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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09BEIJING2065URUMQI RIOT A "TERRORIST ACT": FBI DIRECTOR
[...] (C) The July 5 riot in Urumqi was a "terrorist act" and the rioters were "professional and well trained," Vice Minister of Public Security Liu Jing told visiting FBI Director Robert S. Mueller July 17. The violence in Urumqi was premeditated and well organized and had nothing to do with reli [...]
2009-07-20 10:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER CH
09BEIJING2071 Secretaries Locke and Chu Discuss Energy and Climate
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao on July 16, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the importance of the United States and China working together on clean energy and climate change. Wen agreed that the U.S.-China relationship is the most [...]
2009-07-21 06:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2072 SECRETARY CHU MEETS WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 06:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2079MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY, RUSSIA
[...] ENVIRONMENT "'Post-crisis' economy has a new engine: green industries" The official Communist Party international paper, People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban) (07/21):" Zhong Maochu, a professor at Nankai University's Graduate School of Economics said various indications [...]
2009-07-21 08:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2094MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY
[...] U.S.-CHINA "Former U.S. Speaker of the House wants to use nuclear-armed Japan to suppress China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/22): "The former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently openly used a nuclear-armed Japan [...]
2009-07-22 07:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING21MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, JAPAN
[...] U.S. DEPLOMACY "Obama runs 'family politics' very well" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(01/06): "Caroline Kennedy has become the most capable candidate for the New York Senate seat left by future Secretary of [...]
2009-01-06 08:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2107MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, U.S. MEDIA ON "CHINESE ECONIMIC
[...] U.S.-CHINA "Strategic dialogue can eliminate conflict from the very beginning" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/23): "Zhu Shida, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' American Society and Culture Research Division, said an [...]
2009-07-23 08:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2123HIGH-PROFILE NGO CLOSED, PRE-60TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) On July 17 the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau raided the offices of the Open Constitution Initiative (aka "Gongmeng"),an NGO promoting democracy and rule-of-law, and declared the group an "illegal organization." Days earlier, Beijing tax officials had slapped OCI with a large fine for all [...]
2009-07-24 12:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP SOCI CH
09BEIJING2127COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE TO MIIT MINISTER LI
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 15 discussion with Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Li Yizhong on the challenges posed by the global financial crisis (GFC),Secretary of Commerce Locke emphasized the importance of investing in clean energy and technology. Secretary Locke noted th [...]
2009-07-27 00:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2149CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]
2009-07-28 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETEFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2152MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, U.S. BACK IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
[...] S&ED "The U.S.'s hospitality to China surprised the world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/28): "The opening of the S&ED that the U.S. held for China was like a 'millennium wedding' for the two countries. However, Niu Xinchun, [...]
2009-07-28 08:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2155SCENESETTER FOR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER BOEHNER'S
[...] (SBU) Minority Leader Boehner, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th annive [...]
2009-07-28 10:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING2174MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN
[...] S&ED "The first S&ED ended: friendly atmosphere, few outcomes" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (07/30): "Yan Xuetong, Director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University, argued that although the S&ED has [...]
2009-07-30 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2183THE URUMQI RIOTS - WHAT CONTACTS SAY HAPPENED
[...] (C) For three weeks following the initial July 5 violence in Urumqi, a series of EmbOffs visited Xinjiang to seek out solid information about the incident and its aftermath. Using the information gathered, we have put together a timeline of the events that began that day. Following is one of [...]
2009-07-31 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING2184MEDIA REACTION: S&ED IMPACT ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] S&ED IMPACT ON U.S. CHINA RELATIONS "What challenges is Obama's China policy facing?" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/31): "In many Chinese experts' eyes, the U.S. was ultra-courteous to the Chinese delegation at the S&ED, and a broad range of [...]
2009-07-31 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2196CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]
2009-08-03 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING22LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]
2009-01-06 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2217MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]
2009-08-05 00:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2247MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, NORTH KOREA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Clinton advances into Africa" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/06): "Liu Naiya, an expert on African and Asian affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, noted that the [...]
2009-08-06 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2249SCENESETTER FOR HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Chairman Berman, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries and events: January 1 marked 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th anniversar [...]
2009-08-06 09:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PHUM PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING2263PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]
2009-08-07 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2317MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ECONOMY, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] CHINA'S ECONOMY "Europe and the United States envy China's economic trend" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/12): "China's July Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index have both dropped, which shows China's economy is continuou [...]
2009-08-12 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2337MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]
2009-08-13 07:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2340MEDIA REACTION: RIO TINTO, U.S.-CHINA TIRE TRADE, U.S.
[...] RIO TINTO "Enlightenment seen in shift from 'espionage' to 'crime' in Rio Tinto case" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21 Shiji Jingji Baodao)(08/13): "Chinese authorities have backed down from accusing four Rio Tinto executives [...]
2009-08-13 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2361MEDIA REACTION: WTO RULING, U.S. "RETURNS TO ASIA," CHINA'S
[...] WTO RULING "WTO ruling will spur improvement of China's audio-visual industry" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/14): "If the World Trade Organization ruling is effective, American audio-visual products, primarily Hollywood films [...]
2009-08-14 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING237MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, WEN JIABAO'S EUROPE TRIP
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "U.S. sways Iran to deal with Taliban" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (01/30): "Senior U.S. officials have recently extended an olive branch to Iran seeking cooperation on the situation in Afghanistan. The two countries have commo [...]
2009-01-30 07:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2391MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS,
[...] NORTH KOREA "North Korea Collapse Theory" can stop (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/19): "Zhang Qiyun, a professor at Beijing University, said that Western media always focuses on speculating North Korea's collapse. The [...]
2009-08-19 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2403MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Does the second presidential election in Afghanistan represent a democratic evolution?" (pg 3) 21st Century Publishing Company's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21 Shiji Jingji Baodao)(08/20): "All of the typical characteristics of Western elections, suc [...]
2009-08-20 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2412MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghanistan: election goes beyond win-lose battle (pg 5)" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(08/21): "Since President Obama became the U.S. President, in spite of the U.S. sending more troops to Afghanistan, Afghanistan's security [...]
2009-08-21 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2425MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, DALAI LAMA, NORTH KOREA
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghans lost in the elections (pg 5)" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(08/24): "Afghanistan's election is an important step for the west's 'democratic example' in Afghanistan. Citizens of Kab [...]
2009-08-24 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2438PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR SUGGESTS U.S. NEGOTIATE SE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unstable post-election political climate in Iran likely precludes the initiation of formal negotiations with Iran on ceasing its uranium enrichment program, according to a PRC scholar. Though Iran is sincere in wishing to reach out to the United States on broader bilateral i [...]
2009-08-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2460MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. ECONOMY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Does the U.S. condone CNN's interference in Taiwan issues? (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/27): "What is the real intention behind the CNN poll on whether or not Ma Ying Jeou should step down? [...]
2009-08-27 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2462OBSTACLES TO JUDICIAL REFORM IN CHIN
[...] (C) Summary: Barriers to instituting genuine rule of law in China remain formidable, according to a variety of legal scholars and judicial officials. The National People's Congress's formal monopoly on interpreting the PRC constitution and the Party-controlled Supreme People's Court's de fac [...]
2009-08-27 23:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL KCOR CH
09BEIJING2465MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN: DALAI LAMA VISIT, U.S. ARMS SALES;
[...] TAIWAN: DALAI LAMA VISIT, U.S. ARMS SALES "The result will not be good if Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party seeks support from the Dalai Lama" (pg 14) The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/28): "The Democratic Progress Party's (D [...]
2009-08-28 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2477MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2479SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...]
2009-08-31 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING248MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2489MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA TRADE DISPUTES,
[...] TAIWAN "U.S. secretly pushing cross-Strait military relations for own benefit" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(09/01)(pg 4): "During a recent visit to Taiwan, a researcher at an American think tank said the two sides of the Strait c [...]
2009-09-01 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2521 WELCOME TO BEIJING
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of S/R Bosworth and delegation to China September 3, 2009 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Mark Lambert, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6430-7657 Office: (86-10)8531-3764 Cell: (86)139-1056-2317 Fax: (86-10)8 [...]
2009-09-02 08:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH JA KS
09BEIJING2525CHINA/G-20: FOUR WANTS, ONE DON'T WANT, AND A
[...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is drafting China's G-20 Pittsburgh Summit position paper, under the direct guidance of Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei. VFM He would like the summit communique to contain statements endorsing macroeconomic stimulus plans, calling for North-S [...]
2009-09-02 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING2527PRC ANTIMONOPOLY LAW'S FIRST YEAR LEAVES KEY
[...] (C) Summary: The competition regime established by China's year-old anti-monopoly law (AML) is still plagued by incomplete implementing rules, a lack of decision-making transparency, a perceived reluctance to take on powerful state-owned enterprises (SOEs),and potential jurisdictional confusi [...]
2009-09-03 01:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON CH EINV EIND ECIN ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL
09BEIJING253MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, FINANCIAL CRISIS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. POLICY "What does the 'Buy American, hire American' Bill mean?" A Shanghai-based news company under Shanghai Media Group, China Business News (Diyi Caijing Ribao)(02/03): "Recently the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill called the 2009 American Economic Recovery and Reinves [...]
2009-02-03 09:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2535SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR
[...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]
2009-09-03 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING254CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA
[...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...]
2009-02-03 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING2552MEDIA REACTION: JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE, U.S. NAVAL
[...] JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE "U.S. and Australia invite China to participate in military exercise" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/04)(pg 1): "The invitation by the U.S. and Australia - through their respective media outlets - to Chi [...]
2009-09-04 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2584MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, U.S.-CHINA TIRE CASE,
[...] U.S. POLITICS "Obama's popularity plummets; is the Democratic Party repeating its defeat?" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/09): "Obama's healthcare reform plan has been in a very dangerous situati [...]
2009-09-09 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2609REACTION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS; CODEL MORAN VISITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) visited Beijing September 1 to 3 to meet with key financial, sovereign wealth, and Chinese government leaders. Responding to entreaties to open an office in New York, China's sovereign we [...]
2009-09-11 08:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD OREP
09BEIJING2612MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY
[...] 9/11 ANNIVERSARY "9/11 incident still bothers U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/11)(pg 7): "Chinese scholar Geng Xin said that the U.S. initially had the support and sympathy of the world after 9/11, but after launching two [...]
2009-09-11 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2626MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Special protective case puts Obama in an embarrassing situation" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(09/1 [...]
2009-09-14 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2645MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Let trade retaliation become China's weapon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/15)(pg 15): "The Chinese people support China's retaliatory measures against the U.S., and believe China has the [...]
2009-09-15 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2657MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2658RIO-TINTO UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON STERN HU ARREST
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Rio) has quietly reopened negotiations with Chinalco as part of an effort to win the release of its employee and Australian national Stern Hu. In response to Hu's arrest and to avoid further accusations of stealing secrets, Rio is considering transferring all o [...]
2009-09-16 09:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL EMIN CH AS
09BEIJING2669MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S. NATIONAL
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "Obama is not reliable" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(09/17)(pg 2): "The special protection case on tires reflects the remarkable cultural differences between China and the United States. Chinese experts were so optimistic a [...]
2009-09-17 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2670SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH
[...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...]
2009-09-17 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF
09BEIJING268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Financial crisis leads to a reduction in the U.S. military budget---this is a bonus in the crisis" 21 Century Business Heral (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (02/04): "During this financial downturn, America, Russia and several othe [...]
2009-02-04 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2688MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S.-NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "U.S. pressures China and India on emissions reduction before the G20" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/18)(pg 11): "China and India have made significant progress on environmental protection and economic devel [...]
2009-09-18 07:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2690TIRE CASE: SOY BEANS NEXT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese media September 18 raised possible tire dispute-inspired trade remedies against U.S. soybean and auto product imports. The Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has not released any petition on U.S. auto products, but unconfirmed press reports said NDRC met with Chinese industry [...]
2009-09-18 09:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2699PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...]
2009-09-21 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH
09BEIJING2718MEDIA REACTION: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, AFGHANISTAN
[...] U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM "Obama's new policy receives unprecedented criticism" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/22)(pg 1): "Obama's plan to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal will surprise the world even more than his decision to [...]
2009-09-22 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2719TA'ER TOURIST TRAP: TIBETAN CONTACTS LAMENT
[...] (S) Summary: Tibetan contacts in Qinghai Province expressed dismay at the impact unregulated tourism is having on Kumbum (Ta'er) Monastery, one of the most important religious sites in Tibetan Buddhism. A monk at Kumbum told PolOff that roughly half of the 800 monks have been "corrupted" by [...]
2009-09-22 10:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
09BEIJING2769CHINESE GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF POTENTIAL COLLISION
[...] (SBU) On September 23, Post provided to the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and both the Department of Arms Control, Outer Space, and Missile Issues and Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),information regarding the potential f [...]
2009-09-25 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING2772 BEIJING WELCOMES DEPUTY SECRETARY JAMES
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Deputy Secretary James Steinberg and delegation to China September 28-29, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Mr. Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Mr. Sung [...]
2009-09-25 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP AMGT CH KS JA
09BEIJING2791PROGRESS IN THE JCCT INSURANCE DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Summary. China will act on a USG request to amend its administrative regulations of the insurance industry to distinguish between serious and minor violations to avoid overly-penalizing minor transgressions, a senior China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) official told visiting Assis [...]
2009-09-29 08:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON CH
09BEIJING2810AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S.,
[...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]
2009-09-30 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2813AUSPICIOUS JCM: MARKING THIRTY YEARS OF U.S.-CHINA SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Senior Chinese government officials from across China's science and technology (S&T) establishment are eagerly looking forward to engaging their U.S. government counterparts at the upcoming 13th Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology, set to take place in Washington, DC [...]
2009-10-03 00:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG TSPA TPHY TBIO CH
09BEIJING2814 U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]
2009-10-06 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING2824MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA
[...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...]
2009-10-07 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2825MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama plays 'hurry scurry' with the Dalai Lama" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(10/08)(pg 3): "Obama does not want the Dalai Lama making trouble at a critical time when the U.S. needs Ch [...]
2009-10-08 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2836PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID
[...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...]
2009-10-09 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH
09BEIJING2837MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
[...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA "Obama will visit China for four days during his eight-day trip to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/09)(pg 16): "According to a Global Times poll on October 8, Chinese netizens are not very enthusiast [...]
2009-10-09 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING284MEDIA REACTION: BUYING AMERICAN BILL, FINANCIAL CRISIS,
[...] BUYING AMERICAN BILL "'Buying American' is using the wrong solution; this will cause more problems in the future" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(02/05): "The International Opinion described the recent 'Buy American' bill as an extremely stupid econo [...]
2009-02-05 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING285PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS,
[...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...]
2009-02-05 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH
09BEIJING2850MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE a. "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize and Shocks the World" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/10)(pg 1): "Jin Canrong, professor of the People's University of China, commented that giving the Prize to Obama is [...]
2009-10-14 02:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2864SUBJECT: EAP A/S CAMPBELL AND MFA DG ZHENG
[...] (C) Summary: The international community's engagement strategy and overall policy of sanctions against Burma have failed, said MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang in an October 13 working lunch with EAP A/S Campbell. A/S Campbell called for incre [...]
2009-10-14 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV CASC SENV CH TW BM
09BEIJING2865China/Electric Vehicles: Participants at First US-China
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the inaugural meeting of the U.S.-China Electric Vehicle (EV) Forum held in Beijing September 29, key industry, government and academic leaders underscored the need for greater cooperation on the development of electric vehicles, particularly in the area of developing st [...]
2009-10-14 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ELTN EIND SENV CH
09BEIJING2867PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...]
2009-10-14 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED
09BEIJING2872A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]
2009-10-14 11:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING2904MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "It is hard for the U.S. Congress to change its view on China" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (10/19)(pg 4): "On October 16, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued a 'Hum [...]
2009-10-19 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2923DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; PRC 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]
2009-10-22 00:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ETRD ECON
09BEIJING2924DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...]
2009-10-22 03:13:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN
09BEIJING2963DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 00:14:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PARM PGOV PREL OVIP
09BEIJING2965PRC: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S SEPTEMBER 29,
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. [...]
2009-10-26 00:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL PGOV PARM MNUC
09BEIJING2968DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...]
2009-10-26 00:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN
09BEIJING2979MEDIA REACTION: REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH, MYANMAR,
[...] REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH "Seizing the opportunity of U.S.-China 'strategic reassurance'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/26)(pg 14): "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently (September 24 in a speech at t [...]
2009-10-26 10:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2995PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]
2009-10-29 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING3000NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH
[...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...]
2009-10-30 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR
09BEIJING3018MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS, EAST
[...] TAIWAN "Taiwan suspects U.S. arms sales tricks" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(11/02)(pg 3): "Hou Xiaohe, an associate professor at China's National Defense University, argued that in order to avoid angering [...]
2009-11-02 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3035MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN, MISSILE
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN "Secretary Clinton blames the Pakistani government for insufficient effort in the War on Terror" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/03)(pg 4): "Secretary Clinton's criticism o [...]
2009-11-03 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3056MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Poll shows Americans both love and hate China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/05)(pg 3): "Experts said that the [Thomson Reuters/Ipsos] poll, which was conducted right before Obama's visit to China, aga [...]
2009-11-05 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3059PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
[...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]
2009-11-05 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3060SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...]
2009-11-05 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM
09BEIJING3065 WELCOME TO BEIJING CODEL WEXLER - NOVEMBER 9-13
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Wexler to China November 9-13 for consultations with Chinese officials to discuss bilateral and multilateral issues. 2. (U) Control Officer: Noah Zaring, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6532-0451 Office: (86-10)8531-3532 Cell: (86)139 [...]
2009-11-06 06:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH
09BEIJING3071MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S SPACE POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Barack Obama's visit to China cannot avoid the 'trade protection' embarrassment" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/09)(pg A4): "The U.S. recently launched a series of attacks against products 'Made-in-C [...]
2009-11-09 08:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3073PRC: BEIJING TARGETS KEY HOUSE CHURCHES
[...] (C) Summary: Recent developments suggest that the Beijing municipal government is increasing its scrutiny and harassment of certain well-known unofficial house churches and house church leaders. The authorities dismissed a central government research institute scholar, allegedly for his ties [...]
2009-11-09 11:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF CH
09BEIJING3081PRC: HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS RAISED WITH MFA IO DDG
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting with MFA human rights official Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns raised U.S. concerns regarding the two-year, pre-trial detention of American citizen Dr. Feng Xue on state secrets charges, PRC policies in Tibet and Xinjiang including recent executions there, the [...]
2009-11-10 11:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING3094MFA RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS CASE LIST
[...] (C) On November 12, MFA International Organizations Department Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong called in PolOff to provide a formal response to the Ambassador's November 6 handing over of a list of cases of human rights and humanitarian concern to Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei (ref [...]
2009-11-12 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING3097TRACK-1.5 CHINA-U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent bilateral track-1.5 discussions on strategic nuclear issues, several themes emerged, particularly with respect to PRC concerns regarding the direction of U.S. nuclear strategy and policy: (1) China wants "strategic reassurance" from the United States that ballistic m [...]
2009-11-13 01:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV MARR MNUC MASS CH
09BEIJING3105BEIJING: DEMARCHE DELIVERY ON DESIGNATION OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 12, Beijing US Treasury Attache provided reftel demarche points on the designation of Malaysian Bank and Bank Mellat Chairman under E.O 13382 to the designated interlocutors at the People's Bank of China. The Peo [...]
2009-11-13 07:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR CH
09BEIJING3118MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "Obama steps onto the big Asian stage" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/13)(pg 1): "According to U.S. media, a new world order has arrived. Professor Jin Canrong at People's University of China sa [...]
2009-11-13 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3121MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3123MIXED IMPACT AND INDUSTRY SKEPTICS FOR CHINA'S FOREST
[...] (U) On October 29, five Chinese central government agencies (State Forestry Administration (SFA),National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC),Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM),Ministry of Finance (MOF),and the State Administration of Taxation (SAT)jointly issued a "Forestry Industry Devel [...]
2009-11-16 10:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA CH
09BEIJING3124BEIJING HOUSE CHURCH FINDS TEMPORARY MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The Beijing municipal government and Shouwang house church leaders reached an agreement for the church to rent a temporary meeting space for its November 15 service. PolOff visited the site of the November 15 service and observed no confrontations between worshipers and surveill [...]
2009-11-16 10:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3126PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...]
2009-11-16 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3128PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]
2009-11-16 12:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING3130MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 10:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3132MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 09:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3137MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING315MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, U.S. POLICY,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "The order of the visits gives clues to Clinton's diplomacy goals" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/09): "Secretary Clinton has carefully arranged her Asia trip. She is creating a b [...]
2009-02-09 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3152MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA-U.S.
[...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Obama's strategic concerns in focusing on Asia" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(11/20)(pg A02): "Obam [...]
2009-11-22 23:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3160THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT,
[...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]
2009-11-23 11:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3172SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...]
2009-11-25 08:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR
09BEIJING3174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S.
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "One third of the United States' latest report devoted to the Chinese Navy" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/25) (pg 06): "A report issued by a special U.S. Congressional co [...]
2009-11-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3179HAZARDOUS AIR DAYS IN BEIJING
[...] (SBU) From November 5 through November 8, the Air Quality Index (AQI),as measured by the Embassy's PM2.5 monitor, registered "Hazardous," whereas the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau (BEPB),which reports only PM10 readings, registered only "Lightly Polluted" and "Moderately Polluted" [...]
2009-11-27 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING3182ENERGY AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE LEAD
[...] (U) In an effort to promote clean energy cooperation during the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led a senior-level U.S.-China roundtable discussion on clean energy on November 16. The roundtable included distinguished [...]
2009-11-27 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3192MEDIA REACTION: RMB EXCHANGE RATE, CHINA'S TRADING
[...] RMB EXCHANGE RATE "Wen Jiabao: I hope the world's major reserve currencies remain stable" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/30)(pg A4): "At present, each country's macroeconomic policy should continue to focus on dealing with [...]
2009-11-30 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3241CHINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/R BOSWORTH
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Ambassador Bosworth and his delegation to Beijing December 11-12 for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Nancy Leou, Political Officer Home: (86-10)6539-3027 Office: (86-10)8531-3189 Cell: (86)139-1023-4347 Fax: (86-10)8531- [...]
2009-12-04 06:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CH
09BEIJING3243BEIJING WELCOMES U/S WILLIAM BURNS AND DELEGATION, DECEMBER 8-9, 2009
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes Under Secretary William J. Burns and delegation to China December 8-9, 2009, for consultations with Chinese officials. Delegation members include: Ms. Laura M. Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary; Mr. Thomas C. Reed, General Services Offic [...]
2009-12-04 07:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OVIP
09BEIJING3250MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH, CLIMATE
[...] PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH "American experts say that the Taliban will once again return to power" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (12/04)(pg 06): "Obama's plan to increase troops did not gain the suppo [...]
2009-12-04 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3253BEIJING WELCOMES CODEL MURRAY JANUARY 10-16, 2010
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing and Consulate General Shanghai warmly welcome Senator Murray and delegation to China January 10-16, 2010, for consultations with Chinese officials. 2. (U) Control Officer: Greg May, Political Officer Home: (86-10)8046-5023 Office: (86-10)8531-4062 Cell: (86)139-1056-6 [...]
2009-12-04 10:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT ASEC CH OREP
09BEIJING3290DIALOGUE ON TRADE REMEDIES: USTR GENERAL COUNSEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING3293MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE, OBAMA'S
[...] COPENHAGEN CLIMATE CONFERENCE a. "In Copenhagen, a Chinese official is refused entry three times" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/10)(pg 16): "For the past two days, Chinese delegates at the Copenhagen climate conference have d [...]
2009-12-10 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING330MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S. POLICY, JAPAN
[...] IRAN "Why was the U.S.-Iran Badminton Diplomacy abolished?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (02/10): "The U.S.-Iran Badminton diplomacy, amid high expectations, has failed. This has disappointed Obama, as he is dedicated to improving [...]
2009-02-10 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3306VPP EXPANDS U.S. COOPERATION IN SHANDONG PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) outreach trip, Ambassador Huntsman traveled to Jinan, capital of China's Shandong Province, to open the Shandong American Week, donate books to the Shandong University law library, draw attention to an exhibition celebrating 30 years of U. [...]
2009-12-11 06:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EFIN KPAO SCUL CH
09BEIJING3311MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, COPENHAGEN, ARMS
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "In receiving the peace prize, Obama defends war" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/11)(pg 1): "When receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama said that although wars have led to tragedies, militar [...]
2009-12-11 09:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3312UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009
[...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...]
2009-12-11 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC
09BEIJING3313UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]
2009-12-11 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING3314MINORITY POLICY: XINJIANG RIOTS SPARK DEBATE OVER
[...] (C) Summary: The July 5 riots in Xinjiang have sparked a heated debate over the merits of China's Soviet-style minority policy and system of autonomous regions. Beijing University sociologist and Communist Party ethnic policy advisor Ma Rong, according to several contacts, is leading the cha [...]
2009-12-11 11:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING3315XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]
2009-12-11 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING3331AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL
[...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]
2009-12-15 03:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3347AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3361MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]
2009-12-16 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3392U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]
2009-12-18 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING3395INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - KEY MINISTRY CLAIMS TO BE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST),December 18, regarding the joint MOST, Ministry of Finance, and National Development and Reform Commission Circular 618 creating a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. MOST officia [...]
2009-12-18 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3398MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA-CENTRAL
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "Climate change poses a threat to global security" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(12/18)(pg 10): "Climate change poses a greater threat to the world than terrorism. This is not just an alarmist view since climate change wil [...]
2009-12-18 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3414SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY
[...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]
2009-12-21 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING3416PRC DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S LIU XIAOBO LETTER,
[...] (C) On December 21, MFA Americas Department Deputy Director General Ding Xiaowen summoned Acting PolMinCouns to receive a formal response to a December 10 letter from Ambassador Huntsman to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi raising USG concerns about the detention of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo a [...]
2009-12-21 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING3417 PRC OFFICIALS DISCUSS IPR PROTECTION AND ANTI-MONOPOLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: China should counter the trend toward "overprotection of IPR" by regulating "IPR transfer" and combating IPR "abuse," a Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) official said at a December 9 seminar on Anti-Monopoly Law (AML) enforcement and IPR. Other Chinese officials and judges at the s [...]
2009-12-22 03:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING3420INDIGENOUS INNOVATION - MINISTRY CLAIMS MEASURES
[...] (SBU) Econ Minister Counselor (EmbEcon) delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) Director General for American and Oceanic Affairs He Ning December 22 regarding Circular 618 that creates a national accreditation system for indigenous innovation. EmbEcon stressed the Circular [...]
2009-12-22 07:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV EINV CH
09BEIJING3425MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, JAPAN, CHINA
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The Copenhagen Conference did not fail" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/22)(pg 2): "The principles of a 'dual climate change responsibilities' have been maintained and the terms rela [...]
2009-12-22 09:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3441MEDIA REACTION: FINANCE, KOREAN PENINSULA, CHINA AND
[...] FINANCE "U.S. political whip wounds Sino-U.S. trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/23)(pg 14): "Growing Sino-U.S. economic and trade ties seem to have been beaten by a whip. This whip is in fact the American people's 'politica [...]
2009-12-23 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3443CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]
2009-12-23 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3467CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE,
[...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]
2009-12-28 06:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING3488PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT
[...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...]
2009-12-29 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH
09BEIJING3498MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, ENVIRONMENT
[...] U.S. POLICY A. "It is no harm to cheer for U.S. healthcare reform" The international news commercial publication of the People's Daily, Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/30)(pg 14): "U.S. President Obama has sent a wonderful Christmas gift to 46 million Americans who cannot afford health c [...]
2009-12-30 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING350SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA,
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]
2009-02-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING351MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA'S ROLE
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "American supervision only considers white people" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "The recent crash of a tour bus has directed all of the blame on travel agencies operated by Chinese Americans. However why w [...]
2009-02-11 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, HUMAN
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "New American Treasury Secretary changes the tone of his comments on China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (02/12): "Geithner recently stated that the U.S. needs to cautiously judge China on its RMB exchange [...]
2009-02-12 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING366FEBRUARY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TIBET, ICC INDICTMENT,
[...] Key points at the February 12 MFA Press Briefing: -- Tibet is a matter of China's internal affairs and has been a part of China since the 13th century. China continues to strive to improve its system of regional autonomy and to safeguard the interests of all ethnic groups. -- The Chinese [...]
2009-02-12 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH SU ZI FR
09BEIJING376MFA URGED TO INVESTIGATE IRANIAN MISSILE
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper urging China to investigate the activities of a three-person Iranian delegation traveling in China that might be engaged in the illegal procurement of missile technology to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CH IR
09BEIJING380MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA "Why does Secretary Clinton visit Japan first?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (02/13): "Secretary Clinton has decided to visit Japan first because it is a continuation of the Bush administrations di [...]
2009-02-13 10:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING381Talking Points Delivered: CNSA Response to Satellite
[...] (SBU) On February 13, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL regarding the collision of a U.S. and Russian satellite and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA) International Cooperation Department. Post also transmitted points in writin [...]
2009-02-13 10:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL KSCA CH
09BEIJING383AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND DEMARCHE PRC ON FIJI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of PRC Vice President Xi Jinping's February 8-9 trip to Fiji, Australia and New Zealand expressed concern to the MFA that such a visit would send the wrong message in light of international efforts to urge the government in Suva to carry out democratic reforms, accordi [...]
2009-02-13 11:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING384MFA WILL STUDY CHINA TRANSIT PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) PolMinCouns on February 13 conveyed to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Deputy Director General Deng Hongbo reftel talking points laying out a U.S. proposal for a transportation route through the PRC in support of t [...]
