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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| 07MOSCOW466 | UPDATE ON PWC'S RUSSIAN TAX ISSUES [...] (C) On January 30, the Department of Economic Security (DES) within the Ministry of Interior (MVD) called on PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PWC) senior managing partners to provide a detailed explanation of the firm's expense accounting for its expatriate employees. DES officials interrogated the [...] | 2007-02-02 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON RS |
| 07MOSCOW4693 | NEZAVISIMAYA GAZETA UNDER INQUIRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things are getting uncomfortable for the leadership at Nezavisimaya Gazeta (NG),one of Russia's leading "opposition" newspapers, in what appears to be an attempt by associates of Agriculture Minister Gordeyev to silence criticism of his business activities. NG deputy editor and [...] | 2007-09-24 15:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW4713 | PUTIN MAKES MINIMAL CHANGES TO CABINET [...] (C) Late evening September 24, President Putin announced the long-awaited cabinet re-shuffle requested by Prime Minister Zubkov. There were few structural changes to the new cabinet unveiled by Putin and much continuity, with government veterans Elvira Nabiullina and Tatyana Golikova replacin [...] | 2007-09-25 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
| 07MOSCOW4727 | FM LAVROV UNDERSCORES ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND "NO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that Lavrov's September 11-13 trip to Peru, Uruguay, and Paraguay focused on strengthening economic development of the region and projecting solidarity with countries instituting their own models of political and economic development. Lavrov stressed in his public [...] | 2007-09-26 14:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EINV ETRD XR RS |
| 07MOSCOW475 | ITALY: PRODI AND PUTIN TALK AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian Prime Minister Prodi stopped in Sochi January 23 to discuss Afghanistan and Kosovo, bilateral trade and the Russian president's March visit to Italy. On Afghanistan, Putin was critical of President Karzai's contacts with "moderate" Taliban members. Putin voiced concerns [...] | 2007-02-05 13:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RU IT AF |
| 07MOSCOW4807 | Russian Human Rights Observers See Problems, Some Possible [...] (SBU) During discussions with Embassy officers and EUR/RUS Human Rights Officer Mary Glantz from September 17-18, local observers of corruption issues, religious freedom, and media rights saw political and press freedoms shrinking within the country, but were guardedly optimistic about guarded [...] | 2007-10-02 03:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM RS |
| 07MOSCOW4897 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, ARMS [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Kislyak staked out familiar positions on missile defense, arguing that U.S. insistence on radar and interceptor facilities in the Czech Republic and Poland meant the 2 2 delegations would "talk past each other" and accusing the U [...] | 2007-10-05 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM EAID MASS ETTC RU SY IR IZ |
| 07MOSCOW4909 | PREMIER ZUBKOV'S FIRST STEPS SHOW REGIONAL EMPHASIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Putin picked Viktor Zubkov from relative obscurity to serve as Premier, the Russian political elite have been scrambling to figure out who this new figure is and the role he is to play in Putin's plans. Our contacts among political analysts describe Zubkov as an unassuming, [...] | 2007-10-05 15:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON RS |
| 07MOSCOW4912 | RUSSIA-ARMENIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. According to the MFA, the September 25 visit to Moscow by Armenian Prime Minister Sarkisyan reaffirmed the historical strong ties between the two countries. Both GOR officials and the Armenian Embassy expressed satisfaction with the direction and extent of bilateral engagement. [...] | 2007-10-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON AM RS |
| 07MOSCOW493 | MFA REVIVES UNSC MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE PROPOSAL [...] (C) MFA International Organizations Department Director Aleksandr Konuzin convoked the DCM February 2 to ask for confirmation of U.S. interest in revitalizing the UN Security Council's Military Staff Committee (MSC). If the U.S. remained interested, Konuzin suggested that Moscow and Washing [...] | 2007-02-05 15:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC RS |
| 07MOSCOW4931 | DUMA DEPUTIES PROPOSE MISSILE DEFENSE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: State Duma Defense Committee Advisor Valeriy Ignatiev confirmed that the Russian State Duma deputies who are members of the Inter-party conference on foreign policy proposed on September 26 that members of the U.S. Congress and parliamentarians from the Czech Republic and Poland [...] | 2007-10-10 07:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
| 07MOSCOW4932 | WINTER CUTOFFS OF RUSSIAN GAS LESS LIKELY THIS YEAR [...] (C) Despite the noise created by the press, Russia seems to have learned from the PR blunder of shutting off gas to Ukraine in the winter of 2006 (ref D) and we expect a relatively quiet winter this year with respect to gas supplies. The immediate resolution of the recent mini-dispute over an [...] | 2007-10-10 07:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5030 | EMBASSY'S MEETING WITH UNITED CIVIC FRONT ACTIVIST [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Embassy met with Larissa Arap immediately after her return from the United States, in order to discuss problems that she and her family were reportedly facing in Murmansk and the case she has brought against the psychiatric hospital that had held her against her [...] | 2007-10-17 04:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5031 | BIOTERRORISM: ENHANCING BILATERAL EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Department biodefense experts met in Moscow October 10 to discuss bilateral bioterrorism cooperation with the MFA Department of New Threats and Challenges. MFA reported some confusion about the topics and experts needed for a proposed second bilateral meeting of bioterrorism ex [...] | 2007-10-17 04:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PTER RS |
| 07MOSCOW5035 | CIVIL SPACE COOPERATION: MFA PRESSES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 12, EUR/PRA Director Antia Friedt discussed the Framework Technology Safeguards Agreement (TSA) and other civil space cooperation issues with Andrei Kruitskikh of MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR). Kruitskikh noted the good progress made [...] | 2007-10-17 07:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL PREL PARM NASA KZ AS BR KS RS |
| 07MOSCOW5039 | GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR IN MOSCOW: IRAN, MD, AND [...] (C) Summary: German Political Director Stanzel's October 9 visit to Moscow touched on most major international issues, including Iran, missile defense, and CFE. During his meeting with Stanzel, DFM Kislyak reaffirmed Russia's interest in maintaining a united front with the EC 3 on Iran. Kisl [...] | 2007-10-17 11:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV GM AF EU IR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5044 | REMOVAL OF HIGH-THREAT RADIOACTIVE SOURCES FROM [...] (C) Summary: Rosatom and MFA officials tell us they are not aware of any plans by Rosatom Director Kiriyenko, or anyone else at Rosatom, to build a nuclear storage facility in Abkhazia to dispose of high threat radioactive sources. We urged that the GOR intervene with the de facto Abkhazian le [...] | 2007-10-17 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM ENRG PGOV PREL GG IAEA RS |
| 07MOSCOW5051 | RUSSIA COURTS ASIA AND VICE VERSA [...] (C) Summary: Russia continues to expand its influence in Asia by taking advantage of Asian eagerness to improve relations with a politically and economically resurgent Russia. Both the Prime Minister of Vietnam and Foreign Minister of Bangladesh visited Moscow recently, seeking to increase b [...] | 2007-10-18 10:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV ENRG BG VM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5055 | RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...] | 2007-10-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS |
| 07MOSCOW5059 | RUSSIA-US MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS, OCTOBER [...] (S) Summary. In extensive discussions in Moscow October 10, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak discussed the U.S. plans to place a missile defense system (MD) in Easter [...] | 2007-10-18 13:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | MARR PARM PREL KNNP IR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5069 | GAZPROM HEAD SUGGESTS ELIMINATING "MIDDLEMEN" IN [...] (SBU) On October 16, First Deputy Prime Minister and Gazprom Chairman Dmitriy Medvedev suggested on German television that Russia is willing to bypass middlemen in its gas dealings with Ukraine. The recent gas supply dispute with Ukraine and its subsequent resolution (reftels) raised question [...] | 2007-10-19 06:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5098 | RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...] | 2007-10-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS |
| 07MOSCOW5103 | RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...] | 2007-10-23 06:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MG RS |
| 07MOSCOW5119 | ODIHR WAITS FOR INVITE FROM RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The wait continues for an invitation to the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to monitor Russia's upcoming Duma elections. The Central Election Commission (CEC) will not issue the invitation until it has completed registering party lists, leaving little p [...] | 2007-10-24 02:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
| 07MOSCOW5182 | GOR INTERPRETS BURMA DIFFERENTLY [...] (C) On October 25, MFA Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand Division Second Secretary Aleksey Semenikhin provided a more nuanced GOR position on recent events in Burma (refs B and C). Displaying refreshing honesty, he acknowledged that earlier claims the GOR had limited information on the Bur [...] | 2007-10-29 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD BM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5189 | TDY JEFFERSON FELLOWS: KEEP THEM COMING [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Moscow supports amending the Jefferson Science Fellow program to include an 8-10 week TDY at the end of the Fellowship year. Our first TDY Fellow, Dr. Katherine Radtke, contributed significantly to the advancement of U.S. science and technology goals in key areas like nano [...] | 2007-10-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | TSPL APER RS |
| 07MOSCOW520 | GOR PICKS AND CHOOSES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS FORA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent fact-finding trip by three noted human rights lawyers to Moscow was largely ignored by GOR officials, in keeping with Russia's long-standing policy to prevent "internationalization" of Chechnya. Russian officials have evinced greater interest in bringing together hum [...] | 2007-02-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV RS |
| 07MOSCOW5205 | BACKLASH TO DUMA AMENDMENTS PROPOSING RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (U) Amendments to the "law on referendums" which are working their way through the State Duma, would greatly restrict if not abolish the right of Russian citizens to express their views through national plebiscites. The amendments, offered by three members of the ruling United Russia party, had [...] | 2007-10-30 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5221 | THE EASTERN FRONT OF RUSSIA'S DEMOGRAPHIC CRISIS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Consulate General Vladivostok and Embassy Moscow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The population in the Russian Far East (RFE) and Siberia is continuing to decline, due both to a long-term trend of "Western Drift" (internal migration from east to west within Russia) and [...] | 2007-10-31 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SCUL PREL SOCI CH RS |
| 07MOSCOW5242 | RUSSIA-BULGARIA ENERGY: SOUTHSTREAM MOU TO BE [...] (SBU) Bulgarian Economic Officer Kiril Vachev told us October 31 that Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov will visit Moscow November 7-9 to sign an MOU on the proposed Southstream gas pipeline (reftels). The MOU will signal political support in principle but leave all details to the fu [...] | 2007-11-01 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5246 | AMBASSADOR RAISES OBSTACLES ENCOUNTERED BY NGOS [...] (C) Ambassador on November 1 raised with Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko problems encountered by Russian and U.S. NGOS as the Duma elections approach, and voiced concerns over the number of ODIHR monitors to be invited to the December 2 Duma election. The Ambassador described to Yakovenko re [...] | 2007-11-01 17:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI OSCE RS |
| 07MOSCOW5268 | Penza Oblast - Governor Weak Authoritarian [...] (SBU) Penza governor Vasiliy Bochkarev at first glance appears comfortably ensconced in his power position, enjoying favorable ratings from the population, which credits him with improving the regional quality of life, and nods of approval from Moscow for his energetic support of the National P [...] | 2007-11-06 04:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS |
| 07MOSCOW5292 | ROSCOSMOS ON SPACE COOPERATION WITH KAZAKHSTAN, [...] (SBU) Russian officials regard space cooperation with Kazakhstan as on track, despite reported disputes over leasing arrangements for the Baikonur cosmodrome and compensation for damages caused by a recent rocket explosion at the site. Plans for the construction in the Russian Far East of a [...] | 2007-11-07 06:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL NASA PREL PGOV KZ RS |
| 07MOSCOW5300 | FOR A JUST RUSSIA FIGHTS FOR RELEVANCE [...] (SBU) On the first anniversary of its creation, the political party "For a Just Russia," (SR) finds itself recoiling from its greatest challenge thus far: Putin's decision to head the party list for United Russia (YR). In the weeks after Putin's surprise announcement, SR sank in the polls whi [...] | 2007-11-07 12:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW5311 | RUSSIA: NO POSTPONEMENT OF NEW STATE FLIGHTS [...] (C) The GOR has decided to implement the pre-payment scheme for USG "state" flights despite previous indications from the MFA that last week's informal bilateral discussions might stave off the November 1 implementation of these new rules. Because U.S. policy is neither to pay nor charge for [...] | 2007-11-07 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAIR PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5336 | RUSSIA EXPELS THREE GEORGIAN DIPLOMATS IN RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary. On November 8, Russia declared persona non grata two senior counselors and one counselor in the Georgian Embassy in Moscow, in a tit-for-tat response to Georgia's recall of its Ambassador from Moscow and expulsion of three Russian diplomats. While the MFA issued two harshly cri [...] | 2007-11-08 18:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
| 07MOSCOW5345 | CIVIL SOCIETY ON THE NORTH CAUCASUS: NO NEWS IS NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Russian civil society leaders expressed uniform pessimism on prospects for democratic development in the North Caucasus - despite relative calm and improved infrastructure in Chechnya. Our interlocutors predict continuing political violence an [...] | 2007-11-09 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW5370 | INITIAL GROUP OF RUSSIAN DUMA ELECTION OBSERVERS [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Yakovenko claimed to Ambassador November 12 that the GOR would invite the 70 ODIHR observers as it had promised and in the timeframe promised, and would expedite visa issuance. In a November 13 conversation (septel),Presidential Administration Deputy Vladislav Surk [...] | 2007-11-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM OSCE RS |
| 07MOSCOW5371 | MFA ON POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 conversation, the Ambassador reinforced with DFM Denisov U.S. efforts in Tbilisi and urged GOR restraint. In a separate meeting, MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin welcomed EUR DAS Bryza's statements encouraging the Georgian leadership to restore the polit [...] | 2007-11-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS |
| 07MOSCOW5372 | KERCH STRAIT OIL SPILL UNDER CONTROL, BUT LONG TERM CLEANUP [...] (SBU) Despite continuing storms in the Kerch Strait, the GOR reports that it has staunched the flow and has begun containment and cleanup of the 2000 tons of oil spilled over the weekend. The GOR is cooperating with Ukraine, but has not requested any international assistance. The Federal Serv [...] | 2007-11-14 03:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5373 | RUSSIA - THE POLITICS OF INFLATION [...] (SBU) In a campaign that many here characterize as a referendum on Putin and his policies, few expected that the problem of inflation would emerge to distract the public's attention from the broader economic stabilization that has succored the president's popularity. Putin's team, which was a [...] | 2007-11-14 04:00:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR RS EINV |
| 07MOSCOW5401 | RUSSIA: ODIHR UPDATE; U.S. INVITATION [...] (C) On November 14, Vladimir Churov, head of the Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) told reporters that the CEC had received the accreditation applications for all 70 ODIHR election observers that morning and had forwarded them to the MFA for visa issuance. ODIHR Observer Mission Head [...] | 2007-11-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5412 | GOR SYMPATHIZES WITH MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA tells us that the deteriorating domestic situation and limited political options "understandably" forced Musharraf to declare a state of emergency in Pakistan. MFA Pakistan Desk Chief Andrey Starkov argued that Musharraf had to prevent the invalidation of his re-election [...] | 2007-11-16 11:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN PK RS |
| 07MOSCOW5417 | RUSSIA'S RADICAL LIBERALS - SPS PARTY SHIFTS INTO [...] (C) The announcement this week that Russia's Union of Right Forces (SPS) will take part in "Dissenters' Marches" marks the final step in the party's rapid evolution from a "constructive opponent" to total opposition. Over the past six weeks, SPS leaders have radically changed their electoral [...] | 2007-11-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5429 | CHINESE PREMIER WEN VISITS MOSCOW; FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao arrived in Moscow November 5-6 to close the "Year of China" in Russia. His visit focused on trade and energy. While the Russian MFA portrayed the visit as a successful expression of flourishing economic relations, the Chinese Embassy cautioned that the agreem [...] | 2007-11-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ENRG CH RS |
| 07MOSCOW5458 | UKRAINE TO PAY $160 FOR GAS IN 2008; MARKET PRICES [...] (C) According to the Ukrainian Embassy in Moscow, agreement has been reached on a gas price of $160 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) for Russian gas deliveries to Ukraine for 2008. The agreement also calls for a rise to "market prices" by 2011. Separately, Gazprom indicated that final details [...] | 2007-11-21 06:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5477 | IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN MFA VIEWS ON DG REPORT [...] (C) On November 21, Embassy conveyed U.S. views (reftel) on the IAEA Director General's November 15 Report on Iran to Mikhail Kondratenkov, MFA Security and Disarmament Department nuclear non-proliferation section chief. Kondratenkov agreed that Iran has often been reactive rather than proacti [...] | 2007-11-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM RS IR |
| 07MOSCOW5479 | Disaster Declaration: Oil Spill in Kerch Strait, Russia [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Strait (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain a [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SENV ENRG PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5480 | DISASTER DECLARATION: OIL SPILL IN KERCH STRAIT, [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The November 11 oil spill in the Kerch Straight (which runs between the Black and Azov Seas near Crimea) continues to affect large numbers of fish and wildlife and is now spreading into the Sea of Azov (refs A, B). Efforts to contain [...] | 2007-11-23 04:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ENRG PREL SENV RS |
| 07MOSCOW5502 | SUBJECT: KRASNOYARSK ELECTION - QUIET ON THE [...] (SBU) A joke is circulating in Krasnoyarsk that the regional electoral commission is taking care to make sure the population doesn't falsify the elections. With less than two weeks before polling day, virtually everyone "knows" the election outcome -- a solid majority for United Russia; enoug [...] | 2007-11-23 12:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5512 | RUSSIA AND INDIA SEEK TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES; [...] (SBU) Summary: In official briefings on Indian Prime Minister Singh's November 11-12 visit, Russian and Indian diplomats confirmed reftel assessment of bilateral relations as politically healthy but in danger of appearing "emaciated" should the countries fail to expand economic ties. The dip [...] | 2007-11-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECIN ENRG MASS IN RS |
| 07MOSCOW5516 | THE WEEK IN POLITICS: THE PUTIN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The "For Putin" movement continued to percolate, with a November 21 gathering of five thousand supporters in a Moscow sports hall. The event --part U.S. political party convention, part CPSU congress-- featured an extended attack by Putin on his political opponents, a swipe at t [...] | 2007-11-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5526 | NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...] | 2007-11-26 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5528 | GOR CLAMPS DOWN ON OTHER RUSSIA; KASPAROV [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, following a peaceful, sanctioned meeting in central Moscow, about eighty of an estimated two thousand Other Russia/SPS demonstrators attempted to march to the Central Election Commission in defiance of a ban by city authorities. In the melee that followed, poli [...] | 2007-11-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5532 | NGO GOLOS PREPARES TO OBSERVE DUMA ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The NGO Golos is preparing to observe the Duma elections on December 2, and has begun monitoring pre-election activities. Golos has already run into legal trouble in one region, and while its leaders are unaware of any other impending legal action, they remain potentially vulnera [...] | 2007-11-27 03:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5535 | RESULTS OF AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Australia Group (AG) chair John Sullivan and Russian MFA Director of the Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament (DVBR) Anatoly Antonov led discussions November 20 on Russia's possible membership in the AG. Russia's high-level delegation indicated its interest in joining [...] | 2007-11-27 07:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PGOV PREL |
| 07MOSCOW5562 | DUMA ELECTION OBSERVER UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador November 26 told acting Foreign Minister Denisov that the USG had played no role in ODIHR's decision not to observe the Russian Duma elections. Denisov insisted that the Russian Embassy in Washington believed the USG had "tipped the scales" on the decision during ODIHR [...] | 2007-11-28 16:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5563 | UKRAINE GAS PRICE AGREEMENT DELAYED BY LATEST [...] (C) A November 27th agreement between Gazprom and Turkmenistan on a price increase for Turkmen gas has delayed and complicated a deal on 2008 gas prices to Ukraine. Gazprom, which serves as an intermediary for Turkmen gas to Ukraine, will pay Turkmenistan $130 per thousand cubic meters (mcm) o [...] | 2007-11-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5571 | RUSSIA: POWER SECTOR RESTRUCTURING ENTERS LAST [...] (SBU) The electricity sector's regulatory and policy framework after July 2008, when holding company RAO UES will cease operations, is taking shape. On October 26, RAO UES shareholders approved the restructuring plan and consented to the appointment of RAO UES' director of strategy as the new [...] | 2007-11-29 09:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND ENRG PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5582 | RUSSIA - KPRF THREATENS TO PROTEST ELECTION FRAUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Communists are taking the offensive to protect their interests in Sunday's Duma election, establishing their own parallel monitoring program and threatening "mass action" if the administration falsifies the results. Party leaders announced on November 28 that the party wil [...] | 2007-11-29 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5585 | "SECURE GAS SUPPLY FOR EUROPE" -- NORD STREAM MOVING FORWARD REF: A. THE HAGUE 1999 B. MOSCOW 5399 C. TALLINN 737 D. HELSINKI 785 E. WARSAW 1975 F. RIGA 430 Classified By: Ambassador William J. Burns for Reasons 1.4 (b/d) [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5591 | ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL URANIUM ENRICHMENT CENTER: [...] (SBU) Russia's plan to establish an international uranium enrichment center in Angarsk (Siberia) -- which stems from a Putin proposal made almost two years ago -- is moving forward. Russian officials and experts are confident in the ability of the Angarsk facility to handle increased demand [...] | 2007-11-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IAEA PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5613 | RUSSIAN ATTENDANCE AT NEW DELHI AVIAN AND PANDEMIC FLU [...] (SBU) We shared reftel information about the upcoming Avian and Pandemic Influenza Conference in New Delhi with Russian officials at the International Departments of the MFA, Health and Social Development Ministry, the Federal Surveillance Service for Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-B [...] | 2007-11-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO KFLU EAGR PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW563 | NEW HEALTH WARNING LABEL FOR WINE AND SPIRITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A new label for bottles of wine, vodka, and other spirits warns consumers of the dangers of alcohol consumption by certain vulnerable groups, including minors, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. The government is delaying enforcement of the new law and giving producers and di [...] | 2007-02-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ETRD SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW5631 | DUMA ELECTION: VOTER TURNOUT HIGH, PARTIES ALLEGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Eighteen regions of Russia have completed voting and all signs are that voter turnout for the December 2 Duma elections is expected to exceed 2003's turnout of 55.75 percent although three hours remain before polls close across all of Russia. The opposition SPS, Yabloko, and Comm [...] | 2007-12-02 15:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW564 | RUSSIA-AZERBAIJAN DYSPEPSIA: EAT TOMATOES AND GET [...] (C) Russian press articles and Embassy Baku's interlocutors have played up deteriorating Russian-Azerbaijani relations. They cite Gazprom's increase in the price of gas deliveries to Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan's refusal to send crude oil via the Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline; and the Russian ban on [...] | 2007-02-08 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL ETRD PREF AJ AM GG RS |
| 07MOSCOW57 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: THE RUSSIA-BELARUS OIL STANDOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia and Belarus have not yet found a solution to their row over oil volumes through the Druzhba pipeline. Over the last three days each party has cast blame on the other for initiating the confrontation, with the Russians claiming that the Belarusian transit duty was illegal u [...] | 2007-01-10 15:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5701 | EMBASSY OF TURKMENISTAN REITERATES: "WE ONLY SELL [...] (SBU) Embassy of Turkmenistan Econ Counselor Murat Yazberdiyev reiterated to us November 30th that Turkmenistan is only interested in selling gas "at the border." That said, Turkmenistan had no objections to others either improving existing pipelines or building new ones through which to expo [...] | 2007-12-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TX |
| 07MOSCOW5717 | GAZPROM: 2008 GAS PRICE DEAL WITH UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Confirming press reports, Gazprom International Affairs Director Ivan Zolotov told us December 5th that a deal had been concluded with Ukrainian Minister of Energy Yuriy Boyko the previous day on the 2008 gas price to Ukraine and transit fees to and through Ukraine. Zolotov said negotia [...] | 2007-12-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5743 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MARY B. WARLICK, SENIOR [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NSC Senior Director Mary B. Warlick for the proposed visit to Moscow from December 10-11, 2007. Airport meet/assist has been arranged through AECA. 2. Control Officer is Karen Kirchgasser, tel. 7-495-728-5171; 7-495-234-2449 (hm); 7-495-970 [...] | 2007-12-07 09:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA PREL AMGT ASEC RS |
| 07MOSCOW5749 | CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...] | 2007-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS |
| 07MOSCOW5771 | PUTIN BACKS MEDVEDEV FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Representatives of United Russia, the Agrarian Party, Patriots of Russia, and Just Russia, headed by United Russia Chairman Gryzlov, asked December 10 for Putin's support for the presidential candidacy of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Medvedev. The media report that Putin told Gryzlo [...] | 2007-12-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW5790 | RUSSIA UNLIKELY TO BACK DOWN ON BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: UK diplomats do not expect the GOR to back down from its threat to close two British Council centers on January 1, with the latest salvo from the MFA making the "tactical mistake" of linking Russian actions to the July measures taken by the UK in response to the Russian failure [...] | 2007-12-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL RU UK |
| 07MOSCOW5796 | GETTING THE VOTE OUT: HOW UNITED RUSSIA PULLED OFF [...] (C) Summary: A comparison of electoral statistics from the December 2 Duma elections and the previous elections in a number of selected regions shows that United Russia's use of administrative assets to get out an increased number of voters made a difference in the December 2 Duma elections. [...] | 2007-12-12 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PREL PHUM RS |
| 07MOSCOW5800 | THE MEASURE OF THE MAN - "WHO IS MR. MEDVEDEV?" [...] (C) Despite his prominence as First Deputy Premier, Gazprom Board Chair, and earlier as Head of the Presidential Administration, Medvedev remains only somewhat less an enigma than his mentor Putin was when the latter was picked as Yeltsin's successor eight years ago. In the near unanimous app [...] | 2007-12-13 13:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | RS PINR PGOV |
| 07MOSCOW5819 | EMBASSY MOSCOW'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Embassy Moscow's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is: Kathleen Doherty, Deputy Minister-Counselor for Economic Affairs, 7 (495) 728-5179, DohertyKX@state.sgov.gov, DohertyKA@state.gov. 2. The Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer is Clayton Hays, Financial Economist, 7 (49 [...] | 2007-12-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RS |
| 07MOSCOW5825 | RUSSIAN ELITES AHEAD OF RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of establishment analysts and Putin critics approach the ruling party's December 17 convention convinced that it is time for liberals, the Kremlin, and the West to come to grips with the changed political landscape following the December 2 Duma elections. With t [...] | 2007-12-14 15:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL ECON RS |
| 07MOSCOW583 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: AMBASSADOR MEETS GAZPROM'S MILLER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller praised recent moves on domestic gas price reform, and said gas price rises to FSU countries would move forward in tandem, and assets are a part of the payment mix. Miller stressed plans in play to develop Yam [...] | 2007-02-09 10:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW584 | UNHCR COMPLETES INTERVIEWS OF NORTH KOREANS [...] (S) UNHCR has completed its interviews of the North Koreans asylum seekers that arrived in Moscow in January and is finalizing its assessments of their cases (reftel). UNHCR Senior Protection Officer Gang Li said that all of them had indicated they had wanted to be resettled to the United Sta [...] | 2007-02-09 11:17:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREF PREL PHUM PGOV RS KN |
| 07MOSCOW5884 | THE RUSSIAN NGO LAW ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) More than year after the implementation of controversial amendments with tougher reporting requirements for Russian non-governmental organizations, the fears of extensive, politically-motivated NGO closures have not materialized. A USAID-funded study, civil society assessments and Emba [...] | 2007-12-20 09:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW5938 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel C demarche, the MFA conveyed its support for Pierre Prosper, but stressed its expectation of reciprocal U.S. support for the candidacy of Professor A.S. Avtonomov in the same election. 2. (SBU) Text of MFA dipnote: No. 11521-n/dgpch The Department for Huma [...] | 2007-12-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL UNGA RS |
| 07MOSCOW599 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...] | 2007-02-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS |
| 07MOSCOW601 | RUSSIA-JAPAN RELATIONSHIP: NOT YET A NEW CHAPTER [...] (C) Summary. Despite growing economic ties and a newly launched strategic dialogue, improvements in Russian-Japanese bilateral relations will likely continue to move at a glacial pace. The disputed Kurile Islands remain a sticking point; oil-rich and confident Russians see little gain in mak [...] | 2007-02-09 15:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON JA RS |
| 07MOSCOW629 | PORTUGUESE INITIATIVE: EU-US-RUSSIA TRILATERAL [...] (C) During a February 13 conversation with the Ambassador, Portuguese Ambassador Curto previewed a Portuguese initiative, as incoming President of the European Union in July 2007, to organize a trilateral EU-US-Russian summit. Curto explained that the Portuguese government was interested in [...] | 2007-02-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS |
| 07MOSCOW695 | NGOS: SILVER LINING BUT A LOOMING DARK CLOUD [...] (C) SUMMARY: After initial difficulties in getting re-registered, our U.S. and foreign NGO contacts have resumed normal activities and express little concern over the follow-on reporting requirements. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) surprisingly has even expressed interest in working [...] | 2007-02-16 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID RS |
| 07MOSCOW697 | RUSSIA: KHODORKOVSKIY/LEBEDEV CHARGES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary. Russia's Attorney General has charged Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev with two counts of embezzlement and two counts of money-laundering (under Articles 160 and 174 of the Russian Criminal Code),which carry a maximum sentence of 15 and 10 years, respectively. The case i [...] | 2007-02-16 12:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV RS |
| 07MOSCOW825 | RUSSIAN MFA CITES DIP NOTE ON SMUGGLED HEU SAMPLE [...] (S) As instructed by REF A, we met February 26 with Mikhail Kondratenkov, of the MFA's Department of Disarmament and Security Affairs (DVBR),and asked him to clarify Moscow's purported request to the Georgian Government for an additional sample of the HEU that was seized in Georgia in Februa [...] | 2007-02-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | KNNP MNUC ENRG PARM ASEC |
| 07MOSCOW827 | RUSSIA: THE CASE FOR LIMITED U.S. FUNDING OF RFFE [...] (C) The U.S. Mission strongly supports continued limited USG funding for the Russian Foundation for Free Elections (RFFE) under its existing grant. U.S. monies would be used only to train election observers and to operate a voter hotline. While RFFE does receive some government support, cont [...] | 2007-02-27 16:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM RS |
| 07MOSCOW829 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
| 07MOSCOW831 | SIBBIOPHARM AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO COMMENCE NDF BW FACILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26-27 a State/Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund (NDF) delegation met with Sibbiopharm representatives to establish the scope and ground rules for an NDF project to eliminate former biological weapons (BW) building and equipment at Sibbiopharm's Berdsk facility. T [...] | 2007-02-28 06:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM TBIO RS |
| 07MOSCOW849 | DPRK: MOSCOW REACTS TO SIX-PARTY RESULTS [...] (C) Moscow's North Korea hands -- both official and unofficial --- welcomed the results of the February Six-Party Talks but remained critical of U.S. policies towards the DPRK. While the MFA's terse announcement summarized the decisions made in Beijing, Foreign Minister Lavrov was more expan [...] | 2007-02-28 17:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KN RS |
| 07MOSCOW868 | KOMI: ALL PARTIES REGISTERED; UNITED RUSSIA IN [...] (SBU) Observers in Komi predicted to Poloff in mid-February that United Russia would capture solid pluralities in the March 11 republic-level and local elections, with "For a Just Russia" poised to place a respectable second, and the Communists and LDPR expected to cross the seven percent thr [...] | 2007-03-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI RS |
| 07MOSCOW871 | MOSCOW MAYOR IN SEVASTOPOL: MFA DISTANCES ITSELF [...] (C) Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's February 21 rant in Sevastopol about Russian interests in Crimea merited modest coverage on the major evening television news programs, but did not have much resonance in GOR official circles. The GOR continues to emphasize the "new maturity" in Russian-Ukrai [...] | 2007-03-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UP RS |
| 07MOSCOW978 | MUCH SPECULATION, LITTLE PUBLICALLY-AVAILABLE [...] (C) The March 2 death of veteran Kommersant military correspondent Ivan Safronov has sent shock waves through Moscow's journalistic community. Investigations by the Prosecutor General's office and the Kommersant staff have to date produced no serious evidence that would point to suicide, forc [...] | 2007-03-07 16:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS |
| 07MOSCOW980 | RUSSIAN ENERGY: PROSPECTS FOR DEALS IN THE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite increased GOR control over the sector, U.S. majors are involved in several high-profile deals and below-the-radar deals are becoming more common as well. Russia will need western expertise -- most urgently on the gas side -- as it moves to exploit the offshore and the ea [...] | 2007-03-09 03:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 07MUMBAI134 | KAKODKAR GIVES POSITIVE HEARING TO U.S. INDUSTRY [...] (C) DAE Secretary Anil Kakodkar made a strong positive impression on members of USIBC's nuclear trade delegation during their March 8 meeting in Mumbai. In a briefing following the meeting, most delegation members told us that Kakodkar made compelling arguments to include reprocessing rights i [...] | 2007-03-09 14:05:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG SENV BEXP EFIN EINV EPET EMIN ETRD PREL |
| 07MUNICH106 | BAVARIAN TAKE ON DOHA AND CLOSER TRANSATLATIC INTEGRATION [...] In a discussion with senior officials from the Bavarian Ministry for Economic Affairs and the State Chancery, Embassy Berlin EMIN stressed the urgency of German and EU action to revitalize the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) now. He pointed to statements by Chancellor Merkel and other senior Ge [...] | 2007-02-21 17:13:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL ECON GM |
| 07MUNICH15 | BAVARIA'S STOIBER - BEYOND REDEMPTION? [...] (U) The political year in Bavaria began with further erosion of Bavarian Minister-President and CSU Party Chairman Edmund Stoiber's popularity - and questions about his future. Stoiber's current woes include allegations that he ordered inquiries into the private life of a CSU politician criti [...] | 2007-01-12 15:16:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH196 | CRISIS AT SIEMENS - JUST HOW BAD IS IT? [...] Manufacturing giant Siemens, a household name in Germany and in much of the world, has become embroiled in a recent string of scandals ranging from "outsourced" job losses to accusations of bribery of customers and unions that have tarnished the firm's reputation. Even before the March 27 ar [...] | 2007-04-03 14:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN GM |
| 07MUNICH21 | BAVARIAN MINISTER-PRESIDENT STOIBER TO STEP-DOWN [...] Bavarian Minister-President Edmund Stoiber announced January 18 he will resign his posts as Minister-President and Christian Social Union (CSU) Party Chairman by September 30, 2007. Bavarian State Parliament (Landtag) President Alois Glueck confirmed to the Consul General shortly after Stoibe [...] | 2007-01-19 13:04:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH218 | BECKSTEIN LEADS BAVARIA'S GET-TOUGH APPROACH TO ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Guenther Beckstein, Germany's longest-serving state Interior Minister and presumptive future Bavarian Minister President (REF A),has for years identified Islamic terrorism as the greatest risk to domestic security in Germany. According to Beckstein, about 50 people living in Bavaria ha [...] | 2007-04-11 09:34:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
| 07MUNICH258 | MUNICH PROSECUTOR DOES NOT ANTICIPATE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) ConGen Munich contacted Munich Deputy District Attorney August Stern on April 24 in an effort to clarify whether the "request for provisional arrest" by his office in the Al Masri case (Ref A) would lead to a request for extradition under Article 16 of the bilateral extradition treaty b [...] | 2007-04-25 09:14:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PTER GM |
| 07MUNICH28 | BAVARIA'S NEXT MINISTER-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Bavarian Interior Minister Guenther Beckstein is expected to be elected Bavarian Minister-President in early October 2007, succeeding Edmund Stoiber. Beckstein is the longest-serving and best-known of Germany's state interior ministers. His "law and order" approach has provided Bavaria [...] | 2007-01-19 18:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH325 | MUNICH G-8 JUSTICE AND INTERIOR MINISTERS MEETING [...] The below text is the concluding declaration from the G-8 Justice and Interior Ministers Meeting held in Munich May 23-25. The U.S. was represented at the meeting by Attorney General Gonzales and Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jackson. 2. Begin text: During our meeting in Munich on [...] | 2007-05-25 15:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KISL GM |
| 07MUNICH347 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: FIRM REFUSES TO ALLOW PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Following repeated attempts to schedule an acceptable date for ConGen POL/ECON Officer and LES to visit Oberland Arms, the firm refused our requested visit via the following e-mail, translated from German: Begin text: Dear Dr. Wilhelm (LES Econ Specialist) -- Thank you for your patie [...] | 2007-06-04 05:38:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 07MUNICH403 | BAVARIA'S CSU - PALACE POLITICS PLAY ON [...] (SBU) It now appears all but certain that Interior Minister Beckstein will succeed Edmund Stoiber as Minister-President. Further, it appears that federal Agriculture Minister Seehofer's personal problems and negative campaign style have given Bavarian Economic Minister Huber a decisive, if not [...] | 2007-07-09 09:42:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH409 | ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS CONVICTED BY BAVARIAN COURT [...] (SBU) The Bavarian Supreme Court sentenced Ansar al-Islam member Farhad Kanabi Ahmad to five years and six months in prison on July 9 following the sentencing of Dieman Abdulkadir Izzat to three years and three months in prison on June 25. Prosecutors had asked for sentences of six years for [...] | 2007-07-11 07:54:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC ETTC PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KVPR GM |
| 07MUNICH412 | NAVIGATING A MESS: EADS OFFICIALS ON GALILEO [...] (SBU) Senior EADS-Astrium officials told ConGen Munich the recent collapse of the Galileo consortium of private firms resulted as much from squabbling between EU states over apportionment of contracts as a failure to find a workable economic model. They described the current economic model as [...] | 2007-07-13 13:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
| 07MUNICH463 | BIOGAS IN BAVARIA: A MODEL FOR ENERGY INDEPENDENCE? [...] ConGen Munich visited a biomethane plant in Pliening, Bavaria built and run by Schmack Biogas AG, a leader in the biogas field. The plant is a showcase for the state of the art in biogas technology, and an example of the potential of biomass as a fuel source. Schmack representatives are optim [...] | 2007-08-13 05:40:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PGOV EINV PREL ENRG TRGY KGHG GM |
| 07MUNICH560 | CSU PARTY CONVENTION USHERS-IN POST-STOIBER ERA [...] (SBU) At the annual CSU party convention, Erwin Huber decisively defeated Horst Seehofer and Gabrielle Pauli in the race to lead his party forward. Delegates also overwhelmingly endorsed Guenther Beckstein as the CSU's candidate for Bavarian Minister-President, all but ensuring his election o [...] | 2007-10-02 15:55:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH563 | RESPONSE TO FDA REGARDING U.S./FDA ORPHAN PRODUCT [...] Consulate General Munich is unaware of any information that would present negative foreign policy implications in connection with awarding a product development grant award to either the Medizinische Universitatsklinik Wurzburg or the Klinikum der Universitat Munchen, and thus has no objection [...] | 2007-10-04 09:37:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA TPHY US GM |
| 07MUNICH573 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-CHECK LICENCE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] ConGen Munich contact Josef Priller, of Sitec's sales department, regarding the questions outlined in reftel. Priller provided the following answers: a) Sitec's customers: Sitec's typical customers are commercial aircraft manufacturers located worldwide. b) Ties to China: Sitec has no [...] | 2007-10-12 15:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 07MUNICH574 | BLUE LATERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON LICENSE [...] ConGen contacted Bernhard Wagner, Managing Director of Prueftechnik Dieter Busch AG. Wagner confirmed that Prueftechnik had received all 10 Inertial Sensor Assemblies (ISA) listed on the license and assured us the ISAs had been incorporated into Prueftechnik's PARALIGN systems. 2. Prueft [...] | 2007-10-12 15:45:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 07MUNICH620 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENCE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] As requested in (Ref A),ConGen Munich contacted the managing directors of Cerberus, GmbH, Frank Satzinger and Matthias Hainich, at their place of business located at Gewerbestrasse 4, Obersoechering. Satzinger and Hainich confirmed they are also the directors of Oberland Arms, OHG. They exp [...] | 2007-11-20 16:29:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 07MUNICH633 | BLUE LANTERN PRE-CHECK LICENCE END-USE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] ConGen Munich contacted Deutsches Zentrum f|r Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR) in Wessling and received the confirmation that it had ordered two detectors from Fermionics Corporation. DLR informed us that it had not physically received the detectors, as the Australian firm Integrated Spectronics Pty [...] | 2007-11-29 13:24:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KOMC GM |
| 07MUNICH636 | FILLING BIG SHOES: BAVARIA'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (SBU) The recent selection of Joachim Herrmann to be Bavaria's new Interior Minister, after 14 years of Bavarian Minister-President Guenther Beckstein holding that office, caught nearly everyone by surprise. Herrmann not only has no background in law enforcement, but appeared content to remai [...] | 2007-12-03 16:50:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
| 07MUNICH646 | PROPOSED BAVARIAN ISLAMIC ACADEMY HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) A controversial proposal for an Islamic academy in Munich illustrates some of the challenges of balancing integration and security concerns in a conservative German state. The academy, to be funded by the UAE, would be a first-of-its-kind proposal by IVLP grantee Imam Benjamin Idriz of t [...] | 2007-12-18 11:18:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GE KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER SOCI |
| 07MUNICH652 | GALILEO AND THE EU -- NAVIGATING THE PORK BARREL [...] (SBU) EADS-Astrium officials told Embassy Berlin EMIN and ConGen Munich that the Galileo satellite navigation project is proceeding under its new EU funding mechanism, albeit well behind schedule. The officials expressed frustration at the Byzantine web of EU politics and blatant promotion of [...] | 2007-12-21 10:53:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON TSPA EAIR ETRD PGOV EINV PREL EUN FR GM |
| 07MUNICH81 | PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...] | 2007-02-12 17:28:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS |
| 07MUSCAT1004 | FOREIGN WORKERS ENGAGE IN VIOLENT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: Low-skilled workers from India and Nepal employed by a Muscat-area cleaning company recently protested over alleged contract violations and poor living conditions in the company-owned and operated housing compound. The workers created a disturbance, and Omani security forces repo [...] | 2007-10-31 08:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT101 | TERRORIST LIST: OMAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER MU |
| 07MUSCAT1011 | OMAN'S SME OFFICE INTERESTED IN ASSISTANCE [...] The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has established a new office dedicated to coordinating Oman's various Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise (SME) programs. The SME Director General has requested USG technical assistance in helping his directorate accomplish their mission. End Summary. -- [...] | 2007-11-03 08:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT1012 | U.S.-OMAN MEETING IN THE HAGUE ON CWC HOST COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on November 3 with Abdullah al-Riyami, Deputy Director of the Department of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to confirm a proposed meeting in The Hague between the Omani and U.S. delegations to the conference of the states parties to the Chemi [...] | 2007-11-03 13:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KTIA CWC MU |
| 07MUSCAT1014 | RESOURCE NATIONALISM NOT EVIDENT IN OMAN [...] (C) The growth of resource nationalism is not evident in Oman. The government controls majority stakes in Oman's primary energy production companies in long-term partnerships with foreign firms, and actively seeks further foreign investment to augment output in both the oil and gas sectors. [...] | 2007-11-04 06:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV MU |
| 07MUSCAT1027 | DRAFT MOU ON GAS PRODUCTION WEIGHTED TOWARD IRAN [...] (S) Embassy has obtained a draft working copy (used by an Iranian delegation visiting Muscat) of the May 14, 2007, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the Oman Oil Company (OOC),which outlines the scope of bilateral cooperation on natural gas. [...] | 2007-11-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL ECON EPET IR MU |
| 07MUSCAT1035 | MINISTER AGREES ONUS ON OMAN TO COMPLETE FTA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) On November 11, the Ambassador met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Maqbool bin Ali Sultan to deliver reftel letter from USTR Susan Schwab and gain an update on pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) action items. In [...] | 2007-11-13 08:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT1046 | WORKERS INVOLVED IN LABOR PROTEST DEPORTED [...] (C) Three weeks after a reportedly violent demonstration by 500-600 Indian and Nepalese workers of the al-Nebha cleaning company against alleged contract violations and poor living conditions (reftel),contacts report that there have been no further protests and that the situation at the comp [...] | 2007-11-14 11:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
| 07MUSCAT1061 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MORAN'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on November 25 to discuss regional stability and economic development issues in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In order to fulfill these objectives, we are seeking an [...] | 2007-11-19 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB PHUM MU |
| 07MUSCAT1064 | OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE TO ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE [...] (C) On November 20, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi confirmed to the Ambassador that he will lead Oman's delegation to the November 26 Annapolis Conference. The Minister will be accompanied by Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs, Minister's Office, and A [...] | 2007-11-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV MU |
| 07MUSCAT1065 | OCTOBER 31 U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (S/NF) During the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat, Omani officials -- led by MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi -- claimed that SIPDIS current U.S. policy towards Iran, including the use of sanctions, was pushing the region into a crisis and emboldenin [...] | 2007-11-20 14:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU |
| 07MUSCAT1079 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES' [...] (SBU) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. We have requested an audience for you with Sultan Qaboos bin Said, Oman's head of state, as well as a meeting with your Omani counterpart Sayyid Badr bin Saud bin Harib al-Busaidi, Minister Responsible for Defense Affa [...] | 2007-11-27 10:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
| 07MUSCAT1098 | JUSTIFICATION FOR ARMY TACTICAL MISSILE SYSTEM [...] (C) The Embassy Muscat Country Team continues to strongly support and recommend approval of the request for ATACMS for the Royal Army of Oman (RAO). Based on concerns raised during ENDP process, Embassy Muscat has discussed this subject further with Omani officials -- who remain intent on acq [...] | 2007-12-05 11:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS MU |
| 07MUSCAT1102 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAIRMAN REAFFIRMS [...] (U) This is an Action Message. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On December 2, the Ambassador met with Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) Chairman Mohammed al-Khusaibi, along with Committee Members Naashiah al-Kharusi and Colonel Mohsin al-Hafeedh, to discuss progress toward est [...] | 2007-12-08 12:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ECON ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT1107 | UPDATING OMAN'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN MU |
| 07MUSCAT1116 | OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: FOLLOW-UP AND [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the embassies of labor-exporting countries report that some recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) continue to force women who have run away from their Emerati sponsors to accept employment in Oman. Omani sponsors hire the women in the UAE and transport [...] | 2007-12-12 07:31:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
| 07MUSCAT1124 | OMAN STILL MULLING RE-OPENING OF BAGHDAD EMBASSY [...] (C) In follow-up to discussions at the October 31 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (reftel),the Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary-General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi on December 12 about the status of plans to re-open Oman's embassy in Baghdad. Sayyid Badr replied that the g [...] | 2007-12-12 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
| 07MUSCAT1126 | THE ROYAL GUESSING GAME: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: The question of the royal succession is an exquisitely sensitive one in Oman. When the topic arises as to who might follow Sultan Qaboos, a common reaction is a conversation-ending "may he live forever." The Sultanate has historically lacked a crown prince system like many of i [...] | 2007-12-15 07:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PINR PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT129 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) General Abizaid: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to seeing you and hearing your perspective on activities in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in [...] | 2007-02-06 15:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
| 07MUSCAT155 | SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER VADM PATRICK [...] (S) Vice Admiral Walsh: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Like other GCC countries, it is becoming increasingly concerned with Iranian intentions in the Gulf. Oman expressed high-level interest i [...] | 2007-02-18 08:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
| 07MUSCAT16 | FTA AWARENESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OMAN'S BFIF [...] On December 6, 2006, the Embassy, in coordination with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),and the Oman Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OCCI),sponsored a successful "2006 Oman-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Awareness [...] | 2007-01-07 08:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ETRD BEXP MU |
| 07MUSCAT167 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO OMAN [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism. Regional threat issues continue to be a prominent concern for Oman's leadership. Oman is disturbed by Iran's growing influence in the region and its inability to come to [...] | 2007-02-20 07:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP PREL ECON MU |
| 07MUSCAT172 | AGRICULTURE MINISTRY GRAPPLES WITH WATER AND [...] The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries identified water scarcity and disease control as top priorities for the Ministry in efforts to sustain employment in these historically important sectors. The Minister further expressed interest in hosting a research facility that was initially destin [...] | 2007-02-20 12:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON PREL KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT179 | UNRESOLVED PASSPORT ISSUES COMPOUNDING AFGHAN [...] This is an action request for Department guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, the Charge d' Affairs of the Embassy of Afghanistan to Oman, Sayyid Mohammad Gailani, stated that he is facing considerable difficulty conducting his official busi [...] | 2007-02-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF MU |
| 07MUSCAT188 | IRAQI DELEGATION RECEIVES ADVICE, SUPPORT FROM [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi delegation led by the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs visited Muscat from February 16-18. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yousef bin Alawi, told the group that the Iraqi government needed to "speak with one voice" and promote policies that [...] | 2007-02-26 08:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ MU |
| 07MUSCAT189 | OMAN RESPONSE TO 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (U) Over the past year, the Omani government has taken significant steps to protect intellectual property, including the undertaking of extensive revisions to its intellectual property protection regime in advance of implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Given these effo [...] | 2007-02-26 09:24:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MU |
| 07MUSCAT191 | FTA PROCESS WEARING ON FRUSTRATED COMMERCE MINISTER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) The Ambassador recently received information via Baker Donelson, Oman's counsel in Washington, that Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan is tiring of the slow pace of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement implement [...] | 2007-02-26 13:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECON MU |
| 07MUSCAT193 | OMAN PREPARING TO DRAFT ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) The Ambassador and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi had a frank discussion on February 21 about trafficking in persons (TIP) and Oman's lack of progress in addressing the USG's TIP concerns. The Ambassador informed the Under Secretary that the Embass [...] | 2007-02-27 07:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN MU |
| 07MUSCAT201 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MU |
| 07MUSCAT206 | CORRECTED COPY - OMANIS HIRING MAIDS FROM THE UAE: PROBABLY [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts report that Omanis are hiring domestic employees from recruitment agencies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and bringing them across the border into Oman. The practice of hiring maids from a third-country allegedly is legal, but a number of women who claim to h [...] | 2007-03-03 08:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
| 07MUSCAT207 | COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY HEARS OMANI FRUSTRATION [...] (C) Commerce Deputy Secretary David Sampson called for forging stronger commercial ties in anticipation of the implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) during February 6 meetings with Omani government and business leaders. Oman's business community expressed its eagerness to [...] | 2007-03-03 09:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT219 | SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Oman is beginning to display the political will to recognize and prevent trafficking in persons (TIP). There is no available data to accurately assess the size of the problem in Oman, but there are a number of populations in Oman at risk of being victims of trafficking. Since la [...] | 2007-03-06 08:09:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB MU |
| 07MUSCAT227 | OMANI REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATE REPORT ON JANUARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Embassy Muscat recently received a diplomatic note, dated February 28, 2007, from the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the January 8, 2007 collision of a U.S. military submarine and a Japanese oil tanker near the S [...] | 2007-03-06 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP MARR MU |
| 07MUSCAT246 | SUCCESSFUL CUSTOMS WORKSHOP CONCLUDES [...] The U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),in association with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP),staged a successful MEPI-funded U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) workshop for customs officials from the Royal Oman Police (ROP). The workshop, part of a technical assist [...] | 2007-03-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT247 | OMAN RESPONSE TO CITES IMPLEMENTATION CONCERN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-11 11:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT252 | OMAN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN MEFTA TRADE AND [...] (U) On March 10, the Ambassador met with Salem al-Ismaily, the Executive President of the Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED),to urge Oman's participation in the proposed March 29 Middle East Free Trade Agreement (MEFTA) Trade and Investment Conference. Ismai [...] | 2007-03-12 13:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT253 | TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE KEY TO MOVING FTA FORWARD [...] (C) During a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's Investment Promotion and Export Development Executive President identified the Omani bureaucracy's lack of requisite expertise as the primary cause for the delay in the FTA implementation process. He noted that the USG's offering of t [...] | 2007-03-12 13:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT28 | ENGAGING OMANI AUDIENCES ONLINE [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, Embassy Oman provides the following information on trends and patterns in Internet usage in Oman. In the general absence of reliable official statistics on the subjects requested, the information is based on extensive surfing by Embassy staff and on information gat [...] | 2007-01-09 11:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | ECPS KPAO KISL OIIP PTER MU |
| 07MUSCAT281 | UPDATE ON OMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN MEFTA CONFERENCE [...] Building on information reported ref B, Embassy has received updated information regarding the composition of the Omani delegation to the Middle East Free Trade Agreement Trade and Investment Conference. The delegation will now be headed by Dr. Salem bin Nasser al-Ismaily, Chief Executive Off [...] | 2007-03-20 06:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD BEXP MU |
| 07MUSCAT341 | CITES REMAINS PENDING BEFORE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) On April 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's accession to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Humud al-Busaidi, Secretary General for the Council of Ministers. Busaidi stated that the Council had a considerable backlog of pending legislatio [...] | 2007-04-09 06:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT351 | OMAN FY07 BFIF REQUEST [...] Following a successful FY06 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program, continued BFIF assistance will be essential in helping us implement the recently ratified U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). We plan to use the BFIF program to strengthen our relationship with our Commercial S [...] | 2007-04-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ECON MU |
| 07MUSCAT357 | INTERNET TRIAL REINFORCES ONLINE CHILL [...] (C) Online discussion in Oman remains muted in the wake of the November 2006 closure of the Sultanate's most popular online forum, "Al-Sablah." In early 2007, the site's founder and nine colleagues were tried on charges including violations of Oman's press and communications laws. Although a [...] | 2007-04-11 11:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
| 07MUSCAT38 | SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. The Embassy staff and I look forward to your arrival on February 5 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In addition to your planned participation as the keynote speaker at an Oman Chamber of Com [...] | 2007-01-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU |
| 07MUSCAT388 | RECONCILING ANTI-TIP POLICY & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 9 through 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Some expatriate workers who fill Oman's low-paid, low-skill service sector jobs face exploitative conditions and may be victims of trafficking. Workers in the commercial cleaning industry, including those under co [...] | 2007-04-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG AMGT MU |
| 07MUSCAT416 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (S) Admiral Fallon: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your wife to Oman. Sultan Qaboos and your colleagues in the Omani armed forces look forward to meeting you and hearing your perspective on events in the region, especially in Iraq and Iran. As one of our oldest allies in the Mid [...] | 2007-04-29 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP |
| 07MUSCAT430 | OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER: "WE ARE SO CLOSE" ON FTA [...] (SBU) On April 26, the Ambassador reviewed the status of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool prefaced the conversation by noting that "we are so close" in wrapping up the outstanding issues needed for the Agreement's imp [...] | 2007-05-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON EINV KIPR MU |
| 07MUSCAT441 | IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS MUSCAT [...] (C) Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Muscat from May 1-2 to attend the Oman-Iran Joint Economic Committee. While in Oman, he met briefly with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (reftel) and was received by Sultan Qaboos, who reportedly extended an inv [...] | 2007-05-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD IR MU |
| 07MUSCAT443 | NOT-SO-FREE EXPRESSION IN OMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of March's mixed verdict in the trial of leaders of Oman's popular Al-Sablah discussion forum (Ref A),post has been gathering impressions on the state of free expression in the Sultanate. Two recent meetings, the first with Al-Sablah's founder and the second with th [...] | 2007-05-07 05:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | OIIP KPAO KMDR EINT PHUM MU |
| 07MUSCAT446 | MUSCAT 2007 REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] To build on the past success of the Embassy Science Fellows Program in Muscat, Embassy requests a Science Fellow for FY 2008 in one of the following fields: medical sciences (with an emphasis on diabetes),marine sciences (biology/oceanography),hydrology/water resources, biotechnology/molecu [...] | 2007-05-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT AMPR KSCA OTRA SENV MU |
| 07MUSCAT448 | HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING [...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. Embassy Muscat requests the Department's immediate assistance in performing human rights vetting for BAIT REEHAN, ASHRAF KHALIL RAMADHAN (DOB: August 13, 1972; Omani Passport #: 00561233) [...] | 2007-05-07 13:52:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL MARR MASS MU |
| 07MUSCAT471 | COMMERCE MINISTER UPBEAT ON FTA AFTER CONSULTANT'S [...] (SBU) Oman's Commerce and Industry Minister and a USTR consultant discussed the progress made on outstanding U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) implementation issues after a week-long set of meetings with relevant stakeholders. The Minister was very appreciative of the consultant's efforts [...] | 2007-05-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EINV PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT484 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS MUSCAT [...] (U) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Muscat from the UAE on the afternoon of May 14 for a two-day official visit to Oman. He was accompanied by a delegation of ten Iranian officials, including Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, Minister of Labor Mohammed Jahromi and Ministe [...] | 2007-05-15 14:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP IR MU |
| 07MUSCAT488 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi is looking forward to his visit to Washington, and particularly to his meeting with the Secretary. As the long-time de facto Foreign Minister for SIPDIS one of our oldest and most reliable friends in the Gulf, he [...] | 2007-05-16 11:36:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KPAL IR IZ MU |
| 07MUSCAT517 | OMAN DELIVERY OF UNSCR 1747 MESSAGE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-23 07:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM ETTC UNSC MU |
| 07MUSCAT521 | VERIFICATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LABOR DIPLOMACY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-28 04:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT APER ELAB MU |
| 07MUSCAT533 | OMAN HAS "STANDING ORDER" TO COMPLETE FTA BY JUNE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraphs 5 and 6. 2. (SBU) On May 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi (Deputy Minister-equivalent) SIPDIS provided the Ambassador a readout of a May 29 meeting the Ministry held with those Omani agencies inv [...] | 2007-05-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT539 | APPOINTMENT REQUESTS FOR OMANI MFA UNDER SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi will be traveling to Washington, D.C. to conduct Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) talks with U.S. officials on June 18 (reftel). During his stay in Washington, [...] | 2007-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP MU |
| 07MUSCAT542 | BUSINESS PERCEPTIONS OF US SUPPORT FOR LABOR UNIONS [...] (SBU) Contacts among Oman's business community have commented recently that as the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) begins to promote union development (ref A),many of their colleagues feel they are being "forced" to accept unions, and see the USG - often acting through the International Labor Orga [...] | 2007-05-30 12:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT545 | RARE OMANI CANDOR: AMBASSADOR HEARS LOCAL VIEWS OF [...] (SBU) From May 16-22, the Ambassador traveled overland from Muscat to Salalah and on to the Yemeni border - a trip of more than 1,300 kilometers - meeting with tribal sheikhs and other local officials along the way. The trip provided a unique opportunity to reach out to Omanis at the grassroot [...] | 2007-05-30 12:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PREL KPAO KISL IR IS IZ MU |
| 07MUSCAT557 | CITES VOTE IMMINENT [...] (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised the issue of Oman's pledge to accede to the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES) with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. Maqbool predicted that the Council of Ministers would act on implementing legislation [...] | 2007-06-03 12:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV ETRD PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT559 | OMAN DOWNPLAYS ISA IMPORTANCE AMIDST GAS CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 2, the Ambassador raised ref A concerns with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi. Bin Alawi responded that the Sultanate was in critical need of gas supplies to fuel its ambitious industrialization [...] | 2007-06-03 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EINV PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT570 | MEDIA REACTION: REGIONAL CONFLICTS, LEBANON VIOLENCE, OMAN [...] SUMMARY: "Oman" government daily compares crises in Somalia and Sudan to violence in Palestine and Iraq; also says national reconciliation in Lebanon is more vital than ever; privately owned "al Watan" says that election Majlis al Shura candidates on a tribal basis is not a solution to challeng [...] | 2007-06-05 11:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 07MUSCAT571 | OMAN BRACES FOR TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU [...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) According to the latest reports from U.S. weather monitoring services, tropical cyclone "Gonu" - a category 4 storm - will continue to move westwards across the Arabian Sea towards the coast of Oman. Current forecasts warn tha [...] | 2007-06-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR AMGT ASEC SENV MOPS CA MU |
| 07MUSCAT576 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES EXTENSIVE FLOODING, [...] (SBU) With the departure of tropical cyclone Gonu from Omani waters on the evening of June 6, the Embassy is attempting to take stock of the storm's impact in the Muscat area. The condition of the Chancery is still being assessed, but there appears to have been no major structural damage to [...] | 2007-06-07 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
| 07MUSCAT580 | NOMINATION FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD: [...] Embassy Muscat is pleased to nominate Microsoft Oman for the Secretary's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence. Microsoft Oman's strong commitment to actively supporting government efforts to promote greater computer literacy in the Sultanate makes this company the right choice for the 2007 Corp [...] | 2007-06-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP ELAB ENRG KSEP AMGT MU |
| 07MUSCAT581 | OMAN DECLINES U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) On June 9, the Ambassador extended another offer of U.S. humanitarian and other assistance to help Oman recover from tropical cyclone Gonu to Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. The Minister thanked the Ambassador profusely for the offer, but confirmed that the gove [...] | 2007-06-09 13:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KHLS KMDR KPAO KSAC MU |
| 07MUSCAT582 | OMAN PROPOSAL FOR IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] (U) The Omani government is committed to protecting intellectual property, as evidenced by its efforts to strengthen its legal framework and willingness to work with the USG and other international organizations in raising awareness of the issue. Enforcement concerns remain, however, and Oman [...] | 2007-06-10 07:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR MU |
| 07MUSCAT586 | TROPICAL CYCLONE GONU CAUSES SEVERE HARDSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Low-skilled expatriate workers - particularly those residing in employer-owned compounds locally known as "labor camps" - were severely affected by tropical cyclone Gonu and continue to face food and water shortages. The number of storm-related fatalities among these workers r [...] | 2007-06-11 11:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL AEMR ELBA SMIG MU |
| 07MUSCAT587 | OMANI MEDIA CHALLENGED BY CYCLONE REPORTING [...] (SBU) The profound limitations of Oman's media, public and private, have been thrown into high relief by the challenge of reporting the approach, onset, and aftermath of Cyclone Gonu between June 4 and the present. While basic information regarding the storm's arrival was disseminated on a re [...] | 2007-06-11 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP KPAO PREL PGOV KMDR MU |
| 07MUSCAT590 | OMAN BEGINS CYCLONE RECOVERY EFFORTS, CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Major clean-up and recovery efforts are underway in the Muscat area following the pounding the city took from tropical cyclone Gonu, but significant work remains to be done. Some parts of the greater capital area still have no power or water and the damaged road system is snarled with tr [...] | 2007-06-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
| 07MUSCAT600 | DISASTER DECLARATION: CYCLONE GONU [...] This is an action cable. See paragraphs 5 and 6. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cyclone Gonu: Extent of Damage - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. On June 6, Cyclone Gonu hit the coastal areas of northern and central Oman with high winds and rain. The resultant flooding caused signific [...] | 2007-06-12 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS SENV MU |
| 07MUSCAT613 | OMAN UPDATE TO SABIEX REQUEST [...] (SBU) On June 16, Econoff met with Global Channels' Military Equipment Manager Hamed Salim al-Hakmani to discuss ref B request. Hakmani prefaced the conversation by noting that the company established itself in the spare parts business in September 2005. Its only client in the parts divisio [...] | 2007-06-16 13:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU BE |
| 07MUSCAT626 | OMAN RESPONSE: DEMANDING ACCOUNTABILITY FROM WIPO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see following paragraph. 2. (SBU) On June 13, Econoff discussed reftel points with Mohammed al-Said of the Economic and Technical Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Said was very interested in the subject and asked the Embassy to pr [...] | 2007-06-17 10:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR MU |
| 07MUSCAT638 | C-NE7-01141: OMAN MOVES FORWARD ON POST-CYCLONE [...] (C) The government of Oman is working diligently to restore roads and public services impacted by tropical cyclone Gonu. Notable progress has been achieved, but thousands of individuals in the Muscat area alone remain displaced and the cost of infrastructure damage is currently estimated at [...] | 2007-06-20 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | AMER AMGT ASEC CASC KSAC KHLS MOPS PINR MU |
| 07MUSCAT651 | SPONSORSHIP SYSTEM CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: Contacts claim that the sponsorship system of recruiting and hiring low-skilled and domestic foreign workers contributes to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Oman. The system establishes conditions conducive to exploitation by making many workers dependent on their sponsors for the [...] | 2007-06-26 12:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG MU |
| 07MUSCAT661 | OMANI ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT ON AL HURRA [...] (C) Summary: In what contacts say is a first, an Omani human rights activist appeared recently on the al-Hurra television network to criticize the Omani government's record on human rights. The activist, Tayba al-Ma'wali ) who was imprisoned in 2005 after speaking against the actions of gove [...] | 2007-07-02 03:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KMPI KPAO SCUL SOCI MU |
| 07MUSCAT720 | PROMOTING DEMOCRACY IN OMAN [...] (C) Oman presents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is still in its infancy, the press is constrained by unwritten government redlines and self-censorship, and a large majority of Omanis are content with the political status quo. While t [...] | 2007-07-28 11:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO MU |
| 07MUSCAT737 | OMAN DELIVERY OF TERRORIST FINANCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-30 15:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PTER UNSC MU |
| 07MUSCAT755 | OMAN UPDATE TO 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA MU |
| 07MUSCAT774 | MINISTER HOPEFUL OF OCTOBER IMPLEMENTATION OF FTA [...] (C) On August 8, Ambassador telephoned Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan in London (on vacation) to discuss the Omani government's progress on completing the outstanding items required for implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. Maqbool appreciated receiving [...] | 2007-08-08 12:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT778 | OMAN PROGRESS REPORT ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) Since being designated by the Department as a "Tier 3" country in the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report, the Omani government has drafted, with the assistance of a prominent U.S.-based expert, an anti-TIP law that both criminalizes the trafficking of individuals and establishes a nation [...] | 2007-08-13 10:15:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU |
| 07MUSCAT781 | OMAN RESPONSE TO 62ND UNGA ATTENDANCE REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-14 04:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OVIP UNGA KSEP MU |
| 07MUSCAT783 | GCC SUMMIT SHIFTS TO DOHA [...] (U) Media reports on August 6 publicly confirmed the shifting of the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) annual summit from Muscat to Doha. The media announced that Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs had delivered a note from the Sultan to the Emir of Qatar requesting that the venue [...] | 2007-08-15 08:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT784 | MUSCAT COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR STEPHEN COCHI [...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to Steven Cochi, Senior Advisor, CCIS/NCIRD, CDC, HHS to travel to Muscat from September 29 - October 3, 2007. The purpose of travel is to participate in the Global Measles Management Meeting. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. [...] | 2007-08-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA OTRA SWHO ASEC CDC MU |
| 07MUSCAT786 | SCENESETTER FOR NEA A/S WELCH VISIT TO MUSCAT (AUG [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Omani officials look forward to meeting with you to receive updates on issues concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, and Iran. While Oman remains a strong friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subject [...] | 2007-08-15 13:35:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL KNNP ECON PDEM MU |
| 07MUSCAT790 | OMAN RESPONSE TO SECTION 527 REQUEST [...] (U) In response to reftel request, Embassy submits one case involving the Omani government that was brought to our attention by a U.S. citizen who works for a Bahraini-based company involved in the dispute. 2. (U) Case summary. The United States Government is aware of one claim against the [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV MU |
| 07MUSCAT791 | OMAN FY 07 BFIF UPDATE [...] Embassy reports that it has spent $1454.28 out of the $3515 authorized under reftel B for BFIF-related activities during FY07. The money utilized from this account covered hotel and meal expenses for the Economic/Commercial Officer's attendance at June 26-30 Trade Implementation Agreement co [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP MU |
| 07MUSCAT792 | HELP WANTED ON NEW WASTEWATER PROJECT [...] (SBU) The Omani government is building a new wastewater services network for Muscat, but the Chinese-based contractor charged with managing its construction has since walked off the job. Opportunities await for U.S. firms to pick up the approximately USD 165 million contract in a proposed Sep [...] | 2007-08-19 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV MU |
| 07MUSCAT810 | IRAN TRANSIT POINT FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of illegal immigrants, primarily from Pakistan and Afghanistan, enter Oman by boat across the Gulf of Oman from Iran every year. Contacts in the Royal Oman Police (ROP) Coast Guard accuse elements of the Iranian Republican Guard (IRGC) of facilitating the flow of illegal [...] | 2007-08-27 10:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG ELAB IR MU |
| 07MUSCAT822 | TIP GETS NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Throughout the summer, Oman's press has given negative coverage to the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report and Oman's Tier 3 designation, with multiple articles questioning the report's credibility and U.S. motives. Nevertheless, the government continues to make progress on [...] | 2007-08-29 09:44:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT83 | SOMALI MIGRANTS ENTER OMAN THROUGH OPEN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs recently visited sections of Oman's border with Yemen, observing that much of the border lacks fencing and generally is open to illegal traffic. Somali immigrants continue to enter Oman along well-traveled smuggling routes, though not in large numbers. Many of the Somali [...] | 2007-01-28 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM MOPS ETTC MNUC SO YE MU |
| 07MUSCAT852 | OMAN BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION 050043972 [...] (SBU) On September 3, Embassy received a formal response from Brigadier General Habeeb bin Muhammad bin Habeeb al-Balushi of the Royal Army of Oman (RAO) on the purchase of 93 Vision Block 2510-00-630-0790 spare parts to be used for the M-48 tank, as listed ref C. In his letter, al-Balushi no [...] | 2007-09-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KOMC MU |
| 07MUSCAT870 | SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL WILLIAM [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Since your visit here four months ago, Oman continues to be concerned with regional issues, especially events in Iraq and Iran, participated in the June Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) meeting in Washington, D.C., and was struck by a m [...] | 2007-09-11 12:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL PTER MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP KNNP |
| 07MUSCAT879 | LABOR SENDING COUNTRIES DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, chiefs of mission (COM) from trafficking source country embassies in Oman asked for U.S. assistance in pushing the Omani government to improve conditions for foreign workers by: enforcing existing labor and immigration laws; ins [...] | 2007-09-12 12:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU |
| 07MUSCAT894 | MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 COVERAGE, AMBASSADOR TIP INTERVIEW, [...] SUMMARY: All dailies carry Ambassador's 9/11 message; privately-owned "Al-Watan" and "Oman Tribune" interview Ambassador about Trafficking in Persons; in an editorial about 9/11, "Al-Watan" condemns the "beastly acts" of the American army that was unable to protect Americans despite consuming [...] | 2007-09-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 07MUSCAT948 | 2007 RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS REPORT ELICITS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Officials at the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (MERA) characterized the 2007 International Religious Freedoms Report (IRFR) as a fair assessment of religious freedom in Oman and welcomed continued dialogue with the USG on this issue. Post has identified a number of opport [...] | 2007-10-10 10:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KIRF KPAO MU |
| 07MUSCAT949 | UPDATED DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR OMAN [...] (C) As reported ref B, Oman represents a challenging environment for U.S. efforts to directly promote democracy. Civil society is under-developed and the registration of new non-governmental organizations and associations (which are limited in their areas of activity) can literally take years. [...] | 2007-10-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL MU |
| 07MUSCAT97 | OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...] | 2007-01-30 13:25:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR |
| 07MUSCAT972 | OMAN GRAPPLES WITH TELECOM LIBERALIZATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government is wrestling with the issue of telecommunications liberalization in the wake of the FTA implementation process and a recent managerial shakeup at Omantel, the majority government-owned fixed line monopoly. The changes at Omantel signify the government's willingness t [...] | 2007-10-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ECPS MU |
| 07MUSCAT977 | OMANI RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO MNF-I COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 12:16:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS OTRA IZ MU |
| 07MUSCAT979 | C-NE7-00774: FINAL ELECTION PUSH IN OMAN AS VOTING [...] (C) Omanis in 10 countries outside Oman voted without incident on October 20 for their representatives in the Majlis al-Shura. The government continues to assert that all will be ready for national elections inside Oman on October 27 and that various safeguards (e.g. secure voting forms and [...] | 2007-10-23 12:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN MU |
| 07MUSCAT982 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GULF SECURITY [...] Embassy Muscat grants country clearance to the Gulf Security Dialogue Team to travel to Muscat on October 30, 2007 for Gulf Security Dialogue meetings. Please note action items in paragraphs five and eight. 2. Cellular Telephones: For security reasons, all visitors are required to possess [...] | 2007-10-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA AMGT MU |
| 07MUSCAT984 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes Ambassador Mull and the U.S. delegation to the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) in Muscat. Post expects that the meeting will increase understanding and strengthen bilateral cooperation on mutual security issues facing the Gulf region [...] | 2007-10-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS KNNP MU |
| 07NAHA49 | WEATHER GIVES OKINAWA GOVERNOR OPTION OF SIDE-STEPPING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 04:01:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL JA CH TW |
| 07NAIROBI1002 | China in Kenya: No Appetite for Investment, But a Thirst [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese companies appear to have little appetite for making significant investments in Kenya. One reason: Kenya's investment climate still leaves a lot to be desired. Another: Chinese companies probably figure it's easier to export goods efficiently made in China than it is to [...] | 2007-03-02 08:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EPET EINV ENRG KE CH |
| 07NAIROBI1009 | U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE - KENYA RESPONSE [...] (SBU) In response to ref B, Embassy Nairobi directs Washington to refs A, C, and D. Ref D is a baseline cable on the economic dimensions of the China-Kenya relationship. Refs A and C contain additional new information on the same topic, and in so doing responds to many of the issues raised r [...] | 2007-03-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH |
| 07NAIROBI1015 | AML BILL TO BE TOP GOK PRIORITY IN MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya Anti-Money Laundering Task Force (AMLTF) officials say they adopted many of USDOJ's suggested amendments to the anti-money laundering bill, including the critical definition of criminal offense, and that the bill will be one of the Government of Kenya's top priorities in th [...] | 2007-03-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER KCRM KE |
| 07NAIROBI1027 | Trafficking in Persons Donor Working Group a Success [...] Summary: The Donor Working Group on Trafficking in Persons and Child Protection, established by the U.S. Embassy, UNICEF and the IOM, has greatly enhanced coordination within the donor and diplomatic community in assisting Kenyan government agencies and non-governmental organizations to develop [...] | 2007-03-05 07:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP KCRM ECON PHUM PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI1133 | Somalia - Hawiye Clan Meeting [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 10:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL ASEC SO |
| 07NAIROBI1135 | SOMALIA EMBASSY MEDIA OUTREACH [...] (U) On March 7 the Embassy of the Somali Republic in Nairobi held a media conference and issued the following statement. Begin Text: Embassy of the Somali Republic Nairobi -Kenya GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MEMBERS OF THE PRESS: First I would like to take this opportunity t [...] | 2007-03-09 10:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI1136 | KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SEVENTH ANNUAL [...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...] | 2007-03-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF KE |
| 07NAIROBI1150 | COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...] | 2007-03-12 12:26:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM |
| 07NAIROBI1179 | FOURTH ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEES [...] With USAID support, the largest-ever coffee conference and exhibition in Africa was held from February 15-17 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with approximately 600 participants representing 40 countries from around the world. The Fourth Annual Africa Fine Coffees Conference and Exhibition was orga [...] | 2007-03-14 11:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA |
| 07NAIROBI1198 | AMISOM Plane Fire--Update [...] Per reftel, an IL-76 cargo plane ferrying equipment for the Ugandan army's AMISOM mission caught fire while landing in Mogadishu on Friday, March 9. Numerous press reports indicate--alternately--that the IL-76 was hit by a "missile" or rocket propelled grenade (RPG) or that it experienced mec [...] | 2007-03-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET UG |
| 07NAIROBI1221 | KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...] | 2007-03-15 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KE PREL SENV |
| 07NAIROBI1224 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MELISSA LEDESMA-LEESE [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Melissa Ledesma-Leese, arriving April 26 and departing April 28, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after- [...] | 2007-03-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | CA CMGT KFRD OTRA KE |
| 07NAIROBI1359 | Somalia--Belarus IL-76 Probably Shot Down [...] (U) A Belarus registered IL-76 crashed after taking off from Mogadishu airport on Friday, March 23. All 11 passengers and crew were killed. Though the plane was not affiliated with AMISOM, it reportedly had brought engineers and parts to repair the AMISOM- chartered IL-76 damaged while land [...] | 2007-03-26 12:27:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PTER ASEC MOPS SO BO |
| 07NAIROBI1389 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref G reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-03-28 07:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
| 07NAIROBI1393 | Somalia Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] (SBU) Under cover of Diplomatic Note ESR/1381/N/07 dated March 16, 2007, the Somali Embassy transmitted the following letter from Foreign Minister Hurreh to Ambassador Ranneberger: TFG MFA letterhead Quote. Ref: FA-IC/010097/07 Date: 14/03/2007 Mr. Michael E. Ranneberger Ambass [...] | 2007-03-28 08:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
| 07NAIROBI1407 | Somalia--Kenya Requests Anti-Pirate Assistance [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-28 14:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT EAID PREL MOPS SO US |
| 07NAIROBI1456 | Somali Security Chief on Fighting [...] (C) In the context of a meeting at the Embassy on April 1 with DS agents regarding future VIP travel to Somalia, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) security chief Mohamed Warsame Farah (AKA Darawish) discussed the current fighting in Mogadishu with Poloff. He stated that he had been in Ye [...] | 2007-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL EAID SO ET UG |
| 07NAIROBI161 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/AA, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of Michael E. Hess, Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance from o/a January 16-20, 2007 to meet with Somalia Diaspora, NGO partners and the donor community regarding the humanitarian situation i [...] | 2007-01-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI1621 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Trainers Ms. Mary Beth Brennan Seng; Ms. Alisia Kachmar and Ms. Katherine Channell to conduct a workshop on USAID/DCHA/OFDA?s Guidelines for Unsolicited Proposals for current and potential partners in East and Central [...] | 2007-04-13 07:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI1622 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANTAL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/OFDA Program Assistant, Chantal Ninteretse from o/a April 21 - 29, 2007 to consult on humanitarian issues with the OFDA regional office and consult on administrative issues with the OFDA Administrative Officer. 2. Country c [...] | 2007-04-13 07:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI1669 | ACHIEVING USG GOALS IN KENYA'S ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Kenya has an opportunity this year to enhance its position as a leading African democracy. USG goals for Kenya's December 2007 general elections are that 1) they are transparent and competitive, producing credible, widely accepted results; 2) candidates and th [...] | 2007-04-17 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KE PGOV PHUM EAID |
| 07NAIROBI1715 | Somalia Fight Sharp but Short [...] (U) Press reporting and Embassy sources indicate fighting in Mogadishu last night (4/17) between Ethiopian forces and Hawiye/Haber Gedir militia, concentrated between the stadium and the presidential palace compound (Villa Somalia). According to the sources, there was heavy artillery and mort [...] | 2007-04-18 13:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PREF ASEC MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI1775 | Kenya: TIP Project Proposal Solicitation For G/Tip-Managed [...] Kenya is a tier two watch list country because it is a source, destination and transit country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The GOK is making efforts to address most aspects of TIP, but suffers from resource constraints, both financial and human. It therefore relies heavily on internation [...] | 2007-04-20 09:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KE |
| 07NAIROBI1908 | MISSION'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT FEMALE GENITAL [...] Summary: On April 21, the Ambassador participated in a high profile event in Kilgoris in Transmara to support efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM). See text of Ambassador's speech in paragraph 6. Participation in this event was part of the Mission's broader efforts to address gen [...] | 2007-05-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI1926 | MICHUKI LAUDS VISIT TO U.S., RELEASES JOINT [...] (SBU) On Thursday May 3, Minister of State for Provincial Administration and Internal Security John Michuki called Ambassador to express his appreciation for his Qhighly constructiveQ visit to Washington. He said that he particularly appreciated the high level at which he was received. He to [...] | 2007-05-04 07:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE |
| 07NAIROBI1930 | Somalia-Ambassador's Telecon with Hawiye Elder [...] (U) On May 2, the Ambassador spoke with Haji Abdi Iman (Imaam) Omar, chairman of the Hawiye Leadership Committee. The Ambassador contacted Omar because of the leadership role he and his colleagues are playing in discussions with the Ethiopians and, most recently, with President Abdullahi Yusu [...] | 2007-05-04 09:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI1951 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...] | 2007-05-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE |
| 07NAIROBI1959 | Somalia-Telcon with NGRC Chairman Ali Mahdi [...] (SBU) On May 3, Somalia Political Unit staff had a conference call with National Reconciliation and Governance Committee (NGRC) Chairman Ali Mahdi on current developments in the planning for the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress. 2. (SBU) In the conversation, we emphasized that with [...] | 2007-05-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI1996 | Somalia--Round Two of TFG/Hawiye Talks [...] (C) Summary. Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf met with elders from the Hawiye clan for a second time since the fighting ended on April 28. The talks were reportedly cordial although PM Gedi evidenced continued hostility towards the elders. There appear to be indicatio [...] | 2007-05-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI200 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA [...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...] | 2007-01-10 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI2072 | KENYA & ETHIOPIA ENHANCE BORDER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya and Ethiopia are enhancing coordination at the local level in the border region to better manage cross-border security issues involving the Borana/Oromo and Gabra communities. End Summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns met with Sheikh Abdinassir, a former International Visitor g [...] | 2007-05-16 05:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ET KE KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR |
| 07NAIROBI213 | ICRC LETTER ON SOMALIA [...] On January 11 Embassy Nairobi received a letter from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) informing the USG that the ICRC considers U.S. actions in Somalia to be governed by the rules applicable to situations of non-international armed conflict. Full text follows in para 2. [...] | 2007-01-12 05:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
| 07NAIROBI216 | PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION TO PRESIDENT KIBAKI [...] As previously reported, on November 21 the Ambassador delivered a major speech on U.S.-Kenyan relations which noted the important democratic progress that Kenya is making, but also talked frankly about the persistent problems of corruption and tribalism. Delivery of the speech was part of a b [...] | 2007-01-12 07:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE |
| 07NAIROBI2299 | Somalia--NGRC Independence in Doubt [...] (C) Summary. The May 25 resolution passed by Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament originally reported to confirm the independence of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee has proven to be ambiguous, at best, upon review of the actual text. The reported behind-the-scenes [...] | 2007-06-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 07NAIROBI2323 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. RUEBEN BRIGETY, [...] USAID/Kenya grants country clearance for the visit of Dr. Rueben Brigety, Special Assistant to USAID/DCHA Assistant Administrator from on/about June 09 through June 15, 2007 as part of a review to analyze global trends of military engagement in humanitarian and development activities and asse [...] | 2007-06-05 07:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI2349 | SOMALIA: LETTER FROM TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF TO THE [...] Per reftel, we followed up with the Somalia Embassy in Nairobi and received the attached letter from TFG President Yusuf to the International Contact Group meeting in London. 2. Text of letter: Honorable Representatives of the Contact Group: I wish to express my appreciation for the s [...] | 2007-06-06 10:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL SO |
| 07NAIROBI2353 | 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION CLAIMS [...] (U) The U.S. Mission in Kenya is aware of one (1) outstanding claim of a United States business interest against a branch of the Government of Kenya (GOK). 2. (U) Background: In December 1995, Claimant A entered into a joint venture with a Kenyan public university ("the university"),via [...] | 2007-06-07 03:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV KIDE OPIC CASC PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI242 | MFA NO OBJECTION TO PROPOSED CONSULATE IN MOMBASA [...] Nairobi Embassy received the following Diplomatic Note numbered MFA.231/28A Dated January 10, 2007 no objection to the proposed establishment of a Consulate in Mombasa. 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: MFA.231/28A MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...] | 2007-01-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT KE |
| 07NAIROBI2452 | SOMALIA -- COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S/NF) As described in current threat assessments, travel of USG personnel into Somalia, particularly in Mogadishu, remains problematic (Ref A). However, attendance by an appropriately high level USG official at the opening of Somalia's Nation [...] | 2007-06-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO |
| 07NAIROBI2618 | Ali Mahdi on National Reconciliation Congress [...] (C) Summary: On June 22 Ali Mahdi, Chairman of the National Governance and Reconciliation Committee, and other committee members and advisors briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on delegate selection for the Congress, his meetings with the Hawiye, the status of security service and the sit [...] | 2007-06-26 04:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER KPAO SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI2630 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI2631 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI2632 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-26 15:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI2640 | Somalia -- Update on AMISOM [...] (C) The following (paras 2-14) is a retransmission in Department format of Reftel titled "Ugandan Peacekeeping Presence in Somalia, mid-June 2007" disseminated by Embassy Nairobi's Defense Attache Office (DAO) on June 25. 2. (S/REL TO USA, ACGU) SUMMARY. As of mid-June 2007, the AU Mission in [...] | 2007-06-27 13:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI2764 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-07-06 05:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KE PGOV PREL |
| 07NAIROBI2816 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...] | 2007-07-10 08:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI2820 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Shelter and Settlements Advisor, Charles A. Setchell from o/a July 22-25, 2007 to meet with USAID/OFDA, UN Habitat and NGO staff to discuss USAID/OFDA shelter and settlements activities, and discuss selected issues re [...] | 2007-07-10 08:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI3059 | SUDAN, DARFUR: UN ADVISOR PEKKA HAVISTO BRIEFS SE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pekka Haavisto, senior UN Advisor on Darfur, briefed the U.S. President's Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios on UN/AU efforts to organize effective peace talks for Darfur. Haavisto discussed the upcoming Tripoli and Mombasa (Center for Humanitarian Dialogue, CHD) meetings i [...] | 2007-07-26 09:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN AU SU ER ET LY CD |
| 07NAIROBI3118 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: KENYA ESTABLISHES NATIONAL STEERING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is increasing its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) following a pivotal June 25 meeting of the National Steering Committee to Combat Human Trafficking. The Committee selected a task force of GOK agencies, NGOs and UN agencies to draft a [...] | 2007-07-31 11:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM ECON KE |
| 07NAIROBI3175 | Somalia - Travel Plan and Security Assessment [...] (S/NF) This is an action request. See para 10. This message proposes travel to Somalia during the next three months. I consider this travel essential to advance the high USG foreign policy priority to promote security and stability in Somalia. The travel is aimed at: facilitating our inter [...] | 2007-08-06 11:32:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI3251 | COURT RULES FATHER KAISER'S DEATH HOMICIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent finding by a Kenyan court that the death in 2000 of an American priest, Father John Kaiser, was a result of homicide has stirred renewed interest in the case due to his prominence as a human rights activist and vocal opponent of the former Kenyan government. The Cour [...] | 2007-08-13 11:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM CASC KE |
| 07NAIROBI3255 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PAYNE (AUG [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes Codel Payne. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control officer is Larry A [...] | 2007-08-13 12:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KE |
| 07NAIROBI3257 | Somalia - PM Gedi on Reconciliation [...] (SBU) See para 15 for action recommended. The Ambassador met August 11 with Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Gedi to discuss reconciliation efforts, security in Mogadishu, and TFG efforts to secure Arab support. End Summary. -------------------------------- [...] | 2007-08-13 13:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI3262 | KENYA AND EAST AFRICA: A STEP CLOSER TO FIBER OPTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Fiber optic connectivity in East Africa may be only a little more than 18 months away. The U.S-owned and managed SEACOM submarine fiber optic cable is at the starting line, ready to begin system construction in September under a contract with another U.S. firm, fiber maker Tyco [...] | 2007-08-13 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EFIN KE |
| 07NAIROBI3513 | A TALE OF TWO ORANGE CONVENTIONS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Orange Democratic Movement-Kenya (ODM-K) nominated Kalonzo Musyoka for President at its convention held on 31 August. The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) nominated Raila Odinga for President at its convention the following day. As in '92 and '97, the opposition will ente [...] | 2007-09-04 08:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM |
| 07NAIROBI3591 | Kenya Requests Support for IMO Council Re-election [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. For internal USG distribution only. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 3. (SBU) The GOK sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy requesting USG support for Kenya's re-election to the Council of the Internation [...] | 2007-09-10 13:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KE |
| 07NAIROBI36 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR RICK QUINBY, [...] Embassy grants country clearance for the visit of, Rick Quinby, OFDA Program Officer from o/a January 10 - 12, 2007 to consult with the Regional Office and the mission. 2. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Per reftel, v [...] | 2007-01-04 10:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI3604 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AF DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes DAS James Swan. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Embassy Point of Contac [...] | 2007-09-11 10:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP |
| 07NAIROBI3664 | Somalia: Alleged Assassination Threat [...] (S/NF) Summary: Somalia Transitional Federal Government President Abdullahi Yusuf allegedly told Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles in Addis that he intends to remove Somalia TFG Prime Minister Gedi on October 14 or 15. Meles warned Yusuf against doing so, and told Yusuf to maintain the current TF [...] | 2007-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI3667 | Kenya Requests Bilateral Air Services Negotiations [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The GOK sent diplomatic note MFA/91/28A of September 10 to the Embassy noting the last Bilateral Air Services negotiations were in 2000, and requesting negotiations on the Bilateral Air Services Agreement November 26-30 in Washington D.C. The note [...] | 2007-09-14 11:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KE |
| 07NAIROBI3738 | 17 SEPTEMBER 2007 NAIROBI WALK-IN REPORTS URANIUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 17 September 2007, at approximately 1300, an individual visited Embassy Nairobi claiming to have information of a security nature and provided a photo of an alleged "container of uranium stolen from Germany or Belgium". Reporting Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) co [...] | 2007-09-21 07:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC KCRM KE KNNP MNUC PARM PTER |
| 07NAIROBI3958 | Pace of Anti-Trafficking Activities Quickens in Kenya [...] (U) Summary: The pace of anti-trafficking activities in Kenya quickened in the last week of September, with the first Africa-Wide Conference on Child Sexual Abuse, the regular meeting of the National anti-TIP Steering Committee, a briefing for 15 new Kenyan Ambassadors on TIP and victim assista [...] | 2007-10-04 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB GTIP KCRM PHUM PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI3968 | Delta Announces New York-Nairobi Service Starting June [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: U.S. carrier Delta Airlines has announced plans for Nairobi-New York service via Dakar starting in June 2008. Since Kenya is an FAA Category 2 country, Nairobi passengers, luggage and cargo must be offloaded, checked, and re-load [...] | 2007-10-04 14:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR AGOA ECON ETRD PTER KE |
| 07NAIROBI4045 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-10-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
| 07NAIROBI4050 | QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI [...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...] | 2007-10-11 11:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE |
| 07NAIROBI4178 | Kenya: NGO Board Offers Prize to Encourage Best Practices [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, Kenya's NGO Coordination Board (NGO Board) and the NGO Resource Alliance of the UK launched their new "NGO of the Year" awards to be presented in July 2008 to NGOs that demonstrate competence and integrity with their service recipients and their donors. Separately [...] | 2007-10-23 10:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PHUM PGOV KCRM EFIN KTFN KCOR KE |
| 07NAIROBI4262 | DHS/TSA MANPADS TEAM VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Officers, Mr. Santo Polizzi and Mr. David Thomas, completed a successful October 22-26 visit to the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) to assess the airport for vulnerabilities related to Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). [...] | 2007-10-31 09:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER ECON DHS KE |
| 07NAIROBI4312 | Somalia - Conversation with President Yusuf [...] (C) On November 1 Ambassador and Special Envoy telephoned President Yusuf to discuss the search for a replacement for former Prime Minister Ali Gedi. They also underlined our concern about the current insecurities and humanitarian situation in Mogadishu. 2. (C) President Yusuf said the sea [...] | 2007-11-02 10:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 07NAIROBI4411 | KENYA ELECTIONS COUNTDOWN 1: 49 DAYS AWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Mission Nairobi will send out over 60 observers nationwide for the party nomination process (primaries) scheduled around 16 November. Kalonzo Musyoka has until 13 November to decide if he wants to stand down in Kibaki's favor, as the presidential ballot will be set after tha [...] | 2007-11-09 03:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
| 07NAIROBI4416 | KENYA TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, the situation in Kenya regarding cash smuggling has not improved or changed from that described in ref B. The 2007 INCSR text remains accurate: Kenya has little in the way of cross-border currency controls. GOK regulations require that any amount of cash above $5,000 [...] | 2007-11-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER KE |
| 07NAIROBI4441 | Kenya Air Services Negotiations; Questions from Kenya [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya Airways sees no real benefit from Kenya signing an Open Skies Agreement with the U.S. until Kenya achieves Category 1 status. In fact, it is concerned about the potential competition from U.S. airlines that could ser [...] | 2007-11-14 05:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA ECON KE |
| 07NAIROBI4443 | AMERICAN VENTURE CAPITAL COMES CALLING IN KENYA [...] (SBU) Summary: American venture capitalists are coming to Africa in a big way, if anecdotal evidence in Kenya is any indication. In a short span of time, the Embassy has had contact with three large venture capital funds, all heavyweights, looking at investing a combined $650 million in estab [...] | 2007-11-14 07:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KE |
| 07NAIROBI4567 | Kenya Election: Western Province Primaries [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission sent 20 observation teams across Kenya to cover the party nomination process on November 16. To a team, our observers reported that all three major parties (ODM, PNU and ODM-K) often failed or refused to supply proper ballots or, often, any ballots at all. Reports of vo [...] | 2007-11-26 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KE |
| 07NAIROBI4582 | STAFFDEL MARGON SCHEDULE FOR KENYA [...] SHEDULE FOR Visit of Sarah Margon to Nairobi, Kenya 28-30 November 2007 Wednesday, November 28, 2007 1200 Arrive JKI airport (met by Political Counselor Larry Andre). 1330 Arrive at Holiday Inn, Check-in 1400 Lunch with Election Monitoring Team Larry Andre, Political Counselor [...] | 2007-11-27 14:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ET GM NL KE |
| 07NAIROBI4613 | UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested in reftel, below is Embassy Nairobi's submission of information on Kenya's implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA),for the Department of Labors preparation of the 2007 TDA re [...] | 2007-11-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE |
| 07NAIROBI463 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA POWERS, [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Kenya for the visit of USAID/DCHA/OFDA Agriculture Technical Advisor, Ms. Laura Powers from o/a January 30, 2007 to o/a February 16, 2007 to provide support to USAID/DCHA/OFDA humanitarian activities in the region. 2. Country clearance is granted subjec [...] | 2007-01-26 08:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AO KE |
| 07NAIROBI4630 | LOOKING FOR MR. KABUGA: POSSIBLE SIGNS OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Chief Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on 29 November with Kenyan Foreign Minister Tuju. FM Tuju promised Jallow that he would press for the Kenyan government to increase its cooperation with the ICTR's efforts to find and apprehen [...] | 2007-12-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07NAIROBI4720 | EMBASSY NAIROBI TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] The terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) in Embassy Nairobi is Economic Counselor John F. Hoover, 254-20-363-6050, hooverjf@state.gov (unclass) and hooverjf@state.sgov.gov (class). Hoover is scheduled to depart Nairobi summer 2008, probably in June. 2. The Deputy TFCO in Embassy Na [...] | 2007-12-11 07:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN KE |
| 07NAIROBI4749 | INAUGURAL MEETING OF FRIENDS OF AU EASBRIG FORUM [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE. ACTION REQUEST AT PARA 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: AT THE INVITATION OF THE AFRICAN UNION'S EASTERN AFRICA STANDBY BRIGADE COORDINATION MECHANISM (EASBRICOM),CURRENT AND POTENTIAL DONORS MET IN NAIROBI ON DECEMBER 10 TO DISCUSS EASBRIG'S STRATEGIC PLAN AND THE TERMS [...] | 2007-12-14 08:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PREL KE XW |
| 07NAIROBI4788 | KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...] | 2007-12-18 10:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
| 07NAIROBI4804 | MEDIA COVERAGE OF KENYAN ELECTION CAMPAIGN: REASONABLE [...] Summary: A UNDP-funded, independent assessment of Kenyan mainstream media coverage in the run-up to the December 27 general election indicated that, from November 10 to December 10, media coverage was generally balanced and accurate, with a few notable exceptions. This coincided with US Embas [...] | 2007-12-18 12:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM PREL OPRC PHUM KPAO KE |
| 07NAIROBI4812 | KENYA AVIATION AGENCIES PICK UP THE BALL TO MOVE TOWARDS [...] (SBU) Summary: During December 6-7 meetings in Nairobi, Kenyan aviation officials and officials from the U.S. DOT and FAA committed to renewed close cooperation to enable Kenya to meet ICAO requirements for Category 1 within 18 months. They also agreed to work with the resident U.S. Transporta [...] | 2007-12-20 03:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PTER ETRD PGOV KE |
| 07NAIROBI4825 | KENYA ELECTIONS: THE BATTLE FOR LANGATA - HOW A [...] (C) Kenya,s Constitution requires that its President also be an elected Member of Parliament. Of the three major presidential candidates, only Raila Odinga lacks a safe seat. Odinga's choice to run for parliament in the ethnically mixed, Nairobi-based Langata constituency he has represented [...] | 2007-12-21 12:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KE |
| 07NAIROBI4827 | KENYA ELECTIONS: STATE OF PLAY ON ELECTION [...] Kenya will be awash in election observers by the time voters go to the polls on December 27. Roughly 17,500 international and domestic observers will cover about 27,500 polling stations in 210 parliamentary constituencies, in addition to party agents who will monitor the proceedings on behal [...] | 2007-12-21 13:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL KE PGOV |
| 07NAIROBI5407 | SOMALIA - US CITIZENS [...] A variety of reporting indicates that there are a significant number of U.S. citizens in Somalia (particularly in Mogadishu),although we have no reliable statistics. Our clear impression is that most are duel nationals. A number of Amcits are in parliament and/or are players elsewhere on th [...] | 2007-01-02 12:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC CASC SO KE |
| 07NAIROBI588 | ACTION REQUEST: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Increased violent crime over the past several months -- highlighted by the January 27 killing of two American Mission family members in a carjacking -- has heightened my concern about the Government of Kenya's ability to adequately respond to both criminal and [...] | 2007-02-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS KCRM PTER KE |
| 07NAIROBI67 | SOMALIA: KENYAN PUSHBACK OF ASYLUM SEEKERS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised reftel points with Foreign Minister Tuju the morning of January 4. The Ambassador emphasized the need for Kenya to cease the involuntary return of refugees (400 from Liboi and another 291 from Lamu) and meet its international humanitarian obligations to open its bord [...] | 2007-01-04 13:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL PHUM EIAD PTER KE SO |
| 07NAIROBI733 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PARTNERSHIP WITH PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the successful delivery of the presentation of the U.S.-Kenya partnership to President Kibaki in December, a Mission team led by the Ambassador on February 7 gave the Mission's "Partnership Presentation" to the leadership of Kenya's Parliament. During the well-attend [...] | 2007-02-13 10:53:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL EAID PTER ASEC KE |
| 07NAIROBI762 | Somalia Security Highlights [...] (C) Two Somali groups have emerged claiming to lead the resistance to the TFG and its Ethiopian supporters. One of the groups has threatened to attack aircraft attempting to use Mogadishu International Airport, though it may be satisfied for the time being with disrupting TFG revenue flows. [...] | 2007-02-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET |
| 07NAIROBI809 | KENYA COMMITS TO CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] We discussed Kenya's continued participation in the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU),as requested in reftel, with the GOK point of contact for police training, Mr. F.T. Kimemia, Deputy Secretary, Office of the President, Office of the Permanent Secretary for Provincial [...] | 2007-02-20 03:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PGOV IT KE |
| 07NAIROBI87 | DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON REFOULEMENT DELIVERED TO THE [...] Embassy Nairobi sent a diplomatic note to the Kenyan MFA on January 5 expressing concern over reports of refoulement of Somali asylum seekers, the text of which follows. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2007-01-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET KE |
| 07NAIROBI927 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-02-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
| 07NAIROBI944 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR [...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...] | 2007-02-27 16:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE |
| 07NAIROBI973 | KENYA & SOMALIA SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF S/WCI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to Kenya, a stable, dynamic democracy and a key regional partner for the United States. Our partnership with Kenya focuses on five major goals: cooperate to fight insecurity and terrorism; combat disease and save lives; promote prosperity, fight poverty and invest in [...] | 2007-03-01 06:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PREL KE |
| 07NASSAU1051 | BANNISTER PLEDGES STRONGER BAHAMIAN IPR ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Charge' Hardt met with Minister ofState for LegalAffairs Desmond Bannister, who pedged stronger enforcement on intellectual propety rights and requested U.S. help for the trainig of court reporters. Noting the government's onoing concern over the high cost of some extradition cases, he re [...] | 2007-08-23 21:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV KJUS KIPR BF |
| 07NASSAU1133 | CUBAN REFUGEE MEDEVAC CONTINGENCY: BAHAMAS STILL [...] (C) Post conveyed the Department's initial request for Medevac contingency (REF A) to the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas August 17. Charge also raised the issue with the Foreign Minister at that time, and later noted to the Minister that the Hungarians had agreed to accept the [...] | 2007-09-11 21:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL CU BF |
| 07NASSAU1196 | OPPOSITION LEADERSHIP SEEKS CONTINUED DIALOGUE [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Perry Christie hosted a working lunch for the Charge and Embassy senior staff September 24 to exchange views on current bilateral issues and domestic Bahamian politics. Christie, who remains as Leader of the Opposition, emphasized his party's commitment throughout t [...] | 2007-09-26 19:16:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR ETRD BF |
| 07NASSAU1244 | WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES REGULATING WOODEN-HULLED COMERCIAL [...] (SBU) On September 6 the U.S./Bahamas Joint Task Force (JTF) Working Group held a meeting to follow-up its June 14 meeting discussing how to eliminate the narcotics and migrant trafficking threats posed by wooden-hulled Haitian sailing sloops in The Bahamas. During the discussions, Bahamian of [...] | 2007-10-04 18:34:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL BF |
| 07NASSAU1359 | MAJOR BAHAMAS POPULATION CENTERS UNSCATHED BY TROPICAL [...] Summary: While the worst of Tropical Storm Noel missed the major population centers of Nassau and Freeport, USAID- and Coast Guard-sponsored flights revealed substantial flooding on Long Island, Cat Island, Eleuthera, Acklins Islands and Exuma thirty-six hours after the storm had passed. The [...] | 2007-11-06 18:13:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI AMER ECON BF |
| 07NASSAU1385 | BAHAMAS REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN WIREC 2008 [...] Based on the Government of the Government of the Bahamas' strong interest in the area of renewable energy, Post requests it be added as an invitee to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) to be held in March 2008. 2. Although the Bahamas is not a net export [...] | 2007-11-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EPET SENV SOCI BF |
| 07NASSAU1399 | AMBASSADOR SIEGEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] Summary: Ambassador Siegel presented his credentials to Governor General Arthur Dion Hanna on November 14 in a ceremony at Government House. Prior to the ceremony, the Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Brent Symonette, who affirmed the government's desire to maintain the best possible rel [...] | 2007-11-16 22:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | APER PREL PTER UNGA BF |
| 07NASSAU1437 | BUSINESS OUTLOOK CONFERENCE ON ABACO HIGHLIGHTS EMERGING [...] SUMMARY: At the 4th Annual Abaco Business Outlook Conference earlier this fall, Deputy Prime Minister Brent Symonette told delegates that the Free National Movement government plans to monitor the environmental impact of major hotel investment projects. The theme of the conference, "Growth b [...] | 2007-12-03 16:03:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EINV SENV BF |
| 07NASSAU1458 | BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...] | 2007-12-07 18:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF |
| 07NASSAU169 | BRAZIL TO OPEN EMBASSY IN THE BAHAMAS [...] On February 1, Poloff had a chance meeting with the new Brazilian Ambassador to The Bahamas, Tomas Mauricio Guggenheim, on the street outside their homes. Guggenheim, former ambassador to Gabon, said Brazil was in the process of opening an Embassy in The Bahamas. He is currently searching f [...] | 2007-02-07 19:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SMIG BR BF |
| 07NASSAU231 | DEFENSE FORCE SEEKS TO EXPAND REGIONAL INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 9, Ambassador met with Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF) Commodore Clifford Scavella to discuss the bilateral military relationship. Scavella wants to expand the RBDF's international role, and improve its migrant interdiction capabilities. He expressed interest in [...] | 2007-02-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP SMIG PREL KPKO BF HA |
| 07NASSAU297 | AMBASSADOR AND FM MITCHELL REVIEW PSI, AUTEC, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Foreign Minister Mitchell met March 7 to review outstanding bilateral issues, including the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the U.S. request to install new sonar arrays at the Atlantic Undersea Testing and Evaluation Center (AUTEC),the Ambassador's [...] | 2007-03-09 12:21:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PREL KNNP KTIA BF |
| 07NASSAU332 | AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS PSI, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson discussed the status of ongoing joint criminal investigations, extraditions, and other law enforcement issues under the AG's jurisdiction. The Attorney General provided her reaction to elements of the just released huma [...] | 2007-03-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON KJUS KNNP MARR PREL |
| 07NASSAU413 | DELAYS IN BUILDING OF NEW CHINESE EMBASSY AND [...] (C) During Ambassador Rood's farewell call with Chinese Ambassador Li March 27, Poloff met with Dong Sheng, Cultural and Protocol Officer for the Chinese Embassy to The Bahamas. Asked about plans for a new Chinese embassy building in Nassau, Sheng said that a site had been purchased on Village [...] | 2007-03-30 20:52:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR CH BF |
| 07NASSAU523 | EMBATTLED FOREIGN MINISTER ACCUSED OF CHINESE VISA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bahamian Consular Affairs Chief Dorothea Lafleur in a private lunch with Embassy's Consular Chief accused Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell of complicity in pressuring consular officers to issue visas to patently ineligible applicants. She further alleged that Mitchell was involve [...] | 2007-04-24 21:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR CH BF |
| 07NASSAU550 | PRE-ELECTION ROUNDUP: MOMENTUM TO FNM AS PARTIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the final run up to May 2 elections, violence has faded, replaced with isolated vote-buying allegations, though these are not expected to compromise outcomes. In its recently released party platform, the opposition Free National Movement (FNM) has promised to restrict foreig [...] | 2007-04-30 21:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF |
| 07NASSAU559 | INGRAHAM AND FREE NATIONAL MOVEMENT WIN BAHAMIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to still unofficial counts, The Free National Movement (FNM) captured 24 of 41 parliamentary seats in Bahamian elections May 2. Hubert Ingraham, who served as Prime Minister from 1992-2002, returns to office and is expected to name his cabinet in the coming week. Desp [...] | 2007-05-03 20:43:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR BF |
| 07NASSAU579 | BRENT SYMONETTE NAMED BAHAMIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham tapped Free National Movement (FNM) Deputy Party Leader Brent Symonette as The Bahamas' new Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs May 4. Symonette is a successful businessman and a former Attorney General and Minister of Tourism in [...] | 2007-05-07 22:31:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ETRD BF |
| 07NASSAU608 | NEW BAHAMIAN CABINET BUILT FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham made his initial cabinet appointments May 7, with others following in subsequent days. With few exceptions, the new Ministers are experienced and well-suited to their portfolios, having served in Ingraham's previous government. Ingraham r [...] | 2007-05-15 19:10:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAIR BF |
| 07NASSAU630 | BAHAMAS REVIEW FOR TITLE III SUSPENSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The Bahamas has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cub [...] | 2007-05-21 17:12:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU BF |
| 07NASSAU631 | NEW GOVERNMENT: NO BAHAMIAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel A request, Post has reviewed potential Venezuelan foreign aid to The Bahamas. The Bahamas is listed on Embassy Caracas' "Venezuela Dollar Diplomacy" spreadsheet as a potential recipient of aid under the Petrocaribe program. However, the GCOB never agreed to impl [...] | 2007-05-21 17:15:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PINR ENRG VN BF |
| 07NASSAU663 | BAHAMAS REQUEST FOR 2007 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR [...] Embassy Nassau requests $20,000 for the Bahamas Human Rights Network for the development of a documentary film regarding the plight of stateless Haitian Migrants in The Bahamas (reftel A). The documentary would film a planned public forum on restricted rights of migrants in the Mud and Pigeo [...] | 2007-05-29 21:04:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF SMIG BF |
| 07NASSAU753 | PRIME MINISTER INGRAHAM SEEKS CLOSE TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) On June 13, the Charge called on Prime Minister Ingraham to congratulate him on his recent election and to review U.S. and Bahamian priorities in advance of the June 18-21 Conference on the Caribbean. In a productive 45-minute meeting, Ingraham promised to consider a Proliferation Securi [...] | 2007-06-15 22:49:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAIR PTER MCAP PHUM CU VE BF |
| 07NASSAU939 | BAHAMAS ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS PETROCARIBE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge' and PolChief, Minister of State for Public Utilities Phenton Neymour confirmed that Petrocaribe was not and would not be a priority for the new Bahamian government. He also indicated that the government had not had time to assess the Liquef [...] | 2007-07-31 18:57:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG SENV BF VZ |
| 07NDJAMENA101 | CHAD: NEW CLASHES ON SUDAN/CHAD BORDER [...] (U) In what was apparently a combined operation, UFDD (Union of Forces for Democracy and Development),RAFD (African Assembly of Democratic Forces) and RNDP (National Assembly for Democracy and Progress) rebels attacked Adre in the early hours of February 1. Humanitarian aid workers in the ar [...] | 2007-02-01 17:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PGOV PREF PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA129 | ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH NRF/JEM [...] (C) Summary. The NRF has high ambitions for a commanders conference/political meeting scheduled for Abeche starting 12 February. However, there remain issues of who will attend and how much consensus they will reach. Meanwhile, the NRF's renunciation of regime change (as recommended by Speci [...] | 2007-02-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PREF CD SU CRS |
| 07NDJAMENA131 | CHAD: Iranian Foreign Minister Meets President [...] (U) According to a Chadian presidential webpage article, Iranian Foreign Minister Mountasher Mountaki met with President Deby earlier this week (February 4). Webpage photos show the Iranian foreign minister with President Deby at the Zakouma Game Preserve in southeastern Chad. The Iranian fo [...] | 2007-02-09 23:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EPET IR CD |
| 07NDJAMENA145 | CHAD: European Commisssion support for [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) seeks to develop a program to support the capacity of Chadian political parties to engage in a national political dialogue in the near term, and to be able to compete responsibly in an open democratic process over the longer term. Chad's current pol [...] | 2007-02-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PGOV KDEM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA149 | CHAD'S GRAND IMAM REQUESTS HELP TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) Post calls attention to the following request from Chad's Grand Imam, Sheikh Hissein Hassan Abakar, conveyed in a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador (reftel). In the meeting, Abakar requested assistance from Post and the USG to investigate and interdict possible terrorist and extremis [...] | 2007-02-15 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN CD PGOV PREL |
| 07NDJAMENA18 | DEBY PEACE ACCORD WITH FUC'S NOUR -- ONE LESS [...] (C) Summary: The withdrawal of Sudanese government support and an alleged payment of $5.5 million from Libyan President Moammar Gadaffi may have combined to induce Chadian rebel leader Mahamat Nour to sign a peace agreement with the Deby government in Tripoli December 24. The significance of [...] | 2007-01-09 15:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD MOPS PGOV PREL |
| 07NDJAMENA181 | CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for training with Special Operations Forces in May and June 2007. INK name check pending. 2. Unit: Chadian Second Ant [...] | 2007-02-28 09:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC MASS PHUM PINR PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA191 | N'DJAMENA SEEKS APPROVAL FOR REMOTE TDY RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) On February 18, 2007 the US Embassy EAC convened at 0915 to discuss the need to establish a remote residence in the Eastern Chadian city of Abeche. The purpose of this residence would be to provide a safe environment for Embassy personnel who are visiting or on TDY to the region. Current [...] | 2007-03-01 09:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 07NDJAMENA196 | CHAD: 2007 BUDGET IN DANGER OF SLIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Commission (EC) are concerned about the GOC's political will and capacity to meet agreed 2007 budget targets. Wage pressures, corruption and mounting military and off-budget spending -- combined with unrealistic assumptions of [...] | 2007-03-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ELAB PGOV CD |
| 07NDJAMENA20 | SUDANESE REBELS PASS THROUGH N'DJAMENA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese rebel groups plan to make every effort to meet Special Envoy Natsios during his visit to Chad. Sudanese Liberation Movement's Ahmed Abdul Shafi and representatives from the National Redemption Front claimed that there was extensive military coordination on the ground, b [...] | 2007-01-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA204 | CHAD/USA SIGN AGREEMENT ON ESTABLISHMENT OF [...] On March 5, the Ambassador signed an agreement with the Government of Chad on the establishment of the American International School of N'djamena. The Secretary of State for International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Djidda Moussa Outman, signed for the Government of Chad. [...] | 2007-03-05 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCH PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA206 | CHAD: RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON CT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: Chad actively cooperates with the U.S. on counterterrorism activities and programs. Chad has been a consistent participant in the PSI and TSCTI programs, and remains the only TSCTP country to host a Joint Planning and Advisory Team (JPAT). Due to porous borders and lack of immi [...] | 2007-03-05 17:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID MASS PTER CD |
| 07NDJAMENA237 | CHAD: INPUT FOR ANNUAL AGOA REPORT [...] (U) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy provides the following input on Chad for the President,s 2007 Report on AGOA. End Summary --------------------------------------------- --------------- Market Economy/Economic Reform/Elimination of Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- [...] | 2007-03-15 10:25:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD AGOA ECON CD |
| 07NDJAMENA295 | CHAD COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OVIP |
| 07NDJAMENA302 | CHAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (C) Summary: United States interests in Chad have evolved over the last seven years. Highlights of the new relationship include U.S. humanitarian support for the Sudanese refugees in eastern Chad and U.S. political leadership in seeking a resolution of the Darfur conflict, U.S./Chad coopera [...] | 2007-04-06 11:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF OTRA SU CD |
| 07NDJAMENA318 | CODEL MCGOVERN VISITS EASTERN CHAD, MEETS SUDAN REBELS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Rep. James McGovern and staffers, plus Ambassador and Emboffs, visited the Abeche area on 6-7 April, meeting with local Chadian authorities, UN officials, NGO workers, and Sudanese rebel leaders. The group drove to Gaga camp to meet with Sudanese refugees. In a meeting with Rep [...] | 2007-04-12 10:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM KCRS CD SU OVIP OTRA |
| 07NDJAMENA34 | INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN CHAD [...] Per request paragraph 2 reftel, names follow of five most influential women from civil society and government in Chad. 2. Mariam Moussa, Minister of Solidarity and Micro Credit, (235) 52-05-76 and (235) 632-8609. Ph.D. in public management and active campaigner for poverty alleviation. [...] | 2007-01-11 09:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA341 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE MEETS CHADIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met President Idriss Deby Itno and Foreign Minister (FM) Alam-mi late Monday afternoon April 16, in the Chadian capital of N'Djamena. In both meetings the Deputy Secretary discussed regional peace and stability, the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Darfur [...] | 2007-04-20 11:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | PGOV OVIP PREL PREF UNSC CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA357 | REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 1 [...] (U) Summary: A team from the DepartmentQs Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration/Africa Office (PRM/AFR) and the office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) visited Sudanese refugee camps in eastern Chad from March 20-28 to monitor USG-funded protection and [...] | 2007-04-26 09:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD |
| 07NDJAMENA358 | REFUGEE PROTECTION IN EASTERN CHAD - Part 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV KCRS SU CD |
| 07NDJAMENA41 | EAC FOR USAID MISSION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 10:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC |
| 07NDJAMENA410 | CHADIAN TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY; ALL QUIET, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Chad (GOC) is ready to launch a major attack against Chadian rebels if the rebels cross over from Sudan for one last offensive before the rainy season -- or if they are expelled by Sudan. Embassy sources do not put much weight in the Saudi-brokered accord between [...] | 2007-05-11 12:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA424 | N'DJAMENA EAC FOR MAY 18, 2007 [...] (S) On May 18, 2007 at 0950 hours the N,djamena EAC to discuss recent threat information from SIMO regarding an RPG attack on the US Embassy and apparent kidnapping plans by Islamic extremists for Americans, French and Italian citizens living in Chad. Those present were the Ambassador, DCM, DA [...] | 2007-05-18 17:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET | ASEC |
| 07NDJAMENA455 | GRAND IMAM VOICES CONCERN OVER EXTREMISTS' "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY Fundamentalist and extremist ideologies continue to gain influence in Chad, according to the Grand Imam, who reported on the "new strategy" of a number of Islamic organizations. The World Association of Muslim Youth (WAMY) and the Islamic Forum (IF) have been officially banned by [...] | 2007-06-04 18:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | CD PGOV PREL KISL |
| 07NDJAMENA46 | CHAD'S ROLE IN PEACE IN DARFUR: IS THIS THE RIGHT [...] (C) AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTION: This is an important piece on our engagement with Chad and its role in peace efforts in Darfur. It was prepared by Jitu Sardar, who is completing an impressive tour here after having contributed significantly to our reporting on eastern Chad and our Darfur re [...] | 2007-01-13 13:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA470 | N'DJAMENA EAC DISCUSSES INTRUDER INCIDENT [...] (SBU) On June 5, 2007 at 0830 hours the N,djamena EAC met to discuss the recent intruder penetration of the Embassy compound, counter-measures implemented and any new information. Those present were the Ambassador, DAO, RSO, MO, POL/MIL. The following information was discussed: 2. (S) As r [...] | 2007-06-07 07:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC |
| 07NDJAMENA484 | CHAD: EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES TRANSPARENCY [...] SUMMARY: According to Chad's finance and oil ministers, the Economic and Monetary Commission of Central Africa (CEMAC) is seized with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and, within Chad, the oil minister heads a team that is supposed to address EITI's requirments. END [...] | 2007-06-11 15:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA499 | CHAD: IMPORTANT JUNCTURE IN INTERNAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The ongoing political dialogue in Chad has come to a crunch point. According to a senior official who serves as go-between in the dialogue, several key areas of disagreement remain, but each one is surmountable. A prominent oppositionist has removed himself from the dialogu [...] | 2007-06-15 15:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA50 | EASTERN CHAD: USAID ASSESSMENT OF INTERNALLY [...] Summary: The USG humanitarian assessment team in eastern Chad is investigating reports of rising numbers of internally displaced persons. On January 17 and 18, the team visited two IDP sites and refugee camps in the Farchana area of Assounga Departement. Recent arrivals at the sites are from [...] | 2007-01-19 19:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI CD |
| 07NDJAMENA506 | ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy NQDjamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...] | 2007-06-19 16:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA507 | CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in ChadQs media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, ChadQs government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...] | 2007-06-19 16:16:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA508 | CORRECTED VERSION: ISLAM IN SOUTHERN CHAD [...] (SBU) Summary: What is the status of Islam in southern Chad, a relatively densely populated area but traditionally largely Christian or animist? Embassy N'Djamena PAO and Arabic/Muslim Outreach Specialist set out to answer this question, at least anecdotally, during two trips over a three- [...] | 2007-06-20 06:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA509 | CORRECTED VERSION; CHAD: TOWARD FREER RADIO AND [...] (U) Summary: There are some potentially significant changes underway in Chad's media environment, and, with the apparent end of the State of Emergency, censorship of the independent press has virtually ceased. First, Chad's government-controlled national radio and television are moving tow [...] | 2007-06-20 06:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA523 | CHAD: STRIKE DRAGS ON [...] SUMMARY: Some progress has been made, but the general strike in Chad still drags on. The government is holding to its offer of a 15 percent salary increase. Some minor unions have accepted but the major union has again balked. Meanwhile, a peaceful group of female teachers on June 21 block [...] | 2007-06-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PGOV ASEC CD |
| 07NDJAMENA540 | CHAD: ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA BETWEEN COM AND COCOM [...] (SBU) Embassy EAC met to discuss the annual review of the appendices of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Chief of Mission and the Combatant Commander (COCOM) (reftel B). Following are new annexes A and B. 2. (SBU) Annex A: DOD Elements and Personnel under the Security Respons [...] | 2007-06-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS CD |
| 07NDJAMENA593 | COST AND RESOURCE ESTIMATE FOR US OUTPOST IN ABECHE [...] (U) RSO N,djamena was tasked on July 3 to produce a survey to address the creation of a diplomatic outpost in Abeche, Chad. US Embassy Chad has recognized since early 2007 the desirability of a permanent base of operations (or at the very least, a facility) to house the numerous TDY,rs in the [...] | 2007-07-13 13:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CD |
| 07NDJAMENA61 | SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY (SHRD) [...] Chad is a centralized republic with a population of approximately 10 million. The Government of Chad,s human rights record remained poor in 2006. President Idriss Deby has ruled the country since taking power in a 1990 rebellion. Political power remained concentrated in the hands of a north [...] | 2007-01-23 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM CD |
| 07NDJAMENA618 | CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER ON ARUSHA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi stressed to Charge that Chad would do all it could to ensure a successful meeting in Arusha. Referring to Embassy demarches concerning the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue's aborted meeting in Mombasa, he stated that Chad did not want to have a bi [...] | 2007-07-25 16:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SU CD |
| 07NDJAMENA619 | EASTERN CHAD - INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT UPDATE [...] Most internally displaced people (IDPs) in eastern Chad are now receiving assistance from humanitarian organizations. The numbers have stabilized at about 170,000, and due to the rains no major conflict is expected for several months. Issues faced by the humanitarian community include insecu [...] | 2007-07-25 17:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREF PREL CD |
| 07NDJAMENA637 | SCENESTTER FOR GENERAL WARD [...] (C) General Ward: Your first visit to Chad will highlight for President Idriss Deby Itno the importance the United States attaches to the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) and U.S. appreciation for Chad's support on counter-terrorism issues. We anticipate that the President [...] | 2007-08-03 12:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CD |
| 07NDJAMENA649 | CHAD SHOWS RENEWED INTEREST IN EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chadian officials, including the Minister of Oil, briefed donors on plans to implement the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in two World Bank-hosted meetings July 26 and July 31, 2007. Chad had already expressed interest in joining EITI in 2004, but there [...] | 2007-08-08 05:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | CD ECON EPET PREL |
| 07NDJAMENA66 | SUDANESE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT HIJACKED TO N'DJAMENA [...] A Sudanese Air West passenger aircraft reportedly en route from Khartoum to El Fasher and Niyalla January 24 was hijacked by a young Sudanese man and diverted to N,Djamena. The Minister of Public Security,s chief of staff, who was at N,Djamena Airport when the aircraft arrived around 10:30 t [...] | 2007-01-24 15:17:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC CASC EAIR PTER CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA665 | GENERAL WARD,S MEETING WITH CHAD PRESIDENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Commander of the European Military Command General William Ward met President Deby August 8 in Chad in a meeting primarily focused on aircraft sales. While arguing the case for Chad's need for C-130's, President Deby also expressed interest in learning more about the C-2 [...] | 2007-08-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CD PGOV PREL |
| 07NDJAMENA666 | CHINA'S RETURN TO CHAD: ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a nine-year hiatus, China (PRC) and Chad renewed diplomatic relations in 2006. According to the Chinese Embassy's Economic and Commercial Counselor, China is adhering to all Chinese and Chadian environmental and social laws as it enters the energy and agricultural sectors [...] | 2007-08-15 08:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CH ECON EINV SENV PHUM |
| 07NDJAMENA676 | CHINA IN CHAD: AN ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Huang Mingyuan, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese (PRC) Embassy in Chad, provided an overview of the current state of China's activities here. Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China has responded to a variety of needs expressed by the Chad [...] | 2007-08-17 10:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CD CH ECON ETRD PREL ENRG EPET |
| 07NDJAMENA689 | CHAD SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) U.S. Embassy N'Djamena warmly welcomes CODEL Jackson Lee to Chad August 26-27, 2007. Chad is a landlocked, impoverished nation situated in the geographical "heart" of Africa. Violent regime change has been the rule since independence in 1960. Chad's estimated 9.4 million people are prim [...] | 2007-08-23 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CD |
| 07NDJAMENA711 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EMBASSY NDJAMENA AND [...] Listed below is contact information for Heads of Sections, U.S. Embassy Ndjamena. All personnel may be contacted via the switchboard 24/7. Embassy telnos: Country Code: 235 Switchboard: 251-7009/251-6211/251-9233/251-9218/251-4727/ 251-4296 Switchboard cell: (235) 679-0978/679-0979 IVG: [...] | 2007-09-06 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV CD |
| 07NDJAMENA790 | CHAD: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] In response to Reftel, Embassy N'Djamena submits the following updated AGOA country eligibility information. 2. TPSC subcommittee on AGOA implementation country eligibility recommendations 2007 state submissions Country: Chad Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background: Chad, a la [...] | 2007-10-11 15:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD CD |
| 07NDJAMENA798 | CHAD: AMCIT DETAINED NEAR LIBYAN BORDER [...] (U) The Embassy was notified on Sunday, October 14, that American citizen Stephen Godbolt had been detained since October 12 in the town of Zoumri by ten members of the Chad rebel group MDJT. The rebels belong to a small MDJT faction that has not accepted the terms of recent peace agreements [...] | 2007-10-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV CD |
| 07NDJAMENA810 | CHAD: DETAINED AMCIT CASE [...] (SBU) Radio France International (RFI) broadcast information on the detained Amcit during the 6:30 a.m. (Chad time) Africa news broadcast on October 18. RFI reported that Godbolt had been detained while accompanying members of a Chadian association on a trip from N'Djamena to Bardai. The br [...] | 2007-10-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV CD LY |
| 07NDJAMENA822 | CHAD REBEL GROUP ISSUES PRESS RELEASE CONCERNING SEIZED [...] The Paris-based Chad opposition web site "Al-Wihda" (alwihdainfo.com) has carried a number of postings concerning American Cash Steven Godbold, seized by the MDJT on October 12 in Zoumri, Chad, including one by the group which claims to have seized him. We cannot attest to the authenticity of [...] | 2007-10-23 11:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL CASC CD LY |
| 07NDJAMENA825 | CHAD AMCIT CASE: REPORTED MDJT REQUEST [...] (SBU) CDA and other Emboffs met with Mr. Hadir Adji, President of the Associations Friends of the Tibesti and two of his colleagues on October 19 to pass on the message that the case of seized American Cash Steven Godbold was being followed with a great deal of interest and concern in Washingt [...] | 2007-10-24 11:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PTER CD LY |
| 07NDJAMENA85 | Eastern Chad: USAID Assessment of Internally [...] Summary: A USG humanitarian assessment team spent two weeks in Chad, including ten days in the East, investigating reports of internal displacement and assessing humanitarian conditions and response for the affected communities. This is the fourth and final cable from the team and includes k [...] | 2007-01-29 15:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRS |
| 07NDJAMENA876 | CHAD: FOREIGN MINISTRY RESPONDS ON GUANTANAMO CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby has directed his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take steps to seek the liberation of Chadian Guantanamo detainee Mohamed Algharani (aka Yousef Abkir Salih Al Qarani). Department guidance requested (see para 5). End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 5, Post rece [...] | 2007-11-09 10:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PREL PTER CD |
| 07NDJAMENA88 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 1 [...] Summary: The Government of Chad cooperates with United Nations (UN) agencies, local communities and church-based and other domestic and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in combating trafficking, primarily in the area of prevention. Due to intense rebel activity throughout 20 [...] | 2007-01-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
| 07NDJAMENA89 | Chad: 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report Part 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CD |
| 07NDJAMENA903 | CHAD: JEM EXPLAINS ARAB ALLIANCE AND WARNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the Khalil Ibrahim-led wing of the Sudan Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) met with Emboffs November 19 to announce a new JEM/Arab alliance, explain the defects of the Sirte meeting and warn of future armed conflict in Darfur and Kordofan. End summary. JE [...] | 2007-11-21 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA920 | CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES, DEFENSE MINISTER FIRED [...] (SBU) Summary: Heaving fighting continues between the government and rebel factions in eastern Chad, with significant casualties among the President's clan. President Deby returned to N'Djamena on December 1 to commemorate 17 years in power and to fire the Defense Minister (former FUC rebel M [...] | 2007-12-02 12:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PREL CD SU |
| 07NDJAMENA933 | CHAD: FIGHTING CONTINUES BETWEEN ANT AND RFC [...] (C) Summary. Fighting continues in the Biltine area between the Chadian army (ANT) and the RFC rebel group. Cut off from supply lines in the Sudan, the RFC may not be able to survive a siege. On the other hand, coordinated action between the RFC and the UFDD could pull the ANT away and prol [...] | 2007-12-06 06:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF SD CD |
| 07NEWDELHI1010 | BOFORS SCANDAL MIDDLEMAN CAUSING TROUBLE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 27, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs disrupted both houses of Parliament, demanding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation over alleged UPA mishandling of Ottavio Quattrocchi's extradition from Argentina. Quattrocchi is the main accused in the Bofors gun payo [...] | 2007-02-28 13:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1050 | INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...] | 2007-03-02 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK |
| 07NEWDELHI1098 | CHIKUNGUNYA VIRUS RE-EMERGES IN INDIA - MAN VS. [...] (U) Summary: After a 32 year hiatus, the chikungunya virus is making a comeback in India. While the Government of India (GOI) estimates over 180,000 cases of chikungunya infection since December 2005, the actual number of cases is difficult to assess. The GOI,s lack of transparency in reporti [...] | 2007-03-06 13:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV AMED EAGR IN KFLU ECON PREL SENV TBIO PTER |
| 07NEWDELHI1248 | US PARTICIPATION IN AMAN 07 "SURPRISES" AND [...] (C) PolCouns was summoned to the Ministry of External Affairs by Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar on 12 March for an urgent meeting to discuss the USG's participation in the multinational joint naval exercise "Aman 07." Kumar delivered the non-paper in para. 4 to Polcouns as directed [...] | 2007-03-14 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CH PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1250 | INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP [...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...] | 2007-03-14 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR |
| 07NEWDELHI1275 | HIZBOLLAH AND HAMAS DELEGATES PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Delegates of the "International Conference on War, Imperialism and Resistance: West Asia," held in New Delhi March 12-14, adopted a resolution urging the Indian government to change its Middle East policy, break ties with Israel, and promote dialogue with Iran. Hizbollah spokes [...] | 2007-03-15 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IS IR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1292 | ECON HIGHLIGHTS FROM NEW DELHI(March 12-16, 2007) [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 12-16, 2006. --------------------------------------------- - ECONOMIST CONFERENCE: GOI ROLLS OUT RED CARPET --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) Prime Minister Singh address [...] | 2007-03-16 11:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1295 | KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S. [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...] | 2007-03-16 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL |
| 07NEWDELHI1302 | GOI "VERY UNEASY" ABOUT RECENT EVENTS IN BANGLADESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's recent visit to Dhaka was "excellent," according to Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar. Chief Adviser of the Caretaker Government Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed received high marks from the GOI with Kumar noting that, "He talks like us. He's brillian [...] | 2007-03-19 06:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BG CE IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1325 | INDIA FALLING SHORT OF POTENTIAL IN AFRICA, [...] (C) Summary. Indian strategic thinkers agree that China is leading India in involvement with Africa by almost all economic and political measures. Not only does China have a greater volume of bilateral trade with Africa, but China is also pouring development aid and concessional loans into [...] | 2007-03-19 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN CH ECON ENRG EPET EAGR |
| 07NEWDELHI1327 | INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICERS HEAD TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AF IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1424 | BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...] | 2007-03-23 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1485 | OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIAN SOFT POWER IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As requested, this cable contains specific, concrete ideas for opportunities for India to use soft power in helping Afghanistan's reconstruction, with the broader objective of seeking ways for the U.S. to synergize its efforts with Afghanistan's "natural ally." Some of the ideas are ne [...] | 2007-03-28 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ENRG SCUL SOCI AF IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1508 | NO CLEAR OUTCOME IN SIGHT FOR UPCOMING UTTAR [...] (C) Summary: Although the election is set to commence on April 7, UP politics remain as confused and murky as ever. In the past few weeks, a close associate of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has bolted to form a new party, and his Muslim support base appears to be incr [...] | 2007-03-29 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1509 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 8-29 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting. Former Iranian President Gets a Warm Reception in India ------ 2. (SBU) The mostly Indian audience at the India Today annual "conclave" March 23 h [...] | 2007-03-29 14:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIRF KNNP IR BT KZ |
| 07NEWDELHI1532 | DCM REVIEWS FULL SLATE OF BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) In a courtesy call on new Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on March 30, the DCM recalled their long-standing friendship, briefed Gupta on the many ways that the USG works with the Home Ministry to advance our bilateral agenda, and sought Gupta's help to improve Embassy interactions with his M [...] | 2007-03-30 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM |
| 07NEWDELHI1640 | PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...] | 2007-04-05 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1676 | CODEL LOWEY DISCUSSES 123 AGREEMENT, CONGRESSIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a joint meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran, Codel Lowey outlined their concerns on the civil-nuclear agreement, including fears that the Government of India (GOI) had come to the conclusion that the U.S. Congre [...] | 2007-04-09 14:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1698 | INDIA DID NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NATANZ RIBBON-CUTTING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha April 9. Amandeep Singh Gill, Director of MEA Disarmament and International Security Affairs, told PolOff April 10 that the MEA had instructed its Embassy i [...] | 2007-04-10 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC |
| 07NEWDELHI1702 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER REVIEWS SOUTH ASIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one hour meeting on April 5, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon reviewed political and economic developments with Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. When it comes to the region, New Delhi a [...] | 2007-04-11 07:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PREF ECON ETRD AF |
| 07NEWDELHI1720 | DELHI DIARY, MARCH 29-APRIL 11 [...] (C) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 8-29, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Naxalites Looking to Join the Fray in Kashmir -- BJP Coalesces Its Strategy of Attack on Congress -- Civil Society Holds SAARC Accountabl [...] | 2007-04-11 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PK IR JA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1723 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER AND GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher met Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar April 5 to review progress and obstacles on key U.S.- India bilateral issues, including defense, military relations, education, the Agricult [...] | 2007-04-11 12:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ETRD MOPS KPAO ENRG PARM PTER |
| 07NEWDELHI1749 | THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIA - PART II [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a two part series on the status of women in India. This cable is derived from Post's ongoing analysis of the issues facing women as well as conversations with politicians, think tanks, NGO activists, pundits, and government officials during Senior Advisor to [...] | 2007-04-12 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KWMN IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1827 | INDIA OFFERS CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has presented a Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007, dated April 11, 2007) offering a bilateral resolution of the outstanding "crew list" issue, proposing exemption of t [...] | 2007-04-17 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS KREC KTIA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1866 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 12-19 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 12-19, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Third Phase of the Uttar Pradesh Election Completed -- The Saffron Crowd Finding a Home in the BJP Again -- Chief of Naval Operations Vi [...] | 2007-04-19 08:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC KUNR ETRD EPET KWMN BR |
| 07NEWDELHI1885 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 16-20, 2007. ---------------------------------- New FDI Regulations Go into Effect ---------------------------------- 2. (U) India's new FDI regulations in telecom were officially notified by the [...] | 2007-04-20 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1918 | CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...] | 2007-04-23 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1971 | GOI JOINT SECRETARY (EAST ASIA): CHINA BORDER [...] (C) Summary. In an April 25 discussion, new MEA JS (East Asia) Vijay Gokhale: -- briefed PolCouns on the latest round of India-China border talks, saying little progress was made; -- downplayed the May 1 visit by North Korean Vice-Foreign Minister Kim Hyong Jun, stating such a meeting was a [...] | 2007-04-25 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH KN JA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI1977 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 20-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 20-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mid-Election Scandal Could Shake Up Politics -- Bhutan,s Voters Elect "Yellow" in Mock Polls -- Another Bomb Found and Defused in Bhutan [...] | 2007-04-25 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS KCRM KDEM PHUM SOCI PTER MOPS |
| 07NEWDELHI2036 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 23-27, 2007. ------------------------------ OIL AND GAS MINISTER DISCUSSES LNG WITH TEHRAN ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) India's Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Murli Deora met [...] | 2007-04-27 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV PTER KTFN ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2037 | INDIAN OFFICIAL SEES BANGLADESH AT CROSSROADS, SRI [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with PolCouns on April 26, MEA Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar: -- said that the caretaker government in Bangladesh has reached a crossroads by allowing Sheikh Hasina and Khaleda Zia to return, stating such a move weakens the government and will force it to reassert itself in [...] | 2007-04-27 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BG BM CE IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2056 | BIOGRAPHY: MEA JOINT SECRETARY GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) Gaitri Kumar replaced Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as Ministry for External Affairs (MEA),Joint Secretary (Americas) in January. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. Prior to her current assignment, her career trajectory is as follows: --1987-1989 - Third Secretary/Second Secreta [...] | 2007-04-30 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2067 | BIOGRAPHY: RAJASTHAN CHIEF MINISTER VASUNDHARA RAJE [...] (C) On an April 10-14 trip to Rajasthan, PolOff met with politicians, journalists, NGOs, and academicians to get a fix on the current state of affairs. This cable is largely derived from conversations during this trip about Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje. A POLITICAL MAHARANI ------- [...] | 2007-04-30 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KWMN IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2070 | RAJASTHAN STRUGGLES TO ESCAPE FROM THE HINDI BELT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajasthan, located in North India and bordering Pakistan, is the country's largest state and embodies numerous contradictions. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Minister (CM) Vasundhara Raje (ref A),although extremely popular, is heavily criticized and not expected to win the [...] | 2007-05-01 06:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PINR SOCI ECON KWMN KIRF |
| 07NEWDELHI2101 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MEA JOINT SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH INCOMING MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAN) JOINT SECRETARY T.C.A. RAGHAVAN MAY 1, POLCOUNS RAISED PETROLEUM SIPDIS AND NATURAL GAS MINISTER MURLI DEORA'S RECENT STOPOVER IN TEHRAN. RAGHAVAN SAID HE HAD NOT RECEIVED DETAILS, [...] | 2007-05-02 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET ETRD MARR PINR MOPS IR |
| 07NEWDELHI2117 | INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...] | 2007-05-03 10:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2126 | HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...] | 2007-05-03 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2139 | DELHI DIARY, APRIL 26-MAY 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 26-May 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indian Boots on the Ground in Afghanistan? -- Parliamentary Histrionics Play On -- Bhutanese Refugees Want To Participate In Election [...] | 2007-05-04 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF PK IR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2142 | IRAN MANIPULATING INDIAN ELITE OPINION-MAKERS [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA. Please see paragraph 6. New Iranian Mischief ------ 2. (C) Ambassador K.V. Rajan, former Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs and current Chairman of the Prime Minister's National Security Advisory Board (NSAB),called Charge May 4 for a [...] | 2007-05-04 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2149 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 30 - May 4, 2007. PAKISTAN CUTS INTO INDIAN WHEAT MARKET -------------- 2. (SBU) For the first time in history, India is importing wheat from Pakistan as of April-May 2007. Taking advantage o [...] | 2007-05-04 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV PTER ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2225 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 5-9 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 5-9, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- GOI Responds to LTTE Air Attacks in Sri Lanka with Increased Vigilance in the South -- Think-tanker: Lantos Letter "Less Than Diplomatic" [...] | 2007-05-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MNUC PTER PINR BT CE UK |
| 07NEWDELHI2254 | GOI REMAINS SKEPTICAL ON IRANIAN GAS PIPELINE AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: EconMinCouns delivered to Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan on May 9 information that he had requested (ref A) confirming that -- contrary to top Iranian officials' claims to Srinivasan -- Iran does not have domestic engineering and technologi [...] | 2007-05-10 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | EPET ELTN PREL EINV PGOV IN PK IR |
| 07NEWDELHI2280 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 7-11, 2007. STARBUCKS PENDING INVESTMENT APPLICATION --------------- 2. (SBU) On May 10, Econoffs held a conference call with Hong Kong based Starbucks representative Mike Yeager, Finance & Busine [...] | 2007-05-11 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2360 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 10-17 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 10-17, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Handicapping the Presidential Race -- The Mysterious Process of Indian Presidential Elections -- Next Phase of India-Pakistan Composite Di [...] | 2007-05-17 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MASS PINR SOCI PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2370 | REQUEST FOR BUSH-SINGH MEETING AT G-8 SUMMIT [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph three. 2. Post received on May 18 from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs a diplomatic note requesting a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Singh and President Bush to take place during the G-8 Summit in Germany [...] | 2007-05-18 10:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2391 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 14-18, 2007. INDIA AND CIVIL AVIATION -------------- 2. (U) In a productive meeting with Deputy Economic Counselor, Civil Aviation (CA) Joint Secretary RK Singh reviewed several key issues - in [...] | 2007-05-18 13:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2460 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 18-23 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 18-23, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Crude Bombs in UP Point to Internal Politics -- India Gives the Green Light for Civil Servants to Visit China -- Indian Army Chief Begins [...] | 2007-05-23 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PHUM BT PK CH IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2475 | THE UPA AT THREE YEARS - MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a "Report to the People" on May 22, outlining the achievements of his UPA government at the three year point. The PM acknowledged that inflation is a problem, providing assurances that his government would take measures to keep it from hur [...] | 2007-05-24 10:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR PTER KDEM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2480 | IRAQ'S OIL MINISTER TO SEEK INDIAN INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani will visit India May 25-28, leading a delegation from a broad spectrum of the Iraqi government, in addition to several businesspeople. The main goal for Iraq is to get an Indian agreement for investment in either building a new oil refine [...] | 2007-05-24 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG IQ IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2486 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 21-25, 2007. REF: NEW DELHI 02347 CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS TO DEEPEN DEBT MARKET ----------------- 2. (U) On May 16, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued draft guidelines for the introduction [...] | 2007-05-25 06:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2533 | BIOGRAPHY: SATISH CHANDRA MISHRA, BAHUJAN SAMAJ [...] (C) Satish Chandra Mishra, Member of Parliament (MP) from Uttar Pradesh (UP) in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) and General Secretary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP),is widely acknowledged to be the right hand man of Mayawati, the new powerful BSP Chief Minister (CM) of UP. She inducted him i [...] | 2007-05-29 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2563 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 24-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 24-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Left Groups Disparage United Progressive Alliance Performance -- Kerala Communist Party Punishes Leaders for Public Feud -- BJP Hopes for [...] | 2007-05-30 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KDEM BT IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2583 | TENSIONS IN RAJASTHAN ESCALATE AND SPREAD [...] (SBU) The Gujjar community continues it demands to be socially demoted from the Other Backward Castes (OBC) category to the Schedule Tribe (ST) category to access job and education benefits reserved for STs. Violent Gujjar demonstrations have escalated and spread to neighboring states over th [...] | 2007-05-31 15:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC PTER SCUL CASC IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2621 | KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...] | 2007-06-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2664 | DELHI DIARY, MAY 31-JUNE 6 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 31-June 6, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Mayawati Escapes the Noose -- Bhutan Now Has Four Political Parties -- Bhutan Reaffirms Support for "One China" Policy Mayawati Esc [...] | 2007-06-06 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KDEM PHUM BT CH TW KS IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2678 | A THIRD FRONT GETS OFF TO A SHAKY START [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, eight regional parties met in Hyderabad under the auspices of Telegu Desam Party (TDP) President N. Chandrababu Naidu and agreed to form a "third front" aimed at eventually unseating the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and forming the government. The j [...] | 2007-06-07 12:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...] | 2007-01-18 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2697 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 4-8, 2007. ANDRA PRADESH POWER SHORTFALL DUE TO PIPELINE PROBLEMS -------------- 2. (U) The economically dynamic southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is facing a 2000 megawatt power shortfa [...] | 2007-06-08 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ENRG IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2766 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 6 - 13 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 6 - 13, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: POL-MIL: -- India, China announce joint military exercises -- Russian Ground Force commander visits India -- Russia continues to gouge I [...] | 2007-06-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV MASS MARR KOMC KSTC RS |
| 07NEWDELHI2788 | NEW UNION CABINET SECRETARY: K.M. CHANDRASEKHAR [...] (C) On June 14, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh named former Revenue Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, K.M. Chandrasekhar, as Union Cabinet Secretary. A member of the 1970 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) -- Kerala Cadre, Chandrasekhar now holds the highest ranking bureaucra [...] | 2007-06-14 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2792 | HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...] | 2007-06-15 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2816 | AMBASSADOR AND NGO LEADERS DISCUSS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Mulford met New Delhi's leading NGOs and UN Agencies that work on trafficking in persons (TIP) and bonded labor on June 14 to solicit their reaction to the TIP Report and Action Plan and ask for their frank assessments of the TIP situation in India. Largely thanks [...] | 2007-06-18 00:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM KWMN ELAB KCRM SOCI IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2830 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR 123 CONCLUSION, SIGHTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a June 15 meeting with National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador: -- pressed for the earliest possible conclusion to 123 Agreement negotiations and pressed the Indian to clarify their notion of a stand-alone fully safeguarded reprocessing facility; -- urged for [...] | 2007-06-18 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KNNP TSPA SENV SCUL IN EAGR |
| 07NEWDELHI2836 | INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS PART ONE - BUDDING MIL-MIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Army Chief General and Chairman of Staffs Committee (COSC) J.J. Singh led a delegation of army, navy, and air force officers on a five-day visit to China in an effort to expand military relations. Highlights of the visit included: -an agreement to conduct periodic joint [...] | 2007-06-19 03:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2840 | THE NEW UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT WANTS CLOSE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-19 05:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SCUL SOCI EIND EINV ENRG |
| 07NEWDELHI2865 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Gloomy Pakistan Envoy -- GOI Ministry of Defense sends Shekhar Dutt to Bait the Bear -- Doctor in India Arrested for Female Feticide -- [...] | 2007-06-20 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2912 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 18-22, 2007. FIRST ROUND ON INDIA/EC FTA TALKS TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK -------------- 2. (SBU) European Commission Trade Counselor Bermejo told us that the first round of negotiations for an Indian [...] | 2007-06-22 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
| 07NEWDELHI2916 | CONCLUSION OF THE SEVENTH US-INDIA WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual US-India Joint Working Group on Peacekeeping on June 19 focused on opportunities for the U.S. and India to work together to meet new challenges in global peacekeeping capacity. IO PDAS James Warlick led the US delegation, and Joint Secretary Sanjiv Arora of the [...] | 2007-06-22 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR UNGA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI2991 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 20-27 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 20-27, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- KK Katyal: Potential for South Asian Parliament -- Tawang Residents Speak Out Against China's Territorial Claims -- Controversy Continue [...] | 2007-06-27 12:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3031 | THE BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY: A HOUSE IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary: In the Spring of 2007, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared to be making a comeback after a series of electoral wins in both state assembly and municipal elections (reftel A). However, the euphoria ended following the party's abysmal performance in the May and June Uttar Pra [...] | 2007-06-29 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3034 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 25-29, 2007. COMING SOON - EFFORTS TO AMEND THE MONEY LAUNDERING ACT --------------------------------------------- --- 2. (SBU) During a meeting with Econoff on June 29, Joint Secretary of Reve [...] | 2007-06-29 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN PK IR |
| 07NEWDELHI3081 | DELHI DIARY, JUNE 28-JULY 5 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 28-July 5, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely -- Mayawati Lays Out Her Priorities SAARC Protocol on Trafficking Likely ------- 2. (SBU [...] | 2007-07-05 05:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3132 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 2-6, 2007. Foreign Banks Report High Profit Growth, Yet Opportunity Costs are Extreme ----------------- 2. (U) Major foreign banks in India have reported a healthy growth in net profits in the [...] | 2007-07-09 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR PTER KTFN PREL ENRG ECON IN IR |
| 07NEWDELHI3224 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 9 - 13, 2007. India's Housing Index To Track House Prices ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) In light of the recent surge in real estate prices, the government has launched a ne [...] | 2007-07-13 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3248 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 6-16 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 6-16, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Sweet Success in Ethiopia: India Invests in Ethiopian Sugar and Wins African Support for a Security Council Seat -- India Looks East with [...] | 2007-07-16 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR KUNR EINV PTER MCAP AS |
| 07NEWDELHI3281 | CD DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDIA HEDGES ON ALL BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3312 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 16 - 20, 2007. Chidambaram Signals Continued Tight Monetary Policy --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Finance Minister Chidambaram on July 19 stated that the government wil [...] | 2007-07-20 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3383 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...] | 2007-07-25 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS |
| 07NEWDELHI3429 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 23 - 27, 2007. POSITIVE GOI NOISES ON DOW AND MCDERMOTT ---------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) There are indications that the legacy issues of Dow and McDermott may be moving closer [...] | 2007-07-27 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI346 | UTTAR PRADESH MUSLIMS - DISILLUSIONED AND MORE [...] (C) Summary: The Muslims of Uttar Pradesh (UP) are increasingly fed-up with the corruption and poor governance of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government of Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, with many ready to desert to Congress and the rival BSP. Lucknow's Shias have historic and cultural tie [...] | 2007-01-23 06:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SCUL IN IZ IR |
| 07NEWDELHI3462 | INDIA'S LEFT FRONT (C-NE7-01274) [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel's request for reporting on the Left Front in India, Post has compiled below a list of reporting out of Chennai, Kolkata, and New Delhi on the Left from the past year. There is a negligible Left presence in the Mumbai Consulate district. The cables below re [...] | 2007-07-31 09:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3528 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of July 30 - August 3, 2007. Contains Business Proprietary information. TATA RUNS INTO TROUBLE IN TAMIL NADU --------------- 2. (SBU) Tata Steel's $620 million project proposed Tamil Nadu titanium d [...] | 2007-08-03 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3529 | DELHI DIARY, JULY 26-AUGUST 3 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 26-August 3, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India "Looks East" and Discusses Bus Links with Burma -- NHCR Releases Guidelines for Child Rape Cases -- Five Arrested in Child La [...] | 2007-08-03 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KCRM ELTN BM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI362 | INDIAN AND CHINESE OFFICIALS MUM ON BORDER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (C) Indian and Chinese officials are adhering to a joint "gag rule" regarding their ninth round of border talks held on 17-18 January, probably exercising understandable caution after Chinese Ambassador Sun Yaxi's brash claims to the state of Arunachal Pradesh cast a pall over Pre [...] | 2007-01-23 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH |
| 07NEWDELHI364 | INDIA CHOOSES NATIONAL INTERESTS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee visited Burma on January 19-22 to enlist the junta's help in India's counterterrorism efforts in the Northeast, to cooperate on the erection of border fences, and to attempt to secure a natural gas supply. The visit was trumpeted as a su [...] | 2007-01-23 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN CE |
| 07NEWDELHI3654 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 6-10 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 6-10, 2007. KERALA RE-TENDERS $580 MILLION PORTIMPROVEMENT PROJECT AFTER CHINESE BID REJECTED ----------------------- 2. (U) Kerala has re-invited global bids for a $580 million project to [...] | 2007-08-10 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3657 | VICTORY PREDICTED FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Our contacts, media reports, and senior FSNs are confident that Ambassador Mohammad Hamid Ansari, the vice presidential nominee of the ruling UPA coalition and Left parties, will emerge victorious from today's contest in the electoral college comprising of members of Parliament. "The Hi [...] | 2007-08-10 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3668 | LIEBERMAN ENGAGES INDIA ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee Senator Joseph Lieberman met on August 10 in New Delhi with Dr. Leena Srivastava, Deputy Director, Ambassador Chandrashekher Dasgupta, Distinguished Fellow, Dr. Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow, and other senior staff of The Energy and [...] | 2007-08-13 09:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KGHG ECON TSPL TRGY EFIN BEXP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3691 | NUCLEAR DEAL REACTION: LOTS OF NOISE, SOME HURT [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties loudly shouted protest slogans during Prime Minister Singh's August 13 suo moto speech in the lower house on the civil-nuclear agreement, and the reaction is expected to grow more boisterous as parliamentary debate continues the week of August 20. The Congress [...] | 2007-08-14 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3728 | INDIAN PARLIAMENT ADJOURNS AGAIN OVER NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Both houses of the Indian Parliament were forced to adjourn on August 16 as opposition and Left parties disrupted proceedings, saying Prime Minister Singh had misled Parliament on the civil-nuclear agreement. Indian media reporting on Spokesman Sean McCormack's August 15 statemen [...] | 2007-08-16 12:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3756 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 13-17, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 13-17, 2007. NO BANK FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC M AND A ACTIVITIES IN INDIA --------------------- 2. (U) In a conversation with Vishwavir Ahuja, Managing Director and Country Chief of Bank of Amer [...] | 2007-08-17 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3844 | DELHI DIARY, AUG 04-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 4-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Opens a 22-year-old "Rulebook" to Keep Other Government Entities Out of Foreign Affairs -- Indo-Pak Border to Open for Trade October [...] | 2007-08-22 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR KISL KWBG KPAL ELTN AS |
| 07NEWDELHI3885 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 20-24, 2007 [...] Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 20-24, 2007. TO QUELL UNREST, U.P. SHUTS DOWN GROCERY CHAINS ------------------ 2. On August 23, Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister, Mayawati Kumari, ordered all organized grocery retailers in the s [...] | 2007-08-24 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3909 | JAPANESE PM ABE TAKES ECONOMIC & SECURITY TIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Calling Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's August 21-23 visit to New Delhi a "historic milestone" which witnessed the elevation of the Indo-Japan Global and Strategic Partnership, Japanese Embassy colleagues in New Delhi claimed to be "very happy" with the trip. Ministry of External Af [...] | 2007-08-27 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON MARR JA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3972 | DELHI DIARY, AUGUST 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 22-30, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Narayanan in Moscow for Defense Talks -- India and Russia to Conduct Indra 2007 War Games in Russia in September Narayanan in Mosc [...] | 2007-08-31 09:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS RS IN |
| 07NEWDELHI3983 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST 27-31, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 27-31, 2007. FINANCE MINISTRY FINDING WAYS AROUND FDI CAP ---------------- 2. (U) Local press reported this week that the Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request by India's largest [...] | 2007-08-31 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4095 | DEHI DIARY, AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for August 31-September 7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Chennai Yawns through New President's First Visit -- Playing the Muslim Card: Congress Prepares for Possible Mid-term Electio [...] | 2007-09-07 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ENRG IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4212 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 10-14, 2007. NEW MORE LIBERAL AND RATIONAL FDI POLICY IN OCTOBER ------------------------- 2. (U) Director Gauri Singh in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion at Ministry of [...] | 2007-09-14 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4215 | INDIA PROVIDES NON-PAPER RESPONSE AND DATES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request for ISN and SCA. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of the Disarmament and International Security Division (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill gave poloff September 14 India's non-paper response (below) to the U.S. non-papers provided [...] | 2007-09-14 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL MTCRE KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4224 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 8-14 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai. Below is a compilation of political highlights for September 8-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Senior Nuclear Scientist Speaks in Support of Nuclear Deal -- BJP [...] | 2007-09-14 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC KNNP KISL IR PK BU IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4253 | INDIA AND BHUTAN IRF REPORT: DELIVERY, POSTING AND [...] (U) Per Reftel, Post is pleased to report that the International Religious Freedom Report's Introduction, Executive Summary and individual country reports for India and Bhutan were posted in English on the Embassy's website immediately upon release and clearance from the Department. PolOff als [...] | 2007-09-17 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4336 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 17-21, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES REFUND OF SPECIAL ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR IMPORTS THAT PAY STATE VAT ----------------- 2. (U) The Indian government on September 14 notified a refund facility with [...] | 2007-09-21 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI439 | ACQUISITIONS DIRECTOR GENERAL SUGGESTS BELL [...] (SBU) Contains proprietary information. Please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) Banerjee told DCM that Bell Helicopter had been disqualified from the 197 Army helicopters competition, due to non-compliance with two essential paramet [...] | 2007-01-29 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL ETRD IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4414 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 15-27 [...] (U) This week's product is a joint effort of Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Mumbai in conveying items of interest for September 15-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India to Launch Israeli Spy Satellite? -- BJP President Urges UN Resolution 1373 Sa [...] | 2007-09-28 05:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KISL PTER MARR MOPS PHUM IS PK TI |
| 07NEWDELHI4419 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 24-28, 2007. MIXED SIGNALS ON RETAIL --- 2. (U) Two key GOI figures in the U.S. this week gave conflicting messages on the future of organized retail in India. Minister of Commerce and Ind [...] | 2007-09-28 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4469 | NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER [...] Scioffs attended a National Mercury Workshop September 27 - 28 hosted by the Indian NGO, Toxics Link. The workshop focused on mercury usage, processes, and impacts in India. SciOffs met with representatives from numerous environmental NGOs, academics, medical professionals, the World Bank, t [...] | 2007-10-03 11:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4487 | DELHI DIARY, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 4 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for September 28-October 4, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Trucks Cross Indo-Pak Border for the First Time in 60 Years -- New Army Chief Assumes Office -- Protests and Rallies Portend [...] | 2007-10-04 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELTN MARR MOPS PHUM PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4493 | NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...] | 2007-10-04 10:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4512 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 1-5, 2007. STRENGTHENING RUPEE HITS SOUTH INDIAN EXPORTERS -------------- 2. (U) South India's exporters are starting to feel the pain of the strengthening rupee. Local press reported on S [...] | 2007-10-05 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI456 | INDIAN EXPERTS VOICE CONCERN ABOUT MIDEAST AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 24th roundtable on the Middle East, aka &West Asia8, Indian experts and Emboffs and PolCouns discussed the U.S. and Indian roles in Iran, Iraq, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Gulf. The Indian experts urged greater [...] | 2007-01-30 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4590 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 8-12, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 8-12, 2007. ---------------------------- ADB DISCUSSES INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING NEEDS ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Econoff met October 12 with Ajay Sagar, Head, Private Sector and [...] | 2007-10-12 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4597 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 5-12 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 5-12, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- FM Mukherjee Visiting Moscow -- India Put the Brakes on Rail Service to Dhaka -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Trip to Africa -- Sin [...] | 2007-10-12 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELTN MOPS MARR ENRG EPET BG SN SF |
| 07NEWDELHI4667 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 15-19, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 15-19, 2007. INDIA INCREASINGLY AN FDI PLAYER --------------------------- 2. (U) The UN Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its annual World Investment Report this past wee [...] | 2007-10-19 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4687 | NEW DELHI ESTH OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER [...] The Government of India successfully hosted the second Ministerial Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate (APP) in New Delhi on October 15. Canada was officially recognized as the seventh member of the Partnership, alongside existing members Australia, China, [...] | 2007-10-22 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4690 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...] | 2007-10-23 08:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4714 | EMBASSY PLANS TO OBSERVE BHUTAN'S FIRST ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Marking the transition from absolute monarchy to democracy, the Kingdom of Bhutan will hold its first national elections in December 2007 and March 2008. Though the USG has no formal diplomatic relations with the Bhutanese government, the Bhutanese have welcomed Embassy observers [...] | 2007-10-24 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL PINR PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4731 | INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE AWARD: REKHA MISHRA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel, please find Embassy,s nominations for the Secretary of State,s Award for International Women of Courage. In a country of over a billion people, India is home to dozens of worthy candidates who are extraordinary leaders in furthering justice and equality. This year Em [...] | 2007-10-25 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN KISL PGOV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4758 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 23-26 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 23-26, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, China and Russia Jointly Oppose Further Burma Sanctions -- Bhutanese Election Dates Announced India, China and Russia Jointl [...] | 2007-10-26 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR CH RS BT BM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4759 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 22-26, 2007. EXPANSION PROJECTS AT SOUTHERN AIRPORTS SHOW PROFITS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) The expansion of runways, apron areas and terminals at Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Coim [...] | 2007-10-26 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON |
| 07NEWDELHI4761 | INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CHIDES RUSSIANS ON ARMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: While meeting with his Russian counterparts for high-level military discussions in Moscow October 16 ) 20, Indian Defense Minister Antony signed an agreement with Russia to co-develop a fifth generation fighter jet intended to rival the F/A-22 Raptor and the F-35 Joint Strike Figh [...] | 2007-10-26 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS MARR KOMC KSTC IN RS |
| 07NEWDELHI4822 | MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...] | 2007-10-31 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4839 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 29 - November 2, 2007. INDIAN PARLIAMENT INVITES PUBLIC TRADE MARKS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2007 ----------------------- 2. (U) In the Monsoon Session of its Parliament, the GOI introduced The Tra [...] | 2007-11-02 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN EAID SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4843 | ARGENTINE AMBASSADOR ON INTERPOL REQUEST [...] (C) Argentina's Ambassador to India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, Ernesto Alvarez, has conveyed his opinion -- without elaboration -- that it could be counterproductive for the Embassy to deliver the remarks supporting Argentina's position on the upcoming Interpol vote to the Indian gov [...] | 2007-11-02 14:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV IR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4855 | DELHI DIARY, OCT 27-NOV 2 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 27-November 2, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- March of the Landless -- Tehelka Expos of Modi Role in 2002 Gujarat Riots -- Bhutan Takes Out the Trash -- Indian Military to [...] | 2007-11-05 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BT IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4857 | JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE NUCLEAR DEAL BUT [...] (C) Summary: In separate November 5 meetings with senior BJP leaders and former Foreign Ministers Yashwant Sinha and Jaswant Singh, the Ambassador argued that the 123 Agreement and Hyde Act had no impact on India's strategic program and urged them to take a statesmanlike attitude towards the n [...] | 2007-11-05 14:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4881 | PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE, GUJARAT ELECTIONS KEY TO GOI [...] (C) Summary: The upcoming winter session of Parliament in mid-November and Gujarat state assembly elections in mid-December will play a key role in shaping GOI actions on the US-India civil nuclear agreement. The respective positions of the Congress Party and the Left parties are likely to be fine- [...] | 2007-11-06 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4897 | MTAG INDIA: GROW-ON-EXPORTS AND PHULCHAND EXPORTS [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for Disarmament and International Security (DISA) Under Secretary Jayant Khobargade provided a nonpaper to PolOff October 26 in response to requests for information passed to the GOI in June 2007 by Assistant Secretary of State for International Security [...] | 2007-11-07 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL PARM KN IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4925 | BHUTANESE REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT - GOI TELLS A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Bhutan and Nepal Preeti Saran and MEA Joint SIPDIS Secretary for Americas Gaitri Kumar told Assistant Secretary SIPDIS for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Ellen Sauerbrey November 8 that the Government of Indi [...] | 2007-11-08 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NP BT IN |
| 07NEWDELHI4989 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 3-15 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi, in coordination with Consulate Chennai, for November 3-15, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Japan Relations Expected to Continue Positive Trend, But On Hold While Fukuda Gets Settl [...] | 2007-11-15 12:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM CH JA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5003 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEKs OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the weeks of November 5-16, 2007. SUCCESSES FOR AES, VERIZON -------------------- 2. (SBU) GOI Confirms Coal Field for U.S. Power Company AES: AES received on November 6, 2007 final GOI Cabinet and Ministryof [...] | 2007-11-16 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EFIN EINV ECPS EPET ETRD EAGR ELTN ENRG |
| 07NEWDELHI5047 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 16-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 16-21, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Concerns about Negotiating with the Taliban -- PM Singh Uses ASEAN to Urge Burma to Expedite the Reconciliation Process -- Three [...] | 2007-11-21 09:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR IR PK AF CH SN KS JP |
| 07NEWDELHI5068 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 19-23, 2007. INDIAN PATENT FILINGS TO BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE ------------ 2. (U) Business daily The Mint reported Wednesday that the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion has decided t [...] | 2007-11-23 10:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI511 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-01 15:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI513 | SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...] | 2007-02-02 01:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5137 | FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PARLIAMENT NO U.S. PRESSURE ON GAS [...] (SBU) Media reported on November 28, 2007 that India's Minister of External Affairs, Pranab Murkherjee, had sent to the Lok Sabha a written reply to a question in which he denies that the U.S. has asked India not to move forward with the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) natural gas pipeline [...] | 2007-11-30 01:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG PREL EPET EINV PGOV IN IR |
| 07NEWDELHI5139 | INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in ref a, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Indo-Cuban Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------------------------------ [...] | 2007-11-30 06:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5148 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 26-30, 2007. GOI ANNOUNCES ITS TAX REFORM AGENDA -------------- 2. (U) At a November 29 seminar on Indirect Tax Reforms, Dr. Parthasarthi Shome, Advisor to the Finance Minister, discussed [...] | 2007-11-30 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5157 | DELHI DIARY, NOVEMBER 22-30 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for November 22-30,2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India Freezes Arms sales to Burma -- India votes against the UN's draft resolution on Burma -- PM Singh to Visit China -- Indian is Fi [...] | 2007-11-30 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER SENV ECON CH BM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5180 | INDIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL VOTING FOR UN CERD [...] (U) This is an action message for IO/RHS and SCA - see para 4. 2. (U) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar and Director (United SIPDIS Nations Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on November 21, urging the GOI to support Pierre Richard Prospe [...] | 2007-12-04 05:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNGA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5189 | REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: YALDA SHOJAE SANGANI [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi refers Yalda Shojae Sangani to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) based on her experiece of persecution in Iran. Below is biographical information of the principal applicant, a description of the persecution claim, her current economic means, and health conditio [...] | 2007-12-04 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5206 | NUCLEAR DEBATE RERUN GETS PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Personal attacks between the ruling Congress Party and opposition BJP leaders marked the eight-hour-plus December 4-5 Rajya Sabha (upper house) nuclear debate in Parliament. Going over the same arguments as in previous Parliament debates, the Left and United National Progressiv [...] | 2007-12-05 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5228 | DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 3-7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 3-7, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Delhi Police on Terror Alert -- Babri Masjid: Continues to Cast Shadow -- India Conducts New Missile Defense Tests. -- Minor Demonstra [...] | 2007-12-07 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KISL MCAP PINR SOCI IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5230 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 3-7, 2007 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 3-7, 2007. INVESTMENTS KEEP ROLLING INTO SOUTH INDIA ------------------ 2. (U) Seeking to take advantage of Tamil Nadu's revised industrial policy, both Dell and Nokia announced expansion p [...] | 2007-12-07 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5238 | GOI SACKS HEAD OF PREMIER MEDICAL INSTITUTE [...] (C) Summary: One of the only pieces of legislation to emerge from the winter session of Parliament was a bill to remove an eminent cardiac surgeon from his position as head of the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The bill was sheperded through the the legislature by Health [...] | 2007-12-07 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5290 | USG SHOULD GIVE BHUTAN BACK FROZEN DRUK AIR FUNDS [...] (C) I would like to bring to your personal attention the long-standing unresolved matter of Bhutanese government funds frozen due to USG economic sanctions against Burma. I want to offer a way forward for resolving this bilateral irritant with the Bhutanese and thereby send a message that the [...] | 2007-12-12 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAIR IN BT |
| 07NEWDELHI5299 | BHUTAN EXPERIENCING GROWING PAINS IN ITS [...] (C) Summary: In November, Poloff accompanied Population, Refugee, and Migration (PRM) A/S Ellen Sauerbrey to Bhutan to discuss resolution of the protracted Bhutanese refugee crisis in Nepal (ref A). During this visit, interlocutors including the former King, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, Prime Minis [...] | 2007-12-13 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IN BT |
| 07NEWDELHI5318 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 10-14, 2007. DETAILS LEAKED ON LONG-AWAITED RETAIL REPORT ------------- 2. (U) Several Indian dailies, most extensively Mint, reported on details from the overdue study by the Indian Counci [...] | 2007-12-14 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5319 | DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...] | 2007-12-14 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT |
| 07NEWDELHI5322 | Ranthambore Wildlife Crime Workshop Emphasizes Need for [...] SUMMARY: The New Delhi ESTH and Public Affairs sections held a wildlife crime workshop November 4 - 6 near Ranthambore National Park (RNP) in order to highlight USG commitment to wildlife conservation and to provide much needed training to park rangers, local police, and prosecutors in crime [...] | 2007-12-17 01:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO SOCI KSCA IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5364 | NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 17-20, 2007. FDI RESTRICTIONS IN RETAIL TO CHANGE? ------------- 2. (SBU) Food Processing Industries Minister Subodh Kant said Monday that the GOI may ease its restrictions on foreign dire [...] | 2007-12-20 05:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5367 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: NEW DELHI CONFERENCE DISCUSSES THREAT, [...] The Government of India (GOI) hosted a successful international conference on avian and pandemic influenza, in collaboration with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),on December 4-6. Several themes emerged: that the international community cannot let down it [...] | 2007-12-20 05:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR KFLU EAID PREL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI5380 | DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...] | 2007-12-20 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH |
| 07NEWDELHI5422 | INDIAN REACTION TO BHUTTO ASSASSINATION: UNIVERSAL CONDEMNATION, AND WORRY OVER CONTROL OF PAK-BASED TERRORISTS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-28 12:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN KISL PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 07NEWDELHI574 | INDIA PREPARING FOR US-INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (S) Summary: Deputy PolCouns met on February 1st with the new Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for India's Counter-Terrorism Cell, Indra Mani Pandey, as well as Director (Military Affairs) Brig. AS Nundal, who is acting as a coordinator for the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Wo [...] | 2007-02-06 09:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN PINR MOPS KDEM KISL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI582 | NEPALI MPS FIND INDIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) Members of Parliament Prakash Mahat and Arjun Thapa told Poloff February 1 that PM Singh had said one day earlier the government of India was ready to support the government of Nepal in addressing the unrest in Nepal's Terai region. In a meet [...] | 2007-02-06 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS SCUL ECON NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI636 | KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...] | 2007-02-08 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI752 | BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...] | 2007-02-14 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN |
| 07NEWDELHI816 | INDIA, RUSSIA, AND CHINA TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In their seventh trilateral meeting, the foreign ministers of India, Russia, and China discussed substantive issues including cooperation on terrorism, crime, trade, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and UN reform. Deliverables were few; however, the meetings have served to institutional [...] | 2007-02-16 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS CH IN |
| 07NEWDELHI839 | REFUGEE ADMISSIONS REFERRAL: DHIA NOOR MOWAFAK [...] (SBU) Embassy New Delhi refers the following former translator for the U.S. military to the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information of the principal applicant and dependents, a description of the persecution claim, his current economic means and health condit [...] | 2007-02-20 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL IN IZ |
| 07NEWDELHI847 | GOI EXPOUNDS UPON ITS BURMA POLICY AFTER RECEIVING [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and the Maldives) Mohan Kumar. Kumar made the following points regarding the GOI's current Burma policy: -After a period of limited interaction with Burma because of its po [...] | 2007-02-20 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM BM IN |
| 07NEWDELHI863 | INDIA CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE POSSIBLY CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of India (GOI) officials acknowledged February 7 that India is concerned about the possibility of violence in Nepal's Terai region spilling over into India. The government of Nepal (GON) should address the concerns of ethnic Indian Madhesis who have been violently pr [...] | 2007-02-21 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NP IN |
| 07NEWDELHI870 | ITALIAN PM PRODI HAS "SATISFYING" TRIP TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Italian Prime Minister Prodi and his 400-person entourage wrapped up their five-day trip to India on February 15 in New Delhi. The trip was marked by a heavy emphasis on business opportunities between the two countries (reftel) and personal rapport between Prodi and Prime Mini [...] | 2007-02-21 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KNNP PARM TSPL ECON IT IN |
| 07NEWDELHI871 | SAMAJWADI PARTY PULLS SUPPORT FROM UPA GOVERNMENT, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-21 14:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KISL IN |
| 07NEWDELHI909 | SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...] | 2007-02-23 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN |
| 07NEWDELHI916 | WITH AN EYE ON CHINA, JAPAN AND INDIA KICK OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The governments of India and Japan are hoping to commence a new economic partnership with round one of negotiations on the Japan-India Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA),followed by the visit of a high-level Japanese business delegation to India. The Economic Minister of the [...] | 2007-02-23 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ECIN EINV JP CH IN |
| 07NIAMEY100 | PRES. TANDJA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN NAILS A [...] In his remarks on Niger's Republic Day, December 18, 2006, President Tandja declared war on corruption in public life. He instructed the Minister of Justice to take action on over 60 cases that had developed since a public education funds scandal came to light last summer (reftels A,B). In the [...] | 2007-02-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KMCA NG |
| 07NIAMEY1055 | NIGER: MNJ ATTACKS IN THE AGADEZ REGION CONTINUE [...] Summary. The number of attacks conducted by the Mouvement Nigerien de Justice (MNJ) in the Agadez region continues to rise, with several incidents over the last couple of days, some resulting in the death of Government of Niger (GON) military personnel. Since April 2007, about a dozen land m [...] | 2007-08-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASEC MARR CASC PINR NG |
| 07NIAMEY1064 | U.S. AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH GOVERNMENT OF NIGER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-24 12:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NG |
| 07NIAMEY1181 | NIGER: MIST SPORTS CARAVAN SCORES BIG AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The 16-day Military Information Support Team (MIST) sports caravan/tolerance campaign, lauded by local authorities for its timeliness, reiterated last year's theme "One Family, One Niger." Insecurity in the northern region of Agadez prevented the Nigerien junior girls and junio [...] | 2007-09-12 15:34:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PROP PREL SCUL NGO |
| 07NIAMEY1222 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S TRIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Over a 16-day period, an Embassy delegation supported a successful basketball caravan and tolerance campaign that covered eight cities in seven of Niger's eight regions. The insecurity in the Agadez region (northern Niger) made it impossible to include a caravan stop there; howev [...] | 2007-09-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI ASEC CASC EAID NG |
| 07NIAMEY123 | ISLAM IN NIGER (3): FAITH FOLLOWS THE DOLLAR IN [...] (C) NOTE: This is the third in a series of cables (reftels A&B) reporting on the changing nature of Islam in Niger. END NOTE During recent travel to Agadez, Poloff and AIDoff tried to square an interesting circle. Traditional authorities - the Sultan and Grand Mosque Imam - claimed that the Nig [...] | 2007-02-12 10:00:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR EAID SOCI KDEM NG |
| 07NIAMEY1270 | NIGER: In News from Abroad GON President Tandja Rules Out [...] (U) Summary. Local newspapers have reported and are commenting on excerpts of Government of Niger (GON) President Mamadou Tandja's October 2 interview with "Le Monde". In that interview Tandja rules out running for a third term and invites combatants in northern Niger to lay down their arms. [...] | 2007-10-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI NG |
| 07NIAMEY1359 | A BRIDGE FROM CHINA TO NIGER [...] Summary. The November 5, 2007 groundbreaking and laying of the first stone for a long-awaited second bridge in the capital city of Niamey symbolizes an increasingly closer relationship between two friends, the Republic of Niger (RON) and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). Exchanges between [...] | 2007-11-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG EPET SOCI NG CH |
| 07NIAMEY1412 | NIGER: CORRUPTION SCANDAL HITS CITY HALL [...] (U) In the latest phase of Niger's "clean hands" anti-corruption campaign, the Nigerien authorities have arrested a number of Niamey city officials on corruption charges. The actions started at the top, with the November 1 arrest of the president of the city council (essentially the mayor) of [...] | 2007-11-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON NG |
| 07NIAMEY1444 | BUS HITS MINE IN THE SOUTH, PROMINENT TUAREGS [...] (C) A bus hit a landmine near the southern city of Maradi the morning of December 10. It reportedly left a one meter deep crater in the dirt road. The governor of the region told the Ambassador that it occurred 50 meters outside of town on the road to Dakoro. He said six people were injured, [...] | 2007-12-10 14:55:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM NG |
| 07NIAMEY1446 | NIGER SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) A vehicle struck a landmine the evening of December 10 near the wrestling stadium in Tahoua. We have heard reports that one person was killed and two people were injured. 2. (U) Tahoua is the site of this year's December 18 Republic Day festivities. President Tandja, a large number of [...] | 2007-12-11 12:44:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS ASEC PGOV PTER NG |
| 07NIAMEY167 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (3) THE NOMADIC ZONE [...] (SBU) This is the third cable in a series of trip reports (reftels A&B) that examine conditions, contacts, and political issues in central and northern Niger. This edition takes a look at the nomadic zone known as the Azaouagh (or Azawak). A large and sparsely populated zone in the northern par [...] | 2007-02-23 12:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NG |
| 07NIAMEY22 | FOUR YEARS ON, NIGERIEN NGO UP IN ARMS OVER NIGER [...] Apparently prompted by the execution of Saddam Hussein, on Sunday, January 7, a Nigerien NGO gave a press release denouncing the USG for its "false accusation against Niger for the sale of uranium to Iraq." The NGO, CODDAE - the "Collective for the Defense of Rights to Energy in Niger" - is m [...] | 2007-01-10 15:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO NG |
| 07NIAMEY26 | TIP IN A TRANSIT TOWN: AGADEZ, NIGER [...] During recent travel to Agadez, the principal city of northern Niger, Poloff explored the town's oldest industry - trafficking. Whether in items as benign as cars or as dangerous as drugs and guns, Agadez excels at both legal and illicit cross-border trade. The movement of persons is a perenn [...] | 2007-01-10 15:28:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SMIG SOCI KCRM KWMN NG |
| 07NIAMEY40 | NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS (LEAHY) VETTINGS FOR BILATERAL [...] The following units have been identified by the Nigerien Military to participate in exercises with US forces during calendar year 2007: The Anti-Terrorist Company (Compagnie Antiterroriste),the 322 Airborne Company (based in Maradi),and the 424 Infantry Company (based in Tillia). 2. The [...] | 2007-01-16 12:57:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PHUM NG |
| 07NIAMEY610 | NIGER TRIP REPORTS (4) ARLIT: PORTRAIT OF A BOOM TOWN [...] (U) This is the forth in a series of trip report cables documenting life, leaders, and issues in several key towns and regions (reftels A, B, C),of central and northern Niger. 2. (SBU) Arlit, in northern Niger, owes its existence and prosperity to uranium mining. As world prices rise and th [...] | 2007-04-24 16:21:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PAGR ECON EMIN EINV SENV NG |
| 07NIAMEY625 | NIGER: A PESSIMISTIC ASSESSMENT OF GON-TUAREG [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Anacko, the man responsible for implementing the 1995 agreement ending the Tuareg rebellion, fears that President Tandja's desire for a military solution to the recent Tuareg uprising risks turning it into a full fledged rebellion that could affect the entire region. He [...] | 2007-05-03 12:06:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PREL CASC EMIN NG |
| 07NIAMEY636 | NIGER: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Abouba hinted that the GON was negotiating with dissident Tuaregs, but he largely dismissed their grievances. He feared alliances developing involving the Tuareg rebels, drug traffickers, AQIM and the Nigerian Taliban. He did not appear to be particularly seize [...] | 2007-05-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EMIN CASC PINR NG |
| 07NIAMEY646 | NIGER: MINISTER OF DEFENSE ASKS USG NOT TO ABANDON [...] (C) Summary. Government of Niger (GON) Defense Minister (DefMin),Hassane Souley, requested a meeting with Ambassador Allen to ask for USG support of GON military efforts to deal with Tuareg dissidents in the North. The GON seeks military support, especially intelligence assistance. The DefMi [...] | 2007-05-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NG |
| 07NIAMEY713 | NIGER: MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS (MRA) [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador, accompanied by locally-engaged staff Political Assistant (notetaker),paid a May 16 courtesy call on the recently-appointed Cabinet Minister for the Ministry of Religious Affairs (MRA),Issaka Labo. The MRA's responsibilities include a security element complementa [...] | 2007-05-22 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI PINR NG |
| 07NIAMEY80 | NIGER: TOLERANCE FOR EVANGELIST DR. RICHARD ROBERTS' [...] Summary. The Republic of Niger laid out the welcome mat for the January 24-27 visit of Oral Roberts University (ORU) President and Evangelist Dr. Richard Roberts and his delegation. Print and broadcast media, notably "Le Sahel" (government newspaper) and "Tele-Sahel" (the national news stati [...] | 2007-01-26 11:17:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL KIRF PHUM KISL KWMN NG |
| 07NICOSIA1002 | FM LAVROV DELIVERS SUPPORT FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Cypriot opinion leaders characterized Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's December 9-10 visit to the island as "Russia Riding to the Rescue." Lavrov's timing was impeccable, and seemingly too providential (for the G/C cause) to be coincidental. He arrived shortly before two [...] | 2007-12-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY RU SE |
| 07NICOSIA1006 | Political Polling Center-stage in Cypriot Election [...] (SBU) Summary: With the Cypriot presidential campaign in full-swing, pollsters are conducting and presenting "Gallups" nearly every week. Compared to the February 2003 race and earlier elections, their numbers have almost doubled. Cypriot media outlets conduct many surveys, and later devote [...] | 2007-12-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA1010 | DECEMBER 2007 TIP UPDATE: CHURCH OF CYPRUS JOINS [...] SUMMMARY: December proved a busy and fruitful month in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Cyprus. First, a new and highly-visible actor -- the Church of Cyprus -- vowed to "get involved" in combating trafficking. The Church intends to study the severity of TIP on the island and [...] | 2007-12-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
| 07NICOSIA111 | CYPRUS TO CONSCRIPT HERETOFORE EXEMPT MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Cyprus's Ministry of Defense announced January 9 its intention to lift an exemption that allowed the country's "official religious groups" -- Maronites, Armenians, and Latins -- to avoid compulsory military service in the Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG). Rather than present [...] | 2007-02-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA120 | CYPRUS OIL AND GAS LICENSING RIGHTS CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) Summary: The GoC intends to go forward with its first licensing round for the exploration and exploitation of potential offshore oil and natural gas deposits, despite strong criticism and thinly-veiled threats from the Government of Turkey and the Turkish Cypriot leadership. The GoC plans [...] | 2007-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ETRD PGOV PREL EINV ECON TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA126 | NEW TURKISH ENGAGEMENT REGS; LIVE FIRE IN BUFFER [...] (U) UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) military informed Embassy DAO January 31 that Turkish Forces (TF) a day earlier had fired on Greek Cypriot farmers in or near the Buffer Zone (BZ). Two separate incidents had occurred, in Astromeritis, west of Nicosia and the site of a BZ crossing point, and i [...] | 2007-02-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA127 | CYPRUS SKITTISH OVER POSSIBLE TURKISH ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The MFA summoned DCM February 12 to voice "serious concerns" over reports from UN DPKO that Turkey sought to take over Germany's leadership of UNIFIL naval operations. Post appreciates Department information on Turkey's possible role in UNIFIL naval operation [...] | 2007-02-13 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU |
| 07NICOSIA135 | CYPRUS - INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE NOMINATION [...] Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-TIP activist Ms. Mine Yucel for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. For further information regarding this nominee, please contact Embassy's Bicommunal Program Coordinator Juliette Dickstein, dicksteinja@state.gov, [...] | 2007-02-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO CY |
| 07NICOSIA140 | CYPRUS: CIV-MIL RELATIONS HIT NEW LOW, TALAT [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Relations between the increasingly assertive Turkish military and the increasingly hesitant Turkish Cypriot civilian leadership have taken a definite turn for the worse in recent months. The January contest of wills between "TRNC President" Talat and the generals ove [...] | 2007-02-14 13:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP MOPS TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA165 | AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: (357) [...] | 2007-02-27 07:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07NICOSIA168 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- SEVENTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2006 - March 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Terry Steers-Gonzalez, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-336 [...] | 2007-03-01 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM CY PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB |
| 07NICOSIA194 | CYPRUS WAITING ON BOSNIA TO ASK FOR UNHRC SUPPORT [...] (C) On February 23, Embassy transmitted Reftel points on Bosnia's UNHRC candidacy to MFA Multilateral Affairs Attache Demitra Chrystodoulou, and followed up several times afterward. Chrystodoulou responded March 6, noting that Bosnia had not yet officially requested Cyprus's support for its c [...] | 2007-03-07 14:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC CY |
| 07NICOSIA205 | HOPES HIGHER FOR LEDRA STREET REOPENING, BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On President Tassos Papadopoulos's command, Greek Cypriot workers late March 8 demolished a wall and viewing platform on Ledra Street, raising hopes that a Buffer Zone crossing in the heart of Old Nicosia might soon open. T/C leaders greeted the wall's fall with guarded optimism, [...] | 2007-03-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA21 | TALAT'S SHOWDOWN WITH TURKISH ARMY OVER LEDRA [...] (C) SUMMARY. "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's public promise to remove the controversial pedestrian bridge at the Green Line on Ledra Street has put him on a collision course with the Turkish military. The bridge, which crosses over a Turkish army patrol track along the north edge of the Bu [...] | 2007-01-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP EUN MOPS TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA213 | Cyprus Steps Up Anti-Trafficking Efforts [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent meetings with authorities and NGO representatives involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),EmbOffs and visiting Desk Officer witnessed increased efforts and new initiatives. In the south, the GOC has taken concrete steps to fulfill the "Three P's" -- [...] | 2007-03-13 11:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
| 07NICOSIA220 | CYPRUS TO SUPPORT ASEAN POSITION ON BURMA [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel points March 9 to MFA Asian Affairs Director Ambassador Andreas Skarparis. Skarparis (previously Cypriot ambassador to Rangoon) responded March 14 that the GOC has considered points and agrees with contents. He noted that Cyprus would follow EU consensus, but "if t [...] | 2007-03-15 07:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM BM EUN CY |
| 07NICOSIA248 | IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED; ROC RESPONSE [...] Post on March 1 delivered Iran-related talking points and information as specified in reftels, then followed up several times with MFA interlocutors. Near East/Africa Affairs Attache Dionysis Dionysiou finally responded March 21, noting that Cyprus would give our points fullest consideration. [...] | 2007-03-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY CY |
| 07NICOSIA256 | UN-BROKERED TALKS HIT SNAG; SPEED BUMP OR MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two week ago, there was cause for Cyprus Problem optimism. Hairline cracks were showing in hard-line President Tassos Papadopoulos's coalition, Brussels appeared to be tiring of Nicosia's maximalist position on Turkish Cypriot direct trade, and T/C leaders mostly were behaving, [...] | 2007-03-23 15:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA260 | CYPRUS TO ENDORSE EU DECLARATION ON ZIMBABWE; [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-26 12:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM UNHCR EUN ZI CY |
| 07NICOSIA263 | ROC TO FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In response to Reftel, DCM March 23 delivered Kosovo-related points to Euripides Evriviades, MFA Political Director and former ambassador in Washington. In her demarche, she emphasized that Kosovo's independence was inevitable; it was vital the international community closely coordinate [...] | 2007-03-27 05:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY |
| 07NICOSIA273 | CYPRUS: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD [...] (SBU) Per reftel request please see below primary Embassy Nicosia State and DOD Avian and Pandemic Influenza contacts: State: Michael S. Dixon, Economic and Commercial Officer U.S. Embassy Nicosia tel: 357 22 39 3359 fax: 357 22 39 3923 mob: 357 99 418 531 e-mail: DixonMS@State.gov D [...] | 2007-03-30 07:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFLU MARR MASS CASC CY |
| 07NICOSIA28 | UN MISSION IN CYPRUS SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP/SEA [...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, the below updates Ref B July 2006 report. 2. (U) Ms. Sally Anne Corcoran, UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Political Officer, continues to be the UN mission's "gender focal point," charged with educating UN civilian and military personnel a [...] | 2007-01-10 08:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPKO CY |
| 07NICOSIA282 | ARCHBISHOP TAKING STEPS ON INTER-FAITH TALKS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent Cyprus developments on inter-faith dialogue, Church re-organization, and the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) dominated discussion at a March 22 meeting between Poloff and Archbishopric official Bishop Vasilios. In a pleasant surprise, new Archbishop Chrysostom [...] | 2007-04-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM CY |
| 07NICOSIA322 | CYPRUS: EMBASSY-SPONSORED IPR WORKSHOP BRINGS GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 29, over 60 GoC officials and Cypriot business representatives discussed ways to improve enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) at an all-day seminar organized by the Economic/Commercial section and the Cyprus American Business Association. International spea [...] | 2007-04-16 08:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EUN CY |
| 07NICOSIA323 | CYPRUS: IPR WORKSHOP IN TURKISH CYPRIOT COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Around 25 Turkish Cypriots professionals, members of Turkish IPR NGOs, representatives of international business associations and leading Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot IPR lawyers discussed ways to improve IPR enforcement in the Turkish Cypriot community during a March 30 s [...] | 2007-04-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ECON ETRD EUN CY |
| 07NICOSIA340 | IN TOURING IRANIAN FACILITY SANS INSTRUCTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: RoC Ambassador to Iran Charalambos Kapsos, acting without instructions from Nicosia, defied European Union counsel and attended the April 9 ribbon-cutting of Iran's Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, according to April 16 local media accounts. A Foreign Ministry official subsequentl [...] | 2007-04-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM MNUC TRGY AORC PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA347 | CYPRUS PRE-GAERC: LITTLE ON AIR TRANSPORT [...] (C) In response to Reftel, the Embassy April 19 delivered GAERC-related non-paper to the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's European Union Affairs Division. We focused on two issues: 1) our desire that Cyprus and other member states individually approve the EU-U.S. Air Transport Agreement text at the [...] | 2007-04-20 08:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EUN PHUM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA411 | CYPRUS WELCOMES GI INVITATION, WILL ATTEND [...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, the Embassy May 10 delivered the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) "invitation" to Marios Kountarides, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's deputy chief for multilateral affairs. In his remarks, PolChief welcomed Cyprus as a new GI partner nation and vo [...] | 2007-05-14 11:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PARM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA418 | FAMAGUSTA MAYOR FAVORS INCREASED BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Despite the total failure of the so-called "Finnish Initiative" in 2006 (Reftel),Greek Cypriot officials and property owners in Famagusta are actively seeking ways to keep their issue on the political map. The opening of the fenced-off area of Varosha and it [...] | 2007-05-15 14:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA430 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE DIRECTOR [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit oF EUR/SE Director Douglas Silliman to travel to Cyprus from May 21, 2007 to May 24, 2007, as stated in Reftel. Control Officer for the visit will be Political Chief Greg Macris, office telephone: 011-357-22-39-3524, mobile phone: 011-357 [...] | 2007-05-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CY GR UK |
| 07NICOSIA44 | CYPRUS: FOREIGN MINISTER LILLIKAS TO ATTEND PARIS LEBANON [...] (U) Per reftel request, Post delivered on January 11 demarche on the upcoming Paris donors' conference for Lebanon to George Vyrides, Director, MFA Economic Affairs Division and Dionysis Dionysiou, MFA Lebanon Desk Officer. 2. (SBU) Dionysiou reported that the GOC will be represented at th [...] | 2007-01-12 14:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EUN LE CY |
| 07NICOSIA45 | CYPRUS: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
| 07NICOSIA455 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR IO ASSISTANT [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for Assistant Secretary Kristen L. Silverberg, Bureau of International SIPDIS Organization Affairs to transit through Cyprus on June 05, 2007, as stated in Reftel. Control Officer for A/S Silverberg's travel will be Political Section Chief Gregory M [...] | 2007-05-29 13:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA OVIP CY |
| 07NICOSIA475 | AKEL FERMENT DENTS SENSE OF INEVITABLE PAPADOPOULOS SECOND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As late as mid-May, Communist party AKEL looked certain to back the re-election of Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos and the continuation of the three-party (AKEL, EDEK, DIKO) governing coalition. Papadopoulos likely considered the Communists' support a given when he revea [...] | 2007-06-01 10:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA478 | CYPRUS RISKS EU SANCTIONS OVER BAN ON BIOFEULS WITH BIOTECH [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 17, the Cypriot parliament voted 25-24 to keep in place a ban dating to June 2005 on the "sale or distribution of biofuels produced with genetically modified plants," thereby risking sanctions from the European Commission. Biotech is not an issue that has any proponents [...] | 2007-06-01 12:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR ECON ETRD SENV EUN CY |
| 07NICOSIA489 | FRINGE CANDIDATE SUPPORTS ANNAN PLAN REVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Costas Themistocleous, a former Minister of Agriculture in the Glafkos Clerides administration (1998-2003),will run in next year's presidential elections, "not to win, but to tell Cypriots my version of the 'truth' about the Cyprus problem." Themistocleous warns that Cyprus is [...] | 2007-06-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA506 | MISSING PERSONS COMMITTEE'S FIRST REMAINS HANDOVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Genetics testing and anthropological investigations have positively identified the remains of 29 Cypriots who went missing between 1963 and 1974, according to UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) International Member Christophe Girod. CMP staff will notify families beginning [...] | 2007-06-12 14:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UN CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA507 | "TRNC" PROPERTY COMMISSION GATHERING STEAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Established in 2005 as a "local remedy" for Greek Cypriots seeking redress over confiscated property in northern Cyprus, the "TRNC Property Commission" is gaining visibility and, in certain circles, acceptance. Over 180 G/Cs have petitioned the Commission seeking restitution of [...] | 2007-06-12 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA510 | NEW GOC MEASURES FOR TURKISH CYPRIOTS: LESS THAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoC recently announced new measures ostensibly designed to promote economic development in the Turkish Cypriot community. These include 30 million Euro in grants from 2007 to 2010 to joint ventures with at least 30 percent Turkish Cypriot participation (although [...] | 2007-06-14 11:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PREL ETRD EUN CY |
| 07NICOSIA514 | CYPRUS TO BE HELPFUL WITHIN EU ON FURTHER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 14:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM IR CY PHUM EUN |
| 07NICOSIA518 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON M. ARVEY [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER, JASON ARVEY, ARRIVING JUNE 15 AND DEPARTING AUGUST 31, 2007. CONTACT OFFICER IS POLITICAL CHIEF, GREG MACRIS; OFFICE: 357-22-393524, FAX: 357-22-393467, MOBILE: 357-99-424355, E-MAIL: MACRISGP@STATE.GOV. 2. POST WILL PREPARE EMBASSY HOUSING A [...] | 2007-06-15 09:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT CY |
| 07NICOSIA519 | POSITIVE REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT; SIDES FOCUSED ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a refreshing change from prior years, Cypriots on both sides of the Buffer Zone reacted constructively to the June 12 release of the 2007 TIP Report. Authorities, faced with a fair and factual report (and ranking),publicly admitted the need to combat trafficking in persons [...] | 2007-06-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV CY SMIG KPAO |
| 07NICOSIA52 | ASSIMILATION, AGING THREATEN CYPRUS MARONITES [...] SUMMARY: The Maronite community -- self-described as 6,000-strong but likely half that -- enjoys "official religious group" status under Cyprus's 1960 constitution. Concentrated historically in four villages south and west of Kyrenia, the Catholic Maronites endured near-total dislocation aft [...] | 2007-01-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP PHUM PREF TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA521 | SOUTH'S TURKISH CYPRIOTS CITE DISCRIMINATION, NEEDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Perhaps 1500 Turkish Cypriots reside in the government-controlled areas of Cyprus. Like the enclaved Greek Cypriots of the Karpass peninsula, the T/C community, centered in second-city Limassol, endures isolation and depends heavily on Republic of Cyprus handouts for its exist [...] | 2007-06-18 14:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA56 | CYPRUS' PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS [...] Summary: Embassy Nicosia requests BFIF funding to: 1) enable interoperability with Department of Commerce computer systems. Part of the funding would cover travel expenses for the FCS Athens computer expert to come to Cyprus to connect Nicosia to the FCS computer system and train Embassy perso [...] | 2007-01-18 12:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ABUD AMGT ETRD ECON EINV BTIO CY |
| 07NICOSIA57 | MINISTER'S DEATH MAY HARM BILAT COOPERATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Education and Culture Pefkios Georgiades, a childhood friend of RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos, died suddenly January 17 from cardiac arrest; he was 72. An internationally renowned architect whose works are prominent in Nicosia, Georgiades, a former participant i [...] | 2007-01-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO OEXC CY |
| 07NICOSIA577 | CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER SENDING MESSAGE TO NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 04:05:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | CY PREL PTER IZ |
| 07NICOSIA579 | AKEL CONGRESS GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO CYPRUS'S FIRST COMMUNIST [...] (SBU) Summary: In a historical first, coalition partner and communist party AKEL decided at its July 8 congress to nominate its own leader, Demetris Christofias, as presidential candidate, either for the pro-government coalition parties jointly or on his own. The decision signals the end of th [...] | 2007-07-10 13:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA596 | CYPRUS'S FOUR NEW CABINET MINISTERS SWORN IN [...] (SBU) GOC President Tassos Papadopoulos announced July 13 the appointment of four new ministers (including the first woman Foreign Minister, career diplomat Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis) to serve for the remaining seven months of the current administration. The four replace the communist AKEL mini [...] | 2007-07-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRN CY |
| 07NICOSIA610 | CORRUPTION SCANDAL CRIPPLING "TRNC GOVERNMENT" [...] (C) Summary: The "parliament" of the self-proclaimed "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus" ("TRNC") officially entered its summer break on July 13, but the "government," led by "Prime Minister" Ferdi Soyer's Republican Turkish Party (CTP),will find the summer months to be uncomfortable. C [...] | 2007-07-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY PGOV PREL TU |
| 07NICOSIA619 | TURKISH ELECTORATE GRANTS "TRNC GOVERNMENT" WISH [...] (C) Summary: The resounding win of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey was a surprise to most Turkish Cypriot contacts of the Embassy and has stabilized the wobbly CTP-OP "TRNC Government". The post-election euphoria, though, will not dispel the allegations of corruption that [...] | 2007-07-27 13:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | CY PGOV PREL |
| 07NICOSIA640 | YOUTH POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS: CYPRUS'S FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Every major political party in the Republic of Cyprus has a youth branch. The two largest and most significant are EDON and NEDISY, affiliates of Cyprus's largest political organizations, AKEL and DISY, respectively. Though distinct from the mother parties, these Greek Cyprio [...] | 2007-08-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA644 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KAY STAPLER [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR POL/ECON OFFICER KAY STAPLER, ARRIVING AUGUST 7, 2007 AND DEPARTING AUGUST 9, 2007. 2. POST IS PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE CHANCERY. 3. ELECTRONIC DEVICES: THE RSO MUST APPROVE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE THE VISITOR MAY WISH TO BRING INTO ANY MISSION FACILITY. PRIVA [...] | 2007-08-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR AMGT AODE CY BA |
| 07NICOSIA645 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARTHA-JEAN H. WYNNYCZOK [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR POLITICAL OFFICER MARTHA-JEAN H. WYNNYCZOK ARRIVING AUGUST 17, 2007 AND DEPARTING AUGUST 21, 2007. 2. POST WILL PREPARE ENTRANCE TO THE CHANCERY. 3. ELECTRONIC DEVICES: THE RSO MUST APPROVE ANY ELECTRONIC DEVICE THE VISITOR MAY WISH TO BRING INTO ANY MISSION [...] | 2007-08-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT CY |
| 07NICOSIA651 | TALAT FINALLY BLINKS; DEMINING TO RESTART IN CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: European Commission and UN Development Program officials July 30 signed an agreement that allows humanitarian demining activities in the Cypriot Buffer Zone to continue, hopefully to their conclusion. Financing for operations, approximately four million euro, will come from the [...] | 2007-08-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNFICYP MOPS MASS CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA665 | GRANTS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] The following is in response to reftel regarding request for information on PD support gaps and the management burden of all grant awards. 2. ICASS Support: The PA section receives excellent support in PD budget planning and execution, IRM system management, HR matters, financial managemen [...] | 2007-08-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KICA KPAO OIIP AMGT |
| 07NICOSIA674 | "TRNC": THE MUFTI RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Beset for months by allegations he had misused his office for political gains, Turkish Cypriot Mufti Ahmet Yonluer resigned his position August 14. In actuality a mid-level "TRNC" bureaucrat who couldn't find Mecca with a map -- Yonluer's ceremonial robes, displayed prominently [...] | 2007-08-17 14:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA675 | FEW BIDS FOR EXPLORING OFFSHORE CYPRUS [...] (SBU) On August 16, the GoC announced the results of bids to obtain oil and gas exploration licenses off the south and southeast coasts of Cyprus. Despite speculation that the 11 available blocks could contain gas and liquids valued up to USD 400 billion and strong marketing efforts by the GoC, [...] | 2007-08-17 14:29:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET ETRD EINV ECON CY |
| 07NICOSIA685 | TALAT WILL MEET, BUT IS WARY OF PAPADAPOULOS'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Domestic political concerns -- mainly the need to show Greek Cypriot voters that their president sought a Cyprus Problem solution -- was driving Tassos Papadopoulos's push for a meeting of community leaders, "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat told the Ambassador August 20. Despite [...] | 2007-08-22 15:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA691 | THE CYPRIOT PATH FROM JUNIOR OFFICER TO AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Cypriot Foreign Ministry is a relatively small institution, accepting a dozen new professionals per year; most are among Cyprus's best and brightest. New diplomats enter the corps through a hiring process lasting seven months. Once on board, an A100-like (but shorter) ori [...] | 2007-08-24 10:40:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA694 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA25/NNTRAV VERRY + [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION'S PERSONNEL, RICHARD ROBERT VERRY, LAUREL ANN COTTON, LINDSAY MARA GUTHRIE, DAVID BRETT NEWMAN, ALLYN RAY PRATT, MARK RAYMOND MELANY, TODD CLAIR FRERK, TIMOTHY ALLEN GREGOIRE, ANNE STUART KOHNEN, CARRYL GEMMA MACLEOD, A [...] | 2007-08-27 08:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA CY |
| 07NICOSIA695 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PROPOSED MAP PROCUREMENT [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INR/I/M GEOGRAPHIC SPECIALIST SARA MAYFIELD FOR TRAVEL TO CYPRUS FOR MAP PROCUREMENT AND GEOGRAPHIC REPORTING. CONTROL OFFICER IS A.MARIE NEWCOMB, POL/ECON OMS WITH CONTACT INFO: TEL: 357-22-393530, FAX: 357-22-393467, EMAIL: NEWCOMBMA@STATE.GOV. POST WILL SCHED [...] | 2007-08-27 09:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AINR OTRA CY |
| 07NICOSIA696 | RUMORS OF DEVELOPMENT SHAKE CYPRUS'S KARPASS [...] (U) Summary: The pristine Karpass peninsula, the long finger of land stretching northeast "like a dagger toward the heart of Anatolia," has dominated north Cyprus newscasts nightly this summer. A sleepy corner of the island known more for its turtle hatcheries and unbroken surf, Karpass has [...] | 2007-08-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM SENV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA70 | NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK |
| 07NICOSIA700 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER COMMITTED TO FIGHT TIP [...] (U) Combatting trafficking in persons ranked amongst his highest priorities, Republic of Cyprus Interior Minister Christos Patsalides, just six weeks in office, informed the Ambassador August 24. Prior experience as a professor of European Union law had made him aware of the international co [...] | 2007-08-28 09:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV SMIG CY |
| 07NICOSIA701 | NOT RENDERING UNTO CAESAR THAT WHICH IS CAESAR'S: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Never one to shy from cameras or controversy, Archbishop Chrysostomos II's latest political interventions have brought vociferous reactions from the political opposition and sectors of the Greek Cypriot media, and left thoughtful pundits questioning the ostensible separation of c [...] | 2007-08-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA702 | CYPRUS REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDATE TO UN [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request in Paragraph 3. 2. (U) The Embassy received a diplomatic note from the GOC requesting USG support for the candidacy of Mrs. Myrna Y. Kleopas, Ambassador, to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT),at the elections in Geneva on October 8, 2007. [...] | 2007-08-28 13:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PHUM UN CY |
| 07NICOSIA71 | CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT DOES NOT HAVE IRAN-FOCUSED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR |
| 07NICOSIA717 | CYPRIOT FM MARCOULLIS ACCEPTS SECRETARY'S [...] The Cypriot Foreign Ministry informed us August 28 that FM Erato Marcoullis has accepted the Secretary's invitation to attend the Women Leaders' Working Group meeting on September 28. Per reftel, the following information is provided: -- Full Name and Title: H.E. Mrs. Erato Kozakou-Marcou [...] | 2007-08-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA721 | CYPRUS: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TAKES NEW JOB IN HIS STRIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The recently appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Cyprus, Athanasios Orphanides, assured us that global financial problems arising from the "sub-prime" sector shake-out is a non-issue for Cyprus. Problems he identified for Cyprus are locally sourced (an overheated property m [...] | 2007-08-31 11:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV CY |
| 07NICOSIA727 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HASKELL A. ERWIN [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ERWIN A. HASKELL, ARRIVING SEPTEMBER 10 AND DEPARTING SEPTEMBER 20, 2007. CONTACT OFFICER IS POLITICAL OFFICER, SARAH WOOD; OFFICE: 357-22-393550, FAX: 357-22-393467, E-MAIL: WOODS@STATE.GOV. 2. POST WILL PREPARE ENTRANCE TO THE EMBASSY. LOCAL TRANSPORTATION [...] | 2007-09-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT CY |
| 07NICOSIA729 | LEADERS' MEETING BRINGS NO BREAKTHROUGHS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fourteen months after concluding a framework arrangement to restart stalled Cyprus Problem negotiations -- the July 8 or Gambari Agreement, which envisioned regular tete-a-tetes of the island's community leaders -- RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot "President [...] | 2007-09-06 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA737 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANDREW H. SCHUT, [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ANDREW H. SCHUT ARRIVING SEPTEMBER 12 AND DEPARTING SEPTEMBER 19, 2007. COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KATHERINE F. STEWART AND WILLIAM M. RANKIN ARRIVING SEPTEMBER 12 AND DEPARTING SEPTEMBER 16, 2007. CONTACT OFFICER IS ECONOMIC CHIEF, JAMES CAROUSO; OFFICE: 35 [...] | 2007-09-10 06:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA AMGT CY |
| 07NICOSIA741 | CYPRIOT FIRST LADY PAPADOPOULOU ACCEPTS INVITATION [...] The Cypriot Presidential Palace informed us August 30 that First Lady Fotini Papadopoulou has accepted Mrs. Bush's invitation to attend the luncheon on Literacy and Health on September 24. Per reftel, the following information is provided: -- Full Name and Title: Mrs. Fotini Papadopoulou, [...] | 2007-09-10 12:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SOCI TSPL CY |
| 07NICOSIA75 | ARCHBISHOPRIC INTERESTED IN ANTI-TIP COOPERATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on the Ambassador's December 20 offer to Archbishop Chrysostomos II (Reftel) to cooperate with the Church on combating trafficking in persons (TIP),PolOff met January 22 with the Church's pointman on the issue, Bishop Vasilios. While aware of the country's sexual e [...] | 2007-01-25 15:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP PREL PHUM CY GR TU |
| 07NICOSIA759 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GREGORY MACRIS [...] Embassy Nicosia is requesting country clearance for Political Chief Greg Macris to visit Embassy Athens for consultations on September 24, 2007. 2. If clearance is granted, Macris will arrive in Athens on Monday Sept. 24 at 8:45 AM on flight Cyprus Air 322 and depart same day at 6:45 PM o [...] | 2007-09-18 08:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY OTRA |
| 07NICOSIA771 | FM GUL VISIT TO NORTHERN CYPRUS: LITTLE OBVIOUS [...] (C) Summary: During his September 18-19 visit to the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)", Turkish President Abdullah Gul delivered what seemed to be an intentionally mixed message in an effort to please both Turkish Cypriot "two states" hard-liners and pro-2004 referendum forces. His [...] | 2007-09-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA780 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HENRY TUCKER [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Henry "Hank" Tucker, Deputy Office Director of the Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/RSAT) to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer fo [...] | 2007-09-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | CY GR MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV MASS DOMC |
| 07NICOSIA781 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY HOVENIER AND [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Jeffrey M. Hovenier and Steve Boukedes for travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for traveler is Political Chief Greg Macris reachable at tel: 357-22393524, email: MacrisGP@state.gov. 2. Rese [...] | 2007-09-26 11:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA CY |
| 07NICOSIA786 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LEON YATES [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Leon Yates, End-Use Monitoring Program Manager, Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA),Department of Defense to travel to Cyprus from October 2 - 4, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for traveler is Political Chief Greg Ma [...] | 2007-09-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS MCAP PARM PGOV MOPS CY |
| 07NICOSIA80 | NEW MAYOR OUTLINES PRIORITIES, AMONG THEM TIP [...] (U) SUMMARY: The fight against trafficking in persons "ought to be a priority," new Nicosia Mayor Eleni Mavrou told the Ambassador January 26. Revealing the municipality had not yet finalized its strategic plans, Mavrou promised her team would search out areas where it could take action on [...] | 2007-01-29 15:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNFICYP TIP CY |
| 07NICOSIA803 | ELECTIONS: CITING FRONT-RUNNERS' FLAWS, LONG SHOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite trailing Cyprus's "serious" presidential candidates by significant margins, outsider Costas Themistocleous voices no intention of abandoning his electoral campaign anytime soon. Recent polling shows Themistocleous's three rivals each tallying between 29 and 31 percent; i [...] | 2007-10-03 11:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA804 | DEMANDS OF MFA POSITION TO HARDEN SOFT-LINER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Ministry dissatisfaction over our concept of "consultations" -- translated, the Embassy's continuing attempts to brief and respect the sensitivities of the MFA on our assistance to Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) in northern Cyprus -- dominated the DCM's September 25 courtesy ca [...] | 2007-10-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA822 | UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION FROM POST [...] The list below is the updated contact information, including after-hours and emergency contact names and telephone numbers, for all Embassy section heads. Ronald L. Schlicher, AMB, schlicherRL@state.gov, office: 22393596, home: 22393300, cell: 99332121 Jane Zimmerman, DCM, zimmermanJB@state. [...] | 2007-10-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PGOV CY |
| 07NICOSIA823 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EXPORT INVESTIGATIONS [...] Embassy Nicosia grants country clearance for the visit of Export Investigations Training Team Members Andrew Mefferd, Desiree King, Joseph Fariello, Leopoldo Lamas, Michael Cochran, Tim York to travel to Cyprus from October 19-29, 2007 as stated in reftel. Control Officer for travelers is EXB [...] | 2007-10-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC PARM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA836 | LOSING SUPPORT, MAJOR T/C PARTIES DEBATE EARLY, [...] (C) Summary: Two of three major Turkish Cypriot political parties admit a recent drop in voter support, while a third argues its numbers are steady or rising despite indications to the contrary. Together, the Republican Turkish Party (CTP),National Unity Party (UBP) and Democratic Party (D [...] | 2007-10-18 04:03:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA843 | CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Nicosia nominates anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Eleni ("Elena") Pissaridou for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Pissaridou is the Director of STIGMA, the Organization for the Care of Vi [...] | 2007-10-19 10:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KPAO PREL PHUM CY |
| 07NICOSIA849 | CAUTIOUS CHRISTOFIAS REVEALS LITTLE ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In clear contrast to DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades (Reftel),AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias avoided tactical discussions and stuck to electoral generalities in his October 18 meeting with the Ambassador. February's presidential elections were distant, Christofias [...] | 2007-10-23 13:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA862 | TURKISH CYPRIOT REACTIONS TO PKK VIOLENCE: FROM [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot responses to the recent PKK raids in Turkey run the gamut from outrage to outrageous. All major political parties -- including "government" leaders -- issued statements condemning the attacks and voicing solidarity with Ankara, while public demonstrations were held [...] | 2007-10-29 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA863 | CYPRIOTS FREAK OVER UK-TURKEY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Relations with UK Hit New Low" screamed Nicosia's English-language daily October 25. The cause? Island-related elements of the recent "Strategic Partnership Agreement" between the United Kingdom and Turkey that codified the countries' desires to help end the isolation of Turki [...] | 2007-10-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY UK TU |
| 07NICOSIA874 | ROC CUSTOMS REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE RE SUSPECT [...] (SBU) On October 24, the Chief of the Anti-Smuggling Enforcement Team (ASET),Republic of Cyprus (ROC) Customs, requested Embassy Nicosia's assistance regarding a suspect cargo shipment in the port of Limassol. On October 25, Econ Chief, PolOff, visiting Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( [...] | 2007-10-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CY EI ETTC KOMC |
| 07NICOSIA881 | EMBASSY NICOSIA, CYPRIOT NGO ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] SUMMARY: In addressing the grave problem of trafficking in persons in Cyprus, Embassy Nicosia has adopted a multi-pronged, multi-sector strategy that leverages the efforts of our Bicommunal Support Program (BSP),Public Affairs Section (PAS),USAID mission, Political Section (POL),and Regio [...] | 2007-11-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY |
| 07NICOSIA884 | CYPRUS TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC IMO EWWT CY |
| 07NICOSIA885 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS DAVID WALKER CANDIDACY FOR UNIAAC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-02 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC CY |
| 07NICOSIA886 | CYPRIOTS WILL SUPPORT RED NOTICES AGAINST IRANIAN [...] (C) Per Reftel, the Embassy November 1 demarched Foreign Ministry and Cypriot Police interlocutors to win support for the Government of Argentina's attempt to secure Interpol Red Notices against suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. On November 2, Maria Charalambous, head of the P [...] | 2007-11-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CY |
| 07NICOSIA887 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PROTEST VOTE SEEKS PARTY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: New Turkish Cypriot (T/C) political parties have begun to emerge in response to growing voter frustration with traditional offerings. On the right, the Freedom and Reform Party (OP) -- which formed one year ago, allegedly with Ankara's aid -- is trying to re-brand itself as a mod [...] | 2007-11-05 14:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA888 | T/C NEGOTIATOR RASIT PERTEV RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary: T/C lead negotiator Rasit Pertev resigned from his post as "Undersecretary" on November 5 and announced plans to form an as-yet-unnamed political party. He cited worsening conditions in which the T/C community lives as reason for his departure. Pertev led the "TRNC" negotiating te [...] | 2007-11-05 16:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TU CY |
| 07NICOSIA896 | THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...] | 2007-11-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO CY |
| 07NICOSIA913 | CYPRUS UNRESPONSIVE TO DEMARCHE ON OSCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA First Secretary Alkis Ieromonachou on November 9, highlighting the SIPDIS necessity that Russia allow the OSCE's observer team full and unhindered access in the run-up to December 2 Duma elections. Ieromonachou took note of our position an [...] | 2007-11-15 13:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PREL RS CY |
| 07NICOSIA915 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR CYPRUS [...] The Republic of Cyprus (RoC) has made progress in combating trafficking in persons since the end of last year's TIP reporting period (March 1, 2007). It passed comprehensive anti-TIP legislation and ratified the Council of Europe Convention for Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, com [...] | 2007-11-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG CY |
| 07NICOSIA933 | CYPRUS: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 197 [...] | 2007-11-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CY |
| 07NICOSIA937 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SIRES, NOV 29 [...] Embassy Nicosia warmly welcomes the November 29 - December 2 visit of Congressional Delegation SIRES to Cyprus as stated in reftel. Control officer for the visit is Political Chief Greg Macris, office telephone: 011-357-22-393524, cell phone: 011-357-99-424355, Home 011-357-22-591171. E-mai [...] | 2007-11-23 11:26:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CY |
| 07NICOSIA940 | WELCOME TO CYPRUS, CODEL SIRES [...] (SBU) Welcome to Cyprus, Representative Sires, my home since December 2005 and an island whose complexity belies its small size. We have crafted a program that contains calls on President Tassos Papadopoulos and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus officials, contact with both Turkish Cyprio [...] | 2007-11-26 15:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM PTER CY TU |
| 07NICOSIA944 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CYPRUS FOCUSED MORE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV UNGA CY |
| 07NICOSIA959 | CUBA TITLE III REVIEW: CYPRUS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 14:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU CY |
| 07NICOSIA971 | AKP AND OP: IS THE AKP GOVERNMENT IN SEARCH OF A [...] (C) Summary: Many Turkish Cypriots (T/Cs) consider Turkey's AKP the force behind the T/C Freedom and Reform Party (OP),the junior "coalition" partner to "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's CTP. Any doubts regarding AKP's support for OP were dispelled recently by the Turkish party's high-prof [...] | 2007-12-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 07NICOSIA973 | CYPRUS SUPPORTS USG CANDIDATE PROSPER FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 09:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UNGA CY |
| 07NICOSIA974 | CYPRUS A LIKELY ATTENDEE AT PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-12 09:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP KSTC PARM PREL CY |
| 07NICOSIA979 | CYPRIOTS OPPOSE KOSOVO UDI, TIGHT-LIPPED ON ESDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cognizant that Kosovo final status represented the European Union's greatest foreign policy challenge -- "one we must confront successfully" -- Cyprus nonetheless could "never" support Pristina's unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),asserted Foreign Ministry Political D [...] | 2007-12-13 15:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KO SE CY |
| 07NICOSIA994 | TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTIES HEAD FOR DECEMBER SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: An October agreement between the "governing" Republican Turkish Party (CTP) and the opposition to amend the "TRNC constitution" and consider early elections may derail before January 1 given the wildly differing goals of the participants. CTP considers the ad hoc committee agree [...] | 2007-12-17 14:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT1010 | Mauritania Exceeds Development Funding Target at Paris [...] The Government of Mauritania, with support from the World Bank, the European Commission and the UN Development Program, convened the fifth Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Paris December 4 and 5. Some three dozen bilateral and multilateral partners reviewed Mauritania's national development [...] | 2007-12-11 15:49:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PHUM KMCA MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT177 | TFGV01: DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: [...] (C) Charge called on Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Sid'Ahmed February 19 to present demarche (ref A) and to deliver a copy of Embassy Conakry's public statement (ref B). Sid'Ahmed took careful note of our position and objectives. His eyes widened, however, when we asked that President Vall cons [...] | 2007-02-19 14:21:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GV MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT207 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HANANA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate Saleh Ould Hanana said the August 2005 coup d'etat was a "vindication" of his bloody 2003 coup attempt. While pleased with the transition, he believes that the new government will need to go further in several areas. He was a "witness" to the 1989 Events, w [...] | 2007-02-23 16:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT33 | MILITARY VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary. Two high-level military officials express concerns about civilian abilities to govern while listening to our urging non-interference of the military in the presidential elections just ahead. The armed forces intend to focus on their own role and needs in the post-transition peri [...] | 2007-01-10 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM MARR MASS PGOV PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT357 | PRESIDENT-ELECT: THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE THE FUTURE [...] (U) President-elect Sidi Mohamed Cheikh Ould Abdallahi, in an interview with the Algerian newspaper "Al-Khabar Al-Jazaaaeri published April 8, is quoted as saying "the last word on (Mauritanian-Israeli) relations belongs to the Mauritanian people." He added, "the reality is that there is an I [...] | 2007-04-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT464 | AVIATION FEES WITH REGARD TO ASECNA MEMBER STATES [...] Responses are keyed to Paragraph 6, reftel for the airports of ATAR (GQPA) and NOUAKCHOTT (GQNN) in Mauritania: - IS THE AIRPORT OPERATED BY THE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT OR A NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY? (IF THE AIRPORT IS PREDOMINANTLY OR EXCLUSIVELY OPERATED BY ASECNA, PLEASE NOTE THAT SUCH IS [...] | 2007-05-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR KREC MARR MOPS MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT487 | CHARGE,S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CHARGE PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL MAY 22 TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND COOPERATION MOHAMED SALECK OULD MOHAMED LEMINE. THE MINISTER SAID U.S.-MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WERE "IMBALANCED" TOWARD POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND HOPED THAT THE USG COULD PROVIDE COMMEN [...] | 2007-05-29 12:04:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | IS MARR MR PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT584 | CHARGE MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ZEINE OULD [...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon meeting June 21, Prime Minister Zeine Ould Zeidane assured Charge that Mauritania would continue to work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism despite the recent release of suspects thought to pose a threat to United States interests. He indicated [...] | 2007-06-26 14:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ETRD MR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT683 | EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT CONCURRENCE ON FY08 REQUEST FOR [...] (C/rel NACT) The US European Command J2, in conjunction with the Defense Attache Office at U.S. Embassy Nouakchott, has developed a request for funding under section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act entitled &Improve Partner Nation Intelligence.8 The Chief of Mission strongly s [...] | 2007-08-01 11:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PINR MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT701 | DETAINEE TRANSFER FRAMEWORK WITH MAURITANIA [...] (C) The Mauritanian government has agreed via dipnote to the transfer of GTMO detainee Mohammad Lameen Sidi Mohammad (partial ISN 706) to Mauritania. The dipnote (informal translation para. 6) agrees to accept Detainee 706 "under its jurisdiction" without acknowledging that Detainee 706 is in [...] | 2007-08-02 18:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT710 | EXPANSION OF OEF-TS ACTIVITIES IN MAURITANIA [...] (C) With the successful deployment August 1 of the first JCET in Mauritania since 2005, we have re-established our military-to-military re-engagement, suspended following the August 2005 coup d'etat. The new government welcomes this engagement and encourages our continued military training and [...] | 2007-08-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL AMGT MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT711 | U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEE REPATRIATION [...] As seen reftel, Mauritanian government has begun to act on President Abdallahi's courageous decision to put an end to the issue of Mauritanian refugees. The refugee issue has had lasting effects on the human rights of refugees and other victims of the 1989 Events, has impeded national reconci [...] | 2007-08-07 19:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID PGOV PREL MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT712 | ABDALLAHI PROMISES CONTINUED CT AND CN COOPERATION [...] Summary: President Abdallahi stressed his government's determination to continue close cooperation with the United States on Counter Terrorism and Counter Narcotics. He expressed his disappointment in the outcome of the recent terrorist trials, and explained his government's decision to reco [...] | 2007-08-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS ECON PHUM MR |
| 07NOUAKCHOTT912 | OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN MAURITANIA'S [...] (U) Summary: Mission personnel have made several trips in September and October to Mauritania's second city of Nouadhibou. The city offers unique opportunities and challenges for U.S. engagement as both the center of economic activity in Mauritania and as the cross-roads for drugs and alien [...] | 2007-10-31 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PREF SNAR MR |
| 07OSAKAKOBE36 | KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KIX) UPBEAT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Speaking with Embassy Economic Counselor and econoff in Kyoto ahead of the first U.S.- Japan bilateral aviation talks in three years, President Murayama and Executive Vice President Hirano of the Kansai International Airport Company (KIAC) said that MLIT was prepared to allow " [...] | 2007-02-20 00:48:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON JA |
| 07OSLO1038 | NORWEGIANS DISCUSS BURMESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On October 15 we delivered reftel points to MFA East Asia Section Deputy Director General Tanja Hegga. Hegga described the goal of Norway's Burmese foreign assistance to "alleviate human suffering," focusing primarily on refugees and their health concerns. In 2007, GON assistance is [...] | 2007-10-15 16:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BM NO |
| 07OSLO1039 | HOT AND COLD NORWEGIAN ICE TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 4, U.S.-Norwegian Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks were held in Oslo, covering a wide variety of trade issues. Key U.S. matters included pharmaceutical patent protection, IPR issues, a Norwegian car tax adversely affecting American cars, the Government Pensi [...] | 2007-10-16 06:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EINV |
| 07OSLO1099 | PAKISTANI NORWEGIANS RIPE FOR RADICALIZATION? [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 23. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway is increasingly a land of immigrants, with over twenty three percent of the capital city,s population now designated as non-Norwegian,. The largest non-Western group is Pakistani, a population that has established deep [...] | 2007-11-08 15:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KPAO PK NO |
| 07OSLO1113 | NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...] | 2007-11-19 11:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO |
| 07OSLO1125 | NORWAY CONCERNED BUT PASSIVE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) In response to Ref A demarche, Latin America Section Head Herberth Linder stated that Norway will sign on to any joint declaration that the EU produces on the situation in Venezuela (noting that the UK is putting language together but that they had not yet been approached on it officially),[...] | 2007-11-23 10:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL VE PHUM WHA NO |
| 07OSLO1161 | NORWAY'S DEFENSE POLICY AT A CROSSROADS: CLARITY [...] (SBU) Norway is undergoing a philosophical, bureaucratic and public debate on what its defense policy, obligations and needs will be for the next five to ten years. The outcome will have significant implications for Norway,s ability to fulfill NATO obligations as well as its ability to cope wi [...] | 2007-12-18 13:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINR PINS PGOV NO |
| 07OSLO152 | NORWAY'S FOLLOW THROUGH ON UN 1737 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETTC IR PREL NO |
| 07OSLO161 | SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS MEETS ERITREAN REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy Andrew Natsios met with Eritrean Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab in Oslo on February 10, 2007. Ghebreab stated that Eritrea is interested in a comprehensive peace in Sudan and is moving ahead with plans for a Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) parties conferenc [...] | 2007-02-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPKO NO |
| 07OSLO162 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS UNSC 1737 POINTS TO NORSK [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref C points on February 15 to Norsk Hydro CEO Eivind Reiten. (Note: As indicated in ref D, Hydro's petroleum sector investments in Iran have been an ongoing point of discussion between the Embassy and company. End note.) The Ambassador urged Reiten to reconsi [...] | 2007-02-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO |
| 07OSLO200 | SPECIAL 301: PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROBLEM IN NORWAY [...] (SBU) Post agrees with the pharmaceutical industry's concerns about weak patent protections for many branded drugs in Norway (per the trade group "PhRMA's" Special 301 submission for 2007). Post has been working closely with local U.S. representatives of U.S. pharmaceutical firms and engagin [...] | 2007-03-02 11:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR ECON NO |
| 07OSLO229 | NORWAY TIGHTENS DOMESTIC AIR TRAVEL SECURITY, [...] (U) As of March 1, Norwegian domestic air travelers with checked luggage are required to show photo ID at boarding gates. This new procedure supplements ID verification at check-in and puts Norway in compliance with EC directives requiring bag-passenger matching. The Norwegian Civil Aviatio [...] | 2007-03-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON PREL NO |
| 07OSLO248 | NORWAY: MISSLE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: As reported in ref b and c, Norway,s government remains opposed in principle to missile defenses writ large and skeptical of U.S. plans to base missile installations in Central Europe. Embassy Oslo continues to engage with media, government and think tank researchers to present the fac [...] | 2007-03-13 16:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR |
| 07OSLO254 | STAFFDEL DISCUSSES LUGAR-SOLHEIM INITIATIVE, HEARS [...] (U) Summary: On March 7-9, Mark Helmke, Senior Professional Staffer for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),and long-time aide to former SFRC Chair Senator Richard Lugar, met with several high-ranking Norwegian government officials, including International Development Minister Er [...] | 2007-03-14 15:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ENRG ECON KIPR NO |
| 07OSLO268 | NORWEGIANS SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ZI NO |
| 07OSLO296 | FM STOERE PLEDGES TO TALK WITH AFGHANISTAN AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-27 12:31:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER AF NO |
| 07OSLO313 | THE UNLIKELY OSLO PEACE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. A Norwegian NGO seeks to draw heads of state of various governments to Oslo for an ill-defined peace conference and concert. A recent organizational meeting highlighted the challenges of bringing this to fruition. End Summary. 2. (C) An Oslo NGO, Foundation Dialogue for Pe [...] | 2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NO |
| 07OSLO382 | NORWAY'S MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE BROADENS, WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-18 05:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NO |
| 07OSLO397 | NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY MEETS CUBAN OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian MFA State Secretary Raymond Johansen visited Cuba from April 9 through April 11, meeting with several Cuban governmental officials. The Cuban trip was part of a three country Latin American tour (also including Colombia and Ecuador) which intended to place Latin Americ [...] | 2007-04-19 12:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL CU NO |
| 07OSLO401 | AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN SANCTIONS ACT CONCERNS WITH STATOIL CEO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 13:35:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN KNNP IR NO |
| 07OSLO404 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S APRIL 25-26 VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP NO |
| 07OSLO447 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE COAKLEY TO VISIT [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to George Coakley U.S. Geological Survey to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-15, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for Mr. Coakley was not provided. [...] | 2007-04-30 13:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | THPY KSCA OTRA NO |
| 07OSLO448 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR E. BRUCE HOWARD AND ANITA [...] Embassy Oslo welcomes and grants country clearance to E. Bruce Howard and Anita Eisenstadt to U.S. Department of State to travel to Oslo, Norway from May 9-14, 2007 to participate in the US-Norway Bilateral Meeting on Science and Technology Cooperation. Security clearance information for M [...] | 2007-04-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL OTRA NO |
| 07OSLO492 | AMBASSADOR CONVEYS IPR CONCERNS TO NORWEGIAN TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 4, the Ambassador discussed intellectual property right problems in Norway with Minister of Trade and Industry Dag Terje Andersen. Topping the list was Norway's weak system of patent protections for pharmaceuticals, the focus of recent high-level letters from U.S. offic [...] | 2007-05-08 10:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
| 07OSLO504 | COOL WELCOME FOR IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER IN OSLO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki received a cool welcome from his Norwegian hosts during his May 8 visit to Oslo. Mottaki appeared to be seeking deeper political and economic relations with Norway but Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere stressed repeatedly that Iranian statements on Is [...] | 2007-05-10 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PINR PREL NO IR IZ |
| 07OSLO525 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...] | 2007-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
| 07OSLO573 | NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO |
| 07OSLO598 | NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
| 07OSLO604 | NORWAY REQUESTS AGREEMENT FOR SHARING AIR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (U) On June 7, Embassy Oslo received a diplomatic note from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting that Norway and the United States enter into an agreement on processing and transfer of air passenger data. The text [...] | 2007-06-07 17:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAIR ECON NO |
| 07OSLO605 | POINTS DELIVERED: USG POSITIONS AT ICAO ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 17:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON NO |
| 07OSLO614 | POSITIVE MOVEMENT IN THE MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE IN NORWAY BUT NO BREAKTHROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lt. General Obering,s June 6 visit to Oslo, building on Secretary Rice,s April visit and Embassy Oslo,s continued outreach, has helped move the governmental and public debate over missile defense in Norway in a positive direction. Norway has not changed its basic skepticism of missile [...] | 2007-06-08 13:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV PREL NO |
| 07OSLO667 | FM STOERE AND AMBASSADOR WHITNEY ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Whitney met with Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere on June 15 over lunch and discussed a variety of issues including the Middle East, Afghanistan, Russia and missile defense, a White House visit for Prime Minister Stoltenberg and the New Embassy Compound. END SUMMARY [...] | 2007-06-19 08:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NO |
| 07OSLO988 | GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AF NO |
| 07OTTAWA100 | CANADA: NO EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada does not/not extend export credits or insurance to support trade with Iran, according to Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs. Canada practices a restrictive, "controlled engagment" policy toward Iran that is limited to the murder case of Canadian-Iranian photojournal [...] | 2007-01-19 21:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA EFIN IR MNUC PREL UNSC OECD |
| 07OTTAWA105 | MEETING WITH FINANCE CANADA OFFICIALS RAISES [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: A meeting with the Director General, Financial Sector Policy Branch of Finance Canada allowed ECON Minister-Counselor to raise USG concerns about mischaracterizations of USG policy that have recently appeared in the Canadian press after disclosure that the Ro [...] | 2007-01-19 23:29:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EFIN KTFN PINS PTER |
| 07OTTAWA1062 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO ZOELLICK'S NOMINATION [...] (U) EconMinCouns delivered points in reftel to officials in the Prime Minister's Office, Finance Canada, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Because Secretary Paulson had already consulted with Canada's Minister of Finance Flaherty on Zoellick's nomination, [...] | 2007-06-05 18:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IBRD |
| 07OTTAWA1063 | CANADA'S RESPONSE: AKA MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-05 18:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER |
| 07OTTAWA1076 | LIGHTS, CAMERA, LEGISLATION: CANADA'S [...] (U) Summary: Minister of Heritage Bev Oda and Minister of Industry Maxime Bernier on June 1 introduced legislation to amend Canada's Criminal Code to make the act of recording a movie in a theater without consent a criminal act. The bill has been praised by U.S. and Canadian Industry, is suppo [...] | 2007-06-05 21:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA108 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE: CANADA IS MOSTLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The general view of Mission Canada, from Nova Scotia to British Columbia, is that the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) passport requirement will take place with little disruption to air travel from Canada to the United States. Under [...] | 2007-01-22 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
| 07OTTAWA1126 | Ottawa to make it easier for Canadians to get passports [...] Summary: In a relaxation from previous policy, Canadians will be able to renew their passports without submitting proof of citizenship or a guarantor declaration after August 15. The "guarantor" process will also be simplified for first-time applicants so that most citizens can act as guaranto [...] | 2007-06-13 12:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON SOCI PGOV PREL KHLS CPAS CA |
| 07OTTAWA1168 | ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-18 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PARM PREL IR CA |
| 07OTTAWA1188 | CANADIAN PROGRESS TOWARD FULL APP PARTICIPATION [...] Canadian officials have advised Embassy that they are nearly ready to request formally admission to the Asia Pacific Partnership for Clean Development and Climate. They report that formal letters, signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay, are being readied [...] | 2007-06-20 14:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
| 07OTTAWA1192 | CANADIAN MPS RAISE BORDER AND SPP CONCERNS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a recent Border Caucus meeting with the Ambassador and in one-on-one meetings with Emboffs, MPs have expressed a wide variety of issues about the border and cross border travel and trade. Most of the MPs from border provinces say they have as one of their key issues (not j [...] | 2007-06-20 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KHLS PGOV PREL CA |
| 07OTTAWA1299 | CANADA OFFICIALLY REQUESTS APP MEMBERSHIP [...] Officials from Environment Canada and the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed to ESTH Counselor on July 6 that letters signed by Environment Minister John Baird and Foreign Minister Peter MacKay officially requesting Canada's admission to the Asia Pacific Partnershi [...] | 2007-07-09 17:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGCC SENV CA |
| 07OTTAWA1334 | CANADA'S NEW FOREST COMMUNITIES PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Harper government's newly announced Forest Communities Program (FCP) is designed to help communities adapt to economic changes in Canada's forestry sector. The C$25 million, five-year program will fund sites across Canada and encourage community-level partnerships to take [...] | 2007-07-11 21:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR CA |
| 07OTTAWA1359 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO INTERNET FREEDOM RESTRICTIONS IN CUBA [...] Summary: Embassy Ottawa delivered information regarding the lack of internet freedom in Cuba to Foreign Affairs Canada's Cuba desk on July 6. Canadian officials expressed concern for Cubans' lack of internet access and reassured us that they place no credibility in Cuban claims that this is d [...] | 2007-07-13 16:20:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT PREL ECON TINT CU CA XL XG |
| 07OTTAWA1587 | CANADA'S NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER MAXIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maxime Bernier has enjoyed a swift rise in his eighteen-month career in federal politics, becoming only the fifth Quebecer to serve as Canada's Foreign Affairs minister following a shuffle of cabinet responsibilities on August 14, 2007. Bernier is regarded as an ambitious, smart [...] | 2007-08-17 21:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CA |
| 07OTTAWA16 | LIBERIA FORUM: CANADA MAY ATTEND AT LOW LEVEL, NO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-04 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAID ECON EFIN LI |
| 07OTTAWA1639 | GOVERNMENT OF CANADA REPORTEDLY ON TRACK FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary. Ailish Johnson (protect),an Analyst in the Economic and Regional Development Policy Department of the Privy Council Office (PCO) reaffirmed that the Government of Canada intends to introduce a copyright bill "as soon as possible" in the Fall. Johnson also said the Department o [...] | 2007-08-27 19:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR |
| 07OTTAWA1651 | NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME CARGO SCANNING [...] (U) Although Embassy Ottawa is so far unaware of any official Canadian reaction to the new U.S. law, media reports indicate that administrators of Canada's posts are meeting this week in Montreal to figure out how exactly the law will affect their operations. George Malec, vice president of o [...] | 2007-08-28 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EWWT AMGT PTER CA |
| 07OTTAWA174 | S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE [...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...] | 2007-01-31 18:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MARR CA |
| 07OTTAWA187 | CANADIAN HERITAGE MINISTER ODA "I AM COMMITED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting, Canadian Heritage Minister Oda told Ambassador Wilkins that she is committed to improving the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. Oda declined to say when she expected Canada's new copyright bill to be introduced in Parliment. She [...] | 2007-02-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA1881 | G-8: CANADA LOOKING FOR HELP ON THE AFGHAN-PAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Foreign Ministry briefed G-8 embassies on its recent mission to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border which was focused on border management, immigration, and counter-narcotics. Under the G-8 border initiative Canada is taking the lead on the piece of the frontier where its [...] | 2007-10-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA AF PK |
| 07OTTAWA189 | CANADA'S NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER HITS THE GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Canada's new Environment Minister John Baird seems delighted to have responsibility for the politically charged environmental portfolio which is expected to be a key issue in the national election anticipated for later this year. Already, he has demonstrated his skills on the flo [...] | 2007-02-02 16:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | SENV PGOV PINR ENRG CA |
| 07OTTAWA1903 | NEW CANADIAN PANEL TO REVIEW AFGHAN OPTIONS; [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper in a mid-morning press conference on October 12 announced the formation of a new "Independent Advisory Panel on Canada's Future Role in Afghanistan." He emphasized that he expects the panel to "provide expert non-partisan advice that will help parliamentar [...] | 2007-10-12 20:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MARR AF CA |
| 07OTTAWA1955 | OTTAWA OUTLINES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 17, the Government of Canada announced a three-step strategy to strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). While short on details and timelines, the strategy addresses several USG's concerns, including conforming Canadian law with the WIPO Inte [...] | 2007-10-22 20:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR |
| 07OTTAWA1958 | CANADA SEEKS HIGH-LEVEL U.S. PARTICIPATION IN PRT [...] (SBU) Please see action request in para. 4. 2. (SBU) On October 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Operations Officer David Fairchild raised the upcoming November 25-27 PRT conference in Lithuania entitled "Provincial Reconstruction [...] | 2007-10-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS CA AF |
| 07OTTAWA2029 | INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - [...] (SBU) Officials of the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) declined to meet with Emboffs to discuss elements of their border practices in time to meet the deadline for responding to reftel. The entire issue of "Watch-listing" is extremely politically sensitive in Canada. Therefore, respo [...] | 2007-11-05 14:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL KVPR PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS CA |
| 07OTTAWA2034 | CANADA ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para para 5. 2. (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Nuclear Non-Proliferation Adviser Che van Haastrecht on November 5 expressed appreciation for our text outlining how the P5 Plus [...] | 2007-11-05 22:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP IAEA IR CA |
| 07OTTAWA2035 | THE U.S. - CANADA BORDER IN 2007: GROUND TRUTH AND [...] (SBU) Managing U.S.-Canada relations means managing the border. It's that simple. And that makes the border the number one priority for Mission Canada. For the past year dozens of officers from the Embassy and our seven consulates have fanned out across Canada to observe the border and disc [...] | 2007-11-05 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PGOV ASEC KHLS ECON CA |
| 07OTTAWA2062 | TERRORIST FINANCE: CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-08 20:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PTER CA |
| 07OTTAWA2078 | DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on November 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's South America Division Director Daniel Daley expressed appreciation for reftel views as well as shared concern about negative trends in Venezuela. He cited mid-October talks in Washingt [...] | 2007-11-13 19:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM VE CA |
| 07OTTAWA2107 | (C) CANADA STILL CONSIDERING DESIGNATION OF TRO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-16 20:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL CE CA |
| 07OTTAWA2123 | CANADA TO ATTEND ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] In response to reftel invitation, Canada plans to attend the working breakfast to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership on the sidelines of the upcoming Community of Democracies ministerial meeting in Bamako, Mali. Text of letter in para 2. 2. Begin text His Excellency David [...] | 2007-11-20 17:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CA |
| 07OTTAWA2205 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Answers below to reftel questions derive from information from the Deputy Director of the Central America and Caribbean Division, the Cuba Desk Officer, and the Trade Commissioner and Director of Latin America and Caribbean Commercial Relations at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2007-12-04 12:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CA CU |
| 07OTTAWA2207 | CANADA ON NIE REGARDING IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns on December 3 for reftel documents on the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program, calling them "quit [...] | 2007-12-04 18:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR CA |
| 07OTTAWA2209 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO U.S. CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ETTC PREL PTER ASEC CA |
| 07OTTAWA222 | IMPLEMENTATION OF WHTI AIR RULE--TWO WEEKS ON AND [...] (U) Two weeks after the January 23 implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) rule requiring U.S.-bound air travelers to hold a passport as proof of identity and citizenship, there have been no serious problems or delays reported at any of Canada's airports. Having been [...] | 2007-02-06 21:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KHLS EAIR ASEC CPAS CA |
| 07OTTAWA2227 | EMBASSY OTTAWA'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 16:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER |
| 07OTTAWA2230 | CANADA REPORTEDLY DRAFTING ANTI-COUNTERFEITING [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Canada is reportedly preparing two major pieces of legislation designed to better protect intellectual property rights (IPR). The Government of Canada has confirmed that the first bill, an update to Canada's copyright law (see refs A and B),will be introduced t [...] | 2007-12-07 21:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA2255 | CRITICAL MEDICAL RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION MAY [...] (U) Summary: In the face of a growing shortage of medical radioisotopes, the Canadian House of Commons passed emergency legislation late on December 11 to exempt the nuclear reactor where much of the world's supply of medical radioisotopes is produced from regulatory oversight (for a very narro [...] | 2007-12-12 21:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO ECON KSCA CA |
| 07OTTAWA2279 | GoC FOREIGN MINISTRY KEEN ON DISASTER TALKS [...] Econoff and ESTH/ECON Specialist as well as the Acting CBP Attach met with officials from Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on December 17 to invite DFAIT participation in the meeting, proposed for January or February 2008, of the Consultative Group called for in the bilateral 19 [...] | 2007-12-18 22:10:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ECON PREL CA MX |
| 07OTTAWA2299 | CANADIAN PARTICIPATION IN PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on December 13, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Michael Blackmore informed Embassy on December 20 that Assistant Deputy Minister and Political Director Colleen Swords plans to head the Canadian del [...] | 2007-12-20 21:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP PREL CA |
| 07OTTAWA247 | CANADIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE IN EUROPE ON [...] (U) Embassy Ottawa nominates the individuals identified in paras 2-6 to attend the conference on modern insurgency in Munich, 26-27 March 2007. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) --------------------------------------------- ---------------- 2. (SBU) DFAIT nomin [...] | 2007-02-08 21:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PROP PTER MARR KISL |
| 07OTTAWA249 | CANADA: NO POSITION YET ON LIBERIA'S ARREARS, WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-08 22:17:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN LI |
| 07OTTAWA250 | NUNAVUT PREMIER EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER POLAR BEAR [...] (SBU) Nunavut premier Paul Okalik called on Ambassador on February 7 to express his concerns over the Fish and Wildlife Service's December 27 announcement proposing to list the polar bear as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. Economic Minister-Counselor and ESTH Counselor also sat i [...] | 2007-02-09 13:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV CA |
| 07OTTAWA266 | PSI: CANADIAN FOLLOW-UP ON ATTEMPT TO SHIP [...] Action request: See para 3. 2. (SBU) Responding to refs A and C, on February 9 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division Deputy Director Steven Goodinson conveyed to us the points below regarding the attempted shipment of U.S.-origin test eq [...] | 2007-02-09 19:52:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL SY CA |
| 07OTTAWA272 | WMD Foreign Consequence Management MoU [...] Summary: The Embassy believes that the suggested MoU between DFAIT and State is not necessary because existing arrangements already address its intent. These include a 1986 treaty-level all-hazards mutual assistance agreement; the 1999 Canada-U.S. "Guidelines Concerning Cooperation on Chemica [...] | 2007-02-09 21:27:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA PTER TBIO CA |
| 07OTTAWA316 | CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel delivered by Economic Minister Counselor to Mark Gwozdecky, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Nuclear Division Director, Gwozdecky said that Canada shares the United States' view of the risks of Iran's nu [...] | 2007-02-16 22:19:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR CA |
| 07OTTAWA448 | CANADA: 2007 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Recommendation: Despite optimism after the Conservative Party took power in early 2006, Canada's track record on strengthening IPR protection has remained disappointing. With one notable exception regarding pharmaceutical data protection, the GOC has made no discernable prog [...] | 2007-03-09 15:49:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA452 | INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ (ICI) UN INTERIM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 23:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CA IZ |
| 07OTTAWA495 | CANADA RESPONSE RE: COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel on March 14 to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Science and Technology Phillip Baines, who expressed appreciation for para 9 reminder and para 10 draft text. 2. (C) Per reftel para 9, Baines said he would soon [...] | 2007-03-15 20:32:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CA |
| 07OTTAWA50 | HARPER NAMES BAIRD ENVIRONMENT MINISTER; HOPES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The most noteworthy change in PM Harper's January 4 cabinet re-shuffle in preparation for a probable election later this year saw the oft-criticized Rona Ambrose depart Environment Canada for the much less sensitive Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. Her replaceme [...] | 2007-01-11 13:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV PINR CA |
| 07OTTAWA627 | RE-WRITTEN CLEAN AIR ACT WOULD CAP GHG EMISSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative's "Clean Air Act" emerged March 30 from its legislative committee re-draft a very different document from the draft bill that went to the committee in December 2006. The new bill C-30 emphasizes hard targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and penalties f [...] | 2007-04-05 19:55:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG PGOV CA |
| 07OTTAWA629 | CANADA'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO U.S. DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) On Aril 5, 2007 Econoff delivered points in reftel to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs officials from the legal office, non-proliferation office, and Iran desk. The Canadian officials expressed their support for U.S. and UN policies of freezing financial assets of entities and ind [...] | 2007-04-05 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IR KNNP PREL PARM |
| 07OTTAWA651 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PDAS MCNERNEY AND [...] (SBU) Post grants country clearance for visit of PDAS Patricia McNerney, Kurt Kessler, Anthony Ruggiero and Jennifer Fowler to Ottawa on April 15-16 to meet with Canadian officials. 2. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Keith Mines (613-688-5242). He can be reached by e-mail a [...] | 2007-04-11 18:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OTRA CA |
| 07OTTAWA691 | IPR: MICHAEL GEIST SHARES HIS VIEWS WITH EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, the DCM and other Embassy officers met with University of Ottawa Law Professor Michael Geist, who is a prominent public commentator on intellectual property rights (IPR) issues, to discuss Canadian copyright issues. As expected, Geist's views were generally at odds [...] | 2007-04-18 13:04:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA72 | ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382: [...] (SBU) On January 12, Economic Minister-Counselor and newly arrived Deputy Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer discussed reftel non-paper with Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director for Counter-Terrorism, International Crime and Terrorism Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International T [...] | 2007-01-12 21:46:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR KN CA |
| 07OTTAWA753 | CANADA'S PROVISIONS AGAINST CASH COURIERS [...] (SBU) Although econoff delivered the points in reftel to an official from Finance Canada in February, that official had no comment but offered to set up a meeting for the Embassy with Canadian officials who are better acquainted with the problems of illicit cash couriers. To that end, the Eco [...] | 2007-04-25 20:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER CA |
| 07OTTAWA765 | PRIME MINISTER HARPER'S LETTER ON IPR [...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador Wilkins received a letter from Prime Minister Harper regarding U.S. concerns about the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) in Canada. This letter, dated April 23, responds to a letter that the Ambassador wrote to the Prime Minister on January 31 regar [...] | 2007-04-26 20:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA783 | SPECIAL 301 CANADA 2007, DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) EconMinCouns delivered points in ref A to Paul Robertson, Director General, North America Trade Policy Bureau, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. DG Robertson said that the GOC understands U.S. concerns very well. Declining to answer questions about when and how Can [...] | 2007-04-30 20:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA795 | TURNING THE CORNER - CANADA'S NEW REGULATORY [...] (U) Saying "the time has come for action," Environment Minister John Baird released the government's long-awaited "Turning the Corner" plan, its framework to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants, in Toronto on April 26. The plan's targets will force significant action by [...] | 2007-05-02 18:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ENRG CA |
| 07OTTAWA819 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Ottawa, Ambassador Schwab. This cable offers background information on Canada,s political and economic environment, especially on issues that may be raised outside the formal agenda of your talks with Trade Minister Emerson. Information regarding Canada-Brazil relations [...] | 2007-05-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BR CA ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL |
| 07OTTAWA887 | IPR: CANADA REPORTEDLY PREPARING TO CRIMINALIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's reaction to USTR's April 30th decision to maintain Canada's position on the Special 301 Watch List has been largely muted. However, intellectual property rights (IPR) - especially theater camcording - are now generating prominent news stories. The GOC is reportedly pr [...] | 2007-05-11 19:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR CA |
| 07OTTAWA915 | CANADA'S APPROACH TO MAY 25 ARF MEETING IN MANILA [...] (SBU) Summary. Canada and the U.S. agree on most of the important issues to be addressed at the upcoming ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) in Manila. Canada is enthusiastic about the U.S. draft UNSCR 1540 implementation statement, agrees that the inter-sessional meet [...] | 2007-05-16 21:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PARM KNNP ARF XB CA |
| 07PANAMA1007 | ACE NOMINATION - MANZANILLO INTERNATIONAL TERMINAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am pleased to nominate Manzanillo International Terminal Panama-S.A. (MIT) as Embassy Panama's multinational enterprise candidate for the Secretary of State's 2007 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE). MIT is a joint venture between Carrix, Inc., headquartered in Seattle, Washi [...] | 2007-06-14 20:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON AID BEXP ELAB ETRD PM SENV |
| 07PANAMA1035 | PANAMA POST: EDITION I [...] (U) This cable is the first edition of what we hope will be a periodic series of reports on political developments. The Panama Post will include news items that would normally fall on our editor's cutting room floor. Our intent is to provide our Washington consumers a more textured understan [...] | 2007-06-18 19:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ELAB PHUM KCRM AMGT VE PM |
| 07PANAMA1042 | PANAMA: WHITE PAPER LAYS OUT POLICY ON COLOMBIAN [...] (U) Panama's MFA and Council for Public Security and National Defense (CSPDN) separately provided Embassy Panama a copy of the GOP's white paper on "Displaced Colombians on the Border" in March. Regarding Colombian refugees, this paper states: -- Panama has an obligation to guard its borde [...] | 2007-06-19 18:48:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV PM CO |
| 07PANAMA1081 | PANAMA: EMBASSY INITIATES NEW OUT-REACH TO MUSLIM [...] (C) EMBOFFs visited for the first time a traditional Muslim school (madrasa) in Aguadulce, Cocle Province on June 21. Representatives from the Embassy's Political and Public Diplomacy sections donated English-language books and discussed a possible opportunity for students to participate in [...] | 2007-06-25 21:55:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1089 | PANAMA: TAIWANESE SEEK CLOSER COORDINATION WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Taiwan and the U.S. should coordinate more closely on assistance to Panama," Taiwanese Ambassador to Panama Ping-Fu Hou told POLCOUNS on June 11. "Working together we can ensure that the chavista threat does [...] | 2007-06-26 21:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON PM TW |
| 07PANAMA1099 | PANAMA: PRIVATE ORGANIZATION GIVES TO SCHOOL WHAT [...] (U) The Santa Rosa School-- an impoverished public school in Ipeti, Darien Province-- inaugurated on June 15 its kindergarten and newly installed indoor plumbing, projects supported by the U.S.-based Panama Missions. The completion of these efforts was yet another success for the Embassy's Pe [...] | 2007-06-28 21:01:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PM PREL SOCI |
| 07PANAMA1102 | PANAMA POST: EDITION III [...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...] | 2007-06-29 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1111 | PANAMA: NEW CANAL MINISTER DISHES [...] (C) While ostensibly reaching out to make himself available to address concerns U.S. firms may have concerning the canal expansion project, recently appointed Minister of Canal Affairs (and former Comptroller General) Dani Kuzniecky was more intent on dishing on the Panama Canal Authority (AC [...] | 2007-07-02 22:15:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EWWT ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1112 | PANAMA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Embassy Panama's input for the Congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. Test is keyed to reftel. The United States is aware of one claim of United States citizens that may be [...] | 2007-07-03 13:53:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC |
| 07PANAMA1143 | PANAMA POST: EDITION IV [...] (C) Welcome to the Fourth of July edition of the Panama Post! Our staff members were out in force trolling crowd at the Ambassador's residence for this year's Independence Day reception to take Panama's political pulse. This week, Panamanian President Torrijos flexed his muscle: powering [...] | 2007-07-06 17:12:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM SMIG SOCI PM |
| 07PANAMA1186 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS VENTS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos vented to Ambassador on July 9 as they traveled together from Panama City to Colon to visit the USNS Comfort. In an atypically chatty mood and highly agitated, Torrijos let down his guard and let loose: lambasting the press, asserting that former civil [...] | 2007-07-11 20:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1303 | PANAMA: MFA RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR 505 AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-02 20:45:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK |
| 07PANAMA1305 | PANAMA CANAL AUTHORITY SEEKS TO KEEP COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 26, 2007, Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator Alberto Aleman Zubieta told the Ambassador that he would like to keep the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) billet (CGB) embedded with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). He added that the ACP would continue to benefit from the [...] | 2007-08-02 21:18:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1309 | PANAMA POST VII [...] (C) In its latest edition, the Panama Post covers the following stories: -- Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, wanted in the U.S. for the 1991 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, riding high in his campaign to be President of Panama's National Assembly; -- Jose Miguel Aleman to be Endara's vice pr [...] | 2007-08-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1408 | PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING [...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...] | 2007-08-21 17:58:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1474 | PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL [...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...] | 2007-08-31 20:31:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM |
| 07PANAMA1476 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS NAMES NEW CABINET [...] (U) Replacing five cabinet ministers, Panamanian President Martin Torrijos named a total twenty-seven high-level appointments to his administration. Torrijos' decisions were announced by Secretary of State Communication Erich RODRIGUEZ Auerbach on August 30 in a press release. On August 27, a [...] | 2007-08-31 21:04:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON PM |
| 07PANAMA1479 | GOP INVESTIGATES USDA'S SCREWWORM PARTNER FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has discovered apparent financial irregularities by the Panamanian section of the U.S.-Panama Commission for the Eradication of Screwworm (Spanish acronym: "COPEG"). These include the use of a Panama COPEG-only account for reimbursements based on falsified travel vouchers [...] | 2007-09-04 20:19:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ASIG EAGR KCOR PM |
| 07PANAMA1487 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY OF COMMERCE CARLOS [...] (U) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our bilateral relationship, boost support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. export opportunities regarding the $5.25 bil [...] | 2007-09-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ETRD PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1592 | BUSINESS LEADERS DESPAIR OVER PMG'S EFFECT ON TPA [...] (C) Summary: Panamanian business leaders are increasingly glum about the country's prospects for securing Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) ratification in the U.S. owing to Pedro Miguel Gonzalez's (PMG's) September 1 elevation to PanamaQs National Assembly presidency. In their meetings with se [...] | 2007-09-26 23:48:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1632 | MFA RESPOND TO DIPLOMATIC NOTE NO. 1197 OF AUGUST [...] (U) "Panama has decide to support the candidacy of Ms. Gaer as member of the United Nations Committee against Torture", the MFA informed post in a Diplomatic Note DG/2048/07. Text follows: 2. UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Ministry of Foreign Relations PANAMA 4, PANAMA [...] | 2007-10-04 17:27:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MASS PGOV PM XK |
| 07PANAMA1669 | PANAMA SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR IMO COUNCIL SEAT [...] (U) On October 10, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations requesting USG support for Panama's reelection to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Member Council during the 25th Regular Session of the IMO Assembly to be held November 19-30, 2 [...] | 2007-10-12 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO IO |
| 07PANAMA1673 | LATIN AMERICA BANANA PRODUCERS HIT EU TARIFF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 4, 2007, representatives of Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil and the United States met in Panama City to discuss a collective response to the July 2007 European Union (EU) proposed changes to the EU's current banana tariff regime. The re [...] | 2007-10-15 15:26:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1722 | PANAMA: FORMER PRESIDENT MOSCOSO COMES TO LUNCH [...] (C) "The opposition must unite if it is to have a chance at defeating the (governing Revolutionary Democratic Party) PRD," former President Mireya Moscoso on October 29 during a lunch hosted by Ambassador at his residence. Alberto Vallarino would be opposition's best candidate, though she was [...] | 2007-10-30 19:27:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD PM |
| 07PANAMA1737 | PANAMA: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) The election of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),who is under federal indictment on five counts related to the 1992 murder of U.S. serviceman Zak Hernandez, as president of Panama's National Assembly marks a watershed for the U.S.-Panama bilateral relationship and Panamanian domestic politics [...] | 2007-11-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON SNAR MARR MOPS KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA1738 | PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH [...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...] | 2007-11-02 18:55:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM |
| 07PANAMA1739 | SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...] | 2007-11-04 22:25:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC |
| 07PANAMA1743 | PANAMA: DEMARCHE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-06 20:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP MNUC PARM AORC IAEA IR PM |
| 07PANAMA1797 | GOP REQUEST USG SUPPORT FOR REELECTION TO IMO [...] (U) On November 20, 2007, Post received a diplomatic note from the GOP's Ministry of Foreign Relations, dated November 16, 2007, requesting USG support and vote for Panama's re-election as a Category A member to the International Maritime Organization's Council. On November 19, 2007, the GO [...] | 2007-11-21 17:46:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT IMO PHSA PM |
| 07PANAMA1838 | PANAMA: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM BRIEFING HAS MAJOR IMPACT ON MFA THINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-06 21:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP MNUC PM PREL UNSC |
| 07PANAMA1840 | PANAMA: PATRIOTIC UNION VP BACKS MARTINELLI [...] (C) "I think the opposition needs to start unifying behind Martinelli," Patriotic Union (UP) VP Anibal Galindo told POLCOUNS on December 6, confirming rumors that Galindo was coordinating his political activities with Martinelli. "One has to respect the hard work that (Democratic Change (CD) [...] | 2007-12-06 23:01:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA1858 | PANAMA: BALBINA - "I DON'T WANT TO RUN FOR [...] (C) "I don't want to run for president. (Panama City Mayor) Juan Carlos Navarro will be the PRD presidential nominee," Panamanian Minister of Housing Balbina Herrera told POLCOUNS on December 9. Echoing her emphatic August 9 assertions to DCM, she declared, "I intend to run for mayor." Aske [...] | 2007-12-12 13:36:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PM |
| 07PANAMA1872 | PANAMA: TORRIJOS OPPOSES NATIONAL DAY OF MOURNING, [...] (C) "President Torrijos wants you to know his concerns about Pedro Miguel's rant yesterday (December 13). His proposed resolution is not this Administration's policy, and the President does not support the idea of a National Day of Mourning on December 20," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told [...] | 2007-12-14 22:00:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR PGOV KTIA PM |
| 07PANAMA189 | PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE [...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...] | 2007-02-07 19:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM |
| 07PANAMA230 | PANAMA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy Panama is pleased to nominate Angelica Maytin for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). 2. (SBU) Biographical information and justification statement for Ms. Maytin follow: Name: Angelica Maytin Justiniani Title: [...] | 2007-02-14 21:09:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO PM |
| 07PANAMA255 | MONEY LAUNDERING & PANAMA'S REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Panama's construction boom, prevalence of offshore corporations, and status as a regional financial center provide a conducive environment for money laundering. Amid speculation as to the source of financing and demand for Panama's real estate boom, a review of information ava [...] | 2007-02-21 20:29:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KCRM |
| 07PANAMA258 | PANAMA RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The legal framework governing IPR protection in Panama is substantive, although gaps exist both in domestic legislation and participation in the full complement of international treaties. Enforcement levels and resources remain weak but 2006 saw positive trends in seizures and [...] | 2007-02-21 21:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD KIPR PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA263 | EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTE [...] (U) Per instructions (reftel a),post reports the exchange of one diplomatic note with the Government of Panama. --Embassy note 72/GOP reply DT/059- New Horizons exercise. Post will send certified copy of note to L/T. Eaton [...] | 2007-02-22 19:34:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS |
| 07PANAMA276 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO PANAMA: IAEA REPORT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-26 15:44:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP IR PM |
| 07PANAMA307 | PANAMA 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. The negotiations concluded successfully in December 2006. As of early 2007, the re-named [...] | 2007-03-01 22:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR |
| 07PANAMA372 | NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...] | 2007-03-12 16:37:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA382 | PANAMA: 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Panama's response to reftel questions on trafficking in persons (TIP) follows. Replies correspond to paragraphs 27-30 of reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Panama is an origin, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. However, Panama is generally consi [...] | 2007-03-12 20:30:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM |
| 07PANAMA464 | JAPAN EFFECTIVELY LOBBYING ON WHALING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. George Novey, Sub-Administrator of the GOP's Aquatic Resources Authority (ARAP),told EconOff that he and Richard Pretto Malca, the ARAP Administrator, agree with the Government of Japan's request that the GOP abstain from voting during the May 2007 International Whaling Conven [...] | 2007-03-28 13:42:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS ETRD PM SENV |
| 07PANAMA489 | PANAMA: MOSCOSO ACTIVELY SHAPING OPPOSITION [...] (C) Asserting the Panamenista Party would not have a presidential candidate for Panama's May 2009 elections, former President Mireya Moscoso told POLCOUNS on March 27 that she would work to unify the opposition and have the Panamenista Party enter into a coalition with a viable presidential [...] | 2007-03-30 19:06:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM |
| 07PANAMA508 | NAS PANAMA MID-YEAR FY 2007 REPORT OF ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS had a busy and productive first half of FY 07. Our assistance was vital to preparing the imminent launch of DEA's Title III wiretap program. We completed several major donations to the National Police (PNP) and National Maritime Service (SMN),including projects that imp [...] | 2007-04-04 14:11:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM MCAP PM |
| 07PANAMA517 | GANGS GARNERING PUBLIC ATTENTION, BUT TRANSNATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A deadly March 21 fire that ensued following the outbreak of violence motivated the GOP to introduce anti-crime legislation on April 4 that includes provisions for longer detention of juvenile offenders (Ref A). Prominent media attention to gang-related violence has raised ala [...] | 2007-04-09 16:22:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM PM |
| 07PANAMA523 | PANAMA: ASSESSMENT OF KOSOVO POSITION [...] (C) Panamanian PermRep to the UN Ricardo Alberto Arias' decision to vote against permitting Kosovar President Sejdiu to address the UNSC on April 3 did not reflect substantive Panamanian concerns about the way ahead on Kosovo, but rather Panama's legalistic approach to procedural matters, Aria [...] | 2007-04-09 19:42:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK YI EU PM |
| 07PANAMA55 | PANAMA: EXCHANGE OF STATUS OF FORCES NOTES [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, post reports the exchange of three diplomatic notes with the Government of Panama. a) Embassy note 2316/GOP reply DT/003- deployment of U.S. Mobile Security Detachment to support Panama Canal high-value transits from January 9 to May 15, 2007. b) Embassy note 23 [...] | 2007-01-17 15:38:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL US MASS |
| 07PANAMA664 | PANAMA NOT FOCUSED ON WMO CONGRESS [...] (U) Post delivered the above-referenced demarche and the related talking points on USG priorities to the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Relations and the National Environmental Authority (ANAM). Panama does not/not have a national weather service. 2. (U) ANAM officials in the Office of C [...] | 2007-04-26 20:18:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO |
| 07PANAMA910 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICES' JUNE 4 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in, [...] | 2007-06-01 16:32:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM |
| 07PANAMA914 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE RICE'S [...] (SBU) Welcome and Summary. Embassy Panama extends a warm welcome to you and your delegation. Your engagement in Panama can help strengthen our excellent bilateral relationship, solidify support for the U.S.- Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA),reinforce U.S. support for, and interest in [...] | 2007-06-01 22:25:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON OVIP OTRA PM |
| 07PANAMA991 | NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND [...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...] | 2007-06-13 13:57:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS MCAP PM |
| 07PARAMARIBO109 | CY-06 INL END USE MONITORIING REPORT: SURINAME [...] Post is pleased to provide its 2006 End Use Monitoring Report in accordance with the format provided in ref. A. 2. SUMMARY: Suriname instituions receiving INL funded assistance used all resources provided in an effective manner and in accordance with their stated purpose. INL assistance h [...] | 2007-03-07 18:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO121 | DUTCH WANT ENERGY, NEIGHBORLY RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Ambassador-at-large Maurice De Hond told EmbOffs that the Dutch have &good relations8 with Venezuela, their &neighbor8 through the Antilles. De Hond also indicated interest in alternative energy sources in South America, particularly ethanol out of Brazil. The Dutch appea [...] | 2007-03-13 15:30:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ENRG NL VE NA NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO127 | BOUTERSE COMEBACK SPINS ITS WHEELS AS TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long-delayed murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse and other suspects is now expected to start in March or April of 2007. However, Bouterse is among 23 suspects and it appears they will be tried in turn, meaning it could be months or even years before Boute [...] | 2007-03-14 21:14:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO133 | IRAN: AS USUAL, SURINAME LARGELY SILENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an official at the government of Suriname,s (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Suriname has no position with regard to pressuring Iran on UNSCR 1737 or nuclear proliferation. Typically for Suriname, the official was reluctant to express clear positions and s [...] | 2007-03-19 19:42:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NS KNNP IR |
| 07PARAMARIBO176 | TRIAL TENSIONS RAMP UP AS BOUTERSE AND SANTOKHI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite reports that the murder trial of former military strongman Desi Bouterse may not go forward in April 2007, tensions over the trial have been increasing. Members of Bouterse,s National Democratic Party (NDP) issued a series of press statements which many, including Minister [...] | 2007-04-10 19:37:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO186 | EMBASSY SPONSORED CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH [...] SUMMARY: In celebration of Black History Month post hosted events every Tuesday evening during the month of February, 2007. The American Corner at the Cultural Center of Suriname was the venue for a variety of events attended by more than two hundred people: politicians, scientists, artists, jo [...] | 2007-04-17 19:45:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO197 | PARAMARIBO RESPONSE: PREPARING FOR WMO QUADRENNIAL [...] Per reftel, post delivered demarche to Terence Craig Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Craig said that he was unaware of the coming World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Congress to be held in Geneva in May, 2007 and he would ask his colleagues to see if anyon [...] | 2007-04-23 19:39:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TPHY WMO NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO264 | AMNESTY FOR SURINAME'S FORMER MILITARY STRONGMAN, DESI [...] (U) During the week ending May 25, Suriname's ruling New Front plus coalition parties held high-level talks concerning a possible referendum to allow the Surinamese electorate the right to decide whether suspects of the December 8 (1982) murders should be granted amnesty. The chief proponent of [...] | 2007-05-29 19:40:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO305 | CHINA/TAIWAN: ACCUSATIONS OF BRIBERY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of the Americas Division Terence Craig (protect) told Post the government of Taiwan (GOT) bribed the government of St. Lucia (GOSL) to reject a "One-China Policy." The accusations are ironic given local grumbli [...] | 2007-06-15 16:46:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NS ST KCOR |
| 07PARAMARIBO315 | CHINA/TAIWAN: MUZZLING THE FREE MEDIA IN SURINAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) Vice President Ramdien Sardjoe "requested" that a local news show leave out parts of its programming dealing with the China-Taiwan controversy as debate raged in May as to whether China or Taiwan would be the better partner for Suriname. Local and r [...] | 2007-06-21 18:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NS CH TW PHUM |
| 07PARAMARIBO346 | GOING TO TAIWAN: SURINAMESE PARLIMENTARY VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest attempt by the Government of Taiwan (GOT) to butter up the Surinamese for eventual diplomatic recognition (ref A),several parliamentarians from the Government of Suriname (GOS) were invited to Taiwan for a "familiarization" visit. The Deputy Speaker of Parliamen [...] | 2007-07-06 19:12:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NS CH TW |
| 07PARAMARIBO384 | US EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo endorses the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, US Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to properly outfit and train its c [...] | 2007-07-24 18:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO501 | (C) SCENESETTER AND READ-AHEAD FOR THE VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY ROBERT GATES TO PARAMARIBO, SURINAME SATURDAY AFTERNOON OCTOBER 6, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-19 21:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO511 | JUNGLE COMMANDOS BLOCK PARAMARIBO-ALBINA ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former rebel forces blockaded the main East-West route on September 17, effectively closing down traffic from Paramaribo to Suriname's eastern-most city Albina in the district of Marowijne. The roadblock was lifted following Government of Suriname assurances that it would impl [...] | 2007-09-21 20:38:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO556 | RHYTHM ROAD REQUEST: FEBRUARY 20-25 OR FEBRUARY [...] Post is delighted by the ECA/PD/C/Cu offer for an American Music Abroad - Rhythm Road stop in Suriname and looks forward to an excellent opportunity to continue the vibrant music outreach program at Post. This presentation fits our MSP goal of mutual U.S./Suriname appreciation and respect co [...] | 2007-10-24 19:52:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO565 | DISPOSAL OF EXCESS WEAPONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. government provided assistance to the Government of Suriname for the disposal of small arms, light weapons and explosive materials through a contract with the Ronco Corporation. The contracted work was completed by the Ronco Corporation on October 22, 2007. Post pl [...] | 2007-10-26 18:26:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS PREL NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO584 | BOUTERSE AND 24 OTHERS TO RECEIVE SUMMONSES FOR [...] (U) On November 7, local media reported that the Attorney General's Office had begun issuing summonses to 25 defendants who are scheduled to go on trial on Novermber 30 for the murder of 15 political opponents on December 8, 1982. The list, which was published in newspaper of record, "De Ware [...] | 2007-11-08 19:43:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NS ASEC |
| 07PARAMARIBO585 | STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...] | 2007-11-09 12:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NS ASEC |
| 07PARAMARIBO586 | STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: FAILED ACTION OR OMINOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Protest demonstrations organized by the Youth Collective Suriname (JCS) continued on November 5 and marked the third time in less than a week that students took to the streets of Paramaribo, ostensibly to protest deficiencies in the educational system and other youth issues. Mem [...] | 2007-11-09 12:10:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NS ASEC |
| 07PARAMARIBO589 | STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS: DRIZZLE & FIZZLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A student protest march organized on November 9 by the Youth Collective Suriname (YCS) failed to develop gravitas, but organizers can take some comfort from knowing that, despite heavy rains, they were successful at least in attracting about 300 student, reversing the trend of t [...] | 2007-11-09 20:32:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO596 | PRESIDENT, TOP OFFICIALS WARN OF DESTABILIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Suriname (GOS) President Ronald Venetiaan and other officials warned on November 14 of attempts by the political opposition to destabilize the government. However, citizen reactions have been calm, and tended to blame the government for creating fear. Meanwhile [...] | 2007-11-16 18:27:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ASIC NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO602 | DECLINE: COMMEMORATION OF GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] (U) Post thanks the department for the opportunity to suggest participatory activities in commemorating the "great white fleet," but declines the offer to participate in related public diplomacy events at this time. 2. (U) Post discussed the "Great White Fleet" commemoration at the cou [...] | 2007-11-21 19:47:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO610 | CHINESE UNPOPULAR WITH SURINAME PRESS: "CHINESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Surinamese media is severely biased against Chinese immigrants to Suriname, Chinese products, and China as a political presence. Privately editors and journalists commented bluntly, "I don't like the Chinese." The newspapers are to a degree beholden to the Chinese, howeve [...] | 2007-11-29 19:14:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NS CH TW |
| 07PARAMARIBO621 | U.S. SPONSORED MEDIA TRAINING ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC OPRC NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO622 | BUREACRATIC BLOCKS ON OPEN SKIES, DIRECT FLIGHTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After delaying for months in response to Embassy attempts to set up a meeting to further discuss air traffic with the United States, government of Suriname (GOS) Minister of Transportation, Communication, and Tourism (TCT) Richel Apinsa tabled Open Skies, saying the GOS prefer [...] | 2007-12-04 18:09:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KTIA XL NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO625 | U.S. SPEAKER OFFERS STRATEGIES FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PHUM SOCI OEXC OPRC NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO626 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-05 15:02:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO636 | GOVERNMENT OF SURINAME AND OPPOSITION TRADE [...] (C) Summary. "At very short notice, violent confrontations can be expected in Suriname," Dutch Embassy interlocuters relayed to EmbOffs during a late evening meeting at the Dutch Embassy on December 6. This information was from a "reliable source," the Dutch DCM said, who had also indicated [...] | 2007-12-07 20:22:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO638 | BOUTERSE'S TRIAL BEGINS WITHOUT HIM; STRIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The &December Process8 murder trial of Desi Bouterse began anti-climactically on November 30 with Bouterse,s failure to appear. The venue was heavily secured, and as expected Bouterse,s lawyer called for dismissal, claiming the court has no jurisdiction. Outside the venue, at [...] | 2007-12-10 19:19:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PGOV ASEC PREL NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO649 | EMBASSY PARAMARIBO ACTIVITIES -- TAKING ACTION ON [...] (U) Summary. Post marked the International Day of Elimination of Violence against Women as well as World Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse by conducting a variety of events focused on violence against women and children. Events included a radio address, a reading to school children, a gue [...] | 2007-12-14 19:56:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KAPO PHUM NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO663 | EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH SOCSOUTH JCET TOR [...] (S) Post provides initial concurrence with the Terms of Reference (TOR) provided by Special Operations Command South (SOCSOUTH) with the following caveats noted: A.(S) Timeline: the following modifications are requested: (1) Pre-deployment site survey (PDSS): 3rd week of January 2008 [...] | 2007-12-21 21:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC MARR PINS PREL PTER NS MASS |
| 07PARAMARIBO668 | U.S. EMBASSY PARAMARIBO CONCURS WITH 1206 FUNDING [...] (C) Embassy Paramaribo reiterates its endorsement (REF B) of the FY-08 1206 OEF-CCA funding proposal (with total cost estimate of $2,470,617 for equipment),which was received from CDR Gregory Ross, U.S. Southern Command as e-mail attachment on July 20, 2007. Suriname lacks the resources to [...] | 2007-12-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MAS MCAP PREL PTER NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO89 | GOLD MINE STRIKE BECOMES POLITICAL FOOTBALL [...] (U) SUMMARY. A deadlock in negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement culminated in a tense work stoppage at the gold mine owned by the Canadian company IAMGOLD. At the height of the conflict, President Ronald Venetiaan ordered extra army troops to the site to guard explosives at t [...] | 2007-02-21 12:30:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV NS |
| 07PARAMARIBO94 | Paramaribo Request for American Corner Sustaining Funds [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT: (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY-07. Post is beginning to realize success in its efforts to re-energize the Embassy-American Corner relationship. The Pol-PD Officer and PD FSN have outlined a comprehensive plan of action to make the [...] | 2007-02-23 12:50:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL OPRC OIIP NS |
| 07PARIS1026 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 13:26:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1034 | EMBASSY PARIS PRESS OUTREACH ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris reached key media audiences March 16 with an exclusive print interview for DOD U/S for Policy, Ambassador Eric Edelman, as well as a press roundtable featuring U/S Edelman and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Henry Obering. French press coverage on the USG's missile defe [...] | 2007-03-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KPAO MNUC MARR IR FR RU |
| 07PARIS1038 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ROYAL AND SARKOZY UNCERTAIN HOW [...] (C) Asked to predict the result of the first round of the French presidential election now five weeks away, President Chirac is reported to have facetiously replied, "I see Sarkozy, Royal, Bayrou and Le Pen each getting 20 percent of the vote." In the most reputable polls there remains more [...] | 2007-03-16 17:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS108 | DOWNSIDES TO CHIRAC'S FEBRUARY 2-3 ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The French Embassy in Washington recently invited Interior Secretary Kempthorne and EPA Administrator Johnson to attend the Conference for Global Ecological Governance to be held in Paris in early February. Given the characterization of agenda issues and the s [...] | 2007-01-10 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV AORC PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1173 | FRANCE LOBBIES STATE OFFICIALS ON GEOGRAPHIC INDICATION [...] Summary : On March 9 to 13, the Government of France (GOF) invited four state agricultural officials to France to convince them that France's approach to the Geographic Indications (GI) Issue could benefit their constituencies as well. Agricultural officials from Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas a [...] | 2007-03-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 07PARIS124 | FRENCH AND G7/EU REACTIONS TO ADDITIONAL IRAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: France appreciated early notice of the US decision to designate domestically Bank Sepah delivered per ref A, but will probably defer to the EU for any possible further action against the bank, since it lacks independent national authority on proliferation matters. Separately, Fra [...] | 2007-01-11 15:37:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | EFIN PARM PGOV ETTC UNSC FR |
| 07PARIS1242 | FRENCH PUT CONTACT GROUP ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (S) Summary: On March 27, Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant, gave an equivocal response to reftel demarche, claiming that the Quai's position had remained consistent: the French support the Contact Group in theory, but the timing must be handled carefully because of the extr [...] | 2007-03-28 17:01:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR GM IR IS IT LE PARM PGOV PREL SP SY UK |
| 07PARIS1252 | CHAD/SUDAN/C.A.R.: CONVINCING DEBY TO ACCEPT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad desk officer Michael Deslaimes (PROTECT THROUGHOUT) on March 27 said that the international community needed to emphasize to Chad's President Deby the benefits for Chad of a UN peacekeeping mission on the Chad-Sudan border, rather than stress how such a mission could h [...] | 2007-03-29 11:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO UNSC CD SU FR |
| 07PARIS1294 | JAMES MURPHY'S MEETING WITH KEY FRENCH AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Summary: James Murphy, Assistant US Trade Representative for Agricultural Affairs, met with high-level French agricultural officials to discuss a number of U.S./EU ag trade issues. Mr. Murphy was accompanied by Embassy staff from FAS and ECON. The French participants were: Francois Ri [...] | 2007-04-02 11:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 07PARIS1312 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...] | 2007-04-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR |
| 07PARIS1361 | A/S C/T COORDINATOR TALKS PKK TO THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Acting S C/T Coordinator Frank Urbancic and a U.S. interagency delegation met March 29 with a French interministerial group to discuss strategies for dismantling the capabilities of the PKK to finance and recruit in Europe. The French delegation provided a comprehensive overview o [...] | 2007-04-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL TU GM FR |
| 07PARIS1386 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: PERSONAL ATTACKS INTENSIFY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three weeks from the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the two leading candidates have intensified their attacks on each others' character as they aim to sway the undecided to vote against their opponent. Polls released during the week of March 31 - April [...] | 2007-04-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR |
| 07PARIS1491 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: WITH TEN DAYS TO GO - SARKOZY [...] (U) With less than ten days remaining before the April 22 first round of France's presidential elections, the relative standing of the leading candidates in the polls remains essentially unchanged from what is was mid-March (refs). Heading into the home stretch, former Interior Minister Nicol [...] | 2007-04-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB PINR SOCI ECON EUN FR |
| 07PARIS150 | WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND NEW STRATEGY; AMERICAN AIR [...] (SBU) Speculation as to President Bush's new strategy for Iraq, including the replacement of Generals George Casey and John Abizaid, began to gain momentum in the French media this week. Before the President's address to the nation, commentators analyzed the possible consequences of sending ne [...] | 2007-01-12 16:36:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS151 | COUNTERTERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: A USG Delegation led by Ambassador-at-large for Counterterrorism, Hank Crumpton, held strategic counterterrorism consultations with senior French officials December 7. The two delegations exchanged views on the overall threat situation, improvements to both countries' counterterr [...] | 2007-01-16 07:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1581 | CHIRAC SENDS ENVOY TO TEHRAN, BUT ENVOY HAS [...] (S) Several months after his plans to send a secret envoy to Tehran were frustrated by a press leak, President Chirac quietly dispatched Jean Felix-Pagagnon (NEA A/S-equivalent) and Damien Loras (FM Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East) to Iran on April 17 for a two-day visit. Do [...] | 2007-04-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LY SY IR PGOV PREL |
| 07PARIS1588 | FRANCE AND KOSOVO UNSCR; LOCAL SERBIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) France has stood closely by us throughout the Kosovo final status process. Notwithstanding upcoming French presidential elections, we do not anticipate any change in France's position. That said, we believe that it will be important for our leadership to engage with France's new governme [...] | 2007-04-19 15:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNSC PREL YI RS UNMIK FR |
| 07PARIS1592 | FRANCE WANTS TO PLAY MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN GLOBAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: After welcoming reftel demarche, MFA nuclear non-proliferation expert, Delphine Hournau, requested Washington's views on a larger role for the GOF in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. France is particu [...] | 2007-04-19 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KGIC PARM PREL AM CB MK RO FR |
| 07PARIS1593 | CHIRAC'S ENDGAME IN LEBANON [...] (C) Summary/comment: President Chirac does not believe Russia will veto a UNSCR to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, according to Chirac's Middle East advisor, Dominique Boche. Although the Russians have not yet proposed any quid pro quo for their support or abstention, the French w [...] | 2007-04-19 18:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR LE SY PGOV PREL UNSC |
| 07PARIS1595 | ELECTION EVE: BETWEEN SARKOZY AND ROYAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the final days before the April 22 first round of the French presidential election, the latest polls continue to predict that center-right UMP candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, followed by Socialist Party candidate Segolene Royal, will be the two victors for the May 7 run-off. Ce [...] | 2007-04-20 11:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1597 | MUBARAK AND ABBAS BID ADIEU TO CHIRAC [...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac received Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Paris on April 16, and then met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on April 17. While both visits were essentially courtesy calls, Chirac seized the opportunity to press Mubarak for support on [...] | 2007-04-20 14:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL EG FR IS PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS1611 | SARKOZY LEADS ROYAL INTO SECOND ROUND OF [...] (U) In the first round of France's 2007 presidential election, center-right candidate Nicolas Sarkozy clearly bested center-left candidate Segolene Royal, with centrist candidate Francois Bayrou coming in third. As expected, therefore, Royal and Sarkozy will go on to the second round of the [...] | 2007-04-22 20:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1659 | FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (S) Embassy Paris has regularly engaged the GoF on possibilities for French participation in the Iraq coalition, but has made little headway given President Chirac's original, adamant opposition to the war. Although the French have generally tried since then to avoid provoking the U.S., and t [...] | 2007-04-25 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL IZ MARR MAS MOPS PTER |
| 07PARIS168 | UNESCO CONFERENCE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND MEDIA [...] (SBU) UNESCO hosted a three-day international conference on the "Freedom of Expression and Media Development in Iraq" January 8-10 in Paris, bringing together over 300 participants, including 200 Iraqi journalists, some 20 members of the Iraqi parliament, government officials, and media owners [...] | 2007-01-17 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNESCO SCUL KDEM IZ |
| 07PARIS1692 | (S) TERRORIST ABDALLAH IN THE HOSPITAL; SIGNS GOOD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Convicted terrorist and political assassin, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, remains in prison. His parole request is not likely to be decided until June 2007. The Ministry of Justice has assured the Ambassador that it opposes parole. Abdallah's worsening health, however, could potent [...] | 2007-04-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PGOV PTER FR |
| 07PARIS1693 | ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN FIRST WEEK OF SECOND-ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With a little more than a week to go, center-right Presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy continues to hold a distinct lead over center-left candidate Segolene Royal in all polls of second-round voter intentions, with 53 percent for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Royal. Sarkozy an [...] | 2007-04-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1709 | CODEL OBERSTAR VISIT TO FRANCE, APRIL 3-6 2007 [...] (SBU) Chairman James Oberstar and seven members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee visited France April 3-6. They met with the Minister of Transportation, the Minister Delegate for Trade, the Director General of Civil Aviation, as well as CEOs from Airbus, Air France and [...] | 2007-04-27 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ETRD PREL FR |
| 07PARIS1718 | ISSAM FARES: NO PLANS TO RETURN TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Former Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister Issam Fares told us April 27 that he has no plans to return to Lebanon, saying that he preferred to remain focused on his business interests. He categorically denied rumors that Lebanese President Lahoud would appoint him as a caretaker Prime [...] | 2007-04-30 14:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE PGOV PREL |
| 07PARIS1763 | CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...] | 2007-05-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR |
| 07PARIS1784 | ELECTION EVE: SARKOZY EXTENDS HIS LEAD GOING INTO [...] (U) On the eve of the run-off election between former Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy and Poitou-Charentes Region President Segolene Royal, France's electorate is looking forward -- though not without some apprehension -- to the choice of direction for France that it will make in electing a [...] | 2007-05-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1785 | DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...] | 2007-05-04 14:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
| 07PARIS1790 | FRANCE BACKS EUROPEAN ENGAGEMENT WITH ERITREA [...] (C) France supports EU and EC efforts to engage Eritrea, including the invitation by the European Commission for President Isaias Afwerki to visit Brussels, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helen Le Gal informed Africa Watcher on May 3 in response to demarche (Ref A). Le Gal remarked that the invitation [...] | 2007-05-04 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR ER FR |
| 07PARIS1791 | IT'S PRESIDENT SARKOZY -- IN A CLEAR-CUT VICTORY [...] (SBU) Nicolas Sarkozy has won France's presidency by a clear cut, 53 percent majority. Official results -- 53 percent of the vote for Sarkozy and 47 percent for Socialist Segolene Royal -- were announced by France's Interior Ministry 8 P.M. Paris time on Sunday May 6. President Bush called [...] | 2007-05-06 18:31:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1799 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY FOR COMBATING [...] (U) SUMMARY.: Government and NGO sources report an overall increase in anti-Semitic incidents in 2006, with a much sharper increase in physical attacks on persons. More recently, March and April witnessed a spate of anti-Semitic crimes including cemetery profanations and physical attacks. P [...] | 2007-05-07 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF SCUL SMIG SOCI FR |
| 07PARIS1817 | THE FRENCH ELECT SARKOZY -- WHAT THEIR CHOICE MEANS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In electing Nicolas Sarkozy as France's sixth President under the Fifth Republic (ref),French voters: -- entrusted their country's highest office to an intensely ambitious and passionately action-oriented politician; -- endorsed the wide-ranging program of reforms -- includi [...] | 2007-05-09 13:50:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
| 07PARIS1883 | HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH AOUN'S HENCHMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: WE MET MAY 10 WITH MICHEL AOUN'S REPRESENTATIVE IN PARIS, SIMON ABI RAMIA, AND CHALLENGED HIS TEDIOUS ASSERTION THAT THE U.S. SHOULD REGARD AOUN AS AN ALLY. WE ARGUED, INTER ALIA, THAT AOUN IS BEING USED BY HIZBALLAH, THAT ABI RAMIA'S "AOUN IS YOUR ALLY" MESSAGE HAS LOST ALL CRED [...] | 2007-05-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR PGOV PREL LE SY |
| 07PARIS1885 | DETAINEE RESETTLEMENT INFORMATION ON FRANCE EXPAT [...] (U) John L. Espinoza is Paris Embassy Point of Contact for detainee issues. He can be contacted by classified email at EspinozaJL@state.sgov.gov, by unclassified email at EspinozaJohnL@state.gov, and by phone at 33(0)1-43-12-25-75. ------------------------------- RELEVANT EXPATRIATE COMMUNI [...] | 2007-05-11 16:38:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER PINR FR |
| 07PARIS189 | COTE D'IVOIRE: LACK OF PROGRESS WEIGHS HEAVILY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Desk officers from the MFA's AF and IO bureaus, in a January 10 meeting with AF/W desk officer Emily Plumb, expressed their dismay and frustration at the lack of progress towards a political solution in Cote d'Ivoire. The French remain committed to the various efforts by the i [...] | 2007-01-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV MOPS PHUM IV FR |
| 07PARIS1892 | COMOROS: FRANCE SHARES U.S. ASSESSMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF DAS-equivalent Jean-Claude Brunet on May 10 said that France shared USG views (refs A and B) on the current situation in the Comoros. The situation had calmed in the past few days, but much depended on how President Sambi now responded to Anjouan "President" Bacar's con [...] | 2007-05-14 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN FR |
| 07PARIS1938 | UK READOUT OF BLAIR-SARKOZY MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK PM Blair's May 11 meeting with French President-elect Sarkozy focused primarily on next steps on the EU constitutional treaty in advance of Sarkozy's May 16 meeting with German Chancellor Merkel, according to UK DCM Hitchens; the UK hope is that the Blair, Sarkozy and Merkel will re [...] | 2007-05-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN PGOV ETRD UK GM TU PINR |
| 07PARIS195 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DOWNBEAT ON IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, French MFA Political Director Gerard Araud was uniformly downbeat in his comments about Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and Lebanon. Iraq has passed the point of no return on remaining a unified state, Araud contended. The current hostilitie [...] | 2007-01-18 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EFIN UNSC IR LE SY IZ FR |
| 07PARIS2 | French telecom officials discuss next generation network [...] (SBU) French telecom regulator ARCEP is using persuasion to cajole telecommunications operators that are constructing next generation fiber optic telecom networks to rent their infrastructure to competitors ("unbundle the local loop"). While historic operator France Telecom is resisting, their [...] | 2007-01-03 05:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECPS ETRD FR |
| 07PARIS2027 | THE FILLON GOVERNMENT, SARKOZY'S REFORM TEAM, NAMED [...] (SBU) Intent on maintaining the momentum for reform, President Sarkozy moved quickly following his inauguration May 16 (ref B). Sarkozy named his administration's first Prime Minster, Francois Fillon the following day, May 17, then immediately named the line-up of the Fillon government on Ma [...] | 2007-05-18 17:54:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS2202 | STAYING IN SYNCH WITH FRANCE ON SYRIA [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: FM Kouchner's May 24 comments in Beirut have fed speculation here that France is on the verge of revising its policy toward Syria. While the French position remains somewhat murky (Kouchner appeared to walk back his comments on May [...] | 2007-05-29 09:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR LE SY PREL |
| 07PARIS2286 | JOHNNY ABDO TELLS THE LAF NOT TO PLAY INTO SYRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, former Lebanese Military Intelligence Chief Johnny Abdo said he recently advised LAF Commander Michel Suleiman not to play into Syria's hands in resolving the crisis in the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp. Abdo said Syria's strategy was to goad the LAF into a pitched battle [...] | 2007-05-31 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR LE PGOV |
| 07PARIS240 | LIST OF UK/FRENCH-PROPOSED INDIVIDUALS IN UNSCR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-22 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM KNNP IR FR |
| 07PARIS2440 | FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: FRANCK GELLET, FRENCH DAS-EQUIVALENT FOR THE PAGE 02 RUEHFRA2440 C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 002440 PERSIAN GULF, SHARED HIS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ ON JUNE 7. GELLET ASSESSED THAT THE IRANIANS ARE OVERCONFIDENT AND VULNERABLE TO A BAN ON INTERNATIONAL AIR TRAVEL. HIS ASSESSMENT [...] | 2007-06-07 17:25:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR IR IZ PGOV |
| 07PARIS2488 | REVEREND MOON'S REQUEST TO VISIT FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: International Unification Church founder, Dr. Sun Myung Moon, and his wife, currently designated as "dangerous persons" and banned from entering France under the Schengen Information System, hope that the recent ruling of a German court to overturn the ban [...] | 2007-06-11 10:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PROP PINS PHUM FR GM |
| 07PARIS253 | PARIS CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROTECTION IN [...] Action request contained in para 8. . 2. Summary. France will host a high-level international conference entitled, "Health Protection in Developing Countries: Breaking the Vicious Circle of Disease and Poverty," in Paris, March 15-16. This is an initiative of President Chirac, first pr [...] | 2007-01-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAID AORC PREL FR |
| 07PARIS256 | FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...] | 2007-01-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR |
| 07PARIS259 | FRANCE SIGNS ASEAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA A/S-Equivalent Michel Filhot explained that France had now signed the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) at the instigation of President Chirac. France sought to deepen regional ties and to encourage other EU m [...] | 2007-01-23 07:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PREL PINR BM FR |
| 07PARIS261 | FRANCE: TSA BRIEFS DATA PRIVACY AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: TSA provided an extensive briefing on U.S. aviation security arrangements to the French Data Privacy Authority (CNIL) in a meeting January 12. Because of the current risk that the CNIL may wish to review all U.S. airlines' aviation security practices regarding implementation of [...] | 2007-01-23 11:42:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR PTER FR |
| 07PARIS2634 | INDUSTRY SOURCE DISCUSSES GALILEO WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy officers recently heard a litany of frustrations about the European Galileo Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) project from an EADS contact who had worked on various aspects of the project. According to the contact, financing has been only one of a number of trenc [...] | 2007-06-19 11:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA ECPS FR |
| 07PARIS2643 | YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...] | 2007-06-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
| 07PARIS2685 | GOF: LEBANON CONFERENCE AND DIALOGUE WITH SYRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Boillon, President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor, told us on June 21 that France would await the results of the Arab League's national dialogue conference in Beirut, scheduled for next week, before ultimately committing to host a similar event in Paris. As a result, the noti [...] | 2007-06-21 17:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LE SY FR |
| 07PARIS2704 | FRENCH APPROVAL OF MANUEL NORIEGA EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, POL Deputy discussed June 22 urgency of Manuel Noriega extradition proceedings with MFA Americas PDAS-equivalent Marc Laforet. Laforet was joined by DAS-equivalent for Cuba and Central America Blandine Kreiss and desk officers from the U.S. and Central American desks. 2. [...] | 2007-06-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR CJAN |
| 07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
| 07PARIS2912 | SUDAN - SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SUDAN ANDREW NATSIOS' JUNE [...] (C) Summary. China Special Envoy for Sudan Liu Guijin told Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Andrew Natsios on June 25 that a new Security Council resolution would bring official endorsement of the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping force. A new resolution need not refer to UNSCR 1706, but [...] | 2007-07-06 08:34:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV PREF PINS FR SU |
| 07PARIS2967 | BRIEFING ON DECLARATION ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND [...] (U) As instructed reftel, on July 9, ESTH Counselor, together with Russian Embassy disarmament expert, Dr. Igor Kondratskiy, called on Martin Briens, Head of the Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation Office, and Jean Cazalet, Adviser on Civilian Nuclear Matters, Economic Affairs Department [...] | 2007-07-10 09:35:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM FR |
| 07PARIS303 | GUINEA: FRENCH WATCH CLOSELY, MAKE READY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are observing events in Guinea and readying for an evacuation if events turn for the worst. A small GOF interagency team is in place and focusing on operational needs should an evacuation be necessary. The French believe that the situation is uncertain and volatile, w [...] | 2007-01-25 16:57:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR ASEC CASC AEMR GV FR |
| 07PARIS306 | ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES - FRANCE [...] Summary: The Ambassador and all of Mission France support a sustained and focused effort to engage France's Muslim minorities, recognizing that organizing and executing such an effort will continue to require considerable discretion, sensitivity and tact on our part. Although there is some ev [...] | 2007-01-25 17:30:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC PREL PHUM KPAO KISL FR XG |
| 07PARIS3077 | IVLP ALUM MEET IN FRANCE [...] Summary: Alumni from the 2003 European biotech and food safety group of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) met June 10-12 in Toulouse, France to continue their review of agricultural biotech issues. Representatives from FAS/Paris and the American Presence Post in Toulouse co [...] | 2007-07-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD EU FR |
| 07PARIS309 | NEA DAS DANIN PITCHES INFORMAL LEBANON CONTACT [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Robert Danin met separately on January 23 with his MFA counterpart, Herve Besancenot, and with President Chirac's Middle East adviser, Dominique Boche. Danin proposed establishing a contact group on Lebanon (with the likely participation of the U.S., France, Italy and Ger [...] | 2007-01-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY |
| 07PARIS3107 | FRANCE/LEBANON: TO DAMASCUS AND BEYOND [...] (U) The unexpected July 17 visit to Damascus by French envoy for Lebanon Jean-Claude Cousseran has for the past couple of days vied with news about an expected imminent visit to Libya by President Sarkozy in connection with the "Bulgarian medics" case as the top international story. This wa [...] | 2007-07-19 16:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | FR IS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY |
| 07PARIS3147 | DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...] | 2007-07-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR |
| 07PARIS319 | PARIS HOSTS INAUGURAL W. MED RSI CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton hosted the inaugural Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference on December 5-6 in Paris. U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from France, Italy, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal and Malta gathered as a first [...] | 2007-01-26 16:34:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PGOV ASEC OTRA PTER FR AG LY IT MT SP |
| 07PARIS3209 | PARIS CLUB - JULY 2007 TOUR D'HORIZON AND GABON DEBT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the July 17-18 meetings of the Paris Club, creditors accepted a stand-alone discounted debt buyback offer from Gabon, the first such operation by the Club. While welcoming Gabon's efforts to use USD 500 million in oil revenues toward debt management, the USG lacked legal aut [...] | 2007-07-27 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR |
| 07PARIS3251 | "MINIMUM SERVICE" LABOR REFORM BILL CHALLENGES FRANCE'S [...] (SBU) A bill to be adopted by Parliament at the end of this summer's extraordinary session requires public transport providers to maintain minimum service during strikes -- a key campaign promise by President Nicolas Sarkozy (ref A). Regarded as the most symbolic of Sarkozy's social reforms, [...] | 2007-08-02 05:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS3268 | GAO VISIT ON FRENCH FDI REGIME AND PRACTICES [...] (U) SUMMARY: French interlocutors confirmed to the GAO (during the visit of a GAO team to Paris from July 2 through July 5) that France welcomes Foreign Direct Investment despite a 2005 decree regulating FDI in sensitive sectors. The screening process implemented subsequent to the decree did [...] | 2007-08-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS3269 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY AND FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY [...] (C) President Nicolas Sarkozy's calls for a more aggressive industrial policy have elicited criticism in some quarters of the EU, but largely favorable responses at home. Sarkozy's perspective is in line with France's long- time perception of an EC liberal "bias" (a perception partly behind [...] | 2007-08-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS3292 | NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...] | 2007-08-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR |
| 07PARIS3336 | FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This is the latest in a series of periodic updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. CONTENTS: -- Areva wins 5 billion USD contract in China, but agreement postponed (para. 2) -- EDF [...] | 2007-08-07 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS3363 | COMOROS: FRENCH MFA SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Comoros Desk Officer Stephane Le Brech said on August 7 that there appeared to be no ready solution to the current crisis in the Comoros, because of Anjouan "President" Bacar's intransigence and the improbability of any military solution to the impasse. Le Brech said that t [...] | 2007-08-10 10:33:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN FR |
| 07PARIS3385 | METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...] | 2007-08-10 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR |
| 07PARIS3386 | METN BY-ELECTION RESULT ALLOWS FRANCE TO RELAX A [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA told us August 9 that FM Kouchner's anticipated August 25 return to Beirut was more tentative than public statements and press reporting have indicated since the hotly contested Metn by-election last weekend has not led to violence. The new DAS-equivalent for th [...] | 2007-08-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IS IR |
| 07PARIS34 | FRENCH ATTENDANCE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) We passed the information about the February 13-14 Liberia Partners Forum to our contacts in the French Finance and Foreign Ministries. At the MFA, our contacts lauded USG plans to host the Forum, but regretted that a timing conflict with the biennial Africa-France summit of heads of stat [...] | 2007-01-05 14:03:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN PTER ECON FR |
| 07PARIS343 | OFFICIAL - INFORMAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-30 11:25:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | AMGT FR |
| 07PARIS3480 | FRENCH RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1540 COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to both the Strategic Affairs/ Non-proliferation and the United Nations bureaus at the French MFA. Our interlocuters were unfamiliar with the South African and Ind [...] | 2007-08-21 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ID KNNP PREL PTER SF KPAO |
| 07PARIS3534 | FRENCH MFA "REFLECTING" ON IMPLICATIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: French FM Kouchner's visit to Iraq allowed France to re-engage meaningfully with a wide range of Iraqi political and confessional/ethnic leaders and left Kouchner "moved" by the extent of destruction in that country. The French MFA told us August 24 that Kouchner and his staff are [...] | 2007-08-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IZ US |
| 07PARIS3579 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S AUGUST 27 FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On August 27 French President Nicolas Sarkozy delivered a major foreign policy address in Paris to the annual French Chief of Missions Conference. He identified the building of Europe as "the absolute priority of France's foreign policy," and cited Iran as the "mo [...] | 2007-08-28 18:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINR FR |
| 07PARIS363 | A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...] | 2007-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR |
| 07PARIS3631 | FRENCH NOT PREPARED TO ISSUE PUBLIC STATEMENT ON [...] (C) France does not intend to issue a public declaration on Syrian dissident Riad Seif (reftel),according to French MFA Syria desk officer Jean-Christophe Auge. He indicated August 31 that France had delivered a joint EU demarche on August 29 to Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Miqdad asking [...] | 2007-08-31 15:23:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM FR SY LE |
| 07PARIS3663 | NEAR-TERM ANTI AL-QAIDA COMMUNICATION ACTIONS [...] This is Embassy Paris Anti Al-Qaida Communication Plan (ACAP) report number 1, as tasked reftel A. Task 1 (Encouraging French CT Internet effort) No activities to report. Task 2 (Support to surrogates, "credible voices") Post currently provides small PA program grants to French NGOs [...] | 2007-09-04 18:22:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PTER OIIP KPAO FR |
| 07PARIS3668 | FRENCH MFA READOUT ON AUGUST 23 TEHRAN VISIT BY [...] (C) Summary: The GOF took a hard line during an August 23 trip to Tehran by French presidency strategic affairs adviser Richier and French MFA DAS-equivalent Gellet that Iranian leader Khamanei's foreign policy adviser Velayati hoped would open a new channel to Paris. Gellet explained Augu [...] | 2007-09-05 12:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IR |
| 07PARIS3672 | FRENCH MFA STAFF "REFLECTS" ON IRAQ: UNLIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Franck Gellet, the French MFA's DAS covering Iraq, stressed August 31 that the lack of progress toward national reconciliation in that country is the main obstacle to internal peace and reconstruction. In that context, he believes the notion of France providing assistance to i [...] | 2007-09-05 13:18:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IZ |
| 07PARIS3733 | FRENCH ELYSEE NEA ADVISER RECOUNTS TOUGH LINE [...] (C) Following up on reftel, Polmincouns and poloff asked French presidential adviser for NEA issues Boris Boillon September 6 about the visit to Tehran by French Presidency official Richier and MFA DAS Gellet. Polmincouns noted the stark phrasing in President Sarkozy's speech to French amba [...] | 2007-09-07 18:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR IR |
| 07PARIS3808 | A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...] | 2007-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD |
| 07PARIS389 | CHIRAC ADVISER: FRANCE'S IRAN POLICY HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to Dominique Boche, President Chirac's Middle East advisor, Chirac's comments on Iran (reported in the February 1 edition of the International Herald Tribune) did not contradict official policy or Chirac's own professed views. "France's (Iran) policy has not changed," B [...] | 2007-02-01 10:56:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV PINR IR FR |
| 07PARIS3892 | ACCOUNTABILITY OF WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL -FRENCH CONSIDERING [...] (U) Econoff delivered on September 14 reftel points and nonpaper advocating accountability for WIPO Director General to Jean-Baptiste Mozziconacci, Head of bilateral affairs and international cooperation at the National Institute for Industrial Property (INPI). 2. (SBU) Mozziconacci noted [...] | 2007-09-18 13:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC WIPO KIPR FR |
| 07PARIS3909 | MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING - AMBASSADOR GRAY ENGAGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON SEPTEMBER 17, IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE TO THE WASHINGTON SEPTEMBER 27-28 MAJOR ECONOMIES MEETING (MEM),AND WITH THE MFA'S DEPUTY MINISTER FOR ECONOMICS AND FINANCE, USEU AMBASSADOR GRAY ADDRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS AND HIGHLIGHTED U.S. MEM O [...] | 2007-09-18 14:22:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV FR |
| 07PARIS3942 | SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES SUDAN, CHAD C.A.R. WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Andrew Natsios discussed Darfur and related issues with French officials on September 15. Both sides agreed that Abdulwahid el-Nur's continued failure to participate in peace talks, including the October 27 meeting in Libya, posed serious problems, and [...] | 2007-09-20 07:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF EAID UNGA MARR SU CD CT FR |
| 07PARIS3955 | OVERVIEW OF FRENCH TREATY RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy surveyed the French treaty ratification process. The French treaty ratification process is complex and generally takes at least a year, although this depends heavily on the legislative calendar and may sometimes take longer. Article 53 of the French Constitutio [...] | 2007-09-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KTIA FR |
| 07PARIS3956 | KOUCHNER EXPECTED TO MEET IRANIAN COUNTERPART AT [...] (C) During a September 19 call on French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille, we asked whether he had heard anything that might indicate FM Kouchner or any other French officials planned to meet with Iranian President Ahmadi Nejad in New York. Pouille shook his head no on Ahma [...] | 2007-09-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM FR IR |
| 07PARIS403 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING'S WITH MONIQUE SALIOU AND [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met January 24 with Monique Saliou, European Affairs Advisor to Socialist Party (PS) party presidential candidate Segolene Royal and, separately, with Nicolas Bavarez, a leading essayist and political analyst regularly consulted on policy questions by Unio [...] | 2007-02-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON |
| 07PARIS4069 | SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT IN FRANCE-ANGOLA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Angola desk officer Carole Blestel told us on September 26 that Angola was apparently seeking to improve relations with France, citing the meeting between Presidents Dos Santos and Sarkozy on September 24 in New York. She said that Angola had initiated the meeting and that [...] | 2007-09-27 15:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AO FR |
| 07PARIS4071 | FRENCH READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The French MFA,s Iraq desk officer on September 20 described Iraqi FM Zebari,s brief visit to Paris as a useful opportunity to take stock of some bilateral issues FM Kouchner had not raised during his visit to Baghdad last month but little else. Part of this was due to the fact [...] | 2007-09-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROG ETRD EINV FR IZ EU IR |
| 07PARIS4083 | SECRETARY OF STATE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS YADE'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol M/C and Poloff met on September 25 with the Chief of Staff for the Secretary of State for Human Rights Brigitte Collet and Counselor Pierre Thenard to discuss Rama Yade,s role and priorities in her newly created position, Yade,s recent visit to Haiti, her upcoming visit to [...] | 2007-09-28 12:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI UNSC FR HA BM |
| 07PARIS412 | French Elections and the Politics of Globalization [...] (C) Summary: With French elections ahead in spring 2007, issues associated with globalization risk becoming increasingly politicized. On international trade and domestic reform issues, we will see both the left and the right try to out-protectionist the other in defense of French values and t [...] | 2007-02-01 16:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SENV WTO FR |
| 07PARIS4130 | FRANCE TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (SBU) On October 1 poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA desk officer for Burma, Jeremy Petit, who described France,s position as "totally parallel" to the U.S. position. Petit expects the EU to announce new sanctions on Burma on October 3 and speculated these sanctions could add names to [...] | 2007-10-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BM FR |
| 07PARIS4139 | FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOCUSES INWARDLY ON ENVIRONMENT: [...] (SBU) Summary: While the world debates global climate issues, France's environmental attention is inward-focused. Sarkozy and State Minister Borloo of the 'mega' Environment Ministry - together with a range of stakeholders - are shaping environmental policies which will largely determine Franc [...] | 2007-10-02 16:13:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS4170 | FRANCE REEVALUATES BIOTECH POLICY; MUCH AT STAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR SENV ETRD EU FR |
| 07PARIS4223 | TERRORIST ABDALLAH DENIED PAROLE; APPEAL EXPECTED [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris was informed by Embassy Counsel Georges Kiejman on the afternoon of October 10 that the Paris Tribunal refused parole for convicted terrorist Georges Ibrahim Abdallah. We expect that Abdallah will file an appeal with the Paris Court of Appeals within the next ten days (the [...] | 2007-10-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL FR |
| 07PARIS4258 | PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 12, Embassy DutyOff transmitted reftel NIACT demarche to Martin Briens, MFA DAS-equivalent for Nuclear Non-Proliferation. PolOff followed up with Briens during business hours to answer any questions; however, the MFA requested no additional information. Please visit Paris' C [...] | 2007-10-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EWWT GR FR KN SY |
| 07PARIS4273 | FRENCH NATIONAL STATISTICAL AGENCY REVISES DOWNWARD 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: INSEE, the French National Statistical Agency, forecasts real GDP to increase 1.8 percent in 2007 compared with 2.2 percent in 2006. Similar to OECD and European Commission forecasts, INSEE's projections are below the lower bound of the GOF's 2.0-2.5 percent forecast. Nonetheles [...] | 2007-10-16 16:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV FR |
| 07PARIS4352 | PARIS NOMINEE FOR 2008 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Per reftel action request, Embassy Paris nominates Fadela Amara, Secretary of State for Urban Policies and founder of the NGO "Ni Putes Ni Soumises" for the 2008 Secretary of State's Annual Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Born in France to an impoverished family of Alger [...] | 2007-10-25 16:32:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SCUL PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL FR |
| 07PARIS4356 | PSI UPDATE DELIVERED TO FRENCH MFA [...] (C) On October 24, PolOff transmitted reftel A demarche to Luis Vassy and Melanie Rosselet, MFA desk officers for nuclear non-proliferation. Vassy thanked us for the close cooperation, including the reftel A update. He said that the GOF is still evaluating whether UNSCR 1718 will apply, and [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM ETTC EWWT KNNP GR SY TU FR |
| 07PARIS4357 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR |
| 07PARIS4363 | FRENCH POLICY ON BURMA: FREEZE NEW INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jeremy Petit, MFA desk officer for Burma on October 24. Petit said the EU is currently considering increased financial sanctions; however, he could not provide specifics. Petit noted France supported a complete freeze of all new investments in Burma [...] | 2007-10-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM CVIS EFIN BM FR |