meeting with political leaders and advisors from across the political spectrum, these analysts not only had an opportunity to ascertai [...]
2008-04-23 20:53:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA328PANAMA: CLOSE TO CENTAM DEAL ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION
[...] (C) "I think that we are close to a deal on joint recognition of Kosovo," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on April 25 in response to reftel demarche. Except for Nicaragua, which was unlikely to recognize, and Costa Rica, which already had, Lewis acknowledged that El Salvador, Hond [...]
2008-04-25 15:20:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK YI EU ES CO EC PM
08PANAMA329NEW TRADE MINISTER FOCUSED ON TPA AND CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Commerce & Industry Carmen Gisela Vergara is focused on securing U.S. ratification of the U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). She was confident that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) will exit as Panama's National Assembly President in September and expects the [...]
2008-04-25 16:27:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ENRG EWWT PGOV PM
08PANAMA336PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) President Martin Torrijos will meet with you on May 6 at the White House in the hopes of revitalizing his administration's initiatives in which our bilateral relationship plays a significant role. Panama's primary season is now in full swing, Torrijos cannot run for re-election, and Panam [...]
2008-04-28 20:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD ECON KCRM MASS MARR
08PANAMA446PANAMA: "MILITARIZATION" DEBATE RE-SURFACES
[...] (C) Panama's ever-smoldering "militarization" debate reignited over the past couple of weeks as Panamanian opinion shapers and leaders -- largely associated with the opposition, at least in opinion -- voiced their concerns that the GOP might be undertaking what they perceived as an ill-advised [...]
2008-05-30 18:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MASS MOPS PM
08PANAMA461PANAMA: SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT GREENLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Panamanian Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell secured unanimous approval for three of eleven elements of a long-pending USG-GOP anti-corruption program funded by USAID, Mitchell informed USAID Director on April 25, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ----- Mitchel [...]
2008-06-03 21:00:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS PM
08PANAMA462EXPERTS BLAME ENGINE FAILURE FOR FATAL HELICOPTER CRASH
[...] (SBU) Panama's Civil Aviation Authority (AAC) announced late June 2 that a failure of the no. 1 engine caused the May 29 SAN-100 helicopter crash that killed 11 people, including several top Chilean and Panamanian police officials (reftel). AAC Director Eustacio Fabrega told Econchief June 2 t [...]
2008-06-03 21:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PGOV PM CI
08PANAMA469PANAMA POST: EDITION 10, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this edition of the Panama Post, our top stories include: -- Former President Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares announces that he will endorse Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro in the race to secure the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential nomination; -- P [...]
2008-06-06 17:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA490PANAMA A NATURAL FIT FOR THE GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) Summary. Panama represents a natural fit for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Our engagement with Panama on maritime issues is broad and deep. Officially, the Panama Maritime Authority is supportive of the Global Maritime Partnership. Panama and the United States already cooperate [...]
2008-06-13 22:01:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08PANAMA493PANAMA POST: EDITION 11; VOLUME II
[...] (C) Our headlines in this edition of the Panama Post are: -- Panama's leading pollster says "basic political dynamic remains unchanged;" -- Tearing a page from PRD presidential nomination candidate Juan Carlos Navarro's play book, Panamenista presidential nomination candidate Alberto Valla [...]
2008-06-16 16:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA495PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) POL delivered reftel demarche to Panamanian MFA Security Council Advisor Janio Tunon on June 16. Tunon stated that the UNSC advisors would hold a routine weekly meeting on June 17 to discuss the UN Secretary General's proposal for the reconfiguration of UNMIK. Tunon noted that the GOP had [...]
2008-06-16 22:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL UNMIK KO PM
08PANAMA51PANAMA POST: 3RD EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) The Panama Post is coming to you a few days early this week. State's Director for Central American Affairs hits the ground January 17 for a few days of scrounging around the Panamanian political scene as well as to follow up on the Regional Healthcare Training Center, attend the Omar Moren [...]
2008-01-17 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA532PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...]
2008-07-01 14:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM
08PANAMA534PANAMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim again [...]
2008-07-01 16:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC
08PANAMA542PANAMA: LUIS POSADA'S PARDON REVOKED BY SUPREME
[...] (U) The Panamanian Supreme Court unanimously revoked the 2004 pardon of Luis Posada Carriles (accused of plotting to assassinate ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the 2000 Ibero-American summit in Panama),three of Posada's accomplices, and 179 other individuals on June 30. This retroactiv [...]
2008-07-03 19:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA545PANAMA: JULY VISIT OF MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) Following up on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos' May 7-8 visit to Washington and meetings with the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense, Panamanian Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado will travel to Washington July 7-10 to continue security-related discussi [...]
2008-07-03 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PM
08PANAMA556PANAMA: EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR POSADA EXPECTED
[...] (C) Panama is under internal as well as external pressure - from the Cuban government - to request extradition of Luis Posada Carriles, whose 2004 pardon, along with those of 181 others, was recently overturned by the Supreme Court. A lawsuit was filed in Panama's Fifth Circuit requesting th [...]
2008-07-08 20:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA605PANAMA: 2009 NATIONAL ELECTION YOUTH DEMOGRAPHIC
[...] (SBU) Of the 2.2 million Panamanians eligible to vote in the May 3, 2009 general elections, 53% will be voters between the ages of 18 and 40. The youth account for one third to one half of political parties memberships. Efforts to reach out to these new voters included multi-tiered organization [...]
2008-07-25 14:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA623GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...]
2008-07-28 20:50:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR
08PANAMA624UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PANAMA CANAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has not yet determined the exact financing method for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. However, a recent agreement with the Andean Development Corporation could provide 500 million USD of the 5.25 billion USD needed. The deadline for th [...]
2008-07-29 12:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT MARR PM EINV AA
08PANAMA652PANAMA: A VIEW FROM THE LEFT -- NO PLACE FOR
[...] (C) Recent meetings with prominent left wing leaders Juan Jovane and Olmedo Beluche focused on the threat to social stability posed by rising prices and the surprising small impact of the crisis on the political campaign. Jovane concluded that the increase in the price of staple goods was caus [...]
2008-08-05 21:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA682PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL, AUG. 27-28
[...] (SBU) You will be arriving in Panama in the middle of a long election campaign, due to take place amidst record economic growth, but growing economic uncertainty. Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America for the last few years (11.2% growth in 2007),and there are [...]
2008-08-15 19:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA691PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (U) EconOff delivered demarche as per instructions in Reftel to the Director of International Organizations Delia Villamonte at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 20, 2008. Villamonte was aware of the Draft Declaration of Commitment for the upcoming Summit of the Americas. She noted h [...]
2008-08-20 22:16:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM PGOV PREL
08PANAMA698PANAMA: HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Post plans to provide a regular human rights update to supplement the yearly Human Rights Report in order to track emerging changes in the human rights situation in Panama. Below follows a summary of Post's most recent contact with a number of groups advocating for the rights of individu [...]
2008-08-21 20:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM
08PANAMA704PANAMANIAN SECURITY COOPERATION: IRREPLACEABLE?
[...] (S/NF) Panama is one of the USG's most important law enforcement and security partners in the Western Hemisphere. Its importance is based on a combination of its strategic location astride one of the world's most important lines of communication, an enormous Panamanian flagged shipping fleet, [...]
2008-08-26 17:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA714CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA
[...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]
2008-08-29 20:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PANAMA725PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]
2008-09-05 12:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA726SCENESETTER: PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington in mid-September for meetings with the Secretary of State and the President. These meetings will take place about ten days after the ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) will have selected its presidential candidate. The PR [...]
2008-09-05 19:57:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM ETRD ECON PINR PM
08PANAMA732PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY BIDDING PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Consistent with normal operations, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) is running a fair, transparent, and predictable process for the Panama Canal expansion contracts. Bids for the 3.2 billion dollar third set of locks contract, the centerpiece of the overall 5.25 billion dollar exp [...]
2008-09-08 23:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA74PANAMA: NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) Recognizing that Panama's judiciary has "a corruption problem" and believing that he has limited powers to sway the opinion of the court's other magistrates, newly installed Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell told Ambassador on January 14 that he planned to use his authority and bul [...]
2008-01-25 14:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID ECON PM
08PANAMA759DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINALIZING THE NON-BINDING
[...] In the absence of relevant GOP officials in Washington to attend high-level meetings, Econ Counselor sent an official letter with the draft MOU to Minister of Health Rosario Turner and copied Minister of Agricultural Development Guillermo Salazar and Minister of Foreign Relations Samuel Lewis [...]
2008-09-19 21:47:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECIN ECON ETRD OSCI PM PREL TBIO TSPL
08PANAMA77PANAMA POST: 4TH EDITION -- THE DIRECTOR'S CUT --
[...] (C) The January 17-21 visit of State's Director for Central American Affairs John Feeley provided the Panama Post an excellent opportunity to touch base with numerous political heavy hitters. Feeley met with all the "presidenciables," except for Panamanista aspirant Alberto Vallarino who was [...]
2008-01-25 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA789PANAMA: SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTENSE
[...] (C) Over a month after President Martin Torrijos issued five decrees that reformed the Panamanian security services (see reftel),the security sector reform debate continues to occupy newspaper headlines and op-eds. The stage is now set for the laws, and the U.S.-Panamanian security relations [...]
2008-10-06 13:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA793PANAMA: A SPEED BUMP AT THE MFA
[...] (C) Next week Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs in the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),is scheduled to be in Washington to discuss the Perseus V case with U.S. officials. This cable is meant to help Washington officials prepare for this visit, and to [...]
2008-10-06 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA820CANAL BIDDING PROCESS DELAYED AGAIN
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on October 24 that the deadline for submission of bids on the contract for the third set of lo [...]
2008-10-24 23:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA827PANAMA,S BANKING SECTOR WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Panamanian bankers widely agree that Panama's financial sector, one of the largest in Latin America with 90 banks licensed and $63 billion in assets as of September 2008, has avoided the core cause of the global financial crisis - subprime mortgage instruments. Liquidity remai [...]
2008-10-27 20:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PM EINV
08PANAMA851ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...]
2008-11-06 23:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA872PANAMA: DEALING WITH THE DARIEN
[...] (S//NF) The Darien, Panama's forgotten frontier, is under pressure from drug traffickers and remnants of the FARC. The FARC do not present a serious military threat to Panama or Colombia, but they do threaten to degenerate into banditry, as the organization implodes. While the U.S. is helpin [...]
2008-11-17 22:59:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA881DRAFT 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] By virtue of its geographic position and well-developed maritime and transportation infrastructure, Panama is a major logistics control and trans-shipment country for illegal drugs to the United States and Europe. Major Colombian and Mexican cartels as well as Colombian FTOs such as the Revol [...]
2008-11-21 21:02:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PM
08PANAMA896SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE,S VISIT TO PANAMA FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 17:46:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENIV ETRD OVIP PGOV PM PREL
08PANAMA897PANAMA POST: THE FIRST OPEN SOURCE CENTER
[...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the revamped Panama Post,a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC). POL and OSC are cooperating to highlight the most salient story lines in recent OSC reporting, incorporate key insights garnered from POL' [...]
2008-12-03 19:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA933PANAMA: GOP "PROFOUNDLY SATISFIED" WITH RESULTS OF
[...] (C) Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs at the Panamanian MFA, declared himself "profoundly satisfied" with the results of two days of bilateral meetings on the Salas-Becker Agreement (SBA) December 17. The agreement, a corner stone of U.S. counter-drug operations i [...]
2008-12-22 15:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PARAMARIBO101(SBU) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) THE FOLLOWING SCENESETTER IS A SENSITIVE-BUT-UNCLASSIFIED VERSION OF REFTEL. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming you to Suriname. Although we cannot yet confirm your appointment with President Venetiaan, who is out of the cou [...]
2008-03-11 16:17:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO110 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAYS
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on the following days in observation of local holidays. A) Friday, March 21, 2008 - Good (Easter) Friday B) Monday, March 24, 2008 - Easter Monday 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must [...]
2008-03-14 19:13:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO111DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE:
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post shared information with Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division, and Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division of the Government of Suriname (GOS),on March 14, 2008. 2. (U) Post will report any reaction from the GOS. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]
2008-03-17 14:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO121STATE SENATOR PROMOTES U.S. DEMOCRACY FOR FREE
[...] (U) Summary: With PD resources already exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers (ref A, septel). Taking advantage of the presence of South Dakota State Senator Tom Katus, in Suriname under the auspices of t [...]
2008-03-26 13:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OPRC NS
08PARAMARIBO132U.S. "MAROON" INTRODUCES SURINAME TO AMERICAN
[...] (U) Summary: With PD resources for Fiscal Year (FY) 08 already nearly exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers, and recently attracted the First Lady of Suriname with such a program. On March 12, taking adv [...]
2008-04-01 18:37:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO136"ONE DRUM:" FUNKY, INEXPENSIVE PICK-ME-UP FOR
[...] (U) Summary: With PD resources already nearly exhausted, Post has sought to maintain cultural and outreach programming through the use of "window of opportunity" speakers and events (refs A-C). On March 8, Post was pleased to take advantage of an invitation to be a part of "Wan Dron," or " [...]
2008-04-04 18:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OPRC NS
08PARAMARIBO140TWO MONTHS, TEN EVENTS, FIFTEEN HUNDRED GUESTS:
[...] (U) Summary: Drawing on a mix of ECA support, Post-identified "window of opportunity" speakers, and post-conceived programs, Post upped Black History Month programming from four events in 2007 to ten in 2008. Enthusiasm among local audiences helped carry Black History Month programming well [...]
2008-04-04 19:36:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC OEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO145FIVE HOURS WELL-SPENT IN SURINAME:
[...] (U) SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES FROM SHANNON/STAVRIDIS FIVE-HOUR VISIT: On March 28, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Jim Stavridis spent five hours on the ground in Suriname. Together they met with President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan (paras 2-4) and conducted a we [...]
2008-04-09 15:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS PGOV PINR SNAR NS
08PARAMARIBO16 GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME DIPLOMATIC NOTE GRANTING APPROVAL
[...] (U) Below is the text of the official Government of Suriname Diplomatic Note No. 12.938 / AB responding to USG requests for GOS approval test of the Stryker vehicle. BEGIN TEXT: No. 12.938 / AB The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Suriname presents its compliments to the [...]
2008-01-14 18:48:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO172 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Thursday, May 1, 2008, in observation of Suriname,s Labor Day. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commercial direc [...]