2009-02-13 11:24:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR PGOV CH AF
09BEIJING398FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]
2009-02-17 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09BEIJING400SOCIAL STABILITY CHALLENGES LOOM IN 2009, BUT PRC
[...] (C) The global economic downturn has heightened Chinese leaders' longstanding obsession over maintaining social stability, with even PRC official media predicting an increase in "mass incidents" in 2009. Beijing observers vary in their assessment of the severity of this year's stability chall [...]
2009-02-17 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ECON ELAB PHUM CH
09BEIJING401MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA "Secretary Clinton calls for 'When you are in a common boat, you need to cross the river peacefully together' between the U.S. and China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/17): "Secretary Clinton h [...]
2009-02-17 09:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING416MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN, U.S.-CHINA
[...] ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN a. "The U.S.' selfish bill makes the world feel cold" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/18): "Along with the approval of the U.S.' economic stimulus plan, 787$ billion, the disputable 'buy American' bill has [...]
2009-02-18 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING419TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF
[...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]
2009-02-18 12:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING429MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S.-China military discussions will not avoid speaking about the arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/19): "A Chinese military official has recently said that China will request th [...]
2009-02-19 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING433IS CHINA COMPLYING WITH THE G-20 PROMISE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese officials have been quoted broadly both in domestic and international press criticizing "buy American" provisions in the U.S. stimulus package legislation. At the same time, they have pledged that China will not adopt "buy China" provisions and will meet its G-20 Summit [...]
2009-02-19 10:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND CH
09BEIJING440MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, JAPAN, FIANNCIAL
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "Secretary Clinton comes to China to talk" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/20): "Secretary Clinton will arrive in Beijing today. During her visit to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, global media seems n [...]
2009-02-20 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING467MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, FINANCIAL
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "One sentence of Secretary Clinton's is worth further contemplation" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(02/24): "Secretary Clinton said, during her trip to Japan that 'through strengthening relations with our [...]
2009-02-24 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING482MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S. POLITICS
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS a. "Whomever saves the most energy, will be the first to recover from the crisis" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/25): "Energy conservation is not only about saving energy; it drives internal consumption and alle [...]
2009-02-25 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING483TIBET TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS LIKELY
[...] (C) PRC authorities are barring most foreigners from traveling to the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) and many Tibetan areas outside the TAR, though the Chinese government has made no official announcement of this policy. One American contact with a long- standing TAR travel permit was recently [...]
2009-02-25 10:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM CASC PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING509CHINA: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) Please find post's contribution to the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report. Paragraph designations are keyed to reftel A questions China's TIP Situation --------------------- A. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) serves as our main source for information on TIP related statist [...]
2009-02-27 07:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING514MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA
[...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...]
2009-02-27 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING518HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]
2009-02-27 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING530MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA
[...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...]
2009-03-02 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING531NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS TO OPEN MARCH 5:
[...] (C) China's nominal legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC),will convene March 5 and is expected to focus on measures for coping with the global financial crisis, with particular emphasis on fleshing out the PRC fiscal stimulus package, increasing domestic demand and boosting employm [...]
2009-03-02 12:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING544MEDIA REACTION: BUYING AMERICAN, GARY LOCKE, FINANCIAL
[...] BUYING AMERICAN "Buying American is just a tempest in a tea pot" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth (03/03): "After passing through nine doors and two security guard posts, we were allowed access to the press confere [...]
2009-03-03 10:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING55MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] ISRAEL "Chinese people are sympathetic to the miserable Gaza strip" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/08): "China is paying close attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This conflict arises much more attention from ordinary Ch [...]
2009-01-08 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING557CHINA/G-20: OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the London G-20 Summit, China has clarified that its objectives include: deterring trade and investment protectionism; promoting real economic growth; deflecting public blame for the crisis; protecting its investments; and expanding China's international role. [...]
2009-03-04 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING560PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]
2009-03-04 12:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING570CHINA MISSION 2009 SPECIAL 301 RECOMMENDATION
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking Post input for the annual 2009 Special 301 Review. 2. (SBU) Post recommends that China continue to be placed on the Priority Watch List with Section 306 monitoring. A World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel on January 26, 2009 found [...]
2009-03-05 06:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING588MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES, U.S. POLICY,
[...] CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES "China's military officer talks about China's defense budget" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/06): "Recently, China announced that it will increase its defense budget by 14.9%. This arouses great suspici [...]
2009-03-06 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING600CHARGE D'AFFAIRES PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF USNS
[...] (C) On March 8 in the South China Sea international waters near the PRC's Hainan Island, five Chinese ships harassed and interfered with a U.S. survey vessel, the USNS Impeccable, conducting routine operations (reftel). In response, the Charge d'Affaires protested Chinese actions to MFA Americ [...]
2009-03-09 09:20:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING601SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...]
2009-03-09 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH
09BEIJING605TIBET: CHINA RAMPS UP PROPAGANDA IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) In advance of the 50th anniversary of the March 10, 1959 Tibetan uprising, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is engaged in a propaganda campaign focused on "positive" aspects of its rule over Tibet, particularly its "emancipation" of serfs, as a device for diverting media attention away f [...]
2009-03-09 11:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
09BEIJING606CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]
2009-03-09 11:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, CHINA POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. companies' moves to export helicopter engines to China, receives doubts" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/11): "American company, Honeywell, recently said that it will export engines to a Chinese manufac [...]
2009-03-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING632TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]
2009-03-11 12:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING644MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]
2009-03-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING662MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...]
2009-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING67MEDIA REACTION: NEGROPONTE'S VISIT, PAULSON'S COMMENTS,
[...] NEGROPONTE'S VISIT "Bush sends an envoy to China for a farewell tour: Negroponte says: U.S.-China relations is the legacy of the Bush administration" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/09): "Eight years ago, no one could imagine tha [...]
2009-01-09 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING671China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application
[...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]
2009-03-16 05:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING677MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, ASIAN
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. and China talk about cooperation amid noises" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/16): "On March 15th, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi ended his visit to Washington. He received [...]
2009-03-16 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING684CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...]
2009-03-17 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV CH CR
09BEIJING689MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES, U.S.-CHINA
[...] TIBET "Misrepresenting Tibet a disingenuous strategy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/17): "More and more young Chinese people have paid attention to the vast and sacred land of Tibet. Unblocked access to the Internet, television and newspaper coverage about the aut [...]
2009-03-17 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING701MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
[...] PAKISTAN "Chaotic Pakistan worries the world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/18): "The Pakistani government has recently resumed the position of the Chief Judge. The former Premier, Sharif, has requested that the protesting ceas [...]
2009-03-18 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING713March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the
[...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]
2009-03-19 23:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING728PREMIER WEN'S COMMENTS ON U.S. TREASURIES: PROTECT
[...] (C) Since Premier Wen Jiabao's March 13 remarks at a press conference that China was "concerned" regarding the security of its U.S. Treasury holdings and other investments (ref),other Chinese contacts have clarified and interpreted his comments. At the G-20 ministerial meeting in London, the head [...]
2009-03-20 11:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING752MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama admini [...]
2009-03-23 09:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING754MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, NORTH KOREA, SOUTH CHINA SEA
[...] U.S. POLITICS 'A short honeymoon' 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/21): "According to a recent poll, Obama's support rate has dropped by 10% for the past two months. Trade policies brought forward by the Obama adminis [...]
2009-03-23 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING755U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]
2009-03-23 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING764MEDIA REACTION: CHINESE MILITARY, FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S.
[...] CHINESE MILITARY "China's naval strategy needs an adjustment" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/24): "For the past month China's water territory has been frequently disturbed. The U.S. Navy's Impeccable invaded the South China Sea [...]
2009-03-24 09:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING767MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK,
[...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]
2009-03-24 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING776MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING777 Shandong's Economy Hit by Economic Slowdown but Still
[...] (SBU) Summary: Shandong Province, China's second largest in terms of GDP and population, has witnessed a significant drop in trade and foreign investment during the first two months of 2009, according to contacts in Jinan and Qingdao who recently met with EconOff. However, contacts asserted t [...]
2009-03-25 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT EIND ETRD CH KS
09BEIJING781CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]
2009-03-25 12:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING801MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 08:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING809PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...]
2009-03-26 23:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PM PREL CH
09BEIJING817SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...]
2009-03-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING820MEDIA REACTION: CURRENCY, CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH
[...] CURRENCY a. "Enlarge the influences of the RMB and promote China's RMB internationally " 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/27): "While the U.S. dollar crisis it is a good time to reform the international currency syst [...]
2009-03-27 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING822PRC: EMBASSY NOTIFIES MFA ON R/V MARCUS LANGSETH
[...] (C) On March 27, the Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed ref A points offering assurances regarding the R/V MARCUS LANGSETH's research voyage in the South China Sea to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department U.S. Division Director An Gang. An Gang zeroed in on the language [...]
2009-03-27 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING829China: Fiscal Stimulus and Monetary Loosening
[...] (SBU) Many Chinese economic contacts remain optimistic China can attain eight percent GDP growth in 2009, although some local and foreign economists recently have lowered their forecasts to 6-7 percent or even lower. The World Bank expects no contribution to real GDP growth from net exports, w [...]
2009-03-29 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING834COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]
2009-03-30 04:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING841COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]
2009-03-30 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING843MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT
[...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...]
2009-03-30 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING847MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 06:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING855EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...]
2009-03-31 11:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF
09BEIJING856DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DPRK LAUNCH
[...] (S) On March 31, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary John Norris delivered ref A points pressing China to support meaningful UN Security Council action in response to a DPRK rocket launch to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang (see ref B for ful [...]
2009-03-31 11:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC PARM MNUC CH RU KNNP KN KS
09BEIJING87MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. and China enter a new era of balance" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/12): "In the 21st century, the balance and strength of the U.S.-China relationship has gradually been built. In the past two cent [...]
2009-01-12 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING871MEDIA REACTION: G-20 Summit, U.S.-China relations,
[...] G-20 Summit "The London Summit should be active as well as practical-- Commentary by Professor Shi Jianxun" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(04/01): It is very selfish and irresponsible of U.S. to misuse the [...]
2009-04-01 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING886MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S. Military
[...] G-20 "The focus of the G20 should not only be on how to handle the financial crisis" a. Shanghai based News Agency under Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (04/02): While we are paying so much attention to the solutions to the financial crisis at the G- [...]
2009-04-03 00:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING896MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-Russia relations, U.S. dollar
[...] G-20 a. "The outcomes of the G-20 are beyond all expectations" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/03): Many agreements were reached in London. The global stock markets consequently rose. Senior journalist Ding Gang from People's Dail [...]
2009-04-03 07:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING904LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON
[...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]
2009-04-03 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING908SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT
[...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...]
2009-04-07 01:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BM CH
09BEIJING922MEDIA REACTION: Obama's Nuclear Speech, North Korea,
[...] Obama's Nuclear Speech "Obama's 'nuclear weapon-free world' is easier said than done" The official Communist Party international news publication Guangming Daily(Guangming Ribao) (04/07): Calls for a nuclear-free world existed for a long time before President Obama talked about it in his [...]
2009-04-07 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING923APRIL 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA LAUNCH, SOMALI
[...] Key points at the April 7 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council should "make a prudent response" to the North Korea rocket launch and a satellite launch is "different than a missile launch or nuclear test." -- China has been "working to rescue the crew" of a ship from "Chinese Tai [...]
2009-04-07 11:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR VE TW
09BEIJING938MEDIA REACTION: Global financial crisis, Obama in Turkey,
[...] Global financial crisis a. "West moots China-U.S. 'co-governance' concept to woo China" The China Radio International-sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(04/08) opined: Hu Jintao's meeting with President Obama in London caused another G-2 rush. In fact, the G-2 concept w [...]
2009-04-08 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING950MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING951CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY
[...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...]
2009-04-09 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN
09BEIJING953APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE,
[...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...]
2009-04-09 23:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR
09BEIJING960MEDIA REACTION: McCain Visit, President Obama, Ren Min Bi
[...] McCain Visit "McCain said that China has become a "superpower" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/10): McCain arrived in Beijing on 8th for his Asian "survey trip". He indicated during a press conference on April 9th that China had [...]
2009-04-10 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING970MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Policy, ASEAN Summit & Protests in
[...] U.S. POLICY "For the first time, the U.S. simulates an Economic World War" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/13): The Pentagon simulated a military drill on the theme of economic security. Many economic experts were involved in th [...]
2009-04-13 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING973CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]
2009-04-13 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING980MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]
2009-04-14 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING983APRIL 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, THAILAND, HUMAN
[...] Key points at the April 14 MFA press briefing: -- China has "taken note" of North Korea's statement that it will boycott the Six-Party Talks. All parties should work together to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- China is "closely following the situation" in Thailand, [...]
2009-04-14 10:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA IN PK PE FI
09BEIJING989Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]
2009-04-15 05:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIJING991NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]
2009-04-15 05:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BEIJING992CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...]
2009-04-15 05:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH
09BEIRUT100LEBANON: HOARDING OF GASOIL CAUSES SHORTAGES (ECONOMIC WEEK
[...] (SBU) Minister of Energy and Water (MEW) Alain Tabourian publicly said on January 21 that the gasoil shortage will drop with the arrival of three tankers in the next two days. A senior MEW source told us the GOL has been distributing about 12 million liters of gasoil daily to the market, while [...]
2009-01-26 16:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1001LEBANON TO VOTE AS NORMAL IN UPCOMING UNGA
[...] (C) As requested in reftel, poloff delivered points on the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to Majdi Ramadan, U.S. desk officer at the Lebanese MFA. Because government formation is ongoing, Ramadan predicted that Lebanon would likely not take any initiatives during the UNGA except competing for a r [...]
2009-09-09 13:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNGA UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1002ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 13:59:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AL LE
09BEIRUT1041ENGAGING THE LEBANESE DIASPORA
[...] The Lebanese diaspora is a large and diverse global community with an estimated population of at least twelve million, three times that of Lebanon itself. The bulk of the diaspora is centered in the Western hemisphere, with the largest population in Latin America. The remittances from this s [...]
2009-09-23 14:29:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID EINV OEXC PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BEIRUT1043LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]
2009-09-24 05:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1053ISRAELI COOPERATION IMPROVING, SAYS LEBANESE
[...] (S) In recent trilateral meetings between the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),UNIFIL, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF),the Israeli side was more cooperative and a new element of trust between the parties was present, BGen Abdulruhman Shehaitly, GOL Coordinator to UNIFIL told visiting Special [...]
2009-09-25 05:47:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPBTS KPKO MARR PREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT1066GOL NOT LIKELY TO MAKE STATEMENTS ABOUT IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-29 12:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC LE IR
09BEIRUT1107INCREASED BANK DEPOSITS: BLESSING OR CURSE? (ECONOMIC WEEK
[...] (U) As Lebanon reports a $14 billion increase in bank deposits in the first eight months of 2009, prominent local economists have publicly characterized increased deposits as a double-edged sword for local banks. Head of Research at Byblos Bank Nassib Ghobril noted that since depositors contin [...]
2009-10-08 07:55:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT114LEBANON: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) The 2008 End Use Monitoring Report for INL programs in Lebanon, formatted as directed by Reftel, follows: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Virginia Sher Ramadan, +961-04/542600 ext. 4368, ramadanvs@state.gov Inventory System: Post records the distributio [...]
2009-01-28 11:57:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN
09BEIRUT1147LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL
[...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]
2009-10-19 13:40:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1155LEBANESE PARTICIPATION IN THE 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 15:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI LE
09BEIRUT1175LEBANON PROGRESSING ON UN MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
[...] (U) Lebanon has made substantial progress towards achieving the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),according to a recent report by the UN Development Program (UNDP). The report highlighted improvements in the areas of education, reduction of child and mother mortality rates, gender equali [...]
2009-10-26 15:32:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1181LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND
[...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...]
2009-10-28 15:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA
09BEIRUT1195DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK
[...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...]
2009-11-03 06:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT11992009 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and report to MFA Americas Desk Officer Reina Charbel on October 26. Charbel advised that the report would be shared with relevant GOL offices and said that the GOL remains committed to the principles of religious freedom and tolerance. 2. (SBU) React [...]
2009-11-04 10:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV OPRC KIRF KPAO LE
09BEIRUT1205LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...]
2009-11-06 12:04:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NAS LE
09BEIRUT1214NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]
2009-11-10 17:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1238THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]
2009-11-18 15:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1247GOVERNMENT LEADERS EMPHASIZE ECONOMIC REFORM WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 10, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora separately told visiting Codel Price that they welcomed U.S. congressional support to the Lebanese parliament and noted the multitude [...]
2009-11-24 11:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1249EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]
2009-11-24 11:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1267HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]
2009-12-03 07:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1285GOL REFINANCES $500 MILLION IN EUROBONDS (ECONOMIC WEEK IN
[...] (SBU) On December 3, the GOL successfully issued $500 million in Eurobonds to replace an equal value of maturing Eurobonds. The issue consisted of two tranches: a five-year $250 million bond at a 5.875% coupon and a 15-year $250 million bond at a 7% coupon. Both issues were over-subscribed an [...]
2009-12-08 08:04:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1289PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...]
2009-12-09 17:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE
09BEIRUT1298LEBANON LOOKS TO TURN "GREEN," ACTION AWAITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Coinciding with the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, popular efforts on environmental issues in Lebanon have received significant local media attention and the newly-formed Lebanese government seems to have taken notice of the public push. Prime Minister Saad Hariri wi [...]
2009-12-10 17:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG SENV PGOV PREL LE
09BEIRUT135 Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back
[...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]
2009-02-03 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1355RENEWED GOL COMMITMENT TO WTO ACCESSION IN 2010 (ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Christopher Wilson briefed GOL officials and parliamentarians on the status of Lebanon's WTO negotiations during a one-day visit to Beirut December 17. Wilson said the USG sees a real opportunity for Lebanon, with a new cabinet in place, to move towar [...]
2009-12-29 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EWWT SENV PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1366SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PRESIDENTIAL SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit to Lebanon, which will offer a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of scientific issues, from climate change to communications policy, at the highest levels of the GOL while raising general awareness among the public at large. Although Leban [...]
2009-12-31 08:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ESTH EINT PGOV KGHG KIPR TSPL LE
09BEIRUT137LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS
[...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]
2009-02-03 13:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT161LEBANON: HIZBALLAH LIKELY TO REMAIN ON THE
[...] (C) The recent Gaza conflict again brought to the fore the question of under what regional and domestic circumstances Hizballah would use force against Israel. In addition, the first anniversary of the February 12, 2008 assassination of former Hizballah military official Imad Mugniyeh raises t [...]
2009-02-11 08:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT170LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR
[...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...]
2009-02-12 15:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT182 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 11:39:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT214 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 11:59:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT239LEBANON: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) In 2008, political and security instability in Lebanon continued to stand in the way of the ratification of pending IPR-related legislation. Most of Lebanon's IP legislation is TRIPS-compliant, with the exception of what relates to pharmaceuticals and undisclosed information. However, a [...]
2009-02-27 16:32:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE
09BEIRUT24LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...]
2009-01-07 15:47:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER LE
09BEIRUT249LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT
[...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]
2009-03-03 07:12:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT255 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT267LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN
[...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]
2009-03-08 09:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT269LEBANON: PM SINIORA WARNS NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN
[...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora cautioned visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador against U.S. engagement with Syria without conditions. He believed Syria wo [...]
2009-03-08 09:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT30BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF JANUARY 8, 2009
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On January 8, 2009, Charge chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Embassy,s security posture in light of the current situation in Gaza and the incident in which rockets were fired from southern Lebanon into northern Israel earlier that day. [...]
2009-01-08 17:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
09BEIRUT303LEBANON: FRANCE TO PRESSURE LEBANON ON TELECOM
[...] (SBU) Frederic Kaplan, French Embassy economic officer, and Chris de Clercq, UNDP Program Manager at the Finance Ministry, told us separately that a French team will be in Beirut in May to review and assess Paris III reforms and apply pressure on the GOL to move forward on mobile telecom privat [...]
2009-03-16 11:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT305LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO
[...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]
2009-03-16 18:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT316 LEBANON: COMMERCIAL SUCCESS STORIES
[...] Date: January 29, 2009 Post: Beirut Country: Lebanon Company: ACE Hardware Company Headquarters (state, zip code): IL 60523 Issue/project: Opening of ACE Hardware's first store in Lebanon. Specific Actions Taken: ACE Hardware applied for a construction permit on October 25, 2007 to build it [...]
2009-03-18 08:52:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON EINV FIN LE
09BEIRUT318LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]
2009-03-18 14:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT322 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:44:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT368LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]
2009-03-30 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF
09BEIRUT398LEBANON: ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FOCUSES ON LEBANON'S
[...] (U) On April 2, the 17th annual Arab Economic Forum opened in Beirut. Speakers included PM Siniora, Future Party Leader Saad Hariri, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, and several prominent business and financial figures. Their remarks focused on the repercussions of the global economic cris [...]
2009-04-06 11:38:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT417LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI
[...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]
2009-04-08 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT445LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES
[...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]
2009-04-17 14:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT451LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTRY COMMITTED TO LIBERALIZATION AND
[...] (U) On April 15, Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil inaugurated the two-day 9th Arab Telecom & Internet Forum in Beirut with the participation of Telecom Ministers from Syria, Jordan, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia. Bassil said Lebanon has a clear policy for the telecom sector, consisting [...]
2009-04-21 09:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR
09BEIRUT473LEBANON: UNEMPLOYMENT EXCEEDED 9% IN 2007 AND MAY RISE IN
[...] (U) During the week of April 20, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) published its latest survey on household living conditions showing that unemployment increased from 8% in 2004 to 9.2% in 2007. The increase was mostly attributed to the July 2006 war against Israel, when over 45,0 [...]
2009-04-26 04:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KIPR LE KCOR
09BEIRUT478 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT497LEBANON: GOL TO SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 15:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM LE
09BEIRUT498LEBANON: POLITICAL ELITE ATTEND AUB PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Leading figures from Lebanon's political and business communities turned out for the formal inauguration of the new president of the American University of Beirut (AUB),Peter F. Dorman, on May 4. Ambassador and Poloff attended, with ACS Chief in cap and gown representing Columbia Univers [...]
2009-05-05 15:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASCH EAID OEXC OPRC PGOV SCUL KMPI LE
09BEIRUT515LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, SLEIMAN LOOKS AT
[...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with President Michel Sleiman, visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reiterated continuing U.S. support for Lebanese sovereignty and independence and for the voices of moderation within Lebanon. Sleiman predicted that the June 7 parliamentary elections woul [...]
2009-05-09 10:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT516LEBANON: ELECTRICITY FROM EGYPT EXPECTED TO RELIEVE POWER
[...] (U) On April 27, Lebanon started receiving 50 megawatts (MGW) electricity from Egypt as a start, following the signing of an agreement in February 2009 whereby Egypt would sell Lebanon between 150 and 450 MGW electricity through the power grid passing through Jordan and Syria. The additional e [...]
2009-05-11 05:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT523LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...]
2009-05-11 15:27:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE
09BEIRUT525FY10 IVLP CANDIDATES FOR LEBANON
[...] The following is the mission's FY10 slate of 21 candidates for multi-regional (MRP) and regional projects (RP),including one nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Nominees have Country Team approval and Front Office clearance. 2. Nominees by program: -Combating Tr [...]
2009-05-12 08:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO LE
09BEIRUT531LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE
[...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...]
2009-05-12 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT535LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]
2009-05-14 08:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT538LEBANON: ARCHBISHOP AUDI EXPRESSES FEAR OF
[...] (C) Orthodox Christian Archbishop Audi, meeting with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Hale on May 9, at turns decried the political season in Lebanon; emphasized the need for Lebanese to be beholden to the state and its institutions; expressed his fear that the Shi'a population, with Hizballah [...]
2009-05-14 11:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IS SY LE
09BEIRUT539LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS AIR FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) At a May 9 dinner hosted by March 14 MP Nayla Mouawad, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed June 7 parliamentary election outcomes and consequences. Minister of State Nassib Lahoud critiqued March 14 campaign failings and adamantly denied any possibility he would participate in March 14 p [...]
2009-05-14 11:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT560 Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 14:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT564BEIRUT EAC MEETING OF MAY 19, 2009
[...] (U) At 1000 hours on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, DCM convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting. Present were DCM, POL, MGMT, INL, RAO, LEGATT, MLE, PD, USAID, CONS, RSO, DAO and ODC. 2. (U) The purpose of the EAC, per reftel, was to assess the impact on security of US government faci [...]
2009-05-20 09:08:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC LE MOPS PTER SY
09BEIRUT571LEBANON: AOUN HAS LOST METN VOTES, MICHEL MURR
[...] (C) Metn political heavyweight Michel Murr, meeting with the Ambassador on May 20, expressed confidence that March 14 would win the upcoming parliamentary elections, although he expected the result to be close. Murr disclosed that President Sleiman was feeling frustrated with Lebanon's electo [...]
2009-05-20 19:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT578LEBANON: ON ELECTION DAY, WILL MOBILE NETWORK BE
[...] (SBU) Following the reduction in mobile fees and charges by Ministry of Telecommunications (MOT),Lebanese consumers have rushed to acquire new mobile lines, now more affordable to low income users. Advisor to MOT Minister Antoine Boustani told us the two private companies managing the GOL-own [...]
2009-05-27 08:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAIR EIND PGOV KFLU LE
09BEIRUT617LEBANON: PRAISE FOR PRESIDENT'S "HISTORIC
[...] (C) Emboffs heard from a number of Lebanese contacts, including Sunni and Shia Muslims and Christians, much praise for President Obama's June 4 speech to the Muslim world. Though many Lebanese were preoccupied with the parliamentary elections three days away, those who watched the speech told [...]
2009-06-04 16:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT627LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]
2009-06-05 14:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT639LEBANON: HIZBALLAH CONCILIATORY, EXCEPT TO U.S.,
[...] (C) Lebanese interlocutors and international observers expressed general praise for the conduct of the elections and hope for more electoral reform. Hizballah's SYG Hassan Nasrallah, in a post election speech on June 8, congratulated "the winners," but cautioned that while they hold the major [...]
2009-06-10 06:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT643LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO
[...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]
2009-06-10 10:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT646LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG
[...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]
2009-06-10 14:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT662 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT671LEBANON: DEMARCHE: SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 14:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT672LEBANON: DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HAGUE CODE OF
[...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche requesting Lebanese support for nonproliferation efforts by subscribing to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) to Majid Ramadan, Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on May 14. On June 17 Hazem Ab [...]
2009-06-17 14:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT685LEBANON: GOL EXPECTS 50% INCREASE IN TOURISM IN 2009
[...] (U) In an interview with French daily L'Orient le Jour on June 16, director general of the Ministry of Tourism (MOT) Nada Sardouk said she expects Lebanon to receive around two million total tourists in 2009, noting that 500,000 visited in the first four months of the year. The number of touri [...]
2009-06-22 13:35:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV KIPR KFLU LE
09BEIRUT687LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE
[...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...]
2009-06-22 15:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR LE
09BEIRUT690 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 11:25:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT808LEBANON: BUSINESS IS BOOMING, SO WHO NEEDS A
[...] (SBU) With the summer tourist season in full swing, business in Lebanon is booming, despite the lack of a government and contrary to international trends. Businesspeople's attitudes toward the cabinet formation process range from mild curiosity to relative indifference to utter disdain. While [...]
2009-07-17 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALECON EIND PGOV LE
09BEIRUT819LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH
[...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]
2009-07-20 15:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT83LEBANON: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON A.Q. KHAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG public announcement on January 12 that sanctions were imposed on thirteen people and three private companies for engaging in activities related to the global A.Q. Khan proliferation network to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk a [...]
2009-01-20 12:25:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN GM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL LE
09BEIRUT833LEBANON FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Beirut contacted Lebanese stakeholders - including youth, civil society partners, and political interlocutors - to solicit feedback about specific recommendations and suggestions to achieve priorities outlined by President Obama during his June 4 speech in Cairo, (ref A). Co [...]
2009-07-23 16:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09BEIRUT843LEBANON: JOB CREATION IS PRIORITY FOR PM-ELECT (ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Senior economic advisor to PM-elect Saad Hariri and potential finance minister in the next cabinet, Dr. Nadim Munla, said Hariri plans to focus on job creation and to enact a program creating at least 200,000 jobs over the next five years. Munla said on July 21 that Hariri was considerin [...]
2009-07-27 12:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND ETRD EWWT KIPR KFLU PGOV LE
09BEIRUT850COMPROMISE REACHED ON SHIA REPRESENTATION IN NEW
[...] (C) Advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, Nader Hariri, confirmed that an agreement has been reached over Shia representation in the presidential bloc in the next cabinet. Hariri emphasized that the consensus candidate would not be a "king minister," but rather a member of the Pre [...]
2009-07-28 14:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT864LEBANON: RESPONSE TO JORDAN REGIONAL BIOMETRIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 12:22:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PREL PTER JO IS LE
09BEIRUT87LEBANON: SIGNING ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points and text of the USG announcement of the U.S.- IAEA "Additional Protocol" ratification to Oussama Khachab, Head of the Americas Desk at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Nada Akl, First Secretary in the Department of International Organiza [...]
2009-01-21 16:21:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP KTIA MNUC NPT PARM PGOV
09BEIRUT886LEBANON: POLITICAL CONSENSUS IS CORNERSTONE FOR REFORMS
[...] (SBU) During a series of meetings with EconOff July 21-22, government officials and prominent economic consultants stressed that politics had stalled reform and privatization. They believed political leaders wanted to preserve their vested interests in any future privatization. PM-elect Saad [...]
2009-08-06 04:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN EIND ETRD KIPR KFLU PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT909APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
[...] (U) The following are Post's comments in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) The American University of Beirut (AUB),one of the most reputable universities in Lebanon and the region, is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution, with over 7,000 students currently enrolled. Many of Leban [...]
2009-08-13 12:58:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT912DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 12:27:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC LE
09BEIRUT918LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...]
