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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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06SANSALVADOR1994REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 19 Nov 1976, San Salvador, Engineering Command, First Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; the above individual has no [...]
2006-08-11 18:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1995REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following individuals: XXXXXXXXXXXX 03 Feb 1963 Chalchuapa BESM unit Major XXXXXXXXXXXX 14 Mar 1965 Chalatenango Special Forces Sergent Major 3 [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR1996REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of XXXXXXXXXXXX, 06 Dec 1970, San Salvador, Male, Naval Headquarters, Lieutenant. 3. Post has reviewed available human rights files; none of the above individual [...]
2006-08-11 18:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2120REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran Air Force Cadet Salvador Palacios Bou, DOB 10 Feb 1985, POB San Salvador, Male, Fuerza Aerea Unit, CIMA. Cadet Palacios will be training at the Defense [...]
2006-08-28 19:41:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2128REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects on Counter Terrorism scheduled to take place at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Develp [...]
2006-08-29 18:43:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2196REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Navel Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, scheduled to take [...]
2006-09-07 20:52:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2255REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Cadet Troop Leader Course (Inf) at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),Ft. Benning, [...]
2006-09-14 14:19:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2297REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 14:35:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2300REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advance Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX scheduled to begin October 4, [...]
2006-09-20 15:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2303REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTIN OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 17:04:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM INR ES
06SANSALVADOR2307REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-20 19:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2323REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Legal Aspects of Counter Terrorism and Border Patrol, at the Salvadoran Foundation for Health and Human Development [...]
2006-09-21 17:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2442EL SALVADOR: REQUEST FOR USAF PARTICIPATION IN
[...] Embassy San Salvador Country Team strongly supports the widest possible DOD participation in the 2007 Ilopango Air Show, scheduled for February 24-25, 2007 at Ilopango International Airport (MSSS),El Salvador. The participation of the USAF Academy Wings of Blue, in addition to tactical flyi [...]
2006-10-04 20:53:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDES MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06SANSALVADOR257REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Post includes name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. Please review the following list: XXXXXXXXXXXX, ma [...]
2006-02-01 17:38:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2581REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the multinational Standby High-Readiness Brigade for UN Operations (SHIRBRIG) Peacekeeping Operation (PKO) in Spain, schedu [...]
2006-10-26 17:39:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2609REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Security, Defense, and Integration Subregional Conference in Guatemala City, scheduled for November 14 to 16, 2006. [...]
2006-10-30 14:48:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2623REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Executive Dialogue Seminar in Washington DC, scheduled for December 3 to 9, 2006. XXXXXXXXXXXX Legislative Assembl [...]
2006-10-31 20:26:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2712REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Advanced Engineer's Course, Fort Leonardwood, MO scheduled for December 18, 2006 to June 13, 2007. CAPT XXXXXXXXXXX [...]
2006-11-08 21:25:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2771REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights record of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the Naval Staff College Course, scheduled for January 10, 2007 in Newport, RI. LT XXXXXXXXXXXX Naval Headquarters DPO [...]
2006-11-16 18:24:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2772REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC),in Fort Benning, Georgia, scheduled for January 18, [...]
2006-11-16 19:08:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2773REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidate for participation in the International Maritime Officers Course, scheduled to begin on January 24, 2007 in Yorktown, VA. LTJG XXXXXXXXXXXX N [...]
2006-11-16 19:10:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2841REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request; please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of Salvadoran candidates for participation in the Basic Language Course, to be held at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, Texas; January 3 through July 13, [...]
2006-11-27 19:29:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR2852SAN SALVADOR LOOKS FORWARD TO VISIT OF NATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-28 21:36:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR ES
06SANSALVADOR2953EL SALVADOR: ASSEMBLY VOTES FOR ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) Late on December 14, El Salvador's Legislative Assembly passed a resolution extending the authorization for Salvadoran participation in the Multinational Forces-Iraq through December 31, 2007. The measure passed with 49 votes in favor (ARENA, National Conciliation (PCN),and Christian D [...]
2006-12-15 15:57:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MASS IZ ES
06SANSALVADOR3010REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Basic Language Instructor Course at the Defense Language Institute in San Antonio, TX from Jan 3, 2007 to July 13, 2007. 2LT XX [...]
2006-12-27 16:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR3011REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requests Department review of human rights records of a Salvadoran soldier to attend a Non-Commission Officer Development Course at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Assistance at Fort Benning, GA from Jan [...]
2006-12-27 16:42:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR506REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. All of the following ca [...]
2006-03-01 14:51:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANSALVADOR711REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN
[...] This cable contains an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. 2. Post requires Department review of human rights records of the following training candidates. Please review the following list; Post included name, sex, date of birth and place of birth for your reference. The candidate [...]
2006-03-16 16:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PINR ES
06SANTIAGO1022CHILEAN CONGRESS POISED TO RENEW TROOP DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) Two key Senate committees voted on May 15 to extend Chile's troop deployment to Haiti beyond June 30 for six additional months. All of the center-left Concertacion senators, and one center-right opposition senator on the Senate Foreign Relations and Defense Committees voted in favor of Pr [...]
2006-05-16 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS KPKO PREL HA CI
06SANTIAGO166INTERIM RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL FOR SOFA PROTECTIONS;
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry Special Policies Director Luis Winter telephoned poloff January 25 to advise that the MFA was prepared to send the Embassy a diplomatic note accepting the U.S. proposal regarding protections for U.S. personnel involved [...]
2006-01-25 14:48:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PGOV CI
06SANTIAGO2262MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR:EUROPEANS PRESSING
[...] (C) Ministry of Defense civilian advisor Claudio Ortiz told Poloff October 26 that the European Union was "pressing" Chile to contribute peacekeeping troops to UNIFIL. Ortiz noted the Belgian Minister of Defense would be in Santiago the week of October 30 to discuss bilateral military cooper [...]
2006-10-27 17:17:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MOPS PE CI
06SANTIAGO241FOREIGN MINISTRY ACCEPTS PROPOSAL FOR MILITARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph five. 2. (C) On February 1, Post received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry granting the regime of privileges and immunities for administrative and technical personnel of diplomatic missions established by the Vienna Convention on Dipl [...]
2006-02-03 14:42:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MASS MOPS CI
06SANTIAGO2499RESERVATIONS ON PROPOSED TEXT OF PROTECTIONS FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Legal Affairs advisor Alejandra Quezada told Poloff November 30 the GOC had nearly completed its legal review of the USG's request for protections for DOD personnel temporarily in Chile for agreed upon exercise [...]
2006-12-04 19:25:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL CI
06SANTIAGO255CHILE: TOUGH ANALYSIS AND CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Chilean defense officials briefed visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman on the Chilean military's view regarding Haiti during the Defense Consultative Committee (DCC) talks in Santiago on January 25. Chilean MOD Undersecretary for War Gabriel Gaspar said that the [...]
2006-02-03 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR MOPS UN HA CI
06SANTIAGO2581CHILE TO REQUIRE ACCREDITATION OF DOD ELEMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Legal Affairs reiterated December 14 that the MFA does not have legal authority to extend diplomatic status or protections "equivalent to" those of Mission administrative and technical personnel to DOD personnel temporarily in Chile for exercises or military exc [...]
2006-12-18 10:59:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL CI
06SANTIAGO525PRESIDENT BACHELET COMMITS TO MAINTAINING CHILEAN
[...] (C) Summary: President Bachelet told the Secretary on March 11 that Chile intended to keep its peacekeeping troops in Haiti beyond June 30. Haitian President-elect Preval reportedly received similar assurances from Bachelet during their March 12 meeting. The Bachelet administration plans to [...]
2006-03-14 19:47:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS CI HA
06SANTIAGO577AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENEZUELA'S UNSC CANDIDACY,
[...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alberto Van Klaveren told the Ambassador on March 20 that Chile had not taken a position on Venezuela's UNSC candidacy. Van Klaveren said the Bachelet administration was interested in pursuing a long-term SOFA with the U.S. and other countries. He observe [...]
2006-03-20 22:27:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS CI HA
06SANTIAGO945PRESIDENT BACHELET REQUESTS SENATE AUTHORIZATION
[...] (U) Chilean leading daily "El Mercurio" reported on May 5 that President Bachelet formally had requested the Chilean Senate extend Chilean peacekeeping troops in Haiti for an additional six months beyond June 30. According to the press, the Senate Foreign Relations and Defense Committees are [...]
2006-05-05 20:37:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS UN CI HA
06SANTODOMINGO2551DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: U.N. KEY TO RESOLVING LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE DR
06SANTODOMINGO2782DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AFFIRMS CNIES AGREEMENT
[...] On August 28, Embassy received Ministry of Foreign Affairs diplomatic note DEJ/STI 20927, dated August 25, 2006, stating that the Cooperating National Information Exchange (CNIES) agreement (as detailed in ref A and presented via Embassy Santo Domingo Diplomatic Note 236 of November 9, 2005) wa [...]
2006-08-28 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR MOPS EARI PREL
06SANTODOMINGO655DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES -
[...] (C) On February 16 the Ambassador reiterated to Dominican President Fernandez the USG request that the Dominican Republic contribute 10-12 staff officers to support operations in Afghanistan. The Ambassador emphasized the symbolic value of a Dominican donation, coalition solidarity and the bi [...]
2006-02-24 20:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALMARR DR AF MASS MOPS PINS PREL
06SARAJEVO1664BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...]
2006-07-25 10:47:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK
06SARAJEVO2907DEMINING: ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND MALFEASANCE IN
[...] (S) In response to the August arrest of Radomir Kojic, a prominent figure in the demining community, we have begun to receive allegations of fraud and abuse in humanitarian demining work in Bosnia. There are reports that demining operations throughout Bosnia may suffer from large and systemic [...]
2006-11-17 10:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
06SARAJEVO3102REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON DEMINING ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. ------------------ SIPA INVESTIGATION ------------------ 2. (C) Due to widespread allegations of irregular practices and possible misuse of USG demining assistance, post seeks Department concurrance with a proposal to request that t [...]
2006-12-07 16:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM MASS PREL MOPS PGOV BK SI
06SEOUL1271JAPANESE EMBASSY REPORTS TOKYO TO BEGIN MAPPING
[...] (C) The Japanese Embassy in Seoul informed us April 18 that Japan will begin mapping operations on April 21 in waters that both Tokyo and Seoul claim as within their Exclusive Economic Zone. Japanese Embassy First Secretary Yamamoto told poloff that if faced with physical resistance by ROK f [...]
2006-04-18 09:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1314DFM YUN BRIEFS DCM ON ROK-JAPAN MARITIME SURVEY
[...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the DCM, ROK DFM Yun reported that earlier in the day, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon had told the Japanese Ambassador that (1) Japan should immediately abandon its proposed maritime survey of submarine features in waters that Tokyo and Seoul both cl [...]
2006-04-20 09:39:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1349ROKG READOUT ON MARITIME RESOLUTION WITH JAPAN
[...] (C) MOFAT DG for the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau Lee Hyuk on April 24 told POL M/C that Seoul was relieved that it managed the maritime survey dispute and prevented a worsening of the already strained relationship with Tokyo. Both sides agreed that (1) Japan would recall its ships and dr [...]
2006-04-24 10:19:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KSAC JA
06SEOUL1379PRESIDENT ROH DRAWS RED-LINE UNDER LIANCOURT ROCKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Only days after Seoul and Tokyo announced a diplomatic agreement to end the stand-off over the Dokdo Islets (known in Japan as "Takeshima") (REFTELS),President Roh in a strongly worded address to the nation reasserted ROK sovereignty over the islets and declared that [...]
2006-04-25 08:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1433DFM YUN PROVIDES UPDATE ON LIANCOURT ROCKS ISSUE
[...] (C) In an April 28 meeting with the DCM, DFM Yun Byung-se offered an update on the ROKG approach to its maritime dispute with Japan. Seoul was (1) preparing for the next round of EEZ talks with Tokyo that would be held by the end of June; (2) providing foreign diplomats with Seoul's justific [...]
2006-04-28 08:51:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL1496KOREAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) On May 3, PolMil Chief delivered reftel message on the Iraq PRT initiative to Min Kyong-ho, Director of North America Division III, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Undertaking to report the follow-up request to relevant offices in MOFAT [...]
2006-05-03 09:57:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL1549PHASED REDUCTION OF ROK ZAYTUN UNIT IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-09 08:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SEOUL1921FM BAN KI-MOON CONVEYS CONGRATULATIONS ON KILLING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-09 09:10:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KS IZ
06SEOUL2113BAN AND ASO DISCUSS MISSILE LAUNCH, EEZ, FUTURE
[...] (C) In a June 20 telephone conversation, Japan Foreign Minister Taro Aso and ROK Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon shared concern over the possible DPRK missile test. Aso asserted that Japan would work with the U.S. to take a tough response in the event of a launch. Ban said that the ROK wanted t [...]
2006-06-26 09:28:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA EFIS MOPS KS JA
06SEOUL2220POINTS ON PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-06 04:13:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ KS
06SEOUL2674ROK BRIEFED ON LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-08 08:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN KS IS
06SEOUL2679ROK INTENDING TO ATTEND UNHRC SPECIAL SESSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 07:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER MOPS KS IS LE
06SEOUL2732ROK WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-13 23:34:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UNSC UN KS IS LE
06SEOUL2778URGENT DEMARCHE: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL
[...] (C) In response to reftel, A/DCM and POL-MIL Chief met with North American Affairs Bureau Director General Cho Taeyong on August 16, 2006 and urged the South Korean government to make a contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) in support of UNSC 1701. DG Cho, notin [...]
2006-08-16 08:50:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALLE MARR MOPS PREL
06SEOUL3109MAINTAINING THE MOMENTUM ON LEBANON
[...] (C) This message is in response to reftel A. 2. (C) During separate meetings on September 6 with the Ambassador, South Korean Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Yu Myung-hwan and Minister of National Defense (MND) Yoon Kwang-ung both explained that the ROKG would dispatc [...]
2006-09-11 01:07:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
06SEOUL3391DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSITION OF KOREAN-LED PRT
[...] (U) Please see action request at paragraph four. 2. (U) On October 2, POL-MIL Chief delivered reftel points regarding transition of Korean-led PRT in Afghanistan to NATO/ISAF command to Kim Jeong-seop, Director of International Policy Team, Ministry of National Defense. Identical non-pape [...]
2006-10-02 08:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL UNAUS KS AF
06SEOUL837ROKG DELIVERED: DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 08:13:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL KS
06SEOUL859INVITATION FOR ROK PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ REGIONAL
[...] (C) On March 16, poloff delivered ref A diplomatic note on the Iraq PRT initiative to Chun Young-hee, Deputy Director of North America Division III, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Poloff also conveyed the message to Ms. Oh Hyun-ju at the United Nations Division. Undertakin [...]
2006-03-16 08:24:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ KS
06SKOPJE1097MACEDONIA: REDUCING ISAF CAVEATS
[...] (C) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on filling ISAF force shortfalls and reducing caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spiridonovski on November 16. Acting DATT delivered the same points to MOD Elenovski on November 14. Both interlocutors informed us that the GOM intends to remove before t [...]
2006-11-17 06:50:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE1112MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT ELIMINATES MOST CAVEATS ON
[...] (SBU) The GOM approved in a closed government session on November 22 the elimination of five of seven caveats currently in force for Macedonian troops supporting ISAF operations in Afghanistan (reftel) and Macedonian soldiers serving in Iraq. Of the two remaining caveats, one prohibits Macedon [...]
2006-11-24 13:57:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL MK AG
06SKOPJE251MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT FOCUSED ON GAMEPLAN FOR NATO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During her March 7-8 visit to Skopje with a U.S. interagency delegation, USNATO Ambassador Nuland told Macedonian government and opposition interlocutors that free and fair parliamentary elections would be one key to keeping NATO's door open in 2008. She urged them to continue [...]
2006-03-14 16:13:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO MK
06SKOPJE484MACEDONIA: CAVEATS FOR TROOPS SERVING WITH ISAF
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered reftel points on ISAF caveats to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski and to NATO Head of Sector Marjan PopAngelov on May 16. DATT delivered the same points to CHOD MG Stojanovski on May 15. Our interlocutors assured us that Macedonia would maintain its policy of [...]
2006-05-19 14:33:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF MK
06SKOPJE500MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 13:11:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALKG MARR MOPS PREL AF MK
06SKOPJE754MACEDONIA: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points, resolution text, and the Secretary's statement to MFA State Counselor Milan Spirodonovski on August 12. Spirodonovski welcomed the information and expects full support from the GOM for this initiative. 2. (C) Spirodonovski informed Poloff that GOM repr [...]
2006-08-12 14:57:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE MK
06SKOPJE913MACEDONIAN MFA STATE SECRETARY WILL PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (U) P/E Chief delivered reftel invitation to participate in the October 3-5 CENTCOM-sponsored Iraq Coalition Conference in Warsaw to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on September 21. Ilievski confirmed on September 26 that he would attend the Conference, together with Brigadier General Zoran [...]
2006-09-27 14:27:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MK IZ
06SOFIA1102BULGARIA SUPPORTS DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel on draft UNSCR regarding Lebanon to Emil Yalnazov, MFA's Head of United Nations and Global Issues Directorate, on Aug. 7. Yalnazov said the GOB welcomes the resolution as a sign of a united UN voice on the issue. It is time for action; allowing the crisis to go on [...]
2006-08-07 15:16:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN BU
06SOFIA1138RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSCR ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-14 10:23:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNSC BU
06SOFIA1165BULGARIAN RESPONSE: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 14:15:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BU
06SOFIA1187BULGARIA: GOVERNMENT VOTES FOR UNIFIL DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Deputy Foreign Minister Lyubomir Kyuchukov briefed Charge Karagiannis on the Council of Ministers' August 20 decision to deploy troops in support of UNIFIL's expanded mission. Kyuchukov emphasized that the scope of Bulgarian participation in UNIFIL will be determined by thre [...]
2006-08-21 14:49:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE BU
06SOFIA1205BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1701, MINISTER TO ATTEND
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A & B talking points to Margarita Isaeva from the MFA's Near East and Africa Directorate on August 25. Isaeva was unaware of any planned delegations to or from Iran or Syria, and considered them unlikely for the foreseeable future. However, she promised to share our c [...]
2006-08-25 13:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS MARR IR LE SY SW BU
06SOFIA1216BULGARIA ON BOARD FOR NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel A talking points to Zlatin Krystev, acting head of the MFA's International Security Directorate on August 24. After conferring with MOD colleagues, Krystev reconfirmed Bulgaria's commitment to the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed previously, adding that "there is no sugge [...]
2006-08-29 13:56:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1451BULGARIA: CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS
[...] (C) We delivered CFE talking points on October 13 to Dimitar Dimitrov, head of the MFA's OSCE & Regional Security Department. He expressed openness to the possibility of approaching Greece on CFE entitlement transfers, but he did not make any commitment. Noting bruising discussions on the Am [...]
2006-10-17 13:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1491BULGARIAN MOD COMMITTED TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov confirmed the GOB's willingness to extend its current mission in Iraq, and discussed plans to increase the Bulgarian deployment in Afghanistan. He also outlined the challenges the ministry will face [...]
2006-10-26 13:54:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1573CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]
2006-11-17 14:37:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1597BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO SHED CAVEATS ON THE ROAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the lead-up to the Riga Summit, the GOB supports nearly every item on the U.S. agenda, but continues to struggle with a shortage of funds, equipment, and "capabilities" as it looks toward elimination of national caveats and more demanding missions overseas. Bulgaria's commitme [...]
2006-11-22 09:59:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1662YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM KALFIN'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, A SHORT TWO WEEKS BEFORE BULGARIA CELEBRATES ITS FORMAL ACCESSION TO THE EU ON JANUARY 1, TOPS OFF AN EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE YEAR IN THE U.S.-BULGARIAN RELATIONSHIP. KALFIN AND PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV ARE LEADING BULGARIAN PUBLIC OPINION IN [...]
2006-12-14 08:35:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV EUN MARR MOPS OVIP KPAS SR IZ LY
06SOFIA1667BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]
2006-12-15 09:33:00Embassy SofiaSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA185COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPROVES BULGARIA'S FOLLOW-ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Council of Ministers voted February 2 to approve Bulgaria's new mission in Iraq to guard Iranian internees at Camp Ashraf located north of Baghdad. In announcing the decision, Defense Minister Bliznakov said, "The decision to dispatch this mission fully corresponds with our n [...]
2006-02-02 16:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR IZ BU
06SOFIA743BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...]
2006-05-26 10:14:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU
06SOFIA774BULGARIA TO CONTRIBUTE 60,000 EUROS TO NTM-I TRUST
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Rumen Kamenov in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate June 1. Kamenov said that the GOB will contribute 60,000 euros to the NTM-I trust fund this year, a 50 percent increase from last year. The MFA and MOD will formally authorize this [...]
2006-06-02 08:56:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS IZ BU
06SOFIA848BULGARIA CAUTIOUS ON BLACK SEA HARMONY
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The GOB's impression of the June 5 Black Sea Forum in Bucharest was generally positive. While at the forum, the Bulgarian delegation received a draft bilateral agreement from Turkey to join Operation Black Sea Harmony ( [...]
2006-06-16 10:58:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR MOPS RO TU BU
06STATE109375IRAQ: FIRST TRANSITION TO PROVINCIAL IRAQI CONTROL
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. (C) Iraq Prime Minister Maliki's June 19, 2006 announcement of the transfer of security responsibility from the Multinational Force-Iraq (MNF-I) to Iraqi civilian authorities in Muthanna province is the first of its kind. The Department wishes [...]
2006-07-02 05:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO IZ
06STATE141362IRAQ: GUIOANCE FOR U.S.-POLAND BILATERAL
[...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barbara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with Poland on August 31 in Warsaw to discuss Poland's leadership of the Multinational Division - Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq. The purpose of the talks is to convey the outlines of t [...]
2006-08-28 19:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR MOPS PREL IZ PL
06STATE155973CIVILIAN INVITATION TO CENTCOM CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
[...] This is an action request. See para. 7. 2. SUMMARY. An Iraq Coalition Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland 3-5 October, 2006, sponsored by CDRUSCENTCOM. Invitees include military representatives (all addressee posts already invited by CENTCOM) and civilian political representatives f [...]
2006-09-19 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL IZ
06STATE164524THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) Classified by: EAP Acting A/S Kathleen Stephens, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) September 26, 2006; 1:45 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Lynn Pascoe, Embassy Jakarta EAP A/S Christopher Hill PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft (S Staff [...]
2006-09-29 21:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS UN ID
06STATE181050IRAQ: GUIDANCE FOR BILATERALS WITH ROK AND JAPAN
[...] (C) Department instructs a delegation led by Deputy S/I Barabara Stephenson to participate in bilateral talks with the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Friday Nov 3 and with Japan on Nov 6-7 to discuss ongoing and future cooperation in Iraq. The focus of the ROK talks is to define a concept of opera [...]
2006-10-31 22:13:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ JA KS IT
06STATE187610IRAQ: TRANSPORTING JAPANESE DIPLOMATS
[...] (U) This is an action reqeust. See para. 3. 2. (SBU) The Embassy of Japan approached the Department to ask the USG for assistance in moving its diplomatic personnel via helicopter from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) to the International Zone (IZ). Currently, Japan enters Baghdad fro [...]
2006-11-15 21:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PREL JA IZ
06STATE190845REPEAT: ITALY'S DEMARTINO ON DHIQAR UNIT FOR
[...] (U) This message repeats STATE 168109 from early October, which may have had transmission problems. This message contains an action request. See para. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On Sept. 22, Amb. Gianludovico De Martino, head of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Task Force on Iraq (and fo [...]
2006-11-22 21:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS IZ IT
06STATE196230IRAQ STUDY GROUP REPORT GUIDANCE
[...] This cable provides initial guidance for posts to use in responding to inquiries about the report of the Iraq Study Group, led by former Secretary of State James A. Baker III and former Representative Lee Hamilton. 2. BACKGROUND: The Iraq Study Group (ISG) was created on March 15, 2006 at t [...]
2006-12-07 02:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ IR SY XF
06STATE46975IRAQ: RESPONSE TO GOJ REQUEST ON SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Summary. In response to reftel B, the Department provides points to emphasize regarding USG priorities for Japanese support of Iraq. We are also sending by email a province by province situational assessment which Embassy can draw on. In the most recent quadrilateral meeting in London, [...]
2006-03-24 00:30:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK JA
06STATE61597IRAQ SECURITY TRANSITION ISSUES FOR 19 APRIL
[...] (C) The Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) to Iraq is proceeding with its provincial assessment process as described in REFTEL. Post may draw on points in para. 2 to update quadrilateral partners during the 19 April "mini-quad." The committee will not be making any r [...]
2006-04-18 21:40:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL IZ JA AS
06TALLINN1001ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND
[...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]
2006-11-08 12:24:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TALLINN1056ESTONIAN ACCEPTS U.S. DIP NOTE ON AIR
[...] (SBU) On November 21, Embassy Tallinn received the following note verbale from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in answer to our revised diplomatic note on air security for the President's visit November 27-28(reftel): Begin Text: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Republic of Estonia [...]
2006-11-22 12:08:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN1082ESTONIA CONCERNED OVER PRESERVING SINIORA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-06 15:19:00Embassy TallinnSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EN
06TALLINN299ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR MALT AND DOG
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 14:07:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS IZ EN
06TALLINN302ESTONIA POSITION ON EU COMMON CHARGING SCHEME
[...] (U) On February 17 Poloff and DATT delivered reftel points to officials from the MFA, MoD, and the Estonian Air Navigation Services (EANS, which operates under the auspices of the Ministry of Economy) in regards to the EU's Common charging scheme for air navigations services (ANS). 2. (SBU [...]
2006-03-30 14:47:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR MARR MOPS PREL NATO EUN EN
06TALLINN505MANAS AIRFIELD DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-26 13:13:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL KG EN MARR MOPS
06TALLINN626ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]
2006-07-06 10:52:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN714ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPLY TROOPS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 14:02:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN IS EN
06TALLINN767INOPERABILITY PROBLEMS ENDANGER ESTONIAN MISSIONS
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: The lack of interoperability between U.S., UK, and Estonian jamming devices used against improvised explosive devices (IED) in Afghanistan and Iraq has created a dangerous force protection situation that could potentially de [...]
2006-08-23 13:58:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AF IZ EN
06TALLINN768ESTONIA LEADS THE WAY: MILITARY TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last several years, Estonia has made significant strides towards modernizing its military and meeting its NATO requirements. Since 2001, Estonia has increased its defense spending 13 percent annually. The GOE has contributed forces to priority international operations a [...]
2006-08-24 08:30:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN774ESTONIA: IRAN/SYRIA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-24 14:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL IR LE SY XG EN
06TALLINN784 CODEL KOLBE THANKS ANSIP FOR SUPPORT IN IRAQ AND
[...] (U) Summary. During a meeting in Tallinn on August 24, a congressional delegation led by House Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Chairman James Kolbe(R-AZ) thanked Prime Minister Andrus Ansip for Estonia's support for the Global War on Terror. PM Ansi [...]
2006-08-28 14:20:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS ENRG CVIS RS EN
06TALLINN840ESTONIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING AIR
[...] (C) On September 14 2006 Embassy Tallinn received the following diplomatic note from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia presents their compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and have the ho [...]
2006-09-14 12:19:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN901CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...]
2006-10-03 11:16:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN
06TBILISI2512NEGOTIATION ROUND ABORTED AS SOUTH OSSETIANS
[...] (C) The latest scheduled round of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) failed to convene after the South Ossetians refused to permit one member of the Georgian delegation, peacekeeping battalion commander Paata Bedniashvili, to enter Tskhinvali for the talks. OSCE Ambassador Roy Reeve told us [...]
2006-09-20 06:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GG
06TEGUCIGALPA139HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...]
2006-01-24 01:28:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1458POL DEMARCHES HONDURAN MFA ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 19:50:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1487HONDURAS OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN LEBANON
[...] In response to Post's deliverance of the NIACT reftel demarche on UN Security Council Resolution on Lebanon, Eduardo Rosales Ramirez, Director General of Foreign Policy, delivered to Post the GOH's official paper position on the situation between Israel and Lebanon. The position is stated in t [...]
2006-08-16 21:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]
2006-03-16 20:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA622HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA,
[...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...]
2006-03-30 22:33:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA743HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO
[...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...]
2006-04-21 17:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS
06TELAVIV2643(C) LIKUD MK STEINITZ ADVOCATES DISMANTLING AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Likud MK Yuval Steinitz advocated dismantling the Hamas-led Palestinian Authority (PA) and the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and isolating them much the same way that former PM Sharon had isolated Yasser Arafat. The IDF should r [...]
2006-06-30 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KWBG KDEM KPAL MOPS EG IR IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV2695AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH ISRAELI PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Public Security Minister and former Shin Bet Chief Avi Dichter told the Ambassador June 30 that after Palestinian militants kidnapped an Israeli soldier on June 25, Israel understood that its policy of not targeting Hamas had been a mistake and that Israel must now draw i [...]
2006-07-06 15:33:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG MOPS PTER IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV3079ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT
[...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...]
2006-08-08 08:36:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINS MOPS LE IS
06TELAVIV3103ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DIPLOMATIC CORPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 7 Diplomatic Corps briefing held in response to public Lebanese efforts to influence the United Nations Security Council, FM Livni told UNSC Ambassadors that Israel may not honor a ceasefire unless it is backed up by a force to stop rearming by Hizballah and expressed clea [...]
2006-08-08 15:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS LE UNSC PREL MOPS
06TELAVIV3144LEBANON: GOI EXPLAINS CABINET DECISION TO GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with German FM Frank-Walter Steinmeier on August 9, PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, and DefMin Amir Peretz explained a security cabinet decision that reportedly authorizes a possible expansion of the scope of Israeli military operations in Lebanon. According to the MFA [...]
2006-08-10 13:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV3220CODEL MILLER HEARS VIEWS ON WAR FROM ISRAELI MFA
[...] (C) On August 9, Israeli MFA Deputy Director General Yoram Ben Zeev hosted CODEL Miller to lunch in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Ghosh, using the opportunity to convey GOI views on the ongoing war against Hizballah, and stressing that Arabs and Israelis can live side-by-side in peace and harmo [...]
2006-08-15 12:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP ASEC MOPS MASS PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV3245ISRAELI MOD PRESSED TO TAKE QUICK STEPS TO HELP
[...] (C) Responding to the Charge's urgings that Israel act quickly to end the sea blockade of Lebanon, re-open Beirut International Airport, and allow mobile bridges to be erected in southern Lebanon to facilitate shipments of outside assistance to needy Lebanese, Israeli MOD POL-MIL Bureau Head Amos G [...]
2006-08-16 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PTER KPAL KWBG MASS LE SY IL
06TELAVIV3317OLMERT TELLS CODEL SPECTER IT WILL BE "AMERICA'S
[...] (C) Israeli Prime Minister Olmert stressed to U.S Senator Arlen Specter August 20 that the robust international force called for in UNSCR 1701 is an American concept and that the United States would bear responsibility should it fail to materialize and fighting resume between Israel and Hizballah. [...]
2006-08-21 16:31:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE SY IS KPAL KWBG
06TELAVIV3369UN ENVOYS AND GOI DISCUSS UNSCR 1701, DISAGREE ON
[...] (C) Summary: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UN Under Secretary General Vijay Nambiar met with Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, FM Tzipi Livni, DefMin Amir Peretz, Vice PM Shimon Peres, PM Chief of Staff Yoram Turbowicz, and PM Prisoners Envoy Ofer Deckel during a visit to Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on A [...]
2006-08-24 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER UN LE IS
06TELAVIV3399INITIAL IMPACT OF ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR ON ISRAEL
[...] (C) In the wake of the 34-day Israel-Hizballah War, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) are reviewing their performance across the board, and taking stock of achievements and mistakes with an eye towards assigning blame, where necessary, and gathering lessons learned for application in future suc [...]
2006-08-25 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR LE IS
06TELAVIV3432FORMER PM ADVISER ON GOI POLITICAL FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 25 luncheon meeting former PM Advisor Dov Weissglas told the Ambassador that the GOI is in political trouble because it placed too much faith in military advice and set overly ambitious goals, which were impossible for it to achieve and trapped it into continuing the war a [...]
2006-08-28 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PGOV
06TELAVIV3433OLMERT AND LIVNI TO CODEL LANTOS: CONTROLLING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In brief, separate meetings August 27, Prime Minister Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and CODEL Lantos that controlling the border between Lebanon and Syria was the "most crucial" issue for proper implementation of UNSCR 1701. Congressman Lantos informed Olm [...]
2006-08-28 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE IS PHUM UN
06TELAVIV3440NEW ISRAELI MOD DG ASHKENAZI OUTLINES HIS GOALS
[...] (C) New Israeli MOD Director General MGEN (Ret.) Gabi Ashkenazi told the Ambassador August 24 that his first priority is complete transformation of Israel's export control system and restoration of U.S. trust in it. He promised to personally involve himself in the legislative process so that Israel [...]
2006-08-29 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MOPS MASS PINR SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3441ISRAELI DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS ON THE
[...] (S/NF) On August 24, a group of Israeli Defense Intelligence (IDI) analysts briefed visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee senior staffer Puneet Talwar on the IDI's preliminary assessment of the 34-day war between Israel and Hizballah in southern Lebanon. The IDI team was lead by Colonel [...]
2006-08-29 16:35:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS SY LE IS
06TELAVIV4293GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL
[...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...]
2006-10-27 14:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV4851DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]
2006-12-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV4895CODEL MCCAIN'S MEETING WITH MINDEF PERETZ:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CODEL MCCAIN, INCLUDING SENATORS JOHN MCCAIN, JOSEPH LIEBERMAN, SUSAN COLLINS, JOHN THUNE, AND REPRESENTATIVE MARK KIRK, MET WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE AMIR PERETZ DECEMBER 18. CHARGE AND POL COUNS ATTENDED THE MEETING, AS DID MOD SENIOR STAFF. THE CODEL MENTIONED THEIR VISIT TO [...]
2006-12-20 14:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS MARR
06TELAVIV4897FORMER PM BARAK DISCUSSES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (AZ),Joe Lieberman (CT),Susan Collins (ME) and John Thune (SD),as well as Representative Mark Kirk (IL) met with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak on December 17 to discuss developments in Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority. Ba [...]
2006-12-21 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPAL IZ IR US RU CH IN
06TELAVIV5003DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH COMMENTS ON THE MOD
[...] (S) During a December 26 meeting with the Ambassador (discussion of efforts to remove obstacles to movement in the West Bank and other issues reported reftel),Deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh candidly discussed the MOD's dissatisfaction with the 2007 budget as well as the IDF's lessons le [...]
2006-12-29 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IS LE
06TELAVIV826ISRAELI MILITARY INTEL CHIEF'S 2/23 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a February 23 meeting at the MOD, Israeli Director of Military Intelligence (DMI) Major General Amos Yadlin discussed with State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT) Henry Crumpton (A) USG and GOI priorities in the war on terror; (B) ways to coordinate between the intelli [...]
2006-02-27 16:37:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PTER PINS PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR MCAP MOPS ASEC EG IS JO COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06THEHAGUE1186NETHERLANDS/KYRGYZSTAN: RESPONSE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] (C) The GONL supports USG access to Manas airbase, and in principle, might be willing to approach the Government of Kyrgyzstan to express support for continued U.S. access. MFA Senior Advisor for Central Asia Tanja Roling told Polmiloff May 24 that the Dutch MOD has acknowledged it would be " [...]
2006-05-24 16:12:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AF KG NL
06THEHAGUE1267NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS TO NTM-I
[...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche soliciting enhanced contributions to the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) to Hugo Siblesz, Director General for Political Affairs at the Dutch MFA, on June 6. POLCOUNS and Hans Horbach, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Affairs Department [...]
2006-06-06 16:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR IZ NL
06THEHAGUE1768NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH WELCOME UNSCR 1701
[...] (C) Acting Dutch MFA Political Director Wim Geerts told POLCOUNS August 12, in response to ref a points, that the Dutch welcomed UNSCR 1701 and would actively seek opportunities to demonstrate this support publicly. This is consistent with comments Foreign Minister Bot made to Ambassador Arn [...]
2006-08-14 05:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE NL
06THEHAGUE1782NETHERLANDS/LEBANON/VENEZUELA/JSF: AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is confident his Christian Democrats (CDA) will do better than originally expected in the upcoming November elections, possibly even beating Labor (PvdA) to remain the largest party in Parliament. Balkenende welcomed the adoption of UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon [...]
2006-08-14 15:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE1798NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO UNIFIL
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche August 16 to Laurent Stokvis, the assistant-secretary equivalent who heads the MFA's Western Hemisphere division, and left the non-paper behind. Stokvis said the Dutch were focused primarily on humanitarian assistance in Lebanon but were "thinking" about o [...]
2006-08-16 11:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE1879NETHERLANDS/NATO: C-17 COMMITMENT STILL UP IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch remain committed to NATO's C-17 consortium project in principle and hope to sign a Letter of Intent (LOI) committing to 500 hours by September 8. There is still no agreement within the GONL on funding, however, and the Dutch will make no additional commitments to the p [...]
2006-08-28 13:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NATO NL
06THEHAGUE2081NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH TO CONTRIBUTE FRIGATE
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Henk Kamp announced September 22 that the GONL intends to contribute a 150-person frigate to the maritime component of UNIFIL. Kamp made the announcement following the weekly Cabinet meeting, noting that the Dutch were satisfied with the rules of engagement [...]
2006-09-22 14:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE NL
06THEHAGUE2262NETHERLANDS/SYRIA/LEBANON: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (S) Ambassador Arnall discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Middle Eastern Affairs Henriette van Lynden-Leijten on October 17. Van Lynden-Leijten said she had heard "similar echoes" from the Dutch embassy in Damascus, especially regarding the fragility of the Siniora government and Syrian [...]
2006-10-18 12:50:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS NL
06THEHAGUE2363NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...]
2006-11-02 15:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP NL
06THEHAGUE2543NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT ENGAGING WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch will continue to press Syria to become a more responsible actor and believe the international community should hold Damascus strictly accountable for its actions. The international community, however, should also be prepared to engage positively with Syria if/when it ac [...]
2006-12-04 12:17:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY NL
06THEHAGUE311NETHERLANDS/CARIBBEAN: MOD ON CARRIER PORT CALL
[...] (U) This contains an information request for State Department (paragraph 6). 2. (C) Summary: DATT and poloffs met on January 9 with Major General Bertholee, Director of Operational Readiness, The Netherlands Defense Staff, Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss Caribbean Lion (CL),Part [...]
2006-02-10 14:53:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS SNAR NT VE XL
06THEHAGUE353NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: DUTCH CABINET HAS
[...] (C) This is an action/guidance request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The Dutch cabinet is seized with the issue of proposed carrier port calls to the Netherlands Antilles and is expected to discuss it, as well as the upcoming Caribbean Lion exercise, at the February 17 cabinet meeti [...]
2006-02-16 10:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE386NETHERLANDS/NAVAL EXERCISES: GONL WILL APPROVE
[...] (C) The MFA has informed us that the GONL would approve a formal request for a carrier visit by USS George Washington to St. Maarten in mid-April. They would also approve cruiser and destroyer visits to Curacao and Aruba. 2. (C) In a conversation February 21 with CDA, Marion Kappeyne van d [...]
2006-02-22 06:36:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PHSA MARR PINS PREL SNAR XL NT VE
06THEHAGUE690NETHERLANDS: DUTCH VERSION OF TAILHOOK NAVY
[...] (C) Summary. The Dutch Navy and Ministry of Defense are scrambling to address recent media reports alleging scandalous and possibly criminal behavior aboard Dutch naval vessels. One story involves allegations by a female crew member of sexual intimidation, assault, and drug abuse on board th [...]
2006-03-31 11:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV NL
06THEHAGUE762NETHERLANDS: PLANS TO EXPAND PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The GONL is paying increasing attention to African Peace and Security Architecture and is ready to commit additional resources. The GONL wishes, in cooperation with the Belgians, to take a lead on Burundi Security Sector [...]
2006-04-07 14:51:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL KGHA KHIV KPKO MARR MASS MOPS BE BY CG
06TIRANA486SAM SEEKS MILITARY COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (C) Mimoza Kondo, MFA Office Director for the Europe, America, and Russia, told Pol/Econ Chief that Albania has been approached by Serbia-Montenegro regarding the possibility of formally establishing military cooperation. She also pro [...]
2006-05-11 06:25:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS AL
06TIRANA747DELAYS IN THE ALBANIAN CHEMICAL WEAPONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preparations for the Albanian Chemical Weapons Elimination Program have been delayed due to damage sustained during testing of the destruction equipment and required modifications to the system. The delays have resulted in the postponement of the start of operations at the destr [...]
2006-07-14 13:27:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PARM PREL SENV AL
06TIRANA839ALBANIA ON DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 15:14:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN IS LE AL
06TOKYO1492IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS SECURITY ASSESSMENT; U.S.
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]
2006-03-22 08:43:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1493C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]
2006-03-22 08:53:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1684JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO1685JAPAN MULLING IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: MOFA National Security Policy Division Director Shimmi indicated to Poloffs March 28 that he was personally optimistic about extending Air Self Defense Force C-130 flights at least to Baghdad Airport once assessment of the nine "candidate" airfields is complete. Shimmi was less [...]
2006-03-30 07:12:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS IZ UK AS JA
06TOKYO2640S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH JDA VM
[...] SUMMARY: (C) During their May 10 meeting, S/P Director Krasner and Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Administrative Vice Minister Moriya reviewed Japanese efforts to implement the Security Consultative Committee agreement on alliance transformation and the evolution of Japan's role in international s [...]
2006-05-15 04:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA
06TOKYO2975PDAS STEPHENS DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH DIET
[...] (C) Summary: During EAP PDAS Kathy Stephens' May 30 meeting with Diet member Fumio Kyuma, Kyuma called for increased defense industrial cooperation and underlined his support for concluding a bilateral agreement on protecting classified information. He said that Japan would be able to impl [...]
2006-05-31 07:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR JA
06TOKYO3515DEFMIN NUKAGA LETTER TO SECDEF ON IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] (U) Embassy has received a letter from Defense Minister Nukaga to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld dated June 22 regarding the changes to Japan's deployment of Self-Defense Forces in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (full text in para 2; original to follow via pouch). 2. (U) The letter, rece [...]
2006-06-23 09:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPINS MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO4402JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-06 03:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE JA
06TOKYO4403JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSC RESOLUTION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-06 03:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UNSC IS LE JA
06TOKYO4472JAPAN WON'T OPPOSE HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 06:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL PTER LE JA
06TOKYO4473JAPAN WON'T OPPOSE HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-09 06:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL PTER LE JA
06TOKYO4555JAPAN TO SUPPORT LEBANON RESOLUTION, ASKS HOW IT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor conveyed reftel demarche August 11 to MOFA UN Policy Division Director Shigeki Takizaki, stressing our goals of an urgent cessation of hostilities and the expansion of UNIFIL into a robust international f [...]
2006-08-11 10:20:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER UN JA
06TOKYO4556DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] Post delivered reftel points to the responsible officer at the UN Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 12. Poloff was referred to the public statement of Foreign Minister Taro Aso, repeated below, for Japan's response. 2. Begin text: Japan welcomes the unanimou [...]
2006-08-12 07:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UNDC UNSC IS LE JA
06TOKYO4626KANAGAWA GOVERNOR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR SCHIEFFER
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Schieffer confirmed to Kanagawa Governor Matsuzawa on August 14 that there was no conventional alternative to forward deployment of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier at Yokosuka. When Matsuzawa tried to enlist the Ambassador into seeking GOJ funding for a Kanagawa Prefectu [...]
2006-08-15 07:54:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA
06TOKYO4670ANY JAPANESE COMMITTMENT TO UNIFIL WILL TAKE TIME
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-16 09:48:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE JA
06TOKYO5138A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]
2006-09-08 05:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5564JAPAN UNCERTAIN ON ATTENDANCE AT CENTCOM IRAQ
[...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, DCM called on Japan's Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 to present Ambassador Satterfield's invitation for Japan to send a civilian representative to the October 3-5 CENTCOM Conference on Iraq in Warsaw. [...]
2006-09-26 08:34:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5900CABINET APPROVES BILL TO EXTEND PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) The Japanese Cabinet has approved a bill to extend for one year the special anti-terrorism law that enables Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces (MSDF) to continue to participate in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The bill will be presented to the Diet where it must be passed by both [...]
2006-10-11 07:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER AF JA
06TOKYO6230COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR IRAQ TALKS
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the November 04 - 08, 2006 visit to Japan by the interagency team led by Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Barbara Stephenson for bilateral conslutations with the Republic of Korea and Japan. A notional schedule will follow separately. 2. [...]
2006-10-26 02:41:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS OTRA PREL IZ KS JA
06TOKYO6323IRAQI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JAPANESE AND KOREAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Ambassador to Japan Dr. Ghanim al-Jumaily is trying to persuade his Ministry of Foreign Affairs to pay more attention to South Korea on both the security and economic fronts, Jumaily told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer October 30 during a readout on his recent visit to Seo [...]
2006-11-01 06:47:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ECON ENRG IZ KS JA
06TOKYO757JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 10:02:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TUNIS2085DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-12 11:33:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TU
06TUNIS2111LEBANON: TUNISIA WELCOMES UNSCR 1701; CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The GOT has officially welcomed UNSCR 1701 on Lebanon, releasing a statement expressing its "great satisfaction" with the resolution, which it characterized as a "first step" to the return to peaceful efforts in the search for a negotiated solution. President Ben Ali on August 1 [...]
2006-08-16 13:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE TS
06ULAANBAATAR137Prime Minister Reviews Bilateral Relationship
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed his government's commitment to close relations with the United States during an hour-long initial call by the Ambassador on February 23. Enkhbold confirmed that the Cabinet had decided the previous day to approve a sixth rotation [...]
2006-02-26 23:35:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PHUM ETRD PGOV KMCA PTER PINR
06ULAANBAATAR550Mongolia to Send 7th Rotation to Iraq
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note to the Embassy on July 19: Begin text (informal embassy translation) (Complimentary opening) and takes the opportunity to state that, in relation to the completion of the period of duty for the sixth rotation of Mongol [...]
2006-07-19 09:17:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR553GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to
[...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]
2006-07-20 23:18:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to
[...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]
2006-07-20 23:21:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06USNATO425READOUT OF THE JULY 05 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: From the 05 July North Atlantic Council (NAC): --DPRK: In response to the July 4 missile launches, Amb Nuland urges NAC to issue condemnatory statement. --Darfur: NATO personnel to travel to Darfur, D/CMC notifies of possibility of additional airlift request if AMIS expands. - [...]
2006-07-06 16:43:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO MOPS MARR PREL IZ AF SU
06USNATO603NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]
2006-10-13 13:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO610ALBANIA RECEIVES MIXED REVIEWS FROM NATO ALLIES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Albania received qualified praise from NATO Allies for its implementation of political and defense reforms and admonitions to quicken its reform pace during an October 10 meeting with NATO's Senior Political Committee/Reinforced. During the meeting, in which Albania presented [...]
2006-10-16 16:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AL
06USNATO615NATO ALLIES ENCOURAGE CROATIA IN MEMBERSHIP DRIVE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 13, Croatia presented its Annual National Plan (ANP) outlining its reform goals for the coming year. The Croatian delegation expressed its hope that Croatia would receive an encouraging message on its membership prospects out of the November NATO Summit and a member [...]
2006-10-18 07:21:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR HR
06USNATO62217 OCTOBER COFFEE
[...] SUMMARY: -- Riga Communique: PermReps endorse notion of a short and crispy document, SYG will circulate a strawman outline of key subjects o/a 31 October. -- ANA Training: SYG intends to circulate under silence a tasking to NATO Military Authorities (NMAs) on Afghan National Security Fo [...]
2006-10-19 15:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO
06USNATO640DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT ADDRESSES THE NORTH
[...] (U) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt reviewed key points of the International Compact for Iraq (ICI) with the North Atlantic Council on 18 October 2006. Kimmitt noted that the ICI is a contract between the international community and Iraq with the goal of achieving economic [...]
2006-10-26 18:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS NATO PREL IZ AF
06USNATO668EAPC CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO,S
[...] (U) Partner Ambassadors responded positively to the Secretary-General,s briefing on plans to transform NATO,s SIPDIS partnerships at Riga in their last consultations with Allied PermReps before the November 28-29 Summit. They voiced support for expanding access to proven PfP tools to other [...]
2006-11-13 16:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO674AFGHANISTAN: GETTING THE SLOVAKS TO MOVE SOUTH
[...] (C) Per request in reftel, Ambassador Nuland pushed Slovak PermRep Slobodnik on November 14 to keep working on repositioning Slovakia's engineering unit from Kabul to Kandahar in time to announce the decision at the Riga Summit November 28. The Ambassador told Slobodnik to let her know if a [...]
2006-11-15 17:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF LO
06USNATO707EAPC AMBASSADORS ENDORSE RIGA SUMMIT DECISION TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Partner Ambassadors responded positively to NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's briefing on the Riga Summit on December 6, and endorsed the Alliance's November 29 invitation to Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Montenegro to join the Partnership for Peace. End Summary. 2. (U) Euro-Atla [...]
2006-12-11 14:46:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USNATO731RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]
2006-12-19 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USUNNEWYORK1066EGELAND TELLS UNSC NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jan Egeland told the UN Security Council (UNSC) on May 19 that while 2005 was a 'lost' year in terms of peace and reconciliation in the Darfur crisis, 2006 was looking up, [...]
2006-05-24 13:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1763HARIRI TRIBUNAL: UN LEGAL COUNSEL WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: USUN Legal, accompanied by French Mission political officers, delivered points (ref A) regarding the draft Hariri tribunal agreement to UN Legal Counsel Michel on September 5. We noted USG support for his return to Lebanon that evening. In addition per ref B request, U [...]
2006-09-07 22:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM LE MOPS PINR PTER SY UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK912UN ON LRA: 'SYMPTOM OF PROBLEM THAT ONLY UGANDA
[...] (SBU) At April 26 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant-Secretary-General Kalomoh made recommendations for addressing the regional threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),most of which centered around a more proactive ap [...]
2006-05-04 12:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCG ETTC MOPS PGOV PREL SU UG KPKO
06VATICAN142LEBANON-ISRAEL: VATICAN FINE-TUNING ITS POSITION
[...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI's July 18 comment expressing support for the G-8 statement on the crisis in Lebanon and Israel helped establish a more helpful Vatican position on the conflict after a more one-sided statement by Cardinal Secretary of State Sodano July 14 (reftel). Holy See messages on [...]
2006-07-20 13:27:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS IS LE SOCI KIRF PHUM VT
06VATICAN143LEBANON/ISRAEL: VATICAN HOPES FOR CEASE-FIRE, NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (U) The Vatican released a new statement (complete text emailed to EUR/WE and in para. three below) on the "worsening situation in the Middle East" this afternoon (July 20). The statement noted the pope's "great concern" for the "destinies of all the peoples involved" and expressed hope for [...]
2006-07-20 16:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS PHUM SOCI KIRF VT
06VATICAN145LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE
[...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...]
2006-07-21 17:08:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF
06VATICAN149LEBANON: POPE SPEAKS OUT AGAIN; HOLY SEE RESPONDING TO
[...] (C) Benedict XVI emphasized the rights and plights of Lebanese and Israelis July 23 while addressing the current crisis in the Middle East. Though the Holy See has expressed to us privately its support for a "robust" multi-national force, the pope stopped short of saying so Sunday. The Hol [...]
2006-07-24 12:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALMOPS LE IS PHUM VT
06VIENNA2256TFLE01: AUSTRIA ON LEBANON -- PROTEST OVER
[...] (SBU) The mistaken Israeli attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon has provoked outrage in Austria, not least because an Austrian was reported to be among the four dead. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called her Israeli counterpart on July 26 to protest the attack. She also su [...]
2006-07-26 12:43:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA2313AUSTRIAN REACTIONS TO THE LEBANESE CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Austrian leaders remain divided over whether the country should participate in a UN-led intervention force in Lebanon. Meanwhile, public opinion, outraged over the death of an Austrian UN observer and the civilian casualties in Lebanon, is clearly tilting against such engagement. Defens [...]
2006-08-01 15:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN LE AU
06VIENNA2349LEBANON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION: AUSTRIAN
[...] (U) Charge d,Affaires and Acting EconPolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle and Helfried Carl from the Foreign Ministry's Office of Middle East Affairs to discuss the reftel demarche and draft Security Council resolution on Lebanon. Kyrle stated that Austria's cu [...]
2006-08-07 15:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN LE IS AU
06VIENNA2457SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL: AUSTRIAN
[...] (C) On August 16, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik and Defense Minister Guenter Platter publicly ruled out Austrian participation in a revamped UNIFIL for the time being. However, both left open the door for future participation, especially if the UN requests assistance in specializ [...]
2006-08-18 09:06:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL AU LE
06VIENNA3093DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRESERVING LEGANESE PM
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 17 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and North Africa. SIPDIS 2. (S) Scheide took careful note of our points. He said the Austrian Embassy in Damascus had engaged with the [...]
2006-10-18 13:28:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA3283AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer. 2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need for [...]
2006-11-08 14:42:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP AU
06VIENNA3341AUSTRIA ON NATO/AFGHANISTAN -- CONTINUATION OF
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 18 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political-Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said the importance of the NATO mission in Afghanistan was clear. He noted that the Austrian government had announced on N [...]
2006-11-16 10:35:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG AU
06VIENNA3459DEAMRCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PRESERVING THE
[...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (S) Scheide said Austria, like the rest of the EU, had a clear position in supoprt of the UN Security Council resolutions on Lebanon. Austria will support Lebanese sover [...]
2006-12-01 13:21:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VILNIUS1036LITHUANIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUCCESS IN
[...] (SBU) As the Fourth Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) left for Kabul November 14, Lithuania continues to demonstrate its commitment to success in Afghanistan. Lithuania is set to take on the entire military operating expense of its PRT in Ghor Province starting January 2007; is c [...]
2006-11-17 13:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS LH AF
06VILNIUS136IRAN PROTESTS LITHUANIA'S REPRINTING OF MUHAMMAD
[...] (SBU) The Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a diplomatic note from Iran on February 9 protesting the publication in the Lithuanian press of cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad. On February 8, Lithuania's infamous daily "Respublika," which has repeatedly printed hateful cartoo [...]
2006-02-10 16:33:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM IR LH
06VILNIUS479GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRUST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-24 12:33:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS480GOL TO ENGAGE KYRGYSTAN ON MANAS AIRFIELD,
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Vytautas Leskevicius, Head of the MFA's NATO Division, May 24, and asked the GOL to urge Kyrgystan to allow continued access to Manas airfield. Leskevicius said that this is an important issue for all ISAF coalition partners, and that Lithuania would try to fin [...]
2006-05-24 12:34:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS PREL LH UZ
06VILNIUS483GOL NEGOTIATING UKRAINIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF UP LH
06VILNIUS487(C) LITHUANIA'S ISAF PRT (C-RE6-00473)
[...] (C) This cable responds to reftel's questions about host country's Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) in Afghanistan. -------------------------------- GOL COMMITTED TO AFGHANISTAN PRT -------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOL remains committed to leading the PRT in Ghor Provin [...]
2006-05-26 11:25:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALAF PINR MASS MOPS PTER LH
06VILNIUS499GOL CONSIDERING 50,000 EURO CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 09:24:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO MOPS LH IZ
06VILNIUS53WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...]
2006-01-20 14:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS682U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]
2006-07-19 13:21:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS773LITHUANIA WILL MAKE MODEST CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL,
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) On the margins of the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ceremony August 17, top Lithuanian foreign policy planners expressed Lithuania's willingness in some way to contribute to UNIFIL. Ambassador delive [...]
2006-08-17 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE LH
06VILNIUS789PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]
2006-08-23 12:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS793LITHUANIA'S FINAL ANSWER: NO TROOPS TO UNIFIL
[...] (U) Classified By: Pol/Econ Chief Rebecca Dunham for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Lithuania will not be making troop contributions to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL),despite earlier indications of its serious desire to do so. Lithuania's Ministers of Foreign Affairs [...]
2006-08-24 13:41:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LH LE
06VILNIUS818LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...]
2006-09-05 13:55:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH
06WARSAW1664LEBANON: POLAND OPTIMISTIC ABOUT UNIFIL-PLUS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 12:18:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER UN PL
06WARSAW1684UNSCR 1701: POLAND GRATIFIED AT UNIFIED POSITION
[...] (U) Charge shared Ref A points on UNSCR 1701 with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal, who stated that MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski was in the process of drafting a public statement on the resolution. Waszczykowski told Charge separately that the MFA statement would welcome the passage of UNS [...]
2006-08-12 14:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06WARSAW1687LEBANON UPDATE: POLISH PUBLIC STATEMENT SUPPORTING
[...] (U) As previewed Ref A, The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following public statement on UNSCR 1701 on August 12: BEGIN TEXT The Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomes with pleasure the unanimous passage by the UN Security Council of the resolution regarding the cessation of [...]
2006-08-14 10:28:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE
06WARSAW1734POLAND - JULY 2006 SINGAPORE OPERATIONAL EXPERTS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points on the Singapore OEG to Lukasz Zielinski, PSI point of contact in the MFA Security Policy Department. Zielinski responded that he had attended the OEG and the GOP had found it very fruitful. He noted with some pride that many delegations had the success of the [...]
2006-08-19 08:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW1746POLAND: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL
[...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points on UNIFIL contributions to MFA Middle East Africa Director and MFA Americas Acting Director on August 17. DCM also raised the issue in a previously scheduled meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal on August 18. Kowal indicated that Poland [...]
2006-08-22 06:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW1758POLAND: SOLICITING SUPPORT FOR ROBUST UNIFIL-PLUS
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered Ref A points August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski said that FM Fotyga was to meet at 1200 with DefMin Sikorski to review GOP plans for UNIFIL-plus in advance of the August 23 meeting of selected EU foreign ministers in Brussel [...]
2006-08-22 14:43:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW1763POLAND: URGING IRAN-SYRIA TO RESPECT ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche August 22 to Krzysztof Plominski, MFA Director for ME-Africa. Plominski acknowledged the points and agreed that Iran and Syria had to be held to their obligation under UNSCR 1701. He also said that the GOP planned no delegations to either Tehera [...]
2006-08-22 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW2323READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]
2006-11-03 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS IZ PL
06WARSAW2360POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING UKRAINE REFORM
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Amb. Andrzej Krawczyk, Foreign Policy Adviser to President Lech Kaczynski. Krawczyk responded that Ukraine was a key bilateral partner of Poland and a high priority in Polish foreign policy to which President Kaczynski attaches great importance. [...]
2006-11-08 15:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UP PL NATO
06WARSAW2425POLAND STEADFAST ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge and Pol External Chief delivered reftel points November 17 to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Charge stressed U.S. appreciation for Poland's exemplary commitment to ISAF and OEF, both through its planned deployment of 1200 troops in early 2007 and for i [...]
2006-11-20 14:43:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PL AF
06WARSAW2433POLAND OPTIMISTIC ON DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ
[...] (C) Pol External Chief and British counterpart delivered Ref B points jointly November 20 to Amb. Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of the MFA Middle East Africa Department. PolExtChief also took the opportunity to share Ref A text of Secretary Rice's letter to the UNSC President. SIPDIS [...]
2006-11-22 07:32:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2478POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]
2006-11-30 11:18:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2479POLAND-IRAQ: GOP PREPARING TO CONFIRM TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior MFA officials stated privately that the Council of Ministers would shortly forward to President Kaczynski a decision extending the Polish deployment to Iraq through December 31, 2007, consistent with the newly passed UNSCR 1723, while MOD and the General Staff confirmed pl [...]
2006-11-30 11:19:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC MOPS MARR PL IZ
06WARSAW2546POLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING THE
[...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref A demarche December 1 to Krzysztof Plominski, Acting Director of MFA Middle East Africa Department. Plominski responded that the GOP was watching closely the situation in Lebanon following the assassination of Pierre Gemayel. Poland continued to support the de [...]
2006-12-11 08:57:00Embassy WarsawSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS PL
06WARSAW833IRAQ: POLAND CONFIRMS MND-CS CONTINGENT WILL STAY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-05 14:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PL IZ
06WARSAW862MINISTER OF DEFENSE SIKORSKI ON F-16 PROGRAM, IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-10 08:40:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS MCAPS PREL PL IZ
06WELLINGTON410DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD
[...] (C) On May 23, Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT shared reftel demarche with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary of Defence. PE Couns also separately conveyed the demarche to Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (C) O [...]
2006-05-26 04:40:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON482NZ MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PSI "LEADING
[...] (C) This message contains an action request, at para 4. 2. (C) On June 22, Pol-Econ Couns was called into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) by Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division, and Nik Green, Policy Officer. Swain explained that GNZ officials [...]
2006-06-23 05:39:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON488NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR
[...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...]
2006-06-27 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ
06WELLINGTON629NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON
[...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...]
2006-08-14 03:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ
06WELLINGTON760MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]
2006-09-27 22:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON761MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]
2006-09-27 22:58:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON773DELAY IN USG APPROVAL OF NEW ZEALAND'S A-4 PLANE SALE A
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: The New Zealand Defence Force is evaluating how the further delay or cancellation of the GNZ's proposed sale of its last air combat planes to a private U.S. buyer could impact defense planning. NZDF will probably [...]
2006-10-02 03:32:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MOPS NZ
06WELLINGTON911DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel points with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Swain expressed sympathy with our frustrations over caveats (NZDF force personnel operate without caveats in Afghanistan) and said [...]
2006-11-21 03:02:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS NZ
06YEREVAN1097DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] We delivered reftel points to MFA United Nations Desk Head Varsik Baghdasaryan August 10. Baghdasaryan said the ministry did not have a response yet. We will follow up next week. EVANS [...]
2006-08-10 12:28:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDIS LE MOPS PHUM PREL PTER AM
06YEREVAN1677REQUEST FOR TREATMENT OF IRAQ-WOUNDED ARMENIAN
[...] Post strongly urges that the Department of Defense approve the evacuation to Walter Reed Army Medical Center of Armenian First Lieutenant Georgi Nalbandian, who was wounded during his service with coalition forces in Iraq. Providing treatment and rehabilitative care to Nalbandian in Washington [...]
2006-12-05 14:35:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS AM
06YEREVAN1683ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT REAUTHORIZES IRAQ DEPLOYMENT
[...] The National Assembly voted December 6 to reauthorize the Armenia's troop deployment to Iraq. The 85-19 vote followed two days of vigorous debate, and the personal appearance of Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian who debated with some skeptical deputies the wisdom of the deployment on the parlia [...]
2006-12-06 14:12:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PREL AM IZ
06YEREVAN1776REQUEST FOR LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para. 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's timely assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following proposed participants in two George C. Marshall Center programs. Ruben Anany [...]
2006-12-29 10:49:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PREL PHUM AM
06YEREVAN215ARMENIA NOT PREPARED TO DONATE TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A points regarding GOAM support for Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces to Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation Department Head General-Major Misha Melkonyan February 13. Melkonyan told us that he would forward our request "to military leadership" but that Armenia, [...]
2006-02-13 13:16:00Embassy YerevanSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ AM
06YEREVAN687DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RECONCILING MARITIME SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-18 11:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ AM
06ZAGREB1364IRAQ: CROATIA OFFERS WEAPONS AND TRAINING TO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic provided PolOff November 9 with a list of weapons and training courses the GoC has offered to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). Weapons range from 500 x 7.62mm assault rifles to 10 x 82mm recoilless guns, w [...]
2006-11-13 15:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC IZ HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1377CROATIA FULLY SUPPORTS NATO'S PROMISE TO
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel points tailored for NATO partners to Neven Mikec, Head of MFA's NATO department, on November 14. Mikec expressed the GoC's complete support for NATO's call for additional forces in Afghanistan. He noted that Croatia's nearly 150 troops in Afghanistan, including thos [...]
2006-11-17 14:52:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1424GOC WELCOMES RIGA LANGUAGE, PROMISES CONTINUED
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 30, MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic expressed to Charge d'Affaires the SIPDIS GoC's appreciation of the positive assessment of Croatia in both the Riga communique and President Bush's speech. "We think Riga was a joint step forward," he said, stress [...]
2006-11-30 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB1435GOC SUPPORTS PFP FOR SERBIA, BIH, AND MONTENEGRO
[...] In briefing for NATO Ambassadors December 01, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs Pjer Simunovic said the GoC warmly welcomes accession of Serbia, BiH, and Montenegro into the Partnership for Peace (PfP). According to Simunovic, this will enable Croatia to raise regional cooperation to a ne [...]
2006-12-04 12:03:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO SR BK MW HR
06ZAGREB1461ISAF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP INCREASE, TWO-YEAR
[...] (U) On December 8, Parliament approved a two-year extension of the Croatian troop deployment to NATO's International Stabilization and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan by a vote of 102 to 1. The extension also authorizes expanding the force from the current 147 to 200 soldiers in 2007 a [...]
2006-12-08 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC AF HR
06ZAGREB1462NATIONAL NATO COMMITTEE APPOINTS HEAD OF PUBLIC
[...] The National Committee on NATO Membership (reftel),under the chairmanship by President Stjepan Mesic, PM Ivo Sanader, and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, met on December 7 to review conclusions of the Riga Summit. In its second meeting since its formation in November, the committee expre [...]
2006-12-11 09:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
06ZAGREB240CROATIA CONSIDERING DONATIONS TO IRAQI
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 15 to Sanja Bujas-Juraga, Head of the International Security Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bujas-Juraga said that they would look for suitable equipment to donate. 2. (SBU) In parallel, ODC Chief has been working wit [...]
2006-02-23 12:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ HR
06ZAGREB867DEFENSE MINISTER RENEWS ISAF COMMITMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Bradtke, Minister of Defense Berislav Roncevic reiterated the GoC's long-term commitment to keep troops in Afghanistan. He said he will ask Parliament this fall for authorization to increase Croatia's force contributi [...]
2006-07-20 12:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR AF HR
07ABIDJAN433IRAQ: NO COTE D'IVOIRE PARTICIPATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 17:00:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ IV
07ABIDJAN606COTE D'IVOIRE: ASECNA AVIATION FEES
[...] (U) This cable answers questions 1, 2 and 4 of reftel, and provides a partial answer to question 3. Septel will provide the balance of the responses once they are received from host government officials. 2. (U) Questions and Answers: Question 1) Are the airports (DIAP in Abidjan, DIYO [...]
2007-06-08 13:20:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKREC MARR MOPS PREL IV
07ABUDHABI1161U.S.-UAE GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S) Summary: Since the May 2007 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),and earlier meetings of the Joint Military Committee (JMC) working groups and Air and Missile Defense working group, we have seen progress in our bilateral mil-to-mil and security relationship in the areas of defense cooperation and [...]
2007-07-12 09:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI1180DUBAI RULER/UAE PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON IRAQ,
[...] (S) Summary: On July 15, Ambassador met with UAE Vice President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR). MbR complained about the Iranian influence in Iraq and voiced his belief that the current situation in Iraq is a civil war which w [...]
2007-07-16 15:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PARM EAID IR IZ LE AF PK SY
07ABUDHABI1214SCENE SETTER - SECDEF GATES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) Secretary Gates: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to Abu Dhabi. Your principal interlocutor will be Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),whom you met at the Pentagon on May 16. The U.S. [...]
2007-07-19 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1286POTENTIAL ARMS SALES: STRENGTHENING UAE DEFENSIVE
[...] (S) Summary. On July 31 Ambassador met with DCM, USLO Chief, and DATT to review UAE top priorities for upcoming potential military sales under the framework of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). We discussed which of the proposed systems would be most feasible both to enhance UAE capacity for [...]
2007-08-01 09:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PTER MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI1292SCENE SETTER FOR VISIT TO UAE BY U/S BURNS AND U/S
[...] (S) U/S Burns and U/S Levey: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your upcoming visit to the UAE. Your meetings with UAE's leaders come at a time when their attention is focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and what this might mean to the UAE in the context of the violence in Iraq and Ira [...]
2007-08-01 13:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR LE AE
07ABUDHABI1479SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S SEPTEMBER VISIT
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for your second visit to the UAE as CENTCOM commander. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and the relationship that most matters on the military front is that with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zaye [...]
2007-09-05 13:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE SY AE
07ABUDHABI157SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA - UAE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche with Acting MFA Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, urging the UAE to provide SIPDIS immediate financial assistance via the African Union to support the AU Mission in Somalia. Al-Haidan replied that the UAE has received a number of requests for assistance to [...]