2008-04-29 18:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO173SURINAME: REQUEST $13,350 IN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
[...] (U) SUMMARY Embassy Paramaribo thanks WHA/PDA for continued financial support of Post's public diplomacy initiatives and appreciates WHA/PDA's consideration of this request for an additional $13,3500 in financial assistance. "Mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect contributing to a m [...]
2008-04-29 20:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC ABUD AFIN AMGT NS
08PARAMARIBO178FRAUD SUMMARY - SURINAME, 2ND QUARTER FY 2008
[...] Per the instructions in RefTel, Paramaribo submits the following post fraud summary for the second quarter of FY 2008. Answers are keyed to the letters found in RefTel. A. Country Conditions The economy, while stable, is still developing, and more than half the population lives below the p [...]
2008-05-02 19:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NS
08PARAMARIBO186DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. 2. (U) Post will report any substantive reaction from the Government of Suriname. SCHREIBER HUGHES [...]
2008-05-06 13:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV OAS NS
08PARAMARIBO187RESPONSE: "DAY OF SOLIDARITY" FOLLOW-UP
[...] (U) As directed in reftels, Post is researching movies which would deliver the message and fit within the framework and intellectual property requirements of Post's monthly "American Movie Night" for May. If a suitable title cannot be identified, Post will consider materials for website pla [...]
2008-05-06 14:40:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CU NS
08PARAMARIBO190EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF RABINDRE PARMESSAR IN FY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Mr. Rabindre Parmessar, opposition Member of Parliament from Suriname, participated as an international visitor in the FY 2008 Multi-Regional program "U.S Foreign Policy" from February 28 to March 20, 2008. Parmessar was overwhelmingly positive upon his return, and said visitin [...]
2008-05-07 22:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO20SURINAME'S PROPOSAL FOR FY2008 BUSINESS FACILITATION
[...] (U) Summary. Embassy Paramaribo thanks EEB/CBA for continued financial support of Post's commercial diplomacy initiatives and appreciates the opportunity to submit a proposal for financial assistance through the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF). Posts proposes funding of USD 17,750 [...]
2008-01-18 19:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO210UPDATE REGARDING "DAY OF SOLIDARITY" ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (U) In response to ref A, as per ref B, Post confirms that it intends to show the movie Bananas as its May "American Movie Night" offering. Unfortunately, shipping in and out of Suriname can be unpredictable, and Post has not yet received the express-ordered copy of the movie. Legal copies [...]
2008-05-19 20:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CU NS
08PARAMARIBO211Performing Arts Initiative Proposal: Kevin Jones Outreach
[...] The following is a Performing Arts Initiative Proposal. -------------------- Activity description -------------------- 2. Post will host Kevin Jones, a jazz musician who has previously performed in Paramaribo as part of the State Department's Jazz Ambassadors program "Rhythm Road." Th [...]
2008-05-20 20:33:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO218DEMARCHES DELIVERED: PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD
[...] (U) Per reftels, EconOff delivered demarches "President's Global Food Initiative" and "Request to End Food Staple Export Restrictions," along with a copy of fact sheet "Leading the Fight Against Hunger," to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) o [...]
2008-05-22 21:19:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO NS
08PARAMARIBO220AFTER-ACTION: "DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN
[...] (U) In solidarity with the people of Cuba, Post placed an explanatory text with a link to solidaridadcuba.org on its website. 2. (U) Given longstanding bilateral ties between Suriname and Cuba, Post faces an uphill battle in sensitizing the Government of Suriname to the plight of ordinary C [...]
2008-05-23 20:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO CU NS
08PARAMARIBO231SURINAME: UPDATES TO NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information keyed to reftel: Country: Republic of Suriname Date information verified by post: May 29, 2008 Head of State Last/Family Name: Venetiaan First/Middle Names: Runaldo Ronald Conventional Usage: Ronald Formal Title: His Excellency President R [...]
2008-05-30 20:01:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO232 U.S. Speaker feeds hunger for elections information,
[...] (U) This cable is a program evaluation of FY 2008 U.S. SSI Speaker Ann Stone A. Name of Speaker: Ann Stone B. Dates of Program: May 19 - May 21 2008 C. MSP Themes Addressed: Goal #1, mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect contributing to a more effective partnership; Goa [...]
2008-05-30 20:02:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC NS
08PARAMARIBO236SURINAME DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL MARITIME
[...] (U) Per reftel, EconOff delivered demarche to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS),with a dipnote requesting the Ministry to indicate to Post specific Global Maritime Partnerships activities that GOS would be i [...]
2008-06-02 19:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08PARAMARIBO249SURINAME: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN SECURITY
[...] (C) Post is pleased to respond to Reftel request for information. Answers are keyed to Reftel. A. REFTEL QUERY: How could the United States help enhance Caribbean regional cooperation in addressing transnational crime and terrorism, including by providing additional resources? ----------- [...]
2008-06-06 20:13:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MASS MOPS SNAR XL NS
08PARAMARIBO252DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CHAIRPERSON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO259PARAMARIBO SECURITY PLANNING FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY
[...] (S) Paramaribo Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened June 11, 2008, to review Post's security plans for its Independence Day celebrations on July 4 and July 5. 2. (S) EAC discussed current threat environment and has detected no current intelligence to indicate a heightened threat level. [...]
2008-06-17 20:03:00Embassy ParamariboSECRETASEC NS PTER CASC
08PARAMARIBO269 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in observation of Emancipation Day. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commercial direct l [...]
2008-06-23 19:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO301BOUTERSE UNITES OPPOSITION, TARGETS 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 5, former military strongman and current murder defendant Desi Bouterse's National Democratic Party (NDP) officially formed a so-called mammoth bloc uniting five opposition political parties. An audience of several thousand attended the lively mass meeting where they were [...]
2008-07-25 19:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO308SURINAME: USA TRADE SHOW 2008 (BFIF FUNDED)
[...] (U) Summary. The Embassy and the American Chamber of Commerce of Suriname held their ninth annual "USA Trade Show 2008," from July 18-20, 2008. The only professional trade show held in Suriname featuring U.S. products and services, approximately half of the USA Trade Show's expenses came from [...]
2008-07-31 18:13:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD AMGT BTIO ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO33NATIONAL INTEREST FUELS FRENCH EXPANSION OF
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of France (GOF) will significantly expand its development assistance to Suriname, particularly in its economically depressed eastern district, Marowijne, which borders French Guiana. This aid will be provided mainly by the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD). [...]
2008-01-30 18:47:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL ENRG SOCI NS
08PARAMARIBO335 OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT A "STRONG POSSIBILITY"
[...] (U) Summary. Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there is a "strong possibility" the Government of Suriname (GOS) would sign a bilateral Open Skies agreement. Craig, a long-time fan of an Open Skies agreement, may not reflect a consolidated p [...]
2008-08-20 17:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA XL NS
08PARAMARIBO336 The Show Must Go On: Jones Entertains Hundreds Despite
[...] (U) This cable is a program evaluation for the Performing Arts Initiative program bringing Kevin Jones to Suriname. A. Name of Speaker: Kevin Jones B. Dates of Program: July 2 - July 5 2008 C. MSP Theme Addressed: Goal #1, mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect contribut [...]
2008-08-20 18:25:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO38JCET TORCON FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME
[...] (S) The Republic of Suriname has issued written concurrence for the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) scheduled to occur between March and September of 2008. 2. (S) Units identified to participate in this JCET are the Arrest Team and Anti-Terrorism Unit (ATU) from the Ministry of Just [...]
2008-02-01 16:27:00Embassy ParamariboSECRETMARR MASS PREL PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO402NO CONFIRMED SURINAMESE ATTENDEES AT CARICOM
[...] (SBU) Due to the Government of the Republic of Suriname having provided Post with a response of "no confirmed attendees as of yet" despite several daily follow-up calls to Ambassador Frederick Boekstaff, Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolEcon Chief reviewed with Terence [...]
2008-09-22 18:57:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON MASS NS
08PARAMARIBO403DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA AND
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, PolEcon Chief delivered talking points to Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Craig said the U.S. points were "well-crafted," and that he is very interested to see what happens next since Chavez has th [...]
2008-09-22 18:58:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NS
08PARAMARIBO407EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF JANE SMITH IN FY 2008
[...] (U) Overview and positives: Jane Smith, Director of Libraries at Anton de Kom University, participated as an International Visitor in the FY 2008 Multi-Regional Program "U.S. Libraries" from June 19 to July 10, 2008. As the library system in Suriname is based on the European (Dutch) model, S [...]
2008-09-24 19:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO408Suriname: Rhythm Road New Season Priorities
[...] (U) Building and strengthening Mutual US/Suriname appreciation and respect is Post's number one Mission Strategic Goal. Rhythm Road (RR) programming was a key part of fulfilling this goal in 2007 and 2008, and Post looks forward to welcoming Rhythm Road to Suriname in 2009. The following is [...]
2008-09-24 19:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO41SURINAME TO MOVE FORWARD ON AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Suriname (GOS) made progress on pandemic influenza preparedness in 2007, and hopes to announce a National Avian Influenza Preparedness Plan in early 2008. In 2007, the GOS engaged international partners on pandemic influenza and is now working to map, using GPS [...]
2008-02-04 16:29:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU EAGR KSTH NS
08PARAMARIBO419PARAMARIBO NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 U.S. BASED TRAINING
[...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo is pleased to nominate the following U.S. Embassy Business and Education Resource Center coordinator to attend the U.S. based Training Program (USBT) for EducationUSA Advisors. A: Center website address: suriname.usembassy.gov. Post confirms that the EducationUSA site [...]
2008-10-02 19:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO42SURINAME: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] (U) Post submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) has identified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) as a key element in achieving sustainable development. In its 2006-2011 [...]
2008-02-04 16:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV USTR NS
08PARAMARIBO425NOMINATION FY-09 STUDY OF THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE ON
[...] (U) Post is pleased to nominate the following candidate for participation in the SUSI National Security course. A. Nominee's full name as it appears on passport; Last name: Veira First name: Danielle Middle names: Reana Karin B.Date of birth (Month, Day, Year): 11/11/1970 C. City of b [...]
2008-10-08 11:54:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO430CHIEF OF MISSION DECISION - NSDD-38 REQUEST TO ADD ONE
[...] (U) THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS CAREFULLY CONSIDERED THE DOS/BUREAU OF DIPLOMATIC SECURITY NSDD-38 PROPOSAL CONTAINED IN REFTEL A, AND APPROVES THE REQUEST. 2. (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REF C, PARA ONE: A) WHILE NOT REFLECTED IN THE POST'S MOST RECENT MSP, [...]
2008-10-10 17:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT KMRS NS
08PARAMARIBO436PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S STATE OF THE REPUBLIC -- OLD AND NEW
[...] (U) Summary. President Venetiaan's September 29 State of the Republic speech made clear that he and his coalition government are finally moving into pre-election mode. In the lead-up to the 2010 elections, Venetiaan focused on the government's plans for development of the interior, and for impl [...]
2008-10-15 18:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO438 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Monday, October 20, 2008, in observation of 155 years of Chinese immigration in Suriname, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty [...]
2008-10-16 14:59:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO439Request for Traveling Speaker on Political, Economic and
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post seeks a traveling speaker to present a 12-page paper on the subject of "Political, Economic and Diplomatic Engagement of the United States in the Latin American and Caribbean Region." END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Anton de Kom University is the sole universi [...]
2008-10-17 12:51:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO468 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Tuesday, November 25, 2008, in observation of Independence Day, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by [...]
2008-11-24 15:04:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO469CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT VENETIAAN TO
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Suriname has sent Post His Excellency President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan's congratulatory message to President-Elect Barack Hussein Obama. The text of President Venetiaan's message reads verbatim as follows: "Mr. Presi [...]
2008-11-26 15:01:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP NS
08PARAMARIBO477DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) On December 2, Pol-Econ Chief delivered the demarche to Tom Kartoebi, Acting Head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS). Kartoebi expressed disbelief that the Organization of American States (OAS) would have made [...]
2008-12-03 18:27:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NU NS
08PARAMARIBO489Request for DVC Speaker during Black History Month 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post seeks a digital video conference speaker during Black History Month 2009. Post programming that takes into account ethnic/cultural themes have drawn comparatively high attendance. Post plans to build on past successes by continuing our ethnic/cultural programming during Bl [...]
2008-12-08 20:22:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO506 AMEMBASSY PARAMARIBO CLOSED FOR LOCAL HOLIDAY
[...] American Embassy Paramaribo will be closed on Friday, December 26, 2008, in observation of Boxing Day, a local holiday. 2. At close of business of the preceding work day, all traffic requiring immediate action must be sent NIACT immediate. 3. The Duty Officer can be contacted by commer [...]
2008-12-19 19:26:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ANET ACOA ASEC KRIM NS
08PARAMARIBO59SUSI ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the following information for the candidate nomination. A. Nominee's full name as it appears on passport; Last name: Rudge First name: Eric Middle name: Patrick B. Date of birth (Month, Day, Year): November 16, 1960 C. City of birth: Paramaribo [...]
2008-02-14 18:24:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC SCUL KPAO NS
08PARAMARIBO65HOST COUNTRY PLEDGE TO ADVANCE THE UPTAKE OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarche to Terence Craig, head of the America's Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig had no immediate reaction as to whether Suriname would make a pledge. 2. (U) Post will report any additional reaction from Government of Suriname. GENTON [...]
2008-02-19 17:44:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG NS
08PARAMARIBO75HCOC "INREACH" - MESSAGE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarche to Rosita Hubard, head of the International Organizations Division, and Terence Craig, head of the America's Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on February 1, 2008. Post noted that Suriname submitted its Annual Declaration in 2007, and th [...]
2008-02-26 12:13:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC ETTC TSPA NS
08PARAMARIBO8WIREC 2008 INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered dipnote and invitation letter to Terence Craig, head of the Americas Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig said he will forward invitation to the following ministries: Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Environment. 2. (U) Post notes that the Go [...]
2008-01-10 15:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV TRGY OPDC NS
08PARAMARIBO80DYSFUNCTION AND LIP-SERVICE: THE INDIGENOUS AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The indigenous community in Suriname is small, socially and politically disadvantaged, and suffers from schismatic leadership. The Government of Suriname (GOS) paid heed to indigenous desires by approving the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the People (UN-DRIP),bu [...]
2008-02-27 18:28:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALOAS PREL PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO89DEMARCHES DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Government of Suriname (GOS) officials Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Divison, and Juliette Redman, official of the International Organizations Division. Craig and Redman had no immediate reaction. [...]
2008-03-03 18:54:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA NS
08PARAMARIBO95(C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming you to Suriname. Although we cannot yet confirm your appointment with President Venetiaan, who is out of the country, our tentative plan for your three-hour visit would include a short meet/greet with [...]