2009-08-17 12:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI
09BEIRUT95 Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 09:52:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT988HARIRI WILL PRESENT CABINET PROPOSAL WITHOUT
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador September 3 that he intends to present a national unity government cabinet proposal to President Sleiman within the next ten days. He confirmed that that negotiations with opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun and his Free Patriot [...]
2009-09-03 15:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT99LEBANON: POLITICAL WILL KEY TO FURTHER PROGRESS ON IPR
[...] (SBU) Most Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) experts tell us current Lebanese legislation is generally adequate and WTO compliant, while Lebanon's biggest IPR problem is enforcement. IPR industry contacts say courts should impose more stringent fines on violators. IPR infringement in the pha [...]
2009-01-26 16:06:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KIPR PGOV LE
09BELFAST9ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES
[...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...]
2009-02-20 18:25:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI
09BELGRADE1030SERBIA: KRUPANJ A NATIONALIST VESTIGE OF CONTRADICTION AND
[...] (SBU) Serbia's small western municipality of Krupanj highlights how economic destitution and the lack of a national vision have spawned a muddled relationship between citizens and nationalist parties in local government. All roads literally end in Krupanj as does, apparently, all logic. Thou [...]
2009-09-14 14:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1084SERBIA: FROM FURNITURE TO FILMS, GOVERNMENT FUMBLES FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Serbia is missing out on potential investment opportunities from interested foreign investors. Despite the obvious need for new foreign investment in this difficult economic environment, the government's investment strategy is mishandled, haphazard and lacks central coordination, result [...]
2009-09-22 11:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE1092SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI
[...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...]
2009-09-23 14:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1094SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY
[...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...]
2009-09-23 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR
09BELGRADE1112SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]
2009-09-25 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1166THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE
[...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...]
2009-10-09 10:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE1222SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...]
2009-10-22 15:12:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1258SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 10:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ECON SR RS
09BELGRADE1316SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION
[...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]
2009-11-06 16:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE1430SERBIA'S FORGOTTEN EAST: DIGGING A DEEPER HOLE
[...] (SBU) Bor, located in eastern Serbia's Timok region, is one of the poorest and most polluted cities in Serbia. Its economy is tied to the fortunes of RTB Bor, a bankrupt state-owned copper mining and smelting company. The company (which has expressed interest to purchase newer American equipme [...]
2009-12-02 14:52:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG EMIN SR
09BELGRADE1482SERBIA: SLOWLY CREATING A RENEWABLE ENERGY MARKET
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 14:00:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ENRG SR
09BELGRADE1534FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...]
2009-12-22 13:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS SNAR SR
09BELGRADE184Serbia: January Economic Data Highlights Sharp Downturn
[...] (SBU) Newly released data from January showed the sharp downturn in the Serbian economy as the financial crisis affected the currency, trade, and production. While layoffs have not yet made headlines in Serbia, the data show that Serbia is not insulated from the global crisis and the governmen [...]
2009-03-04 13:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE199SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE SPRING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 12:44:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09BELGRADE236SERBIA: MAYOR DJILAS OUTLINES BELGRADE'S PRIORITIES
[...] Mayor Djilas told Ambassador his foremost priority was to implement social programs for Belgraders amid this tough economic period. Due to the financial crisis, infrastructure projects have slipped to second place on Djilas's priority list. Djilas believed both of these tasks would be diffic [...]
2009-03-19 06:16:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV SR
09BELGRADE258SERBIA: DELIVERY OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING MILADIN
[...] (SBU) We delivered diplomatic note numbered 037/09 per Ref A instructions on March 24 to MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic. 2. (SBU) In response, Stefanovic presented a diplomatic note in English numbered 963 and dated March 24, 2009. (A scanned copy of both notes has been forwarded [...]
2009-03-25 15:07:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL OPDC EAID SR
09BELGRADE357SERBIA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE DECADE OF ROMA INCLUSION A MIXED
[...] (SBU) As Serbia marked International Roma Day on April 8 in its capacity as president of the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005-2015, its record on addressing the plight of Europe's largest ethnic minority remained spotty at best. Continued reports of discrimination, hate speech, and physical viole [...]
2009-04-24 13:38:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE404SERBIA: H1N1-RELATED PORK BAN STILL IN PLACE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 15:40:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD ECON SR
09BELGRADE429SERBIA: DELTA'S FINANCIAL WOES
[...] (SBU) Six months after opening the region's third largest shopping mall in Montenegro, Delta Holdings, owned by controversial Serbian billionaire Miroslav Miskovic, has landed in financial turmoil amid the deepening economic crisis. Ambitious real estate projects are now on hold, payments to [...]
2009-05-19 11:31:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD SR
09BELGRADE436MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 06:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI
09BELGRADE467SERBIA: PATRIARCH REMAINS BUT SYNOD REVAMPED
[...] (SBU) During its annual spring session from May 14-22, the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) stood firm in its stance that ailing Patriarch Pavle should fulfill his lifetime appointment. The Sabor also confirmed that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and [...]
2009-06-01 11:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE510SERBIAN DAILY PUBLISHES MLADIC DIARY EXCERPTS
[...] (SBU) A local daily newspaper published on June 5 and 6 excerpts of International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee Ratko Mladic's diary, containing notes on meetings and plans to bribe U.S. officials. Officials from the Serbian government and the ICTY confirm that t [...]
2009-06-12 16:06:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE523 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS continued technical correspondence regarding the software integration of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System. This system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras and night c [...]
2009-06-17 09:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE536 SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
[...] On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion [...]
2009-06-19 07:17:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PARM SR
09BELGRADE59SERBIA: EX-RADICALS ENTER LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE FIRST
[...] (SBU) The local branch of the Serbian Progressive Party joined in forming the municipal government of Prijepolje and is positioned to install its local head as mayor of this multiethnic town in the Sandzak region of south-western Serbia. The agreement marks the first time that ex-Radical lead [...]
2009-01-21 13:28:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE6SERBIA: DIFFICULT FALL APPROACHING AS LABOR PROTESTS GROW
[...] (SBU) The worsening economic situation in Serbia has resulted in a growi ng ns in an effort to have their claims addressed by the government. At the hea rt o. Growing Discontent ------------------ 2. (U) Serbia has experienced an upswing in labor unrest and strikes over t he pt that [...]
2009-08-07 13:21:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN SR
09BELGRADE667SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]
2009-07-13 13:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE719SERBIA: JAGODINA MAYOR PALMA RAISES PROFILE ON NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Over the past year, Dragan Markovic "Palma," founder and president of United Serbia (JS),has emerged as an increasingly prominent voice on the national scene. Leveraging his success as mayor of Jagodina and developing his friendship with Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica [...]
2009-07-22 14:36:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE725SERBIA: PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION TO IMPACT
[...] (SBU) A draft law on Planning and Construction currently under debate in Parliament could significantly impact future restitution claims. Although there are several necessary positive elements in the legislation, including streamlining the construction permitting procedure and rationalizing th [...]
2009-07-23 12:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR
09BELGRADE751SERBIA: CIVIL AVIATION REFORM NOT TAKING OFF
[...] (SBU) The Serbian Government's inability to pass key civil aviation legislation continues to stall the progress of Serbia's aviation industry. Without this legislation, the FAA Category 1 rating necessary for direct flights to the United States is still out of reach. Serbia's national carrier [...]
2009-07-27 09:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE765SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VISIT
[...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...]
2009-07-29 13:51:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SR MARR PGOV
09BELGRADE799SERBIA: VOTE ON PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament delayed voting on the controversial draft law on Planning and Construction, postponing it until August 31, after the parliament's summer recess. The law continues to be controversial due to its potential to negatively affect future restitution claims, causing the ire [...]
2009-08-05 12:02:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR
09BELGRADE801SERBIA: VOTE ON PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION
[...] (SBU) Serbia's parliament delayed voting on the controversial draft law on Planning and Construction, postponing it until August 31, after the parliament's summer recess. The law continues to be controversial due to its potential to negatively affect future restitution claims, causing the ire [...]
2009-08-05 12:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR
09BELGRADE834SERBIA: GAS RESERVE FACILITY NOT YET READY FOR
[...] (SBU) For 25 years, Serbia has been working to expand its sole underground gas storage facility, Banatski Dvor, to serve as a precaution against gas supply disruptions. The director of Serbia's state gas firm, Srbijagas, Dusan Bajatovic (of the Socialist Party SPS),publicly insists that the i [...]
2009-08-11 13:57:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD SR
09BELGRADE838SERBIA: DIFFICULT FALL APPROACHING AS LABOR PROTESTS GROW
[...] (SBU) The worsening economic situation in Serbia has resulted in a growing number of labor protests in which workers are resorting to more radical tactics in an effort to have their claims addressed by the government. At the heart of these protests are workers frustrated with failed privatiza [...]
2009-08-11 13:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN SR
09BELGRADE839(Jovanka Broz) Tito Speaks
[...] (C) During a September 2 uninhibited one and a half hour conversation, former Yugoslav President Tito's widow, Jovanka Broz Tito dished to Charge on the Russians -- Tito never liked them, Slovenes -- they were never committed to the Yugoslav idea, and those who plotted and carried out her [...]
2009-09-03 13:23:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL SR
09BELGRADE847SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...]
2009-09-24 12:07:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IR
09BELGRADE867TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]
2009-08-14 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE934SERBIA: WITNESS RELUCTANCE LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESS ON BYTYQI
[...] (SBU) The trial of two Serbian police officers for illegal detention that led to the killings of three American citizens is nearing its end. The long-awaited testimony of the most senior police official still alive from that time gave weight to the defendants' argument that they were just followin [...]
2009-08-21 18:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE98SERBS AND RUSSIANS
[...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]
2009-02-03 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR
09BELMOPAN111BELMOPAN - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT
[...] (U) Overall Crime and Safety Situation Crime throughout Belize continues to remain a problem and has steadily risen over the past two years. Major crimes in Belize (defined as murder, rape, robbery, burglary, theft and carnal knowledge) increased in 2008 by 8.1% from 2007. Most disturbing [...]
2009-03-20 21:13:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BH
09BELMOPAN119 WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S MEETINGS IN BELIZE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster met with Belize government officials, a Hand in Hand Ministries official, and American Chamber of Commerce board members on March 5 and 6 to discuss bilateral and regional issues including security and the Merida Initiative, the Guatemal [...]
2009-03-25 22:22:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OAS BH
09BELMOPAN120 TOWARD MEANINGFUL REHABILITATION: HATTIEVILLE PRISON IN
[...] (U) Summary. Hattieville Prison (also known as Belize Central Prison and the Kolbe Foundation) is Belize's only prison. With an inmate population of approximately 1,470--including men, women and youth, the prison provides on-site medical care, dental care via referrals, and mental health assess [...]
2009-03-26 14:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN123 2009/2010 BUDGET FOR BELIZE INTRODUCES NEW FUEL TAX
[...] On March 6, 2009, Prime Minister Dean Barrow presented his second budget for FY 2009/2010 to the National Assembly. After projections of a budget surplus in 2008/2009, the new budget will result in a deficit of 1.7% for the next fiscal year. This turnaround reflects an increase in the governm [...]
2009-03-30 20:01:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PGOV BH
09BELMOPAN164 BELIZE: EAC PREPARATION AND STATUS UPDATE FOR H1N1 FLU -
[...] Summary: The EAC convened on April 28 to review the information known about the H1N1 flu virus outbreak, and to review post's Tripwires for Pandemic Flu. The EAC decided to restrict travel of American personnel and their families to neighboring Mexico and Guatemala until further notice as a [...]
2009-04-30 17:47:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR KFLU ASEC CASC AMGT BH
09BELMOPAN185 IDB 15 MM LOAN SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM IN BELIZE
[...] The Inter-American Development Bank signed a loan agreement with the GOB on April 27 to provide USD 13.3 million (BZD 26.6 million) to expand the tourism industry in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. The Ministry of Tourism and the Belize Tourism Board as acting agencies will [...]
2009-05-14 21:55:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN BH
09BELMOPAN258BELIZE CONDEMNS THE REMOVAL OF HONDURAS' PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] The GoB on 29 June 2009 issued a press release condemning the actions of the military in Honduras, which led to the forceful removal of Honduras' President Jose Manuel Zelaya. In so doing, the Government of Belize also refused to accept the installation of Roberto Micheletti by the Congress as [...]
2009-06-30 22:00:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO BH
09BELMOPAN298 DENGUE OUTBREAK
[...] Summary: Belize is experiencing an upsurge in cases of dengue fever with about 200 clinically-diagnosed cases in the last two months. The health authorities in the adjacent Mexican state of Quintana Roo (QR) are providing the GOB assistance to control the outbreak. End Summary. 2. The [...]
2009-07-31 21:50:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN332GOB ASSUMES CONTROL OF BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED
[...] On August 24, Prime Minister Dean Barrow first introduced the Belize Telecommunications Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The Bill was passed and certified by the Governor General August 25th. This Bill allows the Government of Belize to nationalize one of the largest private en [...]
2009-09-04 20:17:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV BH
09BELMOPAN348 BELIZE FM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR
[...] AMB and DCM called on FM Wilfred Elrington on September 17, immediately in advance of AMB's presentation of credentials to the Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Ambassador Adalbert Tucker, Director for Foreign Trade and Alfonso Gahona, Office Director for the Americas were also present. [...]
2009-09-18 22:28:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BH
09BELMOPAN349 BELIZE PM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR
[...] AMB and DCM met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow immediately after AMB presented his credentials to the Governor General on September 17. Barrow said the bilateral relationship is good and he has no complaints. On the business side, our relations are proceeding well. He very much appreciates [...]
2009-09-22 22:08:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BH
09BELMOPAN370 THE BELIZE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
[...] Summary. In Belize, mental health services are provided to citizens and residents through the Belize Mental Health Program (BMHP),which is coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Health. The system is newly emerging, serves approximately 15,000 patients, and had its own approved, gover [...]
2009-10-06 17:22:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN391BELIZE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to GOB MFA North American Desk Officer Ayesha Borland on October 26. 2. (U) Ms. Borland reported that there would be no change from Belize's position in past votes regarding the resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK and indicated that Belize's positions on thes [...]
2009-10-27 13:05:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV BH PREL
09BELMOPAN400 FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN
[...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...]
2009-10-30 21:35:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH
09BELMOPAN443Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with
[...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...]
2009-11-25 14:57:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPAL IS BH
09BELMOPAN444Demarche Delivered: Opposing UNGA Resolutions with
[...] (U) Per reftel, on November 24 PolOff delivered demarche to Government of Belize (GoB)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Officer Ayesha Borland. Regarding opposition to UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias, Ms. Borland informed PolOff that the GoB had discussed the issue and woul [...]
2009-11-25 14:57:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KPAL IS BH
09BELMOPAN463 Demarche Delivered on "Defamation of Religions"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 17:07:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN UNGA BH
09BELMOPAN486AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOB ABOUT BTL NATIONALIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15 the Ambassador, DCM, and Econoff met with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) board member Alan Slusher. Waight and Slusher provided valuable information about the state of the economy, as well as information about the lead up to t [...]
2009-12-22 22:39:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALECON EINV BH
09BELMOPAN66BELIZE - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to reporting questions in (paras 23-25) in ref A. --------------------------- The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------- 23A. (SBU) Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking oc [...]
2009-02-19 21:39:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG BH
09BELMOPAN83BELIZE: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Belize was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2008, but concerns remain in enforcement of IPR laws and prosecution of offenders. 2. (U) Belize and IPR Laws and Conventions: Belize has fulfilled its obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to implement the Agreement o [...]
2009-03-03 17:48:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD KIPR BH
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1066NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...]
2009-09-02 13:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GM IR
09BERLIN1093MERKEL PAINTS HERSELF INTO A CORNER: WHY THE OPEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. No one could have predicted that the Opel rescue would take this long. The parties in the Grand Coalition government, the CDU/CSU and SPD alike, all had a strong interest in resolving the matter and preserving jobs well before the national elections on September 27. Opel itse [...]
2009-09-04 16:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM
09BERLIN1106CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT
[...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]
2009-09-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1108GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...]
2009-09-10 06:51:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1112(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]
2009-09-10 10:04:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1148MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC, U.S.-WILSON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Presidential Elections 3. (EU) Barroso Election 4. (Economic) U.S. Recession, Lehman Bros. 5. (U.S.) Issue of Race in America  [...]
2009-09-17 11:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1157FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S.
[...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]
2009-09-18 10:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1165BERLIN EAC MEETING ON 18 SEP 2009
[...] (S/NF) On 18 September the Mission Germany EAC met in Berlin to discuss the current threat situation. This discussion centered on the two different but related threat streams currently of concern (see refs),i.e. the threat of a terrorist attack on Germany timed to impact their elections and [...]
2009-09-18 16:17:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
09BERLIN1167DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A
[...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...]
2009-09-21 08:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM
09BERLIN117MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IRAN, DAVOS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Russia Suspends Kaliningrad Missile Plan 3. U.S. Policy on Afghanistan 4. Envoy Mitchell in the Mideast 5. Davos World Economic Forum 6. U.S.-Iranian Relations 7. Clashes Between Sri Lankan Government And Rebels  [...]
2009-01-29 12:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS XF XH CE IR
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit  [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN1183BRINGING THE GERMANS AROUND ON GRANTING SOVEREIGN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA and MOD continue to argue that only U.S. "warships" can be granted "sovereign immunity" against search or arrest when visiting German ports, but this seems to be based on an overly narrow and traditional reading o [...]
2009-09-24 09:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PHSA PBTS GM
09BERLIN1185MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]
2009-09-24 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
09BERLIN1192MEDIA REACTION: G-20, UNGA, CHINA, HONDURAS, U.S.-TRAVEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) G-20 Summit 3. (UNGA) Reaction to Obama Speech, Iran 4. (China) Climate Protection Proposals 5. (Honduras) Power Struggle 6. (U.S.) Travel Alert 7. (Germany) Bundestag Elections/Afghanistan  [...]
2009-09-25 11:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US HO CH
09BERLIN1199MEDIA REACTION: GERMANY, IRAN, ECONOMIC, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Outcome of Bundestag Elections 3. (Iran) New Enrichment Plant 4. (Economic) Aftermath of G-20 Summit 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guantnamo 6. (Honduras) Escalation of the Situation  [...]
2009-09-28 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR ECON US HO
09BERLIN1200Mission Germany Pandemic Influenza Working Group
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a September 18 meeting of Mission Germany's Pandemic Influenza Working Group (PIWG),Mission Germany remains under tripwire two. A core group of PIWG members will begin meeting biweekly as we head into the flu season. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Mission Germany's Pandemi [...]
2009-09-28 15:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC GM
09BERLIN1205MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY;Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran) Missile Tests 3. (Afghanistan) Elections, ISAF 4. (Germany) Aftermath of Bundestag Elections  [...]
2009-09-30 06:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF GM
09BERLIN121IRAN: GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S.-IRAN DIALOGUE, WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German political establishment has enthusiastically greeted the Obama administration's new approach to Iran. Public statements from the Chancellor, Foreign Minister, and Bundestag members over the last three weeks have greeted USG statements regarding dialogue with Iran. Ge [...]
2009-01-30 16:42:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP GM IR
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1228MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...]
2009-10-01 11:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF
09BERLIN1233GERMANY URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT ITS OPCW CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a September 22 letter to the Ambassador, German MFA DepSec-equivalent Reinhard Silberberg strongly lobbied the USG to support German Ambassador Peter Gottwald for Director General of the Technical Secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) [...]
2009-10-02 14:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC CDG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL CWCM GM
09BERLIN1234MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU-IRELAND, OLYMPICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) German Role 4. (EU) Irish Vote on Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Chicago's Olympic Bid 6. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...]
2009-10-02 14:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU US
09BERLIN1242MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, OLYMPICS, NIDEAST, EU; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Olympics) Impact on Obama Administration 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 5. (Ireland) Aftermath of Irish Vote On Lisbon Treaty  [...]
2009-10-05 13:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US XF EU
09BERLIN125MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...]
2009-02-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF
09BERLIN1251MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...]
2009-10-06 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US
09BERLIN1258MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...]
2009-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU
09BERLIN1259DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...]
2009-10-07 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM
09BERLIN1263MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IMF, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategic Deliberations 3. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling for Berlusconi  [...]
2009-10-08 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF EFIN EU IT
09BERLIN1270MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA-NOBEL, AFGHANISTAN, ITALY, UK, U.S.;
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Norway) President Obama Awarded Nobel Peace Prize 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Italy) Implications of Court Ruling on Berlusconi 5. (UK) Tory Party Conference 6. (U.S.) Economic Development  [...]
2009-10-09 12:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF IT UK ECON
09BERLIN1274MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S.,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...]
2009-10-13 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU
09BERLIN1280MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-14 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU
09BERLIN1285MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...]
2009-10-15 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1292MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...]
2009-10-16 12:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU
09BERLIN1300MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...]
2009-10-20 06:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK
09BERLIN1310MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, SUDAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Talks in Vienna 3. Afghanistan Election Fraud 4. New U.S. Policy on Sudan  [...]
2009-10-20 12:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR AF SU
09BERLIN1315MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-21 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL
09BERLIN1320MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-10-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM
09BERLIN1327MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...]
2009-10-23 12:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL
09BERLIN1337GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF
[...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...]
2009-10-26 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM
09BERLIN1354MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, UN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iraq) New Violence 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (UN) Karadzic Trial 7. (Germany) Murder Trial Against Man Who Stabbed Muslim Woman 8. (Germany) New Coalition Agreeme [...]
2009-10-27 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IZ IR AF UN GM
09BERLIN1355AIRBUS IS CONVINCED THAT THE U.S. TANKER BIDDING
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Airbus CEO Thomas Enders expressed strong disappointment regarding the bidding process for the next generation of U.S. Air Force tankers. He contended that Boeing has used its influence to ensure a process that will work in its favor. [...]
2009-10-28 06:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PINR PREL EU GM
09BERLIN1358MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...]
2009-10-28 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF
09BERLIN1361EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1371MEDIA REACTION: MIDDLE EAST, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Middle East) Secretary Clinton's Visit 3. (Afghanistan) U.S. Strategy, NATO Report on Air Strikes 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program 5. (EU) Summit Meeting, EU President 6. (U.S.) Economic Recovery  [...]
2009-10-30 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AK IR EU US
09BERLIN1376CHANCELLOR RULES OUT TROOP INCREASE BEFORE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel has firmly decided against seeking authorization for additional troops when the parliamentary mandate for the Bundeswehr's participation in ISAF comes up for renewal in December. Merkel's decision to put off any possible troop increase until after next year's A [...]
2009-10-30 19:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV AF
09BERLIN1381MEDIA REACTION: GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN THE US, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. US-Germany/Climate 3. Afghan Presidential Elections 4. Secretary Clinton in the Mideast  [...]
2009-11-02 13:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF XF
09BERLIN1387MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mideast) Clinton Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Winner of Elections 4. (U.S.-Germany) Chancellor Merkel to Address Congress 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (Economic) CIT Collapse 8. (U.S.) Presid [...]
2009-11-03 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AG GM KGHG IR EFIN US
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1403SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]
2009-11-05 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BERLIN1409MEDIA REACTION: GENERAL MOTORS, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GM's U-turn 3. UN staff in Afghanistan relocated 4. German Foreign Policy 5. Fall of the Wall 6. Mideast Peace Process  [...]
2009-11-06 13:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AF GM US
09BERLIN1415NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...]
2009-11-09 07:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV
09BERLIN1416MEDIA REACTION: 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Fall of the Wall Anniversary 3. Climate Change Copenhagen 4. Afghanistan 5. Health Care Reform  [...]
2009-11-09 12:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF
09BERLIN1420MEDIA REACTION: FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Wall 3. OEF Offensive in Kunduz 4. GM/Opel 5. Top EU Jobs  [...]
2009-11-10 11:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1429MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...]
2009-11-12 11:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM
09BERLIN1433NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HEUSGEN ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen told EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy in a November 10 meeting in Berlin that Germany strongly preferred that the proposed international conference on Afghanistan be held outside the country to make it easier to pre [...]
2009-11-12 17:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO MNUC PARM KNNP GM IR RU AF
09BERLIN1436MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict  [...]
2009-11-13 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US
09BERLIN144MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...]
2009-02-04 12:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1442GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]
2009-11-13 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1447SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...]
2009-11-16 10:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF
09BERLIN1449MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-16 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR
09BERLIN1458MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...]
2009-11-17 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1469MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Debate Over Troop Withdrawal 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Top Jobs 6. (Transparency International) New Ranking  [...]
2009-11-18 11:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1470ON THE EVE OF THE KARZAI INAUGURAL: GERMAN VIEWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany completely shares U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, and FM Westerwelle plans to reinforce these points in a scheduled bilateral meeting with Karzai after the November 19 inauguration. The German MFA remains skeptical about the idea of dual-hatting the U.S. Am [...]
2009-11-18 14:59:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO ECON EAID GM AF PK
09BERLIN1476OHB-SYSTEM TO BUILD GERMAN OPTICAL SPY SATELLITE; LOOKING AT U.S. MARKET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OHB-System, Germanys top satellite manufacturer and third largest in Europe, will be the prime contractor on Germanys planned High Resolution Optical Satellite (HiROS) reconnaissance system -- a system that France would like to see not happen because it would directly compete with its [...]
2009-11-20 15:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA CH FR GM
09BERLIN1481MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]
2009-11-23 07:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1483MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...]
2009-11-23 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG
09BERLIN1487MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...]
2009-11-23 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1499MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE, MIDEAST, IRAN U.S.-INDIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 3. (Mideast) Israel-Palestinian Conflict 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (U.S.-India) Singh in Washington 6. (Economic) Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-11-24 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG XF IR IN ECON
09BERLIN1503MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...]
2009-11-25 11:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF
09BERLIN1504GREGOR GYSI - PIED PIPER OF THE LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: Left Party Caucus Chief Gregor Gysi told the Ambassador during a November 23 meeting that he alone was responsible for building The Left as a national force. He is aiming for The Left to enter all state parliaments by 2013, after specifically targeting North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW [...]
2009-11-25 13:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF GM
09BERLIN1512MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, SWITZERLAND,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Afghanistan) Upcoming Presidential Speech 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Train Derailment 5. (Switzerland) Ban to Build New Minarets 6. (Dubai) Financial Crisis 7. (China) Monetary Policy 8. (Germany) Demjanjuk Trial  [...]
2009-11-30 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS SZ ZP CH GM
09BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]
2009-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1521MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, RUSSIA, CLIMATE, WTO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Obama's Address 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Russia) Medvedev's Security Initiative 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 6. (Economic) WTO 7. (Economic) Dubai's Financial Problems, Implications  [...]
2009-12-02 11:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR RS KGHG ETRD ZP
09BERLIN1530MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SWITZERLAND;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction to Obama Speech 3. (Switzerland) Ban on Minarets  [...]
2009-12-03 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF SZ
09BERLIN1539MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...]
2009-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD
09BERLIN155MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...]
2009-02-06 11:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT
09BERLIN1553MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, COP15, GENERAL MOTORS;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories 2. Climate Change 3. Afghanistan 4. GM Plans to Restructure Opel  [...]
2009-12-07 12:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG
09BERLIN1559MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...]
2009-12-08 13:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN1566MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, IRAQ, CLIMATE, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change: EPA on CO2 3. Terror Attacks in Iraq 4. Bosworth in North Korea 5. Afghanistan: Gates Visit 6. Mideast: EU Ministerial on Jerusalem 7. Iranian Clashes  [...]
2009-12-09 11:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IR KN KGHG IZ XF
09BERLIN1571MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PEACE PRIZE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Nobel Peace Prize 4. Afghanistan 5. Iraq Terror Attacks 6. Greek Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-12-10 13:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF NO KGHG IZ GR
09BERLIN1574MEDIA REACTION: Nobel Peace Prize, COP15, Finance;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Nobel Peace Prize 3. Climate Change 4. Levy on Bonuses  [...]
2009-12-11 19:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO NO DA KGHG UK FR US
09BERLIN1577NOW FOR THE HARD PART: MERKEL,S TEAM EXAMINES NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel set the German agenda on Iran with her early November statement before the U.S. Congress on "zero tolerance" for a nuclear armed Iran and the need for tougher sanctions should engagement not work. During a private roundtable hosted by Ambassador Murphy, however [...]
2009-12-14 07:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETTC EFIN IR GM
09BERLIN1580MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, MEPP, U.S., FINANCE, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Middle East) Settlement Conflict 5. (U.S.) Blackwater 6. (U.S.) Finance Markets 7. (Germany - Afghanistan) Defense Minister Under Fire  [...]
2009-12-14 14:22:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR XF US AF
09BERLIN1587MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, ITALY, GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Summit 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Italy) Aftermath of Attack on Berlusconi 5. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan/ zu Guttenberg 6. (Greece) Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-12-15 12:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR IT GM GR
09BERLIN1591MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Guantanamo 4. Afghanistan/Sep 4 airstrikes 5. British arrest warrant against Livni  [...]
2009-12-16 12:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG US CU UK IS
09BERLIN1593MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...]
2009-12-17 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US
09BERLIN1599MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, PAKISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Protests 4. (Pakistan) Court Ruling on President's Amnesty 5. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 6. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow  [...]
2009-12-18 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO
09BERLIN1608MEDIA REACTION: COP15, AFGHANISTAN, HEALTHCARE;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Copenhagen Climate Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Healthcare Bill  [...]
2009-12-21 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG US AF
09BERLIN161MEDIA REACTION: MSC, U.S. ECONOMY, EU-RUSSIA, GERMAN ECON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Munich Security Conference 3. U.S. Economic Package 4. Russia-EU Meeting 5. German Economic Minister Resigns  [...]
2009-02-09 12:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US EU RS AF IR
09BERLIN1610EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2010 PEDOPHILIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin finds no evidence suggesting the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations share ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation or recognition [...]
2009-12-22 10:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
09BERLIN1612MEDIA REACTION: COP15, IRAN, GERMANY-AFGHANISTAN, OBAMA
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change 3. Iranian protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Obama Presidency  [...]
