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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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10ISTANBUL11ARMENIAN PATRIARCHATE: AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. Armenian Patriarch Mutafyan Mesrob II has been suffering from dementia since late 2007, and in 2008 Archbishop Aram Atesyan took over the administrative responsibilities of the patriarchy as acting patriarch. On December 3, the Patriarchate petitioned the Ministry of Interior f [...]
2010-01-08 12:23:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TU AR
10ISTANBUL20IRANIAN POLITICS: A TURKISH EXPERT SAYS "KEEP AN
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish contact who claims business connections to Iranian regime insiders told us regime leaders are planning on a scenario that would replace President Ahmadinejad with Tehran Mayor Qalibaf in 2012. He said Qalibaf advisors asked his help to secure Turkish funding for sever [...]
2010-01-15 10:30:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD ENRG IR TU
10ISTANBUL23ISTANBUL CONTACTS ON ELECTION PROSPECTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 13:13:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL30ISTANBUL AKP REPRESENTATIVES ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Istanbul,s Justice and Development Party (AKP) representatives echo the Prime Minister,s public insistence that there will not be early elections, and agree that the state of the economy and unemployment will have the greatest impact on the election results. AKP,s organizationa [...]
2010-01-21 11:50:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL43TURKEY-IRAN TRADE WOES; RAFSANJANI FAMILY AND
[...] (C) Summary: A Turkish business executive who deals with Iran's transportation and tourism sectors told us his pro-Rafsanjani partners are under great pressure from the regime. Two Iranian company CEOs told him their company books were audited for ties to Rafsanjani and state banks are denyi [...]
2010-02-02 09:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ECON ETRD IR TU
10ISTANBUL44INSIDE MAYOR SARIGUL'S CAMPAIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A member of the Turkey Change Movement's (TDH) leadership board described TDH's recent rally in Izmir as a "turning point," and explained Sarigul's team is gaining momentum and drawing support from both the Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the Republican People's Party (CHP [...]
2010-02-02 09:26:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL49KARADENIZ HOLDINGS INTRODUCES MOBILE SHIP-BASED
[...] (C) Summary. Istanbul-based Karadeniz Holdings, through its subsidiary Karkey, has signed agreements with the Governments of Iraq and Pakistan to provide electricity generation from mobile ship-based power plants. Karkey is constructing six of the so-called "powerships" in an Istanbul shipyard [...]
2010-02-09 13:48:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALENRG SENV ECON PREL PGOV KGHG TU
10ISTANBUL6IRAN/HUMAN RIGHTS: BAHAI LEADERSHIP TRIAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General of Turkey's Bahai Community told us January 5 that the trial date for the Iranian Bahai leadership has been re-scheduled to January 12. He asked for USG support in raising the issue with Turkey, in the hopes Turkey would press Iran to close the case or at l [...]
2010-01-06 15:21:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINS TU IR
10ISTANBUL65DEMOCRATIC PARTY: NEW ISTANBUL CHAIRMAN, SAME OLD
[...] (SBU) Summary. Newly-elected Istanbul Democratic Party (DP) Chairman H. Tekin Enerem described his party, which has recently emerged from its merger with ANAP and completed its provincial congress, as poised to take a leading role in government following upcoming general elections, scheduled to [...]
2010-02-20 10:37:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU
10ISTANBUL67NEW TUSIAD BOARD UNVEILS AGENDA, DIVES INTO
[...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD)'s recently elected board of directors kicked off its new term with a "new approach" laid out in the board's recently released activity plan for the upcoming year. TUSIAD board members predict that the new term will [...]
2010-02-23 12:02:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL TU
10ISTANBUL7KURDISH INTELLECTUALS ON DTP CLOSURE, YOUTH
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings following closure of the Democratic Society Party (DTP),Istanbul-based Kurdish intellectuals railed against the Turkish Constitutional Court's decision to close the DTP. They predicted most DTP members would migrate to the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) and the party [...]
2010-01-07 08:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
10ISTANBUL8RELIGIOUS MINORITIES ANXIOUS ABOUT PROGRESS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 23, on the occasion of Universal Human Rights Month and as an opportunity to look at the year in review for minority religious freedom, the Consul General hosted a luncheon with five leaders representing the Baha'i, Jewish, Alevi, Greek, and Protestant minority rel [...]
2010-01-07 08:54:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL GR TU
10JAKARTA129SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMANDER USPACOM ADM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Your visit comes shortly before President Obama,s late March visit to Indonesia and will help address key security issues while helping to set the stage for a successful Presidential visit. The U.S.-Indonesian militar [...]
2010-01-29 06:10:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ID
10JAKARTA182Health Cooperation-No Agreement to Launch
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After three days of intense discussions, U.S. and Indonesian negotiators could not reach agreement on the creation of the Indonesia- United States Center for Biomedical and Public Health Researc [...]
2010-02-11 09:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TSPL TBIO EAID KGHG ID
10JAKARTA199NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...]
2010-02-16 05:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC
10JAKARTA206FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES PRIORITIES, INCLUDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech on February 16, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa outlined a range of priorities based on the "democratization of Indonesia's foreign policy." In addition to promoting international peace and security, Indonesian diplomacy would focus on supporting economic developm [...]
2010-02-17 09:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ID XE AF
10JAKARTA211INDONESIA WELCOMES U.S. SCIENCE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. All corners of Indonesia's science and policy community welcomed President Obama's science envoy engagement effort. Despite Science Envoy Dr. Bruce Alberts' last minute injury preventing his travel, the GOI pressed on with the majority of the January 18-29 planned schedule with [...]
2010-02-18 06:45:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TBIO SCUL SENV ENRG PGOV ID
10JAKARTA216CPR ASSERTS ITS ROLE IN ASEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-installed ASEAN Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) in Jakarta is working to define a policy and programmatic role that satisfies member-states' capitals desire for oversight of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) while increasing ASEAN efficiency by concentrating more [...]
2010-02-18 10:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AMGT ASEAN XC ID
10JAKARTA239S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN ROUNDTABLE WITH REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Deputy Chiefs of Mission from the Southeast Asia Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Embassies on December 17, 2009 in Jakarta. The day was split between an internal discussion of regional counterterrorism issue [...]
2010-02-23 06:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ASEC ID
10JAKARTA256INTERNAL POWER STRUGGLE SLOWS PROGRESS ON REFORM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's reform efforts are slowing as he grapples with elements of his own government who seek to preserve Suharto-era patronage norms. Golkar and a cluster of other parties seek to undermine Yudhoyono's reforms by pinning responsibility for a controversial 2008 b [...]
2010-02-25 10:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM ID
10JAKARTA258INDONESIA - ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-27 19:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10JAKARTA27NOAA Administrator's Indonesia Visit Drives Climate,
[...] (SBU) Summary: NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco's first visit to Indonesia advanced Administration priorities on climate change, science and technology, food security, and ocean policy. She emphasized President Obama's commitment to a deeper partnership with Indonesia, and previewed Scienc [...]
2010-01-11 07:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EFIS TSPL PREL ID
10JAKARTA6SCENSETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO JAKARTA
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Bond, Embassy Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role [...]
2010-01-05 08:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON MASS OREP ID
10JAKARTA74INDONESIA-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive, but Unclassified - Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The following is the draft text of the 2009-2010 Indonesia International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part 1, Drugs and Chemical Control for Indonesia. Please treat as Sensitive, but Uncla [...]
2010-01-19 10:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KMCA MCC ASEC ID
10JAKARTA97Indonesian Deputy Minister of Agriculture Advocates
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 10:19:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD ID
10JAKARTA98Indonesia Ideal for Global Entrepreneurship Program
[...] (SBU) Post recommends that Indonesia be prioritized as the next country selected to participate in the Department's Global Entrepreneurship pilot program. We have a real opportunity to partner with Indonesia on entrepreneurship. Indonesia is enthusiastic to cooperate; government officials and [...]
2010-01-22 10:32:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV SOCI ID
10JERUSALEM1482010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE WEST
[...] Obtain temporary copy of certificate of registration from the Ministry. 2. Deposit initial capital, which is 25 percent of the capital plus official bank fees (1/1000 of stated capital). 3. Obtain signature of the required documents by a local lawyer. 4. Register with the commercial Regist [...]
2010-01-25 15:41:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC KWBG
10JERUSALEM2JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/04): The new year starts with
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 07:47:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM226JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (02/08): President Abbas meets
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 10:04:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10JERUSALEM236PALESTINIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Cofman Wittes discussed efforts for Middle East peace, the growing distance between Palestinian and Israeli societies, and the role of women with Palestinian Authority (PA) officials and Palestinian civil society activists. Participants lamented de [...]
2010-02-09 18:42:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI KDEM KPAL KWBG KWMN IS
10JERUSALEM27SEVEN ARCHES HOTEL TARGETED BY ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In the midst of debate over the approval of 24 new Israeli residential units on the Mount of Olives (reftel),press reports that the nearby Seven Arches Hotel had been sold to Israeli owners generated further controversy. The hotel's Jordanian management described the reports [...]
2010-01-06 17:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
10JERUSALEM332DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETINGS WITH UNRWA
[...] (SBU) During his February 19 visit to the Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank, Deputy Secretary Jacob J. Lew toured the camp's UNRWA health clinic and discussed UNRWA's operations with UNRWA Commissioner General Filippo Grandi, Deputy Commissioner General Margot Ellis, Deputy Director for G [...]
2010-02-23 17:49:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KPAL KWBG IS LE
10JERUSALEM84JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (01/15): General Jones reaffirms
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 08:07:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
10KABUL120ROLLING BACK THE INSURGENCY--POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Tagab District, Kapisa Province, remains unstable with continued attacks on coalition forces. Several remote valleys in the district are insurgent sanctuaries. However, a series of recent incidents have combined to provide real opportunities to turn the tide. Most promising are [...]
2010-01-14 11:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS FR AF
10KABUL125CHIEF AFGHAN FINANCIAL REGULATOR: "GOOD PEOPLE UNDER ATTACK"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank Governor Abdul Qadeer Fitrat met with Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne to discuss the Afghan Central Bank's efforts to promote macroeconomic stability and expand key projects. The Governor stated he has not met with President Karzai in more than two months and is uncertain [...]
2010-01-15 13:22:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL AF
10KABUL130INDIAN, PAKISTANI DIPLOMATS FORECAST LIMITED ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan reportedly intend to play a limited role in Afghanistan's 2010 parliamentary elections, both in advising Afghanistan on a preferred election date and in providing support for the elections themselves, according to Kabul-based diplomats of those nations. Acco [...]
2010-01-16 14:36:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL131SEVEN MORE MINISTERS APPROVED -- TEN REJECTED
[...] (S) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga - WJ) has voted to accept 7 of 17 Cabinet nominees presented in President Karzai's second tranche of candidates. The Parliament has not yet decided if it will recess until mid-February, or continue until the new Cabinet is complete. Presidential Pal [...]
2010-01-16 15:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL170SRAP MEETING WITH KARZAI: MOVING REINTEGRATION
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai told S/SRAP Holbrooke January 16 that he wants to announce a reintegration policy before London but save the details of the plan for a rollout at the Kabul conference in late spring. Karzai is still conflicted about finalizing the policy, according to several observers [...]
2010-01-19 05:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL202SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL POLITICS:
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Jelani Popal, head of the Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG),met with the integrated command element of Brigade Combat Team Task Force Mountain Warrior in Jalalabad on January 14 before lunch with Governor Gul Agha Sherzai and a walking [...]
2010-01-20 08:56:00Embassy KabulSECRETKDEM PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL328AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's meeting with new Afghan Foreign Minister Zalmay Rassoul on January 23, they concurred that the London Conference will serve as a symbol of a new start for Afghanistan and deliberated how to further emphasize reintegration and reconciliation. Rassoul confirm [...]
2010-01-26 11:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD AF EG AE XF
10KABUL335Analysis of UNAMA's Proposed New Donor Coordination
[...] (U) Summary: In preparation for the London and Kabul Conferences, outgoing United Nations SRSG Kai Eide recently submitted a proposal to the Afghan Government (GIRoA) and international community partners to improve consultation and coordination of assistance in institution building and economic [...]
2010-01-26 16:27:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL360ACTING COMMERCE MINISTER SURVEYS TRADE POLICY PRIORITIES
[...] (U) On January 26, USAID's Economic Growth Team and the Economic Counselor met with newly-designated Acting Minister of Commerce Ghulam Mohammed Aylaki to assess his support for trade liberalization and introduce the USG's new Trade and Accession Facilitation for Afghanistan (TAFA) project desi [...]
2010-01-28 15:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL361AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF HAJI AND
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's January 26 meeting with the new Afghan Minister of Haji and Islamic Affairs (MHIA),Dr. Mohammad Yousef Niazi, they discussed ways the Ministry could promote respect for fundamental human rights, peace, justice, and national unity through Afghanistan's netwo [...]
2010-01-30 12:09:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EAIR AP
10KABUL408SPIN BOLDAK POWERBROKER ENCOURAGES MODERNIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) for the South Frank Ruggiero discussed border control and development issues on January 28 with Colonel Abdul Razzik, a controversial commander of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the de facto political and security chief of Spin Boldak. Ra [...]
2010-02-03 05:20:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL436AFGHANISTAN’S OUTLOOK ON IRAN: A KARZAI INSIDER’S
[...] (S) Summary: President Karzai's Chief of Staff and former Ambassador to Iran, Omar Daudzai, offered the Palace's outlook on Iran's role in Afghanistan. Daudzai suggested that Karzai could provide "an open door" for the United States to engage Iran, at such time as the U.S. may judge this useful. Da [...]
2010-02-03 13:58:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL IR AF
10KABUL439POLITICAL PARTY DEVELOPMENT IN AFGHANISTAN: KEY TO
[...] (U) Summary: Functioning political parties may be critical to Afghanistan's long-term democratic development and stability but they are generally unpopular and misunderstood, prompting most Afghan politicians to avoid affiliation. The USG provides some technical assistance to political parti [...]
2010-02-04 06:58:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL455Afghan United Bank CEO Stresses his Humanitarian Activities
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 4 meeting, Haji Mohammed Jan, CEO of Afghan United Bank (AUB) and Naqebullah, Chairman of Afghan United Petroleum, discussed with Ambassador Wayne and Treasury Attache AUB's plans for expansion. Their primary interest, however, was to describe their support for devel [...]
2010-02-06 14:54:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KTFN PTER KCOR AF
10KABUL466NAD ALI/MARJAH OPERATION: STABILIZATION PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Planning for the stabilization effort that will follow upcoming military operations in Helmand's Nad Ali District is entering the final phase. The PRT is nearing completion of plans to expand the existing GIRoA footprint in Nad Ali North (U.K. area of operations) and in Nad Ali So [...]
2010-02-07 11:39:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK AF
10KABUL467POWERBROKER AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN SPIN BOLDAK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Spin Boldak District in Kandahar Province and its major border crossing point to Pakistan at Weech-Chaman have become the focus of a number of high profile coalition efforts given the upcoming military operations in Regional Command-South (RC-S). Although there is a high potential [...]
2010-02-07 12:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL5402009 AFGHAN PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament struggled to find relevance in 2009 to both serve as a springboard for legislative activity and as a counterweight to the Palace. Chronic absenteeism among Lower House MPs during the latter half of the year further limited Parliament's legislative effectiveness. Sim [...]
2010-02-11 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL551AFGHANISTAN BANKING SECTOR VULNERABILITIES: EXPOSURE TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Treasury Attache Office in Afghanistan has met with multiple bank officials, financial sector experts, and a Washington Post reporter in recent weeks to discuss growing rumors that Kabul Bank and Azizi Bank are highly exposed to the Dubai property market. Together, Kabul Bank a [...]
2010-02-13 13:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV AF
10KABUL564Afghan Banking Sector Booms but Concerns Remain about
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Treasury Attache Office met with officials from six of the seventeen banks operating in Afghanistan in January to gather views on the health of the sector. These meetings were held with a broad range of formal financial institutions, including large (Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank, [...]
2010-02-15 05:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON AF
10KABUL571NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND
[...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...]
2010-02-15 10:50:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL628MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVIEWS POLICE TRAINING, CN POLICING
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske joined by Ambassador Wayne, discussed a range of current issues with Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar. Atmar expressed satisfaction with the steady developm [...]
2010-02-18 16:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PINS PK RU AF
10KABUL631LAGHMAN GOVERNOR REFLECTS ON TENURE, PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Looking back at his 22-month term as Laghman governor, Lutfullah Mashal claimed slow but obvious progress in the province, including more children in schools and a bustling economy in Mehtarlam. He expressed concern about renewal of violent factional conflict if a new governor wa [...]
2010-02-20 06:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS AF PK
10KABUL672ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our [...]
2010-02-23 13:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR PREL MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL673KANDAHAR'S POWERBROKER: GUL AGHA SHIRZAI: TEEING
[...] (S) Summary. Kandahar uber-powerbrokers Gul Agha Shirzai and Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) teamed up February 16-17 for an unprecedented show of political togetherness in Kandahar City (KC) to showcase plans for a southern Afghanistan regional peace and reconciliation jirga. Shirzai told the Kandaha [...]
2010-02-23 13:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL692NEW AFGHAN ELECTION LAW DECREE: AREAS OF CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai signed a legislative decree on February 17 with sweeping amendments to the 2005 Electoral Law, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitution to issue legislative decrees during Parliamentary recess "in case of an immediate need." While some of the decre [...]
2010-02-24 18:32:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL695OPERATION MOSHTARAK MOVING TO GOVERNANCE PHASE
[...] (C//Rel NATO, ISAF) Summary: Afghan and Coalition Forces carrying out Operation Moshtarak ("Together" in Dari) in Helmand Province are facing stiff challenges, but are on track to bring the "clearance" phase to closure. The Operation's success, however, will be measured in the coming "hold" [...]
2010-02-25 07:05:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM MOPS PREL PINS UK CAN AF
10KABUL699PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...]
2010-02-26 11:38:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL85KARZAI AND CODEL MCCAIN ON PROGRESS, ELECTIONS,
[...] (S) Summary: In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about the progress in Afghanistan since 2002 and the positive role of the international community. On the timing of parliamentary election [...]
2010-01-10 09:12:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL96NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...]
2010-01-11 13:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL97COORDINATING UN AND UK VIEWS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has begun discussions with the GIRoA and coordination with UN and UK on policies regarding the 2010 Parliamentary elections. The UN and UK are essentially in line with U.S. views, and the UN plans to lead the dialogue with the GIRoA on a reform agenda. Some differen [...]
2010-01-12 04:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC AF
10KAMPALA83UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON KING OF BUGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of Uganda's largest and most powerful ethnic group told the Ambassador on February 18 that Uganda is slipping toward instability. Buganda King Ronald Mutebi II said he is apprehensive about the February 2011 election, and accused President Museveni of trying to dismantle [...]
2010-02-23 13:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UG
10KARACHI46 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - KARACHI SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) ConGen Karachi submits seven project proposals for the S/GWI small grants initiative for women's political, economic and social advancement. The programs detailed below address themes of Education, Climate Change, Gender-based Violence, Economic Opportunity and Political Empowerment in t [...]
2010-02-20 05:10:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PK
10KATHMANDU38NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT
[...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...]
2010-01-14 13:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP
10KATHMANDU63NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO BENCHMARKS PROMISED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maoist party wants to deepen its engagement with the United States, and is preparing to address the benchmarks for removal from the U.S. terrorism lists, according to United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda". Prachanda told PDAS Moon th [...]
2010-01-24 15:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU65NEPAL FORMIN OPTIMISTIC ON HIGH-LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recently-announced High-Level Political Mechanism will help solve Nepal's political impasse, according to DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala. Koirala told visiting PDAS Moon that the Mechanism, led by her father G.P. Koirala, would focus first on the integration and rehabilitati [...]
2010-01-25 06:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU72SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]
2010-01-26 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10KATHMANDU79NEPAL: OHCHR LOBBYING FOR EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)-Nepal hopes to extend its current mandate, which ends June 9, for another two years. The National Human Rights Commission, Nepal Army, and some political leaders are unhappy with OHCHR's activist approach and will l [...]
2010-01-28 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU82MEDIA REACTION: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INTERNET DIPLOMACY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KHARTOUM103Debrief of Chadian President's Visit to Khartoum
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin, met with Charge on February 10 to review Chadian President Idriss Deby's February 8 and 9 visit to Khartoum. Ghazi characterized the visit as a "breakthrough," and said that the formerly icy relationship between Deby and Su [...]
2010-02-10 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PINS EAID SU CD
10KHARTOUM108Sudan's URRP Nominates Presidential Candidate
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 05, Sudan's Umma Renewal and Reform Party (URRP) announced its intention to nominate its Chairman, Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi, for President in the April 2010 general elections. Mr. al-Fadil al-Mahdi has a long, patchy career in Sudanese politics, and has held a varie [...]
2010-01-20 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM113POLITICAL PLURALISM IS THE REAL END GOAL OF THE APRIL
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Derek Plumbly, the chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),told U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that political developments in Sudan have been gathering speed over the past several months, leading to a "frenzy of interest" on the groun [...]
2010-02-22 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR KPKO ASEC SU CD
10KHARTOUM158DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART I: IN NORTH DARFUR'S GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir is seeking to extend his rule as the National Congress Party (NCP) candidate in the upcoming April elections. Though generally unpopular even among his own Berti tribe, Kibir has extensive party resources at his disposal and [...]
2010-01-31 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SU
10KHARTOUM3PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI UPBEAT ON DECEMBER
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 30 meeting with Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin was upbeat about the December 24-25 visit to Khartoum of a high-level Chadian delegation led by Chadian Foreign Minister Musa Faki. He noted that the delegation had met wi [...]
2010-01-03 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD
10KHARTOUM302CODEL DURBIN IN KHARTOUM, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a stop in Khartoum on February 18, Senators Dick Durbin and Sherrod Brown met with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mutrif Siddiq. The CODEL's wide-ranging discussion with the key National Congress Party (NCP) insider covered elections, Darfur, th [...]
2010-02-22 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL ASEC SU CD CH
10KHARTOUM34ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...]
2010-01-08 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM35ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...]
2010-01-08 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM77CHADIAN REBELS REACT TO JANUARY 15 NDJAMENA ACCORD;
[...] (C) Summary: On January 27,CDA met with a glum Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timan Erdimi, Second Vice President Abdulwahid Aboud Makaye, and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. Appearing only vaguely aware of the January 15 Ndjamena Accord (reftel),they asserted it was doome [...]
2010-01-28 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CD SU
10KHARTOUM79Sudan: Unity Fund Chair on Sanctions Trip, Electoral
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met January 27 with General Yahia Hussein Babiker, erstwhile Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service of Sudan and current Secretary General of the Unity Support Fund. Babiker, who joined a delegation to the United States to discuss the ins and outs of the U.S [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN EAID SU
10KHARTOUM87NCP: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, SEEK FREE AND FAIR ELECTION-
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, poloff met with Ibrahim Ghandour, political secretariat chief of the National Congress Party (NCP) and a senior NCP member. According to Ghandour, the NCP never asked the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reconsider Yassir Arman's candidacy and talks b [...]
2010-02-01 11:32:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM89UNMIS SRSG Qazi Reportedly Plans to Depart Sudan
[...] (sbu) Derek Plumbly, Chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, on February 1 informed Commission members that he had just met with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, who has directed the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) since the expulsion o [...]
2010-02-01 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU UN
10KHARTOUM98SLM/MINNAWI LEADERSHIP EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 13 meeting with DCM, Sudan Liberation Movement/Minnawi (SLM/Minnawi) faction Head of Foreign Relations, Ali Traio, and Head of Policy, Hussein Arko Minnawi, asserted that Sudan would be better off without elections because they are "rigged" in favor of the National C [...]
2010-01-18 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SU CD
10KIGALI24NSS OFFICIAL WARNS AGAINST NTAGANDA ARREST, CALLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Joseph Nzabamwita, head of the National Security Service (NSS)'s Department of External Intelligence and Security, on December 14, pressed visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes James Yellin for Western [...]
2010-01-11 16:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO
10KIGALI34HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...]
2010-01-13 16:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
10KINGSTON118Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KINGSTON196Jamaica's Libel Laws: A Chilling Effect on Crime and
[...] (U) Jamaica's libel laws have a chilling effect on investigative reporting by the press and hinder the media's ability to bring corruption and criminal activity to light. A duty to inform subjects of media reporting prior to publishing puts the subject of a story on notice and provides them w [...]
2010-02-08 15:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
10KINGSTON214JAMAICA LOOKS TO THE EAST
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's relationship with China has continued to blossom after Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding led a delegation to Beijing from January 30 to February 6 (Reftel A). The delegation, which also included three government ministers as well as several public sector officials, discussed a [...]
2010-02-10 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN ECON EAIR EIND EINV EMIN ETRD ELTN
10KINGSTON230JAMAICA: WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES JAMAICAN
[...] (SBU) The World Bank will provide the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with USD 400 million in concessionary loans over the next 27 months of the International Monetary fund (IMF) program, according to World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica Badrul Haque, who met with CDA to discuss development [...]
2010-02-16 12:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL IDB IBRD IMF JM XL
10KINGSTON244JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Embassy Kingston's submission of information requested for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: 2. (SBU) Jamaica's TIP Situation -------------------------------------- A. Sources of information include: Jamaican media; the Governm [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB XL JM
10KINGSTON84JAMAICA: A GOOD WEEK FOR GOLDING, BUT DAUNTING CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) have enjoyed a much-needed string of policy successes in recent weeks: rapid progress on negotiations for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement, initiation of a debt-excha [...]
2010-01-22 19:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON SNAR ASEC CJAN CVIS EAIR EFIN
10KINSHASA1KABILA'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS EMPHASIZES PROGRESS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual televised New Year's address to the nation, President Kabila reiterated campaign themes that formed the basis of his 2006 campaign and his 2009 State of the Nation speech (reftel),and may also have hinted that a long expected cabinet reshuffle will be forthcomin [...]
2010-01-06 11:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MOPS CG
10KINSHASA17Operation Amani Leo: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
[...] (C) Summary: Various MONUC officials have underscored that the overriding objective of Operation Amani Leo is civilian protection, although several, including SRSG Alan Doss, cautioned that demands for no collateral damages from a military operation were illusory. The operation, acco [...]
2010-01-22 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC MONUC MOPS PHUM PINR KPKO MARR MASS PREL CG
10KINSHASA176SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...]
2010-02-10 19:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON
10KINSHASA21French FM Kouchner Discusses MONUC, RFI Closure with Kabila
[...] (C) On January 11, we met with Laurence Monmayrant, French Embassy polcouns, and Philippe Guerin, the French Embassy's Goma-based diplomat. Guerin, who was present in the Kabila-Kouchner meeting in Kinshasa on January 8, told us "there was not much substance" to the discussion. Kouchner stre [...]
2010-01-25 18:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MONUC MOPS PHUM FR CG
10KINSHASA256CONGOLESE PRESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S.
[...] Summary: Following an initial series of logistical challenges, U.S. and Congolese personnel successfully assembled Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) officials, members of civil society and press in Kisangani and Kinshasa for an inaugural ceremony on February 17 commemorating t [...]
2010-02-24 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PGOV CG KPAO
10KINSHASA27Kabila tells new Belgian foreign minister he wants good
[...] (C) Summary: Belgium's DRC ambassador Dominique Struye briefed P-3 ambassadors and others January 23 on the meeting between new Belgian foreign minister Steven Vanackere and President Joseph Kabila on January 19 in Katanga. Struye portrayed Kabila as intent on repairing the DRC's damaged re [...]
2010-01-28 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG
10KINSHASA332009 in review: On balance progress prevails, but barely
[...] (C) Summary: 2009 did not commence auspiciously for the DRC. The country faced a critical security situation, both internally and with regard to certain neighboring countries; the specter of the global economic crisis threatened financial collapse; and weak political institutions appeared to [...]
2010-02-02 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS MARR PHUM PREF EAID PBTS CG
10KINSHASA5South African Diplomat Shot
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Republican Guard shot South African diplomat Maryse Ash early morning December 4, as she departed the GDRC Presidential Compound. She sustained direct and indirect wounds from small-arms fire. Ash was stabilized first in a Kinshasa hospital, then evacuated on De [...]
2010-01-12 08:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL OFDP CG
10KINSHASA56Minister of Social Affairs Sacked
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila issued a decree on January 9 dismissing Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity Barthelemy Botswali for "conducting himself in a dishonorable manner." There are various rumors floating around to explain his dismissal, but most [...]
2010-01-17 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG
10KINSHASA76GRAND IMAM VOICES SUPPORT FOR U.S. VALUES AND SAYS CONGOLESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national Islamic organization will focus specifically on promoting the positive and peaceful attributes of Islam, and will not veer into political issues, according to the country's leading Muslim leader, Grand Imam Abdala Mangala Luaba. [...]
2010-01-22 14:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL CG
10KINSHASA9SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO'S OUVERTURES TO THE U.S. - WHAT'S THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Kengo wa Dondo has unexpectedly approached United States diplomats, in Kinshasa and at the AU in Addis Ababa (reftels),to request assistance in facilitating meetings with senior USG officials during an upcoming trip to Washington. One of the Congo's most astute [...]
2010-01-20 09:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA92DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...]
2010-01-26 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG
10KOLKATA29INDIA'S NEXT TOP GENERAL OFFERS POSSIBLE COUNTERINSURGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting, India's departing Eastern Commander and next Chief of Army Staff, LTG V.K. Singh, discussed India's success with its ongoing northeast counterinsurgency operations, improved security with Bangladesh, the military's take on the Maoist/Naxal threat and the [...]
2010-02-26 10:59:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN BG AF
10KUALALUMPUR10SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY CONGRESSMAN
[...] (C) Mr. Congressman, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predecessor [...]
2010-01-08 09:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD KDEM MY
10KUALALUMPUR103MALAYSIA’S NEW ECONOMIC MODEL: ECONOMIC REFORM EFFORTS MAY MEET OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Razak (Najib) introduced a first wave of limited economic reforms (refs A and B) shortly after taking office in April 2009 and has promised more substantial economic reforms designed to improve Malaysia's competitiveness (ref C). To accomplish this, Najib f [...]
2010-02-19 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV EXIM MY PGOV
10KUALALUMPUR106EMPHASIS ON ANWAR CASE SHIFTS FROM COURTROOM TO
[...] (SBU) The emphasis of Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial shifted from the courtroom to international reaction, as a host of Malaysian government officials and politicians denounced a February 11 statement by Australian MP's condemning the trial while issuing frank messages to stay out of this interna [...]
2010-02-19 09:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS MY
10KUALALUMPUR20WHAT IS GOING ON IN MALAYSIA?
[...] (C) Two fundamental issues arise in connection with the Malaysian authorities' handling of the "Allah" case in which a Malaysian court has ruled unconstitutional the Najib Administration's effort to ban the use of the word "Allah" by a Catholic newspaper, publishing in both English and Malays [...]
2010-01-12 09:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMY PGOV PHUM PREL
10KUALALUMPUR37MALAYSIA: ISA UPDATE - PETRONAS MOVING AWAY FROM IRAN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Post approached the three Malaysian companies listed in Ref A that are reportedly doing business or contemplating doing business in Iran. Petronas told us January 11 that it has no active investments in Iran, no commitment has been made to invest in South Pars Phase 11 and its c [...]
2010-01-19 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY
10KUALALUMPUR57SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) Lieutenant General Mixon, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his pr [...]
2010-01-26 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
10KUALALUMPUR61SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY DEPUTY U.S.
[...] (C) Ambassador Marantis, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predece [...]
2010-01-28 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PROG PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR64OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR'S "SODOMY II" TRIAL BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delay while his defense team submitted motion after motion ranging from a request to see all the evidence to outright dismissal, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's trial for alleged consensual sodomy with a former aide began in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Febru [...]
2010-02-03 12:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MY
10KUALALUMPUR78SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY REAR ADMIRAL
[...] (C) Rear Admiral Connor, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his ten months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predeces [...]
2010-02-08 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
10KUALALUMPUR96MALAYSIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN TRANS-PACIFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy USTR Marantis accompanied by the Ambassador discussed the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) and other trade issues in meetings with Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa, and several other Ministerial level officials during his v [...]
2010-02-17 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MY
10KUWAIT1GTMO RETURNEE FUAD AL-RABIAH RELEASED BY COURT
[...] (U) In a page-one special, Kuwaiti daily Arab Times reported on December 30 that recent GTMO detainee Fuad Al-Rabiah, who was handed over to the GOK and returned to Kuwait on December 10, was released by a Kuwaiti court on December 29. The article noted that Al-Rabiah, who was arrested in Afg [...]
2010-01-04 12:25:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PINR KDRG KU
10KUWAIT127KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 2
[...] (SBU) Part 2 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27 to 30 of reftel. ================== INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS (continued) ================== 3. (SBU) Please find b [...]
2010-02-11 10:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KUWAIT136GOK OFFICIAL: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NOT
[...] (SBU) On January 28th, Econoff met with Ishaq Abdulkarim, the Finance Ministry's Director of International Economic Co-Operation, about the status of Kuwait's interest in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Abdulkarim stated that there had been no updates or any movement on this i [...]
2010-02-16 05:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
10KUWAIT140KUWAIT WANTS GREATER CLARITY ON IRAQ DRAW-DOWN
[...] (S/NF) Kuwait's new military leadership -- likely with tacit support at the political level -- has increasingly made clear over recent weeks that, with the Iraq war receding into the past and the Iraqi government increasingly capable (and solvent),the large US military presence here is becomi [...]
2010-02-17 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT150KUWAITI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN ON
[...] (SBU) In the context of the Kuwaiti parliamentary passage of a four year $104 billion development plan (including approximately $80 billion in oil sector projects),Ambassador met with Kuwait Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ali Al-Ghanim to discuss potential opportunities for U.S. businesses. Al- [...]