2008-03-07 20:19:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NS
08PARIS1029UNESCO SPRING EXECUTIVE BOARD: POLITICAL ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's April 1-17 Executive Board was a success for the United States. On the whole, we enjoyed good working relations with countries in other geographic groups. Regional voting blocs and economic and other groupings, such as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the G-77 initi [...]
2008-05-30 09:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCU IR KPAL KV PHUM PREL SCUL UNESCO VE XF
08PARIS1078AIRBUS: FEARS OF DEFENSE TRADE CONTROLS HURT U.S. EXPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of significant efforts to accelerate processing of export control licenses at the State Department, U.S. and European aerospace companies continue to be sharply critical of the USG export control system. Their perception affects a major American export industry -- U.S. a [...]
2008-06-05 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETTC KOMC ETRD EAIR PREL FR
08PARIS1169NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAN AT THE FRENCH
[...] (SBU) NEA A/S Welch held extensive bilateral consultations on key NEA issues with French MFA counterparts in Paris on June 12. This cable focuses on Iran; other topics reported septel (notal). Participants included: USG --- --NEA A/S David Welch --Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwar [...]
2008-06-20 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC MNUC KNNP EUN FR IR IZ
08PARIS120S/WCI AMB WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA legal advisor Edwige Belliard met with S/WCI Ambassador Williamson on January 7 to discuss the possible transfer of releasable Guantanamo detainees to EU countries, the debate within the ICC Assembly of States Parties (ASP) on the Crime of Aggression, and the future out [...]
2008-01-23 17:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNSC PGOV PREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1267FINANCING THE U.S. NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE: FRANCE PUSHES FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: French Trade Minister Anne-Marie Idrac told visiting Senators Murkowski and Craig June 30 that France would like to see DoE tender investment guarantees more expeditiously, and proposed making French export financing available to help fund nuclear reactor construction in the U.S [...]
2008-07-07 16:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND ETRD PREL FR
08PARIS1331BETANCOURT "INSIDER" HINTS AT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Board Member of the Committee in Support of Ingrid Betancourt told Poloff on July 11 that former hostage/presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt will focus her energy on securing the release of all remaining FARC and ELN hostages in Colombia and he strongly hinted Betancourt wo [...]
2008-07-11 19:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR EUN PGOV PTER PREF CO SP
08PARIS1351AMBASSADOR STAPLETON PRESSES FRENCH MFA ON CUBA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 15:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PGOV
08PARIS1353FRENCH TRADE MINISTER GIVES NO GROUND ON DOHA - EXPRESSES
[...] (C) Summary: French Trade Minister Idrac gave Ambassador Stapleton no indication that France is prepared to support a WTO agreement at this time. She described the July 18 Special EU Council meeting as "normal" in advance of the July 21 mini-Ministerial on Doha, and underlined that France will [...]
2008-07-16 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARIS137CUBAN MIGRANTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG FR IC UK
08PARIS1372FRENCH HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT THE 63RD UN
[...] . (C) Post raised reftel demarche with newly-appointed MFA Americas Director Elizabeth Beton-Delegue, who replied both President Sarkozy and FM Kouchner would take part in the 63rd UNGA. FM Kouchner would seek a bilateral meeting with Secretary Rice at UNGA. The MFA provided no additional [...]
2008-07-18 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA FR
08PARIS1377A NEW BURST OF FRENCH ACTIVISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the July 13 Paris summit on the Mediterranean, French FM Kouchner has called on the EU to reflect at an early September meeting in Avignon (informal EU FM meeting or "gymnich")on how it can play a more active role in Middle East peace negotiations. He cla [...]
2008-07-21 11:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL PBTS KWBG FR IS
08PARIS1391Public-Private Partnerships in Transportation - July 16-18
[...] (U) On July 6-8, Federal Transit Deputy Administrator Sherry E. Little led a delegation of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) officials, Congressional Representatives, and private sector participants to a conference in Lyon that FTA co-sponsored with the GOF on public-private partnerships (PP [...]
2008-07-22 17:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN ETRD EAIR EWWT FR
08PARIS141FRANCE 2008 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 [...]
2008-01-28 14:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR FR
08PARIS1418UNESCO BRIEFING ON THE NOVEMBER 2008 INTERNATIONAL
[...] Summary: On June 27, 2008, UNESCO briefed Member States on the organization of the November 2008 International Conference on Education (ICE) sponsored by UNESCO's Bureau of International Education (IBE) to be held in Geneva. The topic of this conference is "Inclusive Education: The Way of the [...]
2008-07-24 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL BE
08PARIS1446FRANCE PROMISES A "MORE VOCAL" EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State DRL and IO officials met with French MFA International Organizations and Human Rights officials on July 17 to discuss upcoming resolutions, declarations and strategy for the 63rd UN General Assembly in New York. French International Organizations A/S-equivalent Sylvie Berman [...]
2008-07-29 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NGO PHUM UN
08PARIS1447SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLY
[...] (U) Summary. On July 20-21, Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and Special Assistant Marc Humphrey traveled to Paris for consultations on civil nuclear supply criteria in light of the anticipated expansion in nuclear energy. Meetings were held with officia [...]
2008-07-29 16:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY KNNP PREL ETTC IAEA FR
08PARIS149MFA AND PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S for the Americas Daniel Parfait described an uncertain way forward to secure the release of FARC hostages following the January 21 visit of Colombian President Uribe to France. While a determined President Sarkozy continues to press the MFA for proposals to obtain Ingrid [...]
2008-01-29 13:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM FR CO VZ SP SZ VT
08PARIS1696SARKOZY PLANS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In a September 5 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Francois Richier, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, discussed EU plans for the September 8 meeting with Russian President Medvedev (other topics will be reported septel). Present for the Sep [...]
2008-09-09 08:36:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS RU GG FR UN
08PARIS1698FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...]
2008-09-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1740FRENCH REACTION TO ENGAGING EUORPEAN COUNTRIES ON
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post shared points on Argentina investment disputes with French Ministry of Finance officials on August 19. Emboff followed up with Finance Ministry officials September 16 and met with Hugo Hanne, Head of the Americas Division and Vanessa Gouret, Deputy Head of Servic [...]
2008-09-17 12:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE AR FR
08PARIS1761SUDAN: GATHERING FRENCH SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with French presidential advisor Bruno Joubert in Paris on September 12 to discuss the results of Joubert's September 2 visit to Khartoum and gather support against Sudanese efforts to gain an Article 16 suspension in the UN Security Council ( [...]
2008-09-22 09:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU FR UN
08PARIS1886CUBA ALSO BLOCKS FRENCH BILATERAL HURRICANE
[...] (C) The United States is not the only country or group of countries whose aide has been refused by Havana after a series of deadly hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean nation (ref a),said French MFA desk officer Anne Suard. Suard told poloff on October 14 the Cuban government is still retaliati [...]
2008-10-15 14:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL CU FR
08PARIS1894 CLONES AND CLONE PRODUCTS DENOUNCED BY FRENCH ADVISORY
[...] Summary: The release on the market of products sourced from cloned animals and their offspring should be prohibited according to the October 14 conclusions of the French Advisory Committee on Food (Conseil national de l'Alimentation.) The CNA is an official advisory body. Its conclusions were [...]
2008-10-15 18:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ECON ETRD EU FR
08PARIS1908FRENCH PRESIDENCY REACTS TO GENEVA MEETING ON
[...] (C) French presidency adviser for Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas Damien Loras on October 16 provided DCM an update on French thinking about Russia and Georgia following the October 15 meeting in Geneva. He argued that France preferred to regard the Russian withdrawal from areas adja [...]
2008-10-17 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1927FRANCE PREPARES TO ENGAGE NEW US ADMINISTRATION ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary/comment: France's foreign policy establishment plans to engage the new U.S. administration as soon as possible (even, perhaps, before the formal inauguration) on a range of Middle East issues, including the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Iran, and Syria/Lebanon. In the hope [...]
2008-10-20 16:55:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNFR PREL PGOV MEPP
08PARIS1980FRENCH CIVILIAN NUCLEAR: CURRENT AMBITIONS AND FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 10/16-17 meetings French officials and private sector representatives told Special Representative Frank Mermoud that France wants its national energy industrial groups to be leaders in the "nuclear renaissance". Expansion is being driven by energy security and climate change [...]
2008-10-29 11:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD PREL FR GM
08PARIS1982HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT SEPTEMBER VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt traveled to France from September 8, 2008 to September 10, 2008 to promote U.S. interests in the areas of food and drug safety, pandemic influenza preparedness, and the development of medical countermeasures. [...]
2008-10-29 17:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON SENV AMED KSCA
08PARIS1987BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] Embassy met with Eurotradia International Services Division Chief Charles de Montesquieu (Tel: +33 1 40 76 26 50; email:cdemontesquieu@eurotradia.fr) for clarification of subject shipment. 2. Montesquieu informed us that Eurotradia (established as Office Generale de l'Aeronautique I 1920) is [...]
2008-10-30 08:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
08PARIS2088EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSES EU/RUSSIA RELATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: On November 10, French presidency adviser on Russia, Damien Loras, confirmed that the EU/Russia summit will conclude November 14 with the announcement that talks on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will resume, a decision Loras argued was not a "big step" and the mo [...]
2008-11-12 17:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS MARR UNSC EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS2122INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary France continues to be a major transshipment point for drugs moving through Europe. Given France,s shared borders with trafficking conduits such as Spain, Italy, and Belgium, France is a natural distribution point for drugs moving toward North America from Europe and the Middle Ea [...]
2008-11-19 09:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL FR
08PARIS2134P3 CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT IN PARIS
[...] (C) Summary. On November 7, Acting U/S John Rood met in Paris with his French and British counterparts Jacques Audibert and Mariot Leslie, respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control, and disarmament issues. Topics included regional issues (Iran, North Korea, and Syria) [...]
2008-11-21 08:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH RU KN SY IR
08PARIS2196FRANCE-RUSSIA RELATIONS: DIALOGUE IS KEY
[...] (C) The France-Russia relationship has been rather turbulent since France assumed the rotating EU presidency in July. The short August war between Georgian and Russian troops heightened tensions in the region and presented President Sarkozy with the perfect opportunity to showcase both his [...]
2008-12-04 12:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RS
08PARIS2229FRENCH MFA IN A BIND OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDACY
[...] (S/NF) IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Berman, expressing a personal view that she suggested many colleagues shared, conceded to Pol M/C that the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Director-General (DG) was a "shocking nomination" but she stressed France was in awkward st [...]
2008-12-09 18:25:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNUNESCO FR
08PARIS2259FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...]
2008-12-12 14:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARIS2266 IBC MEETING ON HUMAN CLONING
[...] The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of UNESCO met October 28-29, 2008, followed, October 30-31, by a joint meeting of the IBC and the Intergovernmental Bioethics Committee (IGBC),to discuss what the IBC should recommend to the Director General on possible action by UNESCO with respect [...]
2008-12-15 14:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO TBIO
08PARIS2284RUSSIA/GEORGIA: FRENCH PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SEEKS
[...] (C) During a December 16 meeting with Pol MC, French Presidency (Elysee) advisor for Russia and the Americas Damien Loras asked for our assistance dealing with Georgia. Per Loras, President Sarkozy used the coming end of the French EU presidency to write to Russian President Medvedev in earl [...]
2008-12-17 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP MARR FR GG RU
08PARIS2285FRANCE'S PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SAYS BIOTECH, GENERICS KEY
[...] (U) Summary: Lack of innovation, due in part to pricing and information controls, has caused the French pharmaceutical industry, once a world leader, to fall behind its competitors. The French government has taken steps to support the industry, rewarding innovators and promoting research and [...]
2008-12-18 09:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD FR
08PARIS2302FRANCE GOES GLOBAL --REFORM AT THE QUAI D'ORSAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed reform at the French Ministry of Foreign and European affairs (MFA) will create a new "globalization" directorate (to be headed by E equivalent Christian Masset),designed to encourage proactive policy in dealing with global issues. In development, the MFA will focus o [...]
2008-12-19 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID ECON AMGT SENV PREL FR
08PARIS2304GOF STRUGGLES OVER EGYPTIAN UNESCO CANDIDATE;
[...] (C) Summary: IO A/S-Equivalent Berman confirmed December 11 to IO A/S Hook, CDA and Pol M/C the grave reservations at the MFA about the Egyptian candidate for UNESCO Director-General, whom she labeled an anti-Semite. She spoke frankly of the difficulties stemming from Sarkozy's 2007 commitme [...]
2008-12-19 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO KPKO FR
08PARIS2309STAFFDEL WEIL MEETINGS IN PARIS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH
[...] Lynne Weil, Communications Director for the House Foreign Affairs Committee, received a comprehensive overview of Embassy Paris' active Muslim and diversity outreach programs in a series of meetings with embassy, government, NGO and media representatives December 8-10. Public Affairs progra [...]
2008-12-22 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SCUL SOCI FR
08PARIS2317SANCTIONS ON EU PRODUCTS DUE TO HORMONE-BEEF BAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Embassy Paris recommends modification of proposed list of French exports targeted under revised sanctions. Country Team believes that, to be effective, sanctions need to target major corporate interests with political clout. Sanctions that target artisanal p [...]
2008-12-23 13:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR FR
08PARIS2328FRANCE AGRICULTURAL BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL
[...] Economic Minister-Counselor, Agricultural Minister-Counselor, Public Affairs Minister-Counselor and Science Counselor present this joint request for support from EEB FY 2009 biotech outreach funds for critical public outreach in France. France remains an influential country both in the EU and [...]
2008-12-24 12:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON TBIO ETRD KPAO FR
08PARIS2343FRANCE AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST
[...] (SBU) We conveyed ref a points December 29 to French MFA acting DAS-equivalent for Russia/CIS Affairs Eric Millet and to the office of vacationing French presidency adviser for Russia/the Americas Damien Loras. Millet said he would distribute the points among interested offices at the MFA bu [...]
2008-12-30 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GG RS
08PARIS2344 PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2008 TOUR D'HORIZON AND DISCUSSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The December 2008 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon included Argentina, Burundi, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Ecuador, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Pakistan, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, and Togo. Argentine Economy Minister Fernandez had told the Secretariat that repayment was [...]
2008-12-31 08:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
08PARIS258FRANCE LOBBYING OSCE CAPITALS ON KOSOVO ISSUE
[...] (C) Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent for OSCE affairs, thanked the U.S. on February 13 for its engagement with capitals on efforts to prevent Serbia from invoking the Berlin Mechanism at the OSCE over the Kosovo issue. Grand explained that Paris began similar demarches in OSCE capitals last [...]
2008-02-13 16:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU OSCE FR
08PARIS279BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE
[...] (U) Embassy contacted Francois-Regis Boulvert, international cooperation chief at CELAR, the foreign end-user. (Reftel stated that CELAR is an "unfamiliar foreign party" but according to post files, we have handled other license checks where CELAR was the end-user, e.g., 05-1001124.) He con [...]
2008-02-15 17:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
08PARIS307Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on
[...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group convened for the first time on February 13-14 in Paris. Secretary General Gurria chaired the meeting, which was attended by the nine Steering Group countries, plus the UNDP. Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Daniel S. Sullivan re [...]
2008-02-21 15:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON KDEM OECD
08PARIS33FRENCH PETROLEUM INSTITUTE - RESEARCHING SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
[...] SUMMARY. ESTH officers visited the French Petroleum Institute (Institut Francais du Petrole or 'IFP'),a public research center focused on industrial R&D research in energy and transportation. The visit's purposes were to assess IFP's strategic priorities, obtain an understanding of its researc [...]
2008-01-08 16:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY FR
08PARIS338SARKOZY PROMISES UKRAINE POSITIVE SIGNAL AT
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Damien Loras, President Sarkozy's Counselor for Ukraine (as well as Russia, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Americas),told us on February 25 that Sarkozy told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during their meeting in Paris on February 20 that he will seek [...]
2008-02-26 16:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MARR PREL UP FR
08PARIS360RECENT FRENCH MFA PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON IRAN/IAEA
[...] (SBU) We passed non-paper texts in reftels February 28 and 29 to the relevant French MFA officials in the Strategic Affairs and Middle East/North Africa directorates. Although the MFA has not offered any comments on the non-papers, we would note in the interim that the French have been very [...]
2008-02-29 18:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR IR
08PARIS383FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST
[...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...]
2008-03-04 16:26:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK
08PARIS398FRENCH PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan Coordinator Patrick Moon met MFA DAS for South Asia Didier Leroy on February 27 to discuss next steps in Afghanistan, including an Afghanistan Donors conference and potential increases in French military contributions to the security effort. Leroy noted the Afghan D [...]
2008-03-05 14:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAID NATO AF FR
08PARIS438 UNESCO: MEETING WITH DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's Deputy Director, Marcio Barbosa, expressed his pride regarding UNESCO's role in the technical discussions on the Mughrabi Gate; his efforts to improve UNESCO's visibility and communications, and his work in relation to the Science sector review. He also spoke about nex [...]
2008-03-11 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL IS
08PARIS500FRANCE: CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORTS BOOM
[...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy has announced contract signings or preliminary discussions for the eventual export of French nuclear technology during several recent trips abroad. Both France's nuclear powerhouse Areva (reftel) and French government officials emphasize that the export boom is f [...]
2008-03-17 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND ETRD KNNP PREL FR
08PARIS501LATIN AMERICA: FRENCH SHARE SENSE OF POSITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PDAS Craig Kelly reviewed Latin American priorities with MFA PDAS for Latin America Jean-Marc Laforet and DAS for Central America Jose Gomez on March 6. They concurred with Kelly,s assessment that the democratic governance and regional cooperation were improving across the regi [...]
2008-03-18 08:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM FR CO EC BR CU
08PARIS570UNESCO - PREAH VIHEAR TECHNICAL MEETING PARIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Without the Thai or American experts present, UNESCO's Culture Sector organized a two-day technical meeting on Preah Vihear in Paris March 25-26. It was clear that there are many serious issues that have not been thought through by the Cambodians. These will require agreement w [...]
2008-03-26 14:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL
08PARIS633 PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2008 DISCUSSION OF POLICY AND
[...] (SBU) The Paris Club met on March 13 to discuss 16 countries and other policy and methodological issues. Creditors reported on contacts with the new Argentine government, which has been arguing against an IMF agreement and for minimizing external payments in seeking a Paris Club deal. The IM [...]
2008-04-07 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON OECD EAID FR
08PARIS674FRANCE OFFERS VIEWS ON FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA AND WIPO
[...] (SBU) IO DAS Gerry Anderson met with MFA Deputy Director for United Nations and International Organization Affairs Marc Giacomini and several staffers April 10 for a tour d'horizon of a number of current IO issues, including financing, reform and upcoming elections at FAO, UNESCO, UNDP, IAEA [...]
2008-04-11 14:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL FAO UNESCO UNDP IAEA WIPO FR
08PARIS713STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE: FORMAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On April 7, the diplomatic advisor to Defense Minister Morin, Frederic Mondoloni, sent a letter to the Political Minister-Counselor to respond formally to the November 2006 USG request for a Status of Forces Agreemen [...]
2008-04-15 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP MOPS PAC PREL FR
08PARIS750AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, APRIL 14-18, 2008 REF: A. 07 MOSCOW 5535 B. 07 PARIS 2593 Classified By: ESTH/NP COUNSELOR ROBERT W. DRY FOR REASONS 1.4 (B),(D),(E),and (H). -------------------- SUMMARY AND OVERVIEW --------------------
[...] (C) The Australia Group (AG) held its 2008 plenary in Paris from April 14-18. In addition to approving several updates to the AG's Guidelines and control lists, the Group discussed Russia's continued interest in membership. AG members continued to express concern about Russia's implementation of ex [...]
2008-04-18 16:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC AS FR RS CBW
08PARIS766PRIME MINISTER FRANCOIS FILLON'S VISIT TO U.S. MAY
[...] (C) France's Prime Minister Francois Fillon will travel to the U.S. May 1 - 2. The current focus of Fillon's visit is the international economy -- and how it affects France's domestic reform program. He is set to meet with Federal Reserve Board Chairman Bernanke, Secretary of the Treasury P [...]
2008-04-22 13:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PGOV PINR ECON EUN FR
08PARIS77USDP EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS
[...] (S) On January 8, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, and Dr. Eliot Cohen, Counselor for the Department of State, met with Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the French MFA, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defens [...]
2008-01-14 13:52:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR MOPS NATO FR RU CH GG AF IR
08PARIS824FRANCE ON SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points April 24 per an exchange of cables reported separately. 2. (U) The French MFA reported the following exchange at its April 25 press briefing between reporters and its spokesperson, Pascale Andreani (the English translation comes from the French MFA's w [...]
2008-04-28 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IAEA DPRK FR SY
08PARIS850AIRBUS -- FORGING A CORPORATION FROM A CONSORTIUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Airbus, a division of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS),continues to face growing pains as it evolves from a business cobbled together from national champion aviation companies in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK into a fully integrated multinational. S [...]
2008-04-30 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND ECON ETRD EAIR PREL FR
08PARIS866GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS867GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP FIRST
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, the Initiative co-chairs held the first Exercise Planning Group (EPG) meeting on April 15 in Paris to begin coordinating the development and execution of international exercises aimed at combating the threat posed by [...]
2008-05-05 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKGIC MCAP PINR PTER PARM IAEA FR
08PARIS94DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...]
2008-01-18 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO FR AF
08PARIS957YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...]
2008-05-19 14:41:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV
08PARIS961Partnership for Democratic Governance - Readout on Second
[...] Summary. The PDG Steering Group (SG) held its second meeting on May 7. Deputy Secretary General Amano chaired the gathering, which was attended by the nine SG countries, plus the UNDP. USOECD Charg d'affaires Paul Reid represented the USA. The Head of the PDG Advisory Unit (AU) presented [...]
2008-05-20 13:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON KDEM OECD
08PARIS969NO CHANGE IN FRENCH POLICY TOWARD HAMAS, DESPITE
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille denied on 20 May any change in French policy toward Hamas following erroneous reports that the GOF had resumed contacts with Hamas. No dialogue or official contacts, beyond "technical" ones related to security carried ou [...]
2008-05-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL FR IS
08PARISFR1185 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE
[...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]
2008-06-24 09:54:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARISFR1500PUBLICATION AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY REVISITED
[...] Summary. UNESCO briefed member states on July 16 on its new publications policy. The Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Public Information, Nino Munoz Gomez (BPI),explained to member states the measures taken to ensure the quality of UNESCO's publications. He met some considerable skepticism, m [...]
2008-08-01 13:27:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO AORC SCUL
08PARISFR1945 UNESCO SETS DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION PROCEDURES
[...] UNESCO's Executive Board at its session ending October 21 established the procedures for electing Director-General Koichiro Matsuura's successor when the latter's term expires November 2009. The Board settled on the following steps: A) Immediately after the conclusion of the Board's autumn 20 [...]
2008-10-23 13:37:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SCUL PREL
08PARISFR2105UNESCO HOSTS EDUCATION CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
[...] Summary: On October 30 - November 1, 2008 UNESCO and the First Lady of Qatar, Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, hosted the International Conference on the Right to Education in Crisis-Affected Countries entitled "Stop Jeopardizing the Future of Iraq" in Paris. Director General Matsuura op [...]
2008-11-14 17:44:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC UNESCO KEDU FR IZ QA JO USAID
08PARISFR2153UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE - COMMENTS BY JAPANESE
[...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with UNESCO'S Japanese Ambassador, UNESCO's Egyptian Ambassador learned that the Government of Japan will insist on supporting the strongest candidate for the UNESCO position of Director General, regardless of where that individual comes from. End Summary. [...]
2008-11-25 12:23:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL EG JA
08PARISFR2202UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUCCESSION: CONVERSATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Mexican and Swedish UNESCO Ambassadors told Ambassador Oliver that their respective countries will oppose the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouq Hosni for the position of Director General of UNESCO. The Mexican Ambassador also expressed misgivings about the pos [...]
2008-12-04 17:01:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL FR SW MX BR
08PARISFR2209UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL SUSSESSION: CONVERSATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: UNESCO's Assistant Director General for Africa told Ambassador Oliver that he does not believe that African countries will endorse Egypt's candidate for Director General of UNESCO Farouk Hosni at the African Union Conference in mid-January. Ambassador Oliver also discussed the [...]
2008-12-05 15:09:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALUNESCO PREL FR CH SP PK KU
08PARISFR2220UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: BELGIAN AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Belgian Ambassador to UNESCO told Ambassador Oliver December 5 that Belgium does not support the candidacy of Egypt's Minister of Culture, Farouk Hosni, for UNESCO's next Director General (DG). The Belgian Ambassador also speculated on the possibility that Ingrid Bettancour [...]
2008-12-08 16:58:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO BE IT CO
08PARISFR2227 UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]
2008-12-09 16:39:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PARISFR2260 HFAC STAFFER KILLION MEETING WITH UNESCO ADG EDUCATION
[...] (C) Summary: ADG Burnett expressed his hope that the U.S. will continue to play a key role in education at UNESCO. While not getting out in front of the DG, he let us know that he intends to keep Mrs. Bush involved in literacy, and will be extending an invitation to Mrs. Biden regarding her p [...]
2008-12-12 17:36:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALSCUL UNESCO
08PARISFR2261 KILLION MEETING WITH DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNESCO KOICHIRO
[...] (C) Summary: Director-General Matsuura stressed his desire to maintain a strong American connection to UNESCO's work in education, despite the upcoming change in administration, by telling us that he planned to invite Mrs. Bush to a 26 January high-level meeting on literacy, and would be askin [...]
2008-12-12 17:36:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALSCUL UNESCO AORC PREL
08PARISFR2263 KILLION MEETING WITH PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR TO UNESCO HARRY
[...] (C) Summary: Offering a possible Latin solution to bring new candidates into the DG race, Peru's Ambassador to UNESCO suggested that journalist, author and essayist Vargas Llosa has expressed interest in running. He also discussed the problems posed by the rift within the Latin American elec [...]
2008-12-15 07:13:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO PE
08PARISFR2313A/S HOOK'S MEETING WITH UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: DG Matsuura called for vigilance by Member States regarding UNESCO's future, to lock in the gains made during his tenure. He also expressed appreciation for the U.S.'s role in literacy efforts, and was pleased Mrs. Bush would continue her work for UNESCO beyond January 2009. En [...]
2008-12-23 10:33:00Mission UNESCOCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO IS JO
08PARISFR2332UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: INTERGOVERNMENTAL
[...] Begin Summary. During its week-long second ordinary meeting, the 24-member Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions ("the IGC" or "the Committee") took decisive action on each of the items on its agenda, although two items (prefere [...]
2008-12-29 12:12:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO USTR WIPO WTRO KIPR
08PARTO122201(U) Secretary Rice's Participation in the December
[...] (U) December 15, 2008; 3:00 PM; New York City 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador DiCarlo Assistant Secretary Hook Assistant Secretary Frazer United Nations Security General Ban Ki-moon United Nations Security Council Croatian Prime Minister S [...]
2008-12-22 21:30:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PHUM PGOV ZM
08PARTO20504Secretary Rice's Meeting with Colombian Pro-FTA
[...] (U) January 25, 2008; 8:15 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William R. Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representa [...]
2008-02-05 23:25:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO20506Secretary Rice's Meeting with Medellin Mayor
[...] (U) January 25, 2008; 10:00 a.m.; Medellin, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador William Brownfield Representative Melissa Bean Representative Eliot Engel Representative Jane Harman Representative Alcee Hastings Representative Ron Klein Representative [...]
2008-02-05 23:36:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA ETRD ECIN EINV ELAB
08PARTO22806(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Working
[...] (U) February 27, 2008; 8:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Pol/Mil Chief Raymond Gree [...]
2008-02-28 16:34:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EINV SENV ECON
08PARTO22807(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008, Meeting
[...] (U) February 27, 2008; 6:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser, III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Paul Hersey, Interpreter [...]
2008-02-28 19:12:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL ECON MOPS PHUM
08PARTO7(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser D [...]
2008-02-28 19:12:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIALOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08PARTO80808(U) Secretary Rice's July 26, 2008, Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (U) July 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; Auckland, New Zealand. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador McCormick A/S Sean McCormack, PA LTG William Fraser, JCS DAS Sco [...]
2008-08-08 00:42:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL ETRD PGOV ECON
08PARTO91702SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PM SOCRATES
[...] (U) Classified by Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (d) 2. (U) September 4, 2008, 1930, Lisbon, Portugal. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Thomas Stephenson Assistant Secretary Dan Fried Assistant Secretary C. David [...]
2008-09-17 03:45:00US Delegation, SecretaryCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PGOV ECON EI KV RU
08PESHAWAR384FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JUNE
[...] (C) A brief period of detente between GOP officials and militants was disrupted in late June as militant activity surged in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). A deteriorating security situation in Khyber agency including the kidnapping [...]
2008-07-03 11:19:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR389FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON FATA OPERATIONS, COOPERATION
[...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander Khattak and 11th Corps Chief of Staff Aamer Riaz briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on their strategy for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on July 3. Khattak and Aamer were on message with other Northwest Frontier Provi [...]
2008-07-08 08:59:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PESHAWAR425FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: JULY
[...] (C) As Prime Minister Gilani traveled to the United States in late July, many locals perceived that the military strikes and operations in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) were tactically designed to appease the United States, but not [...]
2008-08-06 09:59:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR431FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...]
2008-08-22 09:16:00Consulate PeshawarUNCLASSIFIEDPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR435FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Increased violence and intense fighting in Swat, Kurram and Bajaur characterized the first two weeks of August. Operations in Swat continue although the military's primary focus appears to have shifted to Bajaur. The government aggressively attacked militants in Bajaur, where air bombardme [...]
2008-08-26 00:37:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR449FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: AUGUST
[...] (C) Aggressive military operations in Bajaur and Swat continued into the start of Ramadan. Pakistani military sources estimate that 560 Pakistani and foreign fighters were killed in the Bajaur operation, which started on August 7. Local taliban denied that the Bajaur-based Tehrik-i Taliban d [...]
2008-09-16 07:37:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR463SECURITY FORCES -- MAKING PROGRESS AGAINST MILITANTS IN
[...] (C) Pakistan Army contacts told post on September 16 that they have cleared eastern Bajaur of militants, dismantled their command and control center there, and now control a crucial 20 km stretch of the main road extending to Khar. Bajaur is a critical part of an east-west swathe of territory [...]
2008-09-22 12:06:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR468FATA AND NWFP: BI-WEEKLY INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION:
[...] (C) On September 6, Peshawar suffered its deadliest suicide bombing in over a year when forty people were killed, including eight policemen, 15 km south of Peshawar (ref. B). Security forces focused their most intense military efforts in Bajaur during the first two weeks of September, as oper [...]
2008-09-24 10:57:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR508POST CONVENES EAC MEETING FOLLOWING KILLING OF USAID
[...] (C) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 11:00 (local) and at 15:00 (local) on November 12, following an attack on USAID contractor, AmCit, Stephen Vance, killing him and his Pakistani driver. Vance was Chief of Party (head) of USAID Contractor Community Housing Foundation In [...]
2008-11-12 14:04:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETPTER ASEC CASC MOPS PK
08PESHAWAR509NWFP: SUICIDE ATTACK AT PESHAWAR'S SPORTS STADIUM
[...] (C) A suicide bomber killed at least four including a police officer and injured at least a dozen others near the main entrance of Qayyum Stadium in Peshawar as Awami National Party (ANP) Senior Minister Bashir Bilour's motorcade was leaving the stadium. Bilour left earlier in a separate vehic [...]
2008-11-13 11:16:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK
08PESHAWAR514POST CONVENES EAC ON NOVEMBER 16, 2008
[...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 19:30 (local) on November 16 for further review of post's security posture in light of specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel. PO, RSO, RAO, ODRP/101st, ODRP/SOCCE, USAID, IPC, MGT, POL, CONS, PAS, and NAS [...]
2008-11-17 09:27:00Consulate PeshawarSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PTER AMGT PK
08PESHAWAR517POST CONVENES EAC MEETING ON NOVEMBER 19, 2008
[...] (S) Post convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting at 13:00 (local) on November 19 to review specific, credible threat information targeting Consulate personnel that developed late November 18. PO, RSO, RAO, and Special Forces element attended the meeting. See para 7 for Washington actio [...]
2008-11-19 14:03:00Consulate PeshawarSECRETASEC PTER MOPS AMGT PK
08PESHAWAR518FATA AND NWFP: INCIDENTS OF TALIBANIZATION: OCTOBER 16 - 31
[...] (C) While fighting remained intense in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA),there were some positive developments during the last two weeks of October. Security forces continued to press militants in Bajaur during late October, killing 1 [...]
2008-11-20 07:25:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV PK
08PESHAWAR519RSO PESHAWAR MEETING WITH POLICE OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-21 14:29:00Consulate PeshawarSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
08PHNOMPENH1003CAMBODIA'S RACE FOR HYDROPOWER CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) continues to pursue its hydropower potential with 22 ongoing and proposed projects. With primarily Chinese support, the RGC hopes to generate enough electricity to meet domestic needs and eventually profit from energy exportation. Donors [...]
2008-12-18 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND VM LA CH CB
08PHNOMPENH1022CAMBODIA: ECONOMIC DOWNTURN HIGHLIGHTS REMAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Given the bleak global economic outlook, labor union leaders, garment manufacturers and other stakeholders are concerned that Cambodia,s critical garment sector may face factory closures and possibly more layoffs in coming months. Labor union leaders complain about difficultie [...]
2008-12-24 09:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH103 CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TOUT MEASURED PROGRESS, HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Civil society leaders presented a "glass half full" picture of Cambodian progress on a variety of political, economic, and human rights issues to Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel during his January 16 [...]
2008-01-23 07:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ECON ELAB CB CM VN
08PHNOMPENH131CAMBODIA: NGOS CREATING NEW EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES
[...] (U) Amid oft-repeated concerns about how Cambodia's future petroleum reserves will be used, a group of local and international NGOs are working together to create a coalition of local civil society organizations that will engage with the government on issues surrounding extractive industries. [...]
2008-02-04 08:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EMIN PGOV CB
08PHNOMPENH180CAMBODIA: COMMENTS FOR SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that Cambodia falls below the threshold for inclusion in the Special 301 Report Watchlist at this time. Cambodia is not fully TRIPS compliant and its IPR enforcement is currently weak. However, senior government officials have publicly committed to improving the [...]
2008-02-20 01:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON KIPR CB
08PHNOMPENH229AMBASSADOR TO DPM SAR KHENG: CAN SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 3, the Ambassador praised Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng and the RGC for a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons over the past year. The Ambassador noted the many achievements the Cambodian government has made inclu [...]
2008-03-05 11:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CACS CB
08PHNOMPENH318INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1998, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2008-04-10 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC USTR KTDB CB
08PHNOMPENH348AMCHAM SINGAPORE MISSION SPURS CORPORATE INTEREST
[...] (U) Summary: An 18-member delegation from the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore led by Ambassador Herbold recently concluded a successful three-day trip to Phnom Penh. Through meetings with government, private sector, and U.S. Embassy officials, mission delegates learned about Cambod [...]
2008-04-28 10:05:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV CB
08PHNOMPENH372CAMBODIA: INVESTMENT, TEMPLE CONTROVERSY, DEBT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Riding on a wave of increased U.S. investor interest in Cambodia, 17 corporate leaders representing nine major companies visited Cambodia May 1-3 as part of a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council delegation. Prime Minister Hun Sen used his two-hour-long meeting with the group to pres [...]
2008-05-06 07:43:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL EPET PGOV ENRG CB TH
08PHNOMPENH398CAMBODIA'S EMERGING MINING SECTOR: FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary: International interest in northeastern Cambodia's mining potential has increased sharply in recent years with a number of large, well-respected international firms joining smaller domestic and international companies in the search for gold and bauxite. While no major discoveri [...]
2008-05-12 06:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN PGOV SENV SOCI PHUM CB AS
08PHNOMPENH399HOR NAMHONG, SAM RAINSY SEEK EMBASSY INTERCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hor Namhong summoned the Ambassador on May 8 for a one-on-one meeting to explain to the Ambassador his defamation and disinformation cases against Sam Rainsy regarding Rainsy's assertion that Hor Namhong was a former Khmer Rouge prison camp chief. The aged and [...]
2008-05-13 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KJUS CB
08PHNOMPENH503WORKING CONDITIONS IMPROVED, BUT LABOR UNIONS STILL
[...] Summary: Even as a recent report touted Cambodia's low labor costs, labor union leaders and employers report that working conditions and respect for the labor law and regulations have continued to improve in Cambodia's garment sector in recent years due largely to the USG-funded Better Factor [...]
2008-06-19 08:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON KTEX CB
08PHNOMPENH554CAMBODIAN ELECTIONS: LADIES FIRST, AS DEBATES GO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first multi-party candidate debate in preparation for Cambodia's July 27 election took place in Phnom Penh July 8. This initial debate featured women candidates from four parties, as a key theme of the National Democratic Institute (NDI's) USAID-financed program in Cambodia [...]
2008-07-08 08:26:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KWMN CB
08PHNOMPENH570CAMBODIA ELECTIONS: SMALLER PARTIES REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While the ruling and main opposition parties vie for ground in the public spotlight during the month-long campaign period before Cambodia's July 27 National Assembly elections, the country's lesser-known parties are seeking votes without much ado. Smaller party representatives [...]
2008-07-15 02:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF CB
08PHNOMPENH581PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION UNLIKELY TO DISSIPATE
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel A provides a solid update on the evolving situation along the Thai-Cambodian border near Preah Vihear temple. Embassies Phnom Penh and Bangkok had a number of good exchanges during the course of the day to double-track information coming from Thai and Cambodian sources. C [...]
2008-07-18 13:55:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08PHNOMPENH601CAMBODIA ELECTION: SAM RAINSY PARTY STANDS TO GAIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the official cooling-off period ahead of the July 27 election, the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) is assessing its chances as good in many of Cambodia's 24 provinces. In more sober moments - when not rhetorically claiming imminent victory - party regulars will say they [...]
2008-07-25 04:10:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM CB
08PHNOMPENH626OBSERVATIONS FROM EMBASSY STAFF: POLLING STATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-seven Embassy teams observed the July 27 elections in 18 provinces and found above-average professional behavior from the more than 15,000 PSCs (Polling Station Commissions) in the country. PSC staff were generally seen as timely, competent, evenhanded, and impartial in [...]
2008-07-30 13:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH629CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY-ELECT: SOMETHING OLD,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly-elect may not be sworn in until sometime in September if the opposition chooses to drag out the election appeals process. Nonetheless, it appears the CPP will hold onto its 90 seats (Ref B) and a clear electoral mandate. Whether CPP will form a coalition [...]
2008-07-31 09:49:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH637CAMBODIA: REPATRIATION OF 32 MONTAGNARDS MOSTLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: An involuntarily repatriation proceeding of 32 Montagnard persons took place in a mostly quiet manner and without disruption during the early morning of August 1. In contrast to the repatriation that took place on July 18 (reftel),there was no protest during the August 1 proc [...]
2008-08-04 01:53:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM VN CB
08PHNOMPENH701AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FM HOR NAMHONG: DEEPER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 21 farewell call on Foreign Minister Hor Namhong, the Ambassador congratulated the FM on his diplomacy in respect to the dispute over Preah Vihear, highlighted the continued strengthening of bilateral relations, expressed his optimism about proposed KRT funding from [...]
2008-08-22 10:02:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
08PHNOMPENH772CAMBODIA: OPEN TO "INTERNATIONAL MEGAN'S LAW,"
[...] (SBU) Summary: From September 2-5 a six-member U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs Staff Delegation met with Cambodian government officials, immigration and police contacts, and NGO representatives during a fact-finding visit to Cambodia. The visit was prompted by the introduction of a [...]
2008-09-12 05:46:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KTIP CB
08PHNOMPENH786EMBASSY IFTAR REACHES CHAM COMMUNITY, ANSWERS QUESTION,
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy hosted a successful Iftar for over 130 guests, mainly from the Cham Islamic minority in Cambodia. At the end of the event, while looking over the Muslim Life in America paper show that PA translated into Khmer, a teenage guest asked an Embassy staffer "are there really Mu [...]
2008-09-19 09:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KIRF EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH802CAMBODIA'S BOOMING ECONOMY FUELS DEVELOPMENT, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings with the Deputy Secretary of State September 14 and 16, a group of economic experts and development partners highlighted the dynamic economic growth taking place in Cambodia. Political stability has made possible double digit economic growth. However, Cambodia [...]
2008-09-26 10:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTIA PGOV PREL CB
08PHNOMPENH917 CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-07 09:40:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP CB
08PHNOMPENH934GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS HITTING HOME IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Cambodia's financial sector has little direct exposure to the turmoil affecting international financial markets, concerns about the indirect impacts of the global financial crisis on the health of Cambodia's macroeconomic development are growing. Weakening global demand [...]
2008-11-19 09:38:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD CB
08PODGORICA126MONTENEGRO EAGER FOR U.S. BUSINESS
[...] (U) Summary: PM Djukanovic and other senior GOM officials assured visiting Commerce DAS Dyck April 4 of their eagerness to attract U.S. trade and investment. They also described many billions of dollars worth of infrastructure and other investment opportunities coming available in the near fut [...]
2008-04-11 09:02:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MW
08PODGORICA127STRIKINGLY POSITIVE ELECTION DAY ATMOSHPERE IN SERB-MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Herceg Novi municipality has a significant Serb majority, an opposition mayor, and voted overwhelmingly against independence in the 2006 referendum. However, less than two years later, the atmosphere there on election day was positive and forward looking. The elections indicated [...]
2008-04-11 14:29:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MW
08PODGORICA152DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR MONTENEGRO'S
[...] (SBU) Under cover of a diplomatic note, the Montenegrin Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded an April 29 letter to the Ambassador from Minister of Defense Vucinic, in which the Minister requests USG support for Montenegro's membership in the Adriatic Charter (A-3). According to the letter (se [...]
2008-05-23 10:03:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
08PODGORICA158EMBASSY PODGORICA'S BFIF PROJECTS -- PROJECT ONE OUTCOMES
[...] Summary: The Minister of Economic Development, a team of experts from the Ministry, and the U.S. Embassy Podgorica Economic Officer traveled to the U.S. during the first week of May 2008 to present upcoming investment opportunities in Montenegro to U.S. businesses in four key cities -- Washingt [...]
2008-06-02 14:44:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON MW
08PODGORICA232SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISIT TO MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Montenegro. Your visit comes as the Montenegrin leadership continues its pro-West, pro-NATO, pro-American stance, while simultaneously looking to maintain good relations with Belgrade. Its effort to maintain this balance is currently being put to the test over the is [...]
2008-08-28 17:20:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS MW
08PODGORICA254PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES MONTENEGRIN PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Montenegrin parliament adopted the Bill on the Use of the Montenegrin Military in International Forces and Peacekeeping Missions with a 44-19 vote. Montenegrin soldiers will now be able to volunteer for deployment to overseas peacekeeping missions. Despite opposition criti [...]
2008-10-09 17:18:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MW
08PODGORICA273MONTENEGRO: INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] Summary: Organized crime groups use Montenegro as a transit country for cannabis from Albania and Kosovo, and smaller amounts of other narcotics from the Middle East (heroine) and Latin America (cocaine),destined for the western Balkans and Western Europe. A small proportion of the smuggled na [...]
2008-11-03 16:46:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM MW
08PODGORICA90KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE HAS MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPACT IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To date Kosovo's independence declaration and Serbia's angry reaction have not resulted in any significant economic consequences for Montenegro, and Montenegrin interlocutors are downplaying the likelihood of Serbian economic sanctions. However, continued regional political ins [...]
2008-03-17 10:35:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PREL MW
08PORTAUPRINCE1017YVON NEPTUNE LAMENTS LAVALAS DISUNITY, LASHES OUT
[...] (C) A disillusioned Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant and former Prime Minister, Yvon Neptune, sees former President Aristide as an anti-democratic force for the party and the country. He does not support Aristide's return to Haiti. Neptune assesses that the FL organization has been weakened by co [...]
2008-07-16 17:28:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1054HAITI IN POLITICAL GRIDLOCK: DAY 103
[...] (C) Summary: The political standoff in the process of confirming a new Haitian Prime Minister continued this week. President Preval and PM-designate Michele Pierre-Louis face intense pressure to negotiate with political parties and with members of Parliament on the formation of a cabinet and [...]
2008-07-24 19:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1059PRESIDENT PREVAL SPEAKS OUT ON MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary. Two recent meetings with President Preval on money laundering/corruption issues and investigations demonstrated his strong feelings about corruption within the GOH and his on-going interest in pursuing suspected corrupt officials, including former President Aristide, who allegedl [...]
2008-07-25 18:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV ECON KCOR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1069AIRPORT DIRECTOR GENERAL CENTER OF SECURITY DISPUTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Port-au-Prince public prosecutor called in the Director General of the Toussaint L'Ouverture Airport in early July for questioning over the hiring of a private security company at the airport that allegedly used unregistered weapons. Although no charges were lodged, the epi [...]
2008-07-28 16:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALECON HA KCOR PGOV PREL SNAR
08PORTAUPRINCE1163CHIEF PROSECUTOR RESIGNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Claudy Gassant made a surprise announcement on August 12, publicly submitting his letter of resignation as Chief Prosecutor. Gassant, whose professional and personal behavior has become increasingly erratic and occasionally and violent over the past several weeks, made the an [...]
2008-08-13 18:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE117HAITI INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SAID TO BE MOVING
[...] (SBU) The Minister of Public Works says that Haiti is moving ahead on airport modernization, electricity generation, and road construction. A project of general airport modernization will privatize the international airport in Port-au-Prince. The Minister wants to work with TSA on upgrading [...]
2008-01-24 14:08:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EIND EAIR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1191LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - TRAINING AS PART OF HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment of the Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates of the Haitian National Police (HNP) who have been nominated to participate in ongoing training wi [...]
2008-08-22 14:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceSECRET//NOFORNINRA MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR MASS HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1229MFJM01: Impact of Hurricane Gustav on Haiti
[...] Category One Hurricane Gustav hit Haiti on August 26. The Government of Haiti's (GoH) Office of Civil Protection (DPC) lifted the hurricane alert in the early morning of August 28. DPC figures indicate, as of August 28, 59 deaths, 7 missing, 25 injured, 8082 people in shelters, 1283 homes de [...]
2008-08-29 15:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1251HAITI: HANNA STORM SITUATION REPORT 5
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince created an internal working group September 3 to monitor the impact of severe flooding and damage in several Haitian cities, caused by Tropical Storms Gustav and Hanna, and to discuss the status of relief efforts. Gonaives in the Artibonite regional (populati [...]
2008-09-05 20:39:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE1274HAITI: STORM STIUATION REPORT 7
[...] (SBU) Embassy Assistance Working Group met September 9 at 0745 HRS to discuss efforts to deliver and distribute emergency food and other supplies to various regions of the country impacted by recent hurricanes and tropical storms. The Haitian Civil Protection Department (DPC) estimated Septemb [...]
2008-09-09 20:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAGR EAID
08PORTAUPRINCE1275MGHH01: HAITI'S EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A coordinating committee of government ministers established by the new Prime Minister September 7 is directing the overall Government of Haiti response to the devastation caused by recent hurricanes. However, the Ministry of Interior's Office of Civil Protection (Direction de [...]
2008-09-09 20:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1294HAITI: DAMAGED INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGES
[...] (U) USAID Acting Deputy Director Alex Deprez reported on a September 10 meeting hosted by the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communications (TPTC) to discuss infrastructure challenges as a result of recent flooding. Donors represented included: USAID, the European Union, Canada, Ger [...]
2008-09-11 20:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1303HAITI: DONORS URGE GOVERNMENT TO ASSESS
[...] (SBU) Donors, representing the U.S., Canada, the European Union (EU),the UN Mission for Stabilization in Haiti (MINUSTAH),Germany, the Inter-American Development Bank and France, met September 11 with the intention to discuss findings from an initial Government of Haiti assessment of infrast [...]
2008-09-12 22:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC PREL PINR PGOV EAID ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1381WHY WE NEED CONTINUING MINUSTAH PRESENCE IN HAITI
[...] (U) This report responds to recommendation number 2 of the Embassy Port au Prince OIG inspection report. Summary -------- 2. (C) The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti is an indispensable tool in realizing core USG policy interests in Haiti. Security vulnerabilities and fundamental institutional [...]
2008-10-01 15:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1405(C) PREVAL SEEKS CHANGE IN MINUSTAH STATUS PRIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-03 18:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE147PREVAL PROVINCIAL SWING A MIXED BAG
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Preval recently made the first public tour outside the capital since assuming office. He spent two days in Haiti's Central Plateau, stopping to inaugurate a new hospital with U.S. p [...]
2008-01-30 19:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CU ECON HA KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI
08PORTAUPRINCE1517HAITI: TENTATIVE DATE FOR SENATE ELECTIONS, APRIL
[...] (SBU) After over a year of stagnation in election preparations, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced that the first round of Senate elections would be held April 19. That date is not final until confirmed by Presidential decree. The latest GOH amended budget commits additio [...]
2008-10-29 19:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1548HAITI: PRESIDENT LASHES US DRUG POLICY IN FRONT OF
[...] (C) UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay visited Haiti the week of November 3 and met with President Preval that day. MINUSTAH Director for Human Rights Lizbeth Cullity (protect) told the Ambassador and PolCouns November 3 and 4 that Preval refused to engage the Commissione [...]
2008-11-05 16:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1557LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA FROM THE REPUBLIC
[...] The following translation of a congratulatory letter from Haitian President Rene Preval was received by Embassy on November 5. The Embassy will pouch actual French text to WHA/CAR Desk Officer for distribution. 2. Begin Text: Mr. President-elect, On behalf of the Haitian People and [...]
2008-11-07 12:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDHA OPDC PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE1575HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begin the blame game, prosecutors have already arrested the director of the school and [...]
2008-11-13 12:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID HA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE1576HAITI SCHOOL COLLAPSE: NO SHORTAGE OF BLAME
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rescue teams have transitioned from rescue work to recovery of bodies buried in debris after the collapse November 7 of a primary and secondary school in Port au Prince. As Haitian officials begi [...]
2008-11-13 12:11:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1597U.S. AMBASSADOR FIRST MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: On November 14, the U.S. Ambassador met for the first time with the new Minister of Justice and Public Security, Jean Joseph Exume. They discussed continuing USG support for police and judicial r [...]
2008-11-19 12:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ECON PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1600HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-19 19:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1601HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1602HAITI DRUG CHAPTER FOR 2008-2009 INCSR
[...] Per instructions reftel, Port au Prince submits the following text for the Haiti drug chapter of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). Data table required of major list countries, with a copy of this text, will be submitted by e-mail as well. 2. Begin Text [...]
2008-11-20 12:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1652HAITI MONTHLY: NOVEMBER, 2008
[...] (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS -------------------- 2. (C) SENATE TO CONVOKE PRIME MINISTER DECEMBER 2. Amid growing criticism of the government's handling of disaster rec [...]
2008-12-01 18:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1742HAITI ON THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 17:18:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1748POSTCARD FROM CAP HAITIAN: ISSUES, REQUESTS &
[...] (SBU) Summary: Cap Haitien officials downplayed security issues but highlighted economic hardship and municipal budget constraints as key impediments to progress in Haiti's second largest city. The delegate for the North Department discussed the effects of the recent hurricanes on the region and la [...]
2008-12-22 14:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1757HAITI ELECTIONS: DONOR FRUSTRATION GROWS,
[...] (C) Summary: Frustration grows in the international donor community as President Rene Preval has yet to issue a Presidential Decree (''Arrete'') to hold elections for one-third of the senate, planned for April. Canada and the European Commission have made clear they will not disburse funds w [...]
2008-12-24 15:06:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID HA CA
08PORTAUPRINCE1776HAITI MONTHLY: DECEMBER 2008
[...] (U) This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. End summary. FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE --------------------------- 2. (U) THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (IDB). IDB approved a USD 12.5 million grant for the rehabilitation of Haiti's [...]
2008-12-31 15:59:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EAID EAGR EINV ETRD BEXP HA
08PORTAUPRINCE198PETIT GOAVE POSTCARD: HARBINGER OF POLITICAL
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The coastal city of Petit Goave (West Department),historically the vanguard of major uprisings in Haiti, is now largely calm - both politically and with respect to crime. Former sworn politica [...]
2008-02-11 16:25:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC SOCI HA
08PORTAUPRINCE210HAITI PUTS ON CARNIVAL 2008: NO DEATHS, IMPROVED
[...] Summary: Improved security, a better organized HNP, and a greater Diaspora presence marked Haiti's 2008 Carnival celebrations. With the approval of the EAC, Embassy officers were permitted to attend Carnival events for the first time in 5 years. The organizational skill the GOH and private gr [...]
2008-02-12 17:16:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ASEC ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE328RESPONSE TO TRAINING ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD
[...] In response to reftel, post nominates Mballe M. Nkembe. He is an American direct-hire, economic-coned officer in post's combined Political/Economic section. (Note: Post does not have a Labor Officer. End note.) Mr. Nkembe, who is currently updating the Department of Labor's (DOL) Foreign [...]
2008-02-27 19:01:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM
08PORTAUPRINCE336HAITI'S SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] This message is sensetive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. The following are Post's responses to reftel questions. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW OF HAITI'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: A. Trafficking in persons in Haiti mainly involved the internal movement of [...]
2008-02-28 19:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB HA KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08PORTAUPRINCE38PREVAL ON INDEPENDENCE DAY: "PATIENCE, PLEASE"
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (U) President Rene Preval's annual January 1 Independence Day speech calling for patience and unity has met with a mixed reaction, some welcoming his recognition of the threat of unemploym [...]
2008-01-08 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE394WHA DAS KIRSTEN MADISON MEETING WITH HAITIAN PRIME
[...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison assured Haitian Prime Minister Alexis that the U.S. commitment to Haiti remains strong and was bolstered by a regional effort that brought in several Latin American nations. She emphasized that Haiti has come a long way and we want to preserve and build on what has [...]
2008-03-10 18:49:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE399GOH CHILDREN'S SHELTER WELL RUN, POLITICS ASIDE
[...] Summary. A large GOH children,s shelter near Port-au-Prince, once run by Jean Bertrand Aristide before he became President, is now managed by Brother Armand Franklin, a reputed Aristide ally, and is doing well with the help of international assistance. The shelter, the largest GOH instituti [...]
2008-03-11 18:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE425AMBASSADOR VISIT TO CAP HAITIEN
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador visited Cap Haitien February 26-27 to find political, economic, and international security interlocutors relatively upbeat. The Chilean MINUSTAH battalion believes security is improving, the previously suspicious mayor of the city is eagerly courting U.S. assistance, and [...]
2008-03-17 16:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE430G/TIP PROGRAM: FIRST MONITORING REPORT
[...] Summary: The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) awarded the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF) a USD 250,850 grant to support an anti-trafficking program in Haiti from September 30, 2007 through October 1, 2008. Due to extensive staff turnover at PADF's Haiti [...]
2008-03-18 12:37:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDBR KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE447DUAL CITIZENSHIP MANHUNT HITS SENATORS, MINISTERS;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prominent businessman and Senate Vice-President Rudolph Henri Boulos resigned from the Senate on March 18 following the Senate's consideration of a report by the Senate Commission of Inquiry on Nationality. The report, confirming that Senators Boulos and Ultimo Compere held Ame [...]
2008-03-19 19:55:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL HA
08PORTAUPRINCE457FIGHTING CORRUPTION AND DELAYS AT HAITI'S PORTS --
[...] (U) Haitian officials deny recent media reports that port and customs officials are turning a blind eye to food spoilage at the Cap Haitien port in the northern region. They say the reports overlook efforts to counter corruption and contraband trafficking (especially drugs),modernize port and [...]
2008-03-20 17:56:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN HA
08PORTAUPRINCE510CUBA COURTS MARC BAZIN
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Marc Bazin volunteered to Embassy his account of a one-week early-March visit to Cuba that he and a handful of his political party colleagues undertook as guests of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Bazin believes that the departure of Fidel Castr [...]
2008-03-28 17:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON HA CU
08PORTAUPRINCE520SENATOR BOULOS RETRACTS RESIGNATION; DUAL
[...] (SBU) Senate Vice Presdent Rudolph Boulos withdrew his resignation fro the Senate in a March 19 letter to the Presiden of that body, one day after he walked out of theSenate session that labeled him and another Senato a dual national and hence not a legal member ofthat body. Claiming to still [...]
2008-04-01 18:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE544COST OF LIVING PROTESTS CONTINUE A SECOND DAY WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MINUSTAH and Haitian government sources report April 4 that protests in Les Cayes are continuing for a second day at reduced but still potent levels. They warn that there is a strong possibility these demonstrations will last throughout the weekend. There have been no further [...]
2008-04-04 20:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA ECON CASC ASEC
08PORTAUPRINCE556COST OF LIVING PROTESTS IN HAITI: UPDATE AS OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Demonstrations continued in Port-au-Prince for a second day with greater violence. Since about 0900 hrs, there have been several reports of demonstrations in different neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince calling for the resignation of President Preval and the Prime Minister. The [...]
2008-04-08 21:09:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PHUM HA ECON
08PORTAUPRINCE585SCENESETTER FOR HIGH LEVEL MISSION TO HAITI:
[...] (SBU) We are very much looking forward to your trip here tomorrow as the U.S. representative in the High Level Mission to Haiti. The players are beginning to line up: in addition to the OAS Secretary General, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and the European Union will be sending officials. I [...]
2008-04-23 19:34:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA
08PORTAUPRINCE607PREVAL NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following weeks of consultations with political parties and the private sector, President Preval nominated Ericq Pierre on April 27 to replace Jacques-Edouard Alexis as Prime Minister. Preval notified the presidents of both houses of parliament April 27 of his choice and will f [...]
2008-04-28 19:02:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALHA KDEM PGOV PREL
08PORTAUPRINCE623CONGRESSMAN MEEK MEETING WITH PRESIDENT PREVAL
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL) discussed with President Preval April 21 the U.S. government's commitment to Haiti's development and his commitment to advocate for HOPE II legislation. Preval desc [...]
2008-04-29 18:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE642REACTIONS TO ERICQ PIERRE'S NOMINATION AS PRIME
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Ericq Pierre has begun reaching out to parliament to enhance his chances of confirmation. Public and private reactions to Ericq Pierre's nomination as Prime Minister have been mixed. His approval by the Parliament is likely but not certain. The focus of politi [...]
2008-05-02 19:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE700HAITI: PRIVATE SECTOR INITIAL RESPONSE TO VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) Haiti's business community is slowly recovering from the shell-shock of the April rioting. The property damage they suffered was minor compared to the psychological blow. They see these disorders as a major setback in Haiti's stabilization. Some are asking whether Haiti can recover and [...]
2008-05-13 18:33:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON HA EAGR
08PORTAUPRINCE709HIGH LEVEL INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO HAITI
[...] (C) A High-Level International Mission to Haiti April 24-25 that included WHA A/S Shannon told political leaders that the international community continues to stand by Haiti after the recent rioting, but that Haitian leaders must strive for improved consensus across party lines and branches [...]
2008-05-14 16:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID EAGR HA
08PORTAUPRINCE73GOVERNMENTS ON HISPANIOLA DESIRE COOPERATION ON
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary. A regional consultative meeting on travel document fraud, sponsored by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),brought together representatives of five Caribbean countries to discuss [...]
2008-01-15 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA CVIS SMIG
08PORTAUPRINCE824ANATOMY OF A DECISION: WHY PREVAL WENT WITH TI-BOB
[...] (C) Summary. Recent discussions with President Preval's friends and advisors indicate that he selected Bob Manuel as his second Prime Ministerial candidate, following the rejection of Ericq Pierre by the Lower House, after being pressed by associates to dump the putative front runner, Planning [...]
2008-06-06 16:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV KINR KDEM HA
08PORTAUPRINCE895HAITI: AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK IN HAITI
[...] Acting Minister of Agriculture Joanas Gue announced June 11 that 11 positive cases representing four outbreaks of the H5N2 avian influenza virus were identified in four areas of Haiti. Gue attributed the cause of the outbreak in at least one area to fighting cocks that originated in the Dominic [...]
2008-06-19 17:57:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDEFLU ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL HA DR
08PORTAUPRINCE959GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS - HAITI NEEDS MORE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Haiti requires additional engagement with the Embassy before it can understand the benefits of the Global Maritime Partnership Initiative (GMP). The GOH has consented to future meetings with Embassy officials on the issue. Embassy will make clear GMP linkages to previ [...]
2008-07-02 18:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS
08PORTLOUIS329PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES UN VOTING AND DIEGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 18 meeting between Ambassador Cesar Cabrera and Prime Minister Ramgoolam (with POLOFF as note taker),Ramgoolam noted that to better reflect the true relationship between the U.S. and Mauritius he would like to increase UN voting coincidence between the two countries [...]
2008-09-25 13:43:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PTER UK MP
08PORTLOUIS365OCTOBER 2 LETTER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH FROM SEYCHELLES' PRESIDENT JAMES A. MICHEL
[...] (SBU) On October 20, Post received an original signed letter and official diplomatic note -- postmarked and dated on October 14 -- from President James A. Michel addressed to President George W. Bush. The letter is a Government of Seychelles request for USG assistance during the early stage of [...]
2008-10-20 09:41:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON RFIN SE
08PORTLOUIS384CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA FROM
[...] On November 5, Post received a congratulatory letter from the President of the Republic of Mauritius, The Right Honorable Sir Aneerood Jugnauth, G.C.S.K.,K.C.M.G, Q.C, addressed to President-Elect Barack Obama. Post will send the official signed document to the Department. 2. Following is [...]
2008-11-10 11:00:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP MP
08PORTLOUIS386 NOVEMBER 5 DIPNOTE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA
[...] On November 5, Post received a faxed copy of Diplomatic Note Number: 72/2008 from President James A. Michel addressed to President-Elect Barack Obama, conveying a congratulatory message. As soon as it is received, Post will deliver the official signed document to the Department. 2. Followin [...]
2008-11-10 11:01:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP SE
08PORTLOUIS388 PORT LOUIS: U.S. ELECTION PROGRAMS BOOST MISSION'S
[...] Nearly 11,000 miles separate Mauritius from the United States, but distance did not dampen the fascination of Mauritians with U.S. Elections 2008. Responding to the keen interest of its contacts and the Mauritian population at large in the U.S. Presidential Elections, Mission Port Louis organi [...]
2008-11-10 11:04:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR SCUL PGOV PREL MP
08PORTLOUIS424ONE COMPANY LEADS THE GREEN INITIATIVE IN MAURITIAN
[...] Summary. Richfield Tang Knits Ltd (RT Knits),a textile manufacturing company in Mauritius, has taken initiative to move toward "sustainable textile production," incorporating "Green Productivity Techniques" into a new facility in La Tour Koenig, near Port Louis. Using wind and solar energy, [...]
2008-12-04 12:13:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EIND SENV TRGY MP
08PORTOFSPAIN110VPP FOR TOBAGO LAUNCHED
[...] SUMMARY: The Embassy launched its first Virtual Presence Post, VPP Tobago, on February 19 in a ceremony attended by Tobago House of Assembly (THA) officials as well as key members of that island's artistic, education, and religious communities. After the formal launch, representatives from va [...]
2008-03-05 12:15:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO OEXC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN111 NEW BARBADOS PM DISCUSSES FISH, CSME, REGIONAL TRANSPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Prime Ministers of Barbados and Trinidad & Tobago used their February 20 meeting in Port of Spain to reverse perceptions that bilateral relations have deteriorated in recent years, making optimistic statements about resolving their fisheries dispute, holding dialogue on the CA [...]
2008-03-06 11:45:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIS EPET ETRD BB TD
08PORTOFSPAIN117TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER PAULA
[...] (C/NF) Summary: New Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has made a positive impression on the diplomatic community. Given her lack of international experience, though, she is still learning her position and the extent of her influence inside the government is unclear. The FM is friendly to the [...]
2008-03-07 17:27:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL TD
08PORTOFSPAIN119CHEVRON UPBEAT ON TRINIDAD PROSPECTS, CROSS-BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Chevron executives want the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Minister of Energy to reach out to his Venezuelan counterpart to revitalize negotiations on cross-border natural gas. While T&T is the "demandeur", Venezuela also needs the cross-border gas - to create jobs - and it [...]
2008-03-07 19:21:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECIN PREL VZ TD
08PORTOFSPAIN121TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO'S RELATIONS WITH CUBA
[...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's relations with Cuba are a mixture of pragmatism and pan-Caribbean solidarity. Along with a number of other Caribbean states, it has had diplomatic ties with Cuba since 1972. Although Fidel enjoys a positive image among the minority of Trinis who reflect on [...]
2008-03-11 14:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD PGOV PREL CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN128T&T ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 5 office call, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Energy Minister Conrad Enill welcomed U.S. engagement on energy infrastructure protection and U.S. Embassy suggestions on legislation to improve law enforcement, while also softly echoing past messages that T&T does not want to [...]
2008-03-12 19:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EAGR PREL KCRM VZ XA TD
08PORTOFSPAIN139DEBATING THE EU-CARIFORUM TRADE AGREEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: A dynamic debate on February 29 about the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and CARIFORUM (CARICOM and the Dominican Republic) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) highlighted concerns about the lack of civil society involvement in negotiations, the inadequacies [...]
2008-03-18 20:36:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV ECIN TD
08PORTOFSPAIN144SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF WHA DIRECTOR OF CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS
[...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your April 5-9 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...]
2008-03-25 20:07:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET SENV PGOV PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN170CARICOM'S CRIME MEETING LEADS TO DEPORTEE AND REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning hosted an April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government meeting on crime and security in Port of Spain. Among agreed initiatives were to increase maritime and airspace security cooperation, explore the creation of a regional rapid deployment force, develop a Caribb [...]
2008-04-10 15:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PREF PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN185RISING FOOD PRICES PROVOKE POLITICAL AND PUBLIC CONCERN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of rising food prices and shortages, the GOTT is under pressure to address the "food crisis." The spike in prices, now a staple of headline writers, is straining low and middle income families. The opposition asserts government neglect of agriculture is the [...]
2008-04-18 18:24:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD
08PORTOFSPAIN195IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TRINIDAD AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With food price inflation reaching 19.7% year-on-year, public concern and political fallout over the cost of food is growing. The "food crisis" has spotlighted the government's neglect of agriculture and the nation's dependence on imports. Although domestic food production meet [...]
2008-04-30 19:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN ETRD ECIN TD
08PORTOFSPAIN208SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY
[...] (U) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago (T&T). Your trip presents an opportunity to reinforce engagement with T&T, building on the goodwill generated by last June's Conference on the Caribbean and in advance of next year's Summit of the Americas me [...]
2008-05-07 19:14:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET PGOV PTER ASEC OVIP TD
08PORTOFSPAIN237TRINIDAD & TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? This can include demonstrations of support for and solidarity with the Cuban people connected to the May 21 Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, for which we have [...]
2008-05-28 16:59:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN249CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOTT is heavily focused on security concerns, both for domestic and regional reasons. It sees itself as under attack by criminal elements running guns and drugs from South America and is dealing with an explosion of murders -- many gang related. From its perspective, the G [...]
2008-06-09 12:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MASS PREL PTER TD XL
08PORTOFSPAIN253 Secretary of Energy's visit to Trinidad reinforces
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his May 12-13 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the Secretary of Energy reinforced the US-T&T relationship by drawing attention to bilateral LNG trade and commending T&T for its open market and regional leadership. At the same time, he flagged U.S. energy company concerns tha [...]
2008-06-10 18:17:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET PREL ENRG EIND EINV CARICOM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN265 T&T UPDATES USOAS AMBASSADOR ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOTT Ministers and the National Summit Coordinator welcomed the visit of USOAS Ambassador Hector Morales to consult on preparations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, April 2009 in Port of Spain. T&T aims to unveil the initial draft Summit declaration in mid-July, with text [...]
2008-06-17 17:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON PREL EAGR KSUM XM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN269SECRETARY OF ENERGY AND PM MANNING DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Manning welcomed Energy Secretary Bodman's visit and delivery of a USG report on protecting T&T's LNG export infrastructure. Manning said he is anxious to do whatever is necessary to protect LNG infrastructure and willing to include that in the mission for T&T's new offshore [...]
2008-06-18 20:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALKCIP EPET ENRG PTER ASEC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN276CARICOM HOLDS MILITARY COMMANDERS MULTINATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following up the April 4-5 CARICOM heads of government security meeting, the GOTT hosted in Port of Spain a June 13-14 "Caribbean Community Inaugural Technical Meeting of Military Commanders." A working-level USG interagency team from State, DoD, DHS and SouthCom participated. [...]
2008-06-24 17:55:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS KCRM PREF PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN286T&T SUMMIT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES SOA PREPARATIONS WITH PDAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: T&T will soon share its draft Summit declaration and seeks a 10-14 day turnaround for U.S. comments. The draft will be unveiled in Washington on/about July 24, with negotiations proceeding in September (Barbados),October (Jamaica),November (possibly Bahamas) and December (pos [...]
2008-06-30 20:06:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON PREL EAGR KSUM XM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN287WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee 2. (SBU) Both interlocutors agreed Summit of the Americas coordination 3. (SBU) WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met with Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Sco Chinese Visit ------------- 4. (SBU) The FM arrived about 30 minutes [...]
2008-07-01 11:58:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN288WHA PDAS KELLY MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Craig Kelly met Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on June 25 to discuss bilateral and regional issues. The FM briefed Kelly on the visit of a large PRC delegation, discussing a $400 million aluminum smelter loan the GOTT was receiving and China's role in helping T&T rea [...]
2008-07-01 12:19:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG MASS KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN289PM MANNING MEETS WITH U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue's June 26 courtesy call on Prime Minister Patrick Manner, the PM opined that the Caribbean was neglected by Washington. Highlighting the important role Trinidad plays in U.S. energy security, Manning lamented that the U.S. ha [...]
2008-07-01 13:17:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EPET ECIN ENRG TD
08PORTOFSPAIN290T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...]
2008-07-01 16:53:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS CU TT
08PORTOFSPAIN292THE OTHER SUMMIT: PRIME MINISTER MANNING OFFICIALY LAUNCHES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning officially launched on June 30 the process that will lead to Port of Spain hosting the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in November 2009. In speaking of CHOGM, Manning posited that food security and energy prices would be central focus of th [...]
2008-07-01 18:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG TD
08PORTOFSPAIN297GSP GRADUATION SETS OFF TRADE TALK DISCUSSIONS AT ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: News of Trinidad and Tobago's GSP graduation led to a trade discussion among CARICOM leaders gathered in Antigua in early July, according to Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon. The leaders' consensus was the region needs to negotiate now a more "predictable" trade relationship [...]
2008-07-07 17:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN315T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...]
2008-07-17 13:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS CU TT
08PORTOFSPAIN323T&T PRIME MINISTER RAISES CUBA'S PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manning asked visiting USOAS Ambassador Morales what it would take for the U.S. to agree to Cuba's participation in the next Summit of the Americas. Asserting that there is "clear change" in Cuba, Manning said he hopes the U.S. would relax its stance. Morales respon [...]
2008-07-17 13:01:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL OAS CU TT
08PORTOFSPAIN336T&T Trade Ministry Gauging U.S. Interest in Trade
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from T&T's Ministry of Trade and Industry reiterated their government's interest in exploring possibilities for a more "sustainable" framework for bilateral trade after 2010. They do not expect CARICOM as a whole will be prepared to negotiate in the near term, [...]
2008-07-23 12:56:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN358TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID- JUNE TRHOUGH
[...] China and GOTT sign loan and cooperative agreements 2. T&T to sign trade agreement with EU 3. Dubai, NYC support T&T's International Financial Center 4. T&T deposits US$200m into its sovereign wealth fund 5. No flour subsidy for T&T 6. Fuel hedge key to Caribbean Air success 7. S [...]
2008-08-06 18:31:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EINV EAIR KIPR SENV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN362DEFENSE MINISTERIALS OF THE AMERICAS - TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) The GOTT delegation to the September DMA in Banff, Alberta will be led by National Security Minister Martin Joseph. Joseph will be accompanied by Chief of Defense Staff Brigadier General Edmund Dillon, Washington D.C. Defense Attache Lt. Col Anthony Phillips-Spencer, High Commissioner to [...]
2008-08-07 15:45:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON MARR MOPS PREL TD
08PORTOFSPAIN374WORKING TO END TV PIRACY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from the Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (TATT) met with a CBS International representative and EconOff to discuss the illegal broadcast of a CBS affiliate by T&T's major cable operator, Flow. While TATT indicated its interest in assisting in this m [...]
2008-08-14 11:04:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR TD
08PORTOFSPAIN398TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-JULY THROUGH
[...] Inflation reaches 11.7 % - a 14-year high 2. S&P raises T&T's long-term currency credit rating to 'A' 3. Hindu Credit Union's Assets frozen; investigation ensues 4. 1,000 Dengue Cases, GOTT Insists "No Major Crisis" 5. Security breached at Trinidad's Airport 6. USTDA awards US$390,572 gra [...]
2008-09-02 17:25:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN443SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Port of Spain warmly welcomes your mid-October visit to Trinidad and Tobago. Your trip is an opportunity to heighten bilateral and regional security cooperation, building on last June's Technical Meeting of Military Commanders, Defense Ministerial of the Americas conversations, a [...]
2008-09-30 13:22:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ECON TD
08PORTOFSPAIN444TRINIDAD & TOBAGO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR MID-AUGUST THROUGH
[...] US$2.3 billion plastics deal signed with Europeans 2. Hill International wins $285 million project 3. T&T faces labor shortages 4. GOTT increases infrastructure borrowing authority 5. NGC benefiting from high Methanol Prices 6. GOTT gives CAL tax exemption 7. Yachtie fuel crisis resolve [...]
2008-09-30 13:30:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAIR SENV ENRG KIPR SOCI TD
08PORTOFSPAIN447THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...]
2008-10-02 12:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN448THE ISLAMIC COMMUNITY IN TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The extradition this year to the U.S. of three Muslims (one a citizen of T&T and the other two from Guyana) to face trial for an alleged plot against JFK Airport has heightened interest in the state of Islam in Trinidad and Tobago. Variously estimated at 6-10 percent of the pop [...]
2008-10-02 12:05:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SCUL PHUM PTER TD
08PORTOFSPAIN474DOD DEPUTY SECRETARY ENGLAND AND USSOUTHCOM MILITARY DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England and SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Glenn Spears visited Trinidad and Tobago October 14-15. They held several meetings, highlighted by a lengthy second day session with the Prime Minister. Agreement was reached t [...]
2008-10-23 12:12:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS SNAR KCRM TD
08PORTOFSPAIN48PM MANNING ON VENEZUELA; INFRASTRUCTURE CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Patrick Manning agreed in principle to co-host a Caribbean Basin Energy Infrastructure Security Conference, but said it would not be feasible to hold the event until late April or May. It was his strong preference to invite Venezuela; to do otherwise would be "har [...]
2008-01-22 19:42:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECIN ENRG MARR VE TD
08PORTOFSPAIN5PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...]
2008-01-04 18:59:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT
08PORTOFSPAIN527SLOW PROGRESS ON T&T'S NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although Trinidad and Tobago's leadership has made a variety of public statements calling attention to climate change, the country still lacks a clear strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The recent creation of a dedicated climate change unit within the Ministry of Plan [...]
2008-11-18 18:40:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG TD
08PORTOFSPAIN535AMBASSADORS TO THE CARIBBEAN DISCUSS HIV/AIDS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the Seventh Annual Chiefs of Mission Conference on HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean, eight U.S. Ambassadors discussed the future of U.S. regional assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Focusing on the Partnership Compacts envisaged under PEPFAR II legislation, the Ambassadors as [...]
2008-11-24 17:24:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKHIV EAID PREL OVIP TBIO KPAO TD XL
08PORTOFSPAIN550T&T ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER CALLS FOR BALANCED DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Environmental expert Dr. John Agard, in recent remarks, called for a greater balance between economic development, environmental safety and a healthy society. He praised the increased transparency and public engagement stemming from environmental legislation passed in 2000-2001, [...]
2008-12-02 12:41:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EINV ETRD TD
08PORTOFSPAIN552INSULATED BUT NOT IMMUNE FROM GLOBAL SLOWDOWN, TRINIDAD AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago has avoided financial contagion but is feeling the impact of weak demand for its commodities. Two months after the GOTT delivered a record US$8 billion budget premised on oil at $70 per barrel and natural gas at $4 per MMBTU netback, Prime Minister Manning a [...]
2008-12-02 17:35:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EPET PGOV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN560TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW
[...] (C) QUESTION: Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? ANSWER: Post is not aware of any GOTT initiatives promoting democracy and human rights in Cuba. 2. (C) QUESTION: Has the host country made public statements or [...]
2008-12-09 18:01:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN565FOREIGN MINISTER MUSES ABOUT CUBA ATTENDING THE
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, in a December 9 press interview (done by phone from Barbados),related that the just-concluded Cuba-CARICOM summit held in Havana had agreed the USG should lift its "trade embargo" on Cuba. She added, without specificity, that this "general consensus" w [...]
2008-12-10 15:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON CU TD
08PORTOFSPAIN569 Changes at Trinidad's Environmental Management Authority
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a reduction in its authority to regulate quarries, the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) continues enforcement efforts to protect Trinidad's water bodies from quarry impact. Dave McIntosh will end his term as CEO of EMA on December 15, 2008. He will be replaced by [...]
2008-12-12 22:24:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EIND EINV TD
08PORTOFSPAIN576TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Trinidad and Tobago is not known as a safe haven for terrorists or terrorist organizations. However, due to lack of border control, a lengthy judicial process, limited law enforcement resources, and occasional contacts by persons within T&T with outside radical elements, T&T is not imm [...]
2008-12-18 17:02:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PTER ASEC TD
08PORTOFSPAIN6PM MANNING REITERATES TT'S POSITION ON PETROCARIBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Patrick Manning reiterated January 2 that Trinidad and Tobago is unlikely to become fully involved in PetroCaribe, and continues to prefer the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) to Hugo Chavez' Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA). This was in resp [...]
2008-01-04 19:08:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET PREL VE TT
08PORTOFSPAIN88TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: GOVERNMENT TAKES CASTRO'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Ministry noted in an official February 19 statement that the resignation of Fidel Castro would not affect the cordial relations between TT and Cuba. The communique noted Cuban assistance to Trinidad and "saluted" Castro, but was measured in tone. Speaking on Februa [...]
2008-02-21 14:33:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CU TD
08PRAGUE112CZECH REPUBLIC: ALL CONFLICTED ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: It is difficult to imagine how the Czech Republic will meet its future electricity demand AND new EU CO2 emissions cuts without expanding its nuclear power plants. At the same time, nuclear energy is arguably the one issue that could cause the Green Party to walk and [...]
2008-02-20 13:07:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE118SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PM TOPOLANEK'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Topolanek's visit next week to Washington will be a key milestone for the Czech leader, who is a convinced and committed Atlanticist with a firm belief in strong ties with the United States. He is coming to Washington with the goal of demonstrating -- especially to his domest [...]
2008-02-21 16:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ OVIP
08PRAGUE125CZECHS SHARE USG PERSPECTIVE ON CASTRO'S
[...] (SBU) Czech MFA officials in the Department of the Americas and the Department of Human Rights and Transition Policy, confirmed and thanked Embassy officials for our points on the current situation in Cuba. On February 19, the Czech MFA released a statement (similar to Secretary Rice's subseq [...]
2008-02-25 15:28:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE126 PRAGUE - U.S. HELSINKI COMMISSION DELEGATION MEETS KEY
[...] (U) Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL),the Co-Chairman and Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, respectively, led a congressional delegation to Prague from February 18-20. The delegation, which also included Congresswoman Louise McIntosh-Slaughter (D [...]
2008-02-25 15:52:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV OSCE PREL EZ
08PRAGUE138CUBA: CZECHS SHARE US POSITION ON EU COMMISSIONER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 12:43:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE230Czech Schengen Accession Limits Amcit Travel
[...] SUMMARY: The Czech Republic's December 21, 2007 entrance into the Schengen zone has drastically limited European travel for Americans with long-term Czech visas. Living legally in the country but without true residency, these "D" visa holders use up their allowed 90 days in the Schengen zone [...]
2008-04-09 15:11:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREL CMGT CASC EZ
08PRAGUE277CZECH PLANNING FOR DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE
[...] (SBU) The Czechs are actively engaged in advancing human rights in Cuba throughout the year, and particularly on significant dates such as UN Human Rights Day or to mark the March 18, 2003 anniversary of the arrest of Cuban journalists. Following WHA DAS Kirsten Madison's April visit to Pragu [...]
2008-05-05 15:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL CU EZ EUN
08PRAGUE284CZECH RATIFICATION OF MISSILE DEFENSE AGREEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: While no final decision has been made, it appears increasingly likely that Czech ratification of the missile defense (MD) agreements will not occur until after the regional and Senate elections this fall. This reflects the reality that we have not yet been able to work out an ag [...]
2008-05-07 15:38:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EZ
08PRAGUE321PRAGUE CONSULAR ROUNDUP - JAN/MAY 2008
[...] Visa waiver negotiations culminated in the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Washington, and initial objections from the European Commission have abated. DHS visited to conduct a country review and to discuss implementing arrangements. The Department is leading the negotiation [...]
2008-05-27 13:39:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS CMGT EZ
08PRAGUE322CZECH GOVERNMENT LOSING MOMENTUM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Topolanek coalition is struggling on a number of fronts to maintain momentum and advance a few key priorities before the summer parliamentary recess and the fall regional and senate elections. Tensions appear to be growing between and within the three parties that make up th [...]
2008-05-27 15:33:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE328CZECH COMMENTS ON DRAFT U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION
[...] (C) Emboff spoke with Czech MFA Department of the Americas official, Jan Buben, who is coordinating the Czech positions and comments on the draft U.S.-EU summit declaration. With reference to the specific elements (Latin America and Missile Defense) highlighted in Ref A, Buben reiterated the C [...]
2008-05-30 16:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ CU PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE339COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO PRAGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez visited Prague on June 3. His program included meetings with PM Topolanek, FM Schwarzenberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hovorka, and a group of NGOs and other activists on Cuban issues. In addition to Cuba, discussion focused on missile [...]
2008-06-06 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL MARR ENGR NATO PHUM CU EZ XG
08PRAGUE384CZECH THINKING ON UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY - PART II
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12-13 State EUR/ERA Office Director Bill Lucas met with a variety of Czech officials preparing for the January 2009 Czech EU Presidency. Czech officials covered the waterfront - from their very broad vision of what they hope to accomplish by next June, to the specifics o [...]
2008-06-20 17:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE418SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-01 17:29:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE419SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-02 07:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE420SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit is much anticipated by Prime Minister Topolanek and his government as an important signal of our strong transatlantic partnership. The signing of the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement, which [...]
2008-07-02 07:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE44CZECH REPUBLIC'S AMBITIOUS STRUCTURAL REFORM AGENDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek, during a January 24 meeting with the Ambassador, previewed the next set of planned economic reforms. Following the 2007 passage of the public finance reform bill, the government announced its intention to submit a pension re [...]
2008-01-25 15:13:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE501CZECH CROWN'S RECORD STRENGTH WORRIES CENTRAL BANK
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Czech Crown hit new all-time highs of CZK 22.87/Euro on July 21 and of CZK 14.45/USD on July 22. Having gained more than 17 percent against the Euro and more than 25 percent against the USD since last year, the Crown has become the fastest appreciating currency in [...]
2008-07-30 17:01:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE516MISSILE DEFENSE: USG ENGAGEMENT DURING CZECH
[...] See action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite the delay in concluding the SOFA, we still expect that the Topolanek government will send the package of missile defense (MD) agreements to the parliament for ratification before the end of 2008. Success in the Czech [...]
2008-08-04 12:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE614CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OFAC
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Czech Ministry of Finance, Financial Analytical Unit (FAU) on September 12 and to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, America's Desk on September 15. On September 17, FAU Director Karel Korynta reported that his office had found no records of any of t [...]
2008-09-19 07:27:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR KCRM PREL EZ
08PRAGUE621DEMARCHE ON U.S. AMBASSADORS TO BOLIVIA AND
[...] (C) Political/Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche September 19 to Czech MFA American States Department Deputy Director Veronika Bajgarova 2. (C) Bajgarova said Venezuela has recently attempted to intensify diplomatic dialogue with the Czech Republic. The incoming Czech ambassado [...]
2008-09-19 15:17:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BL VE EZ
08PRAGUE663SCENESETTER FOR USDP EDELMAN'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you again to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership. The year since your last visit has seen tremendous progress on Missile Defense, with the Ballistic Missile [...]
2008-10-16 14:13:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE668SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech Prime Minister Topolanek's October 29 White House meeting will come a day after his visit to Afghanistan, where he plans to celebrate with Czech troops the 90th anniversary of his country's founding. This will be Topolanek's second Washington trip this year, and it promises [...]
2008-10-20 16:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE674SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Chertoff, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which has received a significant boost from the President's announcement of the Czech Republic's entry into [...]
2008-10-23 12:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE689CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:49:00Embassy PragueSECRETKISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM EZ
08PRAGUE7072008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT,
[...] Summary: Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. While the overall number of drug users in the country is relatively stable, the rates of use for marijuana, Ecstasy, and methamphetamines are among the highest in Europe. Marijuana, grown locally a [...]
2008-11-12 09:34:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ELAB PHUM SOCI EZ
08PRAGUE77STATUS OF CZECH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Although Czech efforts to upgrade their diplomatic relations with Iran (in advance of the Czech 2009 EU Presidency and on a similar footing with other EU members) met with setbacks last year (ref A and B),the Czech MFA continues to pursue the effort. The GOCR cannot anticipate T [...]
2008-02-06 17:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KTFN IZ EZ
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