2009-12-22 12:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR GM AF US
09BERLIN1617MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, CIA, SERBIAN EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Serbian EU Bid 3. Climate Change 4. Lithuania -- CIA Covert Prisons 5. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-12-23 16:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG US SR
09BERLIN1623MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Chinese trial against dissident 3. China buys Volvo 4. Obama Administration  [...]
2009-12-24 09:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH GM US
09BERLIN1626MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, IRAN, CHINA, U.S.;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) New Protestsn4 4. (China) Reaction to Jailing of Liu Xiabo 5. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform  [...]
2009-12-29 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG US IR CH
09BERLIN1628MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, TERRORISM, ISRAEL, GERMANY-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Failed Terrorist Attack 3. (Iran) Clashes Between Regime and Opposition 4. (Terrorism) U.S.-Yemen 5. (Israel) New Settlements 6. (Afghanistan) London Conference  [...]
2009-12-31 13:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR YM IS AF
09BERLIN1629MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, CHINA-UK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Aftermath of Failed Terrorist Attack, Debate in Germany 3. (Iran) Protests, Ahmadinejad Remarks 4. (U.S.-Russia) START talks, Putin Remarks 5. (China) Execution of British National 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan Conference à [...]
2009-12-31 13:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US IR RS UK AF
09BERLIN1630MEDIA REACTION: US, US, US;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Impact of Failed Attack 3. (U.S.) Yemen, Guant namo 4. (Anti-Terrorism) Assessment of Passenger Screening 5. Look Back at 2009, Look Ahead to 2010 Â [...]
2009-12-31 13:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH GM US
09BERLIN165READOUT OF STEINMEIER-LARIJANI DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to German MFA Political Director Stanzel, German FM Steimeier pressed Iran to drop its backward-looking approach and accept the U.S.'s new, sincere willingness for dialogue in his February 6 meeting with Iranian Majles Speaker Ali Larijani on the margins of the Muni [...]
2009-02-10 14:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP GM IR
09BERLIN184MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Obama, Economic Pakistan-India
[...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on today's Bundestag meeting on the government's economic stimulus package, on protectionist tendencies in the EU, and on reports that people use drugs to improve their performance on the job. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with the Co [...]
2009-02-13 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN187GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]
2009-02-13 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN196MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Obama Clinton,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN215(C) GERMANS WARN THAT BUY AMERICA COULD PROMPT
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy officials have encountered strong official reactions, public outcry and unfavorable press on Buy America provisions in the U.S. stimulus package. Germans are widely concerned about their impact on an already troubled export-oriented economy. Embassy representatives re [...]
2009-02-20 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL GM
09BERLIN217THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...]
2009-02-20 20:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM
09BERLIN218MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...]
2009-02-23 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG
09BERLIN254MISSION GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO INFO REQUEST IN
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Due to the deepening financial and economic crises, Germany is experiencing its worst recession since World War II. Its export-oriented manufacturing sector, including the automotive industry, has been hit particularly hard; new car orders fell 20 percent in the fourth quarter o [...]
2009-03-03 16:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN256GERMANY - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are David Fisher (email: fisherdl@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2439) and Jacqueline Dadswel [...]
2009-03-04 11:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM
09BERLIN257MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S.-Russian Relations, Iran 3. Clinton Trip to Mideast 4. U.S.-Cuban Relations 5. Future Strategy on Afghanistan 6. Attack On Sri Lankan Cricket Team 7. ECB's Reaction to Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-03-04 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS CU AF CE XG IS SY GZ
09BERLIN276MEDIA REACTION: KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRELAND, HUMAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korea 3. Western Strategy on Afghanistan, Elections 4. Northern Ireland Attacks 5. Human Rights 6. Financial Crisis 7. Stem Cell Research 8. Iran  [...]
2009-03-10 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN AF UK IR
09BERLIN286MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...]
2009-03-12 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY
09BERLIN305GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE"
[...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...]
2009-03-13 17:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ
09BERLIN324MEDIA REACTION: AIG, EU, PAKISTAN, NATO, KOREA, POPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. AIG Controversy 3. EU Summit 4. Financial Crisis 5. U.S. Strikes in Pakistan 6. French Return to NATO Command 7. Climate Protection 8. North Korean Missile Test 9. Papal Visit to Africa  [...]
2009-03-19 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM XG US KN PK FR VT
09BERLIN328MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU SUMMIT, FED, FRANCE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama's Video Message to Iran 3. New U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. EU Summit, Financial Crisis, G-20 5. Fed Policy 6. General Strike in France 7. Papal Visit to Africa 8. Iraqi Refugees in Germany  [...]
2009-03-20 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR AF XG FR VT IZ
09BERLIN336INDUSTRY SAYS GERMAN GOVERNMENT ADOPTING TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary: German officials are exerting stronger moral pressure on industry to discourage business with Iran beyond those measures specifically stipulated in sanctions regimes, according to industry contacts. German government officials have reportedly emphasized the undesirability of L [...]
2009-03-20 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG PREL EFIN ETTC KMVP IZ IR GM
09BERLIN339MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FINANCE, ISRAEL, NORTH KOREA
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Nowruz Message to Iran 3. Bank Stabilization Plan 4. AIG Bonus Payments 5. Formation of New Israeli Government 6. North Korean Satellite Launch  [...]
2009-03-23 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS KN
09BERLIN34STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...]
2009-01-12 16:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BERLIN340GERMAN GOVERNMENT, IRANIAN-GERMAN COMMUNITY REACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government, senior Bundestag members, and prominent members of Germany's Iranian community have responded positively to President Obama's Now Ruz message to the Iranian people and government. Chancellor Merkel noted that the message reflected a European desire for a [...]
2009-03-23 15:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP GM IR
09BERLIN344MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...]
2009-03-24 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH
09BERLIN354MERKEL'S G-20 SUMMIT AGENDA: A CLOSER LOOK
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Partly out of conviction, and partly out of political expediency, Chancellor Merkel has positioned herself as champion of fiscal restraint and financial reform in the G-20. She is firmly convinced that lax financial oversight and regulation were root causes of the current cris [...]
2009-03-25 16:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PREL GM
09BERLIN359SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY STERN'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy Stern, Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit and looks forward to supporting a mix of productive meetings. You will find your German interlocutors to be complimentary, congratulatory, and understanding of the broad challenges the Administration is facing si [...]
2009-03-27 05:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP GM
09BERLIN372MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, UNFCCC, DOHA, LATAM
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Afghanistan Strategy 3. NATO Summit Meeting 4. New NATO Secretary-General 5. Bonn UNFCCC 6. Doha--Arab Summit 7. Progressive Leaders' Conference  [...]
2009-03-30 12:05:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF PK TU IS IR CU
09BERLIN384MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, G20, U.S.-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Visit to Europe 3. G20 Summit 4. Obama-Medvedev Meeting 5. The Hague Conference on Afghanistan 6. New Israeli Government 7. Arab League Summit 8. Chodorkovsky Trial  [...]
2009-04-01 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS AF IR IS QA XG
09BERLIN389 DON'T TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME, DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS, RE:
[...] (U) Summary: Based on RefEmail request, Embassy Berlin spoke to sports officials at the German Ministry of Interior and at the Berlin office of the German Olympic Committee. Speaking informally, both offices were nonetheless clear that efforts to restore the Olympic sport status of America's [...]
2009-04-01 15:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL GM
09BERLIN390Chancellor Merkel Clarifies Her Stance on the
[...] Summary. Chancellor Merkel confounded critics and pledged to stand by Opel in a speech at the firm's Ruesselsheim plant on March 31. Her remarks were greeted by a standing ovation from the workers and widespread positive comment by the media. While ruling out direct government investment, t [...]
2009-04-02 05:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB GM
09BERLIN402MEDIA REACTION: G20, NATO, CHINA-US, ISRAEL, ECB
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Summit 3. NATO Summit 4. Hu-Obama Meeting 5. New Israeli Government 6. Lowering of Interest Rates  [...]
2009-04-03 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH IS
09BERLIN411GERMANY AGREES WITH USG ON AMERICAN COOPERATIVE
[...] (SBU) Pol M/C discussed reftel points with Office Director for Middle East and Maghreb Sabine Sparwasser April 7. Sparwasser was acquainted with the situation and said the German Government took the issue seriously. She pointed out that the American Cooperative School of Tunis also has "pa [...]
2009-04-07 07:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASCH ODIP PGOV PREL TS GM
09BERLIN418MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]
2009-04-08 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN422MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, MOLDOVA, GITMO, COUNTER-PIRACY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Cuba) Congressional Delegation in Cuba 3. (Moldova) Unrest 4. (U.S.) Renditions, ICRC Report 5. (Somalia) Fate of Pirates 6. (Environment) Bonn UNFCCC 7. (Italy) Berlusconi on Earthquake Victims 8. (Eastern Europe) Democracy [...]
2009-04-09 12:51:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN430GALILEO PUBLIC REGULATED SERVICE MAY REQUIRE
[...] SUMMARY: (C) The Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) is presumably critical for the EU as a pillar for national security and as the nucleus of Galileo's business model, but PRS appears to be stalling out. PRS faces four obstacles: 1) a conflict between civilian control and military end-us [...]
2009-04-09 16:25:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA EUN NL GM
09BERLIN443MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...]
2009-04-15 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN448MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...]
2009-04-16 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN455ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING
[...] (S) Post delivered the host nation notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany and the relocation of several units from Schweinfurt to Grafenwhr. Poloff delivered the letters at 1100 local time [...]
2009-04-17 15:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR NATO PREL GM
09BERLIN464STEINMEIER LAUNCHES LEFT-LEANING PLATFORM FOR A
[...] (C) Summary: Five months before Germany's September 27 national elections, Foreign Minister and Chancellor Candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier unveiled his Social Democratic Party's (SPD) 57-page campaign platform that focuses on bolstering the "social market economy" as Germany faces its worst [...]
2009-04-21 12:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN GM
09BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...]
2009-01-14 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDXF IS GZ RS UP US EU
09BERLIN485MEDIA REACTION: SWINE FLU, IRAQ, OBAMA, TALIBAN, CIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Outbreak of Swine Flu in Mexico 3. Secretary Clinton in Baghdad 4. President Obama's First 100 Days 5. Pakistan's Fight against the Taliban 6. CIA/Rule of Law 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks 8. Turkish Reaction to Obama Remarks on Armenia 9. [...]
2009-04-27 13:11:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ PK SF IC
09BERLIN494GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...]
2009-04-29 12:56:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN495GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 3 CONFIRMED, SEVERAL NEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed today three cases of Influenza-A-Virus A/H1N1 in Germany. Two of the cases were reportedly confirmed in Bavaria and one case in Hamburg. One man from near Regensburg (Bavaria),and two females--one from Kulmbach (Bavaria) and one from [...]
2009-04-29 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN566GERMAN GOVERNMENT SNUBS IRANIAN OIL MINISTER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of press coverage of Iranian Oil Minister Nozari,s visit to Berlin to encourage Germany industry participation in Iran,s energy sector, the German Ministry of Economics is taking a firm position on German business on exports to Iran. The Ministry of Econom [...]
2009-05-15 11:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD IR GM
09BERLIN567MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM, TALIBAN, BURMA, POPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary. 1 2. Detainee Photos and Military Tribunals. 1 3. Pakistani Fight against the Taliban.. 2 4. Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest 3 5. Papal Visit 4 to the Mideast 6. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Aqaba. 4 7. U.S.-German Efforts to Save Opel 5 Â [...]
2009-05-15 12:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US PK BM IS XF
09BERLIN57MEDIA REACTION:
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Gas Dispute 4. Guantnamo Closure 5. Hillary Clinton Hearing 6. Afghanistan 7. Obama Inauguration 8. Osama bin Laden Tape  [...]
2009-01-15 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGZ IS RS UP AF US
09BERLIN589MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, GITMO, BALKANS, SRI LANKA, BURMA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. VP Biden in Bosnia and Herzegovina 5. End of Sri Lankan Civil War 6. Burmese Trial against Aung San Suu Kyi 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks  [...]
2009-05-19 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS BK CE BM RS
09BERLIN59GERMANY,S ABOUT FACE: STEEP DOWNTURN PROMPTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Fresh reports indicating a steep plunge in exports and a sudden rise in unemployment have shocked the German coalition government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and pushed it into crisis mode. On January 12, the coalition agreed 50 billion euros worth of new stimulus measures [...]
2009-01-15 16:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN599MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...]
2009-05-20 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV TU EUN GM
09BERLIN601GERMAN COMPANY MARKETING SATELLITE IMAGERY TO US DESPITE FRENCH OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 16:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR KZ AE TU GM
09BERLIN603SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY LAHOOD'S VISIT MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Germany warmly welcomes your visit to Germany for the International Transport Forum in Leipzig. Of the larger European Union member states, Germany holds the greatest untapped potential for our transatlantic agenda, but much will have to be settled at the ballot box this [...]
2009-05-20 17:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELTN GM OVIP PGOV PREL
09BERLIN605Opel Rescue Effort Enters Critical Stage
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opel's "rescue" enters a critical stage as the government's 6:00 pm May 20 deadline for investor bids looms. In preparation, the federal government, the German states where Opel factories are located, and several state- owned banks agreed in principle on May 19 on a roughly 1.5 [...]
2009-05-22 05:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN631MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR TEST, GITMO, AFPAK, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Test 3. Guantnamo Detainees 4. Pakistan, Afghanistan 5. Iran and the Middle East 6. EU-Russia Meeting 7. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-26 11:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US KN PK AF IR XF RS FR AE
09BERLIN637MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, SUPREME COURT, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Threat 3. Supreme Court Nomination 4. Israeli Settlements 5. Climate Protection 6. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-27 11:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN US IS XF FR AE
09BERLIN644U.S. CRITICIZED FOR BREAKDOWN OF OPEL RESCUE TALKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: May 27 negotiations in Berlin aimed at deciding a rescue strategy for General Motors (GM) subsidiary Opel ended without an agreement. The meeting did yield one noteworthy development: the number of remaining suitors for Opel appears to have narrowed from four to just two -- Fiat [...]
2009-05-28 18:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN657GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: Spike in Germany - 31
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 2, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) confirmed 12 additional cases of A/H1N1 Influenza in Germany, increasing the total number of confirmed cases to thirty-one. The majority of new infections stem from Germans who recently traveled to the US. There is a media report of a [...]
2009-06-03 05:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN664OPEL RESCUE: MERKEL CREDITS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a deal on the rescue of General Motors subsidiary Opel/Vauxhall was reached in the early hours of May 30, Chancellor Merkel underlined the important role played by President Obama. The Canadian firm Magna International, along with the Russian bank Sberbank and Russian auto [...]
2009-06-03 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN665MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CAIRO SPEECH, GITMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS in Riyadh 3. Presidential Speech in Cairo 4. POTUS Visit to Germany 5. Guantnamo Prisoners 6. Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre 7. European Parliament Elections 8. UK Government Crisis  [...]
2009-06-04 13:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM SA EG XF US CH XG UK
09BERLIN713MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...]
2009-06-15 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI
09BERLIN725MEDIA REACTION: Iran U.S.-Iran Iran-Internet
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Aftermath of Presidential Elections 3. (U.S.-Iran) Obama Reaction 4. (Iran) Effect of the Internet 5. (U.S.) Guantnamo Prisoners 6. (Georgia) Unomig Mission 7. (Economic) BRIC Countries Meeting  [...]
2009-06-17 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN738H1N1 - MISSION GERMANY'S READINESS AND PLANNING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany has had spike of H1N1 cases throughout the country, resulting in an average daily increase in new cases of over ten percent over the past two weeks. We review the country's outbreak status daily and are implementing measures consistent with Mission tripwire two. This ca [...]
2009-06-19 09:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN744GERMANY H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 251 CONFIRMED CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of H1N1 cases in Germany rose to 251 on June 19, as twenty-two further infections were confirmed. The majority of newly confirmed cases occurred in North Rhine-Westphalia. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On June 19, the National Reference Center for Influenza at the Robe [...]
2009-06-19 15:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN751MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FRANCE, SOMALIA, CLONE MEAT
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aftermath of Iranian Elections 3. Western Reactions to Iran 4. French President Sarkozy's State of the Union 5. Somalia 6. Clone Meat  [...]
2009-06-23 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IR FR SO US
09BERLIN770EUROPEAN INDUSTRY WARY, AND WEARY, OF ITAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the "ITAR Compliance in Europe" conference in Munich, European defense industry representatives expressed concern regarding International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR),but clearly understood the message from U.S. legal, consulting and government representatives th [...]
2009-06-26 12:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GM
09BERLIN777MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE BILL, OBAMA-MERKEL MEETING,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S. Climate Policy 3. Chancellor Merkel In Washington 4. NATO-Russia Council 5. Iranian Protests 5. U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Lead Stories All major media led with stories on the CDU/CSU election platform. Most weekend media focused on the death of Michae [...]
2009-06-29 12:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS IZ
09BERLIN784MEDIA REACTION:
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraqi Cities 3. Partial Recount of Iranian Votes 4. Honduras Coup 5. Outcome of Argentinean Elections 6. IRENA 7. Madoff Trial  [...]
2009-06-30 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ IR HO AR
09BERLIN788GERMAN SATELLITE START-UP RAPIDEYE GATHERING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German satellite imagery provider RapidEye AG, which began selling its imagery products in January of this year (see ref A),has established its first contracts with France and Lithuania. In the next few years, RapidEye is confident that its customer base will expand by ten, [...]
2009-07-01 07:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PINR CH BR FR LH GM
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BERLIN85EMBASSY BERLIN RESPONSE TO FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, Embassy Berlin has found no evidence that would suggest that United Nations Volunteers (UNV) or its affiliate organizations have ties to groups that support pedophilia. Per UNV representatives, the organization does not grant official status, accreditation [...]
2009-01-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC EAID PHUM SOCI GM
09BERLIN851FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...]
2009-07-14 15:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY
09BERLIN859GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]
2009-07-16 08:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALRS PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN891GERMANY: REACTIONS TO CAIRO SPEECH AND PLANS FOR ONGOING
[...] (U) Summary: Mission Germany conducted a range of activities to highlight President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech and to solicit feedback from local Muslim communities. Per reftel request, post provides preliminary feedback on our ongoing outreach efforts within Germany, including feedback from [...]
2009-07-23 14:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PREL SCUL GM
09BERLIN905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...]
2009-07-29 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN909MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, U.S.-IRAQ, IRAQ, NIGERIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Summit in Washington 3. (U.S.-Iraq) Gates on Troop Withdrawal 4. (Iraq) Storming of Camp Ashraf 5. (Nigeria) Islamic Militants 6. (Spain) ETA Bomb Attack  [...]
2009-07-30 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN935RETHINKING U.S. FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE:
[...] (S/NF) Mission Germany strongly endorses the call by USNATO (reftel) to give careful reconsideration to the planned continued draw-down of U.S. forces in Europe. If the draw-down continues as scheduled, two of the three remaining U.S. Army brigade combat teams in Germany will be withdrawn by [...]
2009-08-04 10:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN94MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, GITMO, MIDEAST, CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Foreign Policy 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. U.S. Policy on Middle East 5. U.S.-China Relations 6. U.S. Economic Policy 7. Aftermath Of Markelov trial 8. U.S. Stem Cell Research: Â [...]
2009-01-26 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS RS CH
09BERN109BERN SEPQ MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) The following are responses to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire for political violence and terrorism for the U.S. Embassy in Bern, and are keyed to the reftel. 2. (SBU) Political Violence -------------------------- I. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or [...]
2009-03-11 16:38:00Embassy BernSECRETASEC PTER SV
09BERN129TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NESTLE: FORGET THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nestle, the world's largest food company, worries more about the planet's growing fresh water shortage than the current financial crisis, which it sees as only a bump in the road in the firm's long-term development. Nestle estimates the upper limit on sustainable global fresh water withd [...]
2009-03-24 16:29:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SZ TBIO
09BERN171AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SWISS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered the messages in reftels A and B on April 8 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). ----------- AFGHANISTAN ----------- 2. (C) Fux lauded the detailed USG non-paper (reftel A) outlining s [...]
2009-04-09 17:41:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MARR NATO AF SZ
09BERN199UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: RESPONSES OF SWITZERLAND
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the reftel B advance notice of U.S. candidacy on April 1 to Ralf Heckner, Head of the Human Rights Section at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). On April 17, poloff delivered the reftel A diplomatic note to Heckner. He informally welcomed the U.S. [...]
2009-05-05 10:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM AORC PREL SZ LS
09BERN249A/USTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson and Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Head of Bilateral Economic Relations Ambassador Monika Ruehl co-chaired a Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum ("Forum") meeting on June 2. [...]
2009-06-10 14:56:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SZ
09BERN260GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SWISS EAGER TO MOVE ON \
[...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan \ Fried discussed prospective Guantanamo detainee resettlement \ cases on June 19 with Michael Ambuehl, State Secretary \ (Deputy Minister) of the Federal Department of Foreign \ Affairs (FDFA). Referring to the case files that the GoS \ alrea [...]
2009-06-23 10:45:00Embassy BernSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ
09BERN309SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 14:39:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN350SWISS REACTION TO UBS AGREEMENT \
[...] (C) Summary. President and Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf \ Merz, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and Foreign \ Affairs Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in an August 19 press \ conference praised the UBS agreement as the only possible \ solution and a "Peace Treaty." The Ministers were quick [...]
2009-08-20 15:10:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL SZ
09BERN363SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN COMMENTS ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leu emphasized that Switzerland, in its capacity as Protecting Power for the USG in Iran, continues to press for access and information about U.S. citizens detained or missing in Iran. Regarding the recent case of the three U.S. hikers (Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and [...]
2009-09-01 09:37:00Embassy BernSECRETCASC PREL PHUM PGOV KNNP SZ IR
09BERN443SWISS CAMPAIGN AGAINST PROPOSED OFFSHORE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and the Swiss embassy in Washington raised concerns with post and USTR regarding a draft U.S. offshore reinsurance tax bill. SECO argues that the draft bill if enacted will violate both the U.S.-Swiss Double Taxation Treaty an [...]
2009-10-14 12:51:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN SZ
09BERN506SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 15:36:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN519SWISS STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL COMMENTS ON IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: In a December 2 meeting, Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) State Secretary (Deputy FM) Michael Ambuehl provided Ambassador a readout of recent FDFA discussions with Iranian FM Mottaki and the Iranian ambassador in Bern. Ambuehl reported that FM Calmy-Rey had spo [...]
2009-12-04 14:22:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL KNNP CASC MNUC IR SZ
09BERN57ADDITIONAL SWISS INPUT REGARDING CALL FOR FREEZING
[...] (SBU) Further to reftel A request for Switzerland to freeze non-humanitarian assistance to Nicaragua following its fraudulent municipal elections of November 9, and reftel B interim response, Nora Kronig, Regional Coordinator for Central and South America at the Swiss Federal Department of For [...]
2009-02-06 15:39:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL NU SZ
09BERN74SPP TEHRAN: REPORT OF AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 09:14:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDCASC IR SZ
09BERN93TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 16:35:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB SZ
09BERN98UBS CASE: SWISS PERSPECTIVE AND A WAY FORWARD \
[...] (C) Summary. UBS' handover of client information to the \ Department of Justice incited criticism in numerous press \ articles and from several Swiss political parties calling the \ U.S. action one of extortion and blackmail. However, the \ step was supported by elements of the moderate to left [...]
2009-03-04 15:48:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV SZ
09BISHKEK1006PRESIDENT BAKIYEV VISITS MANAS TRANSIT CENTER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 11, President Bakiyev visited the Transit Center to participate in a memorial ceremony. A happy and healthy-looking President gave a short speech lauding the new Transit Center, a symbol of Kyrgyzstan's continued willingness to contribute to international efforts in [...]
2009-09-11 12:04:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PHUM KG
09BISHKEK1057KYRGYZ PARLIAMENTARIANS VISIT TRANSIT CENTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 15, the Manas Transit Center hosted a delegation of Kyrgyz Parliamentarians and other officials for a briefing and tour of Center facilities. The delegation, led by Vice Speaker Isabekov, pressed for more contracts to be awarded to Kyrgyz firms, especially those [...]
2009-09-18 04:20:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
09BISHKEK1065LUNCH WITH MAX: SOUP TO NUTS
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging lunch, Maxim Bakiyev, son of President Bakiyev, and Kyrgyz FM Sarbaev argued that the $20 million Economic Development Fund needs to be a new kind of assistance, targeted strategically toward the development of the country and its integration into the world econom [...]
2009-09-22 11:24:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1076KYRGYZSTAN: SECRETARIAT GROWING IN INFLUENCE
[...] (C) On September 23 at an Embassy-hosted function, former BBC correspondent and current speechwriter for President Bakiyev, Sultan Jumagulov, told EmbOffs that the Presidential Secretariat will soon become a key institution in defining the Kyrgyz Government's domestic and foreign policy. The [...]
2009-09-28 09:30:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG KPAO
09BISHKEK108WHAT DOES BAKIYEV REALLY WANT FOR THE BASE? MAYBE
[...] (C) Summary. Initial conversations with Embassy contacts have provided a plausible context to President Bakiyev's decision to close Manas. Piecing together information from different sources, our initial analysis is that Bakiyev's actions have been driven by the need to secure a war chest [...]
2009-02-05 11:23:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
09BISHKEK109FORMER KYRGYZ OFFICIALS PLAN "NEW OPPOSITION"
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told us that she, former Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov, and other "like-minded individuals," both in and out of government, planned to form a "new opposition." Ibraimova said that despite fearing for her safety since she was dismissed in mid-Ja [...]
2009-02-05 11:58:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK110Media Reaction to Kyrgyz President's Announced Intent to
[...] (SBU) Summary: Most media reaction has been broadly supportive of President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement of his intention to close Manas Air Base. Some internet news services and independent newspapers have carried interviews with opposition politicians critical of the proposal. Interne [...]
2009-02-06 06:28:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR KPAO KG
09BISHKEK1125FRENCH AND SPANISH LEAVE MANAS TRANSIT CENTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Within a couple of days of each other, both the French and Spanish contingents vacated the Manas Transit Center due to their inability to conclude agreements with the Government of Kyrgyzstan extending authorization for the presence of their military personnel. With the loss of t [...]
2009-10-14 10:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK1126ADOPTIONS: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MPS
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Members of Parliament Gulnara Derbisheva and Damira Niiazalieva on October 13 to discuss proposed revisions to the Kyrgyz Family code which would lead to the lifting of the country's moratorium on international adoptions. The MPs suggested that a new draft law c [...]
2009-10-15 01:11:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS KFRD KOCI PREL KG
09BISHKEK113NATO COMS UNANIMOUS: NEGOTIATE FOR MANAS!
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with the three NATO COMs resident in Bishkek February 5 to discuss the proposed Manas Base closing. Uncannily playing to their national stereotypes, they were nevertheless unanimous in their advice to negotiate hard with the Kyrgyz to keep the Base open [...]
2009-02-06 11:04:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1131KYRGYZ DEFENSE DEPUTY: HOW TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening of Besh-Kungei Military Hospital, a $2 million project funded by the Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation. First Deputy Minister of Defense Marat Kenjisariyev hosted the Ambassador for a lunch afterwa [...]
2009-10-16 06:02:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KG
09BISHKEK1133AMBASSADOR OPENS TRANSIT CENTER'S BUSINESS SEMINAR
[...] Summary: On October 15, the Ambassador opened the Manas Transit Center business seminar that provided local companies with detailed information on Department of Defense procurement procedures and insight into how to bid on U.S. government contracts. Kyrgyz government officials have repeatedly [...]
2009-10-16 09:33:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1140KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - SEPTEMBER 2009
[...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan is a Central Asian republic of five million people. Agriculture plays an important role in the Kyrgyz economy, which has not been as heavily affected by the global economic downturn as some neighboring countries. Nonetheless, poverty and high unemployment lead [...]
2009-10-21 02:03:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
09BISHKEK1191AMBASSADOR OPENS THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador participated in a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Kyrgyz Ministry of Defense's "Scorpion" Special Forces Brigade Compound at Tokmok. The $9 million project was funded through U.S. CENTCOM and the Embassy's Office of Military Cooperation. Chief of the General St [...]
2009-11-09 01:11:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KG
09BISHKEK1199MAXIM BAKIYEV'S INFLUENCE BECOMES OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: On October 29, President Bakiyev appointed his son, Maxim Bakiyev, as the head of the newly created Central Agency for Development, Investment and Innovation. While it has been evident for some time that Maxim Bakiyev has significant political influence in the Kyrgyz government ( [...]
2009-11-13 09:50:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL KG
09BISHKEK120PROMINENT KYRGYZ COMMENT ON MANAS CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The future of Manas Air Base has been topic number one following President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement that he would close the Base. In addition to the intense media coverage (Reftel),many prominent Kyrgyz have spoken publicly, both in support of Bakiyev's position, as [...]
2009-02-09 11:42:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK123FRENCH DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS; BELIEVE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: French Charges from Bishkek and Astana briefed the Ambassador on their February 9 meetings with Kyrgyz officials to protest Kyrgyzstan's plans to close Manas Air Base. They told Presidential Chief of Staff Usenov that Kyrgyzstan was hurting the global anti-terrorism coalition by [...]
2009-02-10 10:36:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK1244ENDING THE FSN CONTROVERSY, AND MAKING THE PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: In a series of meetings with several Kyrgyz government interlocutors over the past week, we have pressed for a document from the government formally ending, or notifying the USG of a final ending, of the criminal process against our two local employees, arrested by the National [...]
2009-12-02 09:42:00Embassy BishkekSECRETKLIG PREL PINR ASEC PGOV KG
09BISHKEK1286KYRGYZSTAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Below are Embassy Bishkek's nominees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit (reftel) and proposed public diplomacy activities related to the summit. While some of the nominees come from relatively large companies (for Kyrgyzstan's market),others are from small companies and NGOs and th [...]