2010-02-22 07:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ENRG ECON EPET KU
10KUWAIT161GOK QUIETLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN ENRICHMENT
[...] PolCouns on February 23 raised ref a points regarding USG policy on Iran's Tehran research reactor with Counselor Rashid Al-Hajiri, MFA's desk officer for Iran. Al-Hajiri offered no substantive response to our points, noting merely that the GOK has been following the issue through its represe [...]
2010-02-23 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR KU
10KUWAIT29KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 24 JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) Convening in Washington January 24-26, the ninth round of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) -- the first JMC since Spring 2007 -- offers senior DOD and DOS officials an opportunity to pulse GoK senior military officials on possible changes in the military operating environment in Ku [...]
2010-01-14 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM KU
10KUWAIT4SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapsh [...]
2010-01-04 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU
10KUWAIT42KUWAIT RECEIVES IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES IN RUN-UP
[...] (C) Former Iraqi PM Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari held a series of high-level meetings in Kuwait on December 12 and 13 including with the Amir, Parliamentary Speaker, and National Security Bureau (NSB). While the visits were publicly portrayed as focused on building bilateral relations, Al-Jaafari a [...]
2010-01-20 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV KU IZ
10KUWAIT52FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON ISSUES WITH IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging January 17 interview with Al-Qabas, a leading Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah voiced his thoughts on lingering bilateral issues with Iraq and on Kuwait's relations with Iran. Embassy provides [...]
2010-01-25 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR KU
10KUWAIT61IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LARIJANI COMPLETES
[...] (U) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani completed a two-day visit to Kuwait on January 27 at the invitation of Kuwaiti Parliament speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, who met Larijani on arrival at Kuwait airport. While Kuwait's press provided only a sketchy outline of the meetings, some ink was de [...]
2010-01-27 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR KU
10KUWAIT88AMBASSADOR RAISES IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a January 31 luncheon in honor of Tony Blair at the residence of Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, pulled aside Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah and raised ref A points concerning Iran's nuclear program, continuing USG concerns, and our efforts to addres [...]
2010-02-01 11:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV UNSC IR KU
10KUWAIT94A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, AND YEMEN
[...] (C) Key points: - A/S Feltman noted he'd accompanied Vice President Biden to Iraq, where he continued to encourage political reconciliation. The A/S suggested movement on Chapter VII issues involving Kuwait was more likely following the March elections, but said he had pressed Iraq to name [...]
2010-02-02 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID KTFN PTER IZ IR YM KU
10KUWAIT95KUWAIT TRIES TO DOWNPLAY IMPORTANCE OF VISITS BY
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti officials took pains to downplay the importance of a January 26 - 27 visit by Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and the preceding week's visit by an Iranian economic team. Officials insisted that the Larijani visit had come at the invitation of Kuwait's Parliament [...]
2010-02-02 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET ENRG IR KU
10KUWAIT99KUWAIT: TERRORISM TRIAL CONTINUES, KSS WITNESS
[...] (SBU) In the ongoing trial of the alleged "Arifjan plotters" -- adjourned since December 21 (reftel) -- Kuwait State Security (KSS) investigator Abdulaziz Salem testified in the Court of First Instance February 2 that though conspiracy charges were dismissed earlier, six Kuwaitis had indeed [...]
2010-02-03 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
10KYIV107POSSIBLE NEW UKRAINIAN PM TIHIPKO CASTS SELF AS
[...] (C) Summary. Serhiy Tihipko may accept the position of Prime Minister of Ukraine, but only if he is guaranteed support from the new President and the Rada (parliament) to tackle economic and administrative reforms, and only after the presidential race concludes. Having just finished third i [...]
2010-01-22 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL
10KYIV120UKRAINE'S "OTHER" SECURITY THREAT - ROMANIA
[...] (C) From the perspective of Kyiv, the Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral relationship is surprisingly troubled, with a wide range of irritants both great and small. The most neuralgic issues for Ukrainians are linked to concerns about Romanian irredentism (e.g., issuance of Romanian passports to U [...]
2010-01-25 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EWWT SENV NATO EU UP RO
10KYIV128PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Poorly performing Presidential candidate and head of the Rada National Security and Defense Committee, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, told the Ambassador January 22 that he did not see much of a difference between PM Tymoshenko and opposition leader Yanukovych, the two candidates for the February 7 r [...]
2010-01-26 15:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV168UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. In contrast to the 2004 elections, issues of national security and defense remain notable by their absence in this year's presidential campaign. Ukrainians are focused on the economic crisis and the election's potential for reconfiguring Ukraine's political power relationships. All can [...]
2010-01-29 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV23SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...]
2010-01-06 15:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV59EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: LONG WAY STILL
[...] (C) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko has declared the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU in 2010 to be one of Ukraine's top two foreign policy goals. At the same time, tough EU criticism of Ukraine's reforms stole the show at the December 4 Ukraine-EU Summit. GOU negotiator [...]
2010-01-14 10:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP EU
10LAGOS13SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...]
2010-01-11 09:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NI
10LAGOS3UPDATE ON KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated [...]
2010-01-04 12:25:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI
10LAGOS71ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria a [...]
2010-02-22 14:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS75ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria and did [...]
2010-02-23 08:20:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAPAZ13BOLIVIA STEPS UP ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government has sharply intensified its anti-American rhetoric in the days leading up to President Evo Morales's January 22 inauguration, revisiting perceived grievances, asserting that Bolivia is better off for having expelled the U.S. ambassador and DEA, providing a [...]
2010-01-21 12:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ19BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales announced January 23 sweeping changes to his cabinet, replacing fourteen of twenty ministers, including the key posts of defense, government and the presidency. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca and Economy and Finance Minister Arce were among the six re [...]
2010-01-26 16:29:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ27BOLIVIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS MORALES
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential delegation members Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge attended President Evo Morales' traditional and official inauguration ceremonies on January 21 and 22, respectively. The delegation met with FM Choquehuanca (reftel) Januar [...]
2010-01-27 21:31:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ282S/GWI Project Proposal - Bolivia
[...] Disseminate the values of gender equality and respect and refocus the culture of machismo among male officers in the Bolivian police force 2. Complete a diagnosis and provide a baseline on the topic of violence and discrimination against policewomen from a male perspective 3 [...]
2010-02-11 18:13:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PHUM BL KWMN
10LAPAZ29BOLIVIA: NEW LAWS INSTITUTIONALIZE MORALES' CHANGE PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB is preparing several pieces of legislation to implement the country's new constitution. Judiciary-related laws will "re-found" the country's electoral, supreme, and constitutional courts, and will also define how the now co-equal indigenous and "ordinary" justice systems w [...]
2010-02-02 18:33:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ306BOLIVIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ANNUAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz submits the following response to the questions posed in paragraphs 25-35 of the cable guidance (reftel) regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. 25. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: A. The primary sources for the information contained in this [...]
2010-02-18 15:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM BL KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG KMCA
10LAPAZ37CORDIAL FIRST MEETING WITH NEW BOLIVIAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The ChargC) met February 4 with new Bolivian Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti for a surprisingly cordial one-hour exchange. Llorenti, a frequent critic of the U.S. and reportedly close to hard-line Vice President Garcia Linera, underscored his interest in working closely with u [...]
2010-02-10 16:00:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ47Bolivia: No major changes predicted in gas industry
[...] (U) Summary: Bolivia's natural gas production fell in 2009 due to reduced regional demand, dropping from 40-42 million cubic meters a day (Mm3/d) in 2008 to the current 33 Mm3/d. Natural gas exports also fell as a percentage of the value of total exports, from 45 percent in 2008 to 37 percen [...]
2010-02-17 16:57:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV BL
10LAPAZ7SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...]
2010-01-14 21:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL
10LAPAZ72BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]
2010-01-13 19:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LIBREVILLE72GABON: HIGH-LEVEL NORTH KOREAN VISIT; REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui officially informed the Ambassador on February 8 that a high-level North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong Nam will visit Libreville during a tour of African countries at the end of February. Kim Yong Nam is the President of the Presidium of the Su [...]
2010-02-11 13:45:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC GB
10LILONGWE130MALAWI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains engaged in the fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child Dev [...]
2010-02-16 17:33:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA
10LILONGWE20MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE ARREST UPDATE
[...] (C) The trial of a Malawian same-sex couple charged with gross indecency is scheduled to start January 11. International interest in the story is growing. Malawian public reaction to news of the arrest has been extensive and generally supportive of the criminalization of homosexuality, refle [...]
2010-01-08 10:38:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE26MALAWI 2009-2010 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Post is pleased to submit the following responses to the request for information contained in reftel. Post's most recent INCSR report dates from 2007. Accordingly, Post has chosen to reply to the reftel questions. Answers are keyed to reftel paragraph numbers. 2. Post contact for the 200 [...]
2010-01-11 15:36:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MI
10LILONGWE33 MALAWI: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]
2010-01-14 13:30:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MI
10LILONGWE37MALAWI: DONORS DO RARE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mutharika hosted selected diplomats for a rare, wide-ranging discussion at State House January 18. Nine members of his cabinet, representing his nine developmental priorities, accompanied him. Among other things, the President and his ministers defended the ruling par [...]
2010-01-19 15:33:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KPKO MI
10LILONGWE51PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S AGENDA FOR THE AU
[...] SUMMARY: Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has not articulated a specific agenda for the African Union if, as expected, he is elected the organization's chair at the AU's upcoming summit in Addis Ababa. To date, Mutharika has generally kept a low profile on international political i [...]
2010-01-28 16:48:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALAU EAID ECON EINV PREL MI
10LIMA172Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...]
2010-01-26 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE
10LIMA29Scene Setter for Deputy Secretary Steinberg
[...] (C) Summary: Peru remains a critical "swing state" in a region divided along political fault lines. Peru's remarkable success in turning the page on 30 years of dictatorships, populism, near failed state status, and authoritarianism has given way to a decade of record economic growth, de [...]
2010-01-07 18:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR PTER PE
10LISBON52PORTUGAL'S POLICY TOWARD IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This message responds to questions in ref A request. 2. (C/REL TO USA, FVEY) Question A: Are decisions on this topic made solely by prime minister Jose Socrates or Foreign Minister Amado, or is there a team of government officials making decisions? If multiple officials are involved in [...]
2010-02-05 13:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPINR ETRD EUN PGOV PREL IR PO
10LISBON53U.S.-PORTUGAL SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) This message responds to reftel. Answers are keyed to para 3 of reftel. 2. (U) Question A: Does the U.S. currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer: The U.S. and Portugal engage in formal discussions that cover the entire bilateral relationship, includi [...]
2010-02-05 13:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PO
10LISBON66PORTUGAL: ACTION REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPOSAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In April 2009, officials of Millennium BCP, Portugal's leading private bank, visited Iran at the invitation of the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon and met with the Central Bank and other entities in the financial sector to discuss Iran's in [...]
2010-02-12 13:15:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ECON EFIN EUN PGOV PREL IR PO
10LISBON68EU MISSION IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2008, an EU mission in Guinea-Bissau (GB) has been playing an important role in reform of the military and the security and justice sectors. Despite initial challenges due to political instability and resistance from the GB military, the low-budget advisory mission has ma [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL PGOV MARR KDEM KJUS PU PO
10LISBON71PORTUGAL: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 15:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10LISBON72VENEZUELA WITHHOLDS PAYMENT TO PORTUGUESE COMPANIES
[...] (C) Summary: Portugal signed a series of commercial agreements with Venezuela in 2008 to expand economic cooperation. While the agreements have increased Portuguese investment in Venezuela, Portuguese companies have confronted numerous challenges, including devaluation of the bolivar, delays [...]
2010-02-22 19:23:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ENRG EPET VE PO
10LISBON8PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL
[...] (C) Per Ref A, Poleconoff met January 6 with Joao Batista, senior Portuguese MFA official on Cuban affairs, to discuss U.S. Cuba policy and Portugal's bilateral relationship with Cuba. Poleconoff briefed Batista on changes in U.S. policy and USINT outreach to civil society, and underscored the [...]
2010-01-07 11:06:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CU PO
10LJUBLJANA1SLOVENIA: OMLT ON ORDER FOR OCT 2010, LOGISTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Slovenia announced on December 24 that it would lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan beginning no later than October 2010, with functional caveats lifted to allow Slovene troops to accompany Afghan security forces on operations. USG support will be re [...]
2010-01-04 10:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR AF SI
10LJUBLJANA19SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:08:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI
10LJUBLJANA20CORRECTED COPY: SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 17:11:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI
10LJUBLJANA28SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MARK FITZGERALD 10
[...] (SBU) Admiral Fitzgerald: Welcome to Slovenia. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Slovenia and its commitment to participating in NATO and other international missions. The Government of Slovenia (GoS) recently approved [...]
2010-02-01 12:58:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SI
10LJUBLJANA36 SLOVENIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Senator Voinovich, welcome back to Ljubljana; Senator Shaheen, we look forward to welcoming you on your first trip to this beautiful little country. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce the importance of the U.S.-Slovenian bilateral relationship and thank Slovenia for the [...]
2010-02-10 13:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR SI
10LJUBLJANA41WESTERN BALKANS MAJOR THEME OF CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 15:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OREP KSPR ZL SI
10LONDON132SOMALIA/ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: UK MINISTERS ON RESOURCES, SANCTIONS, AND RELATIONS REF: LONDON 89 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UK ministers agreed new resources for the implementation of its Somalia policy at a January 18 meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Africa. They also decided to support, within the EU, a minimal lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe by delisting the eight parastatals requested by Fi [...]
2010-01-21 13:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC PGOV SO ZI SF ZU XW UK
10LONDON159SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON JANUARY 27-29
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you back to London for the conferences on Afghanistan and Yemen this week. PM Brown is our strong ally on both issues, despite some early difficulties in coordinating conference details with us, especially in regard to Yemen. He assured me that they were [...]
2010-01-25 12:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK
10LONDON164UK CABINET SECRETARIES AND PROMINENT BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Kingdom cannot risk disengaging or distancing itself from Brussels. The enhanced powers of the EU post-Lisbon treaty, the size of the market, the shifting economic power from developed to developing countries, all underscore the need for an engaged, committed UK in th [...]
2010-01-25 15:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EU UK
10LONDON19(S/NF) UK: NO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY HAMAS ARM; DIFFICULT INTERPAL DYNAMICS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 17:16:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNECON KTFN PTER UK
10LONDON313UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...]
2010-02-10 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UK
10LONDON330UK UNIONS PUT THEIR MONEY ON LABOUR PARTY, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. British trade unions, though not the political force they once were, continue to be the primary source of funding for the Labour Party's electoral campaign, contributing 72 percent of Labour's total donations. The unions expect either a Labour or Conservative government to imp [...]
2010-02-11 16:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV UK
10LONDON360SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK
10LONDON361AF DAS PAGE'S FEBRUARY 9 COURTESY CALLS ON
[...] (C) Summary. AF DAS Susan Page paid courtesy calls on February 9 on Kenyan High Commissioner Ephram Waweru Ngare, South African High Commissioner Dr. Zola Skweyiya, Nigerian High Commissioner Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Zimbabwean Ambassador Gabriel Mharadze Machinga, and Ethiopian Ambassador Berhanu [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KE SF NI ZI ET UK
10LONDON450UK -LIBYA RELATIONS - IN LIMBO
[...] (C) Poloff met with incoming Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) North Africa Director Philippa Saunders on February 23. During a conversation that focused almost entirely on Libya, Saunders explained that fear over how Tripoli will handle Megrahi's eventual funeral remains a major concern and on [...]
2010-02-25 17:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY
10LONDON67SUDAN/CHAD: JEM ON ABDUL WAHID, CHAD-SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary. London-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson Ahmed Hussein Adam phoned Poloff on January 12 from N'djamena to offer an update on JEM's diplomatic activities. He said he had recently had a conversation with a "more open-minded" Abdul Wahid al-Nur in Paris; implie [...]
2010-01-13 11:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SU CD UK
10LONDON84UK VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS: UN, EU AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 12:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC ECON KTFN EFIN IR US
10LONDON86AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susman paid an introductory call on Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg on January 12. Clegg may find himself cast into the role of kingmaker if neither of the two main parties wins an outright parliamentary majority in the upcoming general elections, -- though Cleg [...]
2010-01-15 14:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK
10LONDON87CHINA-UK RELATIONS: PAUSE FOR THOUGHT POST-COP 15,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETTC ECON CH UK IR
10LONDON89SOMALIA: UK SET TO PUT RESOURCES TO NEW POLICY REF: 09 LONDON 2435 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KTFN KPKO SO UK
10LONDON92United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2010-01-15 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10LUANDA79Angola Open to Engaging with International Community to
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Angola pulled out all the stops in welcoming the Secretary's Great Lakes Special Advisor Howard Wolpe and Special Envoys from the EU, South Africa, Norway and Sweden during their February 16 - 18 visit to Luanda. Separate meetings with the President, Minister of State for [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG KDEM OVIP AO
10LUSAKA53SCENESETTER FOR NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission to Zambia welcomes the visit of Michelle Gavin, Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council and Senior Adviser to the President. Your visit comes at a time when President Rupiah Banda's administration has changed cour [...]
2010-01-25 16:39:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KCOR ZA
10LUXEMBOURG11TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG RESCUERS IN AND OUT OF HAITI IN 72 HOURS;
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Grand Duchy's 17-man contingent to Haiti has already returned to Luxembourg following provision of emergency services on the ground in Port-au-Prince. The team returned to Belgium via Belgian military aircraft and were received back in Luxembourg by Defense Min [...]
2010-01-19 17:15:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV LU HA
10MADRID119EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]
2010-02-02 07:48:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MADRID133SPANISH REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING U.S.-EU
[...] (C) Summary. In the last 48 hours the Ambassador has spoken with Spanish National Security Advisor Leon, FM Moratinos, and President Zapatero regarding the announcement that President Obama will not attend a U.S.-EU Summit in Spain. Spanish disappointment -- both among senior government officials a [...]
2010-02-03 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID154SPAIN DETAILS ITS STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: National Court Prosecutor Jose "Pepe" Grinda Gonzalez on January 14 gave a detailed, frank assessment of the activities and reach of organized crime (OC) in both Eurasia and Spain and Spain's strategy for how best to combat it in court. As he did so, he evaluated the levels [...]
2010-02-08 11:00:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKJUS KHLS PGOV PREL PTER SP PINS KCOR PINR
10MADRID162SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN, FEBRUARY 15-17, SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Madrid welcomes the February 15-17 visit of Codel Cardin to Spain. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President [...]
2010-02-08 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL SP
10MADRID179SPAIN IPR: AUSTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOS, OPPOSITION,
[...] (SBU) During a February 4-5 visit to Madrid, Assistant USTR for Europe met with government officials, private sector representatives, and an opposition politician to discuss USG concerns over Internet piracy in Spain and the government's legislative proposal. Content industry representatives d [...]
2010-02-16 07:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EUN SP
10MADRID181ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE
[...] Summary. On January 28, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, met with Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angel Lossada, on bi-lateral issues related to Africa. Lossada described Spanish interests and concerns in West Africa; requested U.S. views on a proposed confe [...]
2010-02-16 12:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID183TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to Ref A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton, Tel. (34) 91-587 [...]
2010-02-16 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10MADRID187A/S VALENZUELA DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an excellent and extremely cordial meeting that lasted over two hours on February 1, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela and NSA-equivalent Bernardino Leon, Secretary General of the Office of the Presidency, discussed prospects for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America [...]
2010-02-18 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU SP
10MADRID190DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO ADDRESSES EU'S JHA MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary Napolitano met with European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers January 21-22 in Toledo, Spain, and achieved trans-Atlantic consensus to improve aviation security. Her attendance at the plenary meeting led to the issuance of a U.S.-EU Joint Declaratio [...]
2010-02-19 14:17:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNEUN SP PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM
10MADRID192SPAIN: MFA DISCUSSES COMBATING NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, on February 10 spoke with POLOFF and Deputy ECONCOUNS on a nascent MFA proposal regarding a year-long series of trilateral technical exercises with the USG an [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL SP KNNP MO KGIC PTER
10MADRID195A/S VALENZUELA INVITES SPAIN TO TEAM UP IN LATIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Valenzuela's February 1-3 visit to Madrid was characterized by bilateral goodwill and mutual optimism for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America to address significant challenges in the region, not least of which the impact of the ongoing economic crisis and the after-ef [...]
2010-02-22 08:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
10MADRID20AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 9, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his arrival January 9, the Ambassador went to the MFA to present copies of his credentials. Unexpectedly, he was received personally by FM Moratinos. Moratinos conveyed King Juan Carlos' greetings and said the King was anxious to meet the Ambassador. A credential [...]
2010-01-11 16:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AF HO IR IS SP WI
10MADRID21SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETINGS WITH EU POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for the EU Political Directors meeting hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency, and your interlocutors will be eager to meet with you. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global [...]
2010-01-11 17:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EU IR SP
10MADRID218SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GORDON, MARCH 5-9, SPAIN
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President Obama, and the GOS is optimistic about the prosp [...]
2010-02-26 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL SP
10MADRID25AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 12, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Spanish SYG of the Presidency (NSA-equivalent) Bernardino Leon January 12. He wanted to meet with Leon as soon as possible to begin to establish a good working relationship and to share his observations regarding the U.S.-Spain bilateral relationship. He emphasi [...]
2010-01-13 14:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID4SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL KESSLER'S VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit, which comes at an auspicious moment as Spain assumes the European Council Presidency for a six-month period. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growi [...]
2010-01-05 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN KNNC PREL SP IR
10MADRID48U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPAIN FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary: At lunch with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns and Ambassador Solomont on January 15, Spanish FM Moratinos outlined his recent engagement with the PalestinQ leadership to promote progress in the peace process and reiterated his willingness to help where [...]
2010-01-19 16:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID49AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 18, 2010, MEETING WITH SPANISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR RUBALCABA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 17:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID64SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered the FAC points January 22 to Spanish MFA Sub-DG for Foreign Policy and Common Security Ricardo Lopez Aranda. On Yemen, Lopez said the problem clearly required a global approach. Referring to A/S Gordon's January 15 meeting with the EU-27 Political Directors at La Granj [...]
2010-01-22 14:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID67AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called January 21, 2010, on opposition party leader Mariano Rajoy and Rajoy,s Chief of Cabinet, Jorge Moragas. They discussed Afghanistan, Iran, IPR, the Spanish economy, and Latin America. End summary. Afghanistan 2. (C) The Ambassador congratulated Rajoy on the Popu [...]
2010-01-22 15:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR AF IR XM SP
10MADRID73DAS JONES' JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH SPAIN ON BOSNIA
[...] (U) Participants U.S. EUR DAS Stuart Jones Bosnia Desk Officer Michael Fooks Poloff Jenny Cordell (notetaker) Spain Director General for North America and non-EU Europe, Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena Subdirector General for Candidate and Neighborhood Policy Countries, Ramon Albaroa [...]
2010-01-25 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP
10MADRID75SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for EU consultations on Africa being hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight ag [...]
2010-01-25 12:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP
10MADRID80AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging two-hour meeting with the Ambassador January 22, President Zapatero praised USG humanitarian efforts in Haiti, reiterated his personal commitment to resettle as soon as possible five detainees from Guantanamo, pledged Spanish support on Iran and Afghanistan, and endor [...]
2010-01-25 16:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID86AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 25 CALL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 18:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EINV ENRG KIPR SP
10MADRID90AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT,S JANUARY 26, 2010 MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Solomont called January 26 on Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon. The two discussed aspects of the bilateral defense relationship, Spanish support for Afghanistan, the humanitarian response to the earthquake in Haiti, and Spanish leadership of EU missions in Bosnia [...]
2010-01-28 06:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO AF SP
10MANAGUA115(U) Ortega and the U.S.: New-Found True Love Or Another
[...] (S) Over the last six weeks, President Ortega has made an uncharacteristically intense effort to pass messages of conciliation and cooperation in our direction. Ortega's actions include renewed cooperation on some dormant legal assistance requests, especially cordial treatment of visiting VIPs, [...]
2010-02-25 15:50:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV EAID MARR XR RS IR XK
10MANAGUA13Lords of the Narco-Coast: Part II - Community Reaction
[...] (C): On December 8, after a plane laden with cocaine and cash crash-landed in the remote, small village of Walpa Siksa in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN),a deadly confrontation took place between Nicaraguan anti-drug units and drug smugglers allied with some number of local residen [...]
2010-01-07 17:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALSNAR SOCI ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL KCOR NU
10MANAGUA16Nicaragua: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] No acts of international terrorism occurred in Nicaragua in 2009. Three items from the 2008 report that remained largely unchanged. In 2009 Nicaragua made no substantive progress towards establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit or passing the counterterrorism bill first proposed in 2004. [...]
2010-01-06 16:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NU
10MANAGUA202(U) NICARAGUA: LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FREE
[...] (U) As per Ref. A request, the following is U.S. Embassy Managua's submission regarding Labor Monitoring and Free Trade Agreements. A. Labor Issues Scene Setter: The Right of Association 2. (U) The law provides for the right of all public and private sector workers, with [...]
2010-02-05 22:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA228Nicarargua: Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
[...] (U) Following is Embassy Managua's 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The information is keyed to reftel paragraphs 25-30. --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Nicaragua's TIP Situation (reftel para 25) --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]
2010-02-17 20:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA NU
10MANAGUA250Data Confirm Nicaragua's Economic Decline in 2009
[...] (U) Data from January-November 2009, the latest period for which figures are available, confirm an economic contraction in Nicaragua of almost 2% last year. The global financial crisis played a major role in the decline, but internal political factors also dampened economic activity, especially inv [...]
2010-02-26 16:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV NU
10MANAGUA5NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY AND BENCHMARKS
[...] (C) Summary. At the start of 2010, the majority of Nicaragua's political opposition remains convinced of the need to unite but continues to confront the obstacle of former President Arnoldo Aleman, his control over the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC),and his continued power-sharing agreeme [...]
2010-01-06 18:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CVIS NU
10MANAGUA69AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON
[...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...]
2010-02-08 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA93CODEL Dodd: Scenesetter for Nicaragua
[...] (C) Senator Dodd, Senator Corker, your visit to Nicaragua comes as we face exceptional challenges in the political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the United States Government (USG),even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-U.S. and increasin [...]
2010-02-16 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV NU
10MANAMA49BAHRAIN EAGER TO SUPPORT U.S./OIC POLIO
[...] (U) Summary: A State/USAID/CDC delegation met with GOB officials to discuss the joint U.S./OIC polio eradication effort. The Minister of Health pedged Bahrain's full support in working with theU.S., GCC, and OIC member states and told the deegation that polio would be on the agenda of next we [...]
2010-01-28 12:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI TBIO BA
10MANILA125AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang Palace January 21. The President praised the excellent state of U.S.-Philippine bilateral relations, and lauded U.S. leadership in organizing an "excellent" aid effort for Haiti. She said a [...]
2010-01-21 08:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RP
10MANILA1492010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV RP USTR
10MANILA164Philippine Elections: Favorite Son Hits Softball
[...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine presidential candidate Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino's January 21 luncheon speech to an invited audience focused on his economic advocacies and the faults of the current Arroyo Administration. The speech was well-received; no surprise given the anti-Arroyo Adminis [...]
2010-01-27 06:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV RP
10MANILA293TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from mid-February 2009' to mid-February 2010, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Doreen Bailey, BaileyDP@ [...]
2010-02-17 07:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
10MANILA405MILF LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE TALKS, SEEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel told Poloff February 24 they are concerned about the Philippine government's ability to negotiate an interim peace agreement that can satisfy the MILF's expectations, and asked to engage with the U.S. on a more forma [...]
2010-02-26 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KISL RP
10MANILA93PHILIPPINES 2009 POLITICAL WRAP-UP AND LOOK-AHEAD
[...] (C) While several tumultuous events -- a political massacre in Mindanao, massive flooding in Luzon -- created an end-of-year sense of crisis in the Philippines, overall political and security stability improved perceptibly over the course of 2009. The year witnessed no significant military or [...]
2010-01-19 05:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PTER MOPS EAID ASEC KJUS
10MAPUTO139PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...]
2010-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ
10MAPUTO159DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...]
2010-02-19 16:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO176MAJOR PARTIES REVEAL PLANS AND CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) country director Miguel de Brito told Emboffs that the October 2009 elections were the most irregular and frustrating yet in Mozambique. Challenges included unbalanced application of the law, "irregular" actions by t [...]
2010-02-24 06:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO46GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: With untapped economic potential and high levels of poverty and malnutrition, Mozambique merits consideration for inclusion in the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). However, based on current discussions about overall USG assistance levels in relation to heightened d [...]
2010-01-12 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO49RENAMO PARTY LEADER DHLAKAMA ASSESSES ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met with traditional opposition party RENAMO President Afonso Dhlakama recently to get a readout on his views of the October 28 elections and future plans following RENAMO's biggest-ever electoral loss. Dhlakama confirmed that his party will not take up arms as rumor [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO50GRM RESPONDS HARSHLY TO DONOR CONCERNS ON
[...] (C) Summary: International donors have spent recent weeks coordinating a response to the GRM's flawed October 28 elections process, with several nations contemplating reductions in assistance to the central government. The G-19 Donor Group sent a letter to the GRM in December laying out spec [...]
2010-01-13 15:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR EAID MZ
10MAPUTO81GUEBUZA MAKES FEW CHANGES TO CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 President Guebuza announced the members of his Cabinet. There were few changes. With the exception of shifting Aires Aly, Minister of Education and Culture during Guebuza's first term, to Prime Minister, all other key ministers retained their posts. With Guebuz [...]
2010-01-25 12:44:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
10MASERU27LOCAL ELECTIONS: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES
[...] (U) On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Poloff met with the Chair of Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission to discuss Lesotho's upcoming local government elections. The Chair doesn't expect elections to occur before the end of April. She also affirmed that opposition parties and the ruling LC [...]
2010-01-26 12:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LT
10MASERU48CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LESOTHO AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) According to Gao Deyi, China's Ambassador to Lesotho, there are approximately 5,000 Chinese in Lesotho (other figures estimate 10,000),though the number has declined over the past twenty years due to harsh living conditions and high rates of crime targeted against Chinese. A study by Yoo [...]
2010-02-12 11:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN LT
10MASERU5OPPOSITION LEADER SEES RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A MONEY EARNER
[...] Tom Thabane, leader of the All Basotho Convention party and unofficial leader of Lesotho's political opposition in Lesotho, visited the Embassy today to meet with the Chargi d'Affaires and representatives of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The meeting was quite short and focused on [...]
2010-01-07 06:26:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
10MBABANE48 SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DEMETRIOS MARANTIS TO
[...] (SBU) Swaziland is a politically stable country with significant democracy and governance shortfalls, and a divided civic community challenging the government's lack of response to these deficits. It has a deeply traditional society with large economic disparities between the developed urban [...]
2010-02-04 09:36:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP WZ
10MBABANE74S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - SWAZILAND
[...] In response to reftel, U.S. Embassy Mbabane appreciates the opportunity to submit four project proposals that seek to address the many challenges facing Swazi women. The proposals are presented by priority order. Post received over twenty proposals, and each one would greatly benefit the poli [...]
2010-02-24 15:29:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY WZ
10MEXICO101CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society in Mexico is a nascent force with significant but unrealized potential for bringing about needed social and political change. Many of the groups contribute to the rich and surprisingly open political debate here, but some are top-down constructs, staffed by well-co [...]
2010-02-12 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
10MEXICO141Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future?
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...]
2010-02-26 19:23:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO202U.S.-Mexico Relations: Progress in 2009, Challenges in 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexican bilateral relationship has never been stronger. We ended 2009 with an unprecedented commitment from the Mexican government to work closely with us on an ambitious effort to move beyond a singular focus on high value targets and address some of the institutional [...]
2010-01-21 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS ECON SNAR PHUM MX
10MEXICO368Acute Water Shortage in Mexico City's Metropolitan Area
[...] (U) Summary: Mexico City's water system has long been plagued by a combination of sustained population growth, insufficient infrastructure, a water pricing system that barely covers 30 percent of costs, and infrastructure damage that causes leakage of up to 30 percent of its supply. Over the [...]
2010-02-03 22:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV MX
10MEXICO426Scenesetter for Ambassador Kirk
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...]
2010-02-05 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO
10MEXICO428Mexico Economic Weekly - February 5, 2010
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-02-08 14:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO514Scenesetter for February 15-18, 2010 Visit of David Goldwyn
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a time when we have a unique opportunity to deepen our bilateral energy relationship with Mexico, our third largest source of oil imports. As the largest source of export earnings and contributor of over one third of budget revenues, the oil sector is a cri [...]
2010-02-12 23:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG MX ECON
10MEXICO520MORE COMPROMISES FOR GOVERNMENT, MORE PROBLEMS FOR PAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the resignation of his PAN party credentials, Fernando Gomez Mont, the Secretary of Government (SEGOB) and Senior Minister in the GOM, sent ripples through a governing party, still recovering from its electoral defeat in last summer's congressional elections. Official so [...]
2010-02-13 01:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
10MEXICO53GOM'S LOCAL POLICE REFORM PROPOSAL HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT A
[...] (C) Summary. The Calderon government has proposed a new local police model that would consolidate the 2000-plus municipal police forces into 32 entities run by the state and Federal District governments. The proposal enjoys more support from the political opposition than Calderon's earlier ef [...]
2010-01-19 21:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
10MEXICO640S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants initiative, Embassy Mexico City submits the following four applications. They are in order of Post's preference. First, find Semillas' proposal to advocate for legislation that better protects victims of [...]
2010-02-22 16:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN MX
10MEXICO648USTR Kirk Visit to Mexico: Trade Irritants Balanced with
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his February 8-9 visit to Mexico City, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk emphasized the importance of our economic partnership with Mexico, not just in terms of trade but also in terms of mutually beneficial competitiveness. He met with President Calderon, Econo [...]
2010-02-22 20:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO
10MEXICO690Scenesetter for Ex-IM Chairman Fred Hochberg
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...]
2010-02-24 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD MX OVIP
10MEXICO71UNHCHR on Mexican Military Justice Cooperation
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) has been frustrated with the Mexican Army (SEDENA) for its lack of cooperation in progressing human rights issues, and has expressed serious concerns about the proceedings of the military justice system. SEDENA's lack [...]
2010-01-22 22:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MX
10MEXICO83Scenesetter for the Opening of the Defense Bilateral Working
[...] (SBU) Summary: The inauguration of the Defense Bilateral Working Group (DBWG) on February 1 comes at a key moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship and to support the Mexican military's nascent steps toward modernization. On the heels of our bilateral joint assessments in Ciudad J [...]
2010-01-29 20:49:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
10MEXICO85NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, and progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcomi [...]
2010-02-02 16:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
10MEXICO87NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, but progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcom [...]
2010-02-02 17:10:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
10MILAN21PRE-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DOMINANT CENTER-RIGHT AND
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Heading into the March 28-29 regional elections, the political landscape in the Veneto, one of Italy's most politically and economically important regions, displays a dominant center-right coalition headed by a Northern League (LN) candidate and a weak and disorganized center-l [...]
2010-02-17 07:15:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT PGOV PREL
10MINSK20BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK21BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK32BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Increases Harassment and Pressure Against Unrecognized Union of Poles (para. 2) - United Democratic Forces Pledge to Continue Activities Amid Uncertainty and Defec [...]
2010-02-01 19:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG KDEM BO
10MONTEVIDEO132Scenesetter for the Secretary's March 1 Trip to Uruguay
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your March 1 visit to attend the inauguration of Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla with a remarkable life trajectory. Mujica's ascension to power at the age of 74 can be seen as a success story of national reconciliation and the matur [...]
2010-02-22 15:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD UY
10MONTEVIDEO23Uruguay: President Vazquez confident strong ties with the
[...] In a warm and friendly meeting following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told Ambassador Nelson that he had worked hard to build strong relations with the United States and was gratified by the results. He noted that President Elect Muji [...]
2010-02-10 13:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO26URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...]
2010-01-15 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MONTEVIDEO27Uruguay: Incoming Foreign Minister Sends Positive Signals
[...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on incoming Foreign Minister Luis Almagro February 19. The two shared a warm and friendly ninety minutes discussing Uruguay's role in regional and international affairs, with Almagro stressing his understanding of the necessity of active U.S. participation in a [...]
2010-02-19 19:12:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD CVIS UY
10MONTEVIDEO90Uruguay: President Vazquez Going Out on Top
[...] (U) Under the leadership of Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay enjoyed five years of relative prosperity and growth, and the governing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition was able to surpass - in two elections running - Uruguay's traditional National (Blanco) and Colorado parties. On Vazquez's coattails, the [...]
2010-02-11 18:11:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD ECON UY
10MONTEVIDEO98Uruguay: Race to Lead Montevideo Bruises Ruling Coalition
[...] (SBU) Of all the offices to be contested in Uruguay's May 9 municipal elections, the position of intendente (a combination of governor and mayor) of Montevideo carries by far the greatest political weight. Montevideo's status as a bastion of ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition support, however [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UY
10MOSCOW140RUSSIAN INTELLECTUALS PRESENT BEARISH OUTLOOK TO U/S BURNS
[...] (C) During a January 13 discussion with U/S Burns, four prominent Russian intellectuals agreed the current Russian leadership is not successfully tackling the immense economic and social challenges facing the country. Despite Medvedev's progressive "modernization" rhetoric, vested interests t [...]
2010-01-21 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW145(C) TURKISH EMBASSY READOUT INDICATES LITTLE FRUIT
[...] (C) Press reports and some public statements by Russian and Turkish officials to the contrary, Turkish PM Erdogan's Jan. 12-13 visit to Moscow (ref A) appears to have yielded few concrete results. Although Turkish diplomats hailed strengthening ties between Russia and Turkey, the details they [...]
2010-01-22 09:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TU
10MOSCOW147UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHUVALOV ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: First DPM Shuvalov briefed visiting U/S Burns on Russia's post-crisis economic policy priorities, proposed increased engagement with the U.S. to formulate a work plan for Russia's WTO accession, and reviewed outstanding issues related to the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakh [...]
2010-01-22 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL RS
10MOSCOW159CUBA: MFA PREVIEWS 2010 BILATERAL EVENTS
[...] (C) In a January 19 meeting with poloff, MFA Cuba desk First Secretary Anna Kosenkova highlighted several upcoming events between the GOR and Cuba and discussed the increasing political and economic ties between the two countries. She said that Russia and Cuba are planning the following even [...]
2010-01-22 15:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS CU
10MOSCOW161FM LAVROV'S ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY REPORT
[...] (C) Summary. On January 22, FM Lavrov held his annual press conference on Russian foreign policy, covering a wide range of issues such as START, missile defense, Patriot missiles in Poland, Iran, the Middle East, European security and Haiti. He highlighted areas of friction with the west on [...]
2010-01-22 15:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IR HA
10MOSCOW163START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 Times: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he was not aware of which topics the GOR would raise during J [...]
2010-01-23 08:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW174JAPANESE FM VISIT: POSITIVE TONE, FEW RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese FM Okada's December 27-28 visit to Moscow continued the positive atmospherics in Russo-Japanese relations since Japan's Hatoyama-led government came to power, but produced few tangible results. The two sides established a working group on bilateral trade and investment [...]
2010-01-26 15:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA RS
10MOSCOW184THE EVOLVING ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF VLADISLAV SURKOV
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (PA) Vladislav Surkov remains one of Russia's most influential political officials, but his influence and authority have recently taken a few hits. His focus, moreover, has evolved into protecting the political system he help [...]
2010-01-27 07:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
10MOSCOW185START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...]
2010-01-27 07:49:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW186START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...]
2010-01-27 09:00:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW225START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 22, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: MOD, Moscow ------------ Participants ------------ 3. (U) Russian Federation ------------------ --General of the Army Nikolai Yegorevich Makarov, [...]
2010-01-29 15:23:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW226SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4 U.S.-RUSSIA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Russia have powerful reasons to work together to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics. As you heard in September from your counterpart on the working group, Viktor Ivanov, Director of Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN),his priority is engaging you o [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM RS AF
10MOSCOW227THREE DAYS OF HIGH LEVELS TALKS- BEEF CAN COME IN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: From January 19-21 a USG delegation met with their Russian counterparts to find a solution to Russia's actions which have effectively shut down all U.S. exports of chicken and pork. Two days of discussions centered on the Russian ban on use of chlorine in poultry processing, t [...]
2010-01-29 16:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS
10MOSCOW241HILARION ON THE ROC'S ROLE IN RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 28 conversation with the Ambassador, Archbishop Hilarion freely admitted that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been extending its reach further into all areas of society. The Church has recently adopted a more confrontational tone regarding the State Department's Inte [...]
2010-02-01 15:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
10MOSCOW270RUSSIA STEPS UP MIDDLE EAST ENGAGEMENT WITH ABBAS
[...] (C) Summary: As Moscow seeks to reassert itself in the Middle East Peace Process, the first of three regional leaders, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Russia. (Khaled Mashaal and PM Netanyahu will visit in the coming weeks.) Meeting with President Medvedev and FM Lavrov, Abbas urged Russia to press [...]
2010-02-05 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IS
10MOSCOW272PUTIN STILL HOLDING THE REINS FOR 2012 ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: While supporters of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev are pushing him to establish himself as a stronger tandem member (ref A),many political experts increasingly believe that no matter who becomes president in 2012, the road to the presidency still runs through Prime Minister Vladim [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW295MEDVEDEV, MATVIENKO TO ARGENTINA IN APRIL
[...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with poloff, Argentine Charge d'Affaires Jose Venere said President Medvedev will visit Buenos Aires on April 14 and will likely sign bilateral agreements on extradition, double-taxation, prisoner exchanges, and cooperation against drug trafficking. After Argenti [...]
2010-02-10 12:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS RS AR
10MOSCOW301RUSSIA MAY VIEW IRAN AS A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Rhetoric from politicians and pundits aside, Russian-Iranian economic relations are relatively minor. Total two-way trade between the two countries is less than $3 billion, or 0.6% of total Russian trade. Investment flows are similarly weak. While both sides seek to expand the economic r [...]
2010-02-10 15:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL MARR PARM RS IR
10MOSCOW305POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the political opposition in Moscow discussed Russia's political future and the role of the United States in it with NSC Senior Director for Russia Michael McFaul. Opposition leaders believe that increased political freedom and serious measures to combat corruption can [...]
2010-02-11 08:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW315RUSSIAN PUBLIC REACTIONS TO UKRAINE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press and analysts in public statements overwhelmingly welcomed Viktor Yanukovych's victory in the February 7 presidential run-off elections in Ukraine, although they do not expect Yanukovych to be a pro-Russian push-over. Some see his victory as the end of Orange [...]
2010-02-12 13:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UP RS
10MOSCOW317THE LUZKHOV DILEMMA
[...] (C) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov remains a loyal member of United Russia, with a reputation for ensuring that the city has the resources it needs to function smoothly. Questions increasingly arise regarding Luzhkov's connections to the criminal world and the impact of these ties on governan [...]
2010-02-12 15:39:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS
10MOSCOW320SCENESETTER FOR INNOVATION DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S
[...] (U) Your visit to Russia can help advance several of the goals Presidents Obama and Medvedev set out in their Bilateral Presidential Commission (BPC) to foster greater connectivity in key areas, including education, culture, business, and government, between the U.S. and Russia. The public-pr [...]
2010-02-12 16:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SOCI RS
10MOSCOW321ONISHCHENKO'S REPLY TO USDA U/S MILLER ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 post received a copy of Onishchenko's response to USDA U/S Miller's letter laying out possible solutions to Russia's ban on U.S. poultry. Onishchenko responds to each of the conditions laid out in Miller's letter, agreeing to some, and deferring others to technical [...]
2010-02-12 16:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS
10MOSCOW334GOR GREETS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DIRECTOR BLOOMFIELD
[...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Moscow from January 29 - February 4, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) Director Sarah Bloomfield received an enthusiastic response from GOR officials, who noted that the GOR and the USHMM have shared interests in expanding World War II and Holocaust education [...]
2010-02-16 12:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KNAR KIRF RS
10MOSCOW335RUSSIA HEALTH REGULATOR DISMISSED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, Prime Minister Putin dismissed Nikolai Yurgel, head of Russian pharmaceutical watchdog Roszdravnadzor, two days after Yurgel publicly criticized the government's draft "Law on the Circulation of Medicines," echoing numerous objections of the pharmaceutical industry [...]
2010-02-16 19:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO PREL SOCI ETRD KIPR RS
10MOSCOW337RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH AN ASSERTIVE UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, MFA and Uzbek Embassy officials stressed the positive aspects of Russian-Uzbek relations, including bilateral trade and Uzbek migrant workers in Russia. Uzbek President Karimov is due to visit Moscow in April following intergovernmental talks. Meanwhile, Russian off [...]
2010-02-17 17:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ RS
10MOSCOW338GOR MILITARY DOCTRINE PRESENTS LITTLE THAT IS NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On February 5 the GOR released its new military doctrine. At the same time President Medvedev also endorsed the unpublished document "Basic Principles of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence Up to 2020." The new military doctrine, divided into four parts, is similar t [...]
2010-02-17 17:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER PARM PBTS MARR MCAP MNUC
10MOSCOW365ULYANOVSK: RUSSIA'S AVIATION CAPITAL SEEKING NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Russia's Ulyanovsk region Governor Sergey Morozov is focusing on the need to attract investment, foreign or domestic, into his central Russian region. During Emboff's two-day visit February 11-12, local officials promoted their receptivity, and Ulyanovsk's infrastructure, indus [...]
2010-02-19 08:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM
10MOSCOW392IRAN DOMINATES NETANYAHU'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a two-day visit to Moscow, PM Netanyahu pressed his case on Iran while the GOR was more focused on trade than the MEPP. The Israeli PM downplayed disagreements over Hamas and welcomed government initiatives to help crisis-depleted economic relations. Netanyahu came away ple [...]
2010-02-22 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IR
10MOSCOW410FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE RUSSIA ON
[...] (C) Summary: Cooperation on Afghanistan remains a top item on the U.S.-Russia agenda. We have achieved success in gaining Russia's public, rhetorical support for our efforts (despite private skepticism) and concrete help on transit issues. Efforts to have Russia contribute substantial econ [...]
2010-02-24 14:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR RS AF
10MOSCOW53TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT
[...] (C) Transneft International Affairs Advisor Oleg Pilipets told us January 12 the oil dispute with Belarus affects only oil sent to, and not through, Belarus. He said the expiration of a 2007 agreement prevents Transneft from continuing to send oil to Belarus at previous preferential export du [...]
2010-01-12 15:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10MOSCOW54TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 15:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10MOSCOW60RUSSIA PLAYS ITS CARDS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN,
[...] (C) Summary. As a counterpoint to its August 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia is pursuing traditional diplomacy with its South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, while addressing growing Turkish influence in the region. Although wary of Yerevan's possible westward reorientation, Mosc [...]
2010-01-14 07:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU
10MUNICH28 Business and Power: Green Mega Project "Desertec" Goes
[...] (SBU) The 400-billion euro project "Desertec," designed to capture Saharan solar energy and transmit it to European homes, now has a corporate structure and a CEO. Consortium leader and initiator Munich Re is confident they can overcome all obstacles, including big financial and technical prob [...]
2010-02-16 08:42:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF
10MUNICH29GERMANY/BAVARIA: HORST SEEHOFER, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Horst Seehofer, an unpredictable politician struggling to regain his party's hegemony in Bavaria, revealed only shallow foreign policy expertise when he met Ambassador Murphy on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 6. Seehofer, Minister President and leader of the [...]
2010-02-16 08:58:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV INRB GM
10MUSCAT107A/S FELTMAN WITH OMANI FM - YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions about Yemen during a February 17 meeting between Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YbA) and NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman revealed that the U.S. and Oman are on the same page regarding both internal politics and external influences. Y [...]
2010-02-24 13:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL YM MU
10MUSCAT122OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CODEL HAILED AS MODEL OF
[...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move, the Government of Oman, through the state-owned daily "Oman", signaled deep satisfaction with the recent visit of the U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey. The media also continued to criticize Israel while offering support to Iraqi [...]
2010-02-22 13:28:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT44OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 09:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MU
10MUSCAT62OMAN MEDIA REACTION: OF TIMETABLES, TONGUES, AND
[...] SUMMARY: Omani editorials over the past week have criticized the EU for allowing Israel to impede progress on settlements, rebuked Tony Blair for his role in the invasion of Iraq, and targeted Israeli PM Netanyahu for shoring up support for his government by returning to a policy of political [...]
2010-02-01 13:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10NAIROBI159ASD Vershbow Visit Highlights Regional Security Issues
[...] (C) Summary: During separate January 26 meetings, Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow met with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Yussuf Haji, Chief of Defense Jeremiah Kianga, and Interior Minister George Saitoti. PM Odinga expressed serious concern over regional ins [...]
2010-02-11 13:52:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU SO KE
10NAIROBI165SOMALIA - CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) The following cable provides responses to action request in reftel on Chinese engagement in Somalia. Chinese Engagement in Trade and Investment --------------------------------------------- ----------------- 2. (SBU) The Sino-Somali relationship has remained strong since th [...]
2010-02-12 07:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID XA SO
10NAIROBI191Somalia - Perspectives on TFG-ASWJ Agreement
[...] (C) The February 13 agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) (reftel) represents potential progress in their ongoing collaboration. But to be successful, the agreement must first gain the support of ASWJ on the ground, especially from l [...]
2010-02-18 18:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID ET MOPS
10NAIROBI350Security Minister on Police Reform and Public Outreach
[...] Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's meetings with Minister of Security Saitoti, DCM Lee Brudvig met with the minister on February 3 to discuss his request for assistance with police reform efforts. In addition to presenting a list of requests for his ministry (ranging from additional po [...]
2010-02-17 12:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID
10NAIROBI57Somalia - The TFG After One Year
[...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER
10NAIROBI73Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms Delegation to the U.S.
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 8 for meeting requests. 2. Summary: At the invitation of the House Democracy Partnership and with post's support, Kenya's Parliament is sending a delegation of six leaders of the recently-formed Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms (see paragra [...]
2010-01-21 09:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KE
10NASSAU116THE BAHAMAS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nassau's Investment Climate Report for 2010. --------------------------------------------- - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas generally [...]
2010-02-03 21:35:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC BF EIND ECON EINT
10NASSAU148THE BAHAMAS TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's point of contact for this report is PolOff Wendy Rejan, Phone 242-322-1181 ext 4510, Fax 242-356-0222. PolOff spent 24 hours drafting this cable. Post's response to inquiries is provided using the original number and letter of the questions in reftel. 2. (U) Question 25. TH [...]
2010-02-11 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NASSAU166Bahamas S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Post proposes the following two projects from The Crisis Centre and No Excuse Bahamas for consideration for Secretary Clinton's Global Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. Both projects address the theme of gender-based violence. The grants will be managed by the Political Section. [...]
2010-02-17 22:01:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO BF
10NASSAU24NASSAU--DECEMBER MONTHLY
[...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Key Opposition Party Resignation Causes Outrage and a Possible Runoff Election -- Government Corruption Focus of Special Committee Probe And On-Going Investigations -- PL [...]
2010-01-08 20:49:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BF ECON EFIN
10NASSAU47BY-ELECTIONS IN THE BAHAMAS -- FREE T-SHIRTS KEY TO SUCCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The resignation earlier this month of a opposition MP will result in a by-election on February 16. Traditionally, a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) stronghold, the by-election may be a bellwether for the 2012 general elections. Funding is going to be a key issue in the race as ma [...]
2010-02-04 20:18:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BF
10NDJAMENA102CHAD-SUDAN: DEBY BRIEFS GRATION ON KHARTOUM TRIP,
[...] (C) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno received S/USSES General Scott Gration and Embassy officials February 16 for a friendly and wide-ranging discussion of Chad-Sudan relations, including Deby's visit the previous week to Khartoum. Deby expressed concern that Sudan might not in the end be [...]
2010-02-16 18:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA109END OF THE AFFAIR? DEBY AND KHALIL GO THEIR
[...] (SBU) Working overnight February 19 and into the afternoon February 20, Chadian President Deby brokered an agreement between his erstwhile JEM client, Khalil Ibrahim, and Sudan Presidential Envoy Ghazi Salahhudin, potentially ending fighting between the JEM and GoS. Deby is now en route for [...]
2010-02-22 12:50:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA11CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC
[...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...]
2010-01-07 13:04:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA27EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
[...] (U) The following responds to Reftel request for analysis of measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. THE MINURCAT MISSION --------------------- 2. (U) MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central Afr [...]
2010-01-15 10:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM UN CT CD SU
10NDJAMENA29CHAD AND SUDAN MAKE PEACE, SIGN AGREEMENTS FULL
[...] (SBU) Chad and Sudan have made a peaceful end to their proxy war, signing agreements in N'Djamena January 15 to formally normalize bilateral relations and to reinforce border security arrangements, which they spelled out in a joint communique. Chad and Sudan pledged to end all support for a [...]
2010-01-16 17:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA3FORMIN ON CHAD-SUDAN XMAS DIPLOMACY: KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador Dec 31 that he considered his "Xmas Visit" to Khartoum last week a success; that he was encouraged by the frankness and seriousness of conversations he had with President Bashir, Dr Ghazi, and others; and that he was satisfied that the GOS had indeed moved mo [...]
2010-01-04 10:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM PREF SU CD PREL
10NDJAMENA31CHADIAN POLITICAL THEATER: SOUTHERN REBEL CHIEF
[...] (SBU) The GOC's capture of rebel commander Djibrine Dassert and his top staff in Southern Chad January 4 was a big plus for President Deby's government, and provided an occasion for a bit of Chadian-style political theater. The Chad military's successful ambush of Dassert, who took part in [...]
2010-01-18 11:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR CA SU CD
10NDJAMENA32CHAD: AID PROVISIONS TO GOVERNMENTS WITH
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to requests for information in reftel related to Chad's degree of budget transparency and USG legal strictures prohibiting assistance to central governments whose budgets are not or have not been transparent. Paras 4 to 10 below are keyed to questions in para 3 of [...]
2010-01-18 17:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA4 DEBY'S LIBERATION DAY SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS FOR PEACE,
[...] President Deby's annual "Liberation and Democracy Day" speech this year featured the GOC's efforts for peace with Sudan and to reconcile Chad rebels on the international plane, and political and social reforms on the national plane, including support for elections and efforts against child lab [...]
2010-01-04 10:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU CD
10NDJAMENA41CHAD'S MEDIA CLIMATE EVOLVING POSITIVELY AS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Goual Nanassoum, head of an EU-funded project on empowering the media in Chad, told DCM Jan 22 that he believed that media freedom had improved over the past year as a consequence of both GoC and opposition commitment to the August 13, 2007 Accords. Nanassoum told us that he felt intern [...]
2010-01-25 11:22:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PHUM PINR PREF PGOV PREL CD
10NDJAMENA49CHAD, MINURCAT EXTENSION, AND THE LOGIC OF
[...] (C) As the GOC nd the UN continue to negotiate seriously over te issue of the extension of MINURCAT's mandate (se Ref A),our analysis of the GOC's motivations leds us to cnclude that the GOC is attempting to chieve interlocking geo-political and domestic-plitical goals, as well as wringing co [...]
2010-01-26 13:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA63CHAD AND UN NEGOTIATING MINURCAT WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) MG Cammaert, head of the UN Technical Assessment Mission to discuss MINURCAT extension with the GOC, told Perm Five ambassadors here Jan 28 that his initial conversations with his GOC counterparts indicated that the GOC insisted on a framework of "MINURCAT withdrawal in accordance with UNS [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN CD
10NDJAMENA93CHAD'S BUDGET REFORM STRUGGLES AS SPENDING
[...] (SBU) The GOC continues to struggle with efforts to reform public finance management and responsibly administer its budge, but it officially remains committed to the process. Multilateral donors highlighted strengths and weaknesses of the GOC's public finance reform project. The IMF is plan [...]
2010-02-12 08:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF CD
10NDJAMENA97CHAD MINISTERS BRIEF S/USSES GRATION ON DEBY VISIT
[...] (C) S/USSES General Scott Gration met February 15 with Chadian FM Moussa Faki Mahamat, NSA Mahamat Ismail Chaibo, and DefMin Wadal Kamougue Abdelkader to offer congratulations on Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno's February 8-9 breakthrough visit to Khartoum (Ref A) in pursuit of fully norm [...]
2010-02-15 17:55:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CD
10NEWDELHI104MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES VISIT,
[...] "U.S. ACCEPTANCE," editorial in January 21 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who visited India recently said two important things. First, India may not be as patient as the last time if it were to be attacked again by Pakistani militants. Second, he warned India of [...]
2010-01-22 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI109HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...]
2010-01-22 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG IN
10NEWDELHI116MENON APPOINTED NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was appointed India's new National Security Advisor on January 22. M.K. Narayanan's departure from the post signals the end of a bureaucratic tussle with Home Minister Chidambaram for authority over internal security. Menon will oversee a [...]
2010-01-22 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP PK IN PINR
10NEWDELHI133MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "AMERICA IS INTERESTED IN AN INDO-PAK CONFLICT" editorial in January 25 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "America's Defense Secretary's warning that India's patience will run out if there is a repeat of 26/11 attacks is an indirect heads-up to Pakistan. Despite being fully aware that Pak [...]
2010-01-25 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI151SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...]
2010-01-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI152MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-SRI
[...] "TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN," editorial in January 27 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "The US Defense Secretary's recent disclosure about different terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan region vindicates India's fear that one more attack from Pakistani area is possible. Unfortunatel [...]
2010-01-28 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI155INDIA SUPPORTS NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT, FURTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill stated January 27 that the Government of India (GOI) was looking forward to a positive and productive Nuclear Security Summit and confirmed that Prime Minister [...]
2010-01-28 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN AORC CDG
10NEWDELHI163SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on strengthening governance by building Afghan capacities. She said Indian engagement is transparent and should not be threatening [...]
2010-01-28 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF IN
10NEWDELHI188THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national concern about continuing high food prices has grown increasingly political as the allied Congress Party has joined the opposition in criticizing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar for failing to stem rising food inflation. [...]
2010-01-29 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI202MEDIA REACTION: SECURITY IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] "CHINESE BASES IN PAKISTAN," editorial in January 30 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The U.S. is desperate to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. quits Afghanistan, that will take the pressure off the terrorists, thereby weakening democracy and liberal political forces in Pakistan. [...]
2010-02-01 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI206SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER KRISHNA
[...] (C) Summary: EAM Krishna told Ambassador Holbrooke in a January 18 meeting that Pakistan needed to take visible steps against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks before a full fledged dialogue with India could move forward. Holbrooke cited the U.S. and India's shared interest in Pakistani s [...]
2010-02-01 16:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF IN
10NEWDELHI207INDIAN ISLAM: DEOBANDI-BARELVI TENSION CHANGING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Like most issues affecting the world's largest democracy, Islam in India presents a series of dichotomies. The Muslim population of India ranks as the second or third highest in the world and yet it is only a minority in India, representing 13.4 percent of the total population [...]
2010-02-02 03:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
10NEWDELHI227MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION,
[...] "OBAMA IN SEARCH OF AN ENEMY," op-ed in February 2 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "From President Barack Obama's State of the Union address it appears as if he has found a new enemy in the form of the fast growing economies, India and China. The Obama Administration is trying to te [...]
2010-02-03 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI243SECENSETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM
[...] (U) Mission India warmly welcomes you on your first visit to India as Special Representative to Muslim Communities. You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in N [...]
2010-02-05 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL IN
10NEWDELHI254MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, INDO-PAK
[...] "OBAMA GOES LOCAL," editorial in right-of-center Marathi daily, SAMANA: "President Obama is aware of America's waning power in the global context. And his effort to prevent the outsourcing of jobs is a reaction to the unfolding scenario. He is also aware that India, China and even Brazil are l [...]
2010-02-08 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI263INDIA AND NATO: TIME FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants in the Fourth India-NATO Dialogue, a non-governmental "track II" event held in New Delhi February 1, agreed that the time was right to establish a regular, sustained, official dialogue between the world's largest democracy and its mightiest military alliance. The [...]
2010-02-09 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
10NEWDELHI287SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...]
2010-02-11 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI290TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Dharamsala February 3-7 to meet a cross section of the Tibetan community upon the conclusion of the ninth round of dialogue in Beijing between the Tibetan government-in-exile, known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),and Chinese officials. During meetings with [...]
2010-02-11 15:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREF PHUM CH IN PINR PREL
10NEWDELHI295COLD START - A MIXTURE OF MYTH AND REALITY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Indian Army's "Cold Start Doctrine" is a mixture of myth and reality. It has never been and may never be put to use on a battlefield because of substantial and serious resource constraints, but it is a developed operational attack plan announced in 2004 and intended to be taken [...]
2010-02-16 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER MOPS IN PK
10NEWDELHI318Mission India's nominations for S/GWI Small Grants
[...] Mission India is pleased to submit 11 proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative. Mission India received dozens of creative proposals, formed a selection committee comprised of key sections to evaluate proposals and select those that meet mission goals and [...]
2010-02-19 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN IN
10NEWDELHI321DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...]
2010-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10NEWDELHI34MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM -- U.S. POLICY;
[...] "FAILURES OF U.S INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA," op-ed in January 10 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "President Obama has come down hard on U.S secret agencies for their intelligence failure on the failed Christmas bombing attempt. The real question, however, is why [...]
2010-01-11 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI356RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA
[...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...]
2010-02-25 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT
10NEWDELHI387MORE ON FEB 25 INDO-PAK TALKS: "NO BREAKDOWN BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on February 26 that February 25 talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir were a "good first step" but that further Pakistani progress on terrorism is needed before the GOI will commit to further talks. Rao described the [...]
2010-02-26 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF
10NEWDELHI40HATOYAMA AND SINGH ADVANCE BILATERAL SECURITY,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama paid his first visit to India December 27 - 29, continuing the tradition of annual bilateral meetings. The visit focused on security issues and economic ties and produced an "Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation" that establishes a new seni [...]
2010-01-12 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM IN
10NEWDELHI63FS RAO ON COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION, PAKISTAN,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Rao, at the request of Home Minister Chidambaram, summoned Ambassador Roemer January 13 to seek permission for National Investigative Agency (NIA) officials to travel to the United States to interview two [...]
2010-01-14 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG KTIP PK IN
10NEWDELHI64CONCERNS ABOUT LIABILITY LEGISLATION AND EXPORT
[...] (C) MEA/DISA Joint Secretary Gaddam Dharmendra was surprised and concerned to learn that the Indian government's draft civil nuclear liability legislation might deviate from the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC). He said he would look into it, as well as encour [...]
2010-01-14 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG ETTC IN
10NEWDELHI74MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-
[...] "RESUMPTION OF INDO-PAK TALKS ESSENTIAL," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "India-Pakistan talks have been taken hostage by the Mumbai terror attacks and people-to-people contact is virtually dead. India-Pakistan tensions are in the interest of neither nation. When I [...]
2010-01-15 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI77(C) NSA NARAYANAN OUT, SUCCESSOR TBD
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: NSA M.K. Narayanan, who has held the post since 2005, confirmed his imminent retirement in a private meeting that Ambassador Roemer sought out on evening of January 15. While Narayanan did not reveal his successor, he asserted that the broad scope of the NSA position wil [...]
2010-01-15 18:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN
10NIAMEY116Government Again Warns Independent Media
[...] (U) Summary: The Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the Nigerien media regulatory body and its subsidiary advisory board, the Conseil de Presse, issued strongly worded warnings against the independent media on February 8. The Counseil de Presse recommended that three journalists fro [...]
2010-02-12 09:56:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO NG
10NIAMEY129Charge Meets with Junta;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 25, Brigadier General Souleyman Salou and Colonel Moussa Gros, Senior Military Advisor to the CSRD President, met with ChargC) d'Affaires Whitaker in a frank and productive session that broached a wide variety of topics. General Salou opened by stating his pride at [...]
2010-02-25 16:48:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM SOCI US NG PTER PINR EAID EAGR MASS
10NICOSIA55CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NOUAKCHOTT14AMBASSADOR RAISES CASE OF DETAINED JOURNALIST OULD
[...] (C) On January 7, 2010 Ambassador called upon Minister of Justice Ahmedou Tidjane Bal to express USG concern about the continued detention of website editor Hanevy Ould Dahah apparently without legal justification given that his sentence had been completed on December 24, 2009. Ambassador als [...]
2010-01-11 10:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT59 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-25 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-26 08:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT90MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...]
2010-02-10 13:51:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NOUAKCHOTT94MAURITANIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] (U) In response to reftel tasking 1, Post found no evidence of the use of forced labor or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Mauritania. 2. (U) Post's response to reftel tasking 2 is as follows: --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Prevalen [...]
2010-02-11 10:29:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT99MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...]
2010-02-15 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR
10OSLO100NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]
2010-02-22 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10OSLO26NORWEGIAN AID FOR HAITI LIKELY TO DOUBLE TO $35
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway on January 16 increased its promise of aid to Haiti to $17.5 million. The GON has already provided $7 million for relief efforts. An additional $17.5 million (bringing the total to $35 million) is l [...]
2010-01-20 09:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO61NORWAY OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vegard Ellefsen, responded receptively to all of reftel talking points, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White. Ellefsen said that Norway would gladly support and easily adopt stricter measures at the [...]
2010-02-03 12:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC NO
10OSLO69NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...]
2010-02-10 11:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NO
10OSLO82Child Abduction Case Strains Norwegian - Moroccan Relations
[...] Summary: Scrutiny of the Norwegian MFA and MoD involvement in a high profile Norwegian - Moroccan child custody case has increased dramatically following the revelation by Norwegian centrist newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) January 30 that off-duty Norwegian Special Forces had assisted the mother [...]
2010-02-10 12:51:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOCI MO NO
10OTTAWA1CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010
[...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...]
2010-01-04 15:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF
10OTTAWA124CANADIAN SUPREME COURT: GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE ON KHADR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous decision on January 29, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned an Appeals Court order that the Canadian government must request the repatriation of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay from U.S. authorities. However, the Supreme Court also ruled that the f [...]
2010-01-29 21:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER CA
10OTTAWA208CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 23:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10OTTAWA21Canadian PM and NATO S-G Discuss Afghanistan, the Strategic
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting in Ottawa with the NATO Secretary General, PM Harper promised to consider a training role in Afghanistan after Canada's combat mission ends in 2011, while noting the importance of managing messaging to avoid characterizations of ""withdrawal."" Mounting Canadian d [...]
2010-01-20 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR AF NATO CA
10OTTAWA39Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
[...] (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen (reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to "see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. [...]
2010-01-26 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER YM CA
10OTTAWA5Canadian review almost complete of MOU for Support to U.S.
[...] (C/NF) On January 7, Jamie Pennell of the Bilateral Relations and Operations Division of the Afghanistan Task Force within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided an update on the status of the draft MOU for life support and security to U.S. civilians operati [...]
2010-01-07 18:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO MARR AF CA
10OTTAWA51Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...]
2010-02-04 19:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA
10OTTAWA60Canada's 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR ETRD EINV
10OTTAWA67CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...]
2010-02-18 22:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA
10OTTAWA95Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform,
[...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...]
2010-02-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM OAS AORC CA
10PANAMA54Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM
10PANAMA87No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 19:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PANAMA89No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PARAMARIBO122S/GWI Project Proposal Response from Paramaribo
[...] (U) Post is pleased to submit three proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. In rank order, the proposals are from the following organizations: (1) Women's Business Group; (2) Women's Parliament Forum, and (3) Stichting Agrarische Vrouwen. Post no [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO34Suriname: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] Post submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has identified it as key factor in achieving susta [...]
2010-01-19 18:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO5Scenesetter for Special Envoy David Goldwyn and EGCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming Special Envoy David Goldwyn and the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative delegation to Suriname. Although we cannot yet provide a confirmed schedule, we expect our Ministerial-level and worki [...]
2010-02-23 18:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO76SURINAME MAY 2010 ELECTIONS: Parties and Coalitions - The
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Suriname's political parties are entering the home stretch of negotiations, as parties and formal coalitions must register with the Central Polling Authority prior to the March 16-21 deadline in order to participate in the May 25 national elections. The public is bombarded by a [...]
2010-02-04 20:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
10PARAMARIBO78SURINAME: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2009 End Use Monitoring Report. Cable is keyed to Reftel. 2. (U) BACKGROUND A. Inventory Management Post's EUM Program Coordinator: Geneve Menscher, Pol-Econ Chief, (597) 472-900 ext. 2205, MenscherGe@state.gov. B. Inventory System [...]
2010-02-05 12:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
10PARIS104FRANCE: NUCLEAR ENERGY LEADERS FEUD OVER INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fillon demanded Areva and Electricite de France (EDF) CEOs settle disputes over the Areva-EDF framework agreement on nuclear fuel. Differences in the leaders' corporate strategies have been compounded by a very public personality clash. GOF officials condemn the feu [...]
2010-02-01 11:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD PREL FR
10PARIS105FRENCH RESPONSE ON MAGHREB KIDNAPPING THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares our concerns about the kidnapping and security threats to westerners in Africa's Sahel and Maghreb regions. The French MFA routinely issues travel warnings in an effort to dissuade French citizens from traveling in much of the Sahel and Maghreb regions. France sh [...]
2010-02-01 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG FR
10PARIS109FRANCE'S CURRENT THINKING ON WEST AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The AQIM threat in Africa's Sahel is France's number one priority on the continent, and there are troubling signs that AQIM is trying to expand its area of operations to Nigeria and Senegal, according to the MFA's DAS for West Africa, Laurent Bigot. During a January 27 meeting [...]
2010-02-02 12:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCOR PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI
10PARIS142CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...]
2010-02-05 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR CN XA FR
10PARIS144FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR
10PARIS151FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...]
2010-02-08 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR
10PARIS174SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with French FM Bernard Kouchner in Paris on February 8, 2010. Discussions included how to persuade the Chinese and others to support sanctions against Iran, and the import [...]
2010-02-12 16:56:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR FR IR AF NATO
10PARIS179WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...]
2010-02-16 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR
10PARIS188AF DAS PAGE'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS (FEBRUARY 10-11)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Susan Page met with French officials at the Presidency, MFA, and MOD during her February 10-11 consultations in Paris. She also met with Angola's Ambassador to France Miguel da Costa. Discussions with the French focused on Zimbabwe (France favored lifting certain sanct [...]
2010-02-18 12:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XA ZI AO SF MA SU NI CG FR
10PARIS193U/S TAUSCHER'S MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher's February 2 meetings with French counterparts from the Elysee (presidency) and MFA included discussions of U.S. disarmament priorities, the NPT Review Conference (NPT RevCon),the Nuclear Secur [...]
2010-02-19 13:01:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KACT KNNP MARR MCAP NATO CH
10PARIS196FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS201FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...]
2010-02-19 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR
10PARIS202EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: FRANCE SUPPORTS LIFTING,
[...] (C) In response to points in reftel, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said France continues to support lifting the EU's arms embargo on China, since "it is not a useful tool," and export controls could accomplish the same goal. However, he said lif [...]
2010-02-19 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS PARM CH FR
10PARIS207FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...]
2010-02-22 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR
10PARIS214France's Sleek New Export and Investment Machine
[...] (SBU) France is already world's fifth largest exporter, but recently restructured its export promotion and investment machine to stay competitive and increase assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new "French Export Team" streamlined the roles of the major export promotion ent [...]
2010-02-23 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV FR
10PARIS216FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...]
2010-02-23 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR
10PARIS218MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR
10PARIS25FRENCH MFA ON PEACE PROCESS, YEMEN, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are focusing on Palestinian action as the key to unblocking discussions and wonder if President Mahmoud Abbas might be able to press forward the peace process by pronouncing his own prerequisites for the resumption of negotiations, according to Patrice Paoli, French MF [...]
2010-01-08 14:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY YM LE IZ FR
10PARIS56SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...]
2010-01-15 17:50:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL OVIP FR
10PARIS69MFA OFFICIALS PROVIDE OVERVIEW OF CURRENT AFRICAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF A/S Stephane Gompertz and FM Kouchner's Cabinet AF Advisor Charlotte Montel briefed on a range of African issues in separate January 20 meetings. Both were pleased with recent events in Guinea (the non-return of Dadis and other elements of the Ouagadougou Accord) but cau [...]
2010-01-22 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER KDEM XA FR
10PARIS71STAFFDEL KESSLER ENGAGES THE FRENCH ON IRAN,
[...] (C) Staffdel Kessler, representing the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, visited Paris January 12-14 to engage French officials, non-government entities and the private sector regarding Iran, sanctions, non-proliferation and Afghanistan. With a main focus of discussing potential U.S. sanctio [...]
2010-01-22 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR AF PK FR
10PARIS79SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO PARIS ON JANUARY 29,
[...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: President Sarkozy, Foreign Minister Kouchner, and U.S Embassy Paris look forward to welcoming you on your first bilateral trip to France as Secretary of State. Your visit is taking place at a time that many consider to be one of the best periods in Franco-American relations. [...]
2010-01-25 17:28:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV FR AF IS IR
10PARIS84MINURCAT: FRENCH WANT TO PRESERVE UN PRESENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maintaining a UN presence in Chad and C.A.R. remains a French priority but obtaining an extension of MINURCAT will require effort to overcome Chad President Deby's opposition, MFA Chad/C.A.R. desk officer Vincent Alexandre said on January 21. Such a presence is necessary becau [...]
2010-01-26 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UN CD CT FR
10PHNOMPENH103DAS MARCIEL REVIEWS U.S. POLICY WITH GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide range of meetings with Cambodian officials, opposition party members, NGOs and civil society, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Scot Marciel spotlighted stepped-up engagement by the United States in Cambodia while highlighting specific issue [...]
2010-02-12 10:19:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MARR TH CB
10PHNOMPENH1382010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia, covering the period April 2009 - March 2010. Responses follow the questions outlined in Ref B. The entire report is Sensitive But Unclassified (SBU). 2. (SBU) CAMBODIA'S TIP SITUATION ----------- [...]
2010-02-24 08:36:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KTIP KWMN KFRD
10PHNOMPENH292010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - 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 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2010-01-19 00:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
10PHNOMPENH31CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...]
2010-01-19 09:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB
10PORTAUPRINCE160NAS Haiti December 2009 Monthly Report
[...] (U) (NOTE: This cable serves to fulfill a monthly INL reporting requirement to document activities for the month of December 2009. The content dates prior to the January 12, 2010 earthquake. END NOTE.) 2. (SBU) Summary: In December 2009, there were significant developments in the NAS-H [...]
2010-02-14 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL XL HA
10PORTLOUIS35CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]
2010-02-04 12:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10PORTMORESBY29S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - VANUATU
[...] Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal from Youth Challenge Vanuatu - Life Skills Training and Employment Readiness as Vanuatu's first preference from post. 2. BACKGROUND Youth Challenge Vanuatu (YCV) was founded in Port Vila in 2001. YCV is a non-profit, non-religious [...]
2010-02-23 04:20:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PP
10PORTMORESBY34S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - VANUATU
[...] Embassy Port Moresby is pleased to submit a proposal from Youth Challenge Vanuatu - Life Skills Training and Employment Readiness as Vanuatu's first preference from post. 2. BACKGROUND Youth Challenge Vanuatu (YCV) was founded in Port Vila in 2001. YCV is a non-profit, non-religious [...]
2010-02-23 09:07:00Embassy Port MoresbyUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY NH
10PORTOFSPAIN192S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
[...] SUMMARY Per reftel, U.S. Embassy Port of Spain has identified Credo Foundation's Sophia House for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. END SUMMARY 2. PROBLEM STATEMENT The Credo Foundation operates Sophia House Center for the Empowerment of You [...]
2010-02-19 17:15:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO PREL AID CDC COM TRSY TD
10PRAGUE1VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH CZECH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Biden met with a group of influential Czech Parliamentarians in Prague on October 23, including two of the signers of the July 16 "Open Letter to the Obama Administration" that expressed the fear that Central and Eastern Europe was no longer important to U.S. forei [...]
2010-01-04 15:27:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EZ
10PRAGUE16ZEMAN OUT OF RETIREMENT, OFFERING LEFT WING
[...] (C) Summary: Former Social Democrat (CSSD) Prime Minister Milos Zeman (65) announced in early January that he will reenter politics and run for parliament under the Party of Citizens' Rights (SPO). Zeman has chosen the Ustecky Region in North Bohemia, where current CSSD Chairman Jiri Paroub [...]
2010-01-11 15:44:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EZ
10PRAGUE2VP BIDEN'S MEETING WITH CZECH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Vice President Biden met with Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer in Prague on October 23, 2009. U.S. Participants ----------------- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Charge d,Affaires Mary Thompson-Jones Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Elizabeth Sherwood-Ra [...]
2010-01-04 15:27:00Embassy PragueSECRETPREL PHUM KDEM EZ
10PRAGUE25CZECH 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 06:14:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV EZ
10PRAGUE30JANUARY 13 U.S.-CZECH STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A/S Phil Gordon led the U.S. side in the second U.S.-Czech Strategic Dialogue on January 13. DFM Tomas Pojar, who led the Czech side, was friendly, open and constructive. Before the Dialogue, A/S Gordon met with FM Jan Kohout. Kohout, Pojar, other leaders and even Czech med [...]
2010-01-21 09:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ENRG AF RS EZ
10PRAGUE5SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Gordon: Your visit to the Czech Republic for the Strategic Dialogue comes at an ideal time to build on Vice President Biden's October 23 visit, the November 6 High Level Defense Group (HLDG),and Under Secretary Tauscher's November 16 visit. While some within the Cze [...]
2010-01-06 14:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG RS AF EZ
10PRAGUE86DAS QUANRUD'S FEBRUARY 9 PRAGUE VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 10:30:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALAF ENRG EPET EZ IR MARR PREL RS UP
10PRAGUE90DISCUSSIONS AMONGST OFFICIALS PRIOR TO PRAGUE'S
[...] (SBU) More than 250 participants from 46 countries met in Prague over three days in our pre-London conference. The participants included journalists, civilian and military government officials, and NGO leaders. They discussed ways in which Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) could enhance [...]
2010-02-18 13:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
10PRETORIA100SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 11-JANUARY 15
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-19 09:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA149SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 19-JANUARY 22
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-25 06:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA199SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 25-JANUARY 29
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-29 16:18:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC SF
10PRETORIA210PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:21:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL
10PRETORIA211PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT:
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:22:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG MNUC PREL
10PRETORIA216AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER
[...] (C) On January 26, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma met with Ambassador Gips, DCM LaLime and PolOff (notetaker). The Minister welcomed bilateral cooperation, albeit with the proviso that SAG and USG interests be weighted equally. Her main requests were for U [...]
2010-02-02 09:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF CVIS KTIP SF
10PRETORIA226(C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 17:06:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR SF
10PRETORIA231DRC AMBASSADOR TOUR D'HORIZON WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Bene M'Poko, during a January 24 luncheon discussion with the Ambassador, offered his thoughts on a range of issues. M'Poko is planning to retire from diplomatic service and return to Congo in the near future, and he told us his [...]
2010-02-03 15:47:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SF MASS CG
10PRETORIA274SEEKING DATES FOR ROUND II OF THE U.S.-SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDENERG MNUC NP PARM PREL ECON SF
10PRETORIA291PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 12:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SF KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
10PRETORIA304ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DIFFICULT RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Dov Segev-Steinberg told Ambassador Gips in a meeting in February 3 that relations between his country and South Africa remain difficult despite Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ebrahim Ebrahim's desire to be a broker for peace in the [...]
2010-02-12 14:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SF
10PRETORIA305SOUTH AFRICA: AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH JOEL
[...] (C) Ambassador Gips met with former Chief of the Presidency's Policy Unit Joel Netshitenzhe on February 1. Netshitenzhe, one of the key government strategists to emerge during the past 15 years, remains engaged intellectually on all of the current issues confronting South Africa. (Note: His [...]
2010-02-12 14:32:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID SCUL KCRM SF
10PRETORIA310SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 6-FEBRUARY 12
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-02-12 17:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA325SOUTH AFRICA UNDECIDED ON HOW TO RESPOND TO IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DIRCO Chief Director of Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Pitso Montwedi claims that while South Africa does have very serious concerns with human rights violations in Iran, his department has received no direction from higher-ups on an official stance. Following a high-level [...]
2010-02-17 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA
10PRETORIA384DEMARCHE TO SOUTH AFRICA: PRIORITIES FOR MARCH UN
[...] (SBU) The South African Government's (SAG) positions in the 13th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) will be essentially unchanged from those of the 12th session apart from slight nuances. The SAG continues to assert that Defamation of Religion (DoR) must be addressed, although it conce [...]
2010-02-25 12:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN SA
10PRETORIA395SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 22-FEBRUARY 26
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-02-26 13:15:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KDEM SF
10PRETORIA398DIRCO ON IRAN: ANY UNHRC MOTIONS SHOULD URGE
[...] (C) South African officials request confirmation before February 27 that the USG will introduce a resolution on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran at the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). After consultation with DRL, Poloff informed the SAG today that [...]
2010-02-26 15:34:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SA
10PRETORIA399SOUTH AFRICA: MANAGING PART I OF THE CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-28 22:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP PREL
10PRETORIA400SOUTH AFRICA: EXPLAINING U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-28 22:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR SF
10PRETORIA401SOUTH AFRICA: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-28 22:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL SY IAEA SF
10PRETORIA44SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JANUARY 4- JANUARY 8
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]
2010-01-08 10:31:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
10PRETORIA75 PRETORIA'S PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY FUNDS
[...] Summary: Embassy Pretoria's proposal for the FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Strategy Fund requests funding to bring two experts in the subject matter to South Africa to meet with regulators, academia, consumers, and legislators on currently relevant topics such as regulation of stacked genes, l [...]
2010-01-13 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO
10PRETORIA94ZUMA KEEPS THE PEACE AT ANC'S 98TH BIRTHDAY
[...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) held its 98th anniversary celebration in Kimberley on January 9. More than 30,000 party members attended the event to hear speeches from President Jacob Zuma and leaders of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and South African Communist [...]
2010-01-15 15:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALSF PGOV
10PRISTINA55KOSOVO: LDK WOBBLY AS PDK WINS TWO MORE MUNICIPALITIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) scored two impressive victories over its coalition partner Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) in the January 31 mayoral run-off elections in Prizren and Lipjan/Lipljan. The elections reaffirm PDK's confidence and unity under the leadersh [...]
2010-02-03 06:19:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA77TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 15:14:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10PRISTINA78KOSOVO: EMBASSY WELCOMES CONGRESSMAN POMEROY TO KOSOVO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina warmly welcomes Congressman Pomeroy's visit to Kosovo on February 16, 17 and 21. Kosovo is a peaceful and stable country where cooperation between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in southern Kosovo continues to improve. The establishment of four new ethnic-Serb major [...]
2010-02-12 15:27:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SR KV
10PRISTINA83KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:30:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10PRISTINA84KOSOVO CELEBRATES SECOND ANNIVERSARY WITH SUCCESSES AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo celebrated the second anniversary of its independence on February 17. These two years have seen political stability that has allowed the country to create legitimate new institutions, including the Constitutional Court and the Kosovo Security Force, and to start fulfilli [...]
2010-02-17 15:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KV
10QUITO101Ecuador's Push for Conditions-Free Foreign Assistance has
[...] (C) Events over the last year demonstrate that the Correa government is intent on exerting as much control as possible over assistance flows and projects in Ecuador, although so far not to the extent of losing assistance Ecuador needs. The GoE's hyper-nationalistic philosophy has economic nati [...]
2010-02-24 20:56:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID ECON EFIN PREL SNAR MARR EC
10QUITO103Ecuador Rejects FATF Decision to Place it on High-Risk List
[...] (C) The Ecuadorian government has reacted vehemently against the February 18 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement that Ecuador has not committed sufficiently to addressing strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance regime. President Correa and sen [...]
2010-02-25 23:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC
10QUITO188Ecuador: S/GWI Project Proposals
[...] Embassy Quito submits the following two proposals for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues small grant initiative. Both proposals were submitted by respected local organizations with the capacity to achieve the stated goals and meet USG requirements for accountabil [...]
2010-02-18 16:08:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID EC
10QUITO33New Foreign Minister Patino from Left Side of Correa's
[...] (C) Summary: On January 21, President Rafael Correa named Ricardo Patino as Ecuador's foreign minister, applauding Patino's loyalty to Correa's political project and great ideological consistency. A political fixer in Correa's small inner circle, Patino has had very limited contact with the [...]
2010-01-21 23:21:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV EFIN PTER EC VE
10QUITO37China cautiously seeks to expand commercial interests in
[...] (C) China's Ambassador to Ecuador, Cai Runguo, told Ambassador January 15 that the PRC is moving forward with negotiations with the GoE on financing various commercial projects, but that Ecuadorian President Correa's criticisms of China's tough negotiating position had caused some concern in B [...]
2010-01-26 22:21:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SENV ENRG EC CH
10QUITO53Ecuador Rebuffs International Companies on Balance of
[...] (C) Three of the most recognizable companies in the world, Apple, RIM (Blackberry),and Nokia, concluded a three-day visit to Ecuador in January with the impression that they have limited to no ability to influence GoE trade and investment decisions. In attempting to convince GoE officials to [...]
2010-02-02 14:38:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EFIN COM USTR ECPS PREL EC
10QUITO79FURTHER DELAYS ON AGREEMENT FOR MILITARY COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DCM and embassy officers met with MFA Under Secretary for Bilateral Affairs Leonardo Arizaga on February 10 to seek clarification on the reasons for the delay in the GOE's signing of a diplomatic note on status of forces for military exercises and cooperation. Arizaga explain [...]
2010-02-11 22:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KTIA MASS MOPS EC US
10RABAT108SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN
[...] (U) Summary: Senator Cardin, we look forward to your arrival in Morocco, a long-standing U.S. ally and model in many respects for other Arab, Muslim and African countries. The U.S. mission's goals in Morocco are promoting economic growth, enhancing democracy and governance through political [...]
2010-02-09 15:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
10RABAT109AMBASSADOR, MARRAKESH MAYOR DISCUSS POLITICS,
[...] (U) Summary: Meeting for the first time on January 27, Ambassador and Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Azzhra El Mansouri had a lively discussion about local politics, infrastructure and social development. Mayor El Mansouri described some of the challenges she faces as the highest-ranking elected off [...]
2010-02-10 14:01:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MO
10RABAT114FM SHARES MOROCCAN ANGST ON WESTERN SAHARA WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri offered DAS Sanderson a decidedly downbeat assessment both of Moroccan-Algerian relations and of recent developments surrounding the Western Sahara. He stated Morocco's willingness to participate in an informal round of UN-sponsored talks i [...]
2010-02-11 13:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO MO WI
10RABAT120AMBASSADOR EXPLORES MOROCCO'S JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Justice Mohamed Naciri welcomed U.S. offers of assistance with Morocco's planned judicial reform and emphasized his intention to bring meaningful change to a system he described as "dysfunctional." Referring [...]
2010-02-12 11:31:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KJUS KCRM CJAN EAID MO
10RABAT123DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL BISOGNIERO BRIEFS NATO
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Deputy Secretary General Bisogniero had a full day of meeting with Moroccan officials and diplomats from NATO countries on January 25. After opening an all-day seminar on the Mediterranean Dialogue, he met with the Minister of Interior, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forc [...]
2010-02-12 14:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MO
10RABAT127DAS SANDERSON MEETS SENIOR MOROCCAN INTELLIGENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Janet Sanderson held separate meetings in Rabat January 21 with Director-General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mansouri and MFA Chief of Staff Bourita. Mansouri indicated that Morocco intends to remain deeply involved in assisting Guinea's transition. On counterterro [...]
2010-02-16 17:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PREF MO WI
10RABAT151CODEL CARDIN MEETS WITH GOM OFFICIALS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On February 15, 2010, a five-member Congressional delegation led by Senator Cardin met with Moroccan MFA Secretary General Youssef Amrani and MOI Director of Internal Affairs Mohammed Tricha. The parties discussed regional stability, human rights, counterterrorism, and other dom [...]
2010-02-22 15:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KTIP MO
10RABAT158RENEWED CONTACT WITH THE JCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatallah Arsalane, governing board member of the unrecognized but tolerated Moroccan religious/political organization known as the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; Arabic: "Al-Adl wal Ihsane"),met with D/PolCouns for a wide-ranging discussion of global issues and interna [...]
2010-02-24 15:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO
10RABAT26MOROCCO: THE KING RESHUFFLES THE CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI appointed on January 4 five government ministers, a mere 24 hours after he had addressed the nation to announce the creation of an Advisory Committee for Regionalization tasked with accelerating the GOM's plan to devolve power to the regions. The new ministe [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL MO
10RABAT34MOROCCO AND BURKINA FASO CONSULTATIONS ON GUINEA
[...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mansouri met with President Compaore, Guinean General Konate and Guinean Captain Dadis Camara in Ouagadougou on January 18. According to a senior Moroccan MFA official, Mansouri assured Compoare that the GOM appreciate [...]
2010-01-20 19:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MARR PREL MO UV GV
10RABAT6IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION IN MOROCCO
[...] Summary: Pursuant to President Obama's Cairo Speech and the Secretary of State's remarks in Marrakesh at the Forum for the Future, the U.S. Mission in Morocco continues to collaborate with Moroccan counterparts from civil society, government, media and academia to support a wealth of programs [...]
2010-01-05 07:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KTIA MO
10RABAT63CODEL GREGG DISCUSSES ALGERIA, WESTERN SAHARA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Gregg held a wide-ranging discussion with the Prime Minister on January 5. Prime Minister El Fassi addressed Moroccan relations with Algeria, stating that Algeria wanted to maintain the status quo on Western Sahara. The Prime Minister emphasized progress on the Israeli [...]
2010-02-01 16:55:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL KPAL KDEM EFIN AG WI MO
10RABAT68AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS COOPERATION
[...] (U) Summary: Meeting for the first time on January 20, the Ambassador and newly appointed Moroccan Minister of Interior Taieb Cherkaoui (reftel) discussed a broad range of issues. Cherkaoui called relations with the United States "excellent," and he expressed gratitude for the long, rich pa [...]
2010-02-02 10:39:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS MO
10RABAT87MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister of State Laenser, the Secretary General of the Popular Movement Party (MP),on January 25. Laenser discussed the need for the King's entourage to devolve powers to the Parliament and the problem of a saturated political environment with too many pa [...]
2010-02-03 18:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON MO
10RANGOON102CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN ECONOMY:
[...] (C) China's economic presence in Burma has increased dramatically over the last 10 years. The impact can be observed at all levels of Burma's economy: significant Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI),large PRC state-owned enterprises engaged in infrastructure and resource extraction proj [...]
2010-02-24 09:36:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BM CH
10RANGOON104 Journalism in Burma: Newspapers, the Censor Board, and the
[...] (SBU) Burmese journalists face a restricted and uncertain environment, but a literate public has fueled a recent expansion of privately owned newspapers in urban areas. Self-censorship is prevalent and the Censor Board is heavy handed, though editors generally get along with the current dire [...]
2010-02-25 01:45:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR EAID PREL PHUM BM
10RANGOON7BURMA: DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO OFFICIALS ACCUSED
[...] (C) An Embassy Rangoon source confirmed media reports that the Insein District Special Court in Rangoon on January 7 sentenced Win Naing Kyaw -- a retired Army Major -- and Thura Kyaw -- a low-level Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) employee in the European Affairs Division -- both to death [...]
2010-01-08 10:55:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
10RANGOON92BURMA: U TIN OO, BACK IN THE SADDLE, WELCOMES
[...] (C) During a February 16 meeting with recently released National League for Democracy (NLD) Vice-Chair U Tin Oo, the Charge described the U.S. Burma policy review, in which the NLD's views were regularly solicited. U Tin Oo welcomed U.S. engagement efforts, expecting it will be a long-term p [...]
2010-02-17 10:17:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
10REYKJAVIK3PRESIDENT REJECTS ICESAVE BILL
[...] (U) Summary: President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson announced on January 5 that he will not sign into law the Icesave bill passed by parliament on December 30, but will refer the bill to a national referendum. This decision throws Iceland's political and economic future into complete uncertainty, l [...]
2010-01-05 17:15:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IC NE PGOV PREL UK
10REYKJAVIK31 ICELAND: 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2009 Iceland took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons. The Government of Iceland, for the first time, prosecuted alleged trafficking violators on TIP specific charges. In addition, the government passed and began to implement the country's first anti-TIP natio [...]
2010-02-23 16:31:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10RIGA11LATVIA NOT SURPRISED BY SPANISH POSITION ON CUBA
[...] (C) Latvia is not surprised by Spain's attempts to scrap the EU Common Position on Cuba, but believes this is unlikely given opposition from the majority of EU member states. Latvia supports engagement with civil society groups and the promotion of human rights in Cuba, but has had no bilateral [...]
2010-01-08 09:17:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU LG
10RIGA26POLITICAL AMBITION FUELS AUDITOR GENERAL'S ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Latvian Auditor General, Ms. Inguna Sudraba, has launched a series of pointed public attacks on the government's handling of the economic crisis. These attacks, while levied in her role as Auditor General, are driven by political ambition. In a confidential meeting with the [...]
2010-01-15 11:58:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV LG
10RIGA60 Latvia: Special Media Reaction on Latvia's Decision to
[...] Summary: Press coverage of the Latvian Government's decision to accept a former Guantanamo detainee has been extensive, largely factual, and consistent with both Latvian and U.S. Government statements on the issue, despite some sarcastic commentary in Russian-language newspapers. Editorial c [...]
2010-02-03 15:56:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO PGOV LH PREL CJAN
10RIYADH102SAUDI FOREIGN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS: OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is an action request for EEB and USDA. Please see paragraph 17. Summary and introduction ------------------------ 2. (SBU) After decades of heavy support for domestic agriculture that made this arid Kingdom one of the world's largest wheat exporters for many years, the Saudi g [...]
2010-01-24 03:32:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ECON EAID SENV PGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH105SAUDI-SYRIAN RELATIONS: A "GOOD SMELL IN THE AIR"
[...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's three-day visit to Saudi Arabia from January 13-15 (ref A) marked the third time in four months that the once-estranged Asad and King Abdullah have met face to face. While the Syrian Embassy in Riyadh has downplayed the political dimensions of the visit-- [...]
2010-01-25 11:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA LE SY IR WB GZ
10RIYADH123CHINESE FM YANG VISITS RIYADH
[...] (C) Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with King Abdullah and FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal on January 13, during the last stop of a five nation Africa and Middle East tour. During the visit, FM Yang discussed deepening Saudi-Chinese ties in a variety of fields, emphasizing trade, in particul [...]
2010-01-27 12:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CH KWBG IR SA
10RIYADH131A/S FELTMAN'S JANUARY 26 MEETING WITH CULTURE
[...] (C) During a January 26 meeting with Assistant Secretary Feltman, Culture Minister Abdulaziz Khoja urged us to share our thoughts on Iraq with FM Prince Saud Al-Faisal; said the Saudis remained convinced of Iranian support for the Houthis in Yemen; expressed concern about the possibility of Is [...]
2010-01-30 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
10RIYADH155KARZAI TO THE KING: I NEED YOUR HELP
[...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai traveled to Riyadh for a meeting with Saudi King Abdullah on February 3. Karzai's visit comes a week after his speech at the London Afghanistan Conference, where he called upon the Saudis to assist in facilitating the Afghan reconciliation process. As Karzai [...]
2010-02-03 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK SA
10RIYADH159(S) SAUDI ARABIA: RENEWED ASSURANCES ON SATELLITE
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador met with Assistant Minister of Defense and Aviation Prince Khaled bin Sultan to relay U.S. concerns about sharing USG imagery with Saudi Arabia in light of evidence that Saudi aircraft may have struck civilian targets during its fighting with the Houthis in northern Yemen. Pr [...]
2010-02-07 09:24:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR SA YM
10RIYADH160SAUDI INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFERS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi Ministry of Interior briefed visiting NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman on its concerns about regional stability, centering on Yemen, Iraq, Iran and Syria. MOI is concerned that Yemeni leaders do not have a coherent vision for the development of the country, and are instead preoccupied [...]
2010-02-07 14:02:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SA
10RIYADH172SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY
[...] (SBU) Madam Chair, Mission Saudi Arabia enthusiastically welcomes the visit of CODEL Lowey to Riyadh and Jeddah. By virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, Saudi Arabia plays a critical role in almost every global and regi [...]
2010-02-09 17:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON SA
10RIYADH178SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S FEB 15-16
[...] (C) Madam Secretary, Mission Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to the Kingdom, a country which, by virtue of its energy resources, financial power, counterterrorism efforts, and leadership of the Muslim world, plays a critical role in many global and regional issues of importance to us. [...]
2010-02-11 12:23:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNOVIP PREL PGOV PTER SA YM IR ECON
10RIYADH182SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, Embassy Riyadh warmly welcomes you to Saudi Arabia, which, by virtue of its historical and cultural ties to Central Asia; personal relationships between Saudi, Afghani and Pakistani leaders; financial power; and leadership of the Muslim world, can play a central role in im [...]
2010-02-12 12:15:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KTFN SA AF PK
10RIYADH204SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 21-23 VISIT OF ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Saudi officials are very excited about your visit, which they expect will build on the successful December visit of Deputy Secretary Poneman to write a new chapter in our bilateral dialogue on energy and Science & Technology Cooperation. You will arrive at a tim [...]
2010-02-18 13:21:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KGHG EINV ECON PREL SA
10RIYADH221SAUDI-IRAQI RELATIONS: RIYADH BACK IN THE GAME?
[...] (C) In a surprising move, King Abdullah welcomed former Iraqi PM and current Iraqiyya coalition leader Dr. Iyyad Allawi to his desert encampment near Riyadh on February 20. The meeting, prominently featured in the state media, suggests a change in Saudi thinking about Iraq, and an apparent sh [...]
2010-02-23 13:40:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SA IZ
10RIYADH225GCC WANTS TO FOCUS ON TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is looking forward to the February 27-28 meeting on technical aspects of assistance to Yemen, which it hopes will identify the main impediments to more effective aid programs on the ground. This is the latest in a series of meetings the GCC has he [...]
2010-02-24 14:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETEAID EFIN PREL SA
10RIYADH226TREASURY D/S WOLIN DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND
[...] (U) Summary: On February 13-14, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visited Saudi Arabia and met with Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) Governor Muhammad Al Jasser and Minister of Finance Ibrahim Al Assaf. Wolin reviewed the improving strength of the U.S. and global economies, and other [...]
2010-02-25 07:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EFIN EINV SA
10RIYADH33SAUDIS ANGRY & CONFUSED OVER NEW TSA SCREENING
[...] AN AVALANCHE OF INQUIRIES: The Embassy has been deluged with media inquiries since the story broke January 4. All Saudi media outlets reported January 5 that the U.S. Department of State had issued a new directive for intensive air screening of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 countries, includ [...]
2010-01-05 17:35:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER SCUL KPAD SA
10RIYADH37MISH'AL IN RIYADH, BUT IRAN IS THE REAL FOCUS
[...] (C) Egyptian President Mubarak, Palestinian Authority President Abbas, the Turkish Foreign Minister and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mish'al visited Riyadh in the past two weeks, reflecting a renewed Saudi push on Palestinian and intra-Arab reconciliation, aimed ultimately at blunting [...]
2010-01-06 09:54:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SY SA
10RIYADH67Saudi Public Reaction to New TSA Initiatives
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saudi public and media reaction to the new TSA requirements has been overwhelmingly negative, with the tenor of commentary ranging from rhetorical assertions that the Kingdom is being punished for its "position against Israel" to practical concerns by workaday Saudis of the heal [...]
2010-01-11 16:04:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL SA
10RIYADH80 RSAF LTG FAISAL COMPLAINS TO AFCENT COMMANDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage, Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Commander Prince (Lt Gen) Abd-al-Rahman bin Fahd Al-Faisal Al-Saud laid out an extensive laundry list of releasability problems the RSAF was enduring in trying [...]
2010-01-13 16:28:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETMASS MOPS PREL SA
10RIYADH90SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONES’ JANUARY 12, 2010
[...] (S) Summary: During a 30-minute meeting with Prince Mohammed, General Jones reviewed U.S. and Saudi efforts to combat Al-Qaida extremists in the region and discussed Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemen, and Iran. Prince Mohammed highlighted Saudi Arabia's continued and growing concerns about Al-Qaida opera [...]
2010-01-19 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNIR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10RIYADH93SAUDI-IRANIAN TENSIONS EVIDENT IN
[...] (C) Following a relatively quiet Hajj season, Saudi-Iranian tensions are once again on display. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Saudi FM Saud Al-Faisal traded barbs, with Ahmadinejad criticizing the SAG's role in the Houthi conflict and FM Saud countering that Iran was the one inter [...]
2010-01-19 12:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM IR SA
10ROME1VISITING WITH A RECUPERATING BERLUSCONI
[...] C) Summary: The Ambassador visited recuperating Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at his Lombardy estate for a private luncheon December 30. The Ambassador had suggested he visit Berlusconi after the Prime Minister was assaulted at a Milan rally in mid-December. Accompanied by Gianni Letta, the Unde [...]
2010-01-01 15:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IT
10ROME112SANCTIONS SUCCESS: ITALIAN SHIPPER TO BREAK WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to the pressure that resulted from a sanctions designation by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Fratelli Cosulich shipping company of Genoa plans to end the company's joint venture with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). Action on this long-pending iss [...]
2010-01-29 15:58:00Embassy RomeSECRETECON EFIN ETRD EWWT GM IR IT KNNP PARM PREL
10ROME125OPPONENTS OF ITALIAN INTERNET BILL SAY IT STIFLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opponents of a new bill before Italian parliament that would further regulate the Internet say it endangers free speech and is a threat to Italian democracy. The bill also appears to favor PM Berlusconi's Mediaset television service while disadvantaging Sky, one of its major competitor [...]
2010-02-03 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECPS ETTC KIPR EINT IT
10ROME156ITALIAN ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: HEADING IN THE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Recent statements from senior Italian officials describe Italy as significantly scaling back important commercial ties with Iran as part of efforts to increase international pressure. Those senior Italian officials have noted that the GOI has used moral suasion on Italian compa [...]
2010-02-10 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD IR IT
10ROME174SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during an official visit to Rome on February 6, 2010. SecDef thanked Berlusconi for Italy's pledge of more Italian troops for operations in Afghanistan and assured him that the creation [...]
2010-02-12 13:27:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO IT AF IR
10ROME49SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Frattini's visit to Washington is an opportunity to reinforce Italy's commitment to Afghanistan, and stress the need for close coordination on Iran: you will want to thank Italy for its early announcement of additional troop contributions for Afghanistan, and deliver a fir [...]
2010-01-13 14:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
10ROME56ITALY ON EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA
[...] (C) On January 8, Poloff delivered reftel points to Michele Pala, MFA Office Director for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean to brief the GOI on the USG approach on Cuba and to ascertain GOI perspective on the current state of their bilateral relations with Cuba, Italy's stance on the EU [...]
2010-01-14 13:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CU IT
10ROME83SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY GATES TO ROME
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Mission Italy and I look forward to hosting you in February, as does Minister La Russa and the Government of Italy. In anticipation, I met with La Russa on January 19. He is delighted that you have accepted his invitation and is working hard to ensure that your meetings in [...]
2010-01-22 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10RPODUBAI21IRAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL LAYS BLAME (WIDELY) FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 27 meeting with Iranian press, an unnamed Deputy Intelligence Minister provided details on some of the arrests made in connection with the December 27 Ashura-day demonstrations. He ascribed the Ashura-day 'rioting' to (inter alia) the German government, Western int [...]
2010-01-28 13:41:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
10RPODUBAI23IRAN: Ahmadinejad Ally Mashaei Lightning Rod for Criticism
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ahmadinejad's relationship with his Chief of Staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei has become a source of aggravation for Ahmadinejad's hardline supporters and an easy target for his political opponents. Mashaei has a long history of missteps and provocative comments, most recen [...]
2010-01-28 14:32:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR PREL
10RPODUBAI3Iran Intelligence Ministry Releases (Soft) Enemies List
[...] (U) According to Iranian press, on January 3 the Intelligence Ministry's Foreign Deputy discussed 'the conspiracies of foreigners and espionage organizations, especially those of the US, UK and the Zionist regime' with Iranian press. This unnamed intelligence official said although the Islamic [...]
2010-01-05 12:40:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL IR
10RPODUBAI35IRAN: TELECOM GROWTH VICTIM OF CONGESTION AND POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Iran, a large number of private-sector telecom companies offer a multitude of services including mobile, Internet access, and Voice over IP. While the private sector offers a dynamic set of services, all telecom services terminate or are routed through the government-controlled [...]
2010-02-15 10:39:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR ECON PREL EINT
10RPODUBAI47IRAN: SPAT BETWEEN POLICE AND IRGC SPILLS INTO PUBLIC VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being abruptly dismissed as Tehran police chief after only fourteen months, Azizullah Rajabzadeh told guests and the media present at his February 22 'retirement' ceremony that the police had played only a minor role in putting down the post-election unrest. Rajabzadeh as [...]
2010-02-24 14:21:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
10SANAA131ROYG APPROACHES LONDON CONFERENCE WARILY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is approaching the January 27 London conference with a good deal of ambivalence, eager to shape what it regards as an "ambiguous" agenda and avoid being taken to task publicly by the international community for its shortcomings. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy [...]
2010-01-25 07:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV YM
10SANAA137MORE TALK, LESS ACTION: "NATIONAL DIALOGUE"
[...] (C) Summary. While President Saleh's original proposal for a National Dialogue has been canned by members of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP),the opposition has proposed an alternative option, namely for a joint-led dialogue committee, which would ultimately lead to a genuine national consul [...]
2010-01-25 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
10SANAA168REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]
2010-01-26 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA1782010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
[...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]
2010-01-27 11:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA233YEMEN’S SOUTHERNERS SAY THEY WANT MORE AMERICAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Across Yemen's southern governorates, political and tribal leaders and members of civil society are asking for increased U.S. support in a range of areas ) pressure on President Saleh to implement political and economic reform, financial support for local development, and moral support [...]
2010-02-07 12:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
10SANAA56YEMEN: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PAVES THE WAY FOR FM’S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In anticipation of Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi's January 20 meeting in Washington with Secretary Clinton, post conducted a strategic dialogue with the ROYG covering key aspects of the bilateral relationship, including counter-terrorism and military cooperation, political refo [...]
2010-01-12 11:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM
10SANJOSE118THREE MORE FTAS FOR COSTA RICA BEFORE END OF ARIAS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Costa Rica is on the verge of concluding free trade agreements (FTAs) with the European Union (EU),China, and Singapore. Combined with CAFTA-DR, these agreements will solidify the free trade legacy that President Arias, who completes his term of office on May 8, aimed to leave [...]
2010-02-01 18:18:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN ECON XG CH SN CS
10SANJOSE19COSTA RICA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN HITS ITS FINAL LEG
[...] (SBU) Summary: With national elections a week away, Laura Chinchilla of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN) is holding on to first place in the race to be Costa Rica's next president. Most observers believe she will win more than the required forty percent needed to win the election in t [...]
2010-02-02 15:01:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CS
10SANJOSE3COSTA RICA FLEXING ITS DEMOCRATIC MUSCLES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a time when the electoral systems of some others in the region are wrapped in controversy, Costa Rica appears to be maintaining its status as a model of institutional democracy in Central America as the country moves towards national elections on February 7. The near-total dem [...]
2010-01-11 14:53:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV CS PLN KDEM
10SANSALVADOR37With ARENA Fractured, Funes is FMLN's Only Rival
[...] (C) Summary: Eight months into the Funes presidency, the GOES can best be characterized as schizophrenic. The part of the government that Funes controls is moderate, pragmatic, responsibly left-of-center and friendly to the USG. The part he has ceded to hard-line elements of the (left-wing) F [...]
2010-01-26 19:14:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ES
10SANSALVADOR43Scenesetter for Your Visit to El Salvador
[...] (C) Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes you to El Salvador. Your visit will reinforce the U.S. policy of active engagement with the left-of-center GOES, which strengthens the moderate, pragmatic elements in the new government. President Mauricio Funes has an 80 percent approval rating; good r [...]
2010-01-28 17:10:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV
10SANSALVADOR85Scenesetter for DoD Visit to El Salvador, March 8-9
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy San Salvador warmly welcomes the March 8-9 visit of Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Paul N. Stockton and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Dr. Frank Mora. Your visit comes while the GOES is in the midst of combating a public security crisis of the first order. It also co [...]
2010-02-23 21:29:00Embassy San SalvadorSECRETMARR DOD PREL PGOV ES
10SANTIAGO1Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela's
[...] (U) Embassy Santiago warmly welcomes you to Chile. 2010 will be a historic year as Chile celebrates its bicentennial, joins the OECD, and elects its fifth president since the return to democracy in 1990. Bilateral relations have never been better with particularly strong high-level ties and d [...]
2010-01-05 20:04:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP CI ECON MARR
10SANTIAGO128Santiago Feb. 3 Media Report
[...] A small boat was hit by winds of up to 40 knots and 20-foot waves in the Chacao Canal in southern Chile and sunk, leaving eight missing. The boat left port without due authorization. No bodies have been recovered (All dailies, 2/3). Chile-U.S. 2. President-elect Pi????era c [...]
2010-02-03 18:38:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO14Media Report January 7
[...] The work relationship between toxicologist Laura B????rgel and former President Eduardo Frei Montalva's son, Jorge Frei Ruiz Tagle, has become a new source of controversy. Reportedly, this could cause the dismissal of Dr. B????rgel from the case since she has certified the thesis about [...]
2010-01-07 14:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO15Bachelet Shares Views on South American Leaders with A/S
[...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet emphasized the need to understand the nuances of Latin America's leaders and their countries rather than lumping them into populist and pro-western camps. During a January 12 lunch with A/S Valenzuela, Bachelet was relatively upbeat on Bolivia, reserving parti [...]
2010-01-15 12:57:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR CI CU BL BR AR PREL
10SANTIAGO150Santiago Feb 4 Media Report
[...] President-elect Pi????era and Bachelet discussed the report that Chile will submit to the international court of The Hague to counter Peru's claim to change bilateral maritime borders (All dailies, 2/4). Chile-U.S. 2. Ambassador Paul Simons commented on Chile's invitation to jo [...]
2010-02-04 18:42:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO17Former President Lagos Discusses Honduras, Latin America
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 11 meeting with A/S Valenzuela, former President Ricardo Lagos offered any help he can provide in persuading de facto Honduran leader Roberto Micheletti to step down prior to the inauguration of president-elect Porfirio Lobo on January 27. Lagos also discussed [...]
2010-01-15 14:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OAS HO CI
10SANTIAGO188Santiago Feb. 6-8 Media Report
[...] President-elect Sebastian Pi????era will announce his cabinet tomorrow at 6 p.m. (All dailies, 2/8). Chile-U.S. 2. Asked about Chile's relation with the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister Mariano Fernandez said: "Relations between Chile and the United States have been e [...]
2010-02-08 18:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO200Santiago Feb. 10 Media Report
[...] Sebasti????n Pi????era announced his new cabinet: 6 women, most are Catholic University alumni, and eleven have graduate studies in the United States, primarily from Harvard and the University of Chicago (All dailies, 2/10). 2. Pi????era's cabinet members: undergraduate and g [...]
2010-02-10 20:30:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO212Santiago February 14-16 Media Report
[...] President-elect Sebastian Pi????era announced his decision to support Jose Miguel Insulza's reelection to the OAS (All dailies 2/13). OAS 2. President-elect Pinera met with OAS Secretary General Insulza last week in Santiago to inform him that he would endorse his reelection. R [...]
2010-02-16 20:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO228Santiago Media Report
[...] President-elect Pi????era will announce his future undersecretaries on Friday at 11 a.m. in the Fine Arts Museum. He also confirmed that he would include individuals close to or from the Concertacion (Conservative, influential newspaper-of-record El Mercurio, 2/18). IPR 2. [...]
2010-02-18 17:41:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO238Santiago Feb. 20-22 Media Report
[...] It is expected that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will Pi????era's swearing-in ceremony on March 11. The presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Ecuador, Colombia, Uruguay, and Guatemala have confirmed their attendance (La Tercera, 2/21). 2. On Thursday President-e [...]
2010-02-22 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO24Media Report January 8
[...] The annual inflation rate in Chile dropped to -1.4% in 2009, the lowest in 74 years. Chile-U.S.-Latin America 2. Under absolute confidentiality, Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez traveled to Venezuela last night on a mission with a specific goal: to promote OAS [...]
2010-01-08 15:34:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO25Meet Chile's President-Elect, Sebastian Pinera
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's president-elect, Sebastian Pinera, is a savvy, Harvard-educated billionaire and former senator known to work seven days a week. Although described by some international press as "right wing" and sometimes compared to Italy's scandal-prone Silvio Berlusconi, neither is accurat [...]
2010-01-22 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CI
10SANTIAGO254Chile: TIP Report
[...] (U) The following information is Post's submission per ref A. Some requests for statistics are still pending. Post will continue to gather information on TIP and submit relevant updates prior to April 15. 2. SUMMARY: The GOC maintained its efforts to combat TIP. Individual agencies, inclu [...]
2010-02-25 12:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF CI
10SANTIAGO258Santiago Feb. 26 Media Report
[...] President-elect Pinera condemned the death of Cuban dissident Orlando Zapata (All dailies, 2/26). Cuba 2. Pinera's spokesperson issued the following statement: "President-elect Pinera expresses his most sincere condolences to the family of Cuban citizen and human rights defe [...]
2010-02-26 16:22:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO30Media Report January 9-11
[...] A/S for WHA Arturo Valenzuela will visit Chile Monday and Tuesday on a tour that includes meetings with government and political representatives. The U.S. high-ranking official will meet with President Michelle Bachelet, Foreign Minister Mariano Fernandez and Finance Minister Andres [...]
2010-01-11 14:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO49Scenesetter for Secretary Clinton's March 1-2 Visit to Chile
[...] (SBU) Welcome to Chile. Your visit in the final days of the Bachelet administration will highlight the outstanding relations that we have enjoyed with Chile over the past four years. You will also meet President-elect Sebastian Pinera, an energetic moderate whose election marks a historic ch [...]
2010-02-25 16:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OVIP ECON CI
10SANTIAGO50Sebastian Pinera Wins Chilean Presidential Election
[...] (U) Summary: In a historic January 17 election, Chilean voters selected opposition candidate Sebastian Pinera as the next president of Chile. Pinera, a Harvard-educated business tycoon from the center-right National Renewal party, will be the first conservative to lead Chile since the Pinoch [...]
2010-01-18 01:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON CI
10SANTIAGO58Media Report January 21
[...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]
2010-01-21 13:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO60Media Report January 21
[...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]
2010-01-21 14:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO62Media Report January 21
[...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]
2010-01-21 15:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO64Media Report January 21
[...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]
2010-01-21 15:16:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO66Media Report January 21
[...] "Hillary Clinton Phones Pi????era and Presidents Confirm Attendance to Inauguration" Even though on Tuesday (President-elect) Sebastian Pi????era received a greeting letter from the United States, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called the new President yesterday to congratu [...]
2010-01-21 18:14:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO88Santiago Jan. 26 Media Report
[...] La Moneda is trying to avoid further conflict with the Government of Venezuela over the suspension of the Chilean TV broadcast station (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 1/26). Haiti 2. In an emergency meeting yesterday in Montreal, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper sa [...]
2010-01-26 19:53:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
10SANTIAGO9A/S Valenzuela Reviews Regional Issues with Chilean Foreign
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 12 meeting with WHA A/S Valenzuela, FM Fernandez pressed to set the timing for an extraordinary OAS meeting to elect a new Secretary General. The two discussed Honduras, agreeing on the importance of resolving the status of both de facto President Micheletti and Pr [...]
2010-01-15 12:11:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD SNAR OAS CI HO BL
10SANTODOMINGO124DR: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the country a risky undertaking. Foreign investors cite a lack of clear, standardized rules by which to compete and a lack of enforcement of existing rules. Complaints have included [...]
2010-01-20 12:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR DR
10SANTODOMINGO132Santo Domingo Sit Rep 8 - Haiti Earthquake Response
[...] Embassy Santo Domingo Sitrep 8, further to reftel A: 2. Border Issues Update: a) The border is open between 07:00 and 19:00, with GODR officials permitting USG and humanitarian groups' conveys to go through without inspection, although this approach may change with time. While nighttim [...]
2010-01-21 01:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CMGT ASEC AMGT DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO21RESULTS OF 1/18 HEMISPHERIC PREPARATORY CONVERENCE ON HAITI
[...] Dominican Rebublic (DR) President Leonel Fernandez, on 1/18/10, hosted a hemispheric preparatory meeting for a future international conference on elaborating a strategic plan for the reconstruction of Haiti. He proposed that a coordinating committee be created made up of Haiti, the DR, CARICO [...]
2010-01-19 20:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON PGOV HA DR
10SANTODOMINGO23PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ANNOUCES HE WILL ATTEND LOBO
[...] (C) President Leonel Fernandez and Honduran President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, on 01/20/10, signed an "Accord for National Reconciliation and the Strengthening of Democracy in Honduras" during Lobo's visit to the Dominican Republic. Five senior Honduras politicians representing different [...]
2010-01-21 20:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HO DR
10SANTODOMINGO25PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ANNOUCES HE WILL ATTEND LOBO
[...] (C) President Leonel Fernandez and Honduran President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, on 01/20/10, signed an "Accord for National Reconciliation and the Strengthening of Democracy in Honduras" during Lobo's visit to the Dominican Republic. Five senior Honduras politicians representing different [...]
2010-01-22 12:59:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM HO DR
10SANTODOMINGO286DAS Reynoso's Meetings on Justice, Transparency and Human
[...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso held separate meetings during her 5-9 February 2010 visit to the Dominican Republic related to justice, the rule of law and transparency, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa, Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena, and leading NGOs dedicated to prom [...]
2010-02-22 20:49:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM DR
10SANTODOMINGO288DR: DAS Reynoso Discusses Haiti with Foreign Minister,
[...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso, during her 5-9 February 2010 visit, travelled to the Jimani border crossing and met with a wide range of leading Dominican Government (GoDR) officials, business leaders and intellectuals where the principal topic was what role the Dominican Republic should play [...]
2010-02-22 23:02:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG HA DR
10SANTODOMINGO31NEW CONSTITUTION MAY DELAY BUT SHOULD NOT PREVENT DOMINICAN
[...] (U) The Dominican Republic, on 1/26/10, promulgated a new Constitution, which contains a provision that could delay a Dominican troop deployment to MINUSTAH. Article 80(6) states that, "in the absence of a prior agreement," any deployment of foreign troops to the Dominican Republic, or of D [...]
2010-01-27 19:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PGOV DR HA
10SANTODOMINGO33AFTER THE EARTH MOVED: A NEW HISPANIOLA
[...] (SBU) The horrific earthquake in Haiti could be the cathartic event that leads to an historic change in relations between that country and the Dominican Republic. In its rubble, we see a providential opening, a chance to leave behind three centuries of enmity and distrust, to foster a new s [...]
2010-01-28 21:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD EAID EINV DR HA
10SAOPAULO120BRAZIL: COTTON -PRIVATE SECTOR OFFERS IDEAS AND CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazilian private sector representatives have expressed their increasing concern about perceived potential negative impact on bilateral trade if GOB moves forward with retaliation in the cotton dispute. Representatives of two of Brazil's most influential business associations h [...]
2010-02-19 15:35:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV PREL EAGR BR
10SAOPAULO74BRAZIL CITES LARGEST SUGAR PRODUCER FOR LABOR CONDITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, 2009, Ministry of Labor (MOL) inspectors put Cosan, the world's biggest sugarcane producer on its list of companies, Portaria 540, who allegedly keep workers in "slave-like" conditions. In Brazil, Portaria 540 is commonly known as the "dirty list." On January 11 [...]
2010-01-29 16:19:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB EAGR ECON PGOV BR
10SARAJEVO110BOSNIA: CROATS SEEK EARLY ALLIES AS ELECTION YEAR
[...] (C) In preparation for the October 5 general elections, the leading BiH Croat parties are unofficially considering possible coalition partners and rallying them around perennial campaign themes, particularly the need for a third, Croat-dominated entity. Further complicating the pre-election [...]
2010-02-02 14:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO133BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 12:01:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO134BOSNIA: RADONCIC POISED TO BE A NEW PLAYER IN
[...] (S/NF) The emergence of a new Bosniak party, led by the powerful, reportedly corrupt, and sometimes vindictive media mogul Fahrudin Radoncic, is likely to create further rifts in the Bosniak political scene, particularly amid the campaign for the October 2010 general elections. Radoncic has the [...]
2010-02-09 12:33:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO148BOSNIA: COVIC AND DODIK - STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
[...] (C) An emerging relationship between prominent BiH Croat and Serb leaders is compounding worrisome rhetoric on both sides and engendering concern among Bosniaks. Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)-BiH President Dragan Covic and Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) President -- and Re [...]
2010-02-12 08:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SARAJEVO151BOSNIA: CODEL MCCAIN-LIEBERMAN DELIVERS MESSAGE ON
[...] (SBU) During their February 5 visit to Sarajevo, a Congressional Delegation led by Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman delivered strong messages to the BiH Tri-Presidency and Minister of Defense on the need to make real progress on constitutional and defense reform so that BiH can move [...]
2010-02-12 12:56:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP MARR BK
10SARAJEVO175BOSNIA ? WOMEN'S SMALL GRANT PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Embassy Sarajevo submits the following four proposals in priority order for S/GWI's small grant initiative to promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. Post received 64 proposals, which were reviewed by representatives of the economic, public affairs (OPA),and USAID offic [...]
2010-02-23 13:32:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN EAID KPAO PHUM SOCI TRSY BK
10SARAJEVO183CODEL POMEROY MEETINGS IN BOSNIA, FEBRUARY 14-16
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),in Bosnia February 14-16, met with parliamentarians, civil society representatives, students, Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, and the Bosnian tri-presidency. Pomeroy outlined the functions of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP),urging Bosni [...]
2010-02-25 08:25:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BK
10SARAJEVO184CODEL POMEROY MEETINGS IN BOSNIA, FEBRUARY 14-16
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),in Bosnia February 14-16, met with parliamentarians, civil society representatives, students, Prime Minister Nikola Spiric, and the Bosnian tri-presidency. Pomeroy outlined the functions of the House Democracy Partnership (HDP),urging Bosni [...]
2010-02-25 08:27:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OVIP BK
10SARAJEVO75BOSNIA: CORRIDOR 5C: THE ROAD NOT TRAVELED
[...] (SBU) If it is ever completed, corridor 5C, a multi-country strategic highway planned for south-central Europe would run from Budapest, Hungary, to the Adriatic port of Ploce in Croatia. Obstacles facing this project mirror the difficulty securing an agreement on other, equally important ini [...]
2010-01-26 07:58:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN EINV BK
10SARAJEVO80BOSNIA: OPPOSITION BEATS DODIK'S CANDIDATE IN
[...] (C) In a special mayoral election in the Republika Srpska (RS) municipality of Bileca on January 24, the opposition coalition candidate defeated the Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD). The coalition clinched this victory despite an ardent campaign and alleged pre-election threats [...]
2010-01-26 17:14:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
10SEOUL141SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 1, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 07:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL202DASD SCHIFFER: KOREAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 00:29:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ETRD KS KN
10SEOUL205SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 10, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:47:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL216GYEONGGI GOVERNOR ASKS FOR PREDICTABILITY ON BASE
[...] (C) Summary: Gyeonggi Governor Kim Moon-soo, introducing Ambassador Stephens before a January 29 speech in Suwon to some 250 business and political leaders from Gyeonggi Province, called for more predictability and transparency in relocating and consolidating U.S. bases. At lunch in his resi [...]
2010-02-11 03:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KS
10SEOUL238SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 16, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 08:14:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL239POLITICS OF OPCON TRANSITION IN KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: The transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) to the Republic of Korea (ROK) in 2012 does not currently register as a political issue at the National Assembly and there is little discussion of delaying OPCON transition outside a small circle of Korean veterans and conserv [...]
2010-02-16 09:03:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KS
10SEOUL244SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 17, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL255NGOS CALL FOR GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH NORTH KOREA
[...] (U) The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and the Institute for Far Eastern Studies (IFES) at Kyungnam University co-sponsored a human rights-focused North Korea donors conference February 4-5 in Seoul. Ambassador Stephens delivered opening remarks, highlighting the USG's commitment to d [...]
2010-02-18 09:33:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL EAID SOCI PINR ECON KN KS
10SEOUL258A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY TRADE MINISTER
[...] (C) In his February 3 meeting with Deputy Trade Minister Lee Hye-min, A/S Campbell underscored the importance of the discussion about the KORUS FTA between President Obama and President Lee last November. Campbell also stressed President Obama's positive remarks on trade during his State of t [...]
2010-02-19 04:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV KS
10SEOUL27PRESIDENT LEE BEGINS HIS 3RD YEAR STRONG; REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Lee Myung-bak begins his third year in office with rising poll numbers, recently topping 50 percent, and momentum to command the political playing field. The June 2 regional elections will dominate the political agenda, while the Sejong City controversy has the most po [...]
2010-01-08 08:37:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KS KN
10SEOUL271SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 22, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL273VFM CHUN WARNS THAT ROK-U.S. CIVILIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (S) Vice Foreign Minister Chun Yung-woo told the Ambassador February 17th that revising the ROK-U.S. Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (CNCA) could soon become a "defining issue" in ROK-U.S. relations. The issue, he warned, was already drawing significant amounts of negative press attent [...]
2010-02-22 09:37:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PGOV PINR ENRG KNNP MNUC ECON KS KN JA
10SEOUL289ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON FM OKADA'S SEOUL VISIT
[...] (C) MOFAT's new Director-General for Northeast Asian Affairs, Chang Won-sam, told us the ROKG was very pleased with Japanese Foreign Minister Okada's annexation apology during his February 10-11 visit to Seoul. Chang said Okada had gone beyond the agreed-upon text by adding that Japan "should [...]
2010-02-22 08:25:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI MARR SCUL KS JA
10SEOUL311SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL320SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; FEBRUARY 26, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 08:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL5SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 4, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 05:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL51SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 13, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 07:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL56SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 14, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 07:27:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL80SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 20, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 09:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL82KEY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STAFFERS ON IRAN, AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Three key National Assembly (NA) foreign policy staffers told us that the South Korean business community has been pressing the Blue House and key lawmakers to expand the ROK's economic ties with Iran, and other countries in the Middle East, and to be more aggressive in helping secure bi [...]
2010-01-21 08:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD KS IR AF
10SEOUL89SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 22, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 08:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL94SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 26, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 07:00:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SHANGHAI21CODEL MURRAY: ECONOMIC COOPERATION -- NOT TAIWAN ARMS --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shanghai Municipal leaders highlighted U.S.-China trade and investment cooperation in their meetings with CODEL Murray on January 15. Municipal Communist Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng focused on the transportation sector in particular, pointing to General Motors (GM) and General [...]
2010-01-22 03:46:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV ECON EINV PGOV KIPR OVIP MURRAY PATTY
10SHANGHAI34FINANCIAL SECTOR BUBBLES STILL CONTAINED, SAY EAST CHINA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese policymakers are taking only moderate steps to dial back the financial system and deflate any incipient asset bubbles, according to East China financial sector contacts. There is a good chance that the pace of financial sector liberalization will pick up this year, sta [...]
2010-02-01 05:57:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
10SHANGHAI46GETTING TO KNOW YOU: NANJING OFFICIALS WARM TO CONSULATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jiangsu provincial officials who were initially suspicious of Consulate General efforts to implement an "American Presence Officer" program in Nanjing a little over a year ago are now keen on more contact with the Consulate. Neighbor provinces Anhui and Zhejiang, watching the i [...]
2010-02-11 08:22:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI BEXP KPAO OIIP ECON CH
10SHENYANG19GROWTH, CHANGE, CAUTION: CHRISTIANITY IN SHENYANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to priests and expatriate residents active in the local Christian community, there have been few recent difficulties for registered churches, though churches remain cautious in their activities. The Protestant Church has seen rapid growth compared to the Roman Catholic [...]
2010-02-10 08:59:00Consulate ShenyangUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH KS PGOV PHUM PINS SCUL SOCI
10SHENYANG21PRC-DPRK BORDER: AMCIT CROSSERS, TRADE PUSH,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts along the PRC-DPRK border profess ignorance of reports about a second American citizen in North Korea. Robert Park's crossing raised a few bureaucratic eyebrows, but there seems to be no backlash. DPRK traders and groups seem to be interacting more publicly with foreign [...]
2010-02-12 10:16:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALCASC CH ECON ELTN ETRD KN KS PGOV PHUM PINR
10SHENYANG4WAITING AND WATCHING: NORTH KOREA AFTER CURRENCY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 15, EAP DAS XXXXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXXXXXXX staff met with XXXXXXXXXXXX, a major player here in Chinese-North Korean economic exchanges. XXXXXXXXXXXX attributed the DPRK,s recent currency reform to several factors: controlling rampant inflation, preventing 'hot money' [...]
2010-01-07 00:12:00Consulate ShenyangSECRET//NOFORNCH ECON EFIN EIND EMIN KN KS PGOV PREL
10SINGAPORE102SENATOR BOND IN SINGAPORE: TAKING THE PULSE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the course of a full day of meetings, Senator Kit Bond spoke with numerous Singaporean leaders and intellectuals on a broad range of regional issues, to include U.S.-Singapore relations, Indonesia, China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Burma, as well as economic opportun [...]
2010-01-25 09:37:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD OREP ECON PINR SN ASEAN
10SINGAPORE110REDI CENTER'S FUTURE UNCERTAIN AS USG FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Daniel Miller and Dr. Adrienne Goodrich-Doctor of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) met with CDA and Ministry of Health (MOH) officials on December 3 and 4, 2009 to discuss the future of the Regional Emerging Diseases Intervention (REDI) Center and recent c [...]
2010-01-27 09:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALAORC KFLU TBIO PREL PGOV SN
10SINGAPORE67 SINGAPORE - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel instructions, this message is Post's draft chapter of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Singapore. As requested, we have also provided via email a Microsoft Word version of the document to EB/IFD/OIA. 2. (SBU) Begin text of Statement: 2010 Investment C [...]
2010-01-19 00:42:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SN
10SKOPJE52MACEDONIA:DUI LEADER AHMETI ON ISSUES STRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of progress on the &name issue8 and ongoing divisive interethnic relations are straining the coalition, DUI leader Ali Ahmeti told the Ambassador in meetings on January 19 and 20. Ahmeti said Gruevski,s relentless emphasis on the Macedonian identity was hurting DUI, as ethni [...]
2010-02-04 14:52:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MK
10SKOPJE53MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Philip Reeker and team warmly welcome Senator Voinovich, Senator Shaheen, and their delegation to the Republic of Macedonia. Your visit comes as Macedonia's path toward Euro-Atlantic integration (America's long-standing foreign policy goal for the country) remains sta [...]
2010-02-05 07:18:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO EUN GR MK
10SKOPJE64MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL POMEROY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Philip Reeker and team warmly welcome Congressman Pomeroy and his delegation to the Republic of Macedonia. Unfortunately, the Ambassador will not be able to greet you at the airport. Michael Fritz, Mission Director of USAID Macedonia will meet you and accompany you t [...]
2010-02-11 14:25:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO EUN GR MK
10SKOPJE77MACEDONIA: SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN URGE SPEEDY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia is committed to solving the name dispute with Greece, but Athens must also compromise, PM Gruevski told Senators Voinovich and Shaheen Feb 17. Gruevski outlined his government's continuing commitment to Euro-Atlantic integration and his efforts to reach out to Greek [...]
2010-02-23 15:26:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GR MK
10SOFIA103COMBATING ORGANIZED CRIME: ROUND ONE GOES TO THE
[...] (C) Summary: Elected on an anti-corruption and organized crime platform, the GERB government has made good on its campaign promises and taken some positive steps. Important reforms, bolstered by political will from the top, have ratcheted up the pressure against previously untouchable organi [...]
2010-02-10 17:05:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KCOR BU
10SOFIA12BULGARIA: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgarian women still struggle with domestic violence, trafficking in persons, sexism, harassment, and discrimination in the work place. To some extent, domestic priorities like combating organized crime and corruption and balancing the budget have pushed social issues, includi [...]
2010-01-08 07:26:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BU
10SOFIA123BULGARIA: 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is primarily a point of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree destination for human trafficking. The government continued its energetic anti-trafficking prevention campaign and stepped up efforts in the area of victim protection. It also passed legislation to incre [...]
2010-02-22 15:26:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
10SOFIA38BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA39BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Bulgaria - 2010 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Promising sectors for fo [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA47BULGARIA: THE BORISSOV GOVERNMENT AT SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly six months in office, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov's government has started to make good on its promises on rule of law and the economy, winning kudos (and funds) from the European Commission in the process. Although it appears to be backtracking on its initial anti-Rus [...]
2010-01-20 15:16:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG BU
10STATE10037(U) Secretary Clinton's January 26, 2010 conversation
[...] Classified By: by A/S Jeffrey Feltman Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d) 2. (U) January 26, 2010; 1600; Washington, D.C., USA. 3. (C) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA PDAS Ronald Schlicher PA A/S P.J. Crowley US EMB Senior Advisor Alan Misenheimer S/CIEA David Goldwyn S Jak [...]
2010-02-01 19:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETOVIP CLINTON HILLARY IZ PREL PGOV EPET
10STATE10090TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Officials from the U.S., Japan, and Australia met in Tokyo on December 14-15 for the fifth annual Trilateral Strategic Dialogue Counterterrorism consultations. Four working groups reviewed past collaboration and laid the groundwork for several joint projects aimed at bolstering [...]
2010-02-01 20:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINS PREL AS JP MY ID BE CB
10STATE10748RAISING ONGOING BAHA,I PERSECUTION WITH THE GOT
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) Seven Baha,i community leaders arrested in March and May 2008 in Iran are currently on trial in a revolutionary court in Iran. After being postponed twice, the closed session trial began on [...]
2010-02-02 21:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PINS PREL TU IR
10STATE11453(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (U) January 21, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Washington. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon PA Assistant Secretary Crowley Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar Director for Policy and Planning Slaughter NSC Director ( [...]
2010-02-04 17:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL EAID PGOV KNNP XG HA XD
10STATE12108ACTION REQUEST II: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is a follow-on action request to reftel. Please see paragraph four. In addition to coordinating with host governments on the upcoming Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process on Iran, Department requests posts to engage host governments at high levels to call on the [...]
2010-02-05 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PHUM PREL
10STATE13575(U) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: AZERBAIJANI
[...] (S) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE AZERBAIJANI GOVERNMENT AND ARE INTERESTED IN THE RELATIONSHIPS OF KEY NATIONAL POLITICAL FIGURES WITH PRESIDENT ILHAM AND FIRST LADY MEHRIBAN ALIYEV. ALSO OF INTEREST ARE ANY PERSONAL AND/OR BUSINESS RIVALRIES OR ALLIANCES AMONG TOP AZERBAIJANI [...]
2010-02-16 19:31:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNINR REA
10STATE13593(U) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR REPORTING
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE REFS PERTAINING TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GEORGIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH AND GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WE WILL USE THIS REPORTING IN FUTURE ASSESSMENTS TO KEEP POLICYMAKERS INFORMED ON ANY KEY DEVELOPMENTS. WE WELCOME ANY FURTHER INFORMATIO [...]
2010-02-16 19:55:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL SCUL GG
10STATE13622(U) SUDAN AND REGIONAL ACTORS (C-AL9-02504)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE APPRECIATIVE OF POST'S PAST REPORTING ON SUDAN'S RELATIONS WITH REGIONAL ACTORS. FOR EXAMPLE, REF A CONFIRMED OUR ANALYTIC LINE OF THOUGHT ON EGYPT'S CONCERNS ABOUT AN INDEPENDENT SOUTHERN SUDAN, PARTICULARLY IF THE SOUTH TRIES TO PURSUE LARGE-SCALE IRRIGATION [...]
2010-02-16 20:12:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR SU
10STATE13750READOUT OF JANUARY 20 U.S.-FRANCE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On January 20, 2010, Under Secretary Bill Burns and Defense Under Secretary for Policy Michele Flournoy hosted the third U.S.-France Strategic Dialogue with counterparts Jacques Audibert and Michel Miraillet. Discussions focused on Afghanistan, Pakistan, NATO Reform, Missile [...]
2010-02-17 03:09:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO RS FR IR TU
10STATE14935THE ENERGY GOVERNANCE AND CAPACITY INITIATIVE
[...] SUMMARY. The Office of the Coordinator for International Energy Affairs (S/CIEA),in coordination with USAID, our missions overseas, and State's regional and functional bureaus, is proud to unveil the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative (EGCI). EGCI is designed to help countries with [...]
2010-02-19 00:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV
10STATE15591TREATY ON OPEN SKIES REVIEW CONFERENCE JUNE
[...] (SBU) This is an action message; see para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Background: The President has made clear that strong multilateral engagement and cooperation with partners, including through arms control issues, is at the top of his international agenda. The Treaty on Open Skies is one of the l [...]
2010-02-20 04:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL
10STATE16127RESPONSE TO FREETOWN 27 - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 25, 2010, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below: Name: Amadu Mannah Rank: Chief Superintendent Organization: Sierra Leone Police Force (SLP) Curre [...]
2010-02-22 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PHUM SL
10STATE16776MARK YOUR CALENDAR: 2010 SPECIAL HEALTH OBSERVANCE
[...] There are over one hundred special observance days, months, and years that are celebrated world-wide to bring attention to worthy causes including well known days such as World AIDS Day (Dec. 1) and the lesser known, such as World Rural Women's Day (Oct. 15). The Department has compiled a li [...]
2010-02-23 23:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV AID TBIO SOCI
10STATE17307DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF BALLISTIC MISSILES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph 3. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Per reftel and other information, the Government of Israel (GOI) is concerned that Syria intends to imminently transfer SCUD-D missiles to Hizballah in Lebanon. We share this concern. The transfer of such weapons [...]
2010-02-25 00:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS IS LE SY
10STATE18437MALDIVES AMBASSADOR’S WASHINGTON CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Maldives Ambassador-designate (resident in New York) Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed held his first consultations in Washington February 23, ahead of his presentation of credentials to POTUS February 24. Meeting with SCA, S/SECC, S/GC, and OSD, Ghafoor said he would prioritize developing educati [...]
2010-02-26 22:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON EFIN ELAB MARR MASS
10STATE1990NEPAL AMBASSADOR SHARMA DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 courtesy call with Nepal's Ambassador to the United States, Shankar P. Sharma, SCA Assistant Secretary Robert Blake voiced U.S. concern regarding the lagging pace of the peace process in Nepal and emphasized the need for the Government of Nepal to reach out [...]
2010-01-08 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN NP PGOV PREL
10STATE284ESTABLISHING A DATE FOR THE INAUGURAL POLITICAL MILITARY DIALOGUE WITH LIBYA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 18:20:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV
10STATE3380TALKING POINTS FOR SOMALIA CONSULTATIONS JANUARY
[...] Action Request: USUN should draw from the building blocks in paragraph 2 below in drafting the statement for the UN Security Council briefing and consultations on Somalia on January 14, 2010. End action. 2. Begin building blocks: -- Special Representative Ould-Abdallah, thank you [...]
2010-01-13 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA
10STATE413TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 6 OPEN DEBATE ON UNAMA
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to pursue the objectives in paragraph 2 and draw from the points in paragraph 3 during the January 6 Security Council open debate on the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). 2. (U) Objectives: -- Highlight the results of the U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan strat [...]
2010-01-04 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC AF
10STATE4427FSC WINTER 2010 OPENING OF ROUND GUIDANCE
[...] (U) This is an action cable. See paras 4-25. 2. (SBU) Summary. USDel should continue to reaffirm our support to the OSCE through proactive and cooperative engagement in the FSC to further overall U.S. strategic objectives for the OSCE of promoting stability in the OSCE area, supporting int [...]
2010-01-15 17:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL KCFE
10STATE5268EAP FO MEETING WITH ROK NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEMBERS
[...] (SBU) On January 14, PDAS Joe Donovan met with nine members of the Republic of Korea (ROK) National Assembly (NA). The NA members were on a trip sponsored by the Korean Economic Institute, and represented a cross section of the ROK legislature, six from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP),[...]
2010-01-19 23:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD SOCI KN KS
10STATE5831REPORT ON HORMATS-MAHDI MEETING IN WASHINGTON -
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, 2010 Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, Robert Hormats and Iraqi Vice President Adel Abd' Al-Mahdi addressed several major economic challenges faced by Iraq. Al-Mahdi said that he is ready to see the debt issues with Gulf Arab neighbor [...]
2010-01-21 12:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET PREL PGOV EINV ECIN EAID EBEXP BTIO IZ
10STATE5902(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SAID BOUTEFLIKA
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO EXPRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR RECENT BIOGRAPHICAL REPORTING ON SAID BOUTEFLIKA, BROTHER OF ALGERIAN PRESIDENT ABDELAZIZ BOUTEFLIKA. EMBASSY PARIS'S CABLE WAS TIMELY, COMPREHENSIVE, AND WILL BE EXTREMELY USEFUL IN FINISHED PRODUCTS ON THE OTHERWISE OPAQUE [...]
2010-01-21 14:19:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV AG FR
10STATE5946(C//NF) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (C//NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE PREPARING TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH AFRICA GIP'S IMPENDING MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER DIPUO PETERS, AS WELL AS UPCOMING TRIPS OF UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS WILLIAM BURNS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PRESIDENT SUSAN BURK TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND [...]
2010-01-21 15:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR SF
10STATE6439(C/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FOR
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED POST'S BACKGROUND AND BIOGRAPHIC REFTEL ON SHADOW MINISTER FOR PRISONS ALAN DUNCAN. ANALYSTS FOUND THE INFORMATION REGARDING DUNCAN'S MIDDLE EAST EXPERTISE, AS WELL AS COMMENTS ON HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH SHADOW FOREIGN SECRETARY WILLIAM HAGUE PARTIC [...]
2010-01-22 13:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR UK
10STATE6917U/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During their January 12 meeting, Under Secretary Burns and Iraq,s Shia Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi discussed the importance of holding inclusive national elections on March 7 and expediting the subsequent government formation process. Al-Mahdi noted while the situation i [...]
2010-01-22 23:08:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ SY IR LE
10STATE8267CFE/HLTF: GUIDANCE FOR JANUARY 28, 2010 HLTF
[...] (C) Allies reaffirmed in the December 2009 NATO Ministerial Statement their commitment to CFE as stated in the Strasbourg/Kehl Summit Declaration, confirmed a readiness to intensify efforts in 2010 to find a way forward on CFE, and noted it could be difficult to continue providing CFE informat [...]
2010-01-27 17:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO
10STATE8676(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ITALY-RUSSIA
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT REFS ON ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC, AS POST'S TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. BECAUSE ITALY IS ONE OF RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN EUROPE, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT POLICYMAKER INTERES [...]
2010-01-28 14:27:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IT RS
10STATE8695(U) COSTA RICA FEBRUARY 2010 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS APPRECIATE REF REPORTING ON THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT SHAPING THE FEBRUARY 2010 COSTA RICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. OPEN SOURCE REPORTING HAS SHED LIGHT ON THE CANDIDATES' DOMESTIC PLATFORMS, BUT WE ARE STILL INTERESTED IN SPECIFIC FOREIGN POLICY AGENDAS (SECURITY C [...]
2010-01-28 14:46:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR PGOV CS
10STATE9094SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) January 22, 2010; 12:00-12:30; the Secretary's Office. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton Ambassador to Moldova Asif J. Chaudhry EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Russell Ian Kelly, PA Zia S. Syed, S Staff Bernadette Roberts, EUR/UMB (Notetaker) Moldova Prime [...]
2010-01-28 23:04:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EUN CVIS MD
10STATE9124MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2-5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The United States, along with its partners, has made an unprecedented effort to engage Iran in an effort to diplomatically resolve the international community's concerns with Iran's nuclear program. Ira [...]
2010-01-29 03:43:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC
10STATE9661DEMARCHE: SERBIA'S PLANS FOR A NEW DRAFT UNGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Media and Embassy Belgrade reporting (ref A) indicate the Serbian government is considering a draft UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling for reopening Kosovo status talks between Pristina and Belgrade when the UNGA considers the International Court of [...]
2010-01-30 01:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV SR
10STATE9774TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) Former Haitian Minister of Culture Danielle St. Lot expressed interest in an expedited visa to visit Washington for meetings and a possible Senate Foreign Relations Committee appearance. (TF1/Embassy Port-au- Prince/Office of Senator Nelson e-mail) SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR) --- [...]
2010-01-31 01:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE9859ICES ANNUAL MEETING, 21-22, OCTOBER 2009, AND PICES
[...] SUMMARY: The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES, http://www.ices.int) is the oldest intergovernmental organization in the world concerned with marine and fisheries science. ICES is the prime source of advice on the marine ecosystem to governments and international regul [...]
2010-02-01 13:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC DA KS PICES SENV TPHY ICES
10STOCKHOLM66VIOLENT PROTEST AT IRANIAN EMBASSY IN STOCKHOLM
[...] (U) About 300 Iranian-Swedes demonstrated at the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm on February 11, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The event became violent when 30 masked protesters tried to break through police lines, according to media reports. Two protesters were arrested for k [...]
2010-02-12 15:09:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IR SW
10STOCKHOLM67SWEDEN FM BILDT'S EXCHANGES WITH IRANIAN FM
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) During a February 11 meeting on other topics (ref A),Poloffs asked MFA Iran Desk Officer Ulf Samuelsson about FM Carl Bildt's meetings with Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki on the margins of the Munich Security Conference. An MFA [...]
2010-02-12 15:30:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SW
10STOCKHOLM89SWEDEN'S FOREIGN POLICY STATEMENT 2010 - NO MORE
[...] On February 17, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt presented the Government's annual Foreign Policy Statement to the Parliament -- the first such statement to be delivered since the Lisbon Treaty came into force. In it, Bildt outlined a Swedish foreign policy more integrated into the EU's Com [...]
2010-02-26 14:46:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PMDL PREL SW
10TAIPEI124PRESIDENT MA WELCOMES ARMS SALE, BUT OTHERS
[...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou has publicly welcomed the U.S. offer of $6.4 billion in defensive weapons, and said it would boost his administration's confidence in dealing with China. The opposition also cautiously welcomed the package. Many politicians and media commentators, however, c [...]
2010-02-02 09:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MARR CH TW
10TAIPEI158MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING U.S. INFLUENCE UNDER THE
[...] (C) Summary: Nearly two years after President Ma Ying-jeou took office, the thaw in cross-Strait relations continues apace, with a steady procession of agreements expanding commercial, transportation and other links and an economic cooperation agreement possible later this year. Nonetheless, m [...]
2010-02-10 06:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN EINV MASS MARR
10TAIPEI161TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION LEADER ON BEEF, ARMS SALES,
[...] (C) Summary: The impasse over U.S. beef imports would take a long time to resolve and would best be handled through the World Trade Organization (WTO),Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chair Tsai Ing-wen told the AIT Director during a February 8 lunch. At the same time, Tsai expressed confi [...]
2010-02-11 02:05:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL CH TW ECON ETRD EAGR
10TAIPEI162TAIWAN'S OPPOSITION ON THE MEND, BUT TRICKY POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: A string of local electoral victories has given the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) its strongest pulse since being crushed in 2008 legislative and presidential elections. Morale and unity are back, and DPP officials believe the party could present a viable alternat [...]
2010-02-11 03:12:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TW CH PREL
10TAIPEI165TAIWAN NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF TO RESIGN AFTER
[...] (C) National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi telephoned the AIT Director on February 11 to say he would announce his resignation later in the day, citing health and family reasons. Su was perhaps President Ma Ying-jeou's closest confidante in government and took the lead in implemen [...]
2010-02-11 09:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH TW
10TAIPEI166TAIWAN NATIONAL SECURITY CHIEF RESIGNS AFTER
[...] (C) National Security Council Secretary General Su Chi telephoned the AIT Director on February 11 to say he would announce his resignation later in the day, citing health and family reasons. Su was perhaps President Ma Ying-jeou's closest confidante in government and took the lead in implemen [...]
2010-02-11 09:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH TW
10TAIPEI186REPRESENTATIVE SENSENBRENNER DISCUSSES U.S.-TAIWAN
[...] (C) Summary: Taiwan needed strong U.S. ties to pursue cross-Strait rapprochement, President Ma Ying-jeou told Representative James Sensenbrenner during their February 17 meeting. Sensenbrenner voiced support for a bilateral extradition agreement and urged Taiwan to improve the security of its [...]
2010-02-24 08:40:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALCH CVIS EAGR ECON ENIV ETRD MARR PREL TW
10TAIPEI195UNITED STATES SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH TAIWAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United States has a range of security-related dialogues with Taiwan, including one led by State, ten led by DoD, and one led by AIT/Washington. These talks cover a range of security issues and contribute to our unofficial bilateral relationship. There are some modest chan [...]
2010-02-25 08:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMARR PGOV MASS PREL TW CH
10TAIPEI8CALIBRATING THE U.S. RESPONSE ON BEEF AND HOW IT
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. response to the Legislative Yuan vote January 5 to prohibit the import of some U.S. beef products (septel) could complicate President Ma Ying-jeou's cross-Strait policy and his already shaky domestic political standing. A carefully calibrated U.S. response can ensure Taiw [...]
2010-01-05 09:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD PREL TW
10TALLINN19Estonian Finance Minister Bullish on Euro, Skeptical on
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In their introductory meeting January 15, Finance Minister (and former Minister of Defense) Jurgen Ligi told the Ambassador that the U.S. is Estonia's example to follow as a free market society and that he was confident Estonia would accede to the euro on schedule on January 1, 201 [...]
2010-01-27 14:22:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV ENRG EN
10TALLINN27ESTONIAN ECONOMY BOTTOMED OUT; RUSSIAN MARKET A HUGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a discussion with the Ambassador February 19, Juhan Parts, Minister of Economic Affairs and Communications, stated that "now that the economy has bottomed out," it was necessary to improve Estonia's competitiveness during the recovery. Parts conceded that Estonia's labor costs [...]
2010-02-22 16:27:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL RS EN
10TALLINN3Estonia on EU Engagement with Cuba
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel aide memoire to Ambassador Juri Kahn, MFA Director for Latin America, Africa, and the Arab World (and acting Cuba desk officer) on January 4. Estonia has had diplomatic relations with Cuba since the early 1990's, when Cuba recognized Estonia's re-independence. [...]
2010-01-06 09:15:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU EN
10TALLINN302010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV EN
10TALLINN72Estonia: Submission for Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's Anti-Trafficking Report for Estonia. Responses are keyed to the checklist in REF A. Post's points of contact on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are Political Officer Johnathan Hilton (Email: HiltonJA@state.gov; Tel: +372-668-8291) and Political Assistant Rii [...]
2010-02-12 11:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KMCA PGOV PHUM EN
10TALLINN74Estonian Foreign Policy Largely Mirrors U.S. Agenda
[...] Summary: On February 11, FM Urmas Paet presented an overview of Estonia's foreign policy to the Estonian parliament. His main themes were: (1) Estonia will remain in Afghanistan as long as needed; (2) Estonia wants to launch joint development projects with USAID; (3) NATO should expand further [...]
2010-02-19 08:34:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID EN
10TASHKENT19Uzbekistan: GOU Proposals for ABC Follow-on
[...] (C) Summary: The Uzbek MFA provided the Embassy with the GOU's proposed follow-on to the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC) on January 12. Although there are several differences in their document (particularly in the Human Dimension),it represents a serious response conveyed with the message [...]
2010-01-14 13:10:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR UZ
10TASHKENT27Uzbekistan: From A to Zeromax \
[...] (SBU) Summary. Zeromax Gmbh (Zeromax) is a privately- owned, \ Swiss-registered company that operates in Uzbekistan through a \ series of joint ventures and investments in the oil and gas, \ mining, agriculture, textile, logistics and banking sectors. The \ company keeps a tight lid on all financia [...]
2010-01-20 11:23:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALECON EPET UZ
10TASHKENT55Uzbekistan: Karimov Decree Offers Opportunities, But
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek President Karimov signed a decree on January 11 calling for strengthened bilateral cooperation with the U.S. following the ABC meetings in Washington. The decree, which has since leaked to the press, tasks all Uzbek government entities with facilitating the implementation of [...]
2010-02-01 13:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC UZ
10TASHKENT97Uzbekistan: Submission for 10th Annual Trafficking in
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 09:11:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KMCA UZ
10TBILISI146GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON
[...] (S/NF) In response to ref A the following is further information regarding the Northern Distribution Network in Georgia. A. (C) PLEASE DESCRIBE THE HOST COUNTRY LEADER VIEWS ON THE US MILITARY LOCAL PURCHASE PLAN'S PROGRESS AND ANY BENEFIT TO THE HOST COUNTRY'S ECONOMY. HOW SATISFIED AR [...]
2010-02-02 14:42:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MOPS KG KZ TI TX UZ GG
10TBILISI148GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (S) Georgia is calmer and more stable than it was when you visited last summer, but those improvements are far from durable and a palpable sense of insecurity still permeates society and politics. Miscalculations and provocations - domestically, in the territories or north across the mounta [...]
2010-02-02 15:29:00Embassy TbilisiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV OTRA OVIP RS GG
10TBILISI177GEORGIAN OFFICIALS HOPE FOR CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. Georgian government responses to the apparent election of Victor Yanukovych in Ukraine has been generally positive, with all following President Saakashvili's lead in congratulating the Ukrainian people for their well-run election. Additionally, officials from Saakashvili to t [...]
2010-02-10 14:47:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UP GG
10TBILISI196GEORGIA: CHALLENGES FACING ETHNIC ARMENIANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. New and expanding economic opportunities should serve to lessen the isolation of many of the 250,000 ethnic Armenians resident in Georgia, enabling them to branch out of their traditional region of Samtskhe-Javakheti and allowing younger ethnic Armenians to pursue their goals of h [...]
2010-02-16 07:27:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV PHUM AM GG
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TBILISI20 GEORGIA: CHARTER FLIGHTS TO RUSSIA SET TO RESUME JANUARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Private airline Georgian Airways (formerly Airzena) is scheduled to initiate charter flights to Moscow and St. Petersburg on January 8, 9, and 10. Russia ended direct flights as a part of its embargo against Georgia in October 2006. The new temporary routes will be the first [...]
2010-01-06 05:43:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAIR ECIN RR GG
10TBILISI203GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (S) Summary. Georgia is calmer and more stable than at any time since the war, but those improvements are far from durable. A palpable sense of insecurity still permeates society and politics. Miscalculations and provocations - domestically, in the territories or north across the mountains - could [...]
2010-02-18 05:28:00Embassy TbilisiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS MARR OTRA OVIP AF RS GG
10TBILISI205GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR EWG AND VISIT OF EEB A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Once infamous for its rampant corruption and organized crime, Georgia is now a model of reform among post-Soviet economies. The economy and Georgia's pro-business orientation are top priorities for President Saakashvili and he is quick to highlight his government's successes. [...]
2010-02-18 14:29:00Embassy TbilisiSECRETECON EINV PGOV PREL GG
10TBILISI222GEORGIA: THREE MONTHS BEFORE LOCAL ELECTIONS -
[...] (C) Summary: Recent internal United National Movement (UNM) polling shows officially-undeclared mayoral candidate Gigi Ugulava with a commanding lead over opposition rivals. The trend lines indicate that Ugulava's active grassroots outreach has paid significant dividends while opposition in [...]
2010-02-22 14:41:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL GG
10TBILISI70GEORGIA: CONSIDERING ENERGY COOPERATION WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Vashadze told the Charge that during an upcoming trip to Iran he intends to discuss Iran's non-recognition of the separatist territories and economic ties. He has promised a full readout upon his re [...]
2010-01-15 15:17:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR GG
10TEGUCIGALPA116AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met on February 1 with President of Congress Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was accompanied by several members of the congress' executive board and other congressional leaders. The Ambassador told Hernandez that it is important for the members of Honduras' politica [...]
2010-02-03 23:39:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA132HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ALLEGE NEW ABUSES TIED TO
[...] (C) Summary. Manuel de Jesus Murillo and Ricardo Antonio Rodriguez, cameramen for "Globo TV," which followed an anti-coup political line, were kidnapped on February 1, interrogated about the anti-coup resistance movement, and released later the same day by four unknown armed persons. Human Ri [...]
2010-02-09 23:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA135USG DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, Ambassador Llorens, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) for Western Hemisphere Affairs Craig Kelly, the Ambassador, and Executive Assistant to the WHA A/S Juan Gonzalez met with President Jos [...]
2010-02-11 00:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA137SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Lemieux. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United Sta [...]
2010-02-11 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA1502010 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment for Honduras for April 2009 to mid-February 2010. Point of Contact on trafficking is Political Officer Nathan Macklin (MacklinNL@state.gov, phone: 504-236-9320 x4141, fax: 504-238-4446, IVG: 8-539-4141). As requested in reftel [...]
2010-02-18 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10TEGUCIGALPA151SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tegucigalpa warmly welcomes the February 15-16 visit of Codel Dodd. Your visit comes at a historic moment. President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo assumed office on January 27, 2010 as the chief executive elected with the greatest number of votes in Honduran history. The United States [...]
2010-02-18 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR
10TEGUCIGALPA154REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANK NORMALIZES RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank Honduras President Maria Elena Mondragon told the Ambassador on February 17 that the GOH had received a letter from CABEI confirming the normalization of Honduras' relationship with the bank. In a separate meeting, President of the Central American Bank for Integr [...]
2010-02-19 00:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PREL PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA157HONDURAS PROPOSALS FOR S/GWI SMALL GRANTS
[...] Summary: Post is pleased to submit for the consideration of the Department two proposals for funding by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. We believe these projects, if funded, will promote women's political, economic, and social advancement in H [...]
2010-02-19 22:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY HO
10TEGUCIGALPA159AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VISITING CANADIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with visiting Canadian Minister of State for the Americas Peter Kent on February 18. The Ambassador briefed Kent on the current political, diplomatic and economic environment in Honduras following the January 27 inauguration of President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. K [...]
2010-02-19 23:46:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR CA HO
10TEGUCIGALPA161AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SAN PEDRO SULA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras' commercial capital, February 4-6. This was the Ambassador's first high-profile series of public events since the June 28 coup d'tat. He met with the mayor, the maquila association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the editors of E [...]
2010-02-22 22:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB SCUL EAID KJUS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA165AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of the Presidency, Maria Antonieta Bogran, the Ambassador said that the U.S. was committed to renewing assistance to Honduras, but in a way that takes a new look at development and investment, rather than return to business as us [...]
2010-02-24 01:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA17PDAS KELLY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 5 meeting with WHA PDAS Craig Kelly and Ambassador Llorens, a clearly frustrated President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo said that he had done all he could to get de facto leader Roberto Micheletti to step down. It was unfair, he said, for the international community to p [...]
2010-01-08 23:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON HO ES NU
10TEGUCIGALPA18PDAS KELLY DISCUSSES MICHELETTI DEPARTURE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 5 dinner with society leaders and a January 6 meeting with the business community, WHA PDAS Craig Kelly emphasized the importance of the resignation of de facto leader Micheletti in creating a climate that would allow quick reengagement with the international community [...]
2010-01-09 00:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON HO
10TEGUCIGALPA2AMBASSADOR AND PRESIDENT-ELECT LOBO DISCUSS NEED
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo at the Embassy on January 4 and discussed the need for full implementation of the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord, and most importantly for de facto regime leader Micheletti to step aside immediately. Lobo sought the Ambassador's [...]
2010-01-05 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID MARR CVIS HO
10TEGUCIGALPA23AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO DE FACTO FM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Honduran de facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend January 10 to deliver a firm message from Washington regarding the lack of progress by the de facto regime and the negative public and private statements made [...]
2010-01-11 23:42:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA24AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO DE FACTO FM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Honduran de facto regime foreign minister Carlos Lopez Contreras at the home of a mutual friend January 10 to deliver a firm message from Washington regarding the lack of progress by the de facto regime and the negative public and private statements made [...]
2010-01-12 01:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA58NATIONAL CONGRESS CHOOSES PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The members of the National Congress elected in the November 29, 2009 election met on January 21 and elected by a show of hands Juan Orlando Hernandez of president-elect Lobo's National party as their President. Hernandez along with Reinaldo Sanchez as Vice President and Gladys Au [...]
2010-01-22 14:14:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA65AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSIONS WITH PRESIDENT ELECT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador had a series of meetings and discussions over the past weekend with President-elect Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, and Costa Rican President Oscar Arias. Lobo briefed the Ambassador on his diplomatic efforts of the past week with both Presidents [...]
2010-01-26 00:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA66SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome you and the delegation to Tegucigalpa January 26-27 to attend the January 27 inaugural ceremonies of the newly-elected Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo. The inauguration is an historical event, bringing back democratic and constitutional rule after a seven-month hiatus. The comi [...]
2010-01-26 01:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC CASC ECON EAID MARR KCRM
10TEGUCIGALPA73LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT IN HONDURAS
[...] (U) Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from power in a coup d'etat on June 28, 2009. The United States does not recognize the de facto regime that subsequently took over. As a result, it has not been possible for the Embassy to engage in high-level advocacy on labor issu [...]
2010-01-26 18:27:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PGOV HO
10TEGUCIGALPA88INAGURATION OF PRESIDENT LOBO AND DEPARTURE OF
[...] (U) Summary: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo was sworn in on January 27 in Tegucigalpa. During his inaugural address, President Lobo thanked the US and others for their help during the political crisis and paused during his speech to sign an amnesty law that had been passed by Congress late on [...]
2010-01-28 01:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA92PRESIDENT LOBO URGES NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND
[...] (U) Summary: The speech delivered by President Porfirio Lobo at his January 27 inauguration focused on national reconciliation and Honduras' reintegration into the community of nations. He pledged to implement the Tegucigalpa-San Jose Accord and to quickly establish the truth commission calle [...]
2010-01-29 00:54:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI HO
10TEGUCIGALPA96USG DELEGATION ATTENDS PRESIDENT LOBO'S
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State (A/S) for Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA) Arturo Valenzuela, accompanied by Ambassador Hugo Llorens, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs (EEB) Jose Fernandez and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (PDAS) [...]
2010-01-29 22:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HO
10TEGUCIGALPA99HONDURAN PRESIDENT LOBO'S CABINET TAKES SHAPE
[...] (SBU) Summary/Introduction: President Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo began to officially announce the members of his cabinet and inner circle on January 26, the day before his inauguration, and made further announcements over the next two days. He has still not named ministers for defense, agricultur [...]
2010-01-30 00:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM HO
10TELAVIV104ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti 2. Mideast 3. Israel-Turkey Relations: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report extensively on the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake and the successful activity of the Israeli [...]
2010-01-19 11:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV107CODEL HASTINGS' MEETING WITH PM NETANYAHU
[...] (S) Summary. Representative Alcee Hastings met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem January 10. Their discussion covered the CODEL's meetings in the region, Iran, and the PM's views on starting negotiations with the Palestinians. Netanyahu expr [...]
2010-01-19 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV IR SY KWBG IS
10TELAVIV113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In 2. Mideast 3. Aftermath of the Earthquake in Haiti ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell will visit Da [...]
2010-01-21 05:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV139ENGAGING HAPOALIM, GOI ON CORRESPONDENT BANKING
[...] (U) This is an action cable (see para 7). - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Hapoalim reiterates concerns to OQR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Firas Raad, Development Advisor in the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR),briefed Econoff on recent discussions with sen [...]
2010-01-22 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL KPAL IS
10TELAVIV175ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In: ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted the German weekly Der Spiegel as saying that Iran will produce an atomic weapon within a year and that it is trying to reduce the s [...]
2010-01-26 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV225ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-PRC Tension ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and DM Ehud Barak are at odds over whether to form a committee to probe Operation Cast Lead: Barak has spoken out against [...]
2010-02-01 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that two barrels packed with 15 kg. of explosives each washed up on beaches in Ashdod and Ashkelon yesterday, in what Israeli security sources said was a carefully planne [...]
2010-02-02 09:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV25ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Islamist Aims ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that a few weeks ago White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told IsraelQs Consul-General in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, that the U.S. administration is Qfed upQ with [...]
2010-01-06 15:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV250ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Benjamin Netanyahu as saying yesterday at a joint press conference with visiting Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi that the resumption of talks over a pris [...]
2010-02-03 10:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV261ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with a statement made yesterday by Syrian President Bashar Assad in a meeting with Spanish FM Miguel Moratinos that Israel is pushing the Middle East toward [...]
2010-02-04 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV279SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIS ECON EFIN KWBG PREL PGOV
10TELAVIV281NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ARAD ARTICULATES ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 article in the Israeli newspaper Yisrael Ha-yom, National Security Advisor Uzi Arad articulated the Netanyahu Government's foreign policy successes over the past year, including helping prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and promoting negotiations to res [...]
2010-02-05 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10TELAVIV300ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post cited recent Israeli intelligence assessments that Iran will make the political decision to enrich uranium to military-grade levels once it has accumulated enough fission [...]
2010-02-09 13:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV308ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media led with tension between the offices of the Defense Minister and the IDFQs Chief of Staff, following Israel TVQs unconfirmed disclosure that the tenure C-o-S Gabi Ashkenazi woul [...]
2010-02-10 12:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV314ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that USAF Gen. Paul Selva visited Israel in the past few days. Other aides of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton -- James Steinberg and Jacob Lew -- are expecte [...]
2010-02-11 13:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV343ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast 3. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yesterday leading media reported that Vice President Joe Biden is expected to visit Israel next week. Israel Hayom and other media reported that yesterday at Jerusalem [...]
2010-02-16 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV359COGAT DANGOT ON PEACE PROCESS, WEST BANK AND GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:35:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS
10TELAVIV360ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...]
2010-02-18 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV362ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Media reported on U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William BurnsQ visit to Syria yesterday. All principal media led with a diplomatic crisis following the assassinatio [...]
2010-02-18 15:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV379SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S
[...] (C) Summary: I am pleased to welcome you once again to Israel. Despite some areas of disagreement, we have a strong and dynamic bilateral relationship. The Strategic Dialogue has been an important mechanism since 2005. This will be a significant opportunity to engage the Israeli governm [...]
2010-02-18 15:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG IS
10TELAVIV405ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday night 35 right-wing activists, including National Union Knesset Member Michael Ben-Ari, illegally entered Jericho, prayed at the ancient NaQaran synagogue, [...]
2010-02-22 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV413SHIN BET TALKS GAZA ECONOMICS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 14:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNECON IS KPAL KTFN PTER
10TELAVIV417IDF MAG MANDELBLIT ON IDF INVESTIGATIONS INTO
[...] (S) Summary: IDF Military Advocate General Mandelblit updated the Ambassador on February 17 on the progress of investigations into allegations of misconduct during Operation Cast Lead, including providing a preview of additional findings to be published before the March 24 Human Rights Counci [...]
2010-02-23 07:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS
10TELAVIV418ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Afghanistan ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- HaQaretz reported that DM Ehud Barak will leave for the U.S. Tuesday to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the possible reviving of talks with the Palestinians. Barak decided to mak [...]
2010-02-23 08:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV436ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg will arrive in Israel today, leading an important delegation of officials from the Pentagon, the National Security [...]
2010-02-24 08:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV439KNESSET CONSIDERS CONTROVERSIAL NGO LEGISLATION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Knesset passed a preliminary reading of legislation on February 17 that would require individuals and NGOs to register any funding received from foreign political entities. Many NGOs were concerned with the possible effects of the draft legislation, which they decried in the p [...]
2010-02-25 09:08:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
10TELAVIV449ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV51ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 11:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV77ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations 3. Anniversary of President ObamaQs Swearing-In ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Port au Prince, the capital of Haiti. Leading media cited [...]
2010-01-14 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV86CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rep. Alcee Hastings on January 12, 2010 met with Baruch Bina, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director General for North America, and Nimrod Barkan, head of MFA's Research Division, to discuss regional affairs. The Israelis laid out for Rep. Hastings some of the [...]
2010-01-15 09:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KWBG SY IR TU IZ LE JO IS
10TELAVIV89ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Turkey Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on, and most led with the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. Following a five-hour hike across decimated Port-au-Prince. Non-resident I [...]
2010-01-15 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10THEHAGUE109NETHERLANDS: AFTER THE COLLAPSE
[...] Summary: Following the fall of the Dutch coalition government on February 20, Queen Beatrix is expected to ask the Christian Democrats (CDA) and the Christian Union (CU) to stay on as a caretaker government and to prepare for new national elections. The elections are expected to take place in [...]
2010-02-22 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NL
10THEHAGUE122NETHERLANDS: DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT
[...] Summary: Following the withdrawal of the Labor Party (PvdA) from the Dutch coalition government on February 20, Queen Beatrix asked the remaining coalition members to form a caretaker government to "handle ongoing business" and prepare for elections on June 9. The caretaker government consists [...]
2010-02-26 15:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NL
10THEHAGUE65CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] (SBU) After the positive opening meeting of the destruction deadline consultation (Ref A),delegations at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) turned their attention to the next potentially difficult consultation on "situations not foreseen" by the Chemical Weapons [...]
2010-02-01 17:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC
10THEHAGUE73AMBASSADOR VERVEER ENGAGES DUTCH ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer advanced U.S. priorities in a two-day visit to the Netherlands January 13-14. With Dutch cabinet members and working-level officials, she emphasized U.S. interests in maintaining the Dutch commitment to Afghanistan w [...]
2010-02-05 11:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN EAID AF NL
10TIRANA54INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 15:43:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
10TIRANA58BERISHA SEEKS NEW SECRET POLICE
[...] (S//NF) In early January, Prime Minister Berisha introduced a new draft bill to amend the law on the National Intelligence Service (SHISH). In essence, the aim of the law is to limit the foreign intelligence responsibilities of the SHISH, increase its domestic intelligence responsibilities i [...]
2010-01-27 16:21:00Embassy TiranaSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PINR AL
10TIRANA81 CLOSURE OF NEWSPAPER TEMA SYMPTOMATIC OF POOR STATE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mero Baze, the publisher of the small circulation daily "Tema", announced in a January 23 editorial that "Tema" was closing. Baze said that for over one year, the newspaper had made a valiant effort to survive after being evicted from its premises in 2008; however he said he can [...]
2010-02-09 15:47:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL AL
10TIRANA86COURT NULLIFIES ALBANIAN-GREEK SEA AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 26, the Constitutional Court in a 9-0 opinion ruled that the April 2009 treaty between Greece and Albania regarding the southern coastline was unconstitutional. The opinion has not yet been released, but the Court said in a statement that it found "substantive and pro [...]
2010-02-12 12:38:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL
10TOKYO101 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/19/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 03:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO105TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead stories on Tuesday morning included reports on DPJ Secretary General Ozawa's intention to voluntarily submit to questioning by prosecutors over a land purchase made by his political fund organization in 2004. 2. "Alliance, Article 9 of Constitution Both Effective" On today's [...]
2010-01-19 07:24:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO107 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/19/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO108INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - JAPAN
[...] TABLE OF CONTENTS A.1. Overview of Foreign Investment Climate, para. 2-33 A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies, para. 34-35 A.3. Expropriation and Compensation, para. 36 A.4. Dispute Settlement, para.37-41 A.5. Performance Requirements and incentives, para. 42 A.6. Right to Private Ownershi [...]
2010-01-19 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR JA
10TOKYO112 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/20/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 01:18:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO118 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/20/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 08:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO119MOFA MIDDLE EAST DIVISION OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) MOFA's Deputy Director General for the Middle East Takehiro Kagawa told Political Minister-Counselor January 19 that the campaign finance scandal involving Democratic Party of Japan Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa might delay somewhat Diet deliberation of the supplementary budget request for [...]
2010-01-20 08:32:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ELTN EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
10TOKYO121 JAPANESE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE HAITI EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 22:50:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA
10TOKYO125 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/21/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 01:35:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO136 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/21/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 01:06:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO139 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 01:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO143 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 06:55:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO145TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - FUTENMA RELOCATION
[...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave top or front-page play to the victory of an anti-U.S. base candidate in the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa, on Sunday. 2. "Henoko Plan Still the Best Option" The moderate Yomiuri argued in an editorial (1/25): "The resolution of the Futenma r [...]
2010-01-25 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO149 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO15 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/05/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 03:19:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO156 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 00:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO165 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/26/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 22:43:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO167 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/27/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO174 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/27/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 23:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO178 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/28/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 01:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO181 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/28/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 08:04:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO185 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/29/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO19 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/06/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO191 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/01/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 05:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO2 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 02:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO202 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/02/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO207TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] LEAD STORIES: Most Tuesday morning papers led with the disclosure by DPJ Secretary General Ozawa on Monday that he was questioned a second time by prosecutors on Sunday over a questionable land purchase made in 2004 by his political fund management organization. 2. "Chinese Arms Buildup Bec [...]
2010-02-02 05:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO209 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/02/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 08:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO21 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/05/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 03:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO211 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/03/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 01:49:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO214A/S CAMPBELL FEBRUARY 2 MEETING WITH VFM YABUNAKA
[...] (C) During an 80-minute meeting with EAP A/S Campbell February 2 on regional and bilateral issues, Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka agreed on the need for a continued focus on DPRK denuclearization and cautioned against being distracted by DPRK calls for peace regime discussions; called on the U [...]
2010-02-03 06:58:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CASC CH KS KN JA
10TOKYO217 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/03/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 08:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO221JAPAN TO ANNOUNCE WHICH U.S. VEHICLES QUALIFY FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Japan is expected to announce February 3 at 7:00PM Tokyo time which U.S. vehicle models will qualify under its recently revised eco-car subsidy program. In response to USG and U.S. industry criticism, the GOJ announced January 19 it will begin accepting foreign fuel efficienc [...]
2010-02-03 09:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ETRD SENV PREL WTRO ENRG JA
10TOKYO223 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 01:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO229 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 23:09:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO232 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/05/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 01:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO233TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - EU-CHINA RELATIONS AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Lead items on Friday morning papers included the decision by prosecutors not to indict DPJ Secretary General Ozawa in connection with a questionable land purchase made in 2004 by his political fund management organization. 2. "EU Moving to Lift Ban on Weapons Export to China" [...]
2010-02-05 01:42:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO24 JAPANESE PRESS IN UNISON AFFIRMS BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 04:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL PINR JA
10TOKYO241ABBAS VISIT TO JAPAN: A PREVIEW FROM MOFA
[...] (C) Embassy Political Minister-Counselor met February 5 with MOFA Middle Eastern and African Affairs Director General Toshiro Suzuki to preview Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas' February 7-10 visit to Japan. While in Japan, Abbas will meet with Prime Minister Hatoyama, Forei [...]
2010-02-05 08:23:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS ID MY SN JA
10TOKYO242 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/05/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-07 22:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO249 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (1) 02/08/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 03:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO255 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS (2) 02/08/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO259 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/09/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 02:12:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO264DPJ SECRETARY GENERAL OZAWA DESIRES STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa told Ambassador Roos and Assistant Secretary Campbell that he recognized the importance of the U.S.-Japan relationship and that he wanted to expand Japan's global partnership in a February 2 meeting. However, his top [...]
2010-02-09 04:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR JA
10TOKYO274 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/09/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO276 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/10/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 03:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO28 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/06/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO281 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/10/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 08:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO284SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S FEBRUARY 14-17
[...] (SBU) Begin Text of Scenesetter: Dear Senator Webb: Welcome to Japan, a nation in transition. The Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) landslide victory in last year's August 30 Lower House election has dramatically altered Japan's political landscape, marking the end of the former ruling L [...]
2010-02-12 06:56:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MARR JA
10TOKYO286 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 07:57:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO291FM OKADA VISIT TO ROK
[...] (C) Summary: FM Okada's February 10-11 visit to Seoul highlighted the "great shape" that bilateral relations are in, with FM Okada using the opportunity to offer a forward-leaning -- and well-received -- statement on Japan-ROK historical issues. MOFA Asia DG Saiki told us that this year, the [...]
2010-02-16 02:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KS KN JA
10TOKYO293 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 05:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO295 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/16/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 05:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO30IRANIAN SUPREME COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: During Iranian Supreme Council for National Security Secretary General Saeed Jalili's December 21-24 visit to Japan, the GOJ stressed that Iran must address international concerns about its nuclear program, according to MOFA Iran Desk Chief Junichi Sumi. Jalili proposed that Japa [...]
2010-01-06 08:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PINR KNNP IR JA
10TOKYO305 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO306 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/17/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 01:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO315 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/18/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 02:52:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO332 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/19/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-21 23:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO335 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 01:39:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO336 CODEL WEBB HEARS JAPANESE VIEWS ON ALLIANCE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Webb listened to Japanese views on the importance of the U.S.-Japan Alliance and the Futenma relocation issue during meetings with GOJ officials February 15 in Tokyo. Foreign Minister Okada, Defense Minister Kitazawa, Cabinet and Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) officials [...]
2010-02-22 01:40:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC KOCI MARR JA CH BM
10TOKYO338AMBASSADOR MARANTIS SEEKS GREATER TRADE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Demetrios Marantis called on senior Government of Japan (GOJ) political and career-level counterparts to work closely and quickly with the USG to prevent protracted trade irritants related to beef, autos, and Japan Post privatization from becom [...]
2010-02-22 06:02:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EINV APEC PREL JA
10TOKYO343 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/22/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 23:03:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO35 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/07/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 01:23:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO358 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/23/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO362TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN, AND
[...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Wednesday morning included Monday's start of a congressional hearing on the Toyota recalls. 2. "China Monitoring Domestic Public Opinion" The business-oriented Nikkei wrote from Beijing (2/24): "A formal decision by the Chinese on retaliatory measures against the [...]
2010-02-24 04:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO JA
10TOKYO374 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO381 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 07:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO384DPJ'S SATOSHI ARAI SUGGESTS MAJOR U.S. - JAPAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Satoshi Arai suggested that to counteract perceptions of bilateral tension from Futenma and Toyota issues, the U.S. and Japan should collaborate on major clean-technology projects perhaps in Asia. The [...]
2010-02-25 08:51:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG JA PINR PREL SENV
10TOKYO395 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 08:20:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO397DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: REPORTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Responding to concerns raised in ref in meetings on February 26, senior Foreign Ministry and Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials confirmed the Japan Drilling Company (JDC) renewed contracts to supply two rigs in Iran's South Pars gas field in 2008 and 2009. They str [...]
2010-02-28 23:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL JA
10TOKYO41ENGAGING JAPAN IN 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL JA
10TOKYO42 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/07/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 22:54:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO43 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/08/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 01:15:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO51 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/08/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 08:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO52ADVISOR TO PM HATOYAMA SAYS U.S. SHOULD "STAY THE
[...] (C) Summary: While the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) leaders do not have the same level of understanding of the U.S.-Japan Alliance as previous Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) administrations, they are learning quickly of its importance, former MOFA official and prominent security analyst Y [...]
2010-01-10 23:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR JA
10TOKYO54VICE-FOREIGN MINISTER YABUNAKA BRIEFS PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. VFM Yabunaka told Ambassador Roos January 8 he had briefed PM Hatoyama and CCS Hirano on the results of his Washington trip, telling the PM he had his work cut out for him in ""reconstructing"" confidence with President Obama. The PM is considering trying to reach a decision on th [...]
2010-01-11 07:46:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV MARR JA
10TOKYO55 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/11/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 07:59:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO61 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/11/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 08:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO65 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:22:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO70 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/12/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 08:10:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO74 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/13/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 01:27:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO78 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/13/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 01:29:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO79 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/14/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 01:36:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO88 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/14/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 08:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO9 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/04/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 08:01:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO91 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/15/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 01:13:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10TOKYO95DEFMIN KITAZAWA: GOJ UNABLE TO MAKE PROMISES ON REALIGNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR JA
10TRIPOLI110MUBARAK AND QADHAFI CONFER ON AL SUMMIT PLANNING, VISAS FOR EGYPTIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 07:59:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL AL KPAL KSUM EG LY
10TRIPOLI112PROGRESS IN LIBYA-SWISS CASE: ONE BUSINESSMAN CLEARED OF ALL CHARGES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 08:15:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS LY SZ
10TRIPOLI114GOL FUNDING INCREASING NUMBERS OF STUDENTS IN U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 15:29:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CVIS LY OEXC
10TRIPOLI134LIBYA MAKES GOOD ON THREAT TO DECLARE SCHENGEN VISA WAR REF: TRIPOLI 112 TRIPOLI 00000134 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 16:31:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY
10TRIPOLI137MEETING OF LIBYAN, ITALIAN AND MALTESE FOREIGN MINISTERS LIKELY TO LEAD TO RESOLUTION OF SCHENGEN VISA CRISIS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 16:51:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CVIS PINR LY SZ IT MT
10TRIPOLI164EMBASSY TRIPOLI NOMINATIONS: MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM
[...] (U) Embassy Tripoli's Public Affairs Section submits seven nominations for the summer 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. The candidates are, in rank order by Embassy preference: 1) Mr. Ahmed A A Albibas, 2) Ms. Aram A M Ellafi, 3) Mr. Ataher A Naas, 4) Ms. Mawada M B Elkilani, 5) Mr. Abdalla S [...]
2010-02-23 11:57:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDXF LY PREL KPAO
10TRIPOLI39LIBYA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Indicators: Transparency International: Libya is ranked 130 on the Corruption Perceptions Index. Heritage Foundation: Economic Freedom Ranking: 171 World Bank Doing Business: Libya is not ranked Millennium Challenge Corporation: Libya is not ranked OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. In [...]
2010-01-14 17:32:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KTDB LY EPET OPIC PREL USTR ECIN
10TRIPOLI53NEW VISA RULES FOR BORDERING COUNTRIES LEAD TO EMPTY
[...] (C) This week, Libya reportedly began enforcing legislation from 2009 requiring nationals from bordering states -- Egypt, Sudan, Chad, Niger, Algeria, and Tunisia -- to have valid work contracts with a Libyan employer or tourist visas issued at a Libyan diplomatic mission before entering the co [...]
2010-01-20 05:27:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG LY
10TRIPOLI73SWISS-LIBYAN WOES CONTINUE, NO RESOLUTION IN SIGHT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In a January 19 meeting, the Swiss Charge reported no progress in Switzerland's continued efforts -- via German mediation -- to resolve the situation of the two Swiss businessmen trapped in Libya, now residing in the Swiss Embassy. He believed the recent addition of a French l [...]
2010-01-26 13:35:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY
10TRIPOLI74STAFFDEL GROVE EXPLORES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE OPPORTUNITIES AND CONSTRAINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV PHUM LY
10TRIPOLI77EXPLORING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HEAD OF LIBYA'S PREMIER THINK TANK
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 14:55:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OEXC ECON ETTC SCUL TSPL PINR LY
10TRIPOLI91SWISS SCORE IN LIBYA: HAMDANI CLEARED OF IMMIGRATION CHARGES REF: A) TRIPOLI 73; B) TRIPOLI 58
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 16:13:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM CVIS SZ LY
10TRIPOLI96LIBYAN ATOMIC ENERGY HEAD ELABORATES ON FUNDING REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER REF: 09 TRIPOLI 886 TRIPOLI 00000096 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 15:59:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA PGOV LY
10TRIPOLI99MINISTER OF JUSTICE TRIES, AND FAILS, TO RESIGN REF: A) 09 TRIPOLI 1021; B) 09 TRIPOLI 862
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 15:18:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR LY
10TUNIS110PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF ADVISORS DEFENDS THE
[...] (C) Abdallah Kallel, the President of the Council of Advisors, gave the Ambassador a practiced defense of the GOT's goals and development strategy. He argued for continued USG support for Tunisia based on shared political values and the shared goal of eliminating terrorism. He underlined the [...]
2010-02-11 10:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR TS
10TUNIS113SENIOR GOT OFFICIAL CALLS FOR "NEW PAGE" IN U.S.-TUNISIA RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Saida Chtoui, one of two de facto deputy ministers in Tunisia´s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told visiting DAS Sanderson on January 26 that the U.S. and Tunisia "have a lot of work to do together," that Tunisia´s new Foreign Minister is "open minded," and that Tunisia wants to "b [...]
2010-02-16 14:09:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KTIP TS
10TUNIS135THE TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT'S CRACKDOWN ON STUDENTS
[...] (C) A series of recent arrests and prosecutions of university student activists, some of whom are members of the independent student union, puts a spotlight on the GOT's attitude toward Tunisian youth. GOT officials justify their tight control of student activities as a defense against Islam [...]
2010-02-22 13:31:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM TS
10TUNIS15TUNISIAN PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
[...] (C) Fouad M'Bazaa, President of the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies, told the Ambassador January 8 that the Chamber will establish a new Tunisia-U.S. Caucus, probably in February. They discussed the evolution of the Parliament from a one party to a multi-party body over M'Bazaa's 12 year tenure an [...]
2010-01-11 17:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TS
10TUNIS152TUNISIA-CHINA RELATIONS MODEST, BUT TRADE TIES
[...] (C) Chinese engagement in Tunisia is broad but not deep. Chinese assistance to Tunisia includes infrastructure projects and some training grants. The commercial relationship is growing but is not yet large. The last high level meeting we know of took place in November, 2009 when Zhai Jun, C [...]
2010-02-25 15:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD MASS TS CN
10TUNIS20AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BIZERTE: ECONOMIC RESILIENCE
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on an American auto components manufacturing plant, the president of a government-run business park, and business leaders in Bizerte on January 12. The discussions centered on the effects of the economic crisis, the state of foreign investment, and pe [...]
2010-01-13 17:27:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS
10TUNIS34BEN ALI'S JANUARY 14 CABINET SHUFFLE IS A NOD TO
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph four. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The main feature of President Ben Ali's January 14 shuffle of his cabinet is continuity, combined with an apparent intent to recalibrate (to what extent remains unclear) Tunisia's relationship with [...]
2010-01-15 16:38:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR MARR TU
10TUNIS60AFRICOM DEPUTY MEETS NEW TUNISIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Africa Command,s Deputy to the Commander for Civil Military Activities (DCMA),Ambassador J. Anthony Holmes, met new Tunisian Minister of National Defense Ridha Grira on January 21, one week after the latter,s appointment. The new minister was friendly and emphasized the [...]
2010-01-26 15:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL TS
10TUNIS81TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29
[...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...]
2010-02-02 15:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL TS
10TUNIS82TUNISIA: WE NEED TO PROCEED WITH THE APRIL 27-29
[...] (C) OSD should proceed with its initial plan to host the 25th Annual Joint Military Commission (JMC) with Tunisia April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. The alternative - cancelling or 'postponing' the JMC - is likely to damage relations with the Government of Tunisia at a time it has signaled it wan [...]
2010-02-02 15:24:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PREL TS
10TUNIS84CODEL LYNCH ENGAGES TUNISIAN MFA ON INTERNET
[...] (C) A congressional delegation led by Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and including Representatives Joe Donnelly (D-IN),Betty Sutton (D-OH),Bob Inglis (R-SC),and Todd Platts (D-PA) visited Tunisia January 31 - February 2. In a February 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretar [...]
2010-02-02 16:38:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON OREP PGOV PHUM PREL PTER MASS KTFN TS
10TUNIS87TUNISIA: HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) The GOT has displaced a critic from his position as head of Tunisia's leading private university, a move perceived as retaliation for his recent book accusing the Ben Ali government and the First Lady's family of corruption and abuse of power. On January 30, a court rejected the appeal o [...]
2010-02-03 17:16:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TS
10ULAANBAATAR152010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:24:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR162010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:39:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR172010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 09:54:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR282010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 2 of 3
[...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 2, contains sections A.5 through A.9. See septels for sections A.1-A.4 and A.10-A.16. A.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES Mongolia imposes few performance requirements on, and offers few [...]
2010-01-27 08:10:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR38Mongolia's Failed Uranium Mining Policy
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, 2010, Canadian uranium exploration company Khan Resources (KR) announced its intent to accept an offer from the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to buy controlling interest in KR through the purchase of shares. If consummated, CNNC's buyout would give [...]
2010-02-09 04:30:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
10ULAANBAATAR48PRESIDENT ELBEGDORJ DISCUSSES PRIORITIES FOR HIS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 19, President Elbegdorj met with the Ambassador to discuss his anticipated travel to the United States in May and to cover key bilateral issues prior to our annual bilateral talks, which will take place in Washington on February 26. Elbegdorj seeks to have a Transpare [...]
2010-02-19 11:38:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MARR ENRG MG
10UNVIEVIENNA16NPT REVCON: EGYPT UNMOVED BY ISRAELI OVERTURE ON
[...] (S) Summary: According to a January 21 readout from Israeli Ambassador Azoulay, an Israeli-Egyptian bilat on NPT Revcon and related IAEA General Conference Middle East issues registered no substantive progress. Azoulay said he repeated Israeli National Security Advisor Arad's late December app [...]
2010-01-22 16:27:00UNVIESECRETAORC PARM IAEA KTBT IS EG SY
10UNVIEVIENNA21US-EU CONSULTS: POST- LISBON EU FINDING ITS
[...] (SBU) The Spanish and EU Missions (Ambassadors Jose Luis Rosello Serra and Lars-Erik Lundin, respectively) co-hosted semiannual US-EU consultations on issues related to Vienna-based international organizations January 22; these were the first bilateral consultations held by the amalgamated EU/ [...]
2010-01-28 10:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM SNAR IAEA KNNP KTNBT UNCND EUN
10UNVIEVIENNA31PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT -- DG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear Security Sous-Sherpa Holgate briefed IAEA DG Amano on the schedule and format of the Washington Nuclear Security Summit, including Amano's role as "animator" of the leaders' lunchtime discussion on the IAEA's role. Amano affirmed his brief intervention would aim for cl [...]
2010-02-02 16:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC MNUC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA32IAEA: ARSHAD LIMBO SHADOWS IAEA BOARD
[...] (C) His status in Vienna uncertain and his reputation in Kuala Lumpur in tatters, Malaysian Ambassador Arshad continues to implore the IAEA and sympathetic diplomatic colleagues to pressure the U.S. to "quietly" seek his reinstatement by the GOM as Chairman of the Board of Governors. In the r [...]
2010-02-02 16:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA MY
10UNVIEVIENNA38JONATHON LUCAS APPOINTED AS SECRETARY OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] International Narcotics Control Board President Sevil Atasoy announced the appointment of Jonathan Lucas (Seychelles) as Secretary of the INCB and Chief of the INCB Secretariat on February 3. Lucas succeeds Koli Kouame (Ctte d'Ivoire) who retired from the organization on January 31. Prior to h [...]
2010-02-05 14:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR APER UN XA
10UNVIEVIENNA55Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-17 12:05:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA6NUCLEAR FUEL BANK - AMANO MOVES THE ISSUE BUT MAY
[...] (C) Summary: The IAEA's point man on developing the International Nuclear Fuel Bank (INFB) expects DG Amano to release a response to the G-77 and NAM's technical questions by the end of January, authorize a briefing in February, issue a detailed Secretariat proposal for discussion at the June [...]
2010-01-08 14:35:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALTRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA
10UNVIEVIENNA62Seizing the Opportunity: UNODC Pakistan Country Program
[...] Summary: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hopes that its soon to be released (late spring 2010) Pakistan Country Program will offer a comprehensive strategy to address drugs, crime, terrorism and governance issues in Pakistan. After a rocky few years, where the Government of Pakistan [...]
2010-02-19 13:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AF UN JP PK PTER KCRM KNNP
10UNVIEVIENNA69IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10UNVIEVIENNA70IAEA/TC: PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE TECHNICAL
[...] (C) This is an action message for ISN. Please see para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As the UNVIE continues to monitor Technical Cooperation projects, attend regional TC planning meetings, and engage in special briefings on issues such as results-based management (RBM),further management shor [...]
2010-02-24 09:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
10UNVIEVIENNA9PREVIEWING THE MARCH 2010 COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 2010 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to highlight the Obama Administration's forthcoming National Drug Control Strategy and its top priorities in the international drug policy arena. As this March is the Admi [...]
2010-01-15 14:45:00UNVIESECRETAF SNAR UNCND IR
10USNATO40NATO'S SCR RANKS REINTEGRATION, DELIVERING
[...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary. NATO's Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) in Afghanistan, Fernando Gentilini, told ISAF representatives January 27 that reintegration, enhancing NATO's civilian effect on the ground, and the 2010 Afghan Parliamentary elections were the three most important issues facing [...]
2010-01-28 17:35:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO
10USNATO42RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT: "TRANSPARENCY IS A TOOL OF THE WEAK"
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 16:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
10USNATO48NATO SHOULD FACTOR NORTHERN STRATEGY INTO KFOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and non-NATO KFOR contributors discussed with EU representatives the situation in Kosovo and NATO's way ahead on the KFOR drawdown after reaching Gate 1 (10,000 troops) of deterrent presence. Stressing the importance of integrating [...]
2010-02-02 16:55:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI AFDB
10USNATO64JAN 28, 2010 HLTF: ALLIES CONSIDER BROAD EURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies used the January 28 HLTF and related meetings to touch base on CFE in the wake of the December 2009 NATO and OSCE Ministerials, as well as SYG Rasmussen's mid-December trip to Moscow. Allies welcomed and evinced considerable interest in the information that senior U.S. o [...]
2010-02-10 13:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
10USNATO65SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY AND TURKEY TRADE DUELING
[...] (SBU) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) Summary: A letter from Sweden's Permanent Representative to the EU to the Turkish Ambassador to the EU proposing an updated framework for NATO-EU relations and effective arrangements for cooperation in Afghanistan elicited a negative respons [...]
2010-02-11 15:56:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS PGOV MARR EUN
10USNATO67FRENCH MISTRAL SALE TO RUSSIA RAISED AT NATO
[...] (C) Lithuania's NATO PermRep Linkevicius raised France's potential sale to Russia of a Mistral class ship during a February 9 PermReps' lunch, noting that the sale was not simply a national issue but a subject for discussion within the Alliance. French PermRep Andreani did not respond. However, th [...]
2010-02-12 10:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR NATO FR RS
10USNATO69SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCASKILL
[...] (U) Welcome to Brussels, and to NATO! 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at an exciting time for NATO as Allies redouble our efforts to succeed operationally while working together to redefine NATO to meet the security challenges of the future. America is playing a key role, as we have in the past, [...]
2010-02-12 17:39:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USOSCE15OSCE CENTRAL ASIAN MISSION HEADS STRIVING TO
[...] (SBU) In a series of meetings on January 12 and 13 with OSCE Heads of Mission from four Central Asian States (Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan),all four struck similar themes on Afghanistan, radicalization, border security, and Kazakhstan's proposal for a summit. On Afghan [...]
2010-01-21 09:40:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PTER PREL ZK AF KZ KG TI TX UZ
10USOSCE22PERSPECTIVES ON KAZAKHSTAN,S OSCE CHAIRMANSHIP IS
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of Embassy Astana DCM Pamela Spratlen to Vienna January 20-22 helped promote useful exchanges of views on Kazakhstan's Chairmanship, facilitated discussion of OSCE engagement in Afghanistan, and provided an opportunity to promote further interaction among Central Asian P [...]
2010-01-29 07:36:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL KZ KG TI TX UZ AF
10USOSCE25OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JANUARY 18 - 22, 2010
[...] (SBU) In a January 14 meeting, Vytautas Nauduzas, a Lithuanian ambassador-at-large and the personal representative of the Chairman-in-Office for transport, told PolOff that Lithuania is leaning very strongly toward choosing energy security as the theme of the Economic and Environmental Forum ( [...]
2010-01-29 07:42:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALMARR OSCE PGOV PREL RS KZ UK SP LH AL AF
10USOSCE28OSCE: 1/27 FSC RESPONSES TO RUSSIA ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Russia's insistence for clarification on why its proposed European Security Treaty (EST) cannot be discussed separately ("sectorally") from the Corfu Process or the human and economic dimensions, all interventions by participating States (pS) supported comprehens [...]
2010-01-29 18:28:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE33OSCE: 2/3 FSC HOLDS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) received a presentation on one potential way ahead for the Vienna Document from alumnus Col Wolfgang Richter, currently with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Richter's presentation supported the currently tab [...]
2010-02-05 16:07:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE68OSCE/FSC ON 2/24: DIFFERENCES OVER CODE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 24 Forum for Security Cooperation focused on the Code of Conduct, which drew out differences between U.S. and Russian approaches to dealing with conflict prevention and crisis management. It also underscored ambiguities within the Code and the tension between cons [...]
2010-02-26 15:52:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USUNNEWYORK10USUN MEETS WITH SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert, UN Special Envoy for Assistance, met with Ambassador DiCarlo on January 6 to discuss organization and next steps for the Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FODP) group, the UN's capacity and security constraints, and donor coordination. Ripert outlined his re [...]
2010-01-11 21:59:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10USUNNEWYORK22MEETING WITH NEW TURKISH COUNTER TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: Turkey, the new chairman of the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) hosted an informal meeting at its mission on January 14, 2010, to outline its main objectives for its 2010 chairmanship and to exchange views with other committee members on the way forward. These p [...]
2010-01-19 14:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ETTC KTFN UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK24SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES COOPERATION WITH REGIONAL
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council held a debate on cooperation between the UN and regional and sub-regional organizations on January 13, following a two day retreat hosted by the Secretary-General for the heads of some regional organizations. Participants offered their support for greater cooperat [...]
2010-01-19 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK26SOMALIA: TERRORISM THREAT OF UNSTABLE SOMALIA;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 14, UN Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the situation in Somalia. He focused on the terrorism threat posed by Somalia and urged the international community to boost financial support to both AMISOM and the TFG's securit [...]
2010-01-20 00:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
10USUNNEWYORK33FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2010-2011 BUDGET
[...] (U) Summary: The main session of the 64th General Assembly (GA) concluded early on the morning of December 24, 2009 with the adoption of a $5.16 billion 2010-2011 biennium budget. The Secretary-General initially proposed a 2010-2011 budget of $4.88 billion. However, at the time of his initial [...]
2010-01-21 14:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT AORC UN KUNR
10USUNNEWYORK47UNMIK: TADIC AND HYSENI SPAR ON KOSOVO DURING
[...] SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council during a January 22 quarterly debate that the security situation remained stable, but fragile, in northern Kosovo due to politicization of issues such as municipalelections and energy delivery. Serbian President Boris Tadic calle [...]
2010-01-26 17:37:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNMIK SR KV
10USUNNEWYORK55UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE -- HEAVY CRITICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the Security Council's January 27 Open Debate on the Middle East, Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco noted the "worrying impasse" that persists in the region with the lack of progress on restarting negotiations and called for the Quartet to play a role. He voiced [...]
2010-01-29 23:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS SY LE
10USUNNEWYORK71SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON RECENT TRAVELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary-General (SYG) Ban briefed the Council in closed consultations on February 3, reviewing his travel to the January 28 conference on Afghanistan in London, to Cyprus, and to the AU Summit in Addis Ababa, and an update on Haiti. Ban's overview of the London Conference on A [...]
2010-02-09 14:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AF HA CY SU YM
10USUNNEWYORK72NIGERIAN PERM REP OFFERS TO HELP ON SUDAN, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice hosted a lunch for Nigerian PermRep Ogwu and the Nigerian Security Council team on February 1 to enlist support for U.S. priorities. PR Ogwu expressed reservations over a possible Council trip to Khartoum but committed to considering whether it could make the visi [...]
2010-02-09 20:17:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC KPKO XY XA NI IR SU PARM
10USUNNEWYORK73 FY2010 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per the request in reftel, USUN has undertaken a thorough review and certifies that ECOSOC, UNICEF and UNDPI have not granted any official status, accreditation, or recognition to any organization which promotes or condones, or seeks the legalization of pedophilia. Mission est [...]
2010-02-09 23:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
10USUNNEWYORK9THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...]
2010-01-08 17:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10USUNNEWYORK95USUN AND TURKISH MISSIONS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 27. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Apakan and DPR Corman and Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo engaged in a wide ranging discussion of issues before the Security Council at lunch on February 5. They covered Cyprus, the Horn of Africa, Iraq, the [...]
2010-02-20 02:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL TU UNSC
10VALLETTA54MALTA: GOM WILL STUDY PFP SOFA, OFFERS TRAINING
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion with the personal assistant (Chief of Staff)to Malta Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, the Government of Malta (GOM) indicated possible willingness to sign the "Agreement among the States parties to the North Atlantic Treaty and the other States participa [...]
2010-01-27 11:00:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALAF MT NATO PGOV PREL
10VALLETTA97MALTA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to numbered/lettered reporting questions paragraphs of reftel: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human [...]
2010-02-22 15:25:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP
10VATICAN11VATICAN ON HAITI: CHURCH LOSSES AND RESPONSES
[...] (S) Summary: While devastating, the Church suffered fewer losses in the Haiti earthquake than initially reported in the media. The death of the Archbishop and many seminarians were especially painful but the Vatican is already reviewing how to regroup: Bishop Pierre Dumas, President of Carit [...]
2010-01-20 16:44:00Embassy VaticanSECRETEAID PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF VT HA
10VATICAN14VATICAN OFFICIAL ON CUBA RELATIONS WITH EU AND U.S.
[...] (C) The Vatican's point person on Cuba, Monsignor Accattino, supports EU dialogue with Cuba and said the U.S. should refrain from unilateral actions against Cuba that play into the hands of the Castros - or Hugo Chavez. This is particularly true, he said, of decisions like identifying Cubans as nat [...]
2010-01-21 16:21:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF CU VT
10VATICAN21CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEKS INVITATION TO HAITI DONORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite one bishop's mild criticism of the U.S. military's role in Haiti at a press conference in Rome -- later virtually retracted in a Caritas press release -- the Holy See and Catholic relief agencies greatly appreciate U.S. assistance to Haiti and urge the USG to remain eng [...]
2010-02-05 13:05:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL EAGR PGOV HA VT
10VATICAN31VATICAN-AFFILIATED CONFERENCE REVIEWS CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Political, academic and religious leaders from the Middle East presented their views on Christian-Muslim coexistence in the region at a conference organized by the Vatican-affiliated Community of Sant'Egidio on February 22 in Rome. The conference addressed, among other topics, [...]
2010-02-26 15:24:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KIRF IZ IS VT
10VATICAN33SEX ABUSE SCANDAL STRAINS IRISH-VATICAN RELATIONS, SHAKES UP
[...] (C) Summary: The November 2009 report of cover-up by local bishops of revelations of physical and sexual abuse of children by Irish clergy appalled Catholics and others worldwide. Vatican and Irish officials' first concern was for the victims, but that reality was sometimes obscured in the events t [...]
2010-02-26 16:32:00Embassy VaticanSECRETPREL PHUM SOCI KIRF VT EI
10VIENNA122PRESIDENT FISCHER'S CHINA VISIT FOCUSED ON TRADE
[...] Summary: Austrian President Fischer's January 19-22 China visit was focused on business and trade, though he also raised human rights and North Korea with Chinese President Hu Jintao, according to an Austrian MFA contact. Hu said the Government of China was pleased with President Obama's visit [...]
2010-02-02 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD ECIN CH TW AU
10VIENNA130AUSTRIA: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY
[...] (U) Embassy Vienna welcomes the interagency decision to intensify diplomatic and public diplomacy efforts to address European misunderstandings and concerns about U.S. proposals for enhanced data sharing. Specific responses to reftel requests follow below. In general, this Embassy has had a [...]
2010-02-03 11:41:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM KTFN KHLS ECPS ECON PREL CVIS KPAO
10VIENNA176AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]
2010-02-17 12:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA70CZECH-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS: NEIGHBORLY DIFFERENCES
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Vienna/Embassy Prague report. 2. (U) Summary: Twenty years after the collapse of the Iron Curtain, commercial relations are strong but environmental and other concerns have caused friction in the somewhat-testy Czech-Austrian relationship. Czech PM Fischer's visi [...]
2010-01-19 15:27:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL CZ AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VILNIUS125GOL VIEWS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY
[...] (C) Summary. We spoke with Dovydas Spokauskas from the MFA's Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department as well as Robertas Sapronas from MOD's International Relations and Operations Department to collect information about the GOL's views on Open Skies (OS). The GOL considers t [...]
2010-02-26 15:03:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PARM PREL LH
10VILNIUS13SCENESETTER FOR DAS QUANRUD
[...] (U) Embassy Vilnius warmly welcomes you to Lithuania. Your upcoming visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce our close bilateral relations with this small but committed ally in a sensitive and strategic region. The Embassy has organized a schedule that will address key areas of joint i [...]
2010-01-08 15:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON LH
10VILNIUS3DOES ILL WILL BETWEEN PRESIDENT, FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Growing public disagreement between President Dalia Grybauskaite and Foreign Minister Vygaudas Usackas has prompted speculation by government officials, political analysts and the media that Usackas may lose his job in a Cabinet reshuffle that is expected early in 2010. End sum [...]
2010-01-04 14:04:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPGOV LH
10VILNIUS4LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT GRYBAUSKAITE'S FIRST SIX
[...] (C) After six months as president of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite has put a strong personal stamp on the office and has charted a new direction from that set by her predecessor, Valdas Adamkus. She retains high approval ratings, and is seen as honest and hard working. She has sought to orient [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG LH
10VILNIUS5LATEST MEDIA REPORTING ON ALLEGED CIA PRISON IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Media coverage of the parliamentary investigation into alleged CIA prisons in Lithuania has been marked by inaccuracies in the foreign media and criticism of the government in local media. Lithuanian commentators have been critical of the government for damaging the U.S.-Lithu [...]
2010-01-04 14:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR LH
10VILNIUS94LITHUANIA SUPPORTS U.S. REGARDING PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) We spoke with MFA's Head of Human Rights Division, Julius Rakitskis, and Laima Jureviciene, Head of Middle East and Africa Division on February 9th to deliver talking points (REF A). We expressed concern about the potential for demons [...]
2010-02-10 14:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNSC IR LH
10WARSAW111POLISH EXPECTATIONS ON BELARUS "TORPEDOED"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA officials say that Polish expectations for improved relations with Minsk were "torpedoed" by Belarus's recent seizure of a Polish cultural center in Iwieniec and the detention of several dozen Polish activists. One official characterized FM Sikorski's February 12 tete-a-tete [...]
2010-02-22 17:52:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALBO PGOV PHUM PL PREL
10WARSAW48FORMER PM BIELECKI ON U.S.-POLAND ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Former PM Jan Bielecki met with Ambassador Feinstein to discuss Poland's economy, its progression through the financial crisis, and its transition over the past twenty years. At the Ambassador's urging, Bielecki also assessed the U.S. role in Poland's economic transformation, and the p [...]
2010-01-21 11:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EFIN PL
10WARSAW90POLAND/ISRAEL - PM NETANYAHU VISIT REINFORCES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Israeli Embassy officials were impressed with the strong personal chemistry between Tusk and Netanyahu during the latter's January 26-27 visit to Poland. The Israeli PM reportedly left with a much deeper understanding of extensive Polish-Israeli security cooperation. Netanyah [...]
2010-02-09 18:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KNNP EFIN PGOV IR IS PL
10WARSAW9665TH ANNIVERSARY OF AUSCHWITZ LIBERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polish government officials addressed Jewish and Polish suffering in ceremonies marking the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. FCC Chairman Julius M. Genachowski, who led the U.S. Presidential Delegation, participated in a Holocaust education conference [...]
2010-02-12 17:20:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV IS PL
10WARSAW99ANTI-SEMITISM IN POLAND: GRADUAL PROGRESS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A range of interlocutors told U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal during her January 28-29 visit that anti-Semitism in Poland is on the decline, though not as quickly as they hoped. They cited a low incidence of anti-Semitic violence and [...]
2010-02-16 16:34:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL OSCE IS PL
10WELLINGTON3CORRECTED COPY -- SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S NEW
[...] (SBU) Secretary Clinton, Embassy Wellington and Consulate General Auckland extend a warm welcome to you for your January 15-17 visit to New Zealand. We have worked closely on preparations with your "Kiwi" hosts and share their excitement about your trip. Your visit to New Zealand, a small Pac [...]
2010-01-06 21:06:00Embassy WellingtonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD OVIP AMGT SENV MARR NZ
10WELLINGTON57EAP/ANP Deputy Director Gets Read-Out on New Zealand
[...] (SBU) Summary. During February 7-9 visit, Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Island Affairs (EAP/ANP) Deputy Director Stephen Schwartz met with a number of academics and Government of New Zealand officials on a range of subjects, including New Zealand's economic situation, the Trans-Pacific [...]
2010-02-12 07:08:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN NZ FJ NH AS XU
10WELLINGTON65DAS Reed Engages on TPP, U.N. Reform, Environmental
[...] (C) Summary. During a series of meetings hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on February 19, EAP Deputy Assistant (DAS) Secretary Frankie Reed engaged on a wide range of topics including the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP),the United Nations, environmental cooperation, [...]
2010-02-19 07:28:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALOVIP ETRD PGOV SENV EAGR FJ NZ APECO MARR UN PREL
10WELLINGTON81PM Key on Media Strategy after Military Review Briefing; His
[...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the Ambassador accompanied a Washington visitor to a " courtesy call" on Prime Minister (PM) John Key which turned into an hour plus discussion. PM Key noted that he (in contrast to MFAT) was not concerned about immediately devising a "media strategy" after the r [...]
2010-02-25 05:14:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NZ
10WINDHOEK42Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...]
2010-01-15 07:03:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA
10YAOUNDE78CAMEROON: BIYA OFF TO A BUSY NEW YEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Biya set the tone for a busy year with an uncharacteristically active January. In his annual New Year's address, Biya focused on the economy and the need to forge greater national unity as Cameroon enters its fiftieth anniversary of independence. He praised the Ob [...]
2010-02-03 15:06:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL
10YAOUNDE8CAMEROON'S RELATIONS WITH ITS NEIGHBORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 16 meeting with Pol/Econ Chief, the Foreign Ministry's Director for African Affairs said recent visits to Cameroon by the Presidents of Chad and Cental African Republic focused on security and regional integration (especially the corruption scandal in the Central [...]
2010-01-06 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM ECON EFIN PGOV PREF PREL
10YAOUNDE83Cameroonian President Biya Gives Ambassador
[...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Ambassador met with President Paul Biya for a two-hour tour d´horizon of domestic and international issues. Biya was concerned about the threat of Islamic extremism. He praised growing Central African regional cooperation and improved relations with Nigeria. He was po [...]
2010-02-05 11:38:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCOR EFIN CM PTER SENV PHUM BEXP PINR
10YAOUNDE91China's Growing Presence in Cameroon
[...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...]
2010-02-16 11:07:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR
10YAOUNDE95China's Growing Presence in Cameroon
[...] (SBU) Summary: China has a long bilateral friendship with Cameroon, reflected in the 2007 visit to Cameroon by President Hu Jintao. The Chinese government has provided grants or concessional loans to fund a number infrastructure projects (hospitals, schools, roads, and stadiums). China prov [...]
2010-02-18 08:43:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CM ECON EFIS EINV CH ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN22ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT APPROVES TURKEY-ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) On January 12 Armenia's Constitutional Court ruled that the provisions of the Armenian-Turkish protocols on establishing diplomatic relations and developing bilateral relations are in compliance with the Armenian constitution. Addressing criticisms from opponents of the protocols, the Co [...]
2010-01-14 05:23:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
10YEREVAN38ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...]
2010-01-26 06:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10YEREVAN52COMPETITION LIFTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 11:00:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINT EAID AM
10YEREVAN78SARGSIAN CONFIDANTE ON FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging recent discussion with Ambassador and DCM, Armenian oligarch and Sargsian confidante Mikhail Baghdassarov expressed optimism that the Turkish parliament would ratify the normalization protocols, but insisted that Armenia could not be expected to ratify first. He said A [...]
2010-02-17 05:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPOGV ECON PREL AJ TU AM
10YEREVAN84UPDATE ON ARMENIA-TURKEY PROTOCOLS AND DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO
[...] (SBU) On February 12 the Turkey-Armenia protocols were submitted to the National Assembly and subsequently sent to the Committee on Foreign Relations for discussion. It is unclear when the Committee will discuss the protocols and when (or if) the Parliament will vote on them. The draft amendm [...]
2010-02-18 13:55:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL AM
10YEREVAN85TURKISH THINK TANK VISIT TO YEREVAN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] A visit to Yerevan by members of a Turkish economic think tank revealed strong interest among the Armenian business community, civil society and government for increased engagement -- both economic and political -- with Turkey. While some interlocutors lamented the hostile attitudes of some Tu [...]
2010-02-19 08:55:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD GA TU AM
10YEREVAN98EX-ARMENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PESSIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) Vartan Oskanian, Armenia's foreign minister from 1998-2008, expressed skepticism to the Ambassador about the fate of the Turkey-Armenia protocols, and accused President Sargsian of mishandling the entire process. He suggested that Turkey, as the senior partner, make a unilateral move to g [...]
2010-02-25 07:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU AM
10ZAGREB102Zagreb Daily Report - February 18, 2010
[...] (SBU) Deputy Secretary Lew Arrives for Presidential Inauguration: Deputy Secretary Lew arrived in Zagreb on February 17 to attend the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovich. Prior to the February 18 ceremony, the Deputy Secretary met privately with President-elect Josipovic [...]
2010-02-18 12:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR ECON
10ZAGREB115SENATORS VOINOVICH AND SHAHEEN DISCUSS REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. On February 15 Senators Voinovich and Shaheen met with PM Kosor, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, Defense Minister Vukelic, then-President Mesic and President-Elect Josipovic. Prime Minister Kosor described the GoC's key goals as completing EU accession negotiations, strengthening [...]
2010-02-25 09:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR OVIP
10ZAGREB118DS LEW MEETING WITH ALBANIAN PRESIDENT ON SIDELINES OF
[...] (SBU) In a meeting on February 18, prior to the inauguration of Croatia's new president, Ivo Josipovic, Deputy Secretary Lew met with President Topi from Albania. The talks covered Kosovo and regional relations, Albania's domestic situation, and Afghanistan. President Topi thanked the Deputy S [...]
2010-02-26 07:27:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ZL AL
10ZAGREB119DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW - U.S./SLOVENIA BILAT: AREAS FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Lew met Slovenian President Danilo Turk in the margins of the February 18 inauguration of new Croatian President Ivo Josipovic. Lew was accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to Croatia James Foley and Chief of Staff Piper Campbell. Turk was joined by Dusan Snoj, of [...]
2010-02-26 07:27:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR SI
10ZAGREB122ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: FEBRUARY 26, 2010
[...] (U) Political relations between Croatia and Serbia are stagnating, Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic said in a February 25 television interview; although he stressed that the countries had good cooperation on economic, police, judicial and cultural issues. Jandrokovic was respondin [...]
2010-02-26 14:13:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON HR
10ZAGREB26AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR
[...] SUMMARY: I saw Prime Minister Kosor for 75 minutes January 11 to discuss the fallout from the Sanader "political coup" attempt (reftels) and a range of issues, including Croatia's EU accession negotiations, ICTY cooperation, energy relationship with Russia and prospects for improving ties wi [...]
2010-01-12 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB32CROATIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT DISCUSSES FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President-elect Josipovic's first foreign policy priority will be supporting Croatia's EU accession, where his clear views on some key issues -- including corruption and cooperation with the ICTY -- should give a boost to Croatia's prospects for expeditious completion. Josipovi [...]
2010-01-14 11:20:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB34CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
10ZAGREB45ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 21, 2010
[...] (U) PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ISSUE STATEMENT CLARIFYING MESIC'S RECENT COMMENTS ON BiH: Mesic's office released a statement on January 21 responding to "certain nervous and unfounded reactions" to this week's comments by Mesic that Croatia would be ready to respond militarily if Republika Srpska mo [...]
2010-01-21 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB49PRESIDENT-ELECT JOSIPOVIC REVIEWS FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting with Ambassador Foley, Croatian president-elect Ivo Josipovic reviewed the foreign policy priorities for his mandate. Beginning with an affirmation of Croatia's excellent relationship with the US as a NATO ally, Josipovic went on to express his appreciati [...]
2010-01-22 15:06:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB5ZAGREB DAILY REPORT: JANUARY 4, 2009
[...] (U) FORMER PM SANADER ANNOUNCES RETURN TO ACTIVE POLITICS: Former Croatian PM Ivo Sanader held a special press conference at the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) headquarters on January 3 in which he indicated that his withdrawal from politics last year had been a mistake and announced his retu [...]
2010-01-04 13:22:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
10ZAGREB53CROATIAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING FORMER PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has outlined to us several ongoing corruption cases targeting former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and other top government officials. Prosecutors are developing at least one case against the former PM which could result in his indictment, and they are [...]
2010-01-26 13:40:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR HR
10ZAGREB54CROATIAN MFA ON TRILATERAL TALKS ON BOSNIA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to Croatian MFA readout of the January 14 trilateral meeting between Croatia, Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH),the GoC sought to improve political protection for the Bosnian Croats in the Federation. The GoC believes that relaxing tensions between the Croat and Bo [...]
2010-01-26 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HR BK TU
10ZAGREB55NEW DIPLOMATIC CHANNEL OPEN TO IMPROVE RELATIONS
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting on January 20, MFA State Secretary Bozinovic discussed with the Ambassador the recently opened channel with Serbian President Boris Tadic to improve bilateral relations. Bozinovic believed there was good will on both sides to try and tackle the complicated open i [...]
2010-01-26 14:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PREF SR HR
10ZAGREB57HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VISIT OF PRIME
[...] (C) Summary. Hungary's ambassador to Croatia, Peter Gyorkos, sat down with Pol/Econ Counselor and Econ Officer on January 22 to discuss the recent visit of the Hungarian Prime Minister to Croatia, and to explain Hungary's increasing nervousness regarding Croatia's energy relations with Russia [...]
2010-01-26 16:11:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL HU HR
10ZAGREB71PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CROATIA'S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: PM Kosor will visit Moscow on February 22. Croatia's main aim will be to secure a new gas supply contract with Russia, as the current one expires in late 2010. GoC is also interested in talking about Croatia's possible inclusion in South Stream, but only on a 50/50 basis. [...]
2010-02-02 10:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG HR RU
10ZAGREB84SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 15 comes in the final week of President Stipe Mesic's second and final term in office, and just three days before the inauguration of Ivo Josipovic, an opposition Social Democrat and legal scholar, who will become Croatia's third president since independen [...]
2010-02-05 13:52:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA PGOV HR
10ZAGREB92SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO ZAGREB
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Zagreb on February 18 for the inauguration of Croatia's third president, Ivo Josipovic, will send a clear signal of support for the new president and the US-Croatia relationship overall. Josipovic is a well-respected legal scholar and self-professed "europhile" who was nomi [...]
2010-02-11 12:46:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA PGOV HR
72TEHRAN1164ACCELERATION OF F-4ES FOR IRAN
[...] ON FEB 24 CHARGE WAS CONVOKED BY MINSTER OF WAR, GEN. REZANUZIMI, ON INSTRUCTIONS FROM SHAH. AZIMI SAID SHAH MOST DEEPLY CONCERNED AT TRENDS IN SECURITY SITUATION IN MIDDLE EAST AND EXPECIALLY ON HIS WESTERN BORDERS. US OFFICALS ALREADY AWARE OF SHAH'S CONCERN THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN MINIS [...]
1972-02-25 09:30:00Embassy TehranUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR IR
78KABUL3619FIRST CONVERSATION WITH NEW AFGHAN PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
1978-05-06 16:01:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PINT PTER US
79TEHRAN11319MODERATION: DOES IT HAVE A CHANCE?
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. SUMMARY: THE MODERATE IRANIAN POLITICAL PARTIES, WHICH WERE ACTIVE DURING THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION AND WHICH HAVE A LONG HISTORY OF OPPOSITION TO THE SHAH, HAVE BEEN PUSHED INTO THE BACKGROUND BY THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WHO FOLLOW A NARROW AND AUTHORITARIAN INTERPR [...]
1979-10-26 07:32:00Embassy TehranCONFIDENTIALPINT SHUM PINR IR
85ALEXANDRIA817 ALEXANDRIA: A "DEEPLY DIVIDED" CITY
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE JULY 2 PRESENTATION, TO THE PEOPLES ASSEMBLY, OF THE PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE REPORT ON ALEXANDRIA GOVERNOR FAWZI MA'AZ'S CONDUCT OF OFFICE DID NOT STOP THE DEBATE. INDEED, NEW CHARGES AND COUNTER-CHARGES HAVE EMERGED DURING THE SUMMER WH [...]
1985-09-03 15:07:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR EG
85BEIRUT1646 JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT":
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLOFF MET MARCH 15 WITH LONGTIME CONTACT NAOUM FARAH, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE LEBANESE FORCES AND NOW AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT IN JA'JA'S "CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT." FARAH, WHO UNTIL EARLY MARCH WAS ALSO THE OFFICIAL LF SPOKESMAN, REQUESTED [...]
1985-03-15 17:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL LE US
85BEIRUT1676 CHRISTIAN DECISION MOVEMENT RESPONDS TO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE FOCUS OF SYRIAN PRESSURE ON DISSIDENT CHRISTIANS HAS SHIFTED TO THE POLITICAL ARENA AND THE USE OF LEBANESE MUSLIM LEADERS. SYRIAN VICE PRESIDENT KHADDAM HAS CANCELLED HIS MARCH 18 VISIT TO BEIRUT. THE WEEKLY WEDNESDAY MEETING OF THE LEBANESE CABINET HAS [...]
1985-03-18 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85BEIRUT2659TURKEY: PROMINENT KURDISH INTELLECTUAL URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR TURKISH DEMOCRATIZATION, RAPPROCHEMENT WITH NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] Summary: (C) In a meeting with Adana PO, prominent Kurdish author Mehmet Uzun urged the U.S. to establish a permanent military presence in Northern Iraq to protect the democratic advances of the KRG, which he believes will catalyze liberalization elsewhere in the region. He discounted the pro [...]
1985-05-07 10:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
85BEIRUT4372 SIDON: ANOTHER "WAR OF THE CAMPS" IN THE OFFING?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. SIX WEEKS AFTER ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE COMPLETION OF ITS MILITARY WITHDRAWAL FROM SOUTH LEBANON, THAT REGION REMAINS TENSE AND UNSETTLED. ALTHOUGH RELIABLE, FIRST-HAND REPORTS ARE SPARSE, IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT POTENTIALLY EXPLOSIVE S [...]
1985-07-25 13:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL SY LE
85DAMASCUS1314 THE SYRIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: THE ONLY POPULAR MOVEMENT EVER TO HAVE MOUNTED A SIGNIFICANT THREAT TO ASAD'S REGIME--THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD--HAS NOT RECOVERED FROM ITS INTERNAL DIVISIONS AND THE DEVASTATING BLOW SUFFERED AT HAMA. THE JANUARY 25 "PARDON" ANNOUNCED FOR CERTAIN MUSLIM [...]
1985-02-26 15:25:00Embassy DamascusSECRETKPRP PINS PGOV PREL PTER SY
85DAMASCUS3741 SYRIA AND TERRORISM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: SYRIA CONSIDERS ITSELF A TRUE CONFRONTATION STATE--EVERYTHING THAT CONTRIBUTES TO DEFEATING THE ENEMY IS POSITIVE. THE "STRUGGLE" PROVIDES A GUIDE FOR CHOOSING THE TARGET AND LEGITIMIZES THE MEANS, INCLUDING TERRORISM, WHICH IS VIEWED AS COST-EFFECTIVE. [...]
1985-06-13 12:22:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPTER KPAL KPRP JO IS LE SY
85DAMASCUS7872 SYRIA AND IRAN: ALMOST A RETURN TO STATUS QUO
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: BY CUTTING OFF OIL TO SYRIA, IRAN SIGNALED ITS DISPLEASURE OVER THE MOUNTING SYRIAN DEBT TO IRAN, SYRIAN POLICIES IN LEBANON, AND MOVES TOWARD RAPPROCHEMENT WITH JORDAN AND IRAQ. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, HOWEVER, PM KASM'S VISIT TO TEHRAN DECEMBER 1-3 PRODUCED [...]
1985-12-18 10:26:00Embassy DamascusSECRETPREL KPRP SY IR
85GABORONE97BOTSWANA NEWSPAPER CARRIES ARTICLE MISREPRESENTING
[...] (U) THE GOVERNMENT-OWNED BOTSWANA DAILY NEWS (JANUARY 8, 1985) CARRIED A LONG VERBOSE OVERVIEW OF 1984, THE "ORWELLIAN" YEAR ("VIOLENCE AND DISASTER, A GLEAM OF HOPE") CREDITED TO DEREK INGRAM OF GEMINI NEWS SERVICE. ONE PARAGRAPH MISREPRESENTS ONE FACET OF CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT IN SOUTHER [...]
1985-01-09 15:30:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV US SF BC
85LAGOS4304 QADHAFI INTERVIEW IN LAGOS NEWSPAPER
[...] ALMOST AS LOCAL EVIDENCE OF LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL QADHAFI'S CURRENT DIPLOMATIC OFFENSIVE SOUTH OF THE SAHARA, THE INDEPENDENT LAGOS DAILY, THE GUARDIAN, PUBLISHED ON APRIL 15, 1985, THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH HIM, BYLINED BY YEMI OGUNBIYI. IT CLAIMED THAT THE INTERVIEW WAS QADHAF [...]
1985-04-17 13:56:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPROP LY NI
85LONDON24287 URBAN VIOLENCE IN BRITAIN -- THE CHALLENGE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. DEPRESSED AREAS IN SEVERAL OF THE U.K.'S INNER CITIES ERUPTED IN RIOTS IN THE PAST MONTH. THE BRITISH SEE MANY OF THEIR DOMESTIC WOES THROWN INTO HIGH RELIEF BY THE RIOTS AND THE SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT CAUSE, EFFECT, AND WHO IS TO BLAME [...]
1985-10-31 14:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALSOCI PINS UK
85MOSCOW8814 (C) DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAN: A SOVIET VIEW
[...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT.) . SUMMARY ------- 2. A WELL-INFORMED SOVIET OBSERVER OF EVENTS IN IRAN RECENTLY DISCUSSED WITH US THE UNCERTAINTIES SURROUNDING FUTURE POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN TEHRAN. WHILE ASSERTING THAT SOVIET ATTEMPTS TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH IRAN WOULD CONTINUE, OUR INTERLOCUTO [...]
1985-07-01 12:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL UR IR
85RIYADH4906THE ROLE OF SAUDI PRINCES IN UNIFORM
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY. THE PRESENCE OF A NUMBER OF SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY MEMBERS IN THE MILITARY--WE CAN IDENTIFY MORE THAN 25 AND THERE ARE CLEARLY OTHERS--HAS LONG BEEN A SUBJECT OF INTEREST. ALSO THE FOCUS OF CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION HAS BEEN THE ROYAL FAMILY'S WELL CALCULATED EF [...]
1985-05-27 08:59:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNKPRP MCAP MASS SA
85RIYADH5470 SAUDI POLICY TOWARD IRAN
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: EVENTS AND PASSAGE OF TIME HAVE COM- BINED TO MITIGATE SAUDI FEARS AND HOPES REGARDING IRAN. MORE CONFIDENT NOW THAT IRAQ WILL NOT BE DEFEATED, THAT THERE IS LESS DANGER OF A DIRECT IRANIAN ATTACK ON SAUDI ARABIA, THAT THE LIKELI- HOOD OF EFFECTIVE IRANIAN-I [...]
1985-06-12 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKPRP PREL MOPS ENRG IR SA
85STATE184826 BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON TWA HIJACKING
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF BACKGROUND BRIEFING ON TWA HIJACKING ON JUNE 17 GIVEN BY ROBERT OAKLEY: BEGIN TEXT: SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIAL: I'M GOING TO HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY BRIEF BECAUSE WE HAVE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO, AND I'VE GOT SOME OTHER MEETINGS TO GO TO. AND, OBVIOUSLY, OUR PRI [...]
1985-06-17 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PTER LE
85STATE38496 INTERNATIONAL LINKS OF LARF
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. REFTEL 1 RAISES A NUMBER OF ISSUES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND LEBANESE TERRORIST GROUPS AS THEY MIGHT RELATE TO INVESTIGATON OF LADISPOLI SEVEN. THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION MIGHT BE USEFUL IN DISCUSSIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WITH ITALIAN MAGISTRA [...]
1985-02-07 22:58:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
85STATE80724 THE IRANIAN SUCCESSION
[...] (S ENTIRE TEXT). 2. THE FOLLOWING ANALYSIS, PREPARED BY INR/NESA IN FEBRUARY 1985, MAY BE OF BACKGROUND INTEREST TO ADDRESSEE POSTS. T H E I R A N I A N S U C C E S S I O N A N D I T S C O N S E Q U E N C E S 3. IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT PRECISELY HOW EVENTS WIL [...]
1985-03-16 08:23:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR PINT PEPR
85TELAVIV15214 ISRAELI WHITE PAPER ON PLO OUTLOOK AND GOALS
[...] THE GOI HAS LAUNCHED AN EXTENSIVE PUBLICITY CAMPAIGN TO DOCUMENT THE GOALS AND METHODS OF THE PLO. MFA SOURCES HAVE PROVIDED US WITH A PAPER ON "THE PLO'S OUTLOOK AND GOALS IN THE WAKE OF THE HUSSEIN-ARAFAT AGREEMENT" WHICH IS BEING MADE PUBLIC AS PART OF THAT CAMPAIGN. THE TEXT IS BELOW IN [...]
1985-10-21 21:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPTER IS US
85TELAVIV8792 ISRAEL'S POLICY ON SOUTHERN LEBANON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL KIMCHE BRIEFED AMBAS- SADORS FROM UN SECURITY COUNCIL AND UNIFIL CONTRIBUTOR COUNTRIES JUNE 12 ON SOUTHERN LEBANON. KIMCHE REITERATED ISRAELI POLICY IN SOUTHERN LEBANON LEADING UP TO THE WITHDRAWAL, THEN EMPHASIZED THAT ISRAEL [...]
1985-06-12 16:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
85THEHAGUE8873 ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] (S - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: EMBASSY HAS DISCUSSED ISSUE OF ABU NIDAL TERRORISM (REFTELS) WITH APPROPRIATE MFA OFFICIALS. THE INITIAL MFA RESPONSE INDICATED THE DUTCH RECOGNIZE THE DANGER OF ABU NIDAL GROUP AND ARE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN A "POLITICAL DIALOGUE" WITH THE US AND OTHE [...]
1985-12-16 16:40:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPTER NL
86ALGIERS5347 ALGERIA AND THE ARAB WORLD: MOVING FROM
[...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: UNLIKE ITS SELF-PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFRICA, ALGERIA HAS ATTEMPTED TO POSITION ITSELF IN THE ARAB WORLD AS A MEDIATOR/PEACEMAKER AT THE CENTER OF COMPETING FACTIONS AND INTERESTS. ALGERIA IS NO LONGER IN THE FOREFRONT OF RADICAL ARAB CAUSES, ALTHOU [...]
1986-10-21 11:36:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL XF AG
86ANKARA9130 ISTANBUL SYNAGOGUE ATTACK: PRESS COVERAGE
[...] THIS MESSAGE INCLUDES USIS CURRENT MEDIA REACTION. 2. SUMMARY: IN PRESS COVERAGE, EDITORIALS AND PUBLIC STATEMENTS TURKISH REACTION TO THE BOMBING OF NEVE SHALOM SYNAGOGUE IN ISTANBUL HAS BEEN ONE OF SHOCK AND HORROR - AND CAUTION. THE PRIME MINISTER "DAMNED" THE ATTACK AS "BACKSTABBING [...]
1986-09-08 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER TU
86CAIRO26111"NO NASSERISM, ONLY NASSERISTS"
[...] No summary [...]
1986-11-13 10:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS EG US
86STATE29781DEVELOPMENTS IN UGANDA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING FOR POST'S INFORMATION IS TEXT OF INFORMATION MEMO DATED 1/28/86 ON DEVELOPMENTS IN UGANDA. 3. BEGIN TEXT. SUMMARY: SOUTHERN GUERRILLAS HAVE WON THE CAPITAL AND HEARTLAND OF UGANDA AND HAVE THE MILITARY EDGE ON DISSIDENT NORTHERN TRIBES. THE [...]
1986-01-30 11:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UG
86STATE391887 DOCUMENTS ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACT PAPER ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND A CHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED TERRORIST INCIDENTS BY SYRIAN-SUPPORTED GROUPS. EARLIER VERSIONS OF BOTH DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PRESS ON NOVEMBER 14 AND APPEARED IN THE USIA WIRELESS FILE ON THAT DATE. BOTH DOCUMENTS [...]
1986-12-19 05:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SY
87ALEXANDRIA290ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART I: AN OVERVIEW OF
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - ALEXANDRIA'S RADICAL PAST... ---------------------------- 2. PERHAPS IN KEEPING WITH ITS REPUTATION AS A CENTER OF DISSENT, IN THE 1970'S, ISLAMIC RIGHT ACTIVITIES IN ALEXANDRIA WERE FOCUSED ON THE POLITICAL: THE RADICAL "SHIBAB MUHAMMAD" ORGANIZATION, [...]
1987-02-25 15:18:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87ALEXANDRIA292 ISLAMIC TRILOGY, PART III: COMMERCIAL AND
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) - - 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THIS TELEGRAM TRANSMITS THE THIRD AND FINAL INSTALLMENT IN OUR SERIES ON THE ISLAMIC RIGHT IN ALEXANDRIA. WHILE THE SPIRITUAL FORCE OF RIGHTIST ISLAM IS GROWING, ITS POLITICAL POTENTIAL IS STILL RELATIVELY UNFORMED AND DIFFICULT [...]
1987-02-25 16:04:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINS PGOV PHUM ECON PINR SOCI EG
87ALGIERS2184 ALGERIA AND THE PLO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: ALGERIA HAS LONG BEEN AN ACTIVE-- IF DISTANT--PARTICIPANT IN MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY. ENGAGEMENT ARISES FROM ALGERIA'S SELF-PERCEPTION AS ROLE MODEL FOR ALL NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLES AND FROM STRONG EMOTIONAL INVOLVEMENT IN THE ARAB/ISLAMIC CAUS [...]
1987-04-11 16:29:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL KPRP PLO AG
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