2007-02-01 13:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL SO AE
07ABUDHABI1595IRAQ AND IRAN KEY TOPICS IN MBZ MEETING WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a lengthy September 17 conversation, Admiral William J. Fallon, USCENTCOM Commander, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces discussed the Iraq security situation and the necessity for Government of Iraq [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ LE AE
07ABUDHABI1699SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' OCTOBER VISIT TO UAE
[...] (S) General Petraeus: Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome your visit to the UAE, where we look forward to supporting your media appearances and meetings with senior Emirati officials. Our most valuable senior interlocutor on defense issues and regional security is Abu Dhabi [...]
2007-10-10 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1700UAE SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WHITCOMB
[...] (S) General Whitcomb: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes you for what we understand will be your final visit to the UAE in your current capacity. As you are aware, deepening ties with the UAE is all about relationships, and we appreciate the effort you have made to keep your UAE counterparts engaged [...]
2007-10-10 14:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR IR IZ AF LE AE
07ABUDHABI1854UAE APPRECIATES AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] (S) Ambassador Crocker met November 1 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) and Deputy Prime Minister Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan. Both expressed appreciation for USG engagement on Iraq and the Ambassador's visit to consult with them. Crocker told the UAE leaders he had come not [...]
2007-11-06 15:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS IR IZ AE
07ABUDHABI1939MBZ LOOKS TO U.S. MARINE CORPS FOR TACTICAL TRAINING
[...] (S) Summary: Over lunch in Abu Dhabi November 21, Commandant of the Marine Corps General James T. Conway and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed the dynamics of terrorism, the need to root extremism out of education, and the proper role of the mosque. MbZ said the UAE w [...]
2007-11-27 13:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR AF PK AE
07ABUDHABI1942DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 13:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI458UAE MOVING FORWARD ON GSD; DEFINING THE AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Following the October 19, 2006 Gulf Security Dialogue session held in Abu Dhabi, Embassy has identified and clarified key areas of potential cooperation with the UAEG, particularly vis-a-vis the "existential threat" the UAE perceives from Iran. Future GSD discussions with the UAE [...]
2007-03-18 11:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI480UAEG CONFIRMS MAY 7 DATE FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 14:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE
07ABUDHABI486SUPPORT FOR UAE TRANSFER OF HUMVEES TO YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-21 13:14:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS YE AE
07ABUDHABI705NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ -- UAE
[...] (S) Although the UAEG expresses concern over the continued violence in Iraq and has been a supporter of efforts to calm sectarian violence and support a moderate secular leadership, Post does not believe the UAE will contribute military resources to the President's new strategy in Iraq. The UA [...]
2007-04-29 13:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AE
07ABUDHABI717UAEG CONFIRMS PARTICIPANTS FOR NEXT ROUND OF GULF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 12:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP AE
07ABUDHABI731UAE RED CRESCENT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFRICA
[...] SUMMARY: During January 1, 2006 to March 31, 2007, the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the main quasi-government charity, provided USD 13.36 million in humanitarian assistance to Africa, according to official figures received from the RCS. This assistance included: miscellaneous relief USD 3.5 [...]
2007-05-03 07:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM MOPS PREL XF SO IZ AF AE
07ABUDHABI956AFGHAN DEFMIN WARDAK MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (S) Summary: On June 8, Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak told Ambassador that Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan has informed President Karzai that the UAE would donate nine Mi-19 helicopters to Afghanistan. General Wardak has passed the UAE and other donor c [...]
2007-06-10 12:48:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMASS MOPS MCAP PREL AF AE
07ABUDHABI964ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE TALKS IRAN/IRAQ WITH USNAVCENT
[...] (S) Summary. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met with Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet Vice Admiral Kevin J. Cosgriff in Abu Dhabi on June 6. MbZ stressed the need for communication and [...]
2007-06-11 11:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMOPS MCAP KNNP PTER IR IZ AE
07ABUJA1320NIGERIA STRUGGLES TO MEET AMISOM COMMITMENTS
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: The Nigerian military battalion designated to serve in the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) is under-manned, under-equipped, and under-trained. The military leadership does not say, and probably does not know, when its troops will be AMISOM-ready. While the USG has s [...]
2007-06-21 16:41:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO NI
07ABUJA916GENERAL AGWAI ON DARFUR, PERSONNEL CHANGES
[...] (C) General Martin Luther Agwai met with the Ambassador and Defense Attach on May 11 to discuss his trip to the U.N. the week of May 14 and his next assignment as Force Commander for AMIS (African Union Mission in Sudan) and transition of this force to a U.N. peacekeeping force. Following his [...]
2007-05-11 10:46:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO NI
07ACCRA1247GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC ON ELECTION 2008 AND
[...] (C) Summary: Poloffs recently met separately with four leaders from the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party. They expressed familiar concerns about implementation of a bill allowing expatriate Ghanaians to vote and were worried about the example set by the recent flawe [...]
2007-06-05 07:30:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH MOPS PGOV PREL
07ACCRA1437GHANA’S NEW NARCOTICS DIRECTOR, GROWING
[...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Polchief and Pol FSN met with Ben Botwe, who recently took over from Major General Richardson Baiden as the Acting Executive Director of Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB). Botwe is preparing a budget for urgent funding priorities and wants to build a stronger relationsh [...]
2007-06-28 17:41:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
07ACCRA1573KUFUOR SUGGESTS MOROCCO AS POTENTIAL AFRICOM SITE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 11, President Kufuor told Ambassador and General William E. Ward, Deputy Commander, US European Command that, in principle, AFRICOM is a &good8 thing. Kufuor then focused on the future placement of AFRICOM,s headquarters and urged the U.S. to work closely with the African [...]
2007-07-24 16:48:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS GH
07ACCRA1818GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR
[...] (C) Summary: On August 6, President Kufuor told General William E. Ward, Deputy Commander of European Command and the nominee to command Africa Command (AFRICOM) and Ambassador that the U.S. needs to conduct &lots of diplomacy8 concerning AFRICOM. Kufuor reiterated points reported in ref A say [...]
2007-08-29 16:44:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS GH
07ACCRA1819GEN WARD MEETS WITH NEW DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: On August 6, newly installed Minister of Defense Albert Kan-Dapaah told General William E. Ward, Deputy Commander of European Command and Presidential Designate for Commander of Africa Command (AFRICOM) that he looks forward to increased cooperation with the U.S. In a separate mee [...]
2007-08-29 16:45:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PGOV PREL GH
07ACCRA2035SOMALIA - GHANAIAN SUPPORT FOR AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-27 17:01:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL PGOV GH SO
07ACCRA2144GHANA'S PRESIDENCY OF THE UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As Ghana assumed the Presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) for the month of October, we expect its focus to be Africa centered, particularly as it relates to peace and security. According to Ghanaian officials, their agenda will likely include Sudan, Somalia, the Ethiopian [...]
2007-10-10 08:58:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS GH
07ACCRA2577CODEL INHOFE'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR AND MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, President Kufuor and Ghana's Defense Minister told CODEL Inhofe that Ghanaian peacekeepers for Somalia and Darfur must be properly equipped before a deployment. Otherwise, he said, it would be akin to "sending them to the slaughter." Kufuor and Ghana's military l [...]
2007-12-20 10:08:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KWMN MARR MOPS GH
07ACCRA486GHANA: DEFENSE MINISTER ASKS USG TO "DISCUSS
[...] (C) Ghanaian Minister of Defense Kwame Addo Kufuor and Ambassador met one-on-one at the Minister,s request on February 26 at the Defense Ministry. Addo Kufuor recalled his strong and positive personal regard for the United States, and the positive and strong military to military relations our [...]
2007-03-01 19:08:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALGH MOPS PREL
07ADDISABABA1017SOMALIA: DEPUTY FM TEKEDA DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA'S ROLE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador met State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu, Ethiopia's point person on Somalia negotiations, on April 4 to review Ethiopia's approach to the Hawiye clan and reconciliation, and later with National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) chief Getachew. [...]
2007-04-05 12:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA104ETHIOPIA: SEN. BROWNBACK CONFERS WITH PM MELES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles briefed Sen. Brownback and his staff on Ethiopia's military operation in Somalia during a Jan. 12 meeting. Meles said that the GOE had learned from U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan that it was essential to place the burden for establishing security and political [...]
2007-01-16 07:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA1061USAU AMB COURVILLE MEETING W/UGANDAN AMB SSEMPALA
[...] (C)SUMMARY: On 2 April 2007, USAU met with General Aronda, Chief of Defense of the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force and Ambassador Ssempala to discuss issues and concerns regarding the deployment of Ugandan troops in Somalia at the Ugandan Embassy in Addis Ababa. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Parti [...]
2007-04-10 11:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA1062USAU AMB COURVILLE MEETING W/UGANDAN AMB SSEMPALA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, 2007, USAU met with BG Rusoke, Joint Chief of Staff of the Ugandan Peoples Defense Force and Ambassador Ssempala to discuss issues and concerns regarding the deployment of Ugandan troops in Somalia at the Ugandan Embassy in Addis Ababa. END SUMMARY 2. (U) Part [...]
2007-04-10 11:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA1079SOMALIA: TFG REACHES OUT TO HAWIYE, BUT PLANS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, Abdulkarim Farah, disputed reports of inter-clan tensions between the Darood (President Abdullahi Yusuf's clan) and Hawiye who control Mogadishu, asserting they were exaggerated by disenchanted Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ay [...]
2007-04-11 08:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID KDEM ET SO QA CA
07ADDISABABA1097ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES POSITIVE ON HAWIYE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles called in Ambassador for an April 10 private meeting to discuss Somalia. He stated that Ethiopian military (ENDF) operations in the Hawiye-controlled northern Mogadishu area against extremist elements were costly but successful, resulting in the H [...]
2007-04-12 12:31:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1147ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin briefed Ambassador April 13 on his personal protest to European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel on a report leaked in Nairobi of the Commission's intent to investigate war crimes against Ethiopia and Somal [...]
2007-04-16 14:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA1234SOMALIA: TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf said the security situation in Somalia was improving, but that Council of Islamic Court (CIC) remnants in Mogadishu continued to provoke the TFG. While the [...]
2007-04-20 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET DJ QA EG IR
07ADDISABABA1349SOMALIA: ETHIOPIA POSITIVE ON JOINT U.S.-ETHIOPIA
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda noted to Ambassador May 2 that Ethiopia is positive on joint approaches with the U.S. to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on common messages to promote inter-clan dialogue. The approaches must be quiet, behind-t [...]
2007-05-03 08:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1510ETHIOPIA: POSITIVE MESSAGE ON THE EEBC PROCESS,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles and other senior officials expressed their deep concern to the Ambassador over the November 30 deadline set by the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) for final demarcation of the border by "coordinates." The GOE wants to avoid anther border war wi [...]
2007-05-18 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA1531SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a follow-up to May 11 consultations with AF DAS Swan, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda presented a GOE non-paper on May 15 to visiting Ambassador John Yates and Ambassador, expressing Ethiopia's shared concerns about the need for Transitional Federal Government of Som [...]
2007-05-21 13:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA1534ETHIOPIA: ADMIRAL FALLON AND PRIME MINISTER MELES
[...] (S/NF) At the conclusion of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon's discussion with Prime Minister Meles on May 11 (septel),Admiral Fallon and the Ambassador (note-taker) spoke in private with the Prime Minister as other participants left the room. Admiral Fallon [...]
2007-05-21 15:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS CASC KPAO ET
07ADDISABABA1558ETHIOPIA: MELES TELLS ADMIRAL FALLON "TIDE HAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Meles told visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon on May 11 that after a "second round" of fighting in Somalia in mid-April, the "tide had turned" against "jihadist insurgents" and in favor of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Meles acknowledged that th [...]
2007-05-23 07:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA163PRE-BRIEF ON UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT -
[...] (U) AU will meet again on January 19 to finalize preparations for Summit. 2. (U) Restricted access: the plenary hall will be limited to head of delegation plus one, although up to 5 plus one can watch on TV monitors for sessions. 3. (U) USAU submitted to Ethopian protocol the fo [...]
2007-01-19 14:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA171SOMALIA: REDEPLOYMENT OF ETHIOPIAN TROOPS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador and DATT met with ENDF Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus on Ethiopia's decision to redeploy troops at a critical juncture in operations to capture/neutralize extremist elements of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). General Samora provided an [...]
2007-01-23 06:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PREF ET SO KE
07ADDISABABA173SOMALIA: MSF PROTESTS ALLEGED ETHIOPIAN MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The humanitarian NGO, Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),has protested the alleged December 26-27, 2006, occupation of its hospital in Dinsor, Somalia, by the Ethiopian military, asserting that Ethiopian troops harassed and intimidated MSF local staff and confisc [...]
2007-01-23 08:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PTER MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA18ETHIOPIA: PM MELES REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Meles told the Ethiopian Parliament Jan. 2 that Ethiopian military forces, along with TFG and Puntland militias, had defeated and dispersed Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) extremists. He highlighted the warm welcome and full cooperation Ethiopian forces had received from So [...]
2007-01-04 07:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA181SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]
2007-01-23 14:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA191AMBASSADOR COURVILLE'S MEETING WITH CORE GROUP ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During a January 23 USAU hosted initial meeting of Partners of the African Union (AU),representatives discussed how to support the AU and Troop Contributing Countries (TCCs) to deploy to Somalia. The following delegations were represented: Canada, European Union Commission, [...]
2007-01-23 16:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IO MOPS
07ADDISABABA1941SOMALIA: STATE MINISTER TEKEDA REITERATES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a June 19 meeting with Ambassador, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu underscored the need for Somalia's Hawiye clan to reconcile internal differences among its own sub-clans as well as to engage politically with other prominent clans. Tekeda cited security con [...]
2007-06-21 15:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA2027ETHIOPIA ETHNIC INSURGENCY (C-AL7-01035):
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate briefings to Embassy officers, representatives of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders),as well as USG-funded researchers conducting a regional assessment of Somali issues, have highlighted concerns that the Government of Ethiopia's ongoing counterinsurg [...]
2007-06-27 16:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA205SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN STATE MINISTER TO ANNOUNCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on January 23 that he was preparing a public statement on the Ethiopian military's withdrawal from Somalia, following consultations between Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) President Yusuf and Ethiopian [...]
2007-01-24 13:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS SO ET KE KN
07ADDISABABA2185SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]
2007-07-13 08:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07ADDISABABA2196(C-AL7-01035) UN AGENCIES AND NGOS DISCUSS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on July 3 of UN agencies and USAID-funded NGOs operating in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, as well as major development partners, to exchange information on current security and humanitarian conditions in the Ogaden and to separate f [...]
2007-07-13 15:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINS EAID EAGR MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2197(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: WFP OFFICIAL DISCUSSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. An American security coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP),who has traveled extensively in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region to coordinate WFP airdrops, assesses that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) does not seek to target Americans or humanitarian [...]
2007-07-13 17:43:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2203(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION SUPREME
[...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The acting President of the Supreme Court for Ethiopia's Somali Region, Abdurahman Rega, denies any increase in detentions resulting from the GOE's ongoing counterinsurgency campaign against suspected Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels in the Ogaden. A former [...]
2007-07-16 04:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PINS MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2285(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: UN AGENCIES ALLEGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs report that Somali Region authorities have decided to allow the delivery of emergency food relief--presumably under military escort--to 5 zones in the Ogaden where military operations are ongoing. However, the UN and NGOs also note that the Ethi [...]
2007-07-20 17:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA233SOMALIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES URGES DIPLOMACY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles called the USG's AC-130 strike "terrific" in targeting extremists without any civilian casualties, but termed the Washington Post press report--less than 24 hours after the strike--as unacceptable. The leak comes as Meles hosts the African Union summit wit [...]
2007-01-25 17:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA234SOMALIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES URGES DIPLOMACY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles called the USG's AC-130 strike "terrific" in targeting extremists without any civilian casualties, but termed the Washington Post press report--less than 24 hours after the strike--as unacceptable. The leak comes as Meles hosts the African Union summit wit [...]
2007-01-25 17:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA2361ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER WEIGHED DOWN BY SOMALI
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles, visibly weighed by the past weeks of tough negotiations on the amnesty for 38 high profile opposition leaders jailed since December 2005, and the close oversight of operations in Somalia and the Ogaden, questioned the Ambassador on July 24 over the Ogaden [...]
2007-07-25 15:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS CASC EAID MASS MOPS ET SO IS
07ADDISABABA2369ETHIOPIA: PRESSURED BY HARD-LINERS, GOE LASHES OUT
[...] (S/NF) The GOE's expulsion of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) from the Somali Region highlights the deep internal cabinet divisions over operations in the Ogaden and extending into the conduct of operations in Somalia, and has implications for relations with the U.S. During [...]
2007-07-26 15:30:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS MOPS EAID ET US
07ADDISABABA2376(C-AL7-01035): ETHIOPIA: GOE ORDERS ICRC TO CLOSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that Ethiopian officials have ordered the ICRC to close its two offices in the Somali Region, and to immediately dismiss all of its staff in the Somali Region. While portrayed as a decision by regional-level authorities, [...]
2007-07-27 16:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREF PHUM PINS MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2415NGO VEHICLE HITS LANDMINE IN OGADEN REGION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a vehicle belonging to a nongovernmental organization traveling in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region hit a landmine, resulting in three killed. The landmine incident occurred in an area where the Ethiopian military is conducting ongoing military operations a [...]
2007-08-02 09:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREF MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2523ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]
2007-08-10 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2524ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]
2007-08-10 12:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2535ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM ON OGADEN AND
[...] (S/NF) On August 9, Ambassador discussed Ethiopia's counterinsurgency efforts in the Ogaden and the resulting humanitarian challenges, as well as Ethiopia's military presence in Somalia, with Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin. The Ambassador reviewed U.S. Embassy-led meetings on August [...]
2007-08-13 12:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINS MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA2566 ETHIOPIA DISASTER DECLARATION: IMMINENT
[...] ACTION REQUEST: Ambassador requests Department's concurrence to announce disaster declaration from Addis Ababa, rather than from Washington. If Department concurs, Post seeks to make this announcement on Friday, August 17. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. SUMMARY. Concerns that a severe humanitaria [...]
2007-08-16 11:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA2597ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES FLUSTERED ON THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles expressed to the Ambassador and ORA chief on August 18 his frustration over international criticism of Ethiopian operations in the Ogaden. Defensive in tone, the Prime Minister said the counterinsurgency operation against the Ogadeni National Liberation F [...]
2007-08-21 09:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA263USAU SUPPORT FOR AMISON DEPLOYMENT
[...] (C) Background: The US Mission to the AU is in constant contact with: Peace and Security Commissioner Djinnit and the Director of Peace Support Operations Bereng Mtimkulu. As a result of six weeks of quiet diplomacy to AU planners, a dialogue and relationship has been established. (C) It [...]
2007-01-30 10:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA264AFRICAN UNION EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING, JANUARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Opening the African Union (AU) Executive Council of Foreign Ministers, AU Commission Chairperson Alpha Konare said he was addressing the group for the last time as Chair of the AU Commission. Konare noted that the next AU Summit (late June in Ghana) member states will elect a ne [...]
2007-01-30 10:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA2697ETHIOPIA: U/SYG PASCOE REPORTS ISAIAS AND MELES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn B. Pascoe, accompanied by Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, informed Ambassador and poloffs on August 29 That both Erit [...]
2007-08-31 05:41:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2710MELES DISCUSSES REGIONAL EVENTS WITH CJTF-HOA
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles thanked Admiral Hart August 30 for Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa's (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects, logistical support, and training for the Ethiopian military. The Prime Minister lamented that Ethiopia bears the primary burden in Somalia for providing [...]
2007-09-01 07:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS SO ET SU ER
07ADDISABABA2749ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with NGOs, UN agencies, and Ambassadors from major donor countries and interested parties on the Ogaden. In the fourth such meeting convened recently by Ambassador Yamamoto to consider the humanitarian and security situation in the Ogaden [...]
2007-09-10 06:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREF PHUM MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2771ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, National Security Council Senior Director for Africa Bobby Pittman, and Deputy Commander CJTF-HOA BG Holman visited Gode, Ethiopia on September 7 accompanied by the Ambassador, USAID Country Director, DATT, and POLOFFs to receive bri [...]
2007-09-10 11:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SO ET PHUM
07ADDISABABA2773ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER MEETS WITH
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. LTG Samora Yenus, Ethiopian military Chief of Staff, on September 6 discussed his views on the Ogaden, Somalia, and Eritrea with visiting Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer, the Ambassador, DATT, and SIPDIS POLOFF. Samora explained that the situation in the Ogad [...]
2007-09-10 11:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2778ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Frazer, accompanied by NSC Senior Advisor Pittman raised the Ogaden and her visit to Gode in the heart of the Ogaden region, noting the insurgency problem, food insecurity and the need for reestablishing market mechanisms to help alleviate problems in the [...]
2007-09-10 13:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETER ET KPKO MOPS PBTS PREL SO
07ADDISABABA2805UN ON OGADEN: POCKETS OF CRISIS, ALARMING HUMAN
[...] (C) Deputy UN Humanitarian Coordinator and head of the UN Assessment Mission to the Ogaden, Paul Hebert (strictly protect),briefed Ambassador Yamamoto and Embassy and USAID staff on September 13 on the findings of the United Nations, August 30-September 6 Assessment Mission to the Ogaden. The [...]
2007-09-17 05:00:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID EAGR PGOV PREF MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2863ETHIOPIA: MOVING FORWARD ON BORDER IMPASSE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This is an action request message see para 8. On September 17 Ambassador and Poloff attended a Friends of United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) meeting at UNMEE HQ. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar reported there had been no [...]
2007-09-20 06:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2864ETHIOPIA PRESSURING ERITREA ON BORDER IMPASSE
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu privately informed the Ambassador September 19 that Ethiopia will shortly send a letter to Eritrean President Isaias, with copies to the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council, calling on Eritrea to abide by the [...]
2007-09-20 08:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER MOPS ER ET
07ADDISABABA2876 ETHIOPIA'S HUMANITARIAN OUTLOOK - FLOODS UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: The overall humanitarian outlook in Ethiopia for the remainder of 2007 is cause for concern. While some areas of the country are particularly fragile, the combination of flooding, emerging nutrition hotspots, continued outbreaks of acute watery diarrhea (AWD),poor belg season rains, [...]
2007-09-20 12:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ET PHUM PGOV PREF MOPS
07ADDISABABA2887ETHIOPIA: ACCOMMODATING CRITICISMS ON THE OGADEN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: National Security Advisor Abay Tsehai told Ambassador, DCM and ORA chief September 20 in a follow-up to the visit of Assistant Secretary Frazer and NSC Senior Director Pittman, Ethiopia was addressing concerns raised by the UN and international community on the problems in the [...]
2007-09-21 09:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2968ETHIOPIA: UNMEE MILITARY OBSERVER REPORTS ETHIOPIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27 Poloff met with an Amcit United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observer (Milob) to discuss the military situation along the Ethiopian-Eritrean border and report on Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) activity. According to the milo [...]
2007-10-04 05:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA2978SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS SOMALIA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 25 US Special Envoy for Somalia Ambassador John Yates, Ambassador Yamamoto, and Poloffs met with State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu and separately, with National Security Advisor Abay Tsehaye. On September 26 Ambassador Yates and Poloffs met SIPD [...]
2007-10-04 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA3016ERITREAN OPPOSITION GROUP SEEKING NEW OPPOSITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 3, Polcouns and Poloffs met with Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) Chairman Amb. Abdella Adem and ENSF Foreign Relations Director Dr. Beyene Kidane to discuss issues related to the Eritrean political opposition. Both leaders emphasized that their priority was [...]
2007-10-10 10:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA3059SOMALIA: PUNTLAND PRESIDENT ON ELECTIONS, THE TFG,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 4 Ambassador, PolCouns, and PolOff met with Puntland President Mohamed Muse Hersi Adde and Ministry of Fisheries, Ports, Transport and Marine Resources Said Mohamed Rage to discuss events in Somalia. Adde was accompanied by his son Mohamed and First Secretary Mahad F [...]
2007-10-16 14:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA3101ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS NOT READY TO RULE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18 PolOff met with Chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Bloc-1 Menghesteab Asmerom to discuss the state of the Eritrean political opposition. Menghesteab is also a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and serves as its [...]
2007-10-23 05:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA311SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...]
2007-02-01 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE
07ADDISABABA312A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]
2007-02-01 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3159AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S. OFFER OF C3IS
[...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]
2007-10-25 13:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3160CORRECTION - AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S. OFFER
[...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]
2007-10-25 13:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3168CORRECTION 3 - AFRICAN UNION RESPONSE TO U.S.
[...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU),2. On October 24, 2007, USAU received Diplomatic Note from the African Union responding to the USAU's note verbale 210/07 of September 7. The diplomatic note from the African Union states that the AU is still in the process [...]
2007-10-25 13:57:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECPS MASS MCAP PREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3187MELES ON E-E: CONFLICT NO MORE IMMINENT TODAY THAN
[...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Ambassador on October 27 that the threat of conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea is no more imminent today than it was last year. Following increased reporting in recent days of Ethiopia and Eritrea moving troops and heavy military equipment closer to t [...]
2007-10-29 13:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA3197ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: "A SENSITIVE AND DANGEROUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopia faces a "sensitive and dangerous time" with Eritrea, Tigray Regional President Tsegay Berhe told Ethiopia Desk Officer John Wysham, Deputy Political Counselor and Political Assistant (collectively, PolOffs) on October 24 in Mekele. Tsegay affirmed that Ethiopia will not [...]
2007-10-30 10:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PINR PHUM
07ADDISABABA3198ETHIOPIA: UNMEE OFFICIAL SPECULATES THAT ETHIOPIA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 23 PolOffs and visiting Desk Officer met with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides who expressed his private views on the border issue. Stephanides said he believes that Ethiopia would use Article 60 [...]
2007-10-30 10:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3217COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND TEAM -
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General Wlliam E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wit [...]
2007-11-01 10:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA3218CORRECTED COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GENERAL WARD AND
[...] Embassy Addis Ababa and the U.S. Mission to the African Union welcomes General William E. Ward and his Team to Ethiopia from November 6-9, 2007. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. Travelers should re-confirm this clearance wi [...]
2007-11-01 10:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA327AU SUMMIT: ETHIOPIA FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum advised Assistant Secretary Frazer on the imperative nature of the international community to commit resources to help Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) stabilize Somalia. He stressed the urgency and the importance of ensuring a suc [...]
2007-02-03 09:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL EAID MOPS SO ET ER IT SA AU
07ADDISABABA3277ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA STATE MINISTER AND
[...] (C) In keeping with agreement reached at the October 31 meeting of the NGOs, UN agencies and embassies on the Ogaden hosted by Ambassador Yamamoto (ref 3254),Ambassador and DCM met on November 1 with MFA State Minister Tekeda Alemu to review our concerns on the deteriorating situation in the [...]
2007-11-08 10:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA3290ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN,
[...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]
2007-11-09 14:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3300ETHIOPIA: AFRICOM COMMANDER MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (SBU) In a brief November 8 meeting, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told AFRICOM Commander General Ward that he appreciated the establishment of AFRICOM and looked forward to working closely with the new command. General Ward noted Ethiopia's regional role, especially in Somalia, and welcom [...]
2007-11-13 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3337ETHIOPIA: UN A/SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING MULET ON
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 8 PolCouns and Poloff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting where newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping (A/SYG) Edmond Mulet briefed the resident diplomatic community on his views of the Ethiopian-Eritrean border situation and Somalia. M [...]
2007-11-16 06:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA3365THE OGADEN: INSURGENCY AND COUNTER-INSURGENCY
[...] (S) Apparent support from the Government of Eritrea and elements within Somalia to the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has moderately improved the tactical capabilities and increased the activities of the largely ineffective nationalist movement in Ethiopia's Ogaden area since early 20 [...]
2007-11-20 14:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3376ETHIOPIA: ALL IS QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, FOR
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On November 18-19, PolOff and RefCoord traveled to Shire/Inda Silase in northwest Tigray to meet with United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) military observers (milobs) and separately with Ethiopian Administration of Refugees and Returnee Affairs (ARRA) offi [...]
2007-11-21 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPBTS KPKO MOPS PREF PREL ET ER
07ADDISABABA3404OGADEN: COUNTER INSURGENCY OPERATIONS HITTING A WALL, PART II REF: ADDIS 3365 Classified By: Political/Economic Section Chief Michael Gonzales for re asons 1.4 (B) and (D).
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 09:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPHUM MOPS PGOV PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA3482(C) OGADENI ELDERS DETAIL RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In a series of private discussions on the margins of a December 1-2 pastoralist conference held in Ethiopia's Somali region (reftel),reliable senior Ogadeni elders reported to Deputy Political Counselor and USAID Officer (EmbOffs) a disturbing pattern of widespread, systemic human rights [...]
2007-12-10 07:52:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3488USAU: AMBASSADOR COURVILLE'S MEETING WITH AU
[...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 27, Ambassador Cindy L. Courville met with the African Union Deputy Chairman Patrick Mazimhaka to discuss the Democracy and Electoral Unit (DEAU),Preventive Diplomacy, [...]
2007-12-10 13:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR
07ADDISABABA40SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...]
2007-01-08 09:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA
07ADDISABABA408STATE MINISTER TEKEDA DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda informed Ambassador on February 5 that he would personally meet with Ayr sub-clan leaders from Somalia being hosted by the GOE in Addis Ababa. Tekeda reiterated previous remarks by Prime Minister Meles (reftel) that providing compensation [...]
2007-02-08 16:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA409USAU PARTICIPATES IN UNDPKO AND AU PLANNING FOR
[...] (SBU) During the period 5-8 February 2007, COL Tim Rainey, Sr. Military Liaison Officer and CAPT (Ret.) Bob Cunningham, Logistics Advisor to the Africa Union (AU),Members of the US Mission to the African Union (USAU),participated in the AU planning for the deployment of the African Union Mi [...]
2007-02-08 19:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU
07ADDISABABA418UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...]
2007-02-09 09:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA446ETHIOPIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS MAKE IT A
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ethiopia,s December 2006 military incursion into Somalia clearly shows that the GOE was willing to undertake serious risks to advance its national security interests in Somalia. Ethiopia is committed to playing a significant military and diplomatic role in advancing its two-p [...]
2007-02-13 08:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS KISL KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA453USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: As a result of discussions at the TCC(s)/International Donor/Partner Coordination meeting held at 0900hrs on 12 FEB 2007, Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner, Peace and Security Commission thought it necessary to conduct a meeting of the &core of the core group8 for deployme [...]
2007-02-13 12:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA456ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: MANAGING TENSIONS, PROMOTING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ethiopian forces remain in defensive positions despite increased Eritrean incursions in the TSZ, an offensive deployment of Eritrean tanks in the TSZ near Bure and Eritrean attacks on border posts which have resulted in some Ethiopian civilian casualties. Special Representati [...]
2007-02-13 14:47:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA467USAU PARTICIPATES IN AU MILITARY PLANNING WORKING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On 12 FEB, Mr. Bereng Mtimkulu, Head, Peace Support Department (PSOD) of the African Union, chaired a military planning meeting of the &core group8 of troop contributing countries and international donors/partners who have formally pledged troops or financial/logistical suppo [...]
2007-02-15 04:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA498SOMALIA: ETHIOPIAN FONMIN UPBEAT ON TFG
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum told the Ambassador that he was more optimistic than ever about the prospects for TFG-led reconciliation efforts in Somalia following his recent trip to Baidoa. Seyoum cited the appointment of an Ayr sub-clan leader as the new minister of justice [...]
2007-02-21 10:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO
07ADDISABABA654ETHIOPIA: GENERAL WARD AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME
[...] (C) In a brief courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles on February 26, General Ward described preparations being made to establish an Africa Command. The PM remarked that Ethiopia welcomed the move, noting that it will provide enhanced coordination and cooperation among all countries in Africa, [...]
2007-03-01 12:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PREL ET
07ADDISABABA694REVIEW OF OUTCOME OF FRENCH RECAMP V TRAINING
[...] (U) Participants: USAU staff joined African and partner countries (what countries) there was no US participant at this meeting, with the exception of USAU observers. 2. (U) Background: The purpose of the February 21-22 meeting was for the participants to: (1) review outcomes of French R [...]
2007-03-06 06:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA695USAU MEETING WITH UK AND FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON
[...] (U) Summary - March 1, 2007 USAU Calls Group Meeting with, UK and French to discuss International Donor/Partner information sharing and the formation of the AU Strategic Planning Cell and its support to AMISOM. 2. (U) Participants: AMB Cindy Courville, US Ambassador to the AU; AMB Rober [...]
2007-03-06 06:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA721ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: NORWEGIAN PERSPECTIVE ON A WAY
[...] (S) Summary: Norwegian Ambassador Jens-Peter Kjemprud and the Norwegian Charge in Asmara, Arman Aardal, told Ambassador that they still hold out hope for moving forward on resolution of the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute, but that relations must improve between Eritrea and the U.S. before th [...]
2007-03-07 15:23:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA751ETHIOPIAN-U.S. MIL TO MIL RELATIONS: SHIFTING
[...] (S/NF) Ethiopian Chief of Staff Lt. General Samora made it clear to the Ambassador and DATT March 8 that Ethiopia wants U.S. support in specific areas, namely logistical support (repair of two C-130 aircraft, a request pending for over seven years, and delivery of two additional C-130s promised [...]
2007-03-09 12:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA770ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: STATE MINISTER'S CONCERNS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu raised two concerns with Ambassador on U.S. discussions at the U.N. on March 6 on a new approach on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border conflict. First, Tekeda said the U.S. should not seek other countries which are friendly to Eritrea, [...]
2007-03-13 14:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS KPKO MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA771SOMALIA: DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche for a public statement by Ethiopia supporting the African Union's condemnation of recent attacks on AU Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) troops (reftel) to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu Takeda on March 12. Minister Tekeda noted that Ethiopia is als [...]
2007-03-13 14:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS AU ET SO
07ADDISABABA772ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES DISCUSSES SOLALIA WITH JSOC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 14:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA774SUPPORT FOR UGANDA SEA AND AIR DEPLOYMENT TO
[...] (U) Background: Meeting with Ethiopian Defense Minister Somora to discuss support for Ugandan air and sea deployments to Mogadishu for AMISOM. 2. (U) Participants: AMB Courville USAU Ethiopian Chief of Staff, General Samora Ugandan Ambassador Ssempala to Ethiopia Ugandan General Nkair [...]
2007-03-14 15:48:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA78PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF DISCUSS NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia practices must be respected and not circumvented in order to ens [...]
2007-01-10 16:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA80CORRECTED COPY - PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF
[...] (U) Revised to correct classification info in paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia [...]
2007-01-11 05:38:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA87ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]
2007-01-11 14:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA89ETHIOPIAN FM HAILS COOPERATION, BUT SEEKS LOWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 11 meeting with Ambassador, Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin expressed appreciation for U.S. military cooperation and U.S. political support of its intervention in Somalia, saying that Somalia was "a common challenge" that could not be addressed unilaterally. [...]
2007-01-12 09:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS EAID ET SO KE ER
07ADDISABABA895UNMEE: ETHIOPIA-ERITREA BORDER CALM DESPITE TROOP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting UNMEE SRSG Ennifar said Eritrean troops continued to occupy the Temporary Security Zone and to establish defenses along the border with Ethiopia, but that the overall situation was "quiet," with "no sign of offensive action by either party." Despite UNSCR 1741, restriction [...]
2007-03-23 09:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MOPS KPKO MARR ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA908UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR DISCUSSES ETHIOPIA-ERITREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Azouz Ennifar told Ambassador that he sought to continue serving as head of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE),despite Eritrea's continued refusal to recognize his official status. Ennifar said Eritrea's protests arose from difficulties in its relationshi [...]
2007-03-26 09:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS KPKO MOPS MARR ET ER
07ADDISABABA918ETHIOPIA ON VIOLENCE IN MOGADISHU: REACH OUT TO
[...] (S/NF) Prior to, and in response to, intensified fighting in Mogadishu last week, Embassy Addis raised concerns with the Ethiopian Government on the situation in Somalia. In conversations with Embassy Nairobi, we reported on contacts with the ENDF and intelligence service. We called on the [...]
2007-03-26 14:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET
07ADDISABABA92FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum briefed Addis Ababa-based Ambassadors Donor Group on Somalia on January 11, making two main points: 1) the dispatch of a stabilization force to Somalia, and especially Mogadishu, is urgent, and the international community should engage at all levels to mak [...]
2007-01-12 11:09:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAU EAID MOPS PREL PTER ET SO
07ADDISABABA931ETHIOPIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON HAWIYE TALKS,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 27 that he was more hopeful of Ethiopia and Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) making significant inroads in talks with Hawiye clan elders, to secure their commitment to contain extremist elements within [...]
2007-03-28 10:44:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA936ETHIOPIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON HAWIYE TALKS,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister Takeda Alemu told Ambassador March 27 that he was more hopeful of Ethiopia and Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) making significant inroads in talks with Hawiye clan elders, to secure their commitment to contain extremist elements within [...]
2007-03-28 11:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ET SO
07ADDISABABA939CHINESE CHARGE ZHANG YUEBANG MARCH 23 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: At his request, Chinese Charge Zhang Yuebang called on Ambassador Courville on March 23 to discuss Darfur and hear Ambassador's views. He thought the Darfur situation was at critical point -- it could improve or deteriorate badly. Zhang was primarily interested in drawing us [...]
2007-03-28 12:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ADDISABABA977MANAGING A TOUGH MIL TO MIL RELATIONSHIP WITH
[...] (S/NF) In a difficult meeting, Ethiopian Chief of Staff General Samora outlined for visiting Combined Joint Task Force ) Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral James Hart on March 28 of Ethiopia's new military priorities: -- General Samora said air mobility was critical as a result of [...]
2007-04-02 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MASS ET SO
07ADDISABABA978ETHIOPIA: CONTAINING ERITREA CAN HELP SOMALIA AND
[...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles delivered his six month report to Parliament on March 29 in which two of the three topics he raised centered on the conflict in Somalia and the threat from Eritrea. He highlighted Ethiopia,s efforts to strengthen the TFG, provide force protection for Ugand [...]
2007-04-02 12:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER MOPS SO ER ET
07ADDISABABA999MEETING WITH BURUNDI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON AMISOM
[...] (S/NF) Burundian Foreign Minister Antoinette Batumubwira told USAU Ambassador Courville and Ambassador Yamamoto that logistical questions remain in preparation for deployment of Burundi,s troops to AMISOM. The challenges are strategic lift, training, equipment, survey of the planned deployment [...]
2007-04-04 13:21:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS BY ET
07ALGIERS1118AUGUST STARTS OUT BADLY FOR AQIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local newspapers reported August 2 that two Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) figures, Ali Dix and Haroun Ashashi, were killed in an ambush by security forces in the mountains around Djurdjura (Tizi Ouzou province) east of Algiers. Indications are that the two were close to [...]
2007-08-07 16:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MOPS KISL AG
07AMMAN1413CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) - JORDAN/U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 16:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC OPCW MARR MASS MOPS KTIA JO
07AMMAN1803INVITATION TO THE COALITION CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 10:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO
07AMMAN1821JORDAN AND THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] (S) The Government of Jordan and its most senior leadership continue to view U.S. success in Iraq as essential to its own security. Since the run-up to Operation Iraqi Freedom it has agreed to a series of U.S. requests for important political and logistical assistance. The GOJ has supported [...]
2007-04-30 12:52:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ JO
07AMMAN2457PREVENTING IRANIAN ARMS TRANSFER: JORDAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A points on June 7 to Muheeb Nimrat, a senior official in the Foreign Minister's private office. Nimrat commented that it was unlikely that Iran would attempt to transfer weapons to Syria via Jordan but appreciated the warning nonetheless. Nimrat undertook to pass ou [...]
2007-06-07 14:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MOPS ETTC JO
07AMMAN3581IN PROOF OF PRINCIPLE, U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT
[...] (S) In a proof of principle operation, 30 Defense Logistics Agency-leased containers transporting excess water purification units, trailers, and Humvees from Camp Taqaddum in Iraq, bound for the United States, reached the Jordan-Iraq border on August 18 at Trebil-Karama. The containers then a [...]
2007-08-26 14:20:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMARR MOPS JO IZ
07AMMAN4439EMBASSY WELCOMES VISIT OF MG STONE TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes the upcoming visit to Jordan of Multi-national Force Iraq (MNF-I) Deputy Commanding General for Detainee Operations MG Stone (ref A). Post strongly supports MNF-I's efforts to rehabilitate young Iraqis detained for insurgent activities. 2. (C) As noted ref B and [...]
2007-11-01 15:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IZ JO
07AMMAN4712DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 15:43:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ JO
07AMMAN586SOMALIA SUPPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 13:51:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SO JO XF
07ANKARA1070PERSPECTIVES ON THE TURKISH MILITARY'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: The effects of the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) April 27 "midnight memo" continue to be debated in Ankara. Universally regarded as a stern warning targeting an Abdullah Gul presidency, the military's message was justified in the view of our secular establishment contacts who do n [...]
2007-05-07 15:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS TU
07ANKARA1113YOUR MAY 14 VISIT TO ANKARA
[...] (C) Admiral, I look forward to your visit, the first to Turkey by a Chief of Naval Operations in two decades. It fits into work we have been engaged in for over two years to revive mil-mil cooperation that declined sharply after March 2003 and to restore high-level dialogue generally that has [...]
2007-05-10 15:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1126IRAQ: TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey provides significant logistical support for the coalition in Iraq, supports U.S. policy goals and the Iraqi government, and has tried to play a useful diplomatic role. At the same time, its concerns about the future of Iraq -- and in particular its discomfort about Kirkuk [...]
2007-05-11 10:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA116TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL'S VISIT: SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gonul's January 25-26 visit, preceding the February visits of Foreign Minister Gul and Chief of the General Staff GEN Buyukanit, provides an opportunity to reaffirm the US commitment on Iraq; urge a measured Turkish response to a possible Congressional Armenian [...]
2007-01-22 11:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AR
07ANKARA1174SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM/CC GENERAL SCHWARTZ MAY
[...] (C) Summary: Your arrival comes at a crucial political moment as the derailed presidential bid of FM Gul has forced an early parliamentary election scramble. The Turkish General Staff,s (TGS) April 27 harsh statement against the nomination of FM Gul as president, and Gul,s subsequent withdraw [...]
2007-05-16 14:05:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1179IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]
2007-05-16 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1190TURKISH GENERAL STAFF BELIEVES PKK CEASEFIRE WILL
[...] (S) Turkish General Staff J-2 (Intelligence) LTGEN Guner told us May 17 that the Turkish military believes the PKK will end its self-declared ceasefire on May 18 and it has ordered its terrorist cadres to commence attacks on Turkish soil. Guner claimed the TGS has information that the PKK has [...]
2007-05-17 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1191TURKEY: KURDISH ACTIVIST ON CONTEMPORARY POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: A long-time Kurdish activist offered us a window into her tense, confused post-April 27 world. We have no way to judge the validity of her observations, but she conveyed a greater level of concern than usual. She described an unusually heavy military presence in Hak [...]
2007-05-17 15:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PHUM TU
07ANKARA1206TURKISH COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTIONS OF TWO ACCUSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish appeals court on May 16 overturned the convictions of two jandarma non-commissioned officers (NCO) indicted for their role in the November 2005 bombing of a bookstore in the southeastern city of Semdinli and ruled that the case should have been tried by a military court. [...]
2007-05-18 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS TU
07ANKARA1246TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) We delivered ref a points on May 18 to Dr. Selcuk Sancar in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department, emphasizing that the U.S. does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM) and hopes the Oslo process does not result in a document calling for a virtual ban on all such munit [...]
2007-05-22 14:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1282TURKEY: DIRECT LEBANESE REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION
[...] (C) On May 24, DCM and visiting TRANSCOM Commander Gen. Schwartz raised the LAF ammunition request with Deputy Chief of Staff GEN Ergin Saygun and J-4 Logistics Chief LTG Arslan. We also notified the MFA Middle East Department and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) of the specific request for 105 [...]
2007-05-25 11:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER TU LE
07ANKARA1291TURKISH DCHOD COMPLAINS ABOUT US F-16 OVERFLIGHT
[...] (S) The Turkish Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun informed DCM on May 24 that two US F-16 aircraft violated Turkish airspace when they crossed the border from Iraq at approximately 12:01 that afternoon and crossed back into Iraq at 12:02 (Note: It is unclear whether th [...]
2007-05-25 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1300F-16 VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE: PRESS
[...] (C) The Turks first contacted us on May 24 to raise what they described as an obvious unintended violation of their airspace earlier in the day (ref a). In that discussion, D/CHOD Saygun told DCM that he was bringing the issue to our attention simply to avoid accidents in the future. We subs [...]
2007-05-29 12:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1306TURKEY REQUIRES SYRIAN CARGO PLANE TO LAND
[...] (S/NF) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told us late May 29 that Turkish authorities had required the Syrian cargo aircraft suspected of illicit arms transfers (reftels) to land for inspection at Diyarbakir in southeastern Turkey. The aircraft compli [...]
2007-05-29 16:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL TU IR SY
07ANKARA1318TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT TRANSFER OF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and MPs have expressed deep concern about the May 30 handover of security responsibility in northern Iraq from MNF-I to the KRG. The Turks' main concerns appear to be about control of the Iraq-Turkey border, but also extend to an apparent expansion of wha [...]
2007-05-30 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA132U/S BURNS MEETING WITH TURKISH MFA U/S APAKAN --
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting in Ankara, Turkish U/S Ertugrul Apakan told U/S Burns that Turkey supports the U.S. strategy of reinforcing Iraq with additional troops. He appealed for U.S. help on the PKK and for a delay in Kirkuk referendum. Apakan expressed concern about Iranian infl [...]
2007-01-24 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ IR
07ANKARA1324TURKEY: ANTI-PKK ENVOY AKGUNAY WANTS CONCRETE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Ambassador reviewed the state of play on anti-PKK efforts with Deputy Undersecretary Rafet Akgunay, who replaced retired General Edip Baser as Turkey's envoy for combating PKK terrorism following Baser's May 21 dismissal (ref b). Ambassador noted progress on U.S.-Turke [...]
2007-05-31 08:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1326TURKISH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS ON IRAQI BORDER:
[...] (S) Summary: The Turkish military has substantial forces in the southeastern region, as reported previously, and is using those forces aggressively in counter-terrorist operations against the PKK. In this highly charged pre-election atmosphere, exacerbated by the May 22 Ankara bombing and the [...]
2007-05-31 11:56:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1331TURKEY: STILL CONSIDERING AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE
[...] (C) WE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PROVIDING EXCESS AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY 105MM TANK ROUNDS, TO THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES (LAF) ON AN URGENT BASIS (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR RAISED THE ISSUE IN THE COURSE OF A MAY 29 MEETING WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY APAKAN. APAKAN REPORTE [...]
2007-05-31 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE TU
07ANKARA1349DANCING ON KNIFE'S EDGE: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Amidst the charged environment of renewed PKK violence and the current political crisis, the AKP government and military continue to publicly debate by whom and how a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK camps in northern Iraq would be ordered. This high-stakes game -- combine [...]
2007-06-01 13:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA135TURKEY REQUESTS CONTINGENCY SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Turkish Consul General to Mosul, H. Avni Botsali, plans to deploy permanently in early February. Botsali told us that -- despite some tense moments -- he has a good relationship with Ninewah Governor Kashmoula, though [...]
2007-01-24 11:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA1352SULEYMANIYAH INCIDENT HITS RAW NERVE; TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: The encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga security units in Suleymaniyah on June 1 sparked a reaction throughout the Turkish government. The Turkish General Staff issued a public statement about the encounter which included a warning that another such incident w [...]
2007-06-02 16:09:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1371CODEL NELSON AND CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Parliamentary Speaker Bulent Arinc met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Arinc focused his remarks on the solid, longstanding bilateral relationship between the U.S. and Turkey as well as Turkish concerns about the situation in Iraq a [...]
2007-06-04 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1372CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY, CODEL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Summary. PM Erdogan and FM Gul met May 28 with Codel Nelson and the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. An unusually upbeat Erdogan focused on the solid footing of the US-Turkish strategic relationship and Turkey's efforts to contribute to regional peace and stability, including in Af [...]
2007-06-04 13:55:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS TU US IZ SY AM LE
07ANKARA1376TURKISH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE CHIEF DISMISSES US
[...] (C) GEN Aslan Guner, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Intelligence branch (J-2) informed us on June 1 that TGS is not upset about the May 24 incident in which a US F-16 crossed over into Turkish airspace for several minutes, stating that the Turkish media had overblown the situation. G [...]
2007-06-04 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1396TURKEY COMPLAINS ABOUT US C-130 CHAFF/FLARE
[...] (SBU) We received a diplomatic note from the Foreign Ministry on June 4 registering a complaint that on May 20 a US C-130 transiting Turkish airspace en route from Iraq to Romania released chaff and flares just over the Iraqi border in Cizre, Turkey, and requesting the Embassy urge relevant US [...]
2007-06-05 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1397TURKEY: HOPE TO HAVE DECISION ON AMMUNITION FOR
[...] (C) DURING A JUNE 6 MEETING FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON EVENTS IN AFGHANISTAN (REPORTED SEPTEL) AMBASSADOR PRESSED MFA DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY FOR MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTH ASIA FERIDUN SINIRLIOGLU FOR A DECISION ON WHETHER TURKEY CAN PROVIDE EXCESS AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY 105MM TANK ROUNDS, TO THE LEBANES [...]
2007-06-05 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE TU
07ANKARA1415TURKEY TO CONSIDER SCREENING SELECT IRANIAN AND
[...] (S) Per ref a request, we approached the MFA South Asia Affairs and Aviation Affairs Departments to ask Turkey to deny overflight clearance to, or request inspection of, all Iranian and Syrian State aircraft that request overflight approval. South Asia Head of Department Murat Ahmet Yoruk qu [...]
2007-06-06 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PTER TU IR SY LE
07ANKARA1417TURKISH MFA DETAILS IRANIAN ARMS FOUND ON TRAIN;
[...] (C) Summary: MFA South Asia Department Director Ahmet Murat Yoruk listed for us on June 6 the arms recovered from a Turkish freight train derailed in a PKK terrorist attack in eastern Turkey May 25, including mortar shells, RPG barrels, rifle rounds, and smoke bombs. Yoruk said the MFA has de [...]
2007-06-07 06:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA143TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: NO NEW CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-24 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ANKARA1432JUNE 6 PRESS REPORTS OF A TURKISH CROSS-BORDER
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Turkish government officials, including PM Erdogan and FM Gul, publicly dismissed June 6 press reports that Turkish troops, backed by F-16s, conducted a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq against the PKK terrorist organization. Iraqi Kurdish officials echoed tha [...]
2007-06-07 10:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1441TURKISH MILITARY ESTABLISHES TEMPORARY SECURITY
[...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) website on June 7 posted the coordinates of four areas within the southeastern provinces of Siirt, Sirnak and Hakkari that will be designated as Temporary Security Zones for the purposes of military operations. Entry into and exit from these zones will be r [...]
2007-06-07 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PTER TU
07ANKARA1449TURKISH MILITARY CALLS FOR PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO
[...] (SBU) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) posted on its website (www.tsk.mil.tr) late in the evening of June 7 a press announcement regarding the recent (PKK) terrorist incidents in Turkey. The statement noted that Chief of Staff Buyukanit had predicted a rise in terrorist attacks; criticized tho [...]
2007-06-08 10:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER TU
07ANKARA1455STAFFDEL ASHWORTH HEARS TURKISH VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Ahmet Oguz Celikkol told Staffdel Ashworth May 29 that reluctance from Baghdad is preventing Turkey from doing more for Iraq, including assistance with restructuring its Defense and Interior Ministries. The GOT fears most the breakup of I [...]
2007-06-08 14:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ TU
07ANKARA1456TURKEY UNLIKELY TO MAKE MORE ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS IN
[...] (C) We presented to MFA NATO Affairs Head of Department Ihsan Kiziltan on June 6 reftel request on critical ISAF shortfalls and the urgent need for more allied contributions of troops and equipment. Drawing on background points provided, we emphasized the current gaps in the Regional Command [...]
2007-06-08 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
07ANKARA1457AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA; PRESSES GOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador pressed MFA U/S Apakan in a June 8 meeting on Iran issues, including implementation of UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747 and on reporting the May 25 train incident involving Iranian arms bound for Syria to the Security Council. On the train incident, Apakan noted Deputy [...]
2007-06-08 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MOPS PARM MARR KNNP ETRD TSPL EU
07ANKARA146TURKEY AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) The GOT shares U.S. concerns about efforts to restrict cluster munitions (CM) outside of the framework of existing weapons conventions, according Dr. Selcuk Sancar, Advisor, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament. In response to our explanation of the U.S. position and inquiries c [...]
2007-01-25 13:59:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1464TURKISH MILITARY RAISES CONCERNS WITH US WEAPONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has complained about a proposed large-scale arms transfer to Iraq that officials here fear will lead to more leakage of arms, munitions and explosives to terrorist groups in that country, including the PKK. Large-scale [...]
2007-06-11 07:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1482TURKEY: PRESSURE MOUNTING FOR MILITARY TO ACT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan called for a special security meeting today to discuss the latest PKK attacks and Turkey's response. Press reports characterize the meeting as an opportunity to get interagency consensus on the way forward to combat the PKK and pave the way for a possible decision at t [...]
2007-06-12 09:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1509FIRST US-TURKEY MIL-MIL COMBINED PLANNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the initial bilateral US/Turkey Combined Planning Committee (CPC) meeting, hosted by the US European Command J-5 on May 22-24 in Stuttgart, US and Turkish action officers exchanged views and developed proposals on a full range of military-to-military cooperation. Separate [...]
2007-06-14 05:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR MOPS MASS TU
07ANKARA1527TURKEY: DEPUTY DEFENSE CHIEF DISMISSES RUMORS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun claimed on June 14 that, contrary to rampant press speculation, the Turkish military is not planning to impose a security buffer zone in northern Iraqi territory along the shared border. At the same time, he emphasized there must be [...]
2007-06-15 11:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1604TURKEY/IRAQ: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH
[...] (S) Local Turkish military authorities at Silopi on the Turkey-Iraq border conveyed a warning to U.S. military LNO late June 21 that Turkish forces would respond massively to any attack against Turkish military forces stationed in northern Iraq, claiming they had intelligence an attack by the [...]
2007-06-22 12:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1605TURKEY CONFIRMS INTENT TO NOTIFY UNSC ABOUT
[...] (C) MFA South Asia Head of Department Murat Yoruk confirmed on June 22 that Turkey fully intends to fulfill its obligations under UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 and notify the Security Council about the discovery of an Iranian weapons cache on board the train that derailed on May 25 in the Genc district [...]
2007-06-22 13:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA1630USAFE GENERAL HOBBINS DISCUSSES IRAQ AIR
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Chief of Defense Gen Buyukanit and Turkish Air Force Chief Comert told USAFE Commander Gen Hobbins June 22 that Turkey is sensitive about U.S. reconnaissance and other aircraft operating close to the Turkish border in northern Iraq. Buyukanit warned that even small inc [...]
2007-06-26 08:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1670GENERAL STAFF SPEAKS OUT -- AGAIN -- ON PKK TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: Senior commanders briefing journalists at a commando training area in western Turkey June 26 rejected press allegations that Turkish troops are not properly trained to fight PKK terrorists, reiterated the military's belief that a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq is [...]
2007-06-28 10:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1703TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON AMMUNITION CONTRIBUTION
[...] (C) Summary: We followed up with MFA Head of Department for Middle East Affairs Sedat Onal on July 2 to press for a contribution of 105MM and 155MM ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces to assist in their continuing battle against Fatah al-Islam. Onal said that, with national elections two [...]
2007-07-03 12:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV TU LE
07ANKARA1796TURKISH AMMUNITION CONTRIBUTION TO LEBANESE ARMED
[...] (C) We followed up with MFA Head of Department for Middle East Affairs Sedat Onal on July 10 to press for a contribution of 105MM and 155MM ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces to assist in their continuing battle against Fatah al-Islam. Onal repeated pre-election political concerns repor [...]
2007-07-13 14:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER PREL PGOV TU LE
07ANKARA183STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING TURKEY ON IRAN
[...] (S) Summary: We believe that it is time to initiate in-depth consultations with Turkey on the defense and security implications of a resurgent, possibly nuclear-armed and missile-equipped Iran, and we recommend making use of the visit by U/S Joseph and ISN A/S Rood in February to do so. Work [...]
2007-01-29 15:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV TU IR
07ANKARA1882TURKEY/IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IRAQI CLAIMS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: We have investigated and found no evidence to support Iraqi claims (ref a) that Turkey undertook major cross-border strikes into Iraq on July 18. JAC Molesworth, as well as the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir, which monitors regional airspace, report no [...]
2007-07-23 15:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1923TURKEY'S ROBUST ROLE IN PEACEKEEPING AND
[...] (U) Summary: Turkey's contributions to multi-national peacekeeping operations around the world are significant. Possessing NATO's second largest military, Turkey has led operations in the Middle East and the Balkans, and has provided troops and support to UN initiatives in Africa and East Asia [...]
2007-07-27 07:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN TU
07ANKARA1948TURKEY/IRAQ: DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES BRIEFS
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive law enforcement information regarding ongoing investigations. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Summary: Department of Defense General Counsel Haynes briefed Turkish officials July 25 on the ongoing DOD investigation into corruption relating to the procurement [...]
2007-07-31 05:39:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ TU
07ANKARA2037TURKS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER AUGUST 4 CHECKPOINT
[...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan and D/CHOD Saygun have contacted Charge to discuss an August 4 incident near Kabul during which a U.S. patrol fired on a vehicle carrying Turkish ISAF soldiers. The Turks expressed concern about the encounter and noted a strong desire for closer coordination to [...]
2007-08-09 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF TU
07ANKARA2046TURKISH D/CHOD SEEKS AIR RECON OF IRAQI BORDER
[...] (S/NF) The Turkish military would like to conduct air reconnaissance missions up to 10 kilometers inside Iraq over PKK terrorist camps located along the Turkish-Iraqi border, D/CHOD General Saygun told Charge on August 9. Charge reminded Saygun that the US had previously conducted this type [...]
2007-08-10 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNMARR PREL PTER MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA217TURKEY/IRAQ: SPECIFIC ISSUES RAISED DURING
[...] (U) Action Request at para. 4. 2. (S/NF) In the context of January 30-31 talks in Ankara on countering PKK terrorism from northern Iraq, Turkish anti-PKK envoy Edip Baser raised several specific allegations concerning U.S. activities in Iraq in a private meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Rals [...]
2007-02-01 16:26:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA219GOT REITERATES TO SPECIAL ENVOY RALSTON THE NEED FOR CONCRETE ACTION AGAINST PKK
[...] (S) Summary: Turkey is still waiting for concrete action against the PKK, GOT leaders and officials told visiting Special Envoy Ralston Jan. 30-31. Ralston's interlocutors acknowledged progress on the Makhmour refugee camp, but emphasized that they have higher priorities. The GOT agreed to work w [...]
2007-02-01 16:50:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2307POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE BY ISRAEL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Babacan has expressed his concern over reports that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkish airspace near the Turkey-Syria border on September 6. A full investigation is underway. According to press reports, jettisoned fuel tanks -- allegedly associated with [...]
2007-09-10 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SY IS TU
07ANKARA2350TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART I): ENERGY
[...] (U) This is the first of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part II, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Through a string of recent energy deals with Turkey, Iran is demonstrating a continued capacity to conduct business in the international arena. Turkey has been all too accommo [...]
2007-09-17 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU
07ANKARA2351TURKEY'S INCONSISTENT IRAN POLICY (PART II): SOME
[...] (U) This is the second of a two-part cable on Turkey's Iran policy. Please see part I, septel. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Energy needs notwithstanding, deepening commercial ties, and Iranian military action against PKK-affiliated targets in northern Iraq, are further bolstering Turkish [...]
2007-09-17 11:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS MNUC ENRG ETRD ECON IR TU
07ANKARA2469TURKEY/IRAQ: DEFENSE AND STATE INSPECTORS GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary: During their September 28 visit to Ankara, DOD IG Kicklighter and DOS IG Krongard outlined for senior Turkish officials their mission to establish more effective controls and accountability for U.S. arms being provided to the security forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. They undersc [...]
2007-10-04 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ AF TU
07ANKARA2510TURKEY: INTENSIFIED COUNTER-TERROR ACTIVITY IN
[...] (S) Summary: Local press reports describe Turkish counter-terror security operations currently underway against the PKK in the Southeast as the most extensive in recent years, following attacks which killed 13 Turkish soldiers on October 7 (ref a). However, there is no evidence of a military [...]
2007-10-10 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER MOPS ASEC PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA2517TURKS DETERMINED TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT ARMENIAN
[...] (U) Summary: Initial GOT reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 decision to send Resolution 106 - the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) - to the House floor reflects disappointment and anger, as well as appreciation for US Administration efforts and determination t [...]
2007-10-11 10:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PREL PTER MOPS TU US AM
07ANKARA2520TURKEY UNABLE TO SEND SENIOR MFA REP TO MNF-I
[...] (C) MFA Head of Department in the Office of the Iraq Coordinator, Aydin Selcen, told us October 11 that, because of the Iraq Neighbor's Ministerial meeting Turkey plans to host in Istanbul on November 2-3, the MFA does not expect Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq, Ambassador Oguz Celikk [...]
2007-10-11 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL OTRA IZ TU
07ANKARA2530TURKISH DEFMIN GONUL REQUESTS MEETING WITH SECDEF
[...] (C) Defense Minister Gonul contacted Ambassador October 15 to convey his request for a meeting with Secretary Gates on the margins of the NATO Defense Ministerial in Noordwijk, Netherlands, 24-25 October. Gonul explained that the purpose of the meeting would be to discuss the GOT's request to [...]
2007-10-15 11:31:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2537TURKEY: USD(P) EDELMAN AND A/S FRIED DISCUSS PKK
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Apakan and Deputy Defense Chief GEN Saygun told USD(P) Edelman and A/S Fried October 13 that Turkey is reaching the end of its patience with PKK terrorism and expects concrete US help. They noted recent unprecedented attacks, including rocket attac [...]
2007-10-15 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2549TURKISH PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER MOTION AUTHORIZING
[...] (C) Summary. Under intense public pressure following an up-tick in terrorist killings, Turkey's parliament is scheduled to vote October 17 on a GOT proposal to authorize a cross-border operation (CBO) aimed at eliminating terrorist PKK camps in northern Iraq (reftels). The motion, submitted [...]
2007-10-16 11:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2552TURKEY: RECOMMEND THAT MV ONIKS REMAIN IN LIMASSOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 15:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ETTC TU CY IZ
07ANKARA2577TURKS REQUEST HIGH-LEVEL ASSURANCES ON US MATERIEL
[...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 18 to discuss continued GOT concerns about the MV Onyx and its cargo. Apakan told Ambassador he has had many conversations in recent days with the Turkish General Staff about the Onyx and that he is "sick of s [...]
2007-10-18 12:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER ETTC KOMC IZ MG UP CY TU
07ANKARA2592RESPONSE TO TURKISH DCHOD REQUEST FOR OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (s) Ambassador conveyed message in reftel to Turkish D/CHOD Gen. Saygun during a meeting October 16. Saygun appreciated the follow up and said he will be in touch with the Turkish Air Force and others regarding US plans for overflights closer to the Iraq-Turkey border. He made no further men [...]
2007-10-19 11:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2597SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES MEETING WITH TURKISH
[...] (C) Summary: USD/P Edelman's October 13 visit here reinforced to the Turks the Administration's intensive efforts to defeat the Armenian genocide resolution (HR 106) and our wish that the bill not derail relations. Senior officials tell us they are deeply frustrated and will be forced to resp [...]
2007-10-19 13:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS MASS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA261NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-07 14:31:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PTER NATO PINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA2678ADVANCE NOTICE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT OF
[...] (S) This is an action message. Post requires action to provide timely advance notification of US reconnaissance flights along the Iraqi-Turkish border as promised in ref a. 2. (S) As instructed, Ambassador notified D/CHOD Gen. Saygun October 16 that the U.S. planned to resume air reconnaiss [...]
2007-10-30 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2695DEALING WITH TURKISH SUSPICIONS REGARDING US ARMS
[...] (C) Rising PKK violence and the leakage of potentially thousands of US-procured weapons from Iraq have heightened Turkish government and public sensitivities about the transfer of weapons to Iraq. Delays and confusion as we attempted to provide the GOT with information on the origin and desti [...]
2007-11-01 10:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PTER MOPS ETTC KOMC MG UP CY IZ TU
07ANKARA2730TURKEY: HOLDING US TO THE RULES ON MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has continued its trend, seen since late 2006, of tightening requirements and more strictly enforcing rules for routine military cooperation, within established bilateral agreements. On October 31, TGS informed us that we would be held more strictl [...]
2007-11-07 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA2768TURKEY: REPORTS OF STRIKES INTO IRAQ UNCONFIRMED
[...] (S) Summary: Intensive counter-terror operations continue in the Southeast and along the Turkey-Iraq border. However, there is no evidence to confirm November 13 press reports of Turkish air strikes against PKK targets inside northern Iraq. Prime Minister Erdogan publicly denied knowledge of [...]
2007-11-14 14:36:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2860TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS US HELICOPTER SUPPORT
[...] (C) The Turkish military has requested U.S. support to transport Turkish Special Forces liaison officers (LNOs) co-located with US/Coalition forces in Northern Iraq to the Habur Gate border crossing. MND-N has previously provided helicopter support for this rotation on an informal basis but [...]
2007-11-30 13:48:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2864TURKEY/IRAQ: GOVERNMENT APPROVES OCTOBER 17
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Erdogan reportedly stated November 30 that the Council of Ministers and President Gul have authorized the Turkish Armed Forces to conduct a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists operating in northern Iraq. Foreign Ministry and Turkish parliament contacts tel [...]
2007-11-30 16:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2867TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...]
2007-12-02 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR TU
07ANKARA2874TURKEY: POSITIVE REACTIONS TO DECEMBER 1
[...] (U) Summary: There has been no subsequent military action following artillery strikes against PKK positions in northern Iraq on December 1. However, senior GOT officials have publicly reaffirmed Turkey's readiness to make additional hits on PKK bases across the border and have said it is no [...]
2007-12-03 12:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR IZ TU
07ANKARA2898TURKEY: SECDEF'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (S) Our real-time intelligence and cooperation with Turkey in attacking PKK encampments in northern Iraq has turned around a relationship that soured in September and October due to the Armenian genocide resolution and PKK attacks. You should highlight our commitment to helping Turkey combat t [...]
2007-12-05 14:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2974TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY CONDUCTS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST
[...] (C) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq between 0100 and 0400 hours local time on December 16. Turkish General Staff (TGS) officials provided approximately one hour advance notice to U.S. personnel via the Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) in Ankara, [...]
2007-12-16 10:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA2983TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST PKK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reaction to Turkish military air and artillery strikes (ref A) against PKK targets in northern Iraq early December 16 dominated Turkish media on December 17. President Gul, PM Erdogan, and other government officials praised the Turkish military's ability to carry out night-tim [...]
2007-12-17 12:53:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2991TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH AIR AND ARTILLERY STRIKES ON
[...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK positions in the Zap region, in northern Iraq along the Turkey-Iraq border, between 1200 and 1400 hours local time on December 17. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided advance warning to the Ankara Coordination Center (ACC) located in the Offic [...]
2007-12-17 17:38:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA2997TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ ON
[...] (S) Summary: Turkish troops in battalion strength entered northern Iraq in the Hakurk and Ava Shin regions late December 17 and into December 18. Turkish General Staff (TGS) claims this was a hot pursuit operation, initiated by a local commander and to a limited depth, and therefore was unabl [...]
2007-12-18 10:49:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA3006TURKEY: REACTION TO MILITARY STRIKES AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT and military officials continue to praise the strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq and deny that civilian targets there were hit. However, inadequacies in interagency coordination and the sidelining of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs plague GOT efforts to addre [...]
2007-12-18 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MOPS PGOV PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA3028TURKEY: REACTIONS TO CONTINUED AIRSTRIKES AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public reaction to repeated Turkish strikes against PKK targets in northern Iraq continues to be positive. The role the U.S. has played in sharing intelligence and deconflicting Iraqi airspace has also received a great deal of positive attention. Turkish media continue to note [...]
2007-12-26 15:35:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA338WHY KIRKUK MATTERS TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary: The future status of Kirkuk is the number one issue in Turkish political debate on Iraq. Policymakers have told us that it is more significant than the PKK problem. Turkish concern is primarily centered on the fear that Kurdish control of Kirkuk will lead to an independent Kurdish [...]
2007-02-16 06:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA406TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL
[...] SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, NATO and more. US failure in Iraq will [...]
2007-02-26 10:21:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA424TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...]
2007-02-27 09:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA439TURKISH LOGISTICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO COALITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Incirlik Air Base (IAB) in southern Turkey has been a strategic asset to coalition efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan since the first Gulf War. Current Turkish authorization to use IAB as air-refueling, cargo transit and FAA navigation aid operation hubs has saved the US hundreds of [...]
2007-02-28 08:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AF
07ANKARA494TURKEY: WEAPONS TRAINING DEPLOYMENTS REINITIATED
[...] (C) On February 23, the US 22nd and 23rd Fighter Squadrons, based at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany, completed a six-week long Weapons Training Deployment (WTD) (NOTE: Turkey prefers the use of the term Rotational Training Deployment) at Incirlik Air Base, the first significant WTD to take pl [...]
2007-03-05 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA495TURKEY CRITICAL OF FRENCH DEFENSE AGREEMENT WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-05 16:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS GR TU
07ANKARA552TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH
[...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...]
2007-03-12 11:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU
07ANKARA563TURKEY: CHIEF OF STAFF BUYUKANIT TAKES ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-standing strains between the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and the AKP -led government have escalated recently into regular confrontations over foreign policy. On France, Cyprus and Iraq, Chief of Staff (CHOD) Buyukanit has preempted or disputed government positions, leaving t [...]
2007-03-13 07:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA57TURKEY: THE GOT ON LEDRA STREET BRIDGE REMOVAL:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although GOT officials were not supportive of "TRNC President" Mehmet Ali Talat's decision to dismantle the Ledra Street footbridge at the Green Line in Nicosia, they nonetheless stated in the end it was Talat's decision to make. While Talat had broached the subject in late Novem [...]
2007-01-11 16:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS TU CY
07ANKARA598TURKEY/GREECE/NATO: NOBLE ARCHER CANCELLATION AND
[...] (C) We understand the commander of the NATO Air Component Command in Izmir cancelled NATO involvement in the February 27 Noble Archer exercise in the Aegean after Greek authorities posted a NOTAM that included the island of Limnos, whose demilitarized status is in dispute. MFA Deputy Directo [...]
2007-03-15 15:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO GR TU
07ANKARA686TRADITIONAL TURKISH TROOP BUILD-UP UNDERWAY FOR
[...] (C) On the eve of the March 21 Newroz celebrations in honor of the Kurdish New Year, the Turkish press reported a significant troop build-up along Turkey's border with Iraq in preparation for the traditional spring offensive by the PKK terrorist organization in southeast Turkey. Land Forces C [...]
2007-03-26 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA812PKK VIOLENCE MAGNIFIES TURKISH ANGER AT IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary: A sudden spike in Turkish casualties in operations against the PKK -- along with mounting anger at what is seen here as increasingly provocative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani -- have likely combined to put the possibility of a Turkish cross-border operation back on the table [...]
2007-04-09 10:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA822TURKEY WARNS IRAQ AND US TO BRING BARZANI AND THE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA separately called in both the Iraqi Ambassador and us to reiterate its concerns about recent combative rhetoric from KRG President Barzani, and to warn that Turkey reserves the right to take action against the PKK if the Iraqis will not. Turkish officials are concerned that B [...]
2007-04-09 16:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA833ANKARA PUK REP OUTLINES TALABANI'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani will work to defuse Turkey-KRG tensions, according to the PUK representative in Ankara. Talabani will seek to create breathing room for PM Erdogan and his ruling AKP party to weather the political storm of presidential and parliamentary elections, as h [...]
2007-04-10 15:12:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA845PRESS REPORTS OF TURKISH ATTACKS ON NORTHERN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA860TURKS SEEKING ENHANCED ROLE IN ESDP PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S (D equivalent) Apakan told Ambassador April 11 that Turkey would like an enhanced role in ESDP planning. The Turks are approaching other NATO and EU members individually; PM Erdogan spoke with Javier Solana in Riyadh. As an EU accession candidate which participa [...]
2007-04-12 15:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL NATO EUN TU
07ANKARA861TURKISH CHIEF OF STAFF PUTS THE MILITARY BACK IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Chief of Staff General Yasar Buyukanit in an hour-long televised speech to assembled military brass and press at the General Staff headquarters on April 12 addressed the military's three-decade long fight against terrorism, defended the military from accusations of wron [...]
2007-04-12 15:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA874TURKEY MAINTAINS HARD LINE ON MAKHMOUR CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey is not ready to agree on moving forward on closing the Makhmour Camp, MFA Director General Guven told the Ambassador April 13. Guven remains unconvinced that the PKK has been expelled from the camp; believes the Iraqis' insistence on third-country resettlement will lead to [...]
2007-04-13 15:18:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER PREF AORC PREL MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA875TURKEY ON NOTICE THAT BUYUKANIT STATEMENT ON CBO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador notified NSC SecGen Alpogan on April 13 that the statements by Chief of Staff Buyukanit on April 12 regarding Turkish Armed Forces support for a cross-border operation (CBO) into Iraq were harmful to US efforts to facilitate Iraqi cooperation on the PKK terrorist issue [...]
2007-04-13 15:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ TU
07ANKARA88TURKEY'S VIEWS ON GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY
[...] (C) Ambassador reviewed US thinking on Afghanistan ahead of the January 26 NATO foreign ministers meeting with Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan on January 17. Drawing on reftel points, he highlighted the NATO leaders, discussions in Riga and their commitment to Afghanistan and the success of th [...]
2007-01-18 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK TU
07ANTANANARIVO1056 COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI, "I WILL END ANJOUAN CRISIS OR
[...] (U) This message includes an Action Request, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Celebrating the end of Ramadan October 13, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Sambi made a public declaration that he would resolve the ongoing Anjouan crisis or resign. Reflecting on public opinion that he had accomplished [...]
2007-10-15 09:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1114 DIPLOMATIC CORPS IN MORONI DISCUSSES CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps in Moroni and Government of the Union of the Comoros were surprised by Grande Comore island president Abdouloihab's visit to Anjouan. The international community, led by the African Union (AU),is working to apply sanctions and encourage the Union Governm [...]
2007-11-02 10:11:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1147 COMOROS SANCTIONS UNDERWAY, BACAR NOT BACKING DOWN
[...] (U) African Union (AU) sanctions, including a travel ban and the freezing of assets, against 145 persons on the island of Anjouan (ref) are underway in the Union of the Comoros. With contradicting dates in media reports, the AU confirmed sanctions started on October 20 and will run out 45 day [...]
2007-11-09 08:58:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO1171UNION PLEDGES NO ACTION AGAINST ANJOUAN BEFORE
[...] (C) The people of the Union of the Comoros are on "standby" as the standoff with Anjouan continues. Union Government officials are committed to cooperating with the African Union (AU) to give sanctions against Anjouan (which will run out on November 24) a chance to work, but they will not wai [...]
2007-11-16 08:23:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
07ANTANANARIVO418AVIATION FEES MADAGASCAR
[...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for Madagascar. The Malagasy aviation authority (ADEMA) confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: MAHAJANGA FMNM NOSY BE /FASCENE FMNN TOAMASINA FMMT TOLIARA [...]
2007-04-30 14:16:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS KREC MA
07ANTANANARIVO421NO HELP FOR IRAQ FROM MADAGASCAR OR THE COMOROS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 11:45:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER CN MA
07ANTANANARIVO568ASECNA AVIATION FEES - THE COMOROS
[...] Post provides answers to reftel action request for the Comoros. The Comoran aviation authority confirms OACI CODE for each of the following airports: FMCH Hahaia Airport, Grand Comores 2. Airport Questions and Answers: - Question No. 1: AIMPSI or Aeroport International Moroni Prince [...]
2007-06-07 12:54:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR MARR MOPS KREC CN
07ANTANANARIVO585 COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in Paragraph Two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support for a military effort to restore democracy to the island of Anjouan. Sambi describes the repeated efforts - by his government as we [...]
2007-06-13 13:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO595COMOROS ELECTION POSTPONED AS BACAR SEIZES POWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Shortly after inaugurating himself "President" of Anjouan on the morning of June 14, Colonel Mohamed Bacar resumed his position at the presidential palace. A high-level Comoran delegation will arrive in Addis Ababa June 14 to lobby the African Union (AU) to hold an extraordinar [...]
2007-06-14 14:12:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO608COMOROS AWAITS AU DECISION ON MILITARY OPTIONS
[...] (U) With "President" Bacar of Anjouan refusing to hold new island presidential elections sanctioned by the international community, South Africa is reportedly organizing an urgent meeting of regional foreign ministries and an official from the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council June [...]
2007-06-18 13:27:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO642COMORAN PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a letter to President Bush (full translation in paragraph two),Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, seeks U.S. support urging an African Union (AU) decision to take robust action against Comoran warlord Mohamed Bacar. Sambi expresses his disappointmen [...]
2007-06-29 11:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO779 BACAR'S DEFIANCE LEAVES AU FEW OPTIONS IN THE COMOROS
[...] (U) Little has changed in the Union of the Comoros in recent days (reftels). African Union (AU) Envoy Francisco Madeira again threatened Anjouan island renegade, Mohamed Bacar, and again offered an ultimatum. In a press statement July 28, Madeira said, "Bacar's boat is sinking and anyone lef [...]
2007-08-02 12:50:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM PINR ASEC CN
07ANTANANARIVO802PRESS REPORTS INDIAN LISTENING POST IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) Press reports indicate the Indian Government has opened a "listening post" on the northern coast of Madagascar to monitor seagoing traffic in the Indian Ocean. Most recently "Asia Times Online" reported the station took a year to construct and opened in July to contribute to India,s secu [...]
2007-08-10 06:01:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPINR ECPS PREL MOPS MARR MCAP IN MA XO
07ANTANANARIVO815COMORAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERING MILITARY OPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi wants the AU to take control of Anjouan by force to allow free elections there, and he believes this could be done without bloodshed. However, he will not wait indefinitely and has a plan for Union forces to take Anjouan - which he [...]
2007-08-16 13:50:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO89MADAGASCAR OFFERS PEACEKEEPING TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Madagascar (GOM) is prepared to pledge up to 800 troops for African Union Peace Keeping Operations (PKO) in Somalia. Major General Claude, head of the Gendarme, informed DATT that he has 100 troops ready for immediate deployment. 2. (SBU) General Mampianina, head of [...]
2007-01-29 04:44:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL AU PGOV IO MA
07ANTANANARIVO933AU SANCTIONS NEXT IN THE COMOROS IMPASSE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) is expecting the African Union (AU) to apply concrete measures against rebel Anjouan warlord Col. Mohamed Bacar when its Foreign Ministers meet September 18 in Cape Town. Privately, we have heard the next step is likely to be sanct [...]
2007-09-17 13:34:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO935COMOROS: PRESIDENT APPEALS TO U.S. WHILE HOPING
[...] (C) Summary: With virtually his whole country's progress and prospects held hostage over the continuing impasse in Anjouan (reftel),Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi nonetheless projected an air of friendly calm in his first meeting with Ambassador Marquardt on September [...]
2007-09-18 09:36:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS CN AU MO
07ANTANANARIVO998 LUKEWARM COMORAN REACTION TO LATEST AU MEETING
[...] (U) Six "concerned" African Foreign Ministers met in Cape Town September 18 to discuss the ongoing de facto secession in Anjouan, Union of the Comoros. This Ministerial Council adopted the recommendations of an experts group that met in Addis Ababa September 4. While the declaration calls fo [...]
2007-10-01 03:35:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS EAID PHUM CN
07ASHGABAT1255LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. NO MORE BLANKET OVERFLIGHT 2. (C) The Government of Turkmenistan notified Embassy Ashgabat via diplomatic note on 20 November that it will not renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance number 999C that allows certain U.S. aircraft t [...]
2007-11-20 14:16:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX US
07ASHGABAT1281BLANKET OVERFLIGHT APPROVED
[...] (C) The Government of Turkmenistan has agreed to renew the blanket overflight and landing clearance request number 999C that had been due to expire November 30. Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers and Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov called in the Charge to deliver this news. Meredov s [...]
2007-11-26 11:28:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASHGABAT1303TURKMENISTAN: LOSS OF BLANKET CLEARANCE - WHAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After first declining to renew an existing blanket clearance for U.S. aircraft, Turkmenistan changed its position and granted the renewal when the U.S. government challenged the decision. A combination of factors probably led to the initial denial, includig pressure from Russia, [...]
2007-11-29 14:33:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
07ASMARA316SOMALI MPS IN ERITREA DISCUSS VIEWS AND FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Poloff met with Abdikadir Dakane and Abdirahma "Ibbi" Haji Adan, both supporters of the former Somali Speaker Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan and one of the 42 members of parliament (MPs) of the Transitional Federal Government that fled Somalia in recent months. Calling th [...]
2007-03-20 13:54:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO UNSC ER ET SO
07ASMARA328UN SPECIAL ENVOY MEETS WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Sudan Jan Eliasson and UN Mission in Sudan Principal Deputy Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun, met with Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) President Isaias Afwerki on March 22. Subsequent to his meeting, Eliasson spoke with the Ambassador, relaying both [...]
2007-03-23 09:01:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO UNSC ER SU
07ASMARA375SOMALI OPPOSITION IN ERITREA; HANGING OUT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Asmara is full of Somali opposition these days with Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) and Hussein Aideed, Hawiye/Haber Gedir clan leader and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy Prime Minister, joining the exiled Somali Members of Parliamen [...]
2007-04-13 08:47:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR UNSC KPKO MOPS ER ET SO
07ASMARA801INFORMATION FROM MILITARY DESERTER ON GSE MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) An Embassy employee provided RSO with information from a friend who had just deserted from the Eritrean military. Employee stated his friend had been assigned to an armored or mechanized unit near the town of Senafe, located approximately 100 km SE of Asmara. The soldier told employee [...]
2007-10-11 13:05:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR MOPS ASEC ER
07ASMARA860WELL-CONNECTED ERITREAN TALKS OF ERITREA'S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Poloff met October 24 with a well-connected Eritrean-American, and regular contact, who passed second-hand information on the Government of the State of Eritrea's (GSE) war planning efforts and military strategy. According to him, the GSE anticipates that war with Ethiopia is [...]
2007-11-01 13:03:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER KPKO MOPS ASEC ER
07ASMARA869CDA TEMPLATE
[...] (C) On October 31, the Immigration Office of the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) delivered a letter to the Catholic Secretariat of Eritrea, informing them that the office would no longer extend the residency and work permits of foreign sisters and priests working in Eritrea under expi [...]
2007-11-08 07:50:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KPKO MOPS ASEC ER
07ASMARA930UNMEE MILITARY COMMANDER REPORTS LOWERED TENSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Taisir, just back from a two-week visit to the field, reports Eritrean troops are reinforcing defensive positions. He said the near-starvation rations of the conscripted troops have stunted Eritrean military capability. General Taisir said P [...]
2007-12-10 12:06:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS KPKO ER
07ASTANA120KAZAKHSTAN: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE ON PRESIDENT'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-15 04:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR IZ MOPS PGOV PREL
07ASTANA1266KAZAKHSTAN'S COMMITMENT TO IRAQ FIRM
[...] (C) Post regularly discusses Kazakhstan's troop commitments in Iraq with government interlocutors, and all indications are that President Nazarbayev's commitment remains firm. Kazakhstan conducted its most recent troop rotation at the end of April, sending a new contingent of soldiers to Iraq [...]
2007-05-11 07:54:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARS MASS MOPS PREL IZ KZ
07ASTANA1709KAZAKHSTAN: SCO HAS NO PLANS TO USE THE BISHKEK
[...] (S) On June 15, Poloff delivered Ref A demarche on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to Yerlan Shamishev, Chief of the SCO Security Section in the Asian Cooperation Department of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Shamishev assured Poloff that as of the present time, the SC [...]
2007-06-20 00:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KZ
07ASTANA1732KAZAKHSTAN: POST ENDORSES FY 2007 SECTION 1206
[...] (SBU) Post fully supports the FY 2007 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is intended to increase the ability of the KAZBRIG to support allied and partner operations in support of counterterrorm and peace support operations. 2. (SBU) Post's Sec [...]
2007-06-22 07:09:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS KZ PREL
07ASTANA1842KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL AVIATION COMMITTEE SUGGESTS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The two Kazakhstani entities with the greatest interest in concluding a State Aircraft Fees Agreement with the U.S., the Civil Aviation Committee and KazAeroNavigatsiya, believe that the time is ripe for a U.S. negotiating team to come to Astana to conclude negotiations and init [...]
2007-07-06 10:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR MARR MOPS PREL KZ
07ASUNCION101PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 3
[...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Pucheta New Supreme Court Chief Justice -- Senator Morinigo in Intensive Care; Driver Dead -- Senate Approves Peacekeepers for Cyprus -- Paraguay Second-Least Competitive Country in Americas -- IPR Unit Attacked in Press PUCHETA NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE 2. (C) S [...]
2007-02-09 18:24:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV MCAP MOPS PA
07ASUNCION140PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Airborne Brigade (BAT) 2. First Air Brigade (1BDA) 3. Army Special Forces (TEE) 4. Marine Infantry Command (COMIM) 5. Presidential Escort Regiment (REP) 6. National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD) 7. Logistics Command (CDO LOG) 8. National Police Special Operations Force (FOPE) 9. [...]
2007-02-22 15:07:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION176PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON RECASTING SOFA
[...] (U) Action request: See paras. 2 and 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Both MFA lawyer Tito Velasquez and Vice-Presidential advisor Juan Facetti praised the new draft SOFA text (reftel B) as a significant improvement over prior texts in terms of addressing GOP concerns. Velasquez still does not beli [...]
2007-03-07 17:37:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION182PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Airborne Brigade (BAT) 2. First Air Brigade (1BDA) 3. Army Special Forces (TEE) 4. Marine Infantry Command (COMIM) 5. Presidential Escort Regiment (REP) 6. National Antinarcotics Secretariat (SENAD) 7. Logistics Command (CDO LOG) 8. National Police Special Operations Force (FOPE) 9. [...]
2007-03-08 12:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION186PARAGUAY ASKS USG FOR DENGUE HELP
[...] (U) This is an Action request, see para 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As discussed in reftel, the Government of Paraguay requested USG help March 5 with its dengue epidemic, specifically asking for help in purchasing industrial-sized sprayers for dengue fumigation. Reftel requested assista [...]
2007-03-08 22:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PA
07ASUNCION202URGENT - REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 10 and 11. 2. (U) President Duarte, under law 3159 and Presidential Decree 9056, declared the dengue fever situation a national emergency February 27. In what is the country,s worst outbreak in seven years, more than 19,189 cases have been confirmed [...]
2007-03-13 22:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PA
07ASUNCION207ADDITIONAL DENGUE-RELATED ITEMS REQUESTED
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (U) The Paraguayan National Emergency Secretariat has requested additional USG assistance in acquiring the following items for their dengue emergency: Qty. Item A. 50,000 - Eppendorf-type micro tubes made of high transparency propyl [...]
2007-03-14 22:38:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PA
07ASUNCION298PARAGUAY: URGENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 21:13:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION358PARAGUAY RESPONSE TO MAINTAINING PARTICIPATION IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 20:09:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER PA
07ASUNCION37PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE ON NEGOTIATING A SOFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 17:06:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION441PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Ramirez Alfonso, Amado Pablo 06/30/1970 Caacupe 2. Solabarrrieta Ruiz Diaz, Vanderley 05/31/1973 Asuncion CASON [...]
2007-05-30 14:38:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION451PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MAY 26 -
[...] SUMMARY: -- TIP Consultant Quits Amid Threats -- Second Peacekeeping Force Deploys -- Director of Intellectual Property Leaving Post -- Civil Society Input for MCA -- Supporting Transparency in Local Leadership -- Support for Ethics Code Grows -- Court Backs Tax Compliance TIP CONSULT [...]
2007-06-04 15:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN KCRM PA MASS MOPS
07ASUNCION479PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 12:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION560PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 12:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION561PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] Marcos Manuel Miranda Caceres 18OCT1962 Asuncion CASON [...]
2007-07-06 12:20:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION570PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ILEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-10 20:38:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION578PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ILEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 20:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION616PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST OFFICE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 12:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ASUNCION643PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR ODC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 19:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
07ATHENS1076CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S.
[...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns delivered ref a demarche on cluster munitions to Counselor Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. As Kivetos indicated in past conversations on the subject (ref e),Greece shared the view of the United States regarding the issue [...]
2007-05-23 15:09:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS NATO PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS1262GREECE ENDS M.A.S.H. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) At the end of May, Greece withdrew its unit of approximately 50 medical personnel serving in Afghanistan. According to Ambassador Ioannis Bourlogiannis, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense, the unit was withdrawn following the end of its mandate and was replaced by a Czech medica [...]
2007-06-19 14:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER
07ATHENS148GREEKS PREVIEW AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-23 15:44:00Embassy AthensSECRETNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR
07ATHENS1487GREECE URGENTLY REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (U) On July 25, Greece formally requested U.S. assistance in its efforts to fight forest fires, which have devastated many areas of the country and are overwhelming the Greek fire service. The request was made by Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis to Charge D'Affaires, a.i., Tom Countryman and [...]
2007-07-25 22:27:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PREL GR
07ATHENS1498GREECE NEEDS AIRCRAFT TO FIGHT FIRES
[...] (U) In a meeting with Army Attach, Secretary General for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of the Interior Panagiotis Fourlas expressed appreciation to the U.S. for its consideration of Greece's urgent request for assistance in fighting forest fires (reftel) and clarified that Greece's sp [...]
2007-07-26 12:25:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1521GREECE: CRETAN GOVERNOR WANTS MORE USN SHIP VISITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 19 meeting with CDA, Governor (Nomarch) Grigoris Archondakis of the Chania district of Crete (where Souda Bay Naval Support Activity (NSA) is located) said it was important to get more U.S. ship visits, not so much for the economic benefits, substantial as they may be, b [...]
2007-07-30 08:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR MOPS PGOV PREL
07ATHENS1687GREECE ABLAZE: KARAMANLIS DECLARES STATE OF
[...] (C) SUMMAY: Over the weekend of August 25-26, more tha a hundred simultaneous wildfires led to the worst Greek national disaster since the 1999 earthquakes. PM Karamanlis declared a state o emergency, calling on aerial firefighting resources from EU members and others. Reports indicate mor [...]
2007-08-26 13:05:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL GR
07ATHENS1700GREECE: FIRES CONTINUE -- WILL KARAMANLIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On Monday August 27, fires continued to burn in southern Greece, although the number had diminished from its weekend high. The death toll stood at 63; no Amcits are reportedly affected. Speculation continues on the cause of the large number of simultaneous blazes. Several in [...]
2007-08-27 14:07:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV CASC GR
07ATHENS1714FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 28 SITREP
[...] (SBU) Though apparently fewer in number, wildfires continue to burn, principally in the Peloponnese peninsula and on the island of Evia but also elsewhere. Risk of fire remains high. According to the Fire Service spokesperson, no villages are currently threatened but the winds remain unpre [...]
2007-08-28 15:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1733GREEK FIRES: AUGUST 30 UPDATE
[...] (C) The Greek Government is increasingly establishing control over the wild fires, although anticipated increases in temperature and wind over the weekend may cause further outbreaks. The government is also aggressively pursuing arson cases, although the extent to which the fires were caused [...]
2007-08-30 13:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMOPS CASC PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS1761GREEK FIRES: SEPT. 4 UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Greek Fire Service has announced that all wild fires are now out. PM Karamanlis presented a recovery plan to the nation over the weekend, as did opposition PASOK's Papandreaou. FM B [...]
2007-09-04 15:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS CASC PREL PGOV EAID GR
07ATHENS2130DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE PRESSES ON BILAT
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraphs 2 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a 10/29 meeting with Charge, Deputy Minister of Defense Plakiotakis asked when the U.S. would host Greece in the annual High Level Consultative Committee (HLCC). An annual Hion u [...]
2007-10-30 07:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS216FOLLOW-UP ON GREEK AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Bakoyannis' intervention at the January 26 informal NATO Ministerial on Afghanistan included announcement of welcome new GoG monetary contributions to counter-narcotics and the Hungarian-led PRT in northern Afghanistan, as well as M-60 tanks for the ANA. Bakoyannis made [...]
2007-02-01 14:04:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR
07ATHENS2278GREECE: U.S.-IRAQ DECLARATION "POSITIVE NEWS"
[...] (C) On November 27, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points and text of the declaration on the long-term relationship between the U.S. and Iraq to Giorgos Ayfantis, Deputy Head of the MFA A-6 Directorate for Middle East Issues. 2. (C) Ayfantis regarded the signing of the declaration as a very p [...]
2007-11-28 09:11:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ GR
07ATHENS2306GREECE AND THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] Summary: Embassy Athens recommends a low-key, primarily military-to-military commemoration of the centennial of Theodore Roosevelt?s Great White Fleet, to be planned in connection with the visit of a US Navy ship in late 2008 or early 2009. Although the port of Piraeus here appears to be one [...]
2007-12-04 14:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MASS MOPS GR
07ATHENS2320KOSOVO: GREEKS WILL SUPPORT DECISION ON EU RULE
[...] (C) Greek MFA Deputy Director for South East Europe Tsoungas told us 12/7 that Greece will "follow EU consensus" SIPDIS and support a decision to establish a rule of law mission in Kosovo, even should there be a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI). Tsoungas noted, "we still have q [...]
2007-12-07 13:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS GR SR YI
07ATHENS2324GREECE/TURKEY: BABACAN VISIT "CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE"
[...] (C) GOG officials positively portrayed Turkish FM Babacan's December 3 - 5 visit to Athens as an "important step forward." Although there was no movement "on the core issues," Babacan and FM Bakoyannis announced additional confidence building measures (CBMs) that would require greater mil-to [...]
2007-12-07 16:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PTER CY GR TU
07ATHENS441GREECE ONBOARD WITH U.S. ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) On March 1, Poloff raised ref a points with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos confirmed that Greece had not been invited to, nor did it send any officials to participate in, the February 22-23 Oslo cluster muniti [...]
2007-03-01 15:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS459AEGEAN MIGRAINE: GREECE REACTS TO NATO EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 decision to withdraw NATO participation from the February 27 Noble Archer exercise over the Aegean island of Agios Efstratios has created an uproar in Greece. The Greek press blasted NATO for being "duped by Turkey" into believing the island's status was under disp [...]
2007-03-02 17:31:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS550PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON GREEK ISLAND OF AGIOS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent dispute between Greece and Turkey over the status of the island of Agios Efstratios, which led to NATO's cancellation of its participation in a February 27 exercise, has received major press and government attention here. The GoG instructed its Pemrep to NATO Ambassador [...]
2007-03-15 14:59:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR
07ATHENS685MY WAY: GREECE AND NATO TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's fulfillment of its commitment to the NATO Alliance in terms of defense transformation has been, at best, mixed. Greece has taken some steps to reform its military doctrine and strategic and tactical thinking. It also has introduced some new institutions and procured new [...]
2007-04-04 14:01:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS788BALKAN CHODS' MEETING OVERSHADOWED BY TURKISH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 18-19, Balkan region chiefs of defense (CHODs),as well as U.S. Naval Forces Europe Commander Admiral Ulrich, attended the first of what have now been agreed to be annual Balkan CHOD summits. Greek press attention thus far has been focused on Turkish CHOD General Buyuka [...]
2007-04-19 15:00:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR
07ATHENS872GREECE AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Per ref a, Embassy has assessed Greece's ability and willingness to contribute military or civilian resources to enhance the security mission in Iraq. Greece has made financial, logistical, equipment, and training contributions to Iraq and may be amenable to further similar contr [...]
2007-05-02 15:16:00Embassy AthensSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GR
07ATHENS97FM BAKOYANNIS DISCUSSES RPG ATTACK, KOSOVO,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with FM Bakoyannis on January 17, Ambassador updated FM Bakoyannis on investigations into the January 12 RPG strike on the Embassy, emphasizing that the U.S. was satisfied with the cooperative attitude and thorough approach of Greek authorities to date. Bakoyanni [...]
2007-01-17 13:26:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO PINS MARR MOPS GR
07BAGHDAD1006ACTION REQUEST: PURSUING A GSOMIA WITH IRAQ
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) The Iraqi military is increasingly buying major U.S. military equipment and technology that includes restricted material. In the absence of a bilateral General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA),these procure [...]
2007-03-23 15:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1158COR SPEAKER MASHHADANI: THE U.S. MUST BE IRAQ'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During their March 25 meeting, new USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon told Iraqi Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani that security in Iraq must improve rapidly if Iraq hopes to retain U.S. domestic support. Mashadani acknowledged the need for increased political efforts, but [...]
2007-04-04 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1159USCENTCOM COMMANDER TELLS MOI THAT SECURITY MUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Admiral William J. Fallon, the Commander of USCENTCOM, stressed that Iraq's security must improve rapidly for continued U.S. political support. Minister Bolani responded that the initial results of Operation Fardh al- [...]
2007-04-04 11:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1188ADM FALLON'S MARCH 26 MEETING WITH THE PRIME
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During the March 26 meeting between Iraqi PM Maliki and CentCom Commander Admiral Fallon, the PM focused on our shared interests and the need to work together to achieve our mutual goals. He reaffirmed his commitment to defeat terrorism and expressed some hope that he was seeing [...]
2007-04-06 13:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PTER PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD1190CHALDEAN CHURCH OFFICIAL CONVEYS DECISION ON MNF-I
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 5, Bishop Shlemoon Wardoni, the Vice Patriarch of the Chaldean Church conveyed the Church's decision to PolOff that the Coalition Forces must vacate the Combat Outpost currently located at the Chaldean Seminary in Baghdad's Doura district. Coalition Forces and the outpos [...]
2007-04-06 18:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PGOV IZ VT
07BAGHDAD1210MINDEF QADIR WELCOMES AMBASSADOR BACK TO IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 3, Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir Mohammed Jasim Al Mufriji hosted a dinner to welcome the Ambassador back to Iraq. Abdul Qadir introduced his key military leaders; provided a briefing on the status of the ministry; and stressed his commitment to sustaining a military [...]
2007-04-08 05:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1235POLES READY FOR A MORE ROBUST ROLE?
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 7. 2. (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: As Coalition and Iraqi forces conduct active combat operations aimed at restoring security and the rule of law in Dhiwaniyah, questions over the mandate and approach of the Polish forces based in the area have arisen in [...]
2007-04-09 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ PL
07BAGHDAD1236CG'S APRIL 5 MEETING WITH THE PM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 5, MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and DCM Speckhard met with PM Maliki and discussed the following issues: -- Engagement: Maliki discussed his meeting with the commander of an insurgent group which now wanted to join the fight against Al Qaeda; -- Detentions: Ma [...]
2007-04-10 05:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PTER PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD1245KARKH COMMAND: OPERATIONS IMPROVING, DETENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Karkh Area Command (KAC) is one of the Baghdad Operational Command,s two subordinate commands and is responsible for Fardh al Qanoon operations in west Baghdad. It houses Iraqi army and national police, as well as Coalition forces. Unfortunately, EmbOffs found little coordi [...]
2007-04-10 14:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER PGOV MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1253APRIL 8 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During the April 8 meeting of the Ministerial Council on National Security, ministers discussed the following issues: -- April 9 Security: A ban on cars will be instituted in Baghdad on the 4th anniversary of the toppling of Saddam's statue. The day will also be a holiday (ex [...]
2007-04-11 12:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PTER PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD1268TERRORISTS SEEK NEW STRATEGIC TARGETS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-12 11:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1280AL QAEDA OFFENSIVE? SPECTACULAR ATTACKS CONTINUE
[...] (S) At about 1030 this morning a suicide car bomb exploded just south of the Green Zone near the Jadriya Bridge connecting Baghdad's Karkh district to the Karada Peninsula. Press reports are ten dead and fifteen injured. The attack occurred 400 meters west of the actual bridge span and, altho [...]
2007-04-14 10:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PINS PTER
07BAGHDAD1282BAGHDAD POLICE COLLEGE: MORE THAN THE SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq continues efforts to establish a quality police training facility at the Baghdad Police College by this summer. Ongoing efforts include remedial construction at eight cadet barracks, facilities made infamous last fall because of [...]
2007-04-14 18:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASIG IZ KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD1329IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE CALLS FOR RAPID
[...] (C) Summary: At the April 13 session of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Barham Salih called the April 12 bombing of the Council of Representatives (CoR) troubling from a security standpoint, but a unifying event for the CoR. Sarafiya bridge, a [...]
2007-04-18 11:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG KCRS KPAO MOPS PGOV PREF PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD134PRT TIKRIT: PRT-BCT RELATIONS MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL
[...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. It has been cleared by the 3rd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division (3/82) Brigade Combat Team (BCT),which is the Coalition Forces (CF) task force with responsibility for the province of Salah ad Din (SaD). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. PRT Tikrit and 3 [...]
2007-01-13 14:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD1359APRIL 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During the April 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers discussed the following issues: -- Reactions to the April 12 Attacks: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus argued that security at the Council of Representatives may have been breached [...]
2007-04-20 18:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1360INCREASED SECURITY BRINGING DOURA MARKET TO LIFE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The establishment by Coalition Forces of a Combat Outpost in Baghdad's Doura market, as well as initial efforts to harden the market, has significantly reduced violence in the area. No murders have been recorded near the market since the Combat Outpost was created and the area a [...]
2007-04-20 19:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER
07BAGHDAD1365IRAQI FORCES' CHIEF SAYS U.S. SUPPORT VITAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 15 meeting, Commander General of the Iraqi Joint Headquarters Babakr Baderkhan Zibari told Senator Hagel and Representative Sestak that the Iraqi armed forces are growing in competence, loyalty, and numbers. Babakr said militia influence on the force was minimal and, c [...]
2007-04-22 09:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PREL PINS IR IZ
07BAGHDAD137MINDEF TELLS SEN BROWNBACK TERRORISM MORE
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with Senator Sam Brownback, (R/KS),Minister of Defense Abdul al-Qader Mohammed Jasim reported that the Iraqi Armed Forces are progressing but require continued U.S. military support, including additional troops for the next phase of the Baghdad Se [...]
2007-01-14 11:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1377HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY; DIRECTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy (strictly protect) on March 27 complained that he receives little support within his ministry in addressing serious human rights problems in MOI detention facilities. He also reported an assassination attem [...]
2007-04-23 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1378DETAINEES REPORT TORTURE BY NATIONAL POLICE AND
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 5, six Iraqi detainees held at two Iraqi detention facilities located adjacent to Forward Operating Base (FOB) Justice in Khadimiya provided personal accounts of torture and beatings by National Police (NP) and Iraqi Army (IA) forces to PolOff during an unannounced huma [...]
2007-04-23 09:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM MOPS MARR PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1391ACTION REQUEST: TURKISH SPRING DEPLOYMENT INSIDE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On April 18, the Turkish Liaison Team Chief passed a letter to Multi-National Corps -Iraq Commanding General informing him of Turkish plans to deploy military forces to five locations inside Iraq within the next [...]
2007-04-23 13:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINR PREL TU PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1401MALIKI BLOCKS MEETING WITH OCINC ADVISOR (S)
[...] (S) Prime Minister Maliki has apparently barred employees of the Office of the Commander in Chief from meeting with coalition representatives according to a National Security Council official, Major General Naqshbadne. On April 24, polmiloff arrived for a scheduled meeting with the Director o [...]
2007-04-24 18:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1417REMOVING IRAQ'S YELLOW CAKE
[...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 7). 2. (S) SUMMARY: We believe that it is time for the US to remove the 550 tons of yellowcake uranium stored at the Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center. We do not believe that the Iraqi government will be able to sell it to an appropriate buyer in [...]
2007-04-26 07:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY IZ
07BAGHDAD1425BAGHDAD CHRISTIANS SAY INSURGENTS DISPLACING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During separate meetings with PolOff, three Christian contacts since April 16 have verified April 17 Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) on-line news reports that Sunni insurgents have begun a new campaign to displace Christian residents of Baghdad's Doura district. Having a [...]
2007-04-26 12:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPHUM MOPS KIRF PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD1430AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 25 MEETING WITH BULGARIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an April 25 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Valeri Ratchev, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Iraq, discussed Iraq-related issues that might be raised during President Bush's planned trip to Bulgaria in June and the upcoming International Compact Ministerial meeting at Sharm [...]
2007-04-26 16:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MARR ECON PTER PREL PGOV IZ BU AF
07BAGHDAD1483MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TORTURE,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 22, Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) employee Amar Sabrih (strictly protect) told PolOff Iraqi police tortured him and nine other detainees at a Baghdad police station near the Khadra area of Baghdad (Mahalla 639) during March 21 to 25. According to Sabrih, they conce [...]
2007-05-02 07:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1498UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS BASRAH TO TRANSFER BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, UK Secretary of State for Defense Des Browne told the Ambassador that August is a key month for UK forces in Basrah. If all goes as HMG plans, Multi National Division-Southeast will transition Basrah to provincial Iraqi control (PIC) and hand the Basrah Palace keys ov [...]
2007-05-04 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PNAT PINS MARR MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1500PM CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES SECTARIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah commented on steps to improve the government's sectarian inclusiveness and the Iraqi perspective on Iranian attempts to exert influence in an April 29 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission. DCM reviewed Section 607 authority as [...]
2007-05-04 14:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1539IRAQ-IRAN - THE SHATT AL ARAB BORDER DISPUTE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iran's detention of 15 British naval personnel in March highlighted long-standing tensions along the Iraq-Iran maritime boundary and the importance of helping Iraq develop the diplomatic and military tools necessary to defend its frontiers against intrusion and infiltration. The d [...]
2007-05-09 10:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IR IZ
07BAGHDAD1572MG FASTABEND'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH IRAQI VP HASHEMI
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Iraq's Sunni VP Tariq Hashemi, MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Operations MG Fastabend underscored MNF-I support for Anbar province volunteers to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Coalition efforts to look into problems with recruits' pay; explai [...]
2007-05-13 18:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD1577TURKISH MILITARY ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRAQ BORDER:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A well-placed Kurdish security official told IPAO that the level of recent shelling along the Iraqi-Turkish border was not unusual. He confirmed the location of seven Turkish military positions and two Turkish logistical offices inside Dohuk Province. END SUMMARY. ---------- [...]
2007-05-14 07:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PTER MOPS IZ TU
07BAGHDAD1584MINDEF AGREES TO DETENTION REFORM AS POPULATION
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At the urging of MNSTC-I Commanding General Lieutenant General Dempsey, Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir agreed on May 6 to address the abuse and substandard detention conditions discovered recently by an MOD-led inspection team visit to the Baghdad military intelligen [...]
2007-05-14 16:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1593MALIKI RESHAPES THE NATIONAL SECURITY SYSTEM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's efforts to reshape the Iraqi national security architecture seem to be producing increasing centralization of power in the hands of an inner circle of Shia Islamists at the expense of the formal chain of command. Defense Minister Abd al-Qadir, a S [...]
2007-05-15 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1606DHI QAR: FIGHTING BETWEEN JAM AND IRAQI SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (C/REL MNC-I) Summary: This is a situation report on fighting in Dhi Qar Province between the Jaish Al-Mahdi (JAM) Militia, the Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA)(hereinafter referred to collectively as the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF)) and elements of [...]
2007-05-16 16:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1607CHALDEAN PATRIARCH AGREES TO EXTEND COMBAT OUTPOST
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a May 14 meeting with MNF-I and Embassy representatives, Chaldean Patriarch Emmanuel III Delly and Vice Patriarch Bishop Shlemoon Wardoni requested that Coalition Forces (CF) continue to maintain Combat Outpost (COP) Amanche at the Chaldean Church's Babel College of Philos [...]
2007-05-17 02:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IZ VT
07BAGHDAD1625REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for trainin [...]
2007-05-20 05:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1630REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-05-20 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD1660ROCKETS SLIGHTLY DAMAGE IRAQI PARLIAMENT BUILDING,
[...] (C) At approximately three this afternoon two rockets (believed to be 107 mm) struck the Iraqi Parliament Building located in the International Zone (IZ). The Council of Representatives was not in session and there were no injuries and only minor damage to the structure reported. Ground rada [...]
2007-05-21 13:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PINS
07BAGHDAD1666MALIKI SAYS NEIGHBORS AND JAM ARE SERIOUS THREATS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told General Petraeus and the Ambassador May 17 that he was frustrated with his neighbors' continued treachery against him and Iraq. Maliki also expressed distress over Jaysh al-Mahdi and said he intended to act more aggressively against t [...]
2007-05-22 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MCAP PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1699ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We request the release of U.S. sensors and weapons (described in para 3-5) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) for incorporation onboard Iraqi Air Force (IAF) aircraft to advance the GOI's counter-terrorism capability and sec [...]
2007-05-23 08:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1731ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the release of AN/PVS-7 (Gen 3, 1250 FOM) Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) and AN/PEQ-2 Target Pointer Illuminating Aiming Lights (TIAPL) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Mini [...]
2007-05-24 15:41:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1741ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPON RELEASE TO IRAQ
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the full release of U.S Generation III AN/PVS-7 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq for use by the Iraqi Army to enable improved counterterrorism operations and reduction of potentia [...]
2007-05-25 14:02:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MCAP PGOV PTER MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1742STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE LAUNCHED WITH ISCI
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 20, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard that the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (ISCI) looked forward to developing a "special" security partnership with the United States. Abdel Mehdi recommended advancing the relationship by f [...]
2007-05-25 14:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1787TUWAITHA SITE SECURITY
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On Sunday, May 27, 2007, Emboffs met with Dr. Srood R. Najib, the head of the International Organization for Multilateral Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. A substantial portion of the discussion involved the nuclear materials stored at the Tuwaitha si [...]
2007-05-29 13:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY
07BAGHDAD1837STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH ISCI CONTINUES
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a May 27 meeting of the joint Coalition - Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (ISCI) Security Committee, Badr Organization leader (and CoR Security and Defense Committee Chairman) Hadi al-Amri told MNF-I Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Effects MG Winfield Scott that ove [...]
2007-06-03 11:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1839UNHCR AND ICRC ON MEK: YOU TOOK THEM, YOU OWN THEM
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On May 26, a MNF-I/U.S. Embassy delegation consulted with ICRC and UNHCR representatives in Amman on the future of the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) members who were granted 'protected persons' status by the United States in 2004 and currently reside in Diyala province under C [...]
2007-06-03 11:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PNAT PTER MARR MACP MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD185U.S. RESPONSE TO THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY ATTACK
[...] (S/ REL TO RUS) Summary: In response to the January 10 attack on the Russian Embassy in Baghdad and the associated Russian request for assistance, MNF-I had roving patrols and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor the Embassy. End Summary. Russian Embassy Attacked ---------------------- [...]
2007-01-17 15:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETASEC MOPS PREL PTER RS IZ
07BAGHDAD1876JUNE 1 SULIMANIYAH INCIDENT
[...] (C) Post appreciates Ankara's reftel assessment and suggestions regarding the June 1 encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga in Sulimaniyah. We recognize Turkish sensitivity to even what would appear to be a very minor incident. 2. (C) KRG officials and Kurdish media indicat [...]
2007-06-06 08:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS TU IZ
07BAGHDAD1882BADR HEAD CALLS FOR EMPOWERING LOCALS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: At a 3 June meeting of the joint Coalition - Iraqi Security Committee, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq deputy and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amri outlined to Embassy and MNF-I officials several issues that he feels are critical for establishing security, including: [...]
2007-06-06 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1887READ OUT FROM JUNE 3 MCNS
[...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 3 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that, similar to previous years, in advance of the June UNSCR review, he would prepare a letter for the United S [...]
2007-06-07 09:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD1915NATIONAL POLICE DETAINED FOR SUNNI MOSQUE BOMBING
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY. On June 9, Iraqi Security Forces detained two National Police commanders for possible involvement in the June 8 bombing that damaged the Sunni Al Fattah Pasha mosque in Baghdad,s Al Bayya neighborhood. The bombing follows two recent high profile cases of sectarian atta [...]
2007-06-10 15:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PHUM PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1948PRIME MINISTER MALIKI TO FOCUS ON OIL LAWS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 10, Prime Minister Maliki assured the Ambassador of his commitment to getting the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft laws in front of the Council of Representatives as a package within days. He also pledged to bring de-Baathification and prov [...]
2007-06-13 08:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS MCAP PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD1950READ OUT FROM JUNE 10 MCNS
[...] (C/MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Minister of Defense Abdul Qadir summarized his proposal to address the shortage of officers in the Iraqi armed forces. Minister of Interior Jawad Bu [...]
2007-06-13 12:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PNAT PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD1960MEETINGS WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING THE TUWAITHA
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the period between May 30, and June 5, Emboffs met with a number of representatives from the Government of Iraq (GOI) regarding removal of the natural uranium (yellow cake) and four high-level radioactive sources stored at the Tuwaitha site. In each meeting, Embo [...]
2007-06-14 09:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKNNP MOPS PARM PGOV PINS PTER TRGY IZ
07BAGHDAD1981FOURTH ISCI SECURITY MEETING FOCUSES ON POPULAR
[...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY: During the fourth Coalition-Iraqi Security Committee meeting on 11 June, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard that leveraging the potential of local communities through Popular Committees could fill the intelligence and security v [...]
2007-06-17 06:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MOPS MCAP MARR PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD2025PM SPEAKS TO AMBASSADOR AND COMMANDING GENERAL IN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During Prime Minister Maliki's June 14 meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, he said that the latest Golden Dome bombing showed Al Qaeda continues to attack holy sites to foment sectarian discord, making it critical to ensure that key shrines will be adequately pro [...]
2007-06-19 17:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER MOPS PREL PGOV MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD203RUBAIE ON STATE OF EMERGENCY, PORTS OF ENTRY, AND
[...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: During a January 16 meeting, National Security Advisor Rubaie said that he needed ideas for the political and economic parts of the Baghdad Security Plan, noting that the Japanese Ambassador had expressed an interest in helping with vocational training centers. He said [...]
2007-01-18 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD2048REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-06-21 09:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD2055READ OUT FROM JUNE 17 MCNS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 17 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Maliki conveyed his outrage over a public conference held by the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) earlier in the week and stressed that the GOI should tak [...]
2007-06-22 15:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2073MEK - FINDING A HOME AND RESTRICTING THEIR
[...] SUMMARY (C/REL MNF-I) On June 22, Prime Minister Maliki's political advisor, Sadik al-Rikabi, told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the Government of Iraq (GOI) is committed to finding third-country residences for the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MeK) population residing in Camp Ashraf. He said that [...]
2007-06-25 01:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2082ACTION REQUEST: POLICY GUIDANCE FOR MEK
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is a request for policy guidance. Please see para 12. 2. (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: In the past week, the Prime Minister has insisted in separate meetings with the Ambassador and the Political Counselor that all Mujahedin e-Khalq active and former members must leave Ir [...]
2007-06-25 12:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD210JANUARY 14 MCNS: HAIFA STREET, BSP, MAYSAN PIC
[...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: During the January 14 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants discussed the ongoing operation in the area around Baghdad's Haifa Street, noting the need to have situational awareness of the humanitarian situation in the area. PM Mal [...]
2007-01-19 17:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER
07BAGHDAD211IRAQI PM ON BAGHDAD SECURITY, PROPOSED BORDER
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 17 meeting with MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, Iraqi PM Maliki agreed to proposals for traffic controls in Baghdad to prevent suicide and vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attacks. The CG told the PM he is satisfied so far w [...]
2007-01-19 17:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PTER PBTS IZ IR SY
07BAGHDAD2116MALIKI ON OIL, RECONCILIATION, AND HAMID THE MUTE
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On June 24, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador he would do his best to ensure the framework Hydrocarbon and Oil Revenue management draft are submitted to the Council of Representatives as a package in the coming days. Maliki said he was pleased with the [...]
2007-06-27 10:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2145READ OUT FROM JUNE 26 MCNS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 16 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: --Commander in Chief Joint Forces General Babakir al-Zebari gave an operational update on Baquba. Commanding General MNF-I David Petraeus expande [...]
2007-06-29 13:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS PINR PINS PNAT PREL
07BAGHDAD2199 Embedded PRTs: Two Months In
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This report discusses the start-up and activities of the initial 10 ePRTs in Iraq, along with the challenges that they face as small, joint military-civilian operations at the very center of a conflict. On the whole, both the ePRTs and the brigades with which they have been emb [...]
2007-07-03 12:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS AMGT ASEC IZ
07BAGHDAD2220IRAQI POLICE PERFORMANCE IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: According to the May assessments from U.S. police transition teams in eleven Baghdad districts and municipalities, the Iraqi police show signs of progress in leadership and operational capability, especially in neighborhoods where Joint Security Stations have been esta [...]
2007-07-05 01:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2228REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Departments assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-07-05 10:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD2239READ OUT FROM JULY 01 MCNS
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the June 16 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Maliki directed Acting Minister of Justice Dr. Safi al-Safi to convene a July 2 meeting to deal with all unresolved issues regarding the GOI-pla [...]
2007-07-06 02:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MOPS PINR PINS PNAT PREL
07BAGHDAD2282ISCI SECURITY COMMITTEE STRESSES TRIBAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the fifth meeting of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) Security Committee meeting on July 2, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi reemphasized the importance of tribal engagement, popular committees, and detainee issues. Badr Organization Secretary-General Hadi al Amer [...]
2007-07-10 09:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD235DR. AL-KASIR BLAMES IRAQI ARMY FOR HAIFA TERROR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Dr. Quraish Fajir al-Kasir told the Ambassador that the militia-infiltrated Iraqi Army was to blame for the recent eight-day siege of his Sunni-dominated neighborhood. He attributed the ongoing ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad to 'politicians' such as Jalal al-S [...]
2007-01-22 16:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD236PM MALIKI ON AL-DARRAJI, BASRAH, ISF EQUIPPING,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting, PM Maliki agreed that senior JAM leader Abdul-Hadi al-Darraji could be held for two days while investigations into his alleged criminal activities are carried out, but asked that this agreement not be publicized. Maliki also said he would support actions [...]
2007-01-22 16:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PTER PGOV
07BAGHDAD2360IRAQ COMMITMENT TO FUND RULE OF LAW COMPLEX
[...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Jabr signed a Foreign Military Sales Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) in a ceremony at Baghdad's Rule of Law Complex on July 10. The LOA, when funded with Government of Iraq wire transfers in the coming days, will satisfy outstanding funding requi [...]
2007-07-16 07:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD240RFG: INTELLIGENCE AND NATIONAL SECURITY LAW
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 3. 2. (S) National Security Advisor Rubaie provided us with a copy of the draft Intelligence and National Security Law (e-mailed to NEA-I),as approved by the National Intelligence Coordination Committee and relevant agencies. According to [...]
2007-01-22 17:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ PGOV PTER MOPS
07BAGHDAD2400BADR HEAD ACCUSES COALITION OF TARGETING ISCI
[...] (C/REL-MNF-I) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The continued detention of persons affiliated with the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq (ISCI) dominated discussion in joint ISCI-US Security Committee meetings (ref). In an effort to bolster our relationship with ISCI, at the 9 July Committee meeting, Genera [...]
2007-07-18 15:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD2413JULY 19 MALIKI-PETRAEUS MEETING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus told PM Maliki on July 19 that there were signs of progress on the security front, including the recent death or capture of 12 Al Qaeda leaders in South Baghdad and the clearing of Baqubah. Maliki said he wanted to send a strong signal by traveli [...]
2007-07-20 12:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2437JULY 15 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the July 15 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),ministers: -- heard about the poor security situation in Basrah from both the Basrah Operational Commander and the Chief of Police -- discussed the need to move forward quickly with a plan to rem [...]
2007-07-23 07:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD2463BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 13, in the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowafaq Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). Key issues discussed included the preparation of new Government of Iraq (GOI [...]
2007-07-25 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD2464THE NEW JOINT CAMPAIGN PLAN FOR IRAQ
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus have agreed upon a new Joint Campaign Plan (JCP) for Operation Iraq Freedom. It says that the Coalition, in partnership with the Government of Iraq, will employ an integrated set of actions to help Iraq achieve sustainable [...]
2007-07-25 16:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS PINS PINR ECON PREL ASEC KDEM PTER
07BAGHDAD2465VP HASHIMI DOWN BUT NOT YET OUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discounted the need for a senior leadership meeting to iron out political differences on benchmark legislation, saying the political leaders can resolve all issues within 5-6 days using their advisors. He tasked the Secretary General of [...]
2007-07-25 17:44:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KDEM MOPS PGOV PHUM
07BAGHDAD2467BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: On July 20, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC). The meeting featured a wide ranging discussion of Government of Iraq (GOI) media activities with a common consensus that a major increase in [...]
2007-07-25 18:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD2476NINEWA GOVERNOR TELLS AMBASSADOR HE EXPECTS
[...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, the Ninewa Governor agreed that the security situation in Ninewa province is good and that security could be transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control soon, provided the Iraqi Police's key equipment needs are met. The Governor said he did not belie [...]
2007-07-26 10:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINR PREL KJUS MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2503DEPUTY PM ZOWBAIE'S HUMAN RIGHTS STAFF AND TAWAFUQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23, Sunni Deputy Prime Minister (PM) Salaam Zowbaie's human rights officers Shakur Farhan and Ahmed Faze outlined two distinct sets of Sunni concerns with Iraqi and Coalition detention centers, noting they both hold majority Sunni detainee populations. Farhan and Faze com [...]
2007-07-29 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2530CHARGE'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH NSA RUBAIE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a July 29 introductory call, National Security Advisor Rubaie told Charge Butenis that he expected MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus would have an easier time in September identifying progress on the security-related benchmarks than Ambassador Crocker would have with regard to [...]
2007-07-30 17:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ JO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SA SY TU
07BAGHDAD2583BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN EXECUTIVE STEERING
[...] (C) Summary: In the absence of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barhim Salih chaired the 27 July 2007 Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon - FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The meeting featured a wide ranging discussion of secu [...]
2007-08-03 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON IZ MOPS PGOV
07BAGHDAD2608AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 2 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, USAID Mission Director Bambi Arellano, and Rule of Law (RoL) Coordinator Jim Santelle, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim discussed the following subjects: -- problems within the Iraqi detention system (including alleged disappea [...]
2007-08-06 11:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL
07BAGHDAD2658IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) held a shortened session August 3 with a number of key members absent. The Prime Minister asked for follow-up on a number of issues, including the renovation of ministry buildings in Baghdad, coordination of the Baghdad Provincial [...]
2007-08-09 15:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD269IRAQ: NSA RUBAIE LAYS OUT NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) Summary: DCM assisted Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafak Al-Rubaie in laying out the organizational structure necessary to implement the Joint Transition Strategy. Rubaie reported that PM Maliki had not allowed two Sadrist ministers, Minister of Health and Minister of T [...]
2007-01-26 03:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD2697PLANNING FOR KADHIMIYA PILGRIMAGE SHOWS INCREASED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of sectarian violence at the August 9 annual pilgrimage to the tomb of the 7th Imam Musa Kadhim in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad provided evidence of increased coordination capacity of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),compared to last year, in which some 20 pil [...]
2007-08-14 02:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR PGOV IZ
07BAGHDAD2759REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-08-19 13:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD2761VP HASHIMI AND POLCOUNS DISCUSS LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 16 meeting with PolCouns, Sunni Vice President (VP) Tariq al-Hashimi said that he was ready to participate in the upcoming three-plus-one-plus-one leadership conference, regardless of whether a four-party bloc consisting of the PUK, KDP, Dawa, and ISCI forms in the [...]
2007-08-19 16:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2833NINEWA: IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE NEEDS BEING MET IN
[...] (C) Given the recovery efforts on the ground in Qahtaniya and Al-Jazeera after the massive August 14 attacks (reftels),local Iraqi officials are still trying to set a final, accurate number of casualties. The latest numbers provided by Coalition Forces are 345 killed, 725 wounded (about 320 [...]
2007-08-23 16:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREL PTER KDEM MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2849MALIKI URGED TO LEAD PARTIES TOWARD POLITICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: General Petraeus and Ambassador Crocker strongly urged Prime Minister Maliki to take advantage of an improving security situation and lead Iraq towards political reconciliation, emphasizing that Iraqi political factions were extremely close to agreement on two key sticking points: [...]
2007-08-25 18:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD2854VP HASHIMI'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISOR AND TASK FORCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Sheikh Omar Jabouri, Vice President (VP) Tariq al-Hashimi's human rights advisor, proposed August 14 that tribal sheikhs should act as guarantors for the release of Coalition detainees. In his conversation with Task Force 134 (TF-134) Commanding General Major General (MG) Douglas [...]
2007-08-26 07:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM MOPS PREL PGOV PINR IZ
07BAGHDAD2911IRAQI EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST
[...] (C) Summary. On August 24, Prime Minister Nouri Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The previous two weekly I-ESC meetings had been canceled due to religious celebration and absentee officials, [...]
2007-08-30 07:57:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD2930MALIKI PREDICTS IMPROVED SECURITY CONDITIONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: An optimistic Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki predicted improved security conditions in Iraq due to Moqtada al-Sadr,s pledge to stand down his Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia and to very positive signals from his trips to Iran and Syria where he claimed to secure agreements to stop in [...]
2007-09-01 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD295AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETING WITH NATIONAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a January 24 meeting, National Security Advisor Rubaie and the Ambassador discussed the Prime Minister's decision not to have Vice President al-Hashimi head the committee to mobilize support for the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),as well as plans for the first meeting of the [...]
2007-01-29 11:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD2977IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions of the August 31 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) centered upon the Government of Iraq's (GoI) capability to address potential winter fuel shortages. The Prime Minister decided to assign a greater role to the Baghdad Provincial Council in the supervision of [...]
2007-09-05 13:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3063SEPTEMBER 9 MCNS MEETING -- MALIKI URGES COALITION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki strongly urged Coalition Forces (CF) and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to use restraint and proportional force when searching for rank-and-file militia members and insurgents. He deplored the death of innocent civilians killed during a recent CF operation and [...]
2007-09-12 02:06:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3115REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informati [...]
2007-09-16 09:35:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3134SEPTEMBER 16 MCNS -- REINSTITUTING CENTRALIZED
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The September 16 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) was dominated by discussions about partially reinstituting centralized governmental control over provincial security organizations and increasing governmental control over disparate security units like Facility Prot [...]
2007-09-17 18:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3180MALIKI CAUTIOUS ABOUT BASRAH AND MOSUL SECURITY;
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge d,Affaires Patricia Butenis that he was cautious about the security conditions in Basrah and Mosul, but contended that Basrah could come under Iraqi Provincial Control (PIC) by December. He was [...]
2007-09-22 07:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3197IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 14
[...] (C) Summary. On 14 September, National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). In response to the critical 6-month review of the I-ESC committees by the NSA I-ESC Secretar [...]
2007-09-23 15:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3199ADVANCED MISSILES USED AGAINST U.S. AIRCRAFT
[...] (S) According to DIA and the U.S. Army Aircraft Shoot Down Assessment Team, insurgents recently targeted U.S. military helicopters in Iraq with advanced missiles that have some capability to defeat current U.S. countermeasures. The missiles are likely of Iranian origin. While military intelli [...]
2007-09-24 01:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3259CG MEETING WITH SADRIST COR MEMBER
[...] (S) Summary: Sadrist Deputy Baha Al-Araji told CG Petraeus 9/23 that Sadrist leaders in Najaf have begun to advocate dialogue with coalition forces, though Muqtada himself has not made a decision. Al-Araji said JAM is collecting lists of "bad" JAM commanders, which they may eventually turn [...]
2007-09-29 08:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3262AQI BEGINS ANTICIPATED RAMADAN ATTACK SURGE
[...] (S) Summary: After a relatively quiet first ten days of Ramadan, Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) began its anticipated surge of high-profile attacks on September 23 with a four-fold increase in the rate of attacks. Analysis suggests that AQI is primarily targeting two groups: the ISF and Sunni tribal m [...]
2007-09-29 16:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3264SEPTEMBER 25 MCNS FOCUSES ON BASRAH SECURITY,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih led focused discussions at the September 25 Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on Basrah security issues, the cholera outbreak, national reconciliation, and a proposed intelligence exchange on al-Qaeda operations with Algeria and Mo [...]
2007-09-30 02:31:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3314SEPTEMBER 30 MCNS CONSIDERS BASRAH COMMANDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The September 30 Ministerial Council on National Security was dominated by discussion on the future of the Basrah military commander, General Mohan, who was appointed to a three-month term. Many Iraqi government ministers, the U.S. and UK Ambassadors, and MNF-I Commanding General [...]
2007-10-05 13:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3320REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-10-06 09:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3342IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 28
[...] (C) Summary. On 28 September, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). Discussions included Maliki,s positive recent trip to the UN; GoI efforts to fight the ongoing cholera [...]
2007-10-08 08:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3353REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-10-08 13:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3354REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-10-08 13:31:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3372MALIKI OPTIMISTIC ON SECURITY; DISCUSSES IRAQI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described himself as optimistic on security because of a decrease in sectarianism and increase in confidence by Iraqis in their own security forces. Thi [...]
2007-10-08 19:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD3383UK RELENTS ON BASRAH GOVERNOR; OUTLINES FUTURE
[...] (S) UK Ambassador Prentice told Ambassador Crocker October 8 that the UK would stop boycotting Basrah Governor Wa,eli following the decision of the local administrative court that Wa,eli could not be removed from office by the Provincial Council. Prentice had informed PM Maliki, who was reporte [...]
2007-10-09 18:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEINV MOPS PGOV PINR PTER UK IZ
07BAGHDAD3417OCTOBER 7 MCNS: MALIKI CALLS FOR RESTRAINED USE OF
[...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for U.S. forces to exercise restraint when engaged in military operations; General Petraeus vigorously defended the actions of U.S. forces and said that GoI is being unduly influenced by militia and terrorist [...]
2007-10-13 06:56:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3465MALIKI WORRIED ABOUT KIRKUK AND MOSUL SECURITY;
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki expressed continued concern over the security situation in northern Iraq particularly Kirkuk and Mosul, where he cited increasing ethnic tensions between Arabs and Kurds. Maliki agreed with the Ambassador about successes in turning around many Baghdad neighb [...]
2007-10-18 09:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3478GOI SEEKS TO FORESTALL TURKISH INCURSION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At a hastily called meeting October 16, the Crisis Management Cell outlined steps to deal with the Turkish threat to attack PKK bases in Iraq. Noting that he would be speaking with PM Erdogan soon, PM Maliki emphasized the need to calm the GOT and to make sure the Kurdistan Regi [...]
2007-10-20 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3481IRAQ-IRAN RESUMING BORDER NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (S) At the Deputy Ministerial Council for National Security (DMCNS) on October 8, Deputy FonMin Abbawi reported that Iraq would resume border negotiations with Iran in November. Abbawi said he hoped the outcome would be a clearly-defined demarcation of the border based on previously negotiated [...]
2007-10-21 03:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PTER IR IZ
07BAGHDAD35MALIKI'S GROWING WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON JAM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: PM Maliki is increasingly willing to allow targeted military action against elements of Moqtada al-Sadr's Jaish al-Mahdi militia and other Sadr organizations involved in illegal activities, even in his Sadr City stronghold. Evidence for this shift can be seen in the increased num [...]
2007-01-05 21:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD3521OCTOBER 21 MCNS: AMBASSADOR CALLS FOR GOI ACTION
[...] (S) PM Maliki opened the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) with a call for Coalition Forces to exercise restraint in military operations to avoid civilian casualties, noting that the Council of Representatives (COR) was questioning the sovereignty and purpose of the government. [...]
2007-10-23 21:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3524KRG MESSAGE ON ALLEGED TURKISH BORDER OPERATION
[...] (S) The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) communicated to us October 14 information regarding alleged Turkish and PKK intentions as noted in reftel. The text of that communication is contained in para 2. In response to the KRG message, Ambassador Crocker and MNF-I Commander General Petraeu [...]
2007-10-24 08:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3539REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-10-25 10:23:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3553IRAQI ARMY - WITH COALITION HELP - CONDUCTS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna message. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Army - with Coalition help - on October 21 treated over 1,000 men, women, and children in its first-ever medical civic action program in the southern Iraqi province of Muthanna. The local brigade commander has publicly taken [...]
2007-10-26 12:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP MOPS PINS SOCI AS IZ
07BAGHDAD3563MALIKI ON DIPLOMACY WITH TURKEY, STRATEGIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the Ambassador and General Petraeus that the door remains open to dialogue with Turkey concerning the recent attacks by the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) on Turkish Army units. He said it was important to include members of the Kurdish Regional Government ( [...]
2007-10-27 09:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD3573IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26
[...] (C) Summary. On 26 October, in the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Dr. Muwfak Rubai chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured a reading of the propo [...]
2007-10-28 13:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3574IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. On 19 October, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured the surprise announcement that Ahmed Chalabi would be the new head of the Services C [...]
2007-10-28 13:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3578NINEWA: TURKISH-IRAQI BORDER CRISIS HAS LITTLE
[...] (C) Our political interlocutors in Ninewa told PRT that the current crisis along the Turkish-Iraqi border has had little impact so far on this northern province. Leaders of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) told the P [...]
2007-10-29 02:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM ECON IZ
07BAGHDAD3585RECRUITMENT OF IRAQI TEACHERS IN JORDAN FOR MNF-I
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Deputy Multi-national Force Iraq (MNF-I) Commanding General for Detainee Operations MG Douglas Stone told the Ambassador on October 11 that he plans to travel to Jordan in the near future to recruit Iraqi teachers for positions in [...]
2007-10-29 07:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PINS PREF PREL SMIG IZ JO
07BAGHDAD3597MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 02:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD36AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 5 MEETING WITH IRAQI PM
[...] (S) Summary: In a January 5 meeting, Iraqi PM Maliki advisor (and Council of Representatives (CoR) member) Sami al-Askari, who is point on the team writing the speech, previewed PM Maliki's speech about the new Baghdad security plan, in which the PM would say he would need more coalition for [...]
2007-01-05 21:14:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD360UK DEFENSE SECRETARY SAYS HMG WILL DRAWDOWN, AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 29, UK Secretary of State for Defense, Des Browne told the Ambassador that HMG remains committed to the mission in Iraq, but would need to drawdown its force strength in the coming months. He promised that London would coordinate this downsizing with us. The Ambassador [...]
2007-02-03 13:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PNAT PINR PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3601MALIKI CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE STEPS TO DEFUSE TURKISH
[...] (S) At the October 28 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),Prime Minister Maliki called for immediate and practical steps to defuse the border crisis with Turkey, asking his ministers to focus on steps leading to the return of Turkish military hostages captured by the Kurdish Worker [...]
2007-10-30 08:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF TU IZ
07BAGHDAD3679ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of ANV-20/20 NVD Infinity Focus System (NSN: 6625-01-431-8615) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command [...]
2007-11-06 11:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3680ACTION REQUEST: U.S. WEAPONS RELEASE TO IRAQ -
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Country Team requests the immediate release of AN/AVS-9 Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) to the Government of Iraq. The system will be used by the Iraqi Air Force, the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Command and Coalition Forces t [...]
2007-11-06 11:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3719IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LETTER TO NATO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU). The Office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor requests the assistance of Embassy Baghdad and USNATO in forwarding the letter in paragraph 3 to the NATO Secretary General. Embassy Baghdad POLMIL has already provided a facsi [...]
2007-11-12 15:19:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT
07BAGHDAD3721MALIKI ON CONCERNED LOCAL CITIZENS, STRATEGIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a weekly security meeting, Prime Minister Maliki emphasized the primacy of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and local police in maintaining law-and-order. He expressed concern about the sectarian composition of many Concerned Local Citizens (CLC) groups and urged future CLC expa [...]
2007-11-13 02:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD3734IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV 9
[...] (C) Summary: The return of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) to Baghdad was the primary topic of conversation at the 9 November Iraq Executive Steering Committee (IESC) meeting. The Minister of Displacement and Migration spoke about the lack of capacity within his ministry to handle the r [...]
2007-11-13 11:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3771EXPANDING TAILORED NATO-IRAQ COOPERATION
[...] (S) Summary: USNATO forwarded an Italian non-paper (ref A) for Embassy Baghdad and Department consideration about the future role of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) in a post-UNSCR environment. NTM-I fills a critical niche in the training and mentoring of mid-level leadership of the I [...]
2007-11-16 03:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3772MALIKI PLANS GENERAL AMNESTY; BASRA PIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: At the November 11 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) meeting, PM Maliki stated his intention to proclaim a general amnesty; Ambassador Crocker responded that this was a bold move that the U.S. supported and could work with the GoI on the details. Maliki also pushed [...]
2007-11-16 04:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
07BAGHDAD3776NSA RUBAIE RESISTS BASRA'S GOVERNOR SIGNING PIC MOU
[...] (S REL UK AS) MNF-I Deputy CG LTG Rollo (UK) and Political-Military Minister-Counselor (PMMC) Ambassador Marcie Ries met November 14 with National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie to discuss the modalities of Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) for Basra. Rubaie,s opening position was that th [...]
2007-11-16 20:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ UK AS
07BAGHDAD3802THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED
[...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...]
2007-11-20 02:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD3805THE PKK, TURKEY, AND IRAQ: HOW IRAQ HAS RESPONDED
[...] (S) Summary: Iraqi and Kurdish officials have responded with concrete steps to the pressure we and the Turks have applied following PKK/KGK attacks in Turkey resulting in large numbers of Turkish casualties, plus the terrorists' seizure of Turkish soldiers. The KRG has thus far reacted with [...]
2007-11-20 13:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD3809IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV 16
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki proposed creation of a committee to handle issues related to internally displaced persons at the November 16 Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC),though he did not specify the committee's structure or purpose. He also noted that the improved [...]
2007-11-20 17:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD38272008 FUNDS FOR IRAQ - THE GROUND TRUTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than a year underway, the surge has produced major security, diplomatic and economic results; however, those gains will be in jeopardy should the current House and Senate versions of the fiscal year 2008 State, Foreign Operations and related appropriations bills pass in curr [...]
2007-11-23 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PINS ECON PREL ASEC KDEM IZ EAID
07BAGHDAD3828KIRKUK/ARTICLE 140: SENIOR SUNNI POLITICIAN'S
[...] (S) During a November 20 introductory meeting, senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) official and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Ayad al-Samaraie provided Senior Adviser Pearce his views on Kirkuk and Article 140 implementation. Samaraie, expressing his personal thoughts, believed it bes [...]
2007-11-23 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ TU IR
07BAGHDAD3834PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS SPD, UNSCR, PKK, CLC,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging, hour-long meeting November 22, Ambassador Crocker and PM Nouri al-Maliki discussed progress on the Security Partnership Declaration (SPD),foreseeing its signing on Monday, November 26; moving quickly on a United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) for 2 [...]
2007-11-24 10:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3838REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-11-25 12:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3839REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-11-25 12:13:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3869MOD GENERAL ABBADI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BASRAH ISF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-28 08:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3874MCNS NOVEMBER 25, 2007 ADDRESSES SPD, CLCS, AQI,
[...] (C) Summary: The November 25 meeting of the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) reviewed the situation of Concerned Local Citizen (CLC) groups' evolution and future, success to date against Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI),protection of Iraqi refugees returning to Baghdad, dealing with Fo [...]
2007-11-28 15:07:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3886PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS CENTERS CHANGING THE PREMISE
[...] (C) On October 29, Karbala became the eighth province to transfer from Coalition to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) in a two-hour ceremony that was intended to symbolize Iraq's growing stability and progress. The transfer ceremony was slightly different this time, however; when MND-C Commander [...]
2007-11-29 14:23:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD3908IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, NOV. 23, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 23 November, Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) of the Government of Iraq (GoI). The Meeting featured an extensive discussion of fraud and poor quality within the Public Distribution [...]
2007-12-02 02:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD3911CG AND CDA DISCUSS FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND SYRIA,
[...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging hour-long meeting Thursday, November 29, MNF-I Commanding General David Petraeus and Charge Patricia Butenis reviewed efforts with Prime Minister Maliki to stem the flow of Foreign Terrorists (FTs) from Syria and elsewhere, possible limited Turkish military acti [...]
2007-12-02 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3957MCNS MEETING FOR DECEMBER 2 DISCUSSES ROLE OF
[...] (C/REL UK AS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired December 2 a two-hour session of the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) devoted entirely to a review of the CLCs and their evolution within Iraq. After briefings by Baghdad Operations Commander (BOC) LTG Aboud, Iraqi G [...]
2007-12-05 18:39:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3958MOVING FORWARD ON MEK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As reported in Ref B, the MEK presence in Iraq and MNF-I protection duties have become a major irritant in our relationship with the GOI. For most Iraqis, the group remains associated with some of the worst human rights abuses of the former regime. The GOI has repeatedly pressed [...]
2007-12-05 18:40:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREF PREL PTER IR IZ
07BAGHDAD3964REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-12-06 11:16:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3965REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2007-12-06 11:17:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD3985S/I SATTERFIELD, CG, AND CDA DISCUSS UNSCR,
[...] (S) Summary: S/I Satterfield took the opportunity of the regular weekly meeting between PM Maliki and Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General Petraeus (CG) and Embassy COM (CDA Butenis) to press PM Maliki to sign his (Maliki's) letter to the UN Security Council (UNSC) requesting a UNSCR [...]
2007-12-09 06:58:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD3990PM MALIKI EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE TO SECDEF GATES
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 5 meeting, PM Maliki repeatedly noted to Defense Secretary Gates the positive impact of progress in the security situation. Improved security was facilitating positive developments in Iraq's internal political situation as well as Iraq's relationships with the Unit [...]
2007-12-09 10:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS MARR MOPS ECON EFIN IZ
07BAGHDAD4025MCNS DECEMBER 9: AQI, RUSAFA FACILITY, JUDICIARY,
[...] (S/REL MNF) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki led the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) in discussion of funding of the Rusafa Rule of Law facility, relocation of prisoners closer to family, and final details of the Basrah Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) handover ceremony. MNF-I b [...]
2007-12-11 18:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPTER PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD4048JAM FREEZE CONTINUES UNTIL GOD AND SADR SAY
[...] (S) Summary: Roughly three months after Muqtada al-Sadr ordered a six-month "freeze" of military activity by his Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia, the mercurial cleric issued a lengthy internet statement December 2 in which he ordered continuation of the freeze "until Almighty God wills otherwise; [...]
2007-12-13 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD4078MALIKI ON USG-IRAQI BILATERAL AGREEMENTS, BASRAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki told the USCENTCOM Commander, Admiral Fallon, that he was pleased with the recently signed Declaration of Principles and blamed negotiating delays on deliberations required by the Council of Representatives (CoR). Concerning the transition of Basrah to Provin [...]
2007-12-16 12:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
07BAGHDAD4094IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE, 14 DECEMBER 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In the absence of Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki, National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on December 14. Rubaie announced that the Government of Iraq (GoI) will launch their ne [...]
2007-12-17 07:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD4109IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 02:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4110IRAQI REACTION TO DECEMBER 16 TURKISH AIRSTRIKES
[...] (S) SUMMARY: While both PM Maliki and FM Zebari were measured in their remarks in reaction to the December 16 Turkish airstrikes against PKK targets in the northern Qandil mountains, they underscored that loss of civilian lives was "unacceptable." Implying U.S. involvement in the airstrikes, [...]
2007-12-18 08:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4118MCNS ON DECEMBER 16 DISCUSSED TURKISH ATTACKS,
[...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met December 16 to be briefed on Multi-National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) contributions and support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and to clarify funding procedures for the Rusafa Rule of [...]
2007-12-18 15:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMASS PTER PREL MOPS MARR PGOV IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4136KUWAITI NAVY IN DISPUTE WITH COALITION-CONTRACTED
[...] (C) Summary. The Kuwaiti Navy forced two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) for salvage operations to hastily depart from their anchored position in disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah waterway on December 18. This occurred despite multiple-channel appeals to th [...]
2007-12-19 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEWWT IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS
07BAGHDAD4141STAFFDEL GARVEY MEETS WITH DEFMIN ABDUL QADR
[...] Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Member Patrick Garvey met with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadr Muhammed Jasim December 7 to discuss the current state of Iraqi defense forces and development efforts in the MOD. While noting the significant progress that the Iraqi milita [...]
2007-12-20 08:39:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV NATO IZ
07BAGHDAD4158HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2007-12-23 07:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD4162TURKEY/PKK: STOPPING THE CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish military airstrikes against PKK targets in the Qandil Mountains December 16 and the subsequent December 17/18 crossing of Turkish infantry in pursuit of KGK elements were successful in demonstrating that PKK terrorism will not be tolerated either by the Turks or the U.S. [...]
2007-12-23 13:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ TU
07BAGHDAD4163AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER CONFIRMS TROOP DRAWDOWN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd confirmed the drawdown of the Australian battle group and training elements at Tallil by August 2008. He noted that Australia was not leaving the coalition; some units would stay citing the P-3 Orion surveillance aircraft, the frigate in the Arabian G [...]
2007-12-23 14:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ
07BAGHDAD4174HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2007-12-24 12:23:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD4175HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]
2007-12-24 12:24:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
07BAGHDAD4176BABIL PIC TO TAKE PLACE IN 2008
[...] (C/REL UK AS) In response to security concerns raised by Multi-National Division-Center (MND-C) commander MG Lynch, the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) has recommended a postponement in establishing Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) of Babil Province from December 2007 [...]
2007-12-25 05:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PGOV PINS IZ
07BAGHDAD42MOI BOLANI SLOW TO DEVELOP REFORM PLAN
[...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY. PM Maliki is frustrated by the lack of progress by Minister of Interior (MOI) Jawad al-Bolani and National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie to develop a plan for comprehensive MOI reform as was ordered by Maliki at the October 22 meeting of the Ministerial Committee [...]
2007-01-07 05:21:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD429PM MALIKI FRUSTRATED WITH THE SLOW PACE OF THE BSP
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On February 5, Prime Minister Maliki told the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Casey that he was frustrated with the slow pace of the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP). Maliki said that our actions have not yet lived up to our statements on the BSP, and noted that Iraq [...]
2007-02-08 14:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PNAT PINR PREL MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD501IRAQ PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MASHHADANI'S MELTDOWN
[...] (S//REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: A February 10th working dinner, intended to facilitate intra-Sunni dialogue, devolved into a shouting match between Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mohammed al-Ubadyi and Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, with the Speaker storming ou [...]
2007-02-13 15:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD583MISSION PROPOSES SECOND HALF OF MARCH FOR ACSA
[...] (C) We agree with Department,s reftel way forward on negotiating an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the Government of Iraq. However, we request the USCENTCOM-led training and education session in Baghdad begin no earlier than the third week of March. CENTCOM and MNF-I su [...]
2007-02-19 12:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD660IRAQ:BSP PROGRESSING, HYDROCARBON LAW COMPROMISES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, and Minister of Oil Husayn Shahristani, all agreed that necessary compromises to the draft Hydrocarbon Law are almost complete and that it will be pres [...]
2007-02-22 15:23:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD688MINISTER OF INTERIOR TELLS CODEL MEEHAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, CODEL Meehan stressed that a speedy and permanent reduction in Baghdad violence is central to rebuilding U.S. domestic support for efforts in Iraq. Minister Bolani agreed, adding that he is confident that the re [...]
2007-02-25 11:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD741CODEL DICKS PRESSES IRAQI LEADERS ON SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 23 Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mohammad al-Ubaydi met CODEL Dicks, which expressed the importance of quickly improving Iraq's security situation. Minister Abdul Qader agreed, asserting that the revised Baghdad Security Plan has already succeeded in significantly re [...]
2007-02-28 15:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS DA IZ
07BAGHDAD75JANUARY 7 MCNS: IRANIAN DIPLOMATS, BSP, AND PIC
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 7, the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) discussed the recent detention and subsequent release of Iranian "diplomats" involved in anti-Coalition and anti-GOI activity, agreeing that steps needed to be taken to discourage Tehran from engaging in further [...]
2007-01-08 18:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD753DCM METS WITH PM CHIEF OF STAFF ON NEIGHBORS
[...] (S) On February 27, Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard met with Tariq Abdullah, Chief of Staff to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to discuss ideas for the upcoming Neighbor's Conference that Iraq will host in March. Abdullah said Maliki's government was pleased by the Council of Mi [...]
2007-03-01 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL KNNP PARM PHUM PINS PNAT MOPS DA IZ
07BAGHDAD792CG AND DCM MEET IRAQI PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S) Summary. The Commanding General and Deputy Chief of Mission met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki March 3 to discuss progress on the Baghdad Security Plan, reconciliation efforts, and sovereignty issues. The CG and PM agreed that there was optimism on the streets of Baghdad, though [...]
2007-03-05 13:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS IZ
07BAGHDAD84PM COS ABDULLAH ACCUSES U.S. OF MURDER AND
[...] (S) We have received a very strongly worded letter (e-mailed to NEA-I) from Tariq Abdullah, Chief of Staff to the PM, accusing U.S. forces of launching a raid and killing a target in Najaf without first gaining the consent of local or federal officials as required by the terms of our agreemen [...]
2007-01-09 18:22:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAGHDAD869IRAQI POLICE SERVICE CAUSES DELAYS TO PROVINCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 11:28:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PNAT PINS MOPS MARR IZ
07BAGHDAD879READ OUT FROM MARCH 11 MCNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the March 11 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Maliki requested his cabinet focus their efforts on securing Diyala, the 'most dangerous place in Iraq.' -- Minister of Industry Twazi Al-Hariri pleade [...]
2007-03-12 19:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD975MSNSA WAELI PUSHES TO ESTABLISH MINISTRY OF
[...] (C REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Charge Speckhard met with Shirwan Waeli, Minister of State for National Security, to express our concerns over the draft Ministry of National Security Law (MNSL) currently stalled in the Council of Representatives. Waeli asserted that the law is critical to establishing [...]
2007-03-20 09:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ
07BAGHDAD985READ OUT FROM MARH 18 MCNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki presided over the March 18 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, during which: -- Minister of State for National Security Affairs Sirwan al-Waeli said the security crackdown in Baghdad was bringing calm to the capital. However, the si [...]
2007-03-21 09:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PINS PNAT PINR PREL IZ
07BAGHDAD995U.S. SOLDIERS AND IRAQI POLICE ON THE BEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with both U.S. military and Iraqi police at a Baghdad police station indicate that Iraqi security forces, with coalition assistance, are progressing and growing in confidence despite inadequate facilities, poor logistical systems, and insufficient arms. Despite these [...]
2007-03-22 06:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PTER
07BAKU107DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Ambassador briefed Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov January 18 on reftel A points about President Bush's policy announcement on Iraq. The Ambassador explained that the points were previously briefed to Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov (reftel B). 2. (C) Mammadyarov responded [...]
2007-01-24 07:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL AJ IZ
07BAKU108DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN'S FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on January 18. The Ambassador said that the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial will focus on a more comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, including new USG commitments, and emphasized that t [...]
2007-01-24 07:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PK PREL AJ
07BAKU228AZERBAIJAN: READOUT ON MID-FEBRUARY NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a readout provided to resident NATO Ambassadors of a visit to Azerbaijan by representatives of the NATO international staff for the week of February 12, 2007, their outlook for Azerbaijan was much more positive than previously. This would be reflected in their assess [...]
2007-02-21 15:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU249DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV DISCUSSES IRANIAN-RUSSIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador and a State-DOD delegation headed by Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Peter Rodman, SIPDIS Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General Safar Abiyev expressed concern that Russia and Iran were increasing thei [...]
2007-03-01 04:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER AJ PBTS IR RU
07BAKU375INVITATION FOR CENTCOM CONFERENCE IN IRAQ
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered REF invitation to CENTCOM conference on Iraq to Azerbaijani MFA Americas Desk on April 3. MFA officer queried if the conference was funded, and POLOFF noted that it was not. As such, the MFA officer advised that given the lack of funding, it was unlikely that the MFA wou [...]
2007-04-05 03:29:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDMARR IZ MOPS OTRA PREL
07BAKU494CHANGED US WORDING ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 5-7. 2. (C) For senior Azerbaijani officials -- and particularly President Aliyev -- the USG's decision to change the language on Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report after publication, coupled with press reports that we did so i [...]
2007-04-23 15:57:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU504AZERBAIJANI BACKLASH AGAINST US WORDING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12-14. 2. (C) Summary: Post-publication revisions to Nagorno-Karabakh language in the 2006 Armenia Human Rights Report continue to ignite strong, negative reaction from the Azerbaijani Government and public. We are beginning to see a broader-bas [...]
2007-04-24 13:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PINR MARR MOPS AJ
07BAKU529AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-01 13:32:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ AJ
07BAMAKO1006GUNFIGHT IN THE DESERT: A TUAREG DESCRIBES COMBAT
[...] (C) Tuareg leader Dayti ag Sidimou described the fire fight between Tuareg tribesmen and the Al Qaida of the Islamic Mahgreb (AQIM) that occurred October 23, 2006 (reftel A) to Embassy officers. Sidimou says that he was present and wounded during the encounter, and reported that Tuareg forces [...]
2007-09-12 11:09:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER MARR ML
07BANGKOK1047THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Pitch JINDAWONG, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible [...]
2007-02-22 03:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1048THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj.Gen. Songsak SAHASOMCHOKE, Counter Terrorist Operations Center, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no [...]
2007-02-22 03:49:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1049THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wing Commander Virush PEAMHOG, Chief of Civil Case Section (Judge Advocate) Royal Thai Air Force who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. [...]
2007-02-22 03:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1050THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wing Commander Supot MITYODWONG, Chief of Education Section (Judge Advocate),Directorate of Administration, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected [...]
2007-02-22 03:55:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1051THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Squadron Leader Yingyos YORDSAWAI, Legal Officer (Judge Advocate) of Directorate of Civil Engineering, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to att [...]
2007-02-22 03:58:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1052THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Wijittra SOOKLERT, Legal Officer of the Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]
2007-02-22 04:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1106THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) (Agency/Office) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above- [...]
2007-02-23 08:19:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK133THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) Jusmag Thai has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-01-09 06:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK134THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-01-09 06:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1553THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-03-15 08:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1588THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Pongsiri PURGCHAIPAEW, Judge Advocate General, Ministry of Defense, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possess [...]
2007-03-16 07:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK1589THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2007-03-16 07:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK179PRIME MINISTER SURAYUD DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Surayud told the Ambassador he remained committed to lifting martial law in the near future. However, technical issues had delayed the issuance of a royal command that would rescind martial law in a majority of Thailand's provinces. The Ambassador reiterated strong USG inte [...]
2007-01-10 11:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ECON EINV MOPS ASEC
07BANGKOK1976THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for LTC Sadet ARKAJAG, Royal Thai Army, Special Warfare Command, DPOB: Aug. 14, 1969, Nakkornratchasima, TH, who has been selected to attend course(s) liste [...]
2007-04-05 02:15:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2017THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-04-05 10:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2031THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-04-09 03:53:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2137RTG MFA REACTION TO SKIRMISHES ON THE THAI-BURMA
[...] (C) On April 12, MFA Director of the East Asian Division II Kallayana Vipattipumiprates said the Thai were closely monitoring recent skirmishes on the border between the Karen National Union (KNU),the collective forces of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC),the Democratic Karen Bu [...]
2007-04-12 09:15:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF MOPS PHUM BH TH
07BANGKOK2170THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Tien TEPANON, Wg.CDR., who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of [...]
2007-04-19 01:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2171THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) (Agency/Office) has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above- [...]
2007-04-19 01:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2196THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) The Regional Security Office has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete a human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]
2007-04-19 07:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2247REACTIONS TO PRESS REPORT ON US TRAINING FOR THAI
[...] (C) MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called Ambassador on April 20 to discuss the recent press report quoting MGEN Fridovich on possible USG training assistance for Thai military operations in the South. The Permsec noted that this report was being used for political purposes by a f [...]
2007-04-20 10:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL TH
07BANGKOK231GENERAL WINAI PROMISES AMBASSADOR HELP ON MARTIAL
[...] (C) In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Council for National Security Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul, I pushed for a quick recision of martial law. Using maps to graphically illustrate our concerns, I emphasized it was important to go beyond the planned partial lifting and return Thailand t [...]
2007-01-11 10:33:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC KDEM TH
07BANGKOK2311THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DAO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2007-04-25 02:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2328THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violation [...]
2007-04-26 00:29:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2545THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-05-08 01:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2724THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...]
2007-05-16 05:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK2749SCENESETTER FOR EAP A/S HILL'S VISIT TO THAILAND
[...] (SBU) Chris, your visit will help us to reinforce with top-level RTG officials the need to return to democratic governance through elections by the year's end. Political parties, NGOs, and others in the political class are currently debating an initial draft of the constitution, to be finaliz [...]
2007-05-16 10:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK2884THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-05-23 08:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK326THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Manthana MASMALAI, Office of National Security Council, who has been selected to attend the National Defense University at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC fro [...]
2007-01-17 08:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3532THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JIATF has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2007-06-27 04:08:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3674THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...]
2007-07-05 02:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3750THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) POL has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2007-07-09 07:37:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3848THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below who have been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations [...]
2007-07-13 02:02:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3873JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violatio [...]
2007-07-16 04:05:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3928THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) LEGATT has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hu [...]
2007-07-18 10:16:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK3979MISSION VIEWS ON TWO TOP THAI GENERALS' PROPOSED
[...] The Mission recently reviewed two self-initiated trip requests for "four-star" Thai general officer trips to travel to CONUS. We encourage your support for the first, but not the second. (We have advised both parties that such trips are regarded as "high profile" and require IA review before [...]
2007-07-20 08:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS TH
07BANGKOK4100THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of h [...]
2007-07-30 04:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4108JUSMAG/THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI AND SOCPAC have requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend th [...]
2007-07-30 08:07:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4229JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] This is an action request. Please Respond by Aug 20, 2007. Thank you. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) as indicated. Embassy Bangkok possesses n [...]
2007-08-06 02:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4231JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAILAND has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above- [...]
2007-08-06 03:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4234JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the two units listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-me [...]
2007-08-06 06:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4236JUSMAG THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]
2007-08-06 08:36:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4292THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. Post requests the revision of Bangkok Telegram 04114, DEA-NSB SURVEILLANCE TRAINING; SESSION 3;SURAT THANI PROVINCE; SEPT 9-14 2007. 2. (U) Please remove Police SGT Niwat JITTRAPIROM (aka CHITRAPIROM),DPOB: Feb 2, 1974; Prachuap Khirikhan, TH, from the candidat [...]
2007-08-08 06:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4440THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI/JIATF WEST has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the [...]
2007-08-16 08:13:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4519THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) USAID has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]
2007-08-22 02:28:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4555THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) NAS has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of human [...]
2007-08-23 06:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4556THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the subject course. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of hum [...]
2007-08-23 06:54:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4642SUPPORT FOR THAI PARTICIPATION IN CHOD
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok Country Team supports an invitation from PACOM to Royal Thai Supreme Commander General Boonsrang Niumpradit for this year's PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference. Not to invite General Boonsrang would be counterproductive given his long-standing support for [...]
2007-08-28 10:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TH
07BANGKOK4762THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-09-05 00:38:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4836THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-09-07 03:39:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK4864THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]
2007-09-10 09:33:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5066THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) DEA/CMRO has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the above-mentioned course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross viola [...]
2007-09-24 02:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5067THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: ILEA, CRIME
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) ILEA has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned c [...]
2007-09-24 02:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5139THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAGTHAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]
2007-09-28 05:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5223THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) RSO/LSY has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below who has been selected to attend the following course(s). Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violati [...]
2007-10-03 09:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK535THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]
2007-01-26 02:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5436EMBASSY BANGKOK REQUEST FOR FY08 JIATF WEST SUPPORT
[...] (SBU/NF) This is a request for U.S. DoD operational support under section 1004, National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 as amended, for FY 2008 JIATF West training and construction support to Thai counterdrug law enforcement agencies (LEAs) and Thai military units with counterdrug roles. [...]
2007-10-16 10:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MOPS TH LA KCRM
07BANGKOK5600PRO-THAKSIN PARTY CHAIRMAN CHARGES MILITARY
[...] (C) The leader of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has alleged a military plot to diminish voter support for the PPP. The PPP leader substantiated his claim by releasing purported internal documents from the Council for National Security (CNS). A pro-Thaksin contact also provided c [...]
2007-10-30 10:47:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5689SCENESETTER FOR REAR ADMIRAL TYSON
[...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government th [...]
2007-11-06 05:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK5694NEW COMMANDER PLEGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]
2007-11-06 11:38:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK5696NEW COMMANDER PLEDGES TO KEEP ARMY OUT OF POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary. In a four-eyes lunch I hosted for Royal Thai Army (RTA) Commander in Chief General Anupong Paochinda, I pressed for the Army not to interfere in the coming election. Anupong promised to keep the Army out of politics and predicted that the Democrats would form a government as a mi [...]
2007-11-06 11:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ASEC KDEM MOPS TH
07BANGKOK6011SCENESETTER FOR LIEUTENANT GENERAL LEAF
[...] (C) Summary. General Leaf, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's desire that Thailand return to democratically elected government thr [...]
2007-11-30 09:40:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6099THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-12-12 08:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6105THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-men [...]
2007-12-13 05:06:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK6158PM SURAYUD DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, BURMA, BAN KI-MOON
[...] (C) In the Ambassador's December 13 farewell call, Surayud shared the Ambassador's hopes for a smooth election but did not offer predictions for how this would proceed Surayud indicated he sympathized with USG concerns about the draft Internal Security Act and amendments to the Foreign Busines [...]
2007-12-14 11:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC MOPS TH BM
07BANGKOK729THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...]
2007-02-06 08:34:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANGKOK83COUP RUMORS HAVE BANGKOK ON EDGE
[...] (C) Summary: Troop movements on the evening of January 4 prompted a flurry of rumors that another coup d'etat, or some sort of military crackdown, was underway. Council for National Security Chairman Sonthi Boonyaratglin publicly denied cause for concern, but the rumors both indicate and like [...]
2007-01-05 09:52:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS PGOV PREL MOPS ASEC TH
07BANGKOK857THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG/THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Plt.Off. Tanaphon CHANHOM, Flying Training School, Air Combat Command, Royal Thai Air Force, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emb [...]
2007-02-13 01:25:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
07BANJUL120THE GAMBIA: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS TO DARFUR,
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. READINESS TO INCREASE DARFUR CONTINGENT ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) In March 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chief of Defense Staff (CHOD) Colonel Lang Tombong Tamba stated that the GOTG was prepared to increase its AMIS troop co [...]
2007-03-05 12:32:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS AU GA
07BANJUL154THE GAMBIA: MORE TROOPS FOR DARFUR?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 15:54:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS AU UN GA SU
07BANJUL16THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS ON IRAQ
[...] (SBU) In meeting with Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy, Ambassador briefed on the President's new Iraq strategy and provided text of his remarks. The Ambassador urged the GOTG to consider expressing publicly its support for the President's strategy and for the Iraqi government's efforts on be [...]
2007-01-12 11:41:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ GA
07BANJUL212THE GAMBIA: NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 10:52:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ GA
07BANJUL24THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE TO POTENTIAL SOMALIA TROOP
[...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador made ref a demarche to Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa, urging the GOTG to consider contributing troops to an African Union (AU) Peace Support Operation (PSO) for Somalia. Jahumpa took the Ambassador's presentation on board and undertook to discuss it with Pr [...]
2007-01-18 17:54:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALASEC MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SO GA
07BANJUL7THE GAMBIA: POSSIBLE TCC FOR AU PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 11:47:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU GA SO
07BASRAH100GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP),which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...]
2007-10-26 18:33:00REO BasrahSECRETMCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH107SOUTHERN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES MORE COORDINATION AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: Southern Iraq's security situation remains fragile: Iranian lethal aid is pouring in, militias continue to act outside the law, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain incapable of establishing law and order. Inspired by the successes of Anbar, southern tribal leaders [...]
2007-11-15 18:55:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
07BASRAH110APPEAL OF GOVERNOR'S CASE IMPEDES RECONCILIATION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (C/Rel MNCI) SUMMARY: Basrah's Badr leader, Hasan al-Rashid, expressed optimism that increased dialogue among local political parties was improving the political environment. He characterized the Sadrists' recent engagement with the [...]
2007-11-19 18:22:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH113BASRAH GOVERNOR REACHES OUT
[...] (C) Provincial Council (PC) member Sayed Ghali visited the Regional Embassy Office on November 20 to discuss the appeal against Governor Mohammed Wa'eli. (Ref. A) Ghali is chairman of the Reconstruction Committee and is the Basrah leader of the Iraqi National Accord. 2. (S) Ghali confirme [...]
2007-11-21 14:34:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH114S/I SATTERFIELD HELPS BASRAH GOVERNOR AND PRIME MINISTER
[...] (S/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I),Ambassador David Satterfield, encouraged Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'eli to contact and work through Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafaq al-Rubaie as an intermediary to improve the Governor's relatio [...]
2007-12-03 18:36:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNECON PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IR IZ
07BASRAH116SAYID AL-SHUHADA LEADER DENIES IRANIAN TETHERS
[...] (C/REL AUS/CAN/UK) SUMMARY: Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS) Secretary General Sayid Dagher al-Musawi visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on December 13, 2007. SAS is believed to be an Iranian front organization, but Dagher denied he is controlled by Iranians. Rather, he claimed SAS is a legitim [...]
2007-12-15 15:08:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH118BASRAH PROVINCE RETURNED TO IRAQI CONTROL
[...] (U) Basrah province was officially returned to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) December 16 at a well run ceremony held at the Basrah Air Station. Basrah is the fourth and final province in MND(SE),and the ninth of Iraq's eighteen provinces, to undergo a security transfer. UK Foreign Minister [...]
2007-12-16 16:22:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ
07BASRAH120BASRAH'S SHEIKHS TO OFFER POLICE RECRUITS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Basrah's leading tribal sheikhs and Police Chief met December 17 with Regional Embassy Officers to discuss how the tribes could contribute to improving the province's security situation. The Police Chief, MG Jalil Khalaf Sh [...]
2007-12-20 14:20:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ
07BASRAH2SECURING BASRAH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-02 17:32:00REO BasrahSECRETMOPS PGOV PREL PINS PHUM
07BASRAH23THE GLOVES COME OFF IN BASRAH
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) Over the past month, British forces have conducted a series of counter-IDF raids, employing newly acquired rescources such as the C-RAM (counter rocket and mortar) system and UAVs (unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles) to locate the attackers. The counter-IDF raids are part o [...]
2007-04-09 10:34:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PTER MOPS IZ
07BASRAH3AN AMERICAN KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 19:23:00REO BasrahSECRETASEC CASC PTER MOPS PGOV IZ
07BASRAH35IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE
[...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...]
2007-04-30 11:39:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH36TWO EXPLOSIONS, TWO STORIES
[...] (S) Summary: On April 30, an F-16 bombed insurgents as they were preparing to fire rockets at a Coalition base in Basrah. The previous day, a vehicle transporting a munitions cache exploded in a Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) neighborhood, killing several people. JAM blamed the incident on Sunni insurg [...]
2007-05-01 18:00:00REO BasrahSECRETMOPS PTER PROP IZ UK
07BASRAH46JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE
[...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF),in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...]
2007-05-29 17:53:00REO BasrahSECRETMOPS PTER IZ IR UK
07BASRAH47CORRECTED COPY: JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE
[...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF),in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...]
2007-05-29 18:56:00REO BasrahSECRETMOPS PTER IZ IR UK
07BASRAH56BASRAH'S NEW POLICE CHIEF CHALLENGES U.S.
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The newly appointed Basrah Chief of Police, Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil, visited the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office June 24 and made an energetic appeal for U.S. troops to be sent in to replace British forces which are drawing down in preparation for Provi [...]
2007-06-24 17:25:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS IR IZ
07BASRAH58NEW POLICE CHIEF ADDRESSES JAM, PERSONAL RUMORS
[...] (C) Basrah's new police chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil met with the director of the Office of Provincial Affairs and the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) on July 27 to discuss his efforts to stabilize Basrah. Jalil said his primary objectives are to reform his poli [...]
2007-06-28 06:04:00REO BasrahSECRETPINS PTER MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH6REO BASRAH CHALLENGES LOCAL MEDIA
[...] Summary. The Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah hosted a luncheon on January 3 for four journalists from Basrah and Maysan provinces. The journalists focused on the security situation and expressed a desire to maintain frequent contact. The REO director stated that he wants to build a l [...]
2007-01-10 16:32:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO IZ PGOV MOPS EAID ENRG
07BASRAH64FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN BASRAH?
[...] (S - REL MNF-I) On June 28, three British soldiers were killed by an IED as they were escorting a convoy from the Basrah Palace to the Basrah Air Station. British forces subsequently recovered a video recording of the incident. British sources believe that the male voices overheard on the rec [...]
2007-07-22 09:48:00REO BasrahSECRETPTER MOPS IZ IR LE SY
07BASRAH68BADR LEADER SUGGESTS TRUCE BETWEEN ISF AND MILITIAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Badr leader Hasan al-Rashid met with Regional Embassy Officials (REO) on July 28 and August 9. He said he would serve as governor if asked, and that as governor he would seek to improve security by reconciling the politicians, the Iraqi security forces (ISF),and the militias. He [...]
2007-08-13 11:23:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS IZ IR
07BASRAH93GOVERNOR WINS CASE, OPPOSITION PROPOSES A TRUCE
[...] (C) Summary: According to Basrah's Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila),the Administrative Court has ruled that the Basrah Provincial Council's (PC) no-confidence vote was illegal, allowing Wa'eli to remain in office. The Court has yet to make an official announcement, but Prime Minister Nuri [...]
2007-10-09 13:38:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PREL MOPS UK IZ
07BASRAH96GEN MOHAN ON IRAN, ISF, AND PIC
[...] (S/REL AUS, CAN, UK) SUMMARY: In an October 7 meeting, Basrah Security Chief General Mohan listed Iran as Basrah's central problem, with unrestricted arms smuggling leaving militias too powerful for him to confront directly now. As UK troops leave, he described three areas in which the U.S. co [...]
2007-10-14 12:08:00REO BasrahSECRETPGOV PINS PREL MOPS IR IZ
07BASRAH97GOVERNOR'S RIVAL DELIVERS IRANIAN COMPLAINT, ASSESSES BASRAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) advised Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on October 18 that the Iranian Consul General, Hamid Baghnan, visited him to protest the presence of British forces at the al-Shalamja crossing on the Iraq-Iran border. Bag [...]
2007-10-21 12:19:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS IZ IR UK
07BEIJING1391AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1393AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING1396AFM HE YAFEI TELLS LT. GENERAL EIKENBERRY CHINA
[...] (S) China is increasingly concerned that the United States could attack Iran, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Lt. General Karl Eikenberry, outgoing Commanding General of the Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan, during a February 27 meeting (other subjects discussed reported separat [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER MOPS CH IR
07BEIJING2043UK URGES CHINA TO PRESS IRAN FOR THE RELEASE OF UK
[...] (C) China will do all it can to persuade Iran to return the British military personnel Iran is now holding, MFA International Organizations Deputy Director General Chen Xu said to British Polmincouns Peter Wilson on March 26 in response to Wilson's request that Beijing intervene with Tehran o [...]
2007-03-26 14:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UK CH IR
07BEIJING2073CHAIRMAN OF JCS GENERAL PACE'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The United States and China are not only important stakeholders in the international community but also "constructive partners" working together closely to serve the common interests of the world's people, stated FM Li Zhaoxing during a March 23 meeting with the Chairman of the Joint Chief [...]
2007-03-28 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3462PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING3463PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) The United States' and China's common interests are "on the rise" in response to increasingly diversified global threats, Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhang Yesui told United States Pacific Command (PACOM) Commander Admiral Timothy J. Keating on May 11. Zhang said China wants to continue [...]
2007-05-22 09:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING4898CHARGE PROTESTS PRC INTERFERENCE WITH U.S. NAVAL
[...] (C) Summary: The USNS LOYAL is a sovereign immune vessel engaged in lawful military activities in international waters and should enjoy complete freedom from interference by Chinese forces, Charge told MFA Department of Treaty and Law Director General Duan Jielong on July 25. Drawing from Ref [...]
2007-07-26 07:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
07BEIJING5707CHINA NUCLEAR FORCE COMMANDER REITERATES "NO FIRST
[...] (C) China's strategic nuclear and conventional missile force commander General Jing Zhiyuan told CODEL Skelton August 27 that China's "no first use" policy remains unchanged and will "never change." He stressed that China's strategic missile force is solely for self defense. On force moderni [...]
2007-08-30 09:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MNUC PARM CH TW
07BEIJING7229DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 03:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ CH
07BEIJING7273PRC DENIAL OF USS KITTY HAWK PORT VISIT
[...] (S) Summary: In response to our queries as to the reason for the recent PRC denial of port visit permission to the USS Kitty Hawk, officially the Chinese have been unwilling to say anything more than the United States "already understands" the reason. A Taiwan Affairs Office official, while c [...]
2007-11-29 09:52:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMARR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CH TW
07BEIJING7295CHINA-INDIA DEFENSE TALKS BUILD CONFIDENCE, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: The first Chinese-Indian "Annual Defense Dialogue," held in November, and mid-December's planned joint military exercises will bolster confidence in bilateral relations, according to Chinese MFA officials and academics and Indian Embassy officials. However, academics believe the [...]
2007-11-30 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN PK
07BEIRUT107LEBANON: GERMAN ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT LEBANESE
[...] (C) The German Embassy DCM has provided us with an overview of German support for enhancing Lebanese government control over points of entry by air, sea, and land. She described activities launched after the adoption of UNSCR 1701 in August 2006, and which include customs assistance at Beir [...]
2007-01-19 17:12:00Embassy BeirutSECRETMOPS PTER LE GM SY
07BEIRUT1788LEBANON: PM SAYS FRENCH INITIATIVE KEY TO SUCCESS
[...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora expressed his thoughts on how March 14 could out-maneuver the opposition and ultimately choose a strong consensus candidate by supporting the French initiative. Siniora said that Patriarch Sfeir,s list is the key to [...]
2007-11-15 16:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1968LEBANON: NEA A/S WELCH'S DECEMBER 15 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) In a December 15 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr alluded to his strong belief that Hizballah and Syria had the most reason to assassinate General Francois Hajj. Murr also said he had positive leads to identify Hajj's [...]
2007-12-17 17:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRETOVIP MASS MOPS PARM PGOV PREL SY LE
07BEIRUT240UNIFIL SAYS ISRAEL CROSSED BLUE LINE, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 12. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) UNIFIL Force Commander Claudio Graziano, in a hastily arranged 2/13 briefing for P-5 and UNIFIL-contributing country COMs, criticized both the Lebanese and Israelis regarding the 2/5 and 2/7 Blue Line incide [...]
2007-02-14 14:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS LE IS
07BEIRUT701LAF COMMANDER FRETS ABOUT UNIFIL UNDER "TWO
[...] (C) On May 16, NEA A/S David Welch met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman. General Sleiman was confident that the LAF would maintain unity and remain neutral politically. However, he admitted that if President Emile Lahoud appoints a second government -- a scen [...]
2007-05-18 09:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT712HAMADEH, MURR ON TRIPOLI FIGHTS; SEEKING
[...] (C) In a 5/21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Communications Marwan Hamadeh and Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr (who joined the conversation by speaker phone from Switzerland) previewed what they predicted wouuld be the conclusions of the cabinet meeting being h [...]
2007-05-21 15:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT727LEBANON: SINIORA STRESSES TRIBUNAL, AMMUNITION
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora urged a quick UN Security Council resolution establishing the Special Tribunal and expressed confidence that Indonesia, as a UNSC member, supports the tribunal. Siniora was convinced of Syrian involvement in the recent violenc [...]
2007-05-23 09:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MOPS LE SY
07BEIRUT732ELIAS MURR, APPRECIATIVE OF USG HELP, PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) Back in Beirut after another medical procedure in Switzerland, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador today (5/23) with two messages. First, Murr noted that he had been fully briefed by LAF Commander Michel Sleiman and other officers on the planned US [...]
2007-05-23 14:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PARM MOPS PGOV PTER LE SY
07BEIRUT743DEFMIN MURR SAYS DECISIVE BATTLE WITH FATAH
[...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador in a 5/24 meeting that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will initiate a major assault on Nahr al-Barid camp in about 4-5 days, the time needed to assemble troops and ammunition and clear the camp of as many civilians [...]
2007-05-25 11:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PARM MOPS PTER PREF LE SY
07BEIRUT744LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER SEES CRUCIAL MOMENT FOR LAF
[...] (C) On May 25, the Ambassador met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman. Sleiman indicated that it was important for the LAF to succeed in its fight with Fatah al-Islam at the Nahr el-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, not only for its own credibility, but for Lebanon [...]
2007-05-25 15:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT745LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER POSITIVE ON MANDATE,
[...] (C) UNIFIL Commander Major-General Claudio Graziano feels confident that UNIFIL's mandate would be renewed by the UNSC in August and, if given the opportunity for a wish list, he would like to expanded UNIFIL,s area of operations beyond the Litani River and have a clearer interpretation of the [...]
2007-05-25 15:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER LE
07BEIRUT746MURR ON NASRALLAH SPEECH: HARMFUL, BUT GOL/LAF
[...] (S) In a 5/26 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr attacked as "unacceptable" Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's televised speech the previous evening. While according to Murr Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman also [...]
2007-05-28 05:23:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL MOPS PREF MASS LE SY
07BEIRUT747PM SINIORA RESOLUTE ON NAHR AL-BARID, MAKES FINAL
[...] (S) In a one-on-one 5/28 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora speculated that the political will to "finish" Fatah al-Islam (FAI) had increased, not decreased, in the aftermath of Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah's 5/25 televised address. SIPDIS He [...]
2007-05-28 17:12:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PARM MASS MOPS LE SY
07BEIRUT785DEFMIN MURR ON NAHR AL-BARID FIGHT
[...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on the evening of June 2, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr, while describing that day's house-to-house combat in Nahr al-Barid as "tough," forcefully rejected the worry of some Lebanese politicians that the LAF had, on the s [...]
2007-06-03 07:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL MASS MOPS LE SY
07BEIRUT830LEBANESE DEFMIN CONFIDENT ON NAHR AL-BARID FIGHT
[...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told Ambassador and DCM on 6/8 that GOL forces are committed to completing the operation at Nahar al-Barid against Fatah al-Islam insurgents; he estimated the LAF needs three to five more days. In recent fierce fighting, the LAF had ki [...]
2007-06-10 08:33:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL MOPS PTER MASS LE SY
07BEIRUT861LEBANON: BRAVO ZULU FOR U.S. MILITARY ASSISTANCE
[...] Speed, professionalism, effectiveness: those qualities exemplified the extraordinary effort put forth by our EUCOM, CENTCOM and TRANSCOM military brethren and our State and DOD civilian colleagues in providing urgently needed military assistance to Lebanon's fledgling armed forces in their ti [...]
2007-06-14 16:23:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PTER PREL LE SY
07BEIRUT874LEBANON: PREVENTING IRAN-SYRIA ARMS SHIPMENTS
[...] (S) The Ambassador on June 13 and 14 delivered Ref B demarche to Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Tariq Mitri, Minister of Defense Elias Murr, and Minister of Transportation Mohammed Safadi. In addition, the DATT demarched Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman on June [...]
2007-06-15 15:09:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MOPS ETTC PGOV SY IR LE
07BELGRADE1630SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 07:34:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ
07BELGRADE1635SERBIA TO WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR A STABLE IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 08:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MAR MOPS PGOV SR IZ
07BELGRADE1652NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDIES VISIT TO SERBIA
[...] (U) Embassy Belgrade warmly welcomes the National War College Field Studies Program visit to Serbia, and looks forward to welcoming a delegation in spring 2008. Post believes that the May 9-22 schedule for the visit is reasonable. As we get closer to the date of the visit, we will develop an [...]
2007-12-12 10:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS SR
07BELGRADE170 ICITAP RESPONSE TO RESULTS OF VETTING PROCEDURES
[...] (sbu) ICITAP Program Manager has conducted further inquiries with MUP in relation to the individuals identified ref (a). On the basis of those inquiries, post is satisfied that the applicants are not the same people as those identified ref (a). Post recommends maintaining the individuals on [...]
2007-02-05 16:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL SR
07BELGRADE530 ICITAP RESPONSE TO RESULT OF VETTING PROCEDURES
[...] (sbu) ICITAP Program Manager has conducted further inquiries with Montenegrin MUP in relation to the individual identified as a candidate for SECI training in Ohrid, Macedonia (reftel). On the basis of those inquiries, post is satisfied that the applicant is not the same person as one identif [...]
2007-04-20 15:08:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV PHUM PNAT PREL SR
07BELMOPAN645 BELIZE: NOTE RECEIVED AT LAST ON SOFA
[...] (SBU) Embassy received on October 29 diplomatic note 695 from the MFA agreeing to the terms of the SOFA as we proposed them in July via note 07/038. (There are some minor typos but nothing of substance. A copy of the MFA note has been e-mailed to WHA/CEN, Rois Beal.) The note makes no refe [...]
2007-10-30 21:39:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL MASS MOPS BH
07BERLIN123German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of January 14, Germany has 7,486 military personnel in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliamentary approval. A law regul [...]
2007-01-22 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL GM
07BERLIN135GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN AND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Summary and comment: German officials welcomed the U.S. comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, covered in the Secretary's meetings January 17-18 with Chancellor Merkel and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and followed up January 22 by the Deputy Chief of Mission. Berlin expects to [...]
2007-01-23 16:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE
07BERLIN1539German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,597 military personnel (compared to 7,438 in mid-May) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliamentar [...]
2007-08-13 05:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1822German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,149 military personnel (compared to 7,597 in early August) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliam [...]
2007-09-28 15:34:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1994Resumption of German training of Iraqi forces in the UAE
[...] (SBU) Summary: After a two-year disruption, Germany will resume training of the Iraqi armed forces in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in early 2008. From January through April, the Bundeswehr will train an Iraqi logistics and support battalion of 800 soldiers in the UAE and provide e [...]
2007-11-01 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN1995German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of late October, Germany had 6,737 military personnel in out-of-area deployments, plus an additional 600 dedicated for SACEUR's Balkans Operational Reserve Force (ORF) and 3,100 for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those [...]
2007-11-01 11:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN2172German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of December 2, Germany had 7,173 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,737 in late October),plus 3,100 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, req [...]
2007-12-05 17:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
07BERLIN2180Germany's Defense Budget: Still Scraping Bottom Despite
[...] (SBU) Despite a nominal increase of 900 million Euro over last year, the German defense budget for 2008 will fall far below the NATO target of 2% of GDP. Transformation will remain underfunded, as plans to free money for investments by reducing operational expenses have not materialized. -- [...]
2007-12-07 19:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
07BERLIN61GERMAN PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN KURNAZ
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has contacted the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish citizen resident in Germany -- [...]
2007-01-11 07:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN700USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN
[...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...]
2007-04-03 16:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF
07BERLIN813APRIL 18 MEETINGS PROVIDE VALUABLE CLARIFICATION
[...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) visited Berlin April 18 to respond to a long list of detailed questions from German technical experts and analysts regarding U.S. MD plans in Europe. The delegati [...]
2007-04-20 15:24:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR MASS MOPS NATO PREL GM RS
07BERLIN92GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE
[...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...]
2007-01-17 07:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM
07BERLIN977Germany and Iraq Announce Resumption of Training for Iraqi
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Jassim al-Obeidi in Berlin May 9, DefMin Jung announced that Germany will train 350 Iraqi soldiers from a transportation battalion in the UAE this year. The Bundeswehr also plans to train an Iraqi medical unit in Germany. As part of th [...]
2007-05-14 06:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER NATO IZ GM
07BERLIN990German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update
[...] (SBU) As of May 13, Germany had 7,438 military personnel (compared to 7,993 on April 10) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliam [...]
2007-05-15 15:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
07BERN151SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 07:35:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS KJUS SZ
07BOGOTA6487USNS COMFORT VISIT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. USNS COMFORT anchored near Buenaventura, Colombia from August 22-28 during its humanitarian assistance deployment to the region. Coordinating with Embassy Bogota, Colombian authorities, and NGOs, the COMFORT team provided 25,815 medical, dental and veterinary services and train [...]
2007-09-05 22:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER CO
07BRATISLAVA23IRAQ: ECHOING PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE IN SLOVAK MEDIA
[...] On Thursday January 11, Ambassador Vallee strongly echoed the themes, presented in President Bush's new Iraq Strategy, to a broad Slovak audience: Much is at stake in Iraq; it can not become a base for global terrorism; the Iraqis will take the lead in this new strategy; protection of the popul [...]
2007-01-12 14:41:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KPAO LO
07BRATISLAVA275FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA, SERBIA, MISSILE
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: In a frank, productive 90-minute conversation May 9, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador that: --Slovakia is still with the EU on voting for a Kosovo resolution. Slovakia would like to finesse the language of the UNSCR to avoid direct endorsement for the Ahtisaari plan [...]
2007-05-10 15:25:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ENRG CVIS KO YI RU LO
07BRATISLAVA368FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, MD AND ISAF
[...] (C) Summary/introduction: In a frank, productive 60-minute conversation June 20, FM Jan Kubis told the Ambassador: - Slovakia must have a UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) in order to recognize Kosovo, but allowed that a mission under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) might [...]
2007-06-20 13:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA41CLUSTER MUNITIONS ARE NOT LANDMINES
[...] (C) Summary. Karol Mistrik, MFA Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counterterrorism will lead the Slovak delegation to talks on regulating the use of Cluster Munitions (CM) to be held in Oslo February 22-23. Mistrik recommended that the U.S. attend the talks as well, but did not deny that some [...]
2007-01-22 15:16:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO LO
07BRATISLAVA417PM FICO AND PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC ON AFGHANISTAN,
[...] (C)Summary. Paragraphs 4-12 contain notes from the Ambassador,s July 19 Meeting with PM Robert Fico. Paragraphs 13-19 contain notes from the Ambassador's July 18 meeting with President Gasparovic. SUMMARY OF THE MEETING WITH PM FICO ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The Ambassador [...]
2007-07-20 15:32:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YI KO RU UNSC PHUM LO
07BRATISLAVA425FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, CFE, AFGHANISTAN, UNGA
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Vallee met with Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 25 to discuss a wide range of topics. Highlights include the following: - FM Kubis believes that, given the failure to pass a UNSC resolution on Kosovo, the EU can develop a common position on Kosovo within the 120-d [...]
2007-07-25 15:11:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS RU KO LO
07BRATISLAVA472EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL PRESSURE IN SLOVAK MEDIA
[...] SUMMARY: Since its inception the governing coalition led by Prime Minister Robert Fico, has brawled with the press. This "open war," as the spokesman for the Ministry of Culture has termed it, is exacerbated by statements from the Prime Minister's office insisting on more coverage by public med [...]
2007-08-24 06:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL KPAO LO
07BRATISLAVA487SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVAK DEFENSE MINISTER FRANTISEK KASICKY WILL TAKE PLACE DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE U.S. SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN JUNE 2006. IT WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE A TOO OFTEN RELUCTANT NATO ALLY TO ASSUME A GREATER SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY. KASICKY WILL MEET [...]
2007-08-30 16:08:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR LO
07BRATISLAVA527FM KUBIS ON KOSOVO, MISSILE DEFENSE, CFE, AND
[...] (C) Summary. During a cordial one-hour meeting on September 18, Ambassador Vallee and Foreign Minister Kubis discussed Kosovo, CFE, Missile Defense, and Afghanistan. FM Kubis noted that he had begun to advocate in EU circles the idea of decoupling the results of the Troika process on Kosovo [...]
2007-09-18 15:51:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CVIS KOC YI RU LO
07BRATISLAVA578GOS SUPPORTS SENDING MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Slovak government approved a proposal to increase Slovak military participation in Afghanistan. If approved by Parliament, 111 Slovak soldiers will be deployed to Afghanistan in 2008, 41 of whom will work with Dutch forces in Uruzgan. The Dutch, US and other NATO member states [...]
2007-10-17 14:05:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS AF NL LO
07BRATISLAVA652SLOVAKIA CONCURS WITH NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE
[...] Post looks forward to hosting the international travel portion of the National War College (NWC) "Field Studies in National Security" in the May 9-22, 2008, timeframe. 2. The orientation to the Slovak Republic will provide invaluable background for the formation of national security strateg [...]
2007-12-10 12:38:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS LO
07BRIDGETOWN1423 COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
[...] Post does not believe that tying 2008 ship visits to the anniversary of Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet would advance post's public diplomacy and other strategic objectives. US NAVAL FORCES SOUTHERN under US SOUTHERN COMMAND is promoting "Partnership for the Americas" theme with requisite [...]
2007-11-14 20:29:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MASS MOPS XL
07BRIDGETOWN495BARBADOS AND EASTERN CARIBBEAN UNWILLING AND
[...] (C) Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean remain both unwilling and unable to support Coalition military action in Iraq. Representatives of the Barbados Government have vociferously opposed U.S. action in Iraq, as have other Eastern Caribbean leaders. Regional governments remain opposed to acti [...]
2007-04-27 17:06:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER XL
07BRUSSELS1156REFORMING ESDP CRISIS RESPONSE CAPABILITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Several distinct, but related, efforts are underway within the EU to improve the effectiveness of crisis response capabilities under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) which after 7 years of operation and (shortly) 17 missions, is increasingly seen as having reached [...]
2007-04-05 07:55:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN MOPS PREL
07BRUSSELS1787NATO, AFGHANISTAN, AND BELGIUM: JUNE 10 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht told DCM on May 30 that the June 10 federal polls limit Belgium's ability to be responsive to NATO's request. De Gucht said that while his party (the party of the Foreign and Prime Ministers) was sympathetic to the request from NATO, the [...]
2007-06-01 10:51:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR BE AF
07BRUSSELS2052EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY:
[...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]
2007-06-22 11:42:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS2056EU FOREIGN POLICY UNDER THE PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY:
[...] (C) Big changes in style and management of the policy process are expected when Germany hands off the six-month rotating EU Presidency to Portugal on July 1. In the realm of the EU,s Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),Council decision by consensus remains the rule and the EU Presiden [...]
2007-06-22 13:00:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN MARR MOPS PO XG
07BRUSSELS233BELGIAN PLANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26
[...] (C) Per refs A and B instructions, we outlined U.S. thinking on Afghanistan with the three key players on this issue in Belgium -- the Prime Minister's Office, the Foreign Ministry, and the Defense Ministry. Our contacts were pleased to learn of USG plans to provide additional support for Af [...]
2007-01-24 05:54:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF BE EAID MARR MOPS PINS PREL
07BRUSSELS2628EU RESPONSE REGARDING 46 AFRICAN MIGRANTS RESCUED
[...] (SBU) Sandra Platt, Acting Head of Unit for Immigration and Asylum at the European Commission's Directorate General for Justice, Freedom, and Security (DG-JLS),told PRM officer that she would issue a Reseau d'Alerte, or network alert, to appropriate people within the European Commission, inclu [...]
2007-08-20 15:53:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PHSA MOPS EWWT SMIG EUN
07BRUSSELS2675SUPPORT FOR AMISOM: BELGIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (SBU) Subsequent to Ref A, Belgium's Senior Envoy to the Great Lakes Region Jozef Smets gave polmiloff a more thorough and balanced view of Belgian military contributions to Burundi. 3. (C) Smets reported on the mid [...]
2007-08-23 13:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS PHUM PREL KPKO SO BU BE
07BRUSSELS3139EU DYNAMICS IN ADVANCE OF OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-12 16:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ETTC IR XF EUN BM CD ZL
07BRUSSELS3258INVITATION TO CHAD ESDP FORCE GENERATION
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The EU has invited the U.S. to take part in informal force generation consultations with the operation commander of the ESDP mission to Chad. This follows oral and written invitations in September to [...]
2007-10-29 15:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS EUN CD PREF
07BRUSSELS3346LATEST FORCE GENERATION FOR ESDP MISSION TO CHAD
[...] (U) Summary. The EU held force generation conferences on November 9 and 14 to raise the forces required for the planned ESDP mission to Chad. With France providing half the force, the total pledged troop strength would be at the low end of the requirement for the mission. Potentially cripp [...]
2007-11-16 07:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALMOPS EUN CD CT PHUM
07BRUSSELS3482EU CHAD MISSION ON RAZOR'S EDGE
[...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the EU Military Staff (DGEUMS),LtGen Leakey told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Nigro on December 5 that the 8EU is on a razor's edge regarding the military mission in Chad," clarifying that due to severe force generation shortfalls, EU credibility "may be at [...]
2007-12-11 14:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS EUN CD CT PHUM
07BUCHAREST113DEMARCHE: COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered demarche to MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on January 19. Vasiu said the MFA was aware that there were plans for a Cluster Munitions (CM) conference in Oslo but Romania had not yet been formally invited. She not [...]
2007-02-02 17:10:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO
07BUCHAREST1229USAREUR MEETING WITH ROMANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) USAREUR Commanding General McKiernan accompanied by Ambassador met October 31 with Romanian Defense Minister Teodor Melescanu. Melescanu prefaced the meeting by expressing his appreciation for the excellent bilateral ties between the two nations, boasting that the partnership between Rom [...]
2007-10-31 15:54:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RO
07BUCHAREST1244ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: For Romania, the more specific the international mandate for Iraq, the better the outcome in terms of continued engagement in Iraq. President Basescu is committed to maintaining Romania's military commitments overseas, but the imprecisions within Romania's overlapping constitutio [...]
2007-11-02 13:52:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ RO
07BUCHAREST1317ROMANIA: INTENSIFYING AND DIVERSIFYING RELATIONS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points on November 28, to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Daniel Tanase. Tanase expressed appreciation for the demarche and said the GOR would look forward to the December 6 NSC Iraq Forum for further discussion. Tanase described the GOR policy towards Ira [...]
2007-11-29 13:58:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL IZ RO
07BUCHAREST143DRAFT PROPOSAL FOR A TRAINING CENTER FOR
[...] (C) During a February 7 meeting to discuss Afghanistan, Kosovo and GAERC issues (septel),MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga shared a draft concept paper for creating a European Training Center for Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis Reconstruction (ETCPR). Dranga believes the ETCPR addresses a g [...]
2007-02-09 18:15:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST202PNL LAUNCHES PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE TO WITHDRAW
[...] (C) Liberal Party (PNL) legislators, led by former Defense Minister Teodor Atanasiu and Senator Norica Nicolai opened a new front in the current political war by announcing at a press conference February 21 that they will launch a debate in Parliament on withdrawing Romanian troops from Iraq. [...]
2007-02-22 13:45:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR IZ RO
07BUCHAREST292CLUSTER MUNITIONS BACK ON THE TABLE
[...] (C) MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on March 9, cautioned POLMILOFF that Romania will revisit its decision not to associate the GOR with the Conference on Cluster Munitions. Vasiu said that the GOR's decision to send a relatively low lev [...]
2007-03-13 16:33:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO IS RO
07BUCHAREST349PRIME MINISTER CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF ROMANIAN
[...] (SBU) Claiming that Romania's military has fulfilled its mission in Iraq, Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu announced during a speech on March 26 that he would do his utmost -- within his constitutional authority -- to see that all Romanian military forces would come home from Iraq by Ch [...]
2007-03-26 17:17:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR MCAP PREL PGOV IZ RO
07BUCHAREST381MFA: ROMANIA IS INTERESTED IN LEADING A PRT IN
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (SBU) New Director General for Strategic Affairs, Victor Micula, accompanied by NATO Policy Deputy Director Ana Tinca, told DCM and POLMILOFF on March 28 that Romania was interested in leading a PRT in Qalat, Zabol Province (where Roman [...]
2007-04-03 15:35:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS PGOV
07BUCHAREST477ON ROMANIA,S PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu is expected to push for a political decision by mid-May within the Supreme Council on National Defense (CSAT) to withdraw all Romanian troops from Iraq. The Prime Minister has asked Foreign Minister Cioroianu and Defense Minister Melescanu [...]
2007-04-27 17:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ RO
07BUCHAREST519MISTAKES WERE MADE -- ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT CAPS US
[...] (SBU) A joint session of Parliament on May 2 passed a decision that not only approved the entry and stationing of U.S. military forces on Romanian territory but unexpectedly also capped at 3,000 the total number of U.S. troops for the ten-year duration of the December 2005 U.S.-Romanian Defense [...]
2007-05-07 16:18:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV RO
07BUCHAREST60ROMANIA: GOALS FOR INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) Acting Pol Chief on January 16 discussed NATO Ministerial goals (ref a) with MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga and NATO Office Deputy Director Ana Tinca. Pol Chief noted the excellent bilateral discussion between Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns held on the margins [...]
2007-01-18 16:09:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP RO
07BUCHAREST787ROMANIA: IRAQI AMBASSADOR MURAD SHARES WITNESS
[...] (C) Iraqi Ambassador Abdel Murad sent a letter following up his earlier one (reftel) regarding the death of his father-in-law during an incident involving U.S. troops in Baghdad last Christmas. He confirmed that his Baghdad relatives are staying with him in Bucharest, and they have yet to re [...]
2007-07-09 06:22:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV RO
07BUDAPEST101HUNGARIAN UPDATE FOR JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO
[...] (C) USAID hosted a PRT for senior GoH interagency representatives in Budapest January 23. Post capitalized on the meeting to review reftel points with representatives from the MFA's Office of Security Policy, highlighting our commitment to provide significant new resources and our call on Al [...]
2007-01-24 08:03:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALNATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS
07BUDAPEST136PRT TRAINING ON TIME AND ON TARGET
[...] (SBU) Nearly 50 Hungarian military and law enforcement officers, diplomats, and development experts attended a seminar on PRT operations January 22 - 23. The seminar, consisting of a detailed overview for senior officials in Budapest January 22 and an in-depth, interactive session at a Hunga [...]
2007-02-01 14:22:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS EAID ECON
07BUDAPEST188HUNGARIAN NOMINEES FOR CONFERENCE ON MODERN
[...] Post warmly welcomes the opportunity to nominate the following GoH officials: Gyorgy Molnar, MFA Director for International Security Policy: A career diplomat, Molnar has extensive experience in the full range of security affairs including NATO issues. He visited Afghanistan during the pre [...]
2007-02-12 08:39:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKISL EAID PINS PREL PROP PTER MARR MOPS
07BUDAPEST350DAS DI CARLO'S CONSULTATIONS IN HUNGARY
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Di Carlo's visit to Budapest March 1 - 2 updated key GoH decision-makers and opinion-leaders on our Balkan agenda, highlighted by our commitment to moving forward on final status for Kosovo to promote the entire region's integration into Euro-Atlantic structures. Hungarian of [...]
2007-03-07 12:02:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS HU
07BUDAPEST45INITIAL GOH REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S POLICY ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Foley reviewed the essential elements of the President's January 10 announcement on Iraq policy with MFA State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi January 11 per reftel, emphasizing our support for the Iraqi government's actions to promote stability, bolster the economy, and achieve nat [...]
2007-01-11 16:01:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
07BUDAPEST636HUNGARY'S REPRESENTATION AT COALITION CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 15:07:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER
07BUDAPEST647HUNGARY ALREADY CONTRIBUTING FULL RESOURCES IN
[...] (C) Per reftel the Government of Hungary (GOH) is currently contributing maximum resources to ongoing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. On 25 April, Minister of Defense Szekeres reaffirmed GOH contributions to NTM-I in high-level Pentagon meetings with SECDEF, CJCS and at State with D, notin [...]
2007-04-26 15:16:00Embassy BudapestSECRETMARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER HU
07BUDAPEST70MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]
2007-01-17 15:34:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST71MFA ON CUBA, AFGHANISTAN, AND RUSSIAN OIL CUT-OFF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Foley met with MFA State Secretary Varkonyi January 11 to review the state of play on SIPDIS key issues following her return from the EUR Chiefs of Mission Conference. Varkonyi outlined GoH initiatives to promote a democratic transition in Cuba, including the addit [...]
2007-01-17 15:35:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM ECON
07BUDAPEST76MFA LOOKS FORWARD TO JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para xxx for action request. 2. (C) Ambassador Foley reviewed the latest USG thinking on Afghanistan and Kosovo with MFA Political Director Ivan Udvardi in preparation for the upcoming meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers in Brussels January 26. A [...]
2007-01-18 10:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID
07BUDAPEST98HUNGARY'S POSITION ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) GOH officials say that Hungary will accept the Government of Norway's (GON) invitation to attend the February 22-23 Oslo conference per reftel. MFA Director of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Policy Andras Toth told POL off on 22 January that the GOH will attend the conference "in ord [...]
2007-01-23 14:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO
07BUJUMBURA323BURUNDI PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] (C) Although the government of Burundi (GOB) is a supporter of many U.S. foreign policy initiatives, at this time, it is unlikely that Burundi will have the civilian or military resources to contribute to the New Way Forward initiative in Iraq. The primary efforts undertaken by the GOB's Min [...]
2007-05-03 07:55:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS PREL BY
07CAIRO1204EGYPT PLEASED WITH MALIKI VISIT, MUBARAK EXPRESSES
[...] (C) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is in Egypt April 22-24 to meet the Egyptian leadership and to begin the process of normalizing strained relations, overcoming mutual suspicions, discussing commercial opportunities, and preparing for upcoming international meetings on Iraq. Maliki has [...]
2007-04-23 15:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON EFIN EG IZ
07CAIRO1242EGYPT TELLS HAMAS TO HALT GAZA ROCKET ATTACKS
[...] (C) Egypt has warned Hamas to halt rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel, according to wire service and other reports. These reports are consistent with information provided to Embassy Cairo by senior GOE security officials. Note: The Jerusalem Post and the independent Cairo daily Al-Mas [...]
2007-04-26 15:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MEPN MOPS KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1252EGYPT OFFERS TROOPS FOR DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, Egypt publicly offered a significant contribution for the AU/UN Darfur heavy support package (HSP),contingent upon Sudanese government approval. MOD contacts confirmed that the GOE has offered between 1200 and 1900 troops. Egypt has asked the UN to provide further [...]
2007-04-29 10:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS UNSC KPKO EG SU PHUM
07CAIRO1279DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF RESPONDS TO
[...] (C) The Ambassador had the opportunity on April 30 to discuss with Arab League Secretary General Moussa a recent Congressional Resolution on Darfur that explicitly criticizes the Arab League over the conflict there. Moussa conveyed that he was personally affronted by the resolution, and said [...]
2007-05-02 09:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON UNSC MOPS EG SU
07CAIRO1518SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON AMISOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 13:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL ARABL SO
07CAIRO1678SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT COURTS MODERATES
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche on June 3 to both MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid and Arab League Secretariat advisor Zeid Sabban. Abu Zeid said that Egypt SIPDIS supports including moderate members of the now defunct Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in reconciliation talks, [...]
2007-06-04 11:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL ARABL EG SO
07CAIRO1766SCENE SETTER FOR AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS
[...] (S) Mr. Henry, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Cairo for AFRICOM consultations with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials. A series of difficult, but unrelated issues have brought the mil-to-mil relationship to a sensitive juncture, and your primary interlocutor, Assistant Ministe [...]
2007-06-11 07:05:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KPAL KMFO EAID EG IS IR SU IZ
07CAIRO1889AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS IN EGYPT
[...] (C) Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry, accompanied by an interagency delegation, briefed Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials on USG planning for AFRICOM on June 12. The MoD delegation included the Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy, MG Al Assar, [...]
2007-06-20 14:18:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS EG
07CAIRO220DARFUR: EGYPTIANS PREPARED TO OFFER TROOPS, APCS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-28 09:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EG SU
07CAIRO3134EGYPT: "NO" TO UNAMID AVIATION SUPPORT AND
[...] (SBU) On October 24, emboffs urged Assistant Minister of Defense for Armament Major General Fouad Abd Al Halim and Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy Major General Mohamed Al Assar to reconsider providing aviation support and transport assets for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),per [...]
2007-10-25 12:40:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV MARR MASS MOPS EG SU
07CAIRO3308USACE TUNNEL EXPERTS PROPOSE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
[...] (C) A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-led team of tunnel detection experts visited Egypt's border with Gaza on November 15 to assess whether technical equipment would assist the Ministry of Defense in detecting and exploiting tunnels used in smuggling. The team presented its preliminar [...]
2007-11-21 15:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS
07CAIRO3309DEFMIN TANTAWI ON BORDER SECURITY, BRIGHT STAR,
[...] (C) U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon discussed security assistance, border security, and EXERCISE BRIGHT STAR with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi on November 18. Tantawi and the senior MoD officials joining him: (1) confirmed Egypt's interest in ho [...]
2007-11-21 15:52:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID MASS MARR MOPS KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3329FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUL GHEIT DISCUSSES IRAQ,
[...] (C) U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed Iraqi security and the upcoming Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on November 18. Aboul Gheit asked whether it would be possible to widen the participation in PM Maliki's government and express [...]
2007-11-26 11:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS IZ IR
07CAIRO3333MOD INDICATES WILLINGESS TO SIGN LOR FOR
[...] (C) As a result of the recent visit and recommendations of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counter-tunneling experts (reftel),MoD Assistant Minister of Defense for Armament MG Fouad told OMC MG Collings on November 25 that Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi had agreed to sign a proposed L [...]
2007-11-26 15:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG
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