2009-12-14 08:44:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL EAID SOCI KG
09BISHKEK129KYRGYZ OFFICIALS RELUCTANT TO TALK ABOUT MANAS --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kyrgyz government officials awkwardly avoided contact with EmbOff at a February 6 dinner marking Kyrgyzstan's second annual International Santa Claus Festival. Kyrgyz tourism officials purposefully introduced EmbOff to the new Vice Prime Minister, the new Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2009-02-11 10:00:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KPAO KG
09BISHKEK130UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR IN BISHKEK: CLOSING MANAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Ukrainian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Vladimir Solovei to gauge the CIS reaction to the potential closure of Manas Air Base. Solovei claimed that his CIS colleagues do not believe that the Air Base will leave Kyrgyzstan, nor do they want it to leave. Rather, the [...]
2009-02-11 10:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
09BISHKEK1300KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER PROTESTS "FAILED STATE"
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sarbayev called in the Ambassador to complain about the December 16 VOA article that said Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan could be considered "failed states." Sarbayev, armed with a copy of DAS Krol's testimony and a translation of the Q&A, peppered the Ambassador with [...]
2009-12-18 08:13:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KG AF UZ TI
09BISHKEK135CHINESE AMBASSADOR FLUSTERED BY KYRGYZ ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador February 13, Chinese Ambassador Zhang Yannian ridiculed the idea, but did not deny categorically, that China would provide Kyrgyzstan a $3 billion financial package in return for closing Manas Air Base. Zhang said Kyrgyzstan was in Russia's s [...]
2009-02-13 11:51:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK138KYRGYZ PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER: BAKIYEV NOW
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met newly minted Presidential Adviser Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss the proposed Manas Base closing. Imanaliyev claimed that Bakiyev had made the deal with the Russians to close the Base partly for the money but also because he is so enthralled with Medvedev. Bakiyev [...]
2009-02-17 09:37:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK142CANADIANS DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS
[...] (C) The Astana-based Canadian Ambassador, Margaret Skok, briefed the Ambassador on her February 18 meetings with Kyrgyz government officials to protest the announced closure of Manas Air Base. In separate meetings, Skok told Deputy Foreign Minister Baktygul Kalambekova and Minister of Agricul [...]
2009-02-18 08:38:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK147KYRGYZSTAN: RFE/RL PROGRAMMING DOWN; RUSSIAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: RFE/RL programming has been further cut back in Kyrgyzstan. The private radio station that rebroadcasts RFE/RL programming in Bishkek is claiming that members of the Bakiyev family are behind the latest interruption. In the meantime, Russia and China have unveiled plans for incre [...]
2009-02-19 10:36:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG KPAO
09BISHKEK150KYRGYZ NOTIFY EMBASSY OF NULLIFICATION OF MANAS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 20, President Bakiyev signed the law terminating the 2001 U.S.-Kyrgyz agreement on Manas Air Base, and Foreign Minister Sarbayev delivered to the Ambassador official notification of the decision to terminate the agreement. Sarbayev expressed regret at the "misunderst [...]
2009-02-20 11:50:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK151BRITISH DEMARCHE KYRGYZ ON MANAS
[...] (C) Astana-based British Ambassador Paul Brummell and FCO Central Asia Department Head Martin Fenner briefed the Ambassador on the results of their February 19 demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Baktygul Kalambekova in support of Manas Air Base. Brummell and Fenner said they tried to strike [...]
2009-02-20 12:09:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK160GENERATORS FOR KYRGYZSTAN: THANKS, CAN WE HAVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Kyrgyzstan facing rolling blackouts this winter due to low water levels in the main hydropower reservoir, USAID has provided back-up generators to 58 hospitals throughout the country. On February 18-19, Poloff and USAID FSN visited the Talas region to inspect the install [...]
2009-02-24 04:34:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK164AMBASSADOR DELIVERS INSTRUCTIONS ON MANAS; KYRGYZ
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25, Ambassador presented reftel A demarche in separate meetings with Foreign Minister Sarbayev, Presidential Chief of Staff Usenov and Presidential Advisor Imanaliyev. Sarbayev had no comment, but clearly briefed Usenov, who was ready with a response. Usenov said that [...]
2009-02-25 12:56:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS KG
09BISHKEK169UNION OF KYRGYZ MUSLIMS -- ISLAMIC AWAKENING OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: When Tursunbay Bakir uulu and Nurlan Motuyev announced the formation of the Union of Kyrgyz Muslims in November 2008, analysts were puzzled by the odd partnership. Bakir uulu is a serious, publicly devout former Ombudsman, while Motuyev is best known for seizing a coal mine in [...]
2009-02-26 10:10:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK175AMBASSADOR TO REVIEW MANAS PROPOSAL WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev informed the Ambassador February 27 that he had arranged a meeting for the Ambassador on March 2 with President Bakiyev for a discussion about Manas Air Base. Bakiyev, Sarbayev said, is well aware of the U.S. proposal and subsequent demarche, and [...]
2009-02-27 15:20:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV MARR PINR KG
09BISHKEK180KYRGYZ PRESIDENT WELCOMES NEGOTIATIONS ON MANAS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a warm and cordial meeting, President Bakiyev told the Ambassador he wants to continue to support coalition efforts in Afghanistan. He said the U.S. should "absolutely" send out a team to negotiate a new agreement for Manas Air Base; he was prepared to negotiate [...]
2009-03-02 13:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK181KYRGYZ PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR AGREE ON DANGERS
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting to discuss the future of Manas Air Base (Ref A),President Bakiyev raised with the Ambassador his deep concerns about the spread of religious extremism in Kyrgyzstan. "Ten years ago, the problem was only in the south," Bakiyev claimed, "but now it is everywhere." [...]
2009-03-03 08:50:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KISL KG
09BISHKEK226KYRGYZ INSIDER PROVIDES FURTHER DETAILS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy that she is certain the Ministry of Internal Affairs is covering up the true circumstances of the March 13 killing of Medet Sadyrkulov (Ref A). She said that Sadyrkulov had gone to Almaty, Kazakhstan on March 12 to raise mo [...]
2009-03-16 10:32:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK236IBRAIMOVA ASSERTS SHE IS UNIFYING THE KYRGYZ
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy March 19 that she and other opposition leaders have decided to form a "unified group" to oppose President Bakiyev in the upcoming presidential elections, and that she would stand as the group's presidential candidate. Ibraim [...]
2009-03-19 11:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KG
09BISHKEK249BISHKEK EAC MEETING ON PLANNED DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) DCM chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 25 to discuss the Embassy's plans for opposition demonstrations planned for Friday, March 27. Present were: DCM, RSO, Pol/RA, Pol/Econ, PAO, MED, MGT, Peace Corps, INL, MSG, OMC, and CON. 2. (SBU) DCM reported t [...]
2009-03-25 11:07:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PINR PREL KG
09BISHKEK298PUTATIVE KYRGYZ CONSENSUS OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Former Deputy Prime Minister Ibraimova told the Embassy April 1 that she was disavowing any involvement with the United People's Movement (UPM),an alliance of opposition parties and political figures. She said that the UPM's leaders were driven only by "narrow personal interest, [...]
2009-04-03 15:14:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK343AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DRAFT TRANSIT CENTER
[...] (S) On April 14, the Ambassador delivered to Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Sarbayev revised texts, in English and Russian, of the status of forces agreement and the agreement specific to the Transit Center at Manas International Airport. The Ambassador informed Sarbayev that she had authority to s [...]
2009-04-14 11:31:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK36RUSSIAN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN KYRGYZSTAN UNDERWHELMS
[...] (SBU) Post attended the ideologically-awkward opening of a "Russian Center" at Bishkek Humanities University on September 11, 2008, an attempt by Russia to increase its soft power in Kyrgyzstan. The center was unveiled by Russian Federation Council Speaker Sergei Mironov, Russkii Mir director [...]
2009-01-12 13:05:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PREL SCUL KG
09BISHKEK382AMBASSADOR HOSTS INFORMAL MEETING BETWEEN KYRGYZ
[...] (C) Summary: On April 15, the Ambassador hosted an informal meeting at her residence between Foreign Minister Sarbayev and the Country Representative for USAID. Similar to previous meetings with the heads of the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI) [...]
2009-04-23 11:20:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KG
09BISHKEK387KYRGYZ EXCHANGE ALUMNI: EVERYWHERE BUT IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Alumni of USG-funded exchange programs seem to have successful careers everywhere but in the Kyrgyz government. Alumni are making a positive difference in their organizations and communities but are generally unable to affect Kyrgyzstan's overall course or the bilateral relations [...]
2009-04-24 11:07:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK404AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and American Council's Country Director at her home for an informal meeting to review the educational and professional exchange programs between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic. Sarbayev was generally positive about the pro [...]
2009-04-27 10:12:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK405AMBASSADOR HOSTS BRIEFING ON EXCHANGE PROGRAMS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador hosted Foreign Minister Sarbayev and American Council's Country Director at her home for an informal meeting to review the educational and professional exchange programs between the United States and the Kyrgyz Republic. Sarbayev was generally positive about the pro [...]
2009-04-27 10:12:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KG
09BISHKEK47RUSSIA OFFERS KYRGYZSTAN $2.5 BILLION TO SHUT DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Kyrgyz officials told the Ambassador January 14 that Russia had offered the Kyrgyz government over $2 billion to close Manas Air Base, and the Kyrgyz will "probably accept" the offer because the government desperately needs the money. Chief of Staff Usenov said that Presi [...]
2009-01-14 12:35:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK500MANAS: FM SARBAYEV MOVING FORWARD WITH PLAN, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sarbayev May 22 at her home. Sarbayev said that he had launched his plan to shape public and Parliamentary opinion on the Base, having placed stories on Afghanistan and Pakistan on state television and in the press. However, Sarbayev str [...]
2009-05-22 10:38:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK501HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS KYRGYZ
[...] (C) Summary: Ak Shumkar Presidential candidate Temir Sariyev told a visiting U.S. Helsinki Commission staffdel that the July 23 Kyrgyz Presidential election would be marred by government manipulation of election results, and complained of government pressure on the media and the general publi [...]
2009-05-22 10:51:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR KG
09BISHKEK513TURKISH PRESIDENT PRESSES KYRGYZ COUNTERPART ON
[...] (C) On the sidelines of a May 28 opening ceremony for a new building at the International Ataturk Alatoo University in Bishkek, the Ambassador spoke briefly with visiting Turkish President Abdullah Gul, and then at length with Turkish MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Unal Cevikoz for [...]
2009-05-28 09:53:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR KG TU
09BISHKEK56KYRGYZ PRESS BUZZING ABOUT REPORTED DEAL TO CLOSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 12, the Russian newspaper "Vremja Novostei" published an article entitled "(Kyrgyz President) Bakiyev is Bringing an Expensive Present to Moscow." The article said that President Bakiyev and the Russian government had worked out a deal in which Bakiyev would close Ma [...]
2009-01-15 12:17:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO MARR MOPS RS KG
09BISHKEK62KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER CLAIMS NO "OFFICIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus held separate meetings January 19 with Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev and Prime Minister Chudinov. In both meetings, Petraeus briefed on the dramatic improvement in the security situation in Iraq, the increase in security incidents in A [...]
2009-01-21 05:28:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK664MANAS UPDATE: FRENCH ENVOY SEEKS WAYS TO ASSIST
[...] (S) Summary: Pierre Lellouche, France's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, paid a weekend visit to Kyrgyzstan. On June 20, Lellouche met with Charge and then held a dinner with several diplomats. On June 21, Lellouche toured Manas Air Base prior to meeting with President [...]
2009-06-22 11:02:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK665KYRGYZ APPROVE U.S. SHIPMENT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) On June 17, the Embassy sent a diplomatic note to the Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry requesting agreement for a shipment of non-lethal cargo from Manas Air Base to Afghanistan via commercial carriers. This shipment is designed to be a first test of utilizing the Kyrgyz Republic as part of the [...]
2009-06-22 12:04:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR KG
09BISHKEK67HOW TO KEEP MANAS AIR BASE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. General Petraeus's timely and successful visit has bought us a month's time to put together a package of incentives to secure Kyrgyz support for Manas Air Base. The package needs to be significant, given Russia's strategy of applying political pressure while offering a $2 billio [...]
2009-01-23 04:28:00Embassy BishkekSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK674MANAS UPDATE: PRESIDENT BAKIYEV'S LETTER TO
[...] (C) On the afternoon of June 24, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Aibek Moldogaziev delivered to Charge a signed original letter from President Bakiyev to President Obama responding to President Obama's earlier letter (reftel). The Embassy's informal translation of the letter follows belo [...]
2009-06-24 11:00:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK677KYRGYZ GOVERNMENT TARGETS FOREIGN MISSIONARIES
[...] (C) Summary: As the Kyrgyz government begins to implement the new religious organizations law (reftels),foreign missionaries have faced increasing difficulties, including deportations and the denial of essential documentation. At last count, three foreigners were asked to leave the country, [...]
2009-06-24 11:34:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KIRF PHUM KG
09BISHKEK68 Kyrgyz Media Reaction to CENTCOM CDR Petraeus's Visit
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Petraeus's January 17-20 visit to Kyrgyzstan has been front-page news this week. Media reaction to the General's visit and his January 19 press conference has been closely intertwined with rumors in the press that the Government of Kyrgyzstan plans to expel Manas Air Bas [...]
2009-01-23 06:40:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK700KYRGYZ ELITE FAWN OVER PRESIDENT'S SON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Much of Kyrgyzstan's political and business elite gathered to celebrate the opening of presidential son Maxim Bakiyev's new hotel at Lake Issyk Kul on June 20. The private event featured pop stars from Moscow and Europe, plenty of alcohol, and a raft of bodyguards. Maxim was clearly th [...]
2009-06-30 11:22:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KG
09BISHKEK706SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Bishkek warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary Burns, SCA A/S Blake, DASD Sedney, and NSC Senior Director McFaul to Bishkek o/a July 12. In recent years, Manas Air Base has been the central issue in the bilateral relationship. On June 9, President Obama wrote to President B [...]
2009-07-01 12:25:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK723CODEL FALOEMAVAEGA VISITS KYRGYZSTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Representative Eni Faleomavaega met numerous Kyrgyz officials during his June 29-July 2 visit to Kyrgyzstan. Chairman Faleomavaega expressed appreciation for Kyrgyzstan's decision to permit continued U.S. access to Manas airport facilities for the transit of personnel and [...]
2009-07-07 09:01:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS OREP KG
09BISHKEK744KYRGYZSTAN: DINNER AT MAXIM'S
[...] (C) Summary. Over dinner with Charge, President Bakiyev's youngest son Maxim claimed credit for masterminding the Kyrgyz decision to keep the Manas Air Base operational by calling it a "Transit Center." He claimed Russia is mad at Kyrgyzstan over the Transit Center, and was interested in the U.S. t [...]
2009-07-15 10:40:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KG
09BISHKEK745MANAS TRANSIT CENTER AGREEMENTS ENTER INTO FORCE
[...] (SBU) On July 11, the Charge and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev met and exchanged diplomatic notes in order to bring the two Manas-related agreements into force. On July 13, the Foreign Ministry sent another diplomatic note confirming that the Agreement for Cooperation came into for [...]
2009-07-15 10:40:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR KG
09BISHKEK748MANAS TRANSIT CENTER AGREEMENTS ENTER INTO FORCE
[...] (SBU) On July 11, the Charge and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev met and exchanged diplomatic notes in order to bring the two Manas-related agreements into force. On July 13, the Foreign Ministry sent another diplomatic note confirming that the Agreement for Cooperation came into for [...]
2009-07-15 10:41:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK752KYRGYZ CONFIRM MANAS-RELATED AGREEMENTS ARE IN FORCE
[...] (SBU) Following the exchange of diplomatic notes on July 11 to bring the two Manas-related agreements in force (septel),the Kyrgyz Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a subsequent diplomatic note on July 13 confirming that the Agreement on Cooperation became effective July 11 and the Transit Cen [...]
2009-07-15 12:04:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK757 Kyrgyzstan: Media Reaction to Under Secretary Burns's
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of Under Secretary Burns was widely covered by local media. There was same-day television and internet coverage which reported only the facts. Pro-governmental news outlets, including the Kyrgyz Television and Radio Company (KTR) spun the visit as an endorsement of P [...]
2009-07-16 09:49:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK801U/S BURNS LAUNCHES NEW ENGAGEMENT WITH KYRGYZ
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and a group of high-level U.S. officials met Prime Minister Chudinov and other senior Kyrgyz officials on July 11, shortly after meeting with President Bakiyev. On July 12, the U.S. delegation met with a group of election focused [...]
2009-07-22 05:47:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV KDEM KG
09BISHKEK803 Kyrgyzstan: Media Reaction to Anti-Transit Center Press
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 20, 2009, a group of activists who oppose the Transit Center at Manas International Airport held a press conference to express their discontent. Press conference participants included the Chairman of the Coordination Council for an organization that calls itself "For th [...]
2009-07-22 09:41:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAO KG
09BISHKEK82KYRGYZ MEDIA MOGUL ON MANAS AIR BASE CLOSURE RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27, owner of the AKIpress news agency and well-connected political observer Marat Tazibekov discussed the current political state of play and the latest rumors about Manas Air Base with the Ambassador. Tazibekov said that recent rumors about the possible closure of the [...]
2009-01-29 07:41:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PINR KG
09BISHKEK88KYRGYZ AMBASSADOR SYDYKOVA URGES IMMEDIATE ACTION
[...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz Ambassador to the Unites States Sydykova told the Ambassador that President Bakiyev had decided to close Manas Air Base in December 2008 in exchange for a Russian financial package. However, complications had arisen with the Russians which meant that there was still a cha [...]
2009-01-30 09:40:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK880KYRGYZSTAN APPROVES CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met August 5 with Foreign Minister Sarbayev to discuss several topics, including the approval for construction projects at the Manas Transit Center, his trip to the U.S. and the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC). A relaxed Sarbayev gave the Ambassador the long-a [...]
2009-08-05 11:39:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
09BISHKEK884KYRGYZSTAN: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE APPROVING
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 5, Foreign Minister Sarbayev gave her a diplomatic note confirming Kyrgyzstan's agreement to the ramp expansion project at Manas Transit Center (reftel). Post's translation of the note follows. 2. (SBU) BEGIN TRANSLATION: The Ministry [...]
2009-08-06 05:02:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KG
09BISHKEK89KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER WILL PASS MESSAGE ON MANAS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met late on January 30 with Foreign Minister Sarbayev to deliver Ref A points concerning Manas Air Base and Ref B points concerning the Ivanov shooting investigation. Ambassador Sydykova was also present. Sarbayev stated that the Kyrgyz side was pleased with the sign [...]
2009-01-30 14:33:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BISHKEK920 President Bakiyev's Letter to President Obama
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received a letter from President Bakiyev to President Obama on August 12, under cover of a diplomatic note. Embassy's informal translation of the letter follows. Begin text: To His Excellency The President of the United States of America Mr. Barak Obama Washington [...]
2009-08-13 10:43:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KG
09BISHKEK923KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR OPENS BATKEN BORDER POST,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, the Ambassador opened a U.S.-funded border post along the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan border in the volatile southern Batken Oblast. During the event, a senior Border Service officer discussed the conflict in Afghanistan with the Ambassador and suggested that the West [...]
2009-08-14 03:51:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETTC KG
09BISHKEK924KYRGYZ MFA RESPONDS TO ORGANIZATION CALLING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an apparent mistake, the Embassy has received an original letter from the Kyrgyz MFA responding to a Kyrgyz organization calling itself the "Coordinating Council of the Movement for the Removal of the American Air Base 'Ganci' From the Territory of Kyrgyzstan." The MFA lette [...]
2009-08-14 07:33:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALKG PGOV PINR PREL
09BISHKEK925KYRGYZ MFA RESPONDS TO ORGANIZATION CALLING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an apparent mistake, the Embassy has received an original letter from the Kyrgyz MFA responding to a Kyrgyz organization calling itself the "Coordinating Council of the Movement for the Removal of the American Air Base 'Ganci' From the Territory of Kyrgyzstan." The MFA lette [...]
2009-08-14 09:10:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALKG PGOV PINR PREL
09BISHKEK942KYRGYZ MFA RESPONDS TO ORGANIZATION CALLING FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an apparent mistake, the Embassy has received an original letter from the Kyrgyz MFA responding to a Kyrgyz organization calling itself the "Coordinating Council of the Movement for the Removal of the American Air Base 'Ganci' From the Territory of Kyrgyzstan." The MFA lette [...]
2009-08-24 09:45:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALKG PGOV PINR PREL
09BISHKEK945KYRGYZSTAN: POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 5, EmbOff met with Ross Jacoby, the Chairman of Katel, an American-financed mobile telecommunications company based in Kyrgyzstan. Jacoby told EmbOff of the Kyrgyz government's recent decision to overturn an earlier decree that allocated a portion of Katel,s frequenci [...]
2009-08-24 10:42:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECPS EINV KIDE KG
09BISHKEK947GENERAL PETRAEUS REVIEWS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U.S. CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus held a joint meeting August 17 with Kyrgyz Minister of Foreign Affairs Sarbayev and First Deputy Minister of Defense Zhaparov, and a separate meeting with Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Aibek Moldogaziyev. In both meetings, Petraeus of [...]
2009-08-25 03:55:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK952KYRGYZ FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO OCT 5-6
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Sarbayev August 26 to provide him with the invitation to the Annual Bilateral Consultations (ABC) and the National Day message from President Obama. Sarbayev agreed to hold the ABC on October 5-6 and was visibly happy to have the National [...]
2009-08-26 11:37:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK955PRESIDENT BAKIYEV TO VISIT TRANSIT CENTER ON
[...] (C) In a follow-up telephone conversation today to their August 26 meeting, the Ambassador and Foreign Minister Sarbayev agreed that President Bakiyev would visit the Transit Center at Manas on September 11 (REFTEL A). The Ambassador and Sarbayev agreed that there would be a short ceremony co [...]
2009-08-27 10:30:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KG
09BISHKEK96KYRGYZ DEMAND OVER $2 BILLION TO KEEP MANAS OPEN
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request at paragraph 15. Summary ------- 2. (C) Ambassador met with Presidential Chief of Staff Usenov and Foreign Minister Sarbayev February 2 to deliver Ref A points. Usenov presented a long list of demands to keep Manas Air Base open: arranging forg [...]
2009-02-02 12:46:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KG
09BOGOTA1014AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA
[...] (U) On March 10-11, the Ambassador traveled to Medellin on the occasion of a State Department-sponsored workshop on protecting cultural patrimony. Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos and Mayor Alonso Salazar Jaramillo told the Ambassador that the security situation had improved with the Rev [...]
2009-03-27 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL EAID SNAR PHUM PTER PREF ECON CO
09BOGOTA1047MARCH HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (U) Bogota's Superior Court issued the first conviction of a participant under the Justice and Peace Law. Fliers calling for "social cleansing" have appeared in over 20 cities. The Supreme Court reopened the case of retired General Rito Alejo del Rio for alleged paramilitary collaboration in [...]
2009-04-01 16:06:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1108NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to poor weather, 6,410 total hectares were sprayed in February; eradication aircraft were involved in one hostile fire incident. February's operations in Tumaco included several NAS humanitarian missions to aid victims of floods and violence. The GOC's 2009 manual eradicat [...]
2009-04-02 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1110COLOMBIA'S GOALS AT THE APRIL 17-19 SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (C) The GOC's focus in the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas is primarily bilateral. President Uribe told the Ambassador on March 30 that he hopes to have an individual meeting with President Obama. Substantively, he is seeking a clear indication of the way forward on the U.S.-Colombia Free [...]
2009-04-02 22:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKSUM PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA1208COLOMBIA: PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED
[...] (C) The Colombian Supreme Court's recent denial of seven U.S. extradition requests marked the Court's shift to a more restrictive interpretation of Colombia's constitutional limits on extradition. The shift reflects a longstanding debate in Colombian judicial circles, a nationalist backlash [...]
2009-04-08 21:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1214COLOMBIA: OUTREACH ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 20:00:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV KGHG KSUM PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA1255COLOMBIA RESPONSE: UNASUR MULTILATERAL MEETINGS IN
[...] Post passed points in reftel to the Ministry of Foreign Relations Office of U.S. and Canadian Affairs official Adriana Maldonado. The MFA confirmed that President Alvaro Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez will attend the UNASUR meeting with President Obama during the Summit of the Amer [...]
2009-04-16 19:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM
09BOGOTA1283NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aerial eradicators sprayed 10,920 total hectares in March; this number brought the calendar year total to 23,200 hectares of coca sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in three hostile fire incidents, resulting in four impacts for a total for the year of seven hostile f [...]
2009-04-20 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1294COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY
[...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...]
2009-04-20 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA1352SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO SOACHA FALSE POSITIVE
[...] (C) A public meeting convoked by the Colombian Senate on the Soacha killings turned heated when Senator Galan challenged Defense Minister Santos' claim that extrajudicial killings stopped after the GOC's high-profile dismissal of 27 military officers for the Soacha murders on October 30 last y [...]
2009-04-24 18:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS MARR PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA1359CODEL HOYER FOCUSES ON FTA AND PLAN COLOMBIA IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer led a Congressional Delegation to Cartagena and Medellin, Colombia, from April 6-8, 2009. President Uribe outlined to the delegation the progress Colombia has made, with U.S. support, on counternarcotics efforts and the fact that much remains t [...]
2009-04-27 18:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OREP PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA1376INVESTMENT EXPERT HIGHLIGHTS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Mapa Group Partner and renewable energy investment expert J.F. Scarborough April 19-22 to inform local audiences and policymakers about international investment trends in [...]
2009-04-28 21:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV ECON EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1377COLOMBIA: FOREIGN BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT INITIATIVES
[...] SUMMARY. Internet usage has grown to 40 percent of the Colombian population in the last ten years, with internet subscriptions rising at an annual rate of 75 percent. Over 73 percent of internet subscribers use broadband. Despite the growth, Colombia's subscription penetration average rema [...]
2009-04-28 22:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON CO EINT EINV ETTC
09BOGOTA1379 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MARCH 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for March, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 4,698 tracks during December. Six were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). One resulted in a Phase I event with the event ending wh [...]
2009-04-29 16:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1442APRIL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] The Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) asked for a 60-year sentence against ex-Senator Alvaro Garcia Romero for his role in facilitating paramilitary massacres, and charged former Cesar Governor Alvaro Araujo Noguera and his son, ex-Senator Alvaro Araujo Castro, for conspiring with paramilitaries t [...]
2009-05-05 20:40:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA1462COLOMBIA COMMITTED TO RESTARTING DISCUSSIONS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOC remains committed to concluding a bilateral Science and Technology (S&T) agreement, but claims limited flexibility on intellectual property rights (IPR) language. GOC officials tell us reaching agreement on IPR language prior to the ratification of the U.S.- Colombia T [...]
2009-05-07 22:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL EMIN EAGR TPHY TBIO SENV CO
09BOGOTA1481COLOMBIA EAGER TO PURSUE ECPA COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of senior-level meetings April 29-30, GOC officials told State Western Hemisphere Affairs Director for Economic Policy and Summit Coordination Matt Rooney that Colombia was very interested in pursuing cooperation with the U.S. and regional partners under the Energy a [...]
2009-05-11 21:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1493 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: APRIL 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for April, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,408 tracks during April. Three were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). One resulted in a Phase II event with the event ending wh [...]
2009-05-12 13:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1499COLOMBIA-CHILE FTA ENTERS INTO FORCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia's FTA with Chile, signed in 2006, entered into force on May 11, 2009. While the immediate impact will be minimal, the Agreement covers areas -- investment, intellectual property and agriculture -- not included in the two countries' previous trade accord. The entry-into [...]
2009-05-12 18:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ECIN PREL CO
09BOGOTA15COLOMBIAN TRADE AGENDA: MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 2008, Colombia made significant progress toward its stated goal of having nine free trade agreements with 45 countries by 2010. In addition to signing free trade agreements with Canada and EFTA, Colombia's Congress ratified FTAs with Central America's Northern Triangle and [...]
2009-01-06 15:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN ETRD PREL CO
09BOGOTA1534FARC DESERTIONS SLOW, BUT MILITARY REGAINS
[...] (C) FARC desertions dropped nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2009, slowing for the first time since 2005. Kills and captures also fell. Still, some military officials believe that FARC desertions are starting to "cut to the bone," citing the defections of more senior members. The Colombia [...]
2009-05-14 21:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER MARR PHUM SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1539SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]
2009-05-15 14:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1554CODEL LEVIN'S FACT-FINDING MISSION TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Representative Sander Levin, Chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, visited Bogota, Medellin, and Cali from April 12-17. President Alvaro Uribe outlined GOC efforts to reduce violence against trade union members, increase resolution of labor cases, protect vulnerable groups [...]
2009-05-15 21:37:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OREP PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA1582SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...]
2009-05-19 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1596DCM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 20:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO SCUL SNAR PHUM PTER
09BOGOTA168COLOMBIA'S NEW S&T LAW HIGHLIGHTS PUSH FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December 2008 the Colombian Congress approved a Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) Law, with the intention for STI to become a major driver of Colombian productivity and long-term economic stability. The law increases GOC funding available for STI activities and resea [...]
2009-01-21 15:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPL KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA1701SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MEEKS TO CARTAGENA AND
[...] (SBU) Your attendance at the presentation of the Afro-Colombian Inter-Sectoral Commission's recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sends a strong signal of US support for the legitimate aspirations of this long-suffering minority. In addition to attending this meeting, you will mee [...]
2009-05-28 11:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA1810CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA1811UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AORC EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1814MCC MEETS WITH CROSS SECTION OF COLOMBIANS ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During its initial visit to Colombia, a delegation from the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) explained the organization's mission and procedures to Colombian Government, civil society, and business communities. The delegation's interlocutors in Bogota and Cali identified i [...]
2009-06-04 19:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1829THE INFORMAL COLOMBIAN ECONOMY - WHY IS IT SO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite several years of strong economic growth and economic liberalization, much of Colombia's economic activity continues to fall in the informal, unregulated and untaxed sector. Estimates of the size of the informal economy range from 48 to 60 percent of GDP, depending on how [...]
2009-06-08 16:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EAID PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA1850GOC WANTS TO CONCLUDE S&T AGREEMENT AS DELIVERABLE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOC reiterated its commitment to the U.S.-Colombia Science & Technology (S&T) Agreement and expressed urgency to reach an accord in the event that a potential Uribe-POTUS bilat takes place in the near future. Nonetheless, they still suggest numerous changes to the latest dra [...]
2009-06-09 18:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TSPL KCIS PGOV EINV CO
09BOGOTA1855NAS MONTHLY w5a hectares, with poor
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 13:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1891CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS VISIT TO CARTAGENA AND TUMACO
[...] (SBU) Congressman Gregory Meeks visited Cartagena and Tumaco from May 28-31. In Cartagena, his attendance at the Afro-Colombian Commission's presentation of recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sent a strong signal of U.S. support for the legitimate aspirations of Afro-Colombian [...]
2009-06-12 15:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA1982SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION
[...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...]
2009-06-18 23:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1983 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,137 tracks during December. Four were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events this month. END SUMMA [...]
2009-06-19 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1984 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,137 tracks during December. Four were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events this month. END SUMM [...]
2009-06-19 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA199COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF IMPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 14:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV CO
09BOGOTA2001SCENESETTER FOR URIBE VISIT: RELATIONSHIP IN
[...] (C) President Uribe will use his visit to reaffirm our strong bilateral ties. He will seek a timeline for approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and will want continued U.S. help against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug trafficking organizations. Ur [...]
2009-06-22 16:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID SNAR PGOV PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2017GOC SCRAMBLES TO DEAL WITH GROWING BUDGET WOES
[...] SUMMARY. (U) After several years of steady growth, the global economic crisis is hitting GOC coffers and generating a newly projected 2009 central government deficit of $7 billion (3.7% of GDP),and a 2010 estimate of $11 billion (4.3% of GDP). With continuing obligations in infrastructure, [...]
2009-06-23 19:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CO
09BOGOTA2020JEFFERSON SCIENCE FELLOW PROMOTES S&T DIPLOMACY IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jefferson Science Fellow Tim DeVoogd visited Colombia June 8-12, exploring potential areas of bilateral Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) cooperation. He analyzed Colombia's STI system with federal and regional GOC stakeholders, leading universities and STI development [...]
2009-06-23 21:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC CO TSPL PGOV EINV KCIS
09BOGOTA2030NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aerial Eradication program sprayed 10,895 hectares in May, putting the program on schedule to reach the calendar goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Due to enhanced communication and synchronization, Accion Social management agreed to remove previously established, large no- [...]
2009-06-24 22:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2046NEW FRONTIERS NEXT DOOR: GROWING ECONOMIC LINKS
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. accounts for 70% of Colombia's export market, and the Andean region, especially Venezuela, accounts for almost all of the remaining 30%. With a marked drop in U.S. consumer demand and increased difficulty in receiving payment for exports to Venezuela, Colombia is looking to [...]
2009-06-25 20:43:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN CO BR
09BOGOTA2062URABA SECURITY UPDATE
[...] (C) Local security officialstold us major drug trafficker Daniel Rendon's (Don Mario's) capture has not affected local crime rates, and that narcotrafficking remains an enormous problem. The FARC, ELN, and criminal groups grow coca in the region's national parks, ship drugs out through the G [...]
2009-06-26 21:10:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
09BOGOTA2083US ADVISORY ON NORTH KOREA DELIVERED TO GOVERNMENT
[...] On June 30 Econoff delivered text of U.S. Treasury Advisory on North Korea as requested reftel to Patricia Cortes, North American Director, Colombian Ministry of External Relations. She acknowledged receipt and said it was being distributed to the appropriate contacts in the Government of Col [...]
2009-07-01 17:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CO
09BOGOTA2089JUNE HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to make progress in 'false positive' investigations, with 75 people charged for involvement in the Soacha scandal and seven members of the Army convicted in older cases. The Fiscalia is currently investigating 1056 cases--involving [...]
2009-07-01 20:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA2144CIVAIR COLOMBIA: U.S. CARRIER DESIGNATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 19:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA2158COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF 2008 GSP REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-08 20:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ECIN EIND ETRD
09BOGOTA2173FISCALIA: NO PATTERN OF ARBITRARY DETENTION, BUT
[...] (U) Advisor to the National Director of Prosecutors Maria Ximena Rincon told us the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) is reviewing 32 cases documented in a recent Human Rights First (HRF) report on alleged baseless prosecutions and arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders. The re [...]
2009-07-09 15:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA2239COLOMBIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTIFICATION FOR DECISION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 15:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EAID CO
09BOGOTA2246THE URIBE COALITION: LESS THAN SOLID
[...] (C) President Uribe's legislative coalition is focused on changing the Constitution to allow Uribe to run for a third term in 2010, but the House and Senate must reconcile differing versions of the reelection bill before it can go forward. After Congressional approval, Colombia's Constitution [...]
2009-07-15 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA2345 YOUTH OUTREACH VISIT FOCUSES ON COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The DCM traveled on June 27 to the city of Barranquilla (in the Caribbean coast department of Atlantico) to visit a drug demand prevention program sponsored by the Lion's Club International and to participate in the inauguration ceremony for the Latin American Little League Tourna [...]
2009-07-23 21:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2359URIBE AUTHORIZES CORDOBA PARTICIPATION, OPENS DOOR
[...] (C) President Uribe reversed his previous position and announced on July 8 that Senator Piedad Cordoba was authorized to participate in Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage releases, with the stipulation that the FARC's remaining 24 uniformed hostages be released simultaneousl [...]
2009-07-24 23:13:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINS BR EC CO VT
09BOGOTA2380NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 14,380 hectares in June and is on schedule to reach the 100,000 hectare goal. Accion Social opened up more area to spray in Tumaco, Narino. Phase II of the manual eradication campaign will end in July and Phase III will start in mid-August; [...]
2009-07-28 18:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA239COLOMBIAN COFFEE, TEXTILES AND FLOWERS BRACE FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Four and a half million Colombian jobs depend directly or indirectly on the coffee, textile/apparel and flower sectors. The three combine for 15 percent of Colombia's exports and trail only oil and coal as Colombia's most significant export products. With unemployment rising an [...]
2009-01-26 16:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD CO
09BOGOTA2489BIOFUELS: US EXPERT URGES COLOMBIA TO LOOK TOWARD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs (EEB),Embassy Bogota hosted the visit of Roundtable for Sustainable Biofuels Director Charlotte Opal September 3-5 to inform local biofuels producers and policymakers about the ongoing international dialogue [...]
2009-08-05 17:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EAGR ECON PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2493 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,041 tracks during December. There were no Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). A Law Enforcement End game based on intelligence information [...]
2009-08-05 20:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2520URIBE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR DEFUSES SOME U.S. DEFENSE
[...] (C) President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez visited the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil from August 4-6 to privately make the case that the August 10 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Quito would be an inappropriate forum to [...]
2009-08-10 22:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2563COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE (AUGUST 20-23)
[...] (SBU) We welcome the return of House Democracy Assistance Commission Chairman David Price and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement has heated up and amidst significant political developments, as Congress exerts greater [...]
2009-08-13 16:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA257 PRESIDENT OBAMA'S INAUGURATION RECEIVES BROAD,
[...] SUMMARY: Reaction to the Inauguration of President Obama as reflected by the extensive and very positive media coverage for the new administration, as well as comment from our contacts, has been uniformly positive in Colombia. President Uribe and numerous Colombian government officials have [...]
2009-01-27 14:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PHUM ECIN EAID PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2583COLOMBIAN MEDIA OVERVIEW, 2008/2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the past year (July 08-July 09) Colombian media coverage of the U.S. has remained positive. The most important development has been that private television channels Cadena Radial Colombiana (Caracol) and Radio Cadena Nacional de Colombia (RCN) reached an agreement in January [...]
2009-08-17 17:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC ECPS PGOV KMDR KPAO CO
09BOGOTA2611COLOMBIA ACCEPTS POLICY PLANNING TALKS
[...] (SBU) We delivered S/P's invitation to policy planning talks at the Department, the draft agenda and the talking points (per reftel) to MFA Vice Minister Clemencia Forero and the MFA North America office on August 10. On August 18, MFA North America Director Adriana Maldonado confirmed that C [...]
2009-08-19 21:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM EAID MARR CO
09BOGOTA2698NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...]
2009-08-24 19:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2714GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA2715GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA280520 MILLION COLOMBIANS LIVE IN POVERTY: GOOD NEWS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In late August the GOC released 2008 poverty figures showing 46 percent of Colombians live below the poverty line, compared with 53.7 percent in 2002. Extreme poverty declined from 19.7 percent to 17.8 percent over the same period. Urban poverty reduction far outpaced that of r [...]
2009-09-01 22:13:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2834COLOMBIA: BIOFUELS MEANS JOBS IN POST-CONFLICT
[...] (U) Summary. Environment Minister Carlos Costa recently highlighted for us the rationale behind Colombia's biofuels policy: 1) create jobs in rural and post-conflict zones; 2) remain self-sufficient as an energy producer; and 3) protect the environment. The policy has been bolstered by Colo [...]
2009-09-03 16:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA2838COLOMBIA: BIOFUELS MEANS JOBS IN POST-CONFLICT
[...] (U) Summary. Environment Minister Carlos Costa recently highlighted for us the rationale behind Colombia's biofuels policy: 1) create jobs in rural and post-conflict zones; 2) remain self-sufficient as an energy producer; and 3) protect the environment. The policy has been bolstered by Colo [...]
2009-09-03 18:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PGOV ECON CO
09BOGOTA2872THOUSANDS OF COLOMBIANS YELL "NO MORE CHAVEZ!"
[...] A group calling itself "No More Chavez" launched protests across Colombia and around the world on September 4 against the Government of Venezuela. Protesters demanded that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stay out of Colombia, grouped him with the terrorist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colo [...]
2009-09-04 21:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM VE CO
09BOGOTA2907MOD SILVA CALLS AMBASSADOR FOR PRE-UNASUR MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Colombian Defense Minister Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador for a meeting on August 26 in advance of the August 28 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit. Silva described Brazilian Defense Minister Jobim's August 25-26 trip to Bogota as useful. Silva said Jobim had made an [...]
2009-09-09 16:58:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL MASS MCAP PGOV KTIA CO
09BOGOTA2920AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (C) The Acting Prosecutor General announced September 7 that members of the military are not suspects in the August 26 murder of 12 Awa indigenous in Narino. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission told us privately he is concerned military public posturin [...]
2009-09-10 14:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL ELAB CO
09BOGOTA2925COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Paul Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Western Hemisphere. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) has heated up and amidst significant political developments. The Government of Colombia (GOC) [...]
2009-09-11 16:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP MASS ASEC PREF ECON
09BOGOTA294COLOMBIA INCREASES FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite accounting for less than 0.3 percent of global emissions, the Colombian Ministry of Environment (MOE) has placed increasing priority on climate change issues due to growing concerns of the impact on Colombia,s glaciers, coastal plains, and biodiversity. The MOE has inc [...]
2009-01-29 16:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2954PRESIDENT URIBE TO ATTEND LAUNCH OF INTER-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 18:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSUM SOCI ECON PREL OPDC CO
09BOGOTA2958AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TARGETED
[...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield visited the prominent Colombian human rights NGO, the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) on September 4 to launch the Embassy's new human rights strategy. CCJ Director Gustavo Gallon attributed responsibility for illegal intelligence collection by the Administrati [...]
2009-09-15 21:24:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO
09BOGOTA2977COLOMBIA OK WITH MAJORS LIST DETERMINATION FOR
[...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Multilateral Political Affairs Margarita Orozco and Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Adriana Maldonado on September 14. Deputy Polcouns stressed that the USG was committed to remaining engaged with Bolivi [...]
2009-09-16 18:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR UN BL CO
09BOGOTA2998COLOMBIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR SEAT ON PAHO
[...] This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (U) The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a diplomatic note requesting USG support in obtaining one of three vacant seats on the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) at elections this month in Was [...]
2009-09-17 15:53:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI CO
09BOGOTA3033COLOMBIA'S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS AND BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank and World Economic Forum (WEF) published their "Doing Business" and "Global Competitiveness Index" reports on September 8. Colombia's ranking improved in both publications. The World Bank listed Colombia as the best country in Latin America for doing business, [...]
2009-09-21 21:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA3035Uribe Informs Ambassador of DAS Investigation Developments
[...] (S/NF) President Alvaro Uribe emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM on September 21 that he is determined to get to the bottom of the scandals surrounding the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) (see reftels). New evidence indicates that the orders for improper wiretaps, including of an [...]
2009-09-22 13:34:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PREL PHUM PINR ASEC CO
09BOGOTA3043(C/NF) COLOMBIAN SENATOR CLAIMS DEATH THREATS BY URIBE
[...] (C/NF) Opposition Senator Rodrigo Lara told us he received death threats that he believes emanate from influential supporters of President Alvaro Uribe. Lara - son of a crusading Justice Minister slain by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel - claims his own anti-corruption efforts unearthed corrup [...]
2009-09-23 15:45:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER KJUS SNAR
09BOGOTA3045SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota warmly welcomes the visit of R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Your visit comes as Colombia faces new challenges from narcotrafficking groups as well as some political uncertainty. The Colombian Congress has just approved a referend [...]
2009-09-23 23:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3093COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING
[...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...]
2009-09-29 15:02:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC
09BOGOTA3188COLOMBIA: REPONSE TO OPIC ON MICROFINANCE GROWTH FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts at Colombia's National Association of Financial Institutions (ANIF) described the Women's World Banking (WWB) microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bucaramanga, Cali, and Popayan as outstanding lending institutions with a solid reputation in Colombia. Forbes Mag [...]
2009-10-08 13:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINT EFIN OPIC CO EINV
09BOGOTA3204AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS USG INTEREST IN SAN ANDRES
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to San Andres, Colombia on September 22-23, to highlight U.S. interest in San Andres and discuss how the United States can best support the development of the island. The Ambassador was briefed by the Governor, leaders in conservation and tourism, leaders of the A [...]
2009-10-09 15:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC PREL KLSO SNAR SENV PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3236COLOMBIA: POTENTIAL DESTINATION FOR OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE
[...] Summary: Colombia is a rich environment for renewable energy investment and would benefit from additional financing from the USRG Emerging Market Fund, LP. Colombia is a regional leader in the production of biofuels, specifically ethanol and biodiesel. Wind, geothermal, and hydroelectric pro [...]
2009-10-15 00:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC CO ENRG
09BOGOTA3269JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH
[...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...]
2009-10-27 23:00:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE
09BOGOTA3281GOC TAKES SOUNDINGS ON ELN PEACE TALKS
[...] (S) The Government of Colombia (GOC) and National Liberation Army (ELN) continue to flirt with an official peace process but are far from taking concrete steps to initiate talks. Former National Liberation Army (ELN) peace negotiator Francisco Galan initiated an "exploration" of renewed peace [...]
2009-10-29 18:11:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER CO
09BOGOTA3287GOC REACTS CALMLY TO MASSACRE IN VENEZUELA, BUT WORRIES
[...] (C/NF) The GOC has little information on the apparent massacre of nine Colombians (along with one Peruvian and one Venezuelan) whose bodies were discovered on October 24 in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. GOC officials say the GBRV has shared little and has paid no heed to Colombian offers of [...]
2009-10-30 19:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO VE
09BOGOTA3296REP. MEEKS RECEIVES RECOGNITION FOR WORK ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) Representative Gregory Meeks visited Cali October 11-12 to receive an award from the University Santiago of Cali (USC) for his work promoting the rights of the Afro-Colombian community. He also met with: Afro-Colombian Fulbright students; the Board of Directors of USC; members of the Afro- [...]
2009-10-16 17:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CO
09BOGOTA3300NAS Monthly Report for September 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...]
2009-10-16 19:09:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3309COLOMBIA PUSHES FORWARD WITH AMBITIOUS TRADE AGENDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia continues to make progress toward its goal of having nine free trade agreements (FTAs) with 45 countries in place by 2010. While not all nine are likely to be in force by next year, Colombia is already looking to other trade partners in the Hemisphere [...]
2009-11-05 16:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO
09BOGOTA3313A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS HEATS UP COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA
[...] (C/NF) The GOC is remaining cool in the face of rising bilateral tensions with Venezuela, with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez publicly calling for calm on November 4. However, observers worry Venezuelan actions reveal an aggressive intent. The GBRV blames alleged Colombian param [...]
2009-11-05 18:37:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD VE CO
09BOGOTA3333Ambassador Discusses DAS Scandal and Judicial Cooperation
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Court President Augusto Ibanez thanked the Ambassador for USG support in ensuring a successful U.S. visit for Colombian judges and emphasized the Court's desire for ongoing collaboration. The Ambassador impressed upon Ibanez the need for continued exchange programs between [...]
2009-11-09 13:40:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3335URIBE HEARS WAR DRUMS IN VENEZUELA
[...] (S) Just after meeting with President Uribe and the military high command, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador on the evening of November 8. They believe that Venezuelan President Chavez' public declarations earlier that afternoon represented a major ratcheting up of war rhetori [...]
2009-11-09 15:41:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3347COLOMBIA'S CLOUDY ELECTIONS PANORAMA
[...] (SBU) As the May 30, 2010 presidential election draws nearer, campaigns have begun and the field of candidates is slowly being whittled down. However, the potential referendum to allow President Uribe to run for a third term combined with missing electoral rules of the game (especially regardi [...]
2009-11-12 14:00:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PHUM PINR OAS CO
09BOGOTA335COLOMBIA RAISING ITS REGIONAL PROFILE, STARTING
[...] (C) High-level meetings between Colombian and Mexican officials in recent months highlight the GOC's growing willingness to take on a leadership role in the region in combating terrorism, narcotics and other criminal activity. The two countries are working more closely than ever to fight narc [...]
2009-02-03 21:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA33892009 STALEMATE CONTINUES: COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR
[...] (C) The Colombian military's momentum remained slower in the third quarter of 2009, with demobilizations, captures and kills of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members below 2008 levels. The Colombian military believes the FARC may be planning to concentrate on Cundinamarca depar [...]
2009-11-16 18:29:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MCAP ASEC PREL PGOV PREF CO
09BOGOTA3415COLOMBIA: ENERGY SECTOR TO EXPAND WITH EXIM FINANCING
[...] (C) The energy sector in Colombia has big plans to expand and the Export-Import Bank (ExIm) and the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) want to be part of this expansion by providing financial backing and trade capacity building assistance. ExIm plans to be the lead export credit agency for t [...]
2009-11-18 18:54:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ECON EINT ETRD CO
09BOGOTA3421COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT
[...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...]
2009-11-20 16:41:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
09BOGOTA3427CIV AIR: DIPNOTE AUTHORIZING NEW ROUTE FOR COLOMBIAN AIRLINE
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated November 10 stating that Colombia's civil aviation authority Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil) has authorized four new weekly frequencies for Colombian airline Aires between Cali and Fort Lauderdale. A copy of the diploma [...]
2009-11-20 22:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD CO
09BOGOTA3435SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...]
2009-11-24 15:12:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3437SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRASER'S NOV 30 - DEC 1 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric, violence against Colombians along the b [...]
2009-11-25 18:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3457Colombian Ministers Skip UNASUR Meeting on DCA
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Clemencia Forero confirmed press reports on November 27 that Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez and Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva would not attend the UNASUR ministerial in Quito. The UNASUR ministerial had the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) as its [...]
2009-11-27 23:22:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3473COLOMBIA HOSTS CHINESE-LATIN BUSINESS SUMMIT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Colombia hosted the third Chinese-Latin American Business Summit November 25-26. Approximately 250 Chinese and twice as many Latin American businesspeople attended the gathering. The GOC hopes such events will increase Chinese investment in Colombia, and President Uribe used the [...]
2009-11-30 16:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EINV CO CH
09BOGOTA3483COLOMBIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY SOURS ON ISRAELI DEFENSE FIRM
[...] (S/NF) General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),told the Ambassador on November 24 that Defense Minister Gabriel Silva was souring on the Defense Ministry's relationship with Israel. Naranjo said that the CNP's relationship with retired Israeli Major General Yisr [...]
2009-12-01 20:59:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER IS PE PM CO
09BOGOTA3485URIBE SILENT AS "DEADLINE" TO DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (U) With less than six months until the May 30 presidential election, the political panorama is as murky as ever (reftels). There is still no answer to the million dollar question: "will President Uribe run for a second reelection?" Observers and the entire spectrum of presidential candidates [...]
2009-12-01 21:48:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3487DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 22:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO CO
09BOGOTA3495BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK 050197112
[...] (U) Summary. Per reftel, Emboffs traveled to the offices of JFW Colombia S.A. (JFW) in Bogota on November 17 and met with JFW manager Ricardo Roig. JFW is a small weapons broker that has contracted with Colombian National Police and military previously. JFW provided Emboffs the contract for a [...]
2009-12-02 16:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC CO
09BOGOTA3503THE MEDELLIN MIRACLE LOSES ITS LUSTER
[...] (C) Medellin's homicide rate continues to climb, reversing positive trends experienced between 2002 and 2008. Residents attribute the rise in murders to local criminal groups competing for turf in Medellin's underworld. As the GOC successfully eliminates cocaine kingpins nationally, drug traf [...]
2009-12-04 20:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KCRM SOCI
09BOGOTA3511Copenhagen Climate Summit: Colombian Delegation, Priorities,
[...] (U) Summary. At the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, Environment Minister Carlos Costa will lead the Colombian delegation, which includes the Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, Director of IDEAM (a NOAA-like institution),and other advisors. Per reftels, Colombia will continue to be [...]
2009-12-07 20:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAID ECON ENRG PGOV PREL UN CO
09BOGOTA3515MORE RHETORIC, FEWER THREATS, IN COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA TENSIONS
[...] (C/NF) Colombian-Venezuelan tensions appear to have improved slightly from the bellicose rhetoric of late November, but significant irritants remain and the situation is by no means stable. Military leaders in a key frontier area remain focused on Colombia's internal security situation, not on [...]
2009-12-07 21:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS ETRD CO VE
09BOGOTA3525Ambassador Discusses Drug Policy, DCA with Polo Democratico
[...] (C) Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) presidential candidate Gustavo Petro told the Ambassador December 4 that U.S. drug policy was mistaken by attacking illegal drug production but not the political power behind it. Petro argued that land reform was key to rolling back the regional power that [...]
2009-12-09 22:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KJUS MARR CO
09BOGOTA3527COLOMBIA DEBRIEF ON UNASUR MEETING GENERALLY POSITIVE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Foreign Minister Forero told the Deputy Chief of Mission on November 30 that the Colombian government was pleased with the outcome of the UNASUR ministerial in Quito, noting in particular that Brazil was more conciliatory than in prior meetings. A key result was a consensus r [...]
2009-12-10 15:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3533EMBASSY BOGOTA WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION
[...] Embassy Bogota nominates Claudia Maria Mejia Duque, Executive Director and co-founder of women's rights NGO Sisma Mujer, for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Mejia's organization has empowered women to address and overcome the impact of sexual violence [...]
2009-12-11 20:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN PTER KJUS CO
09BOGOTA3536DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA AND
[...] (U) The Deputy Chief of Mission, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and other embassy officers, travelled to Barranquilla and Cartagena on October 22-23, where he met with local political, business, and community leaders; visited commercial enterprises; and visited with beneficiaries of USAI [...]
2009-11-05 21:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR CO
09BOGOTA3537JUDICIAL SECTOR WORKERS BARRED FROM STRIKING
[...] (SBU) On November 11 the Colombian Supreme Court ruled that a 2008 strike by 38,000 members of the National Association of Judicial Branch Employees (ASONAL JUDICIAL) over remuneration and judicial independence was illegal. The ruling has renewed debate over restrictions on the right of public [...]
2009-12-14 17:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
09BOGOTA3541CIVAIR: DIPNOTE AUTHORIZING NEW ROUTE FOR COLOMBIAN AIRLINE
[...] (U) Colombia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered a diplomatic note dated December 9 stating that Colombia's civil aviation authority Aeronautica Civil (AeroCivil) has authorized seven new weekly frequencies for Colombian airline Aerorepublica between Bogota and Miami. A copy of th [...]
2009-12-14 21:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD CO
09BOGOTA3559Charge Discusses Colombia-Panama Border Cooperation with
[...] (S/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),on December 15 to discuss Colombia - Panama law enforcement cooperation. Naranjo repeatedly stressed that cooperation with Panama would be completely coordinated with the USG, and that the [...]
2009-12-16 20:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR ASEC PM CO
09BOGOTA3577COLOMBIA'S LEFT STRUGGLES FOR POLITICAL SPACE
[...] (SBU) During eight years of an extremely popular center-right Uribe Administration, Colombia's political left has struggled to define itself, its opposition role, and ways to influence national institutions of power. The left has been fractured, changing, and not united by shared objectives or [...]
2009-12-18 14:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON SNAR PHUM CO VE
09BOGOTA3590DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IICA MEETING FOR BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 16:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD TBIO CO
09BOGOTA3635COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10)
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...]
2009-12-31 19:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
09BOGOTA3662NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...]
2009-11-18 13:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA36702009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA36722009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA3702Comments on Draft Report on Audit of Overseas Laptop
[...] Following is Embassy Bogota comments on the draft report and information on actions taken for the seven recommendations (Nos. 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15) that require Post's attention per Ref A. 2. OIG Recommendation 2. OIG recommends that Embassies Bogota, Mexico City, Rome, and Vienn [...]
2009-11-20 19:25:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASIG AINF
09BOGOTA378PRESIDENTS URIBE AND CHAVEZ MEET, ANNOUNCE JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' first visit to Colombia since the March 2007 diplomatic row over the GOC killing of FARC Secretariat member Raul Reyes (Ref A),President Uribe and he announced the creation of a USD 200 million joint fund and consultative commission to help busines [...]
2009-02-05 14:39:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL VE CO
09BOGOTA379PROTECTIONIST LABOR LAWS HINDER FORMAL ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Colombia's heavily taxed and regulated labor market--higher than many regionally--encourages informality and temporary contracts and cooperatives, said Vice President of the National Association of Industries (ANDI) Alberto Echavarria. He added that the 50% additional non-wage worker c [...]
2009-02-05 14:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
09BOGOTA3806AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,711 tracks during October. There were five Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks -- [...]
2009-11-30 20:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA383SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 9-13 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) The signing of a new defense cooperation agreement (DCA) with the United States is a priority for President Uribe. The current negotiations come at a time when the GOC is eager to cement the historically solid U.S.-Colombian bilateral relationship under the new U.S. administration. The GOC and [...]
2009-02-05 19:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS CO
09BOGOTA3862COLOMBIA SEEKS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FROM DEPARTMENT OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, the GOC presented a proposal to the Department of Energy in support of the Low Carbon Communities of the Americas program on November 30, 2009. This program is in response to President Obama's Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas initiative launched at the Summit of [...]
2009-12-03 17:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PREL SENV CO
09BOGOTA3878MASS OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFFERS IN COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia opened its ninth petroleum show on December 2 with offers to explore and produce oil and gas in 168 blocks throughout Colombia and offshore. Close to 1,000 businessmen and women were in attendance representing firms from North America, Europe, China, and Latin America [...]
2009-12-04 15:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL EINT SENV CO
09BOGOTA3894COLOMBIA: 2010 NTE SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel, following is Embassy Bogota's submission for the 2010 National Trade Estimate Report, which has been e-mailed to USTR, WHA/AND, WHA/EPSC and EEB/TPP/BTA. TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT ------------------------- 2. The United States-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) wa [...]
2009-12-04 21:32:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD CO
09BOGOTA3984CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS: FOR PUBLIC GOOD OR PUBLIC VOTES?
[...] (U) Summary. Colombia's conditional cash transfer program, called "Familias en Accion", receives notable support and praise from the international financial institutions. The World Bank highlights that Familias en Accion significantly contributes to poverty alleviation and equity of opportun [...]
2009-12-14 14:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA4048COLOMBIA'S POWERFUL TRAVEL AGENCIES SEEK STATE INTERVENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Colombia's powerful travel agency association has consistently lobbied for protectionist regulations to stave off the airlines' competitive advantage in online ticket sales. Two regulations are pending GOC approval that airlines oppose: one would require airlines to charge an [...]
2009-12-18 21:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD EINV ECON EINT PGOV CO
09BOGOTA4068NSDD-38: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
[...] After careful consideration, and in accordance with the authorities vested in me as Chief of Mission (COM),I approve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to add three Development Leadership Initiative (DLI's) Officers as follows: one FS-6 Program Economic Officer, one FS-6 De [...]
2009-12-22 16:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT AFIN CO
09BOGOTA4108FOR RELEASE: NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...]
2009-12-29 18:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA4122NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...]
2009-12-30 21:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA413SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]
2009-02-09 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA418COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO IDB 50TH ANNUAL MEETING IN
[...] On February 6, Post received a diplomatic note from the Colombian Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs extending an invitation to Treasury Secretary Geithner to attend the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the 24th Annual meeting [...]
2009-02-09 20:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OVIP PGOV ECON OTRA EAID CO
09BOGOTA420SMELL THE ROSES: CLEANER DIESEL IMPROVES AIR
[...] SUMMARY. Due to tighter Ministry of Environment (MOE) regulations and clean diesel measures taken by state oil company Ecopetrol, Bogota's air quality -- historically among the poorest in Latin America -- is the best that it has been in the last twelve years. Both the MOE and Ecopetrol publ [...]
2009-02-09 22:38:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON CO
09BOGOTA434SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...]
2009-02-11 20:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA435SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]
2009-02-11 20:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA437 REVISION: COLOMBIA-2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] This is a revised copy of the 2009 Colombia Investment Climate Statement (ref B). Please note minor changes in paragraphs 11 (Banking, Insurance and Telecommunications sections),41, 48, 51 and 71. Post will submit text via email to EEB/IFD/OIA and include in the 2009 Country Commercial Guid [...]
2009-02-11 20:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN KIPR PGOV CO
09BOGOTA446COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO THE PRESIDENT FOR IDB
[...] On February 10, Post received a copy of an invitation from President Alvaro Uribe to President Obama to attend the closing event of the 50th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Heads of State and Government Summit in Medellin on March 31, [...]
2009-02-12 16:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP OTRA PGOV ECON EAID EFIN IDB CO
09BOGOTA526SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 4-5 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Admiral Mullen to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As you know from previous visits, in ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in [...]
2009-02-19 18:34:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MOPS MCAP ECON CO
09BOGOTA545IATTC: USG AND EC MAKE JOINT DEMARCHE OVER GOC
[...] (U) Summary. On February 17, EconOff and the European Commission Political/Economic Counselor Gonzalo Fournier, discussed the GOC's position toward the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) with Carlos Robles, Director of Fishing at the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA). The impetus fo [...]
2009-02-20 16:09:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS PHSA SENV PGOV PREL CO
09BOGOTA571JOURNALIST RECEIVING DEATH THREATS - BLAMES GOC
[...] (C) Independent journalist Hollman Morris told us he has received 50 death threats after President Uribe called him a "terrorist apologist" for his presence at the FARC's liberation of four hostages on February 1. He also complained that he was detained for seven hours by the Colombian mili [...]
2009-02-24 13:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KJUS CO
09BOGOTA59DECEMBER 2008: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] The civilian Prosecutor General's Office announced investigations against four former generals for alleged previous ties to now-demobilized paramilitaries. On December 20, the FARC kidnapped ten men from Arrayanes (Meta). The Southern Bloc of the FARC admitted to the December 7 "mistake" ki [...]
2009-01-09 21:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA688URIBE RESTRICTS DAS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN
[...] (C) President Uribe stripped authority from the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) to conduct wiretaps after press revelations that the DAS had illegally spied on domestic political figures. All DAS monitoring must now be done under the control of the Colombian National Police (CNP). [...]
2009-03-02 15:54:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA7COLOMBIAN ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
[...] SUMMARY. After four years of averaging over 5 percent growth capped by a record 7.5 percent expansion in 2007, Colombia's economy slowed significantly in 2008 under the combined pressure of currency appreciation and high interest rates in the first semester, and the cratering of commodity pri [...]
2009-01-05 18:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV CO
09BOGOTA707CHINESE VP'S COLOMBIA VISIT LONG ON GOOD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Colombia, part of a broader trip through the region, focused on the Chinese designation of Colombia as an official tourist destination, Colombia's burgeoning trade deficit with China, and a Colombian desire for greater Chinese in [...]
2009-03-02 20:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN ETRD CO
09BOGOTA719COLOMBIA: RATIFICATION OF THE LAND-BASED SOURCES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 17:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KTIA ECON CO
09BOGOTA720COLOMBIA: INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS TO GENETIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Decree 309 of 2000 establishes the GOC's regulatory framework for research collection and access to genetic resources. Every researcher must have a permit to collect, as well as an additional permit or "contract" to access genetic or biological material. National, regional an [...]
2009-03-03 17:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR SENV TBIO CO
09BOGOTA721VISIT HIGHLIGHTS US ASSISTANCE TO SANTA MARTA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The DCM traveled on February 18 and 19 to the Port of Santa Marta (in the Caribbean coast department of Magdalena) to meet with local political, social, and business leaders and to visit the Santa Marta Port, La Remonta Antinarcotics Police Base, a USAID-funded clinic and school, [...]
2009-03-03 18:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO
09BOGOTA747CIVAIR COLOMBIA: DESIGNATION OF US CARRIER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 21:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA749 COLOMBIA DRUG SURVEY RESULTS OUT AND GOC USES THEM TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia released the National Household Drug Consumption Survey's executive summary on February 24 and used the results to re-launch efforts to penalize possession of a personal dosage of drugs, fueling the political battle between President Alvaro Uribe and P [...]
2009-03-05 11:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA768"NO CHANCE" OF FARC PEACE TALKS AS PEACE
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo announced on February 28 that he will resign from office, effective in mid-March, to start a unified "Uribista" political movement. He said President Uribe does not expect peace talks to occur during the remainder of his term, and the President will n [...]
2009-03-06 14:38:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA792COMMISSION OF FORMER LATIN PRESIDENTS SUGGESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 21:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA809COLOMBIA: INVITATION TO ATTEND ANTARCTIC TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-11 19:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SENV TPHY KSCA KTIA ECON CO
09BOGOTA817TOURISM IN COLOMBIA: RECENT GROWTH UNDER THREAT
[...] SUMMARY: Colombia's tourist industry continued its rapid growth in 2008, increasing 16 percent, but local stakeholders fear the global financial crisis threatens recent gains. Tourism leaders worry the crisis will negatively affect both the number of tourists visiting Colombia as well as the [...]
2009-03-11 21:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV CO
09BOGOTA849SUBJECT: URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER CONTINUES
[...] (C) The recent scandal involving the Department of Administrative Security's (DAS) surveillance of several Supreme Court justices has exacerbated the already tense relations between the Court and the GOC. The dispute, originally centered on longstanding turf battles between the Supreme and Co [...]
2009-03-13 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA851REQUEST FOR DVC TO SUPPORT THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
[...] Post would like to request a Digital Video Conference (DVC) to support WHA/PDA's outreach efforts to support the Summit of the Americas. The DVC will cover topics including the Summit process, energy security, human prosperity, environmental sustainability, and a discussion on expected result [...]
2009-03-13 22:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP ES
09BOGOTA856 NEW EMBASSY BRANCH OFFICE OPENS IN CARTAGENA; RECEIVES
[...] Summary: The Ambassador inaugurated a new Embassy Branch Office (EBO) in Cartagena on March 3 with an opening ceremony that included the participation of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero, the Governor of Bolivar, Joaco Hernando Berrio, and the Mayor of Cartagena, Judith [...]
2009-03-16 15:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV CASC SNAR CO
09BOGOTA9 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: NOVEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for November, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6160 tracks during November. Two were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event that transitioned to a ground Law [...]
2009-01-05 19:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA926SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE;
[...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]
2009-03-18 11:45:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA929SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE;
[...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]
2009-03-18 15:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA930SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE;
[...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrique Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...]
2009-03-18 17:37:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO
09BOGOTA955PROGRESS IN ROUND TWO OF DEFENSE COOPERATION
[...] (C) U.S. and Colombian delegations made steady progress in the second round of negotiations on a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) in Bogota on March 10-13. President Uribe had earlier expressed a desire to conclude the DCA ahead of the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas. Still, the GOC de [...]
2009-03-19 17:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV MASS MCAP MOPS KTIA CO
09BOGOTA958COLOMBIA'S NATIONAL AIRLINE: BRACING FOR THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Amid worsening economic conditions, Colombia's national airline, Avianca, is re-assessing its routes and frequencies for 2009. The company has already postponed planned route additions and fleet acquisitions. Meanwhile, Avianca still expects to receive 13 new Airbus planes in [...]
2009-03-19 18:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN CO
09BOGOTA970SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...]
2009-03-20 18:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA973EAC ON INCREASE OF REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Charge (CDA) convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on March 20, 2009 to review the Mission's security posture in response to an increase in FARC related threat reporting. The threat increase is related to what the FARC is calling "Black March," a period corresponding t [...]
2009-03-20 21:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRETASEC AMGT CASC PTER CO
09BOGOTA981SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...]
2009-03-24 22:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA997PALM OIL FIRMS VOLUNTARILY RETURN SOME LAND TO
[...] Summary: On February 16-17, three palm oil firms voluntarily returned 1269 hectares of land usurped by paramilitaries to the displaced Afro-Colombian communities of Curvarado and Jiguamiando in Choco department. The hand over follows years of pressure by the GOC, human rights groups, and the [...]
2009-03-25 20:45:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON SOCI EAGR CO
09BRASILIA1041BRAZIL'S THINKING ON COLOMBIA-US DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOB has started to backtrack on its negative and kneejerk response to the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and appears open to conversations to set straight the disinformation campaign produced by Brazil,s more left-leaning neighbors. After his August 6 meetin [...]
2009-08-20 21:31:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1042 BRAZIL IPR: GOB STRENGTHENS ENFORCEMENT BUT SOME IN BRAZIL
[...] (U) Summary: On August 18, the Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE),Division of Intellectual Property (DIPI),hosted a presentation to interested members of the diplomatic community by the National Anti-Piracy Council (CNCP). Chaired by the Ministry of Justice, CNCP brings together [...]
2009-08-21 16:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1044TRIPARTITE DIALOGUE RESULTS IN AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE LABOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Responding to international concerns over poor working conditions and forced labor in the sugarcane sector, Brazil's President Lula signed on June 25, 2009, the National Commitment to Improve Labor Conditions in Sugarcane Activity. A tripartite dialogue between organizations repre [...]
2009-08-24 10:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ENRG PGOV ELAB BR
09BRASILIA1076WHA DAS MCMULLEN,S CLEARS THE AIR ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Christopher McMullen,s visit to Brazil and briefings to GOB officials on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) helped ease Brazilian concerns over the issue and spurred new dialog aimed at greater bilateral and multilateral cooperation [...]
2009-08-27 20:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1081BRAZIL H1N1 UPDATE - AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. OVERALL SITUATION 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu has caused a considerable amount of concern among the Brazilian population. Doctors anecdotally report that their patients are coming in for minor cold an [...]
2009-08-28 18:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA1084BRAZIL: DEMARCHE/LETTER DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel letter on the U.S.- Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of the United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Carlos Abreu on August 27. Later that day, Abreu confirmed that FM Celso Amorim ha [...]
2009-08-28 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1093BRAZILIAN VIEWS OF 2009 UNGA
[...] Brazil's priorities for this year's UNGA are little different than in previous years: UNSC reform, Haiti and stability in Latin America. With recent controversy in the region surrounding the announcement of the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement, Ministry for External Relations (MRE [...]
2009-08-31 19:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA BR
09BRASILIA1097 BRAZIL: DATA COLLECTION OF BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL post gathered the following information regarding the Government of Brazil's (GOB) interventions and actions aimed at dealing with the convergence of the H1N1 outbreak and the Southern Hemisphere's annual flu season. GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS 2. (SBU) H1N1 flu [...]
2009-09-01 16:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI TBIO KFLU BR
09BRASILIA1104DIPLOMATIC DIALOGUE IN BRAZIL: WAITING ON OBAMA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a broad off-the-record discussion of U.S.-Brazil foreign policy issues hosted by the CDA as part of U/S McHale's Diplomatic Dialogue Initiative (ref A),the select group of invited Brazilian opinion leaders were unanimous in stressing that, although they have been pleased wi [...]
2009-09-03 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV SCUL ECON PREL BR
09BRASILIA1112BRAZIL MORE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. The Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MRE or Itamaraty) has no immediate response to our request in ref A to provide $10 million in direct budget support to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The relevant MRE department heads were receptive to the idea of a further Brazilian co [...]
2009-09-04 20:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN EAID KWBG OPDC IS
09BRASILIA1113AUGUST 4-5 VISIT OF U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 4-5 visit to Brasilia dominated by Brazilian concerns over USG intentions and the regional implications of expanded U.S. access to Colombian military bases, National Security Advisor General James L. Jones assured senior GOB officials that President Obama desires a tr [...]
2009-09-04 21:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD EFIN KNNP XM XF IR BR
09BRASILIA1124LULA FAVORS FRENCH FIGHTERS -- SITUATION SERIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise announcement during the September 7 visit of French President Sarkozy, President Lula said Brazil would begin negotiations to purchase French-made Rafale fighter aircraft. The President,s step short circuited the Brazilian Air Force,s technical evaluation proces [...]
2009-09-09 10:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASC ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1129BRAZIL: SCENE SETTER, USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK VISIT TO SAO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic and trade ties. Excellent opportunities for increased bilateral trade cooperation exist, including issues raised in the recent CEO Forum. Brazil has also prioritized concl [...]
2009-09-11 10:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIRP ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1140KEEPING LIT BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA'S FLICKERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials raised Bolivia,s nascent interest in trilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and Brazil during a late August meeting with U.S. officials. In follow-up discussions with PolOffs, Itamaraty,s Head of the Departm [...]
2009-09-14 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR BR BO
09BRASILIA1156BRAZIL: PLANNING TO SEND ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF HEU
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL A, on September 11 Science Counselor and Science Officer met with Brazil's Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Acting Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS) Fabio Simao Alves to request written assurances from the Brazilian Government that [...]
2009-09-16 17:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KSCA TRGY BR
09BRASILIA1167JOINT ACTION PLAN TO ELIMINATE RACISM (JAPER)
[...] Summary: In a September 8-9 technical meeting of the Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPER) in Brasilia, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- an agenda for the October 22-23 Steering Group Meeting in Salvador featuring high-level [...]
2009-09-17 21:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1184BRAZIL SHARES UPDATE ON SITUATION IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 22 at 14:00 EDT that, with power and water cut off and 70 pro-Zelaya protesters now also trapped on the compound, the situation [...]
2009-09-23 10:57:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1188BRAZILIAN UNDERSECRETARY TALKS AFRICA,
[...] (C) Summary. In his September 21 introductory lunch with the Charge D'Affaires, Ambassador Piragibe Tarrago, the recently named Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Under-Secretary for the newly created Middle Eastern and African Affairs portfolio, provided insight into Brazil's evolving dev [...]
2009-09-23 18:14:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON IS
09BRASILIA1195BRAZIL REQUESTS MORE HELP IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Head of Mexico and Central America Division First Secretary Renato de Avila Viana told Poloff on September 24 that while the immediate threat to the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras has diminished, the GOB needs assistance getting their p [...]
2009-09-25 10:34:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1201BRAZIL: USTR Amb Kirk Sept 16-17 Visit to Brasilia and Sao
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with the private sector and labor representatives, as well as government officials, USTR Ambassador Ron Kirk achieved significant success in re-framing the tone of the U.S.-Brazil trade and investment relationship. Common themes, including the need for a Bilateral T [...]
2009-09-28 14:27:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINV EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1206BRAZIL: POLICE PUBLICLY ADMIT AL QAEDA'S PRESENCE;
[...] (U) Summary: The head of the Brazilian Federal Police,s (DPF) intelligence division admitted publicly during a Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, hearing on terrorism July 7 that an individual arrested in April on hate crimes-related charges was in fact linked to al Qaeda (AQ),the first time a Br [...]
2009-10-01 15:15:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1210BRAZIL LACKS STRATEGY IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: Brazil, which had pinned much of its hope for a quick resolution of the Honduras crisis on the success of an OAS or Costa Rica President Arias, mission to Tegucigalpa, now seems at a loss of how to protect its Embassy in Tegucigalpa and negotiate itself out of the standstill in Ho [...]
2009-10-02 10:56:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1216BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-7 VISIT OF S/CT
[...] (C) The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on Lula,s excel [...]
2009-10-02 21:25:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA122ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE U.S.-BRAZIL FRAMEWORK SPACE
[...] (SBU) On January 29, 2009, ESTH Counselor delivered to the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Division for the Sea, Antarctica and Space, the diplomatic note (no. 49),per REFTEL, agreeing to the Brazilian proposal that the U.S.-Brazil Framework Agreement on Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses [...]
2009-01-30 14:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL BR
09BRASILIA1234BRAZIL HELPING GUYANA WITH ENERGY IN VENEZUELA BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazil is in talks with Guyana to build a hydroelectric plant on the border region of the two countries, in the territory disputed between Venezuela and Guyana. International Advisor to Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy Edison Lobao, Ambassador Rubem Barbosa told Econoff on [...]
2009-10-09 14:23:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL BR GY VZ
09BRASILIA1239HANDLING VISA REQUEST FROM BRAZILIAN INVOLVED IN
[...] (U) This is an action request--see paras 2 and 10. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Consulate General Sao Paulo on October 6 issued a visa to Paulo de Tarso Venceslau, who after the fact was identified in Brazilian media as one of the kidnappers of the U.S. Ambassador to Brazil in 1969, s [...]
2009-10-15 17:48:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER CVIS BR
09BRASILIA1254BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based. There exists a solid foundation of scientific and technological (S&T) ties, which offers excellent opportunities for increasing bilateral - and possible trilateral - cooperation. The bilatera [...]
2009-10-22 18:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1261BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 27-30 VISIT OF SPECIAL REP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The visit of the Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Ambassador Susan Burk, comes at an important time. Brazil is reviving its long dormant civilian and military nuclear energy programs. It closed down its nuclear weapons program in 1990 and j [...]
2009-10-23 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA ENRG ETTC BR
09BRASILIA1262BRAZIL STILL LACKS A STRATEGY IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: A six-member Brazilian Congressional delegation traveled to Tegucigalpa September 30 to October 2 to support the Brazilian community in Honduras and met with Zelaya and Micheletti government officials. According to two members of the delegation, Zelaya appeared to be "fragile" and [...]
2009-10-26 19:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SOCI BR HO
09BRASILIA1263BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA,S CONCERNS OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 19:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1264BRAZIL: URIBE ALLAYS LULA'S CONCERNS OVER
[...] (C) Summary: Brazilian President Lula is now comfortable with the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),following a successful meeting and visit to Sao Paulo by Colombian President Uribe on October 19, according to Colombian Ambassador in Brasilia Tony Jozame. On October 21 Jozame [...]
2009-10-26 20:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR CO
09BRASILIA1271BRAZIL: SMALL VICTORY IN THE 40 YEAR STRUGGLE FOR A BTT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 28, the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies' Constitutional Committee (CCJ) approved the Tax Information and Exchange Act (TIEA) with the United States. The TIEA, which the Government of Brazil (GOB) considers an important pre-element of progress toward a Bilateral Tax Tre [...]
2009-10-29 09:53:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA1272BRAZIL: STAFFDEL MEECHAM - IFI/MDBs REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials from both the Government of Brazil (GOB) and international financial institutions (IFIs) and multilateral development banks (MDBs) operating in Brazil described for Carl Meacham, Senator Lugar's senior foreign policy advisor on Latin America, a shift from national lev [...]
2009-10-29 13:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA1281BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-COLOMBIA DCA
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered Ref A demarche on the U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) October 30 to Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Pol/Mil Advisor to the Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Marcos Pinta Gama, United States/Canada/Inter-American Affairs Department Head [...]
2009-10-30 19:54:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR OPDC PREL CO BR
09BRASILIA1282BRAZIL: ILLICIT FINANCE CONFERENCE USES THE "T"
[...] (SBU) Summary: An S/CT funded regional conference entitled "Illicit Financial Crimes" held in Rio de Janeiro during October 4-9, 2009, successfully brought together representatives from Brazil,s federal and state law enforcement community and countries from throughout Latin America. The week [...]
2009-10-30 20:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PINR BR
09BRASILIA1292Third Meeting of the Steering Group of the U.S.-Brazil
[...] Summary: In an October 22-23 Steering Group meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality, the USG and GOB agreed on the following: -- the public launching of a $400,000 Small Grants Program for educational and cultural proj [...]
2009-11-05 13:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI BR
09BRASILIA1308BRAZIL'S CLIMATE POSITION IS IN FLUX AND COULD STRENGTHEN;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) is finalizing its position for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen. Despite earlier signals that it might announce an economy-wide emissions reduction target, President [...]
2009-11-09 18:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIN EAGR EAID KGHG BR
09BRASILIA1313 BRAZIL: DEMARCHE ON IICA MEETING FOR BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL
[...] Per REFTEL, Post discussed with Government of Brazil (GOB) officials Brazil's participation at the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) regional meeting in Santiago, Chile on November 12 and 13th, 2009. Marcus Vinicius Coelho, Office of Agricultural Protection (SDA),[...]
2009-11-10 19:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR SENV ETRD TBIO BR
09BRASILIA1315CHARGE DISCUSSES SECURITY COOPERATION, FIGHTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 9 meeting, Charge Kubiske and Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim discussed next steps in the United States-Brazil bilateral security relationship, the potential sale of U.S.-origin fighter aircraft and regional security. Jobim showed strong interest in furthering s [...]
2009-11-13 21:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS BR
09BRASILIA132BRAZIL: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] This cable transmits the text of the Brazil Investment Climate Statement for 2007. BEGIN TEXT: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. According to a recent United Nations report, Brazil is the largest foreign direct investment (FDI) re [...]
2009-02-03 16:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BR
09BRASILIA1320AMB. SUSAN BURK MEETS WITH BRAZILIANS IN PREPARATION FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During meetings in Brasilia on October 28, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation Susan Burk garnered support from Brazilian counterparts for the U.S. approach to the 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. The Brazilian Ministry of [...]
2009-11-16 14:26:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA ENRG BR
09BRASILIA1321SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S.-BRAZIL JOINT COMMISSION MEETING ON
[...] SUMMARY: Brazil - the giant of South America - has stepped on to the world stage as a major economic power and is a key player in regional and multilateral matters. What has been less noticeable is that Brazil has put itself on a track to eventually become a global scientific and technologic [...]
2009-11-16 14:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKSCA EAGR EAID SENV TBIO NSF BR
09BRASILIA1338 BRAZIL IPR UPDATE: PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Brazilian judicial and legislative branches are in the process of examining two key pharmaceutical patent-related issues - the role of the national health vigilance agency (ANVISA) in reviewing pharmaceutical patent applications and the constitutionality of Brazil's pipeline [...]
2009-11-20 13:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA1342NEW BRAZILIAN DEPUTY FM SEES NEED TO STEP UP
[...] (C) The CDA paid a courtesy call November 18 on Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty) Secretary-General (Deputy Minister) Antonio Patriota. Patriota has just taken up his duties following three years as Brazil,s ambassador to Washington. Patriota said he sees great poten [...]
2009-11-20 19:48:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN SENV BR
09BRASILIA1343 BRAZIL'S MONEY LAUNDERING AND TERROR FINANCE SYSTEM:
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil has established generally adequate anti-money laundering mechanisms but lacks basic legislation criminalizing the financing of terrorism as an autonomous crime. The Financial Action Task Force evaluating Brazil this year is expected to make recommendations regarding the ef [...]
2009-11-23 09:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR
09BRASILIA1360BRAZIL ON U.S.-BOLIVIA DIALOGUE, ARGENTINA,
[...] SUMMARY. In a meeting November 19 with PolCouns, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) South America 1 (Southern Cone) Department head Minister Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto (protect) described Brazil-Bolivia relations as frustrating and indicated a continuing interest in trilateral counte [...]
2009-11-24 18:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AR BR BL PY
09BRASILIA1369(S/NF) BRAZIL'S INVOLVEMENT IN CONFLICT BETWEEN
[...] (S/NF) Below is initial post response to questions posed ref A regarding Brazil's involvement in the conflict between Venezuela and Colombia. Assessments are based on a number of meetings with and public statements by senior officials over the last several weeks, as well as a meeting November [...]
2009-11-25 20:45:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL BR CO VE
09BRASILIA1382BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS
[...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]
2009-12-01 10:31:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1383BRAZIL: BLACKOUT -CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS
[...] (S)SUMMARY: On November 10 at 22:13, Brazil experienced a blackout that plunged 18 of Brazil's 27 states into darkness for periods ranging from 20 minutes to 6 hours. A government commission is investigating, with a draft report and recommendations expected mid-December. GOB has recently begu [...]
2009-12-01 11:27:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETENRG ECON KSEC ECIP EINV PREL BR
09BRASILIA1402BRAZIL: U/S MACHADO ON GOB'S CLIMATE POSITION GOING INTO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of External Relations Under Secretary for Policy Vera Machado and her deputy, Special Ambassador for Climate Change Sergio Serra, told Charge that Brazil is more optimistic about the outcome for the Conference of the Parties-15 (COP-15) to the UN Framework Co [...]
2009-12-04 11:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EFIN EAGR EAID BR
09BRASILIA1406SYMPOSIUM ON BIOSECURITY AND DUAL USE RESEARCH ENCOURAGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The First International Symposium on Biosecurity and Dual Use Research held in Brazil brought together Latin American experts and policymakers dealing with biosecurity. The conference highlighted the national security threats emerging from the advances in the biological science [...]
2009-12-04 16:22:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSCA BR
09BRASILIA1411BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR THE DECEMBER 13-14 VISIT OF WHA
[...] (C) Mission Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Brasilia. It is more than a courtesy to say that your trip comes at a significant time for U.S.-Brazil relations. A promising start with the new U.S. Administration is beginning to ebb as high-level initiatives have been delayed and Brazil ha [...]
2009-12-10 16:08:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP BR
09BRASILIA1412Brazil: Scenesetter - Economic Partnership Dialogue December
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 22:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN BR
09BRASILIA1428USAID/Brazil and Brazil's Agency for Cooperation Visit Haiti
[...] SUMMARY: From November 22-26, USAID/Brazil, together with the Brazilian Agency for International Cooperation (ABC) visited Port-au-Prince to identify opportunities for trilateral cooperation in Haiti. Activities including project site visits and stakeholder meetings with Government of Haiti of [...]
2009-12-08 17:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV ETRD ENRG SOCI KSCA HA ECON
09BRASILIA1435Strategy for Engaging Brazil on Defamation of Religions
[...] (C) Summary: Brazilbs position on the bDefamation of Religionsb issue in the UN Human Rights Commission reflects a compromise between its objection to the concept on human rights grounds and its desire not to antagonize OIC countries with which it is trying to build relationships and which it s [...]
2009-12-22 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC BR
09BRASILIA14392016 Rio Olympics - The Future is Now
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilians greeted the October 1 announcement that the 2016 Summer Olympics were awarded to Rio de Janeiro with an outpouring of national pride, a party on Copacabana beach and a sense of relief that the country is gaining some long overdue recognition as a regional and interna [...]
2009-12-24 13:07:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR KOLY ASEC PGOV
09BRASILIA1443BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST
[...] (C) Post responses to reftel questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, while Brazil has refrained from raising these issues publicly, high level [...]
2009-12-24 14:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA1447WHA A/S VALENZUELA RECEIVED BY EAGER BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary. On his first visit to Brazil as Assistant Secretary, Arturo Valenzuela was received December 14 by senior government officials eager to minimize differences and demonstrate their interest in working with the USG on a range of topics. Meetings with the Presidential Foreign Policy A [...]
2009-12-29 17:16:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
09BRASILIA1468Trafficking in Persons and Child Sex Exploitation in the
[...] Summary: The state of Goias, which surrounds Brasilia, has one of the highest incidences of human trafficking in Brazil; it also has a number of officials in the state with a strong commitment to dealing with the problem. In light of impending direct flights between Brasilia and Atlanta, whi [...]
2009-12-15 18:54:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI KTIP BR
09BRASILIA1472U.S.-Brazil Project on Racial Profiling by the Police --
[...] Summary: In meetings in Brasilia December 2-4, three U.S. technical experts, together with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of External Relations, Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) and Police Academy of the State of Santa Catarina, [...]
2009-12-16 14:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB SNAR SOCI KCRM BR
09BRASILIA1476Brazil approves Venezuela's entry into Mercosul
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Brazilian Senate approved the Protocol to admit Venezuela as a member to the Southern Cone trade bloc Mercosul (Mercosur). The issue now moves to Paraguay for ratification by its Congress. In Brazil, there was some debate and political maneuvering to delay [...]
2009-12-16 21:42:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECIN EINT BR PA VE PREL
09BRASILIA1498BRAZIL: USTR/MRE BCM POSITIVE AND PRODUCTIVE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 9, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, led the U.S. delegation during a positive and productive meeting of the Bilateral Consultative M [...]
2009-12-21 18:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA1500BRAZIL: AUSTR VISIT TO RECIFE HIGHLIGHTS PURSUIT OF
[...] (SBU) On December 10 and 11, Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for the Americas Everett Eissenstat, accompanied by Director for Brazil and Southern Cone Katherine Kalutkiewicz, visited Recife (in the Northeastern state of Pernambuco) to discuss the economic potential of Bra [...]
2009-12-21 19:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR BR
09BRASILIA156COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1
[...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...]
2009-02-06 15:30:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR
09BRASILIA158Hemispheric Energy and Brazil? Depends who you ask
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel recently met with Brazil's Under Secretary equivalent for Energy and Technology at the Ministry of External Relations (MRE),Ambassador Andre Amado, to discuss continuing bilateral biofuels efforts. Over the course of the meeting, the idea of hemispheric energy co [...]
2009-02-06 17:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KSUM ECON BR
09BRASILIA177UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 1:
[...] (C) Summary. As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself under the influence of four powerful personalities whose ideologies are shaping its foreign policy priorities [...]
2009-02-11 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA178SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 117
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2009-02-12 13:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA180UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 2:
[...] (C) Summary: As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself in a difficult transition, with new institutional challenges. Itamaraty is struggling to meet President Lula's [...]
2009-02-12 20:11:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON OIIP BR
09BRASILIA188BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION, THE BALKANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's position on Kosovo recognition has not changed: the GOB would prefer a clear UN consensus in favor of Kosovo independence. Serbia is lobbying Brazil and other key UN members to file briefs at the ICJ in its favor. The Foreign Ministers of Macedonia and Bosnia have rec [...]
2009-02-13 15:50:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC NATO RS AL BK KV MK BR
09BRASILIA190UNDERSTANDING BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY, PART 3:
[...] (C) As Brazil takes an increasingly prominent place on the international stage, its Foreign Ministry, known widely as Itamaraty after its headquarters building, finds itself facing unaccustomed inter-agency competition. Still Brazil's most prestigious ministry and the unquestioned lead on fo [...]
2009-02-13 16:38:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON BR
09BRASILIA196BRAZIL RESPONSE TO INQUIRIES ABOUT VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies, Minister Santiago Mourao, to stressed that Brazil would like to see a consensus document come out of the 2010 Review Conference concerning the Nuclear Nonproliferat [...]
2009-02-13 19:33:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP PARM UNGA IAEA NPT BR
09BRASILIA198PUBLIC LAUNCH OF THE U.S/BRAZIL JOINT ACTION PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2008 signing of the US/Brazil Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Equality (JAPR),Brazilian Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos and WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon held the first steering committee meeting and [...]
2009-02-17 11:39:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ELAB BR
09BRASILIA202 BRAZIL'S REVISED CLIMATE CHANGE NEGOTIATING TEAM AND VIEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian climate change negotiating team for 2009 is significantly different than the one for 2008. Most importantly, Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy Everton Vargas (who is going to Germany) will be replaced as head of the team by Ambassado [...]
2009-02-17 19:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG EAGR EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA224BRAZIL: U/S FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS ON UPCOMING
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 21 meeting, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas told Ambassador Sobel that when FM Celso Amorim meets the Secretary next week, he will want to stress the importance of building on the progress [...]
2009-02-21 19:40:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KSUM ENRG BR
09BRASILIA229SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The CJCS visit to Brazil comes at an important time for our strategic partnership. With Nelson Jobim as Defense Minister, Brazil has, for the first time, effective civilian leadership and a mandate to modernize its armed forces. With a new defense strategy published in Decembe [...]
2009-02-26 10:36:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS BR PREL
09BRASILIA233BRAZIL: STATE TACKLING CHILD AND SLAVE LABOR, TIP:
[...] (U) Summary: The Northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhao ranks among the jurisdictions in Brazil with the highest incidence of domestic child labor, forced labor, and trafficking in persons (TIP). As one of Brazil's poorest states, resource constraints, coupled with neglect by state governme [...]
2009-02-26 21:59:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PREF ASEC SMIG BR
09BRASILIA24ANNUAL OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT - - FOR EMBASSY
[...] (U) THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO THE ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT ARE KEYED TO REFTEL: I. OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE CRIME AND SAFETY THREATS FACING AMERICANS IN COUNTRY. A. CRIME THREATS; VEHICLE THEFTS, PERSONAL ROBBERIES AND RESIDENTIAL THEFTS. C [...]
2009-01-07 16:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT APER
09BRASILIA250 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) (U) The Full Inventory of TIP Legislation: Laws prohibiting trafficking are contained in the Brazilian Penal Code, Articles 231, 231-A, 206, and 207, and the Statute of Children and Adolescents. In addition, Article 149 of the Brazilian penal code prohibits "reducing someone to a condi [...]
2009-03-02 11:13:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA251 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) While adult prostitution is legal (an adult is defined by Brazilian law as a person 18 years of age or older),various associated activities, such as operating a brothel and pimping, are illegal. The degree to which these laws are enforced varies from place to place in Brazil based on lo [...]
2009-03-02 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA252 BRAZIL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazil continued to be a source country for internationally and domestically trafficked women, children, and men, and a destination country for forced factory labor in metropolitan cities. Brazil was not a significant Trafficking in Persons (TIP) transit country. Forced or sl [...]
2009-03-02 11:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BR
09BRASILIA253SOME AVENUES FOR REGIONAL ENERGY COOPERATION WITH BRAZIL ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings, both Brazil's Minister for Mines and Energy and his Deputy Minister have recently reconfirmed their interest in hemispheric energy cooperation. While other parts of the Brazilian government have been less positive in their assessments of the chances, or ind [...]
2009-03-02 11:17:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ECON KSUM BR
09BRASILIA254 BRAZIL: 2009 Special 301 Recommendation
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Brasilia's input for the 2009 Special 301 Review of Brazil. 2. (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Brazil be maintained on the Special 301 Watch List. GoB actions demonstrate a strong, inter-agency commitment to anti-piracy policy and consumer ed [...]
2009-03-02 19:57:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON BR
09BRASILIA273SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: AMBASSADOR MORALES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 6, USG Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales met with a team from the Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) led by Secretary General for Political Affairs Ambassador Vera Machado and including Brazilian Summit Coordinator Carlos D [...]
2009-03-10 13:53:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENGR PREL ETRD EFIN EAGR
09BRASILIA278 OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN BRAZIL
[...] SUMMARY. Public security is Brazil's top social concern, making Brazil an increasingly eager partner for the United States on law enforcement matters. The year ahead will present even more significant law enforcement challenges and opportunities for South America's dominant country. The f [...]
2009-03-10 14:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BR ASEC KCRM
09BRASILIA282BRAZIL: OFFICIALS DISCUSS CUBA, BOLIVIA, ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 19, Jessica Lewis, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Caroline Tess, Professional Staff Member and Senator Bill Nelson,s designee to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence met with Brazilian government officials from the offic [...]
2009-03-10 20:32:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
09BRASILIA296BRAZIL: FALLEN SPACE OBJECT RECOVERED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 5, Post recovered from the Brazilian authorities the component of a U.S. space launch vehicle that fell in the State of Goias, Brazil, in late March 2008. The object, a composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV),is in remarkably good condition and is stored at the [...]
2009-03-12 11:02:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA303BRAZIL: LIFTING OF OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS AT RIO'S SANTOS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC) announced March 4 that it would lift operational restrictions placed on Rio's Santos Dumont airport. The decision opened a torrent of angry and combative comments by Rio's Governor Sergio Cabral and Rio's Mayor Eduardo Paes, w [...]
2009-03-13 10:49:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA310 Supporting Educational Improvements in Brazil: Public
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several international comparative measures demonstrate that Brazil's education system lags behind that of most of its Latin American neighbors, global competitors such as the BRIC countries, and more developed countries, which is causing a shortage of skilled labor and could be [...]
2009-03-13 18:23:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL ECON PREL PGOV BR
09BRASILIA312Perceptions of President Obama, as Reflected in the
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Brazil, there is a great deal of public and media interest in President Barack Obama, going back to his emergence as the Democratic frontrunner in the middle stages of the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign. Obama's electoral victory and inauguration were covered very positively b [...]
2009-03-13 18:25:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO BR
09BRASILIA330GOLD MINING POSES HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS IN GUYANA
[...] SUMMARY Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) has seen exponential growth in the South American countries of the Guyana Shield (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil) since the early 1980's, owing to dramatic gold price increases and limited government presence in the remote i [...]
2009-03-17 19:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EMIN EAID TBIO SOCI BR XR
09BRASILIA34BRAZIL,S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY--STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. On December 18, President Lula signed the National Defense Strategy, concluding a fifteen month drafting exercise. The document was principally drafted by Minister for Strategic Planning Roberto Mangabeira Unger, and it provides a security policy framework tha [...]
2009-01-09 16:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR
09BRASILIA35BRAZIL,S DEFENSE STRATEGY -- MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ref a reported on the strategic aspects of Brazil,s new Defense Strategy document, signed by President Lula on December 18. While the main purpose of the strategy as written by the Minister for Strategic Planning, was to place Brazil,s military and defense sector in the framewo [...]
2009-01-09 17:09:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL MARR
09BRASILIA364(U) 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (C-AL9-00153)
[...] (C) Ref B reports on Summit of the Americas (SOA) Coordinator Ambassador Hector Morales meetings with Brazilian officials, notably the increased Brazilian focus on the SOA. According to Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Undersecretary Vera Machado, Brazil views the SOA as comple [...]
2009-03-24 20:05:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETBR PINR PGOV PREL
09BRASILIA388BRAZIL: PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SEES
[...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Presidency (Planalto) Foreign Policy Advisor Ambassador Marcel Biato (protect) discussed energy cooperation, touched on G20 and Summit of the Americas (SOA) preparations, and offered views on managing challenges in both the hemisphere and within the GOB in a discussion [...]
2009-03-27 23:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EFIN KSUM BR
09BRASILIA391BRAZIL: GAZA PLEDGE, ARAB SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT:
[...] (C) Summary: President Lula's trip to Doha to attend the March 31 Arab-South American Summit will continue a year of intense Middle East diplomacy that kicked off when Amorim matched Brazil's largest foreign aid contribution by pledging USD 10 million for Gaza reconstruction. Following the Mar [...]
2009-03-28 00:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA395Brazil: Open Skies and Privatization Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, outlined a detailed strategy for Open Skies negotiations with the U.S. during a March 26 meeting with Ambassador Sobel. The process involves ANAC reviewing a U.S. provided Open Skies eco [...]
2009-03-30 21:11:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA397BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]
2009-03-31 20:06:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA398BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL HOYER APRIL 8-10
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]
2009-03-31 20:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA399SENATOR CORKER LOOKS INTO CHALLENGES OF DEFORESTATION IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senator Robert Corker visited the State of Amazonas on March 20-21 and learned about the extensive deforestation problem in Brazil and efforts to address it. Governor Eduardo Braga explained his state's innovative program to pay forest dwellers a monthly payment to protect the [...]
2009-03-31 20:14:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP SENV EAID EAGR KGHG BR
09BRASILIA400SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 118
[...] The following is part of a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do not n [...]
2009-03-31 20:17:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA402BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER PURSUING REGIONAL
[...] (C) In a discussion with Ambassador Sobel March 28, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) said he knew of President Lula's offer to President Obama during their March 14 meeting to look for ways that the region could work with the United States on counterdrug issues, possibly throu [...]
2009-03-31 21:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS MARR XR BR
09BRASILIA405BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL PASTOR APRIL 4-10
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as ever, with a strong bilateral relationship and important economic ties. Brazi [...]
2009-03-31 21:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA445 CODEL HOYER MEETING WITH PRESIDENT LULA
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare meeting granted by President Lula to a US congressional delegation, President Lula told CoDel Hoyer April 8 that he has high expectations of the Obama administration, sees a new era in U.S. relations with Latin America, and hopes for a positive gesture on Cuba at the S [...]
2009-04-13 13:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD OREP KSUM SOCI BR CU VE IR
09BRASILIA449BRAZILIAN CITY'S SOCIAL INCLUSION PROGRAMS MAY BECOME
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-14 11:33:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO ECON PREL SOCI BR
09BRASILIA477BRAZIL: IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT A PREVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's visit to Brasilia on March 26, reciprocating Foreign Minister Amorim's November 2008 visit to Tehran, served as a preview to a planned visit to Brasilia by Iranian president Ahmadinejad that the media is reporting will happen May 5-6. During his [...]
2009-04-15 21:52:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PINR SCUL BR IR
09BRASILIA497CODEL HOYER BRAZIL VISIT PRODUCTIVE ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and a delegation of nine members of the United States House of Representatives visited Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro April 8-10, with a focus on energy, the environment, and climate change. The delegation was granted a rare meeting with Brazilian Presid [...]
2009-04-22 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA507BRAZIL ON THE MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Overcoming some earlier concerns, Brazil has embraced the Major Economies Forum (MEF) process. Brazil will send its chief negotiator, Ambassador Vera Machado, the Ministry of External Relat [...]
2009-04-24 19:43:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG ECON KSCA BR
09BRASILIA516BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]
2009-04-27 20:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRASILIA559CONSORTIUM MEMBERS CELEBRATE INITIAL SUCCESS OF THE ANDEAN
[...] The South America Regional Environmental HUB Office attended the Third Annual Meeting of the Andean Amazon Conservation Initiative (ICAA) in Bogota, Colombia, April 19-25. These annual conferences bring together more than twenty partner organizations of this USAID-funded initiative to exchang [...]
2009-05-06 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA560TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #7
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) There are no confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil, which is most likely due to the fact that Brazil does not yet have the necessary materials to begin testi [...]
2009-05-06 19:34:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA600TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #10
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the 2009 H1N1 outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of the morning of May 11 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout [...]
2009-05-11 21:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA606 CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT SUCCESSES AND REMAINING CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recent conferences in Rio de Janeiro highlighted both the successes and obstacles remaining in health cooperation between the United States and Brazil. Current bilateral cooperation programs that have staff actually working within Government of Brazil (GOB) health agencies [...]
2009-05-13 13:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSCA NIH CDC BR
09BRASILIA609TFFLU01: H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #11
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the swine flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of May 13 the Brazilian Ministry of Health continues to report eight confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu in Brazil. The eight cases are spread throughout five st [...]
2009-05-13 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA613LAAD ,09 -- DEFENSE MODERNIZATION MEANS BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The April 14-17 Latin America Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) show in Rio de Janeiro provided evidence that despite the downturns in the economies of Brazil and its neighbors, defense manufacturers still see opportunities for business. As a result of Brazil's recently published a [...]
2009-05-15 12:51:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA634BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE: ENDGAME STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. With two months remaining before the Government of Brazil decides on a next generation fighter aircraft, the U.S. competitor, Boeing's F18 Super Hornet is still perceived by many Brazilians in and outside the GOB as a likely second or even third-place finis [...]
2009-05-19 16:39:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS ETTC BR
09BRASILIA658BRAZIL AND THE MIDDLE EAST: FOREIGN MINISTRY ON
[...] (C) Summary: In an April meeting with CDA between two trips by President Lula to the Middle East, Brazil's senior diplomat for Middle East issues, Under Secretary Roberto Jaguaribe discussed Brazil's positive reactions to President Obama's moves on the Middle East and subtly rejected Presiden [...]
2009-05-22 20:51:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL BR
09BRASILIA670BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING OASGA: ALL ABOUT CUBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Director for International Organizations Carlos Duarte characterized Cuba as the dominant issue for the upcoming OAS General Assembly (OASGA). Brazil sees a resolution on Cuba as inevitable, he said, but will try to play a moderating [...]
2009-05-27 15:03:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALBR PREL OAS
09BRASILIA671BRAZIL SCENESETTER: CODEL THOMPSON MAY 27-28
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Your visit comes at a time when the relationship between the United States and Brazil is accelerating and being given added weight with the rapid growth of Brazil's regional and global eco [...]
2009-05-27 15:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PTER KCRM SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN
09BRASILIA679BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER - AND POSSIBLE CANDIDATE FOR IAEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There have been press reports that Brazil's Minister for Exterior Relations Celso Amorim wants to be a candidate to become the next Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Although Amorim has denied any interest in the IAEA job, the persistence of the [...]
2009-05-28 20:04:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG ETTC EPET EINV KNNP IAEA IR BR
09BRASILIA681H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #13
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) Mission Brazil is monitoring the situation of four American citizens who are being held in quarantine at a hospital in the city of Palmas, state of Tocantins, und [...]
2009-05-29 19:26:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA685H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #14
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NEW REPORTED CASES: 2. As of June 2, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health is reporting 21 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus spread throughout six of the country's 26 states and the feder [...]
2009-06-02 21:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA694NORTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES "GENERIC"
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Brazilian diplomatic sources assert that the May 9-13 visit of the North Korean Foreign Minister to Brazil had only a "generic political significance," the Koreans were not well prepared to discuss energy, one of their top priorities, and there was little substance t [...]
2009-06-04 10:17:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ENRG BR KN
09BRASILIA697BRAZIL: OPPORTUNITY TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. There are signs that within the Brazilian government there is increasing pressure to take a more pro-active role in the ongoing international climate change negotiations. To make progress in this area, Vice Minister for the Environment Izabella Teixeira in recent meetings with t [...]
2009-06-04 14:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG EFIN ECON BR
09BRASILIA717BRAZIL LAUNCHES A TEST ROCKET AS A STEP TOWARD REVIVING ITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, Brazil launched a research rocket from the Alcantara Launch Center (CLA) in the northeastern state of Maranhao. Brazilian officials are considering the launch a success for the Brazilian space program, and an important step toward putting a satellite into orbit. Bra [...]
2009-06-05 19:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA SENV KSCA BR
09BRASILIA730DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM ON BRAZIL'S FIGHTER PURCHASE
[...] (C) During his late May visit to the U.S., Brazilian MOD Jobim expressed greater confidence in the U.S. as a possible source for the purchase of Brazil's next generation fighter. Despite a long laundry list of past export control difficulties that Jobim delivered to DepSecDef Lynn, Jobim sai [...]
2009-06-08 19:46:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL ETTC BR
09BRASILIA755BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO TITLE III REQUEST
[...] (C) Post responses to reftel A questions follow: Question 1): Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? Post Response to Question 1): Yes, high level Brazilian officials, including Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and [...]
2009-06-15 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC BR CU
09BRASILIA757BRAZIL: BILATERAL ACCORDS A KEY COMPONENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: Brazil,s strategy for dealing with the trafficking of illegal drugs has focused in part on creating a robust diplomatic framework in recognition that the "illegal traffic of narcotics represents a grave threat to the health and well-being of populations as well as a problem that a [...]
2009-06-16 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM NAR PREL BR
09BRASILIA766BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. MICHAEL FROMAN, DEPUTY NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is productive and broad-based, with growing economic ties. Through the financial crisis, Brazil has played a constructive role in the G20 and has also prioritized concluding the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) n [...]
2009-06-17 18:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA771BRAZIL: CODEL THOMPSON DISCUSSES TERRORISM,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie Thompson (D-MS),accompanied by other 4 Committee Members and some 20 staff, visited Brasilia on May 28. In addition to a country team and special session with Department of Homeland Security representatives (ICE, CBP, [...]
2009-06-18 19:09:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER OREP PGOV BR
09BRASILIA78SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 116
[...] The following is number 116 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]
2009-01-16 18:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
09BRASILIA796BRAZIL'S EXPORT CONTROLS ON MILITARY SALES: HOW THEY WORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazilian policy supports increasing Brazil,s exports of military goods and technology as part of the development of Brazil,s own defense sector. Brazil currently has a system of export controls that has been effective in ensuring that Brazil,s limited military exports do not [...]
2009-06-22 17:44:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS PARM BR
09BRASILIA809BRAZIL - DEPUTY NATL SECURITY ADVISOR FROMAN DISCUSSES CEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Brazil (GOB) meetings with Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman in Brasilia June 18-19 focused on CEO Forum, G8 and G20 preparations, Major Economies Forum (MEF) and Doha. Casa Civil head Minister Dilma Rousseff and Mi [...]
2009-06-25 16:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN ENRG SENV KGHG EINV BR
09BRASILIA824H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #16 - AMCIT
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: 2. (SBU) Consular Section Sao Paulo is receiving early reports that a visiting American citizen has passed away in Rio Grande do Sul State. H1N1 is the suspected, bu [...]
2009-06-26 20:30:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA828BRAZIL'S TAX COLLECTION AGENCY NOT A CONSTRUCTIVE PARTNER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A June 24 Brazilian-industry sponsored conference highlighted that Brazil's recent record of concluding bilateral tax treaties (BTT) lags far behind that of other Latin American and BRIC countries, and the Brazilian revenue collection agency responsible for tax treaty negotiatio [...]
2009-06-29 11:29:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV BR
09BRASILIA862BRAZIL - DEPUTY ENERGY MIN ZIMMERMAN OUTLINES EXCELLENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 18 meeting, Brazil's Deputy Minister of Mines and Energy Marcio Zimmerman outlined for Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman the areas of expansion and possible cooperation in the Brazilian energy sector - hydropower, biofu [...]
2009-07-09 19:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EINV SENV KGHG ETRD EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA871H1N1 INFLUENZA OUTBREAK AND BRAZIL: SITREP #17
[...] (SBU) This report provides an update on developments in Brazil regarding the H1N1 flu outbreak. NOTEWORTHY DEVELOPMENTS: - REPORTED CASES: 2. (SBU) As of July 10, 2009 the Brazilian Ministry of Health has confirmed 977 cases of the H1N1 virus spread throughout 25 of the country's 26 [...]
2009-07-13 10:38:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU CASC AEMR AMED ASEC KSAF PREL PINR AMGT
09BRASILIA896Brazil: Liberalization, Possibility of Expanded Frequencies
[...] (SBU) Summary: The president of Brazil's Agency for Civil Aviation Regulation (ANAC),Solange Paiva Vieira, provided a detailed update of Brazil's civil aviation sector during a July 8 dinner hosted by Ambassador Sobel that was also attended by several of Brazil's leading investment bankers. V [...]
2009-07-17 19:16:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ECON BR
09BRASILIA92 BRAZIL'S STRATEGIC PLANNING MINISTER ON BUILDING BLOCKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following on his early January trip to Washington, Brazilian Strategic Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger laid out the elements for a broader, more robust bilateral relationship with the Obama Administration. These include cooperation in the areas of defense security, [...]
2009-01-22 18:31:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG SENV MARR KGHG EFIN BR
09BRASILIA946BRAZIL SCENESETTER: DR. TODD STERN, SPECIAL ENVOY FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In spite of its relatively clean energy matrix, Brazil is a major greenhouse gas emitter primarily due to massive, ongoing deforestation. The Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) has pursued a cautious, defensive approach in international climate change negotiations, steering [...]
2009-07-31 10:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL BR
09BRASILIA95BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 21 meeting, Brazilian Presidential Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia told Ambassador Sobel that the GOB is very optimistic about relations with the Obama Administration. He stressed that President Lula is eager to meet President Obama. Energy, clim [...]
2009-01-22 20:27:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KSUM ENRG EFIN BR CU OAS
09BRASILIA953BRAZIL'S LULA GETS INTENSE RE: U.S.-BRAZIL
[...] (S/NF) In a July 27 farewell call on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, bookended by warm personal discussions with Barbara and me, Lula reflected at length and with great intensity on Brazil's role in the region and its implications for U.S.-Brazil relations. He believes the Uni [...]
2009-07-31 21:30:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS BR US
09BRASILIA960BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 4-6 VISIT OF
[...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been in recent decades, the result of the cordial personal connection already established between President Obama and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, which is building on [...]
2009-08-04 12:21:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNPREL BR
09BRATISLAVA100SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) The eastern border of Slovakia, which is shared with Ukraine, is a common passage for Afghans, Pakistanis, Indians, and Chinese who mak [...]
2009-02-27 14:44:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALASEC SK PTER
09BRATISLAVA110SLOVAKIA ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. A/DCM and Poloff delivered reftel demarches to multiple offices in the MFA and MoD. The Slovaks welcomed the information and asked us to share the results of the comprehensive review of Afghanistan/Pakistan policy well in advance of the NATO Summit. MFA Political Director Igor Slo [...]
2009-03-04 10:31:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR LO
09BRATISLAVA118THE DIRTY TALE OF THE PEZINOK DUMP: "A CLOSED
[...] (U) Here follows, in five acts, a tale of deception, conflict of interest, probable corruption, and -- last but not least -- impressive civic organization and commitment. Unfortunately for the Slovak citizens involved, absent an unlikely deus-ex-machina resolution their years-long struggle to [...]
2009-03-09 10:25:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR LO
09BRATISLAVA143SLOVAK PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: GASPAROVIC AND RADICOVA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Incumbent President Ivan Gasparovic and center-right opposition candidate Iveta Radicova have advanced to the second round of the Slovak presidential elections. Gasparovic took 46.7 percent of the vote in the March 21 first round, with Radicova receiving 38 percent in the seven- [...]
2009-03-22 09:35:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA191PRIME MINISTER FICO RESPONDS TO EU PRESSURE ON
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: After months of investigations, broad media coverage and multiple inquiries from the European Commission, Prime Minister Fico has ordered the cancellation of an illegal 119.5 million Euro tender let by the Construction Ministry (a Slovak National Party ministry). [...]
2009-04-24 13:41:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA195SLOVAKIA: CORRUPTION IN SALE OF CO2 PERMITS
[...] (C) In complaints to major media outlets, SDKU Deputy Chairman and former Finance Minister Ivan Miklos and SDKU MP Pavol Freso have accused the Ministry of Environment (MinEnv) of underselling 10-15 million tons in carbon emissions permits, resulting in losses of EUR 33-60 million. Assigned t [...]
2009-04-29 06:37:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV SENV PREL ECON LO
09BRATISLAVA2012009 TV CO-OP PROPOSAL FOR SLOVAKIA
[...] PAS Bratislava submits the following project from TV Reduta, a local channel in Spisska Nova Ves, for original production in the U.S. All three topics of the proposal are in accordance with MSP priorities. Though a local TV, Reduta will incorporate into its production team a reporter from anoth [...]
2009-04-30 15:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC ECPS KPAO LO
09BRATISLAVA232LAJCAK CALLS IN CHARGE OVER EMBASSY'S STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak FM Lajcak called in Charge May 27 to relay President Gasparovic's extreme displeasure over Embassy Bratislava's recent public statements in which we expressed regret at the demise of the Special Court for anti-corruption cases. Lajcak said Gasparovic felt U.S. comments (a [...]
2009-05-28 15:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR LO
09BRATISLAVA25BRATISLAVA - ANNUAL OSAC CRIME / SAFETY REPORT
[...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: The Slovak Republic has a medium rate of crime. Although violent crime is not unheard of, it is relatively uncommon. Visitors are urged to exercise precautions practiced in any large city such as using the Buddy System; instead of walking alone at night, [...]
2009-01-14 09:50:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC
09BRATISLAVA3AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEPARTING SLOVAK
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Obsitnik paid a farewell call on departing Slovak Foreign Minister Kubis on January 2, expressing appreciation for Kubis,s personal efforts (in sometimes trying circumstances) and Slovakia,s support on a variety of issues important to the United States ) particularly [...]
2009-01-06 17:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL LO
09BRATISLAVA324FOREIGN MINISTER LAJCAK ON HUNGARY AND FICO'S DESIRE TO
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 20 dinner with the Charge, Foreign Minister Lajcak lamented the timing but defended the substance of the recently-passed amendments to the Slovak language law. He hoped to defuse the current "overreaction" by working quietly with Hungarian officials and the OSCE's [...]
2009-07-22 14:37:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA367CHARGE'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER FICO
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Charge met with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on August 18 for nearly an hour. Fico had originally asked the Charge to stop by to discuss the case of Aspect Energy, an American firm whose efforts to explore for natural gas in Slovakia have been subject to a s [...]
2009-08-20 15:01:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV AF LO
09BRATISLAVA368THE EXTREMISM PARADOX
[...] (C) Summary: Extremism is on the rise in Slovakia, and the Government's ability and willingness to combat it, despite a newly-passed extremism amendment to the Penal code, remains an open question. While the amendment supposedly strengthens the government's hand, many experts believe it is a [...]
2009-08-21 09:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL LO
09BRATISLAVA380SEPARATE AND UNEQUAL: SCHOOL SEGREGATION OF ROMANI CHILDREN
[...] Summary: A disproportionately high percentage of Romani children in Slovakia are shunted into "special schools" for mentally handicapped children. The implications of this de facto segregation are broad and troublesome, as it mislabels children as handicapped, confines them to a substandard edu [...]
2009-08-28 10:11:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA386HOMELAND SECURITY STAFFDEL TALKS VISA WAIVER PROGRAM WITH
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) On August 27th, Embassy Bratislava hosted five staffers from the House and Senate Committees on Homeland Security, along with Marc Frey, Director of the Visa Waiver Program Office at DHS, on the first stop of a regional fact-finding trip to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) member coun [...]
2009-08-31 14:53:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA45 SLOVAKIA - 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Slovakia's once troubled economy has been transformed in the last ten years into a business friendly market-model, which led the region with GDP growth of 7.1 percent (est.) in 2008. Comprehensive structural reforms adopted by the Slovak government in the first several years of this decade led [...]
2009-01-26 15:44:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR LO
09BRATISLAVA48NEW FM LAJCAK ON THE JOB; UNCLEAR HOW LONG HE WILL
[...] (U) Summary: On Monday, January 26, President Gasparovic formally appointed Miroslav Lajcak to replace Jan Kubis as Slovakia's Foreign Minister. Lajcak, currently serving as the EU Special Representative and High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina, has stated that he intends to remain in S [...]
2009-01-28 09:21:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETPREL PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA489SLOVAKIA COMMEMORATES THE VELVET REVOLUTION: SNAPSHOTS FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 14:03:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM LO
09BRATISLAVA498SLOVAK PRESIDENT SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL "STRATEGIC ENTERPRISES"
[...] (U) Despite strong, unified opposition from both labor unions and the business community, President Gasparovic yesterday signed the "Strategic Enterprises" law (reftel) that was rushed through Parliament with little debate earlier this month. All of the international chambers of commerce prese [...]
2009-11-27 14:20:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV LO
09BRATISLAVA54SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
[...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]
2009-01-30 10:27:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
09BRATISLAVA70FICO'S ROLE MODEL: VLADIMIR PUTIN?
[...] (C) Name this leader: He consolidated power and popularity during a period of unprecedented economic growth. As a hedge against any current or future challengers, he attacks the opposition and media relentlessly. He accuses NGOs of seeking to undermine the government and has supported legislati [...]
2009-02-09 08:06:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LO RU
09BRAZZAVILLE12ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-14 14:05:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT APER
09BRAZZAVILLE146BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 15, 2009
[...] Presidential campaign is heating up: Although local press has remained mysteriously silent about the fact, a fire in the Republic of Congo's (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso's home village of Edou this past week destroyed at least two vehicles and a stockpile of election materials. Internation [...]
2009-05-18 07:07:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI EAID TBIO CF
09BRAZZAVILLE180FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the [...]
2009-06-12 12:45:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE181FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the New Embassy Compound on 20 January, consular service [...]
2009-06-12 13:34:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF
09BRAZZAVILLE207CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 8 JULY
[...] (SBU) The Opposition Front on July 7 held its biggest rally in Brazzaville so far outside the Massamba-Debat Stadium not far from the Embassy. Police estimated the crowd to number 700-800, while FSN poloff who was present put the figure at about 1,000. Although all three Front candidates were pre [...]
2009-07-08 15:37:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM CF
09BRAZZAVILLE23BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JANUARY 22, 2009
[...] As we noted last week, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville has now opened in the new embassy compound. Our address is: Boulevard Maya Maya Brazzaville, Republic of Congo The main embassy number is (country code 242) 612-2000. We will be updating our website information over the next severa [...]
2009-01-26 14:28:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CF
09BRAZZAVILLE241(U) MEDIA/DEBT: LES DEPECHES DE BRAZZAVILLE EDITORIALIZES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 08:55:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PREL PGOV PHUM CF
09BRAZZAVILLE275FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE
[...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. For the first time in 12 years, full scale NIV, IV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. NIV and ACS operations went live with the opening of the New Embassy Compound in February 2009. IV operations resumed in la [...]
2009-09-28 18:09:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CF
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