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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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07ANKARA1739DEPARTMENT RESPONSE TO GOT REGARDING US DFENSE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points regarding US defense articles in Cyprus to MFA Deputy U/S Haydar Berk on July 6. Ambassador emphasized our desire to be transparent, noted previous discussions with the Turkish General Staff on the problem of Greek-supplied US defense articles in Cyprus [...]
2007-07-09 08:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CY GR TU
07ANKARA176EXBS: TURKISH PARLIAMENT RATIFIES NP COOPERATION
[...] The Turkish Grand National Assembly approved the "Agreement Between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of the United States of America Regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Non-Proliferation Purposes" following debate on January 24, 2007 [...]
2007-01-26 17:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL TU US
07ANKARA180CFE: TURKEY MAKES NEW FLANK ENTITLEMENT OFFER
[...] (C) MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us January 29 that the Turkish government is now prepared to offer 35 (thirty-five) tank and 20 (twenty) ACV flank entitlements from its headroom vice the original offer of 63 tank entitlements. He said this offer has been clea [...]
2007-01-29 12:00:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA1816TURKISH AMBIVALENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: Two Embassy-organized videoconferences and a recent Turkish roundtable reveal continued ambivalence about Iran's nuclear program among Turkey's non-governmental policy elites, including academics, think-tankers, and columnists. Turkish opinion-makers do not want to see Iran, a nei [...]
2007-07-17 10:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM IR TU
07ANKARA1823TURKEY NOTIFIED OF USAFE MANPOWER REDUCTION PLANS
[...] (S) We informed MFA Head of Department for the Americas Oguzhan Ertugrul on July 17 of US Air Force Europe plans to reduce manpower over three fiscal years across the command (ref b). We provided specific figures for reductions planned for Turkey by location, emphasizing that the adjustments a [...]
2007-07-18 09:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO TU
07ANKARA1836TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Erik Deschler and Ms. Erin Mark to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the providing of nonproliferation assistance, including training and equipment, from July 30 to August 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Cont [...]
2007-07-19 06:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU
07ANKARA1913TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND ANTITANK MISSILES
[...] (C) A shipment of FAGOT guided antitank missiles, along with other arms (nfi),is being transported aboard a St. Vincent-flagged vessel, the Slavyanin, which departed the port of Oktyabrsk in Ukraine and transited the Bosphorus 21-23 July, bound for the port of Umm-Qasr in Iraq, according to T [...]
2007-07-26 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1941TURKISH CUSTOMS TARGETING AND RISK MANAGEMENT
[...] Summary: Turkish Customs places great importance on accurate and timely targeting and risk management of shipments coming to, leaving, and passing through the Republic of Turkey. Due to the high volume of cargo which does pass through Turkish Customs areas, Turkish Customs has been working t [...]
2007-07-30 13:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA PARM TU
07ANKARA1961TURKEY AND THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE
[...] We raised reftel points with Bora Kerimoglu, Section Chief in the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department on July 31, encouraging his office to ensure that the International Convention is on the agenda for the newly elected parliament's consideration this fall. We also inquired about any [...]
2007-07-31 13:54:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1968EXBS: GOVERNMENT OF TURKEY ACCEPTS CUSTOMIZED
[...] We have received a Diplomatic Note (text below) informing the United States that the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade (UFT),on behalf of the Government of Turkey (GOT),has accepted the customized software. The GOT requests that written permission be given to the GOT to place this customiz [...]
2007-08-01 09:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA1976TURKEY REQUESTS VERIFICATION OF MILITARY CARGO
[...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (C) Pol-Mil Counselor was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on August 1 by Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar, who requested information on the vessel MV Slavyanin and verification that its military cargo, reportedly destined for the [...]
2007-08-01 16:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ CY
07ANKARA2020EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUL 2007)
[...] Summary: MFA notifies Embassy that final step in the entry-into-force of NP Cooperation Agreement depends on information concerning status of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Agreement. Twenty-four Turkish Customs officials attend Targeting and Risk Management Workshop in Ankara. This worksh [...]
2007-08-08 05:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2024TURKEY: ENERGY AND NON-PROLIFERATION COOPERATION
[...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123) Agreement was initialed by the US and GOT in July 2000. The GOT ratified this agreement in January 2005. To date, the USG has not submitted this agreement to Congress for ratification. Senior GOT o [...]
2007-08-08 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU
07ANKARA2188TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY FLIGHT CLEARANCE
[...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and Acting South Asia Department Head Ilhan Sener at 1030 local on August 24 to deliver demarche concerning reftel Iranian PARS Air flight. Olcay checked immediately with the MFA flight clearance department to determ [...]
2007-08-24 11:10:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU
07ANKARA2214TURKEY DENIES OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-28 14:03:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU
07ANKARA2325EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUG 2007)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued work on grant agreement to transfer a new Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Work also continued on cooperation plan to standardize the training curriculum of the Turkish Customs Training Academy. Twenty-four Turkish Customs officials attend Radiation [...]
2007-09-12 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2394TURKEY TO INSPECT SHIPMENT BETWEEN IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (S) We provided reftel points on the potential shipment of sensitive equipment to Hizballah and Syria via IL-76 aircraft from Iran via Turkish airspace to Basat Ozturk, MFA Deputy Director General for Aviation and Maritime Affairs, on the morning of September 22. 2. (S) Ozturk informed us t [...]
2007-09-22 09:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS SY IR TU
07ANKARA245SHIELD S22- MFA INVESTIGATES TURKISH COMPANY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 16:24:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC IR
07ANKARA2467TURKEY: U/S BURNS CONSULTATIONS WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns consulted with senior Turkish MFA officials on a broad array of issues during bilateral meetings in Ankara September 19. They discussed Iraq, the PKK, Iran, U.S.-Turkey bilateral relations and the impact of a Congressional Armenian genocide resoluti [...]
2007-10-04 12:06:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TU IZ IR
07ANKARA2474EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (SEP 2007)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor continued work on grant agreement to transfer a new Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Work also continued on a cooperation plan to standardize the training curriculum of the Turkish Customs Training Academy. Eighteen Turkish officials from Turkish Customs, Nat [...]
2007-10-05 04:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA257STRENGTHENING NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Turkey has embraced the objectives of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI). A participant in every major non-proliferation regime and a strong supporter of the Proliferation Security Initiative, Turkey has acted against proliferators and blocked shipments of concern to I [...]
2007-02-06 16:30:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2581MTAG: INDIAN FIRM WORKING ON BEHALF OF IRAN'S UAV
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-18 15:02:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA IR TU
07ANKARA2702WARM RECEPTION FOR FM BABACAN IN IRAN; TEPID
[...] SUMMARY. Turkish FM Babacan received a warm reception from Iranian political leaders in his first visit to Iran, October 27-28. Iran is well-positioned to understand Turkey's PKK dilemma, but Iranian leaders did not extend support for a Turkish military incursion into northern Iraq. Iran an [...]
2007-11-02 09:21:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KNNP PARM EFIN IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2722TURKEY: EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) We met with MFA Department Head for South Asia Devrim Ozturk to share USG expectations for the upcoming IAEA report on Iranian implementation of the work plan (ref a). Ozturk welcomed the points and promised to share them with colleagues in other departments. He said the GOT continues t [...]
2007-11-06 11:25:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR TU
07ANKARA2727EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE -
[...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor transition was completed with Robert Cieslinski assuming duties as EXBS Advisor to Turkey. The language in the property grant to transfer Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs has been reviewed with A/LM/AQM and is under consideration by Turkish Customs. Turki [...]
2007-11-07 08:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2756DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] Per reftel we met with and advised all relevant parties in the Turkish Government to inform them of these designations. Those contacts are Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Iranian Affairs, Babur Hizlan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security A [...]
2007-11-09 17:25:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN
07ANKARA2777TURKISH GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON BANK MELLI AND BANK
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Post requests guidance on related item outlined in paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per Reftel A, we informed leaders at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA),and MASAK, the Turkish financial intelligence unit, of Bank Mell [...]
2007-11-15 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUC TU PREL IR PARM EFIN
07ANKARA2815SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURTHA'S VISIT TO TURKEY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of PM Erdogan's November 5 meeting with President Bush, when we promised to support effective measures to eliminate the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) terrorist threat from northern Iraq. A November 20 follow-up visit by Generals Cartwright and Pet [...]
2007-11-21 15:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER MASS PARM IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2907TURKEY/IRAN: INITIAL TURKISH REACTION TO NATIONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador reviewed the NIE key judgments and reftel points with MFA Undersecretary Apakan and President/Prime Minister advisor Davutoglu on December 4. Drawing on points in reftel, Ambassador highlighted the NIE's conclusion that Iran had a nuclear weapons program and stopped it in 2003, [...]
2007-12-06 15:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR TU
07ANKARA2943EXBS: TURKEY ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER
[...] Summary: The EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish MFA continues to withhold implementation of EXBS Agreement pending U.S. ratification of the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123) Agreement. Progress continues for ongoing enforcement tra [...]
2007-12-12 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA2962EXBS: TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY REQUESTS
[...] (U) Action request at para 5. 2.(C) Summary: The Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) has requested that the USG send a team of experts to conduct a joint nuclear smuggling threat assessment with TAEK to obtain a better understanding of the threat to Turkey of proliferation of nuclear mat [...]
2007-12-14 11:26:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA3043(S) SHIELD S15A-06: TURKEY PREPARED TO HELP BLOCK
[...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on December 17. Ulgen, who personally reviews all export licenses to Syria involving Australia Group-controlled items, expressed appreciation for the information and promised to share the informati [...]
2007-12-28 08:00:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC
07ANKARA3047TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS, BUT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel papers on December 17 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen stated that, as a country with cluster munitions in its arsenal, Turkey sha [...]
2007-12-28 11:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO TU
07ANKARA310EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JAN 2007)
[...] Summary: Turkish Parliament ratified the U.S. - Turkish NP Cooperation Agreement, a major step in fully opening the EXBS program in Turkey. EXBS Advisor continued coordination of training opportunities for Turkish Customs Officials. GOT approved the upgrade of previously installed por [...]
2007-02-14 05:56:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA324UNSCR 1737: TURKEY WILL SEARCH FOR ASSETS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. Demarches on implementation of UNSCR 1737 have been delivered to the Minister of Finance, Turkey's financial intelligence unit, and the Foreign Ministry. The senior foreign ministry official responsible for intelligence and security appreciated the information, but admitted tha [...]
2007-02-15 12:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETTC KFTN PARM KNNP IR TU
07ANKARA388TURKEY CONFIRMS OFFER TO COMMAND UNIFIL NAVAL
[...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal and Turkish Navy Plans and Policy CDM Cem Gurd to take oveQ after Germany. 2. (C) Both officials insist%d that the Turkish offer was made without Cyprus-related caveats. Turkish command of the force would not prejudice the ability of contributi [...]
2007-02-22 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNIFIL CY LE TU
07ANKARA438CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKEY REVIEWING THE MOU
[...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 23 that the ministry's legal office is reviewing U.S. comments on the draft MOU for Turkey's transfer of flank entitlements to the U.S. Gun said he is arguing for the more flexible, poli [...]
2007-02-28 08:23:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE NATO NO GR TU
07ANKARA496TAEK PRESIDENT ON HEU FUEL EXCHANGE AND SISTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu stated TAEK is open to discussing areas for peaceful nuclear cooperation, including repatriation of HEU current held at the Cekmece Nuclear Research Center and the USG-proposed nuclear laboratory-to-laboratory ("Si [...]
2007-03-06 07:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM PREL TRGY TU
07ANKARA512BRIEFINGS ON ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND REVIEW OF
[...] (SBU) Summary; Two nuclear smuggling and forensics experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory conducted a nuclear smuggling workshop for members of the Turkish National Police (TNP). They also met with Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) scientists at the Cekmece Nuclear Research [...]
2007-03-07 08:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TU
07ANKARA514CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: CROSS-GROUP STATIONING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 11:33:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO UK CA RO BU TU
07ANKARA515CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENTS: TURKS WILLING TO WORK ON
[...] (C) In the absence of MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun, we pressed Department Head Serhan Yigit on March 7 for Turkish reaction to our comments on the draft MOU for the transfer of 35 tank and 20 ACV entitlements, explaining our desire to complete notification of the [...]
2007-03-07 11:36:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE NATO GR NO TU
07ANKARA523RELIABLE REPLACEMENT WARHEAD POINTS DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-08 09:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA525EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEB 2007)
[...] Summary: EXBS Advisor assisted in Embassy support to U.S. delegation attending Global Initiative (GI) meetings, coordinated Turkish participation at export control conference and began coordination of Turkish customs officials' participation at upcoming International Border Interdiction [...]
2007-03-08 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA533INVITATION FOR MIAMI LAW ENFORCEMENT CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 09:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA534TURKEY WILL NOT OBJECT TO U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Bora Kerimoglu, Chief of Section, MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament, and urged GOT support for the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria at the Oslo MTCR Technical Experts Meeting. Kerimoglu told us on March 8 that Ministry [...]
2007-03-09 09:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA
07ANKARA628TURKEY: POST SUPPORTS FY07 SECTION 1206 SUBMISSION
[...] (S) In response to reftel request, post stands by its FY07 1206 program request. The proposal was comprised of two parts: an $8.5M UAV training and maintenance program for the upgrade of and training on three grounded Unmanned Aerial Vehicles currently in Turkey's inventory, and a $2.5M count [...]
2007-03-19 16:15:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETMASS PARM TU
07ANKARA681TURKEY CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER MOU
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, we informed MFA Arms Control DDG Ahmet Muhtar Gun's office that the U.S. agrees with all of the Turkish proposed changes to the draft text of the CFE entitlement transfer MOU, and that we seek to put the MOU into final form, exchange notes, and transmit the text to W [...]
2007-03-26 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA712TURKEY: FIRST REACTIONS TO UNSCR 1747 SANCTIONS
[...] (C) We delivered ref a points on UNSCR 1747 to MFA Head of Department for South Asia Murat Ahmed Yoruk on March 26. Yoruk said the MFA is studying the text of the resolution and commented that its provisions appear to be similarly targeted as those in UNSCR 1737. He advised that the text of la [...]
2007-03-28 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA723TURKEY TO SUBMIT FINAL CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFER
[...] (SBU) Per ref a, we followed up with Ahmet Muhtar Gun, MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament, on March 28 to underscore US acceptance of Turkey's changes to the CFE Entitlement Transfer MOU text and press for the exchange of final documents by March 30. Gun said that the [...]
2007-03-29 15:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA755EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON CFE ENTITLEMENTS TRANSFER MOU
[...] (SBU) The Turkish Foreign Ministry and embassy exchanged diplomatic notes in Ankara on March 30 to formalize the transfer of Conventional Forces Europe (CFE) Treaty equipment entitlements based on the memorandum of understanding text in ref b as modified in ref c. Turkish note was e-mailed to [...]
2007-04-03 07:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE NATO PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA776SHIELD S02-07: MFA REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
[...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Arms Head of Department Serhan Yigit on April 3. We thanked Yigit for MFA's efforts (reported ref b) on the Turkish firm Norm Limited and explained that we have new information that the Turkish firm Rottest A.S. and a second firm located in Izmir are pro [...]
2007-04-04 15:13:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA780TURKS PREFER CYPRUS NOT BE A PARTY TO THE GLOBAL
[...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, Turkish MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan restated Turkish objections to Cyprus becoming a party to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) (reftel). Apakan and Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Gun explained that, at the February A [...]
2007-04-05 08:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KGIT PREL PARM TU CY
07ANKARA811TURKISH AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 10:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR TU
07ANKARA838TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOC/BIS
[...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Ms. Rossitza Petrov and Mr. Brian O'Brien who will travel to Ankara to provide an "Internal Control Program (ICP)" Instructor Training workshop to Government of Turkey officials from April 30 to May 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyo [...]
2007-04-11 07:52:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA840EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAR 2007)
[...] Summary: Two USG nuclear smuggling and forensic experts met with Turkish Atomic Energy scientists to continue cooperation on nuclear forensic review. EXBS Advisor completed mid-year program review and consultation trip to Washington DC. EXBS Advisor continued work with Turkish Customs to i [...]
2007-04-11 10:09:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA90EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DEC 2006)
[...] Summary: Turkish National Police (TNP) sent two participants to an FBI-hosted WMD exercise in New York City; coordination for approval by GOT of the change out of portal monitors continued; and continued progress was made on the Internal Control Program (ICP). Finally, EXBS Advisor cont [...]
2007-01-18 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA938TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WISCONSIN
[...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Gary Milhollin and Ms. Kelly Motz to travel to Ankara to meet with Government of Turkey official to discuss the Wisconsin Project/Risk Report from April 23 to 26, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG [...]
2007-04-20 11:16:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA954TURKEY INFORMED THAT CYPRUS JOINS THE GLOBAL
[...] (C) Ambassador informed MFA U/S Apakan on April 20 of the adherence by Cyprus to the Global Initiative Statement of Principles, drawing on the points provided reftel. He emphasized the importance the USG attaches to combating nuclear terrorism and our view that the forum should not be used/m [...]
2007-04-24 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP KGIC PREL PARM TU CY
07ANKARA984TURKEY: NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT TU
07ANTANANARIVO315JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MADAGASCAR ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered the joint demarche with the Russian Ambassador to the Malagasy Minister of Foreign Affairs Marcel Ranjeva. The Minister promised to look at the declaration within the framework of existing treaties and Madagascar's position in SADC and the Indian Ocean. A response wil [...]
2007-04-02 13:32:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO524MADAGASCAR WELCOMED AS GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER
[...] Political/Economic Section Chief and Russian Federation DCM separately welcomed the Government of Madagascar (GOM) into the Global Initiative as a new partner nation and provided them with the most current version of the Plan of Work, Terms of Reference, Statement of Principles, Explanatory Not [...]
2007-05-31 12:45:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO569MADAGASCAR WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GI THIRD MEETING
[...] Post received diplomatic note no. 07-470-AE/M/NV/DCM from the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office in Charge of the United Nations and International Organizations, dated June 5, informing the Embassy that the Government of Madagascar will be represented by its Ambassador in Moscow, duri [...]
2007-06-08 05:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ASHGABAT1170TURKMENISTAN: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ECON MNUC TX
07ASHGABAT1171TURKMENISTAN: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 10:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PGOV PREL EFIN KNNP IR TX
07ASHGABAT1287PSI DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKMENISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-27 03:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1340PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE NONPAPER DELIVERED TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 11:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT322TURKMENISTAN FM REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, First Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov touched on recent regional visitors, emphasized Turkmenistan's adherence to non-proliferation regimes and desire to work more closely with the OSCE, and signaled concrete interest in working with the UN on religious [...]
2007-03-28 09:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM TX IR AZ KZ GG UN
07ASHGABAT327UNSCR 1747 Demarche Delivered to Turkmenistan's Foreign
[...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel information regarding the newly adopted UN Security Council Resolution 1747, as well as the English-language text of the resolution via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 27. On the same day, Acting Charge d'Affaires orally delivered a summ [...]
2007-03-29 12:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNGA USUN KNNP TX
07ASHGABAT343TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) A/CDA met with Russian Ambassador Blatov April 3 and presented reftel talking points and statement of principles in Russian translation. He noted this was a U.S-Russian presidential initiative, and asked Ambassador Blatov to join him, or other EmbOffs, to make a joint demarche to the G [...]
2007-04-03 10:15:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TX RS
07ASHGABAT599TURKMENISTAN RESPONSE TO SYRIAN OVERFLIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 09:36:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEAIR PARM PREL MNUC KN SY AM KZ KG TI TX UZ
07ASHGABAT604TURKMENISTAN DENIES OVERFLIGHT TO SYRIAN FLIGHT
[...] (S) Turkmenistan's Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman Rashit Meredov called in Charge on June 19 to inform her that the flight referred to in ref b had requested overflight both to Pyonyang and back. The flight had reported it was carrying baby food. Meredov said the government had approved the [...]
2007-06-19 12:20:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETEAIR PARM PREL MNUC KN SY AM KZ KG TI TX UZ
07ASMARA852ASMARA: DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 09:21:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON ER
07ASTANA1003KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS APPROVAL OF CTR
[...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Korzhova sent a letter to the Ambassador on April 17 confirming that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption (VAT) claims for subcontractors has recommended the approval of nine of ten pending contra [...]
2007-04-19 00:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1095KAZAKHSTAN: FINANCE MINISTER CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) Minister of Finance Korzhova sent a letter to the Ambassador on April 17 confirming that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption (VAT) claims for subcontractors has recommended the approval of nine of ten pending contra [...]
2007-04-26 03:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1116KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO NPT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Kayrat Sarzhanov, MFA International Security Department Advisor, who welcomed the information and emphasized Kazakhstan's commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Sarzhanov noted that Kazakhstan condemned North Korea's [...]
2007-04-26 10:52:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT KZ
07ASTANA1117KAZAKHSTAN: PAVLODAR CHEMICAL PLANT SOLD
[...] The Pavlodar Chemical Plant was sold at auction on March 26 to Bazalt PV for 1.5 billion tenge ($13 million). All of the plants assets - the buildings on the plant's territory, equipment and transport, and the Bylkyldak retention lake - were sold as one lot. Little is known about Bazalt PV. [...]
2007-04-26 10:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CBW CWC KZ
07ASTANA1262 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (APRIL
[...] TDY EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins departed post on April 26. The Embassy welcomed TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings assigned to post from April 24 to May 24, as the second in a series of temporary advisors who will manage the office until the next TDY EXBS Advisor arrives. On May 2, it was announced [...]
2007-05-11 06:03:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1326KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING TRAVEL OF UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 07:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP IR KZ
07ASTANA1358KAZAKHSTAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 10:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR
07ASTANA1449SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROOD'S TRIP TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-29 08:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA157KAZAKHSTAN READY TO COOPERATE ON INSPECTION OF
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche and non-paper on January 19 to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation, emphasizing that the demarche was a continuation of previous discussions with the GOK regarding the Proli [...]
2007-01-19 07:42:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1840KAZAKHSTAN: BRIEFING ON NUCLEAR ENERGY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 08:45:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP KZ
07ASTANA190KAZAKHSTAN PREPARING FOR BN-350 TALKS
[...] Poloff passed the draft agenda for January 24-25 BN-350 spent fuel program senior policy group discussions to Timur Zhantikin, Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee Chairman, and to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources on January 19. Zhantikin promised to provide his comments on the agen [...]
2007-01-22 11:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA191KAZAKHSTAN PREPARING FOR BN-350 TALKS
[...] Poloff passed the draft agenda for January 24-25 BN-350 spent fuel program senior policy group discussions to Timur Zhantikin, Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee Chairman, and to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources on January 19. Zhantikin promised to provide his comments on the agen [...]
2007-01-22 11:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1910 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] TDY EXBS Jim Kelly departed post on June 21. 2. Small Boat Operations Course in Aktau, July 9-20. The EXBS office has received a cable requesting our cooperation and assistance in preparing for an advance Safe Boat Operations Course for Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards in Aktau, Kazakh [...]
2007-07-16 00:18:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA193KAZAKHSTAN PREPARING FOR BN-350 TALKS
[...] Poloff passed the draft agenda for January 24-25 BN-350 spent fuel program senior policy group discussions to Timur Zhantikin, Kazakhstan Atomic Energy Committee Chairman, and to the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources on January 19. Zhantikin promised to provide his comments on the agen [...]
2007-01-22 11:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA2101 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] TDY EXBS Jim Kelly departed post on June 21. 2. Small Boat Operations Course in Aktau, July 9-20. The EXBS office has received a cable requesting our cooperation and assistance in preparing for an advance Safe Boat Operations Course for Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards in Aktau, Kazakh [...]
2007-08-03 08:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA219BN-350 PERMANENT DISPOSITION TALKS BEGIN
[...] (U) On January 24-25, a U.S. delegation led by NNSA Deputy Administrator William Tobey met with Kazakhstani officials for initial BN-350 spent fuel program Senior Policy Group (SPG) discussions. During the talks, the two sides agreed upon language for a draft joint communique establishing the [...]
2007-01-25 09:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA2414 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST
[...] On August 14 we received a letter from the Border Guard office in Uralsk Region to change the installation location of two of the four shelters scheduled for delivery in August-September time period. After numerous discussions with Border Guard as to Border Guard Headquarters concurrence with t [...]
2007-09-07 05:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA3007KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF GUIDANCE FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON KZ
07ASTANA3186EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Permanent EXBS Advisor Robert Colbert arrived at post on October 4, 2007. II. COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD A. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS CONDUCTED Â [...]
2007-11-26 05:20:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA333 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Aktau Safe-Boat meeting. EXBS, INL, and OMC will meet with the Kazakhstani Border Guard leadership in Aktau February 4-7. The meeting is to establish a clear way-forward on a number of ongoing issues associated with the Spring 2006 EXBS donation of the three Safe-Boats. Topics include mainte [...]
2007-02-07 08:13:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA3351EXBS KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER
[...] A site assessment of the Kurmangazy vehicle and pedestrian border crossing with Russia was conducted on November 1, 2007. This border site, which is located on the right bank of the Kigash River in the Kurmangazinsk District of Atyrau Providence, consists of a newly constructed vehicle and ped [...]
2007-12-21 02:25:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA546JCIC-DIP-07-001: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN
[...] (S) On February 28 DTRO-A delivered reftel U.S. response to the Russian non-paper requesting an additional photograph for the Trident Reference Aid to Major Makhit Nyshanily Tulegenov in MOD,s Arms Reduction Control and Inspection Activities Center. Major Tulegenov had no comment. 2. (U) P [...]
2007-03-01 07:34:00Embassy AstanaSECRETJCIC START PARM PREL KACT RS UP BO KZ US
07ASTANA653 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] EXBS Advisor Mike Seguin departs post on March 15, due to receipt of military orders to Active Duty. Embassy welcomes on board TDY EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins assigned to post from March 7 to April 26, 2007, as the first of a series of temporary advisors who will manage the office until a [...]
2007-03-14 00:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA860KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER ESTABLISHES CTR VAT
[...] (SBU) On April 3, Prime Minister Masimov issued a decree establishing an interagency commission to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax (VAT) exemption claims for subcontractors. The commission met quickly for the first time on April 4 to establish its working procedures [...]
2007-04-05 08:43:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASTANA892 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE (MARCH
[...] EXBS Advisor Mike Seguin departed post on March 15, due to receipt of military orders to Active Duty. TDY EXBS Advisor Larry Adkins arrived at post on March 7, 2007 and will depart on April 26, 2007. 2. Industry-Government Relations Forum II. The EXBS office has received a cable requ [...]
2007-04-09 07:18:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA906KAZAKHSTANI PRIME MINISTER ON ENERGY, CTR VAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador April 9, Prime Minister Masimov attributed the delay in final agreement on the offshore "N" Block to a Kazakhstani government decision to link oil and gas tenders to economic diversification goals. He expressed confidence that the VAT [...]
2007-04-09 11:09:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALENRG KZ PARM
07ASTANA908KAZAKHSTANI PRIME MINISTER ON ENERGY, CTR VAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador April 9, Prime Minister Masimov attributed the delay in final agreement on the offshore "N" Block to a Kazakhstani government decision to link oil and gas tenders to economic diversification goals. He expressed confidence that the VAT [...]
2007-04-10 00:46:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALENRG KZ PARM
07ASTANA927KAZAKHSTAN: PUSH CONTINUES ON CTR VAT ISSUE
[...] (SBU) On April 10, the Ambassador met with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Vladimir Shkolnik to urge his support in finding a solution to the value added tax issue threatening the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program in Kazakhstan. Shkolnik, a former Minister of Energy and Natu [...]
2007-04-12 00:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASTANA93KAZAKHSTAN ACCEPTS DATES FOR BN-350 TALKS
[...] (SBU) Almaz Tulebayev, Director of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) Department of Nuclear Energy and International Affairs, told Pol-Econ Officer on January 10 that Kazakhstan agrees to the dates of January 24-25 for senior level policy discussions on the final disposition of [...]
2007-01-11 07:12:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA94 EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Kazakhstan's Customs Control Committee Chairman Askar Shakirov's proposed visit and draft itinerary to the United States under the Volunteer Visitor Program (VVP) has been approved in concept by DOS Public Affairs. Jeff Hartshorn suggested exploring the possibility of changing the visit from t [...]
2007-01-11 08:34:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA950KAZAKHSTAN: CTR VAT COMMISSION MOVES TOWARD A
[...] (SBU) The interagency commission established to review the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption claims for subcontractors met twice on April 12 and 13. The Commission has not yet issued a written decision but several commission members told Pol/Econ Chief and DTRA Chief [...]
2007-04-13 10:34:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASTANA974KAZAKHSTAN: VAT COMMISSION APPROVES CTR CONTRACTS
[...] (SBU) Finance Minister Korzhova informed the Ambassador late on April 13 that the interagency commission established to review Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) value-added tax exemption claims for subcontractors had approved nine of ten pending contracts. (Note: Post submitted five of the su [...]
2007-04-16 11:44:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KZ
07ASUNCION148PARAGUAY: ANNOUNCEMENT OF INITIAL ACTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 21:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP PA
07ASUNCION286PARAGAUY: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 17:48:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KN IR PA
07ASUNCION349PARAGUAY: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-27 13:41:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT PA
07ASUNCION492PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 13:46:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR PA
07ASUNCION639Physical Security and Stockpile Management Assessment and
[...] This cable contains an action request for PR/WRA and SA/LW and is a retransmission of reftel. See para. 5. 2. An explosion at the Paraguayan Military's main ordinance depot in January 2007 destroyed one of the storage sheds for commercial explosives and initiating devices. After the explos [...]
2007-08-03 14:58:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDDOD PGOV PARM PA
07ASUNCION947DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 19:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL PTER PARM MNUC PA
07ASUNCION948DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 19:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL PTER KNNP IR PARM MNUC PA
07ATHENS1030GLOBAL INITIATIVE: INFORMED GREEKS OF ASTANA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 12:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER GR
07ATHENS1036GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED ARMS TRADE
[...] (SBU) On May 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Proposed Arms Trade Treaty to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations at the MFA. On May 21, Poloff met with Rallis and with his assistant Dionyssios Kyvetos who handles [...]
2007-05-22 04:37:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC UNDC PARM GR
07ATHENS1058CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED
[...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...]
2007-05-23 05:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALCY GR MARR PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO
07ATHENS1059CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED
[...] (U) This is action request for Department. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 21, Ambassador received from MFA Secretary General Ambassador Charalambos Rocanas a letter outlining the Greek plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus in violation of Sec [...]
2007-05-23 05:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALCY GR MARR MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU NATO
07ATHENS1066UNSCR 1747: GREEKS CONCUR ON BROAD DEFINITION OF
[...] (U) On May 22, A/Polcouns discussed reftel demarche issues with non-proliferation expert Dionyssios Kivetos of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations. Kivetos said the Government of Greece fully agreed with the broad definition of "arms and related materiel" advocated by the U [...]
2007-05-23 13:14:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL UNSC IR GR
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
07ATHENS1145GREECE PREPARED TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/CFE AT HLTF JUNE
[...] (C) On June 1, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on Russia and the CFE Treaty to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou. While Greek positions on CFE and Russia have in the past tracked closely with U.S. positions, Polychroniou could not provide an immediate response to [...]
2007-06-04 09:32:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALGR KCFE NATO PARM PREL
07ATHENS1177CFE: GREECE EAGER TO KEEP TREATY ALIVE
[...] (C) On June 6, DepPolcouns delivered non-paper on U.S. thinking on a final document for the Extraordinary CFE Conference (refs a, b) to Chronis Polychroniou, deputy chief of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Policy and Greek HLTF representative. Polychroniou -- who was departing shortly for Bru [...]
2007-06-06 12:11:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PARM PREL KCFE GR
07ATHENS1225GREECE ON UPCOMING EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING
[...] (C) D/Polcouns delivered reftel demarche on the June 18-19 GAERC to MFA A11 European Cooperation correspondent Penny Douti. Douti observed that the main issue for the GAERC was expected to be institutional reform and, in particular, the way forward in light of the constitutional treaty defeats [...]
2007-06-14 13:47:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI
07ATHENS1389COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ISN/RA OFFICER JODY DANIEL
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Jody Daniel, to travel to Athens, Greece, July 26 to Aug. 1, 2007, to participate in the UCLA Middle East Regional Security and Cooperation Meeting and the UCSD Institute on Global Cooperation and Conflict Military Track 2 [...]
2007-07-10 12:09:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP GR
07ATHENS1459GREEKS NOTIFIED ON USAFE REORGANIZATION AND
[...] (S) Per reftel instructions, on July 16, Air Attache notified the International Relations Section of the A2 Branch of the Hellenic Air Force of the reduction in one position in APO staffing. COUNTRYMAN [...]
2007-07-19 04:43:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL MARR PARM NATO GR
07ATHENS1486GREECE: SIGNED BUT NOT RATIFIED NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) On July 23, DepPolCouns discussed reftel issues concerning the International Convention for Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Counsellor Photis Bourlogiannis. Bourlogiannis said Greece was amongst the first signatories [...]
2007-07-25 21:17:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS1542GREECE UPDATED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE NEWS
[...] (SBU) On August 2, DepPolCouns/GICO informed Greek counterparts that Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Zambia had endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (ref a). We also took the opportunity to provide to Greece its GI web portal interim log-on information (ref b). COUNTRYMAN [...]
2007-08-02 06:29:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PTER KGIC GR
07ATHENS175TIME WARP: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON PSI
[...] (SBU) On January 24, MFA provided Embassy a proposed text for the claims provisions section of the bilateral shipboarding agreement (see para 4 below). According to Vassilios Moutsoglou of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Non-Proliferation, this text reflects MFA dis [...]
2007-01-26 12:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07ATHENS1871IRAN/IAEA BOG FOLLOW-UP POINTS DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 13:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN GR
07ATHENS1951FOLLOW-UP: GREEK FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO SUPPLY
[...] (S) PolMil Chief revisited ref A demarche (and ref B interim reply) with the MFA's Dionyssios Kyvetos, the responsible officer in the MFA's Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation. Kyvetos said that following his ref B meeting with Embassy officials in April 2007, he [...]
2007-09-28 13:33:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY GR
07ATHENS1953CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE ON
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraph 5. 2. (C) PolMil Chief delivered reftel points and proposed text (from 2005) of a host country agreement on CWC Challenge Inspections to Dionyssios Kyvetos, the senior officer responsible for CWC affairs in the Greek MFA Directo [...]
2007-09-28 14:09:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA CWC GR
07ATHENS2017DASD DOUGLAS PUSHES FOR GREEK PSI SHIPBOARDING
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his September 30-October 5 visit to Greece as head of the U.S. delegation to the PSI Operational Experts Group (OEG) conference in Rhodes, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Douglas advocate [...]
2007-10-10 09:39:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS206762ND UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: GREECE ON PROPOSED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 13:57:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC UNGA GR
07ATHENS2100GREECE INFORMED OF NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS
[...] On October 24, DepPolCouns/Global Initiative Coordinator informed Greek counterparts per reftel instructions of the endorsement by Hungary, Luxembourg, Nepal, Seychelles, and Tajikistan of the principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. COUNTRYMAN [...]
2007-10-24 06:26:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER KGIC GR
07ATHENS2132GREEKS EAGER TO COOPERATE ON BLACK SEA ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a readout of the October 25 BSEC FMs' meeting, MFA participant Ambassador Metaxas said it had been a "very tough meeting," which ultimately proved a success. Greece had opposed the proposed admittance of Iran, Japan, and Cyprus as BSEC observers because of the second-class stat [...]
2007-10-30 11:58:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA ECON EWWT GR
07ATHENS2138PSI: PRESIDENT OF UNION OF GREEK SHIPOWNERS SAYS
[...] (U) This message contains action requests -- see paragraphs 6 and 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nikos Efthymiou, President of the Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS),told Charge Oct. 30 that the U.S. and Greece should "get on with" concluding a PSI Shipboarding Agreement now that [...]
2007-10-31 07:19:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP KTIA EWWT PHSA PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS2155CWC: U.S./ITALY TEXT PASSED TO GREEKS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 11:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KTIA CWC GR
07ATHENS2164IAEA/IRAN: POINTS ON MID-NOVEMBER REPORT DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:27:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA AORC GR
07ATHENS2196DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. EconOffs visited GOG officials regarding the latest FATF statement regarding enhanced due diligence for Iran entities. GOG officials stated that "Greek banks are already required to conduct enhanced due diligence when dealing with Iranain entities", therefore further official [...]
2007-11-09 13:31:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC GR
07ATHENS2345GREECE CONFIRMS MISSILE PARTS INCLUDED IN SUSPECT
[...] (S) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation officer Dionyssios Kyvetos and MFA non-proliferation officer Photis Bourloyannis. They noted that Greece had "finally" received a formal report from France on 12/10 of the French experts' analysis of the contents of the cargo de [...]
2007-12-12 14:38:00Embassy AthensSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT GR FRN KN SY
07ATHENS2347CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS
[...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation Officer Dionyssios Kyvetos to deliver ref papers on cluster munitions. Kyvetos, who attended the December 5 - 7 meeting in Vienna of the Oslo Process, was unequivocal in reply: Greece strongly supports U.S. concerns about the O [...]
2007-12-12 15:42:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO GR
07ATHENS2348IRAN: FALSE END-USE WATCHLIST DELIVERED
[...] A/Political Counselor delivered reftel "false end use watchlist" for evaluation of export license applications to Iran to MFA senior non-proliferation officer Dionyssios Kyvetos on December 12. Kyvetos had no substantive response, but termed the list "very helpful" and said he would share it [...]
2007-12-13 10:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PARM GR
07ATHENS2349GREECE: NIE "NO EFFECT" ON IRAN POLICY
[...] (S) Embassy delivered ref A points to a number of key officials in the Greek foreign policy apparatus, including: Deputy Director of the PM's Diplomatic Cabinet Ambassador Constantinos Bitsios, Head of the MFA's A7 North American Directorate Grigoris Vassiloconstantakis, senior MFA non-prolife [...]
2007-12-13 12:49:00Embassy AthensSECRETMNUC KNNP IR PARM GR
07ATHENS303PSI: SHIPOWNERS ALMOST THERE, FOCUS SHIFTS TO MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Union of Greek Shipowners (UGS) President Nikos Efthymiou expressed a desire to conclude a U.S./Greece shipboarding agreement as soon as possible, said the UGS had not been consulted on the latest text provided to the Embassy by the MFA (re [...]
2007-02-09 16:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT KNNP KTIA GR
07ATHENS362CFE ENTITLEMENTS: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON MOU
[...] (C) On February 20, DepPolCouns met with MFA D2 Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou to discuss ref d points, which Embassy had delivered to Polychroniou's office last week during his absence. Polychroniou provided a counter-proposal on the draft MOU, which he said the GoG would now prefer to [...]
2007-02-20 11:54:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO KCFE GR
07ATHENS436MTCR: GREEK MFA ON PROPOSED CHANGES TO UAV/CRUISE
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel MTCR points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos reported that the Government of Greece (GOG) was in agreement with the U.S. proposal on Modifications to UAV/Cruise Missile Criteria, which [...]
2007-03-01 13:21:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL MTCRE PARM ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GR
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
07ATHENS467GREEK RESPONSE TO RRW ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (SBU) On March 2, DepPolCouns delivered ref a demarche on the announcement of the Reliable Replacement Warhead (RRW) program to officials in several relevant offices at MFA, including A7 North America Directorate acting chief Grigorios Vassiloconstandakis, D2 NATO Directorate deputy chief Chron [...]
2007-03-05 15:42:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS481CFE: GREEK UPDATE
[...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref. g points to MFA D2 NATO Directorate deputy chief Chronis Polychroniou, who said the GoG agreed with the U.S. position on the cross-group stationing paper and supported draft option 1. Polychroniou also said the MFA had forwarded to the MOD the text of the latest [...]
2007-03-07 13:06:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS497U.S./RUSSIAN DEMARCHE ON THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) On 6 March 2007, Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Andrey Vdovin called on MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas to deliver jointly demarches concerning the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (reftel). Both ambassadors urged the GoG to endorse the Statement of Princip [...]
2007-03-09 05:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GR
07ATHENS532GREEKS EXPRESS STRONG SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL
[...] (C) In response to March 6 joint demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism delivered by Ambassador Ries and Russian Ambassador Vdovin (ref b),MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas on March 12 sent a SIPDIS letter to Ambassador stating that Greece "gladly" endorsed t [...]
2007-03-13 15:05:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP GR
07ATHENS651CFE GREECE: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUEST
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) U.S. delegation led by DAS Karin L. Look concluded with Greek counterparts the text of the political commitment (NOTE: referred to as an "arrangement" in the final text. END NOTE) that will govern the exchange of CFE Treaty ent [...]
2007-03-29 17:04:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL NATO KCFE GR
07ATHENS656CFE GREECE: DIPLOMATIC NOTES EXCHANGED
[...] (C) Per ref b, DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered dipnote 107/07 to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Head Polis Polychroniou affirming the arrangement on CFE entitlement transfers. As instructed, DepPolCouns thanked Greece for continuing to leave its full offer of CFE entitlement transfers (40 t [...]
2007-03-30 09:50:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL NATO KCFE GR
07ATHENS686GREEKS STUDYING CYPRUS ARMS COUNTER-DRAFTS
[...] (C) On April 4, Ambassador delivered U.S. counter-draft of the Greek letter on a plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus (ref c) and proposed U.S. response letter (ref a) to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admir [...]
2007-04-04 14:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL NATO CY GR
07ATHENS758DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GREECE AND GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) On April 12, Russian DCM Aleksey Rogalev with the consent of Embassy delivered welcome message on joining the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas. Russian DCM also SIPDIS delivered the schedule of events, statement of principles, [...]
2007-04-16 14:26:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIT PARM PREL UP GR
07ATHENS801DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GREEK FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO
[...] (S) Dep Polcouns and Poloff delivered demarche (ref a) concerning the possible bid by Greek company XXXXXXXXXXXX to supply multispectral camouflage netting to Syria, to Greek MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos stated [...]
2007-04-23 14:07:00Embassy AthensSECRETETTC GM GR IR PARM PREL SY CBW
07ATHENS821DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREPCOM
[...] (SBU) On April 24, DepPolCouns delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee meeting to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations deputy chief Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. Rallis later said he had passed the documents to [...]
2007-04-24 15:25:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT GR
07ATHENS865GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA
[...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...]
2007-04-30 14:44:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR
07BAGHDAD1257GOI SUBMITS NON-PROLIFERATION LAW
[...] (SBU) During an April 8 meeting, Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Rai'd Fahmi Jahid and Director General of Nuclear Technology Mohammad al-Sharaa told PolMilOffs that the GOI had drafted a non-proliferation law. They said that the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons had [...]
2007-04-12 01:15:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV 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
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
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
07BAGHDAD2140DDR - TIMING IS NOT YET RIPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The political and security environment in Iraq among the contending parties does not make it possible to pursue a doctrinal demobilization, disarmament and reintegration (DDR) program for militia members at this time. A DDR Proof of Principle Reintegration effort can begin with [...]
2007-06-28 14:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIZ PARM PGOV PREL
07BAGHDAD2819GOI RECEIVES U.S./UK COMMENTS TO CWC INITIAL
[...] (C) PolMilOff and other EmbOffs met with Minister of Science and Technology Raid Fahmi Jahid, Director General Mohammed Jawad Al Sharaa (Head of the National Monitoring Directorate),Dr. Muhaned Kareem Al-Hilli (Chief, Chemical Department, NMD),and other MOST officials August 20 to discuss pr [...]
2007-08-23 06:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETCW IZ PARM PGOV PREL OPCW
07BAGHDAD3624DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) On October 26, Post provided Foreign Minister Zebari with copies of reftel Non-Paper and Fact Sheet. During an October 30 meeting with the FM, CDA followed-up and Zebari promised the GOI would do everything it could to assist the USG in this matter. BUTENIS [...]
2007-11-01 11:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN
07BAGHDAD3826IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN AND NEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-22 13:54:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM IR IZ
07BAGHDAD4126EMBASSY-GOI 12/16 MEETING ON URANIUM REMOVAL FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-19 11:08:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNENRG IZ KNNP PARM PREL
07BAGHDAD4227TUWAITHA NUCLEAR MATERIALS SITREP
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Ries met with Iraqi Minister of Science and Technology (MOST) Raid Jahid (FAHMI) on the evening of 30 December to discuss next steps on Tuwaitha. Ries requested the Minister's assistance to accomplish four key steps necessary to complete the proposed work at Tuwaitha: 1 [...]
2007-12-31 16:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON PARM PREL IZ
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
07BAKU1033CLARIFICATION ON AZERBAIJAN'S REPORTING ON UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-20 08:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1293AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel non-paper and fact sheet to Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov on October 26. Mammadov thanked Ambassador for informing him about the new designations, saying that Iran's continued intransigence on the nuclear issue was a "very sen [...]
2007-10-26 11:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR AJ
07BAKU1377AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on November 02. Thanking the Ambassador for informing him about the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement and guidance on Iran, Mammadyarov was supportive, saying that he had encouraged t [...]
2007-11-15 11:27:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON IR AJ
07BAKU1378AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) After delivering reftel non-paper and fact sheet to Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov on October 26 (ref b),the Ambassador discussed the same points with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on November 02 (ref c). After thanking the Ambassador fo [...]
2007-11-15 11:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR AJ
07BAKU1382AZERBAIJANI DFM AZIMOV DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S
[...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov and Ambassador Derse met November 12 to discuss several security-related issues (septels),including Azerbaijan's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and the "Tashkent Agreement." Azimov told the Ambassador [...]
2007-11-16 10:40:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS
07BAKU1383AZERBAIJANI DFM AZIMOV SAYS "DON'T FORGET US" ON
[...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Araz Azimov and Ambassador Derse met November 12 to discuss several security-related issues (septel). Azimov asked the Ambassador for an update on the 2-plus-2 talks between the United States and Russia, with a particular interest in missile defen [...]
2007-11-16 11:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS
07BAKU1458AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF U.S. NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) On December 07, DCM provided Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov with the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program. Khalafov thanked DCM for informing him about the NIE and U.S. policy toward Iran. 2. (C) The Embassy w [...]
2007-12-07 12:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR AJ
07BAKU1467DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER AZIMOV ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told the Ambassador on December 8 that Azerbaijan supports the U.S. proposal for a joint regional missile defense system. Even if Washington and Moscow do not agree to a specific joint regional system, the GOAJ is open to discussing potential [...]
2007-12-11 10:31:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS PARM AJ
07BAKU365DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND
[...] (C) On March 28, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and left the talking points and resolution as a nonpaper. The Ambassador highlighted the P5 1 Foreign Ministers' statement and Solana's effort to engage Larijani in the near term. Mammadyarov said that he [...]
2007-04-02 13:33:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP BFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY
07BAKU366FURTHER DETAILS ON AZERBAIJAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 12:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP BFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY
07BAKU367AZERBAIJAN INTERESTED IN JOINING INITIATIVE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered REF information about the "Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism" on March 30, to Azerbaijani MFA Security Affairs Department officers. The officers said that the MFA was interested in the initiative [...]
2007-04-03 12:36:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07BAKU376AZERBAIJAN INFORMED OF IRAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] (C) Embassy Iran Watcher delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA America's Desk Officers Elchin Bashirov and Tamerlan Vahabov on April 5. Bashirov and Vahabov thanked us for informing them about the new designation and promised to investigate whether the GOAJ had any dealings with Iran's Defense In [...]
2007-04-05 11:11:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKN KNNP PARM PREL IR AJ
07BAKU393DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN'S OPENING OF NATANZ
[...] (SBU) DCM spoke with MFA Americas desk officer Elchin Bashirov regarding reftel demarche on April 7. Bashirov said he would forward the request to the appropriate MFA office and, on April 9, confirmed that the Director of the MFA,s First Territorial Division would convey this information to [...]
2007-04-09 14:15:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AJ
07BAKU511INVITATION TO NUCLEAR FORENSICS EXPERTS MEETING
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to the June 27-28, 2007, Nuclear Forensics Experts Meeting to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs depatment. MFA officers expressed an interest in atending and asked if there was funding available. Poloff said that, to his knowle [...]
2007-04-26 10:03:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KCRM MNUC ASEC ENRG PARM TRGY AJ
07BAKU532AUCKLAND PSI POINTS DELIVERED; AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Auckland PSI conference to Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security Affairs Department. MFA officers thanked poloff for the information and had specific follow-up questions about [...]
2007-05-02 06:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AJ
07BAKU640DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO AZERBAIJAN'S PSI
[...] (SBU) Acting DCM delivered ref a demarche answering Azerbaijan's questions about the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) in a May 18 meeting with Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Affairs Department, and left para 3 points as nonpaper. Israflov listened attent [...]
2007-05-25 10:27:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MNUC KNNP AJ
07BAKU642AZERBAIJANI VIEWS ON AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (C) Acting DCM delivered ref a demarche in a May 18 meeting with Qalib Israfilov, Director of the MFA's International Security Affairs Department. Israfilov thanked A/DCM for sharing the USG's views on arms and related materiel, and noted tha [...]
2007-05-25 11:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AJ
07BAKU720AZERBAIJAN: RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS PUTIN INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 8, Russian Embassy DCM Oleg Krokhin said that President Putin's proposal of U.S.-Russian cooperation at the Gabala radar station was discussed "one to two months ago" between Azerbaijan and Russia "at high levels," and had been "thoroughly worked out" beforehand. Krokhin [...]
2007-06-08 11:47:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM AJ RU
07BAKU721PRESIDENT ALIYEV CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR THE GABALA
[...] (C) Summary: After briefing President Aliyev on his June 8 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov informed us that "in principle, all is good." President Aliyev told Mammadov that if the process of discussing Putin's proposal to bring the Gab [...]
2007-06-08 11:54:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM RU IR AJ
07BAKU739PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON MISSILE DEFENSE, "WE'LL DO
[...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche on the proposed missile defense site in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev was quick to tell the Ambassador that Azerbaijan would do "whatever you prefer" and that Azerbaijan would be decisively on the American side in these discussions. After nar [...]
2007-06-13 12:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR MARR MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS
07BAKU740AZERBAIJAN EXPECTS PARLIAMENT TO TAKE UP CWC IN
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Poloff addressed outstanding Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) issues with Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs Department Deputy Director Yusuf Mammadaliyev on June 13. Mammadaliyev said that the Legislation requ [...]
2007-06-13 13:09:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PGOV PREL CWC OPC CBW BWC AJ UN
07BAKU754FURTHER IRANIAN REACTION TO THE QABALA RADAR
[...] (C) Summary: One week after Russia's proposal to make its Qabala radar station available for joint use with the U.S., Iranian reaction to the proposal remains fairly muted. While some members of the Majlis have criticized the announcement, the response of the Iranian executive branch has bee [...]
2007-06-15 13:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC OPRC PARM IR AJ
07BAKU769AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS COMMERCE DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 4 meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson, President Aliyev reviewed Azerbaijan,s SIPDIS business climate and said the GOAJ would "have finished all the necessary implementation" for WTO accession by year's end. Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's recent economic progr [...]
2007-06-20 07:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR PARM AJ
07BAKU774FOREIGN MINISTER MAMMADYAROV ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov told the Ambassador June 15 that Azerbaijan only had limited and non-specific Gabala-related discussions with Russia prior to Putin's June 7 announcement. Mammadyarov recalled that as early as May 21, he had publicly hinted that the U.S.- [...]
2007-06-21 12:20:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM RS
07BAKU806 AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF
[...] (U) Russian President Putin's proposal on the joint usage of the Gabala radar station has triggered extensive press reports on the long-dormant issue of the station's negative impact on the environment and health. Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev has been quoted as saying that the station [...]
2007-06-27 07:34:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM SENV RU AJ
07BAKU841AZERBAIJANI CONSIDERING CFE MORATORIUM
[...] (C) Summary. Recent events indicate that the GOAJ is considering suspending its implementation of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov told Charge D'Affairs on July 5 that the GOAJ would seriously consider freezing implementation of the t [...]
2007-07-05 12:14:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ
07BAKU849SENIOR AZERBAIJANI OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO WELCOME
[...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev continues to send the message that he is waiting for the U.S. and Russia to come to a decision regarding the Gabala radar facility after both sides conclude their missile defense consultations. While other GOAJ officials reiterated this message, some -- includi [...]
2007-07-06 12:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV MARR MNUC OPRC RU AJ
07BAKU903AZERBAIJAN IN WAIT AND SEE MODE REGARDING RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Local media reaction to Russia's announcement to suspend participation in the CFE Treaty has been largely muted, with most of the media organizations adopting a cautious approach to the development. Local political commentators are still digesting this development as well. Ini [...]
2007-07-18 06:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPARM PBTS PGOV PREL KCFE RU AM AJ
07BAKU930AZERBAIJAN ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador continues to raise our concerns with the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) about Iran's failure to comply with UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs). Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24, reaffirming with Mamma [...]
2007-07-25 09:31:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR AJ
07BAKU945AZERBAIJAN ON ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on July 24. Mammadyarov assured Ambassador that he would investigate the matter of the Nuclear Terrorism Convention (NTC) further, and said he thought the convention afforded another opportunity for bi [...]
2007-07-26 10:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER IR AJ
07BAKU954DFM KHALAFOV ON IRAN AND TURKMENISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Khalaf Khalafov on July 26. Reiterating the Iran and UN Security Council resolution (UNSCR)-related talking points raised with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, the Ambassador impressed upon Khala [...]
2007-07-30 05:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR TX AJ
07BAKU986FURTHER INFORMATION ON AZERBAIJAN AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 07:00:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL PTER
07BAMAKO1324DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-09 11:39:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON ML
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN108BRUNEI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US INITIATIVES IN
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points and proposals on March 22 to Sharifa Amalina Murad, Assistant Director of the ASEAN Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Sharifa welcomed receiving the proposals in advance but had no initial comment. 2. (SBU) Sharifa and MOFAT Deputy [...]
2007-03-22 07:46:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR EAID PARM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN112DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON UNSCR 1747 AND IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. MFAT Desk Officer for Middle East Latifah Zaini attended meeting as notetaker. Reftel talking points and text of UNSCR 1 [...]
2007-03-29 06:00:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALAORC BX EFIN IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY UNSC
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN113DEMARCHE TO BRUNEI ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] Ambassador delivered reftel points on March 29 to Datin Maimunah, Deputy Permanent Secretary for Bilateral and Political Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). (We were unable to arrange for a joint demarche with Russian Federation; it has no resident diplomatic represe [...]
2007-03-29 08:28:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN118BRUNEI: DELIVERY OF IRAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points and non-paper on April 4 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) USA Desk Officer Arni Abu Bakar and MOFAT International Organizations Assistant Director Florence Chong. Both welcomed the information but had no immediate comment. Post will report sepa [...]
2007-04-06 01:20:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN121BRUNEI NONCOMMITTAL ON NATANZ OPENING PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche at OOB on April 9 Pg Ali Hashim, Director for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ali Hashim thanked us for the information and said he would immediately pass our request to MFAT leadership for consideration. He cautioned that in [...]
2007-04-09 07:51:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN124BRUNEIAN AMBASSADOR ATTENDED NATANZ OPENING
[...] (C) Ambassador encountered Pengiran Ali Hashim, Director for Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, at a social event the evening of April 10 and asked if Brunei's Ambassador in Teheran had attended the previous day's ribbon-cutting at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant [...]
2007-04-12 08:28:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALAORC BX IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY UNSC
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN258BRUNEI - DEMARCHE ON ENSURING ROBUST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) is still working on the implementation reports to the UNSC Sanctions Committee called for in UNSCR's 1737 and 1747. Its discussions with other agencies of Brunei's government have so far turned up no prohibited activities, but the MF [...]
2007-08-27 00:12:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN347IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BRUNEI
[...] (C) On December 5 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche regarding the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program to Dato Shofry bin Abd Ghafor, who is dual-hatted as Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and as Director of the External Research Bur [...]
2007-12-05 02:38:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN359PSI SAVE THE DATE NOTICE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Prior to delivering reftel non-paper, Ambassador coordinated with the Australian High Commission in Brunei and received the assurance of the High Commissioner that Australia supported the pre-invitation. Note: by mutual agreement with the USG, Australia has the lead on PSI in Brunei. [...]
2007-12-22 06:37:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KSTC PARM PREL BX
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN88BRUNEI WAITING FOR NEXT STEPS ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered ref A points to Florence Chong, Assistant Director for International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) on March 7. Following on Ambassador's exchange with Senior MOFAT Officials (ref B) on Iran and Middle East issues, Charge urged the GoB to con [...]
2007-03-09 06:55:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALKNNP ARF PARM IR BX
07BANGKOK1093THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR:
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer M. Gaudiso, Craig M. Free, Daniel L. Lowe, and Jeffrey D. Owens from Feb. 26 - March 3, 2007. 2. Hotel reservations were made by party as indicated in reftel. Local transportation arrangements will be confirmed via email. [...]
2007-02-23 03:29:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG PARM TH
07BANGKOK1419JOINT PSI DEMARCHE - THAILAND STILL RELUCTANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy joined in the Australian-led demarche on PSI on March 8. The MFA now recognizes that PSI is consistent with international law, but still raised a series of objections to Thailand's endorsement. These included concerns that endorsing PSI could inflame the insurgency in t [...]
2007-03-09 12:43:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP TH
07BANGKOK1436HCOC: THAILAND DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche, seeking Thai endorsement of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC),to Charn Jullamon, Director of the MFA's Peace, Security and Disarmament Division, and Amornsate Singha, Director of the North American Affairs Division, on March 12. Neither Charn nor Amornsate h [...]
2007-03-12 04:27:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA TH
07BANGKOK1774RTG RESPONSE TO U.S. INITIATIVES IN THE ASEAN
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points and printed proposals to Jitvipa Benjasil, First Secretary in the ASEAN Secreariat of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23. Jitvipa said that they would take the initiatives under consideration and discuss them with other ASEAN colleagues. No further sub [...]
2007-03-26 08:46:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID ARF TH
07BANGKOK1792THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE: KAHN, MACHADO
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Roman Kahn, Richard Machado and Timothy Martinson from April 20 through April 29, 2007. 2. Prior hotel reservations have been made at: JW Marriott Hotel, Sukhumvit, Bangkok. Phone 662-656-7700 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: C [...]
2007-03-27 03:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG PARM KNNP TH
07BANGKOK2592THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: WMD COMMODITY
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Richard L. Stubblefield, Terrence L. Donaldson, Loretta A. Weiss from 5/19/07 - 5/27/07. 2. Reservation information will be forwarded to Richard L.Stubblefield and Loretta Weiss via email. 3. Embassy point of contact is: Name: J [...]
2007-05-09 09:18:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP TH
07BANGKOK3394THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR: CRAIG M. FREE
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to CRAIG M. FREE from June 19 though June 23, 2007. 2. No embassy assistance required for hotel reservations. 3. Embassy Point of Contact: Name: Jennifer Koelm Work phone: (66-2) 205-4828 Cell phone: (66-8) 9202-8496 Unclass E-m [...]
2007-06-19 05:59:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA AMGT TH
07BANGKOK3593RTG SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (C) We recently spoke with Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament division at MFA, about RTG support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Charn told us that a mid-June RTG interagency meeting had produced a decision to recommend that the cabinet form [...]
2007-06-29 03:47:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ENRG KGIC TH
07BANGKOK3609RTG SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (C) We recently spoke with Charn Jullamon, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament division at MFA, about RTG support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Charn told us that a mid-June RTG interagency meeting had produced a decision to recommend that the cabinet form [...]
2007-06-29 04:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ENRG KGIC TH
07BANGKOK4235THAILAND REVIEWING NEXT STEPS ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-06 07:51:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK5364EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] Regional EXBS Advisor for Thailand and Vietnam assumed duties in Bangkok on September 10. A CBP team conducted a 5-day International. Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) course in Aranyaprathet, Thailand, including donation of a CT-30 kit and radiation pagers. Advisor completed emb [...]
2007-10-11 08:01:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK5376EXBS: INTERNATIONAL BORDER (LAND) INTERDICTION
[...] An invitation cable was presented to the Kingdom of Thailand to conduct a 5-day course on International Border (Land) Interdiction Training (IBIT II) at a designated land border in September 2007. The invitation was accepted for training to occur September 17-21, 2007. The location was ident [...]
2007-10-12 00:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH
07BANGKOK5745THAILAND: REACTION TO FATF GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (U) Econoff met on November 6-8 with RTG officials to deliver points on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) actions to underscore the threat posed by Iran to the international financial system. The officials met were: Maj. Gen. Termchai Srivixien Assistant Director, National Coordinating Ce [...]
2007-11-09 06:08:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC EFIN TH
07BANGKOK5766EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] (U) EXBS Advisor and ISN/ECC Desk Officer met with key Thai export and border control officials, October 1-2. All Thai ministry officials were supportive of U.S. training and cooperation. EXBS Advisor visited Laem Chabang port and conducted initial deconfliction coordination with CSI team as [...]
2007-11-13 07:44:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK5782EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY
[...] (SBU) EXBS Advisor and POL Officer met with Vietnamese border and port control officials in Hanoi, Lang Son, and Haiphong between October 30 and November 2, 2007. Rapid growth in industrial development and international trade is stretching the government's ability to monitor activities at lan [...]
2007-11-13 23:51:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN
07BANGKOK6133DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The RTG has called for Iran to cooperate further with the IAEA, although Thailand appears unlikely to complain strongly and publicly about the extent of Iran's cooperation. A working level MFA contact told us Thailand would abide by any UNSC resolutions ordering sanctions against [...]
2007-12-13 09:41:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC TH
07BANGKOK6153EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] (U) EXBS Advisor completed an introductory visit to Vietnam, meeting with officials in Hanoi, Haiphong port and Lang Son border crossing. An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, Nov. 27-29. Interest and participation were good; several possible follow-on activi [...]
2007-12-14 09:12:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
07BANGKOK6236EXBS VIETNAM: MEETINGS WITH BORDER SECURITY
[...] (U) EXBS Advisor and local USG officials met with Vietnamese border security officials in Ho Chi Minh City and port, at Moc Bai border crossing with Cambodia, and at Border Guards headquarters in Hanoi, December 3-6, 2007. Vietnamese officials were uniformly anxious for cooperation and assist [...]
2007-12-21 07:40:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL VN
07BANJUL105THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador made reftel demarche February 26 to Foreign Affairs Secretary of State (Foreign Minister) Bala Garba Jahumpa, briefing on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and providing a copy of the Global Initiative Statement of Principles. Ambassador urged the GOTG to endo [...]
2007-02-28 11:52:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL GA
07BANJUL160THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 16:20:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IAEA PARM KNNP MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GA
07BEIJING1101ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON PROCUREMENT EFFORTS BY
[...] (S) China will investigate the additional information provided by the United States regarding efforts by the Pakistan Heavy Mechanical Complex to procure ring-rolling and flow forming machines in China, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Acting Deputy Director He Yi s [...]
2007-02-15 10:28:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE KSCA PK CH
07BEIJING1130CHINA INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 04:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR CH
07BEIJING120CHINA'S EXPORTCONTROLS - THE SYSTEM AND ITS
[...] (C) Although China's export controls are a work in progress that continue to undergo periodic revision since first promulgated in the 1990s, enforcement is opaque and considered the weakest link in the export control system. Despite official pronouncements that the PRC has prosecuted "scores o [...]
2007-01-05 14:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC ETTC BEXP ETRD CH
07BEIJING1625IRAN SANCTIONS: FOLLOWING-UP ON MISSILE
[...] (S) China appreciates the additional information provided by the United States about possible missile- related cooperation between Chinese companies and Iran, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue told Poloff on March 12 in response to delivery [...]
2007-03-12 10:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1626(S) CHINA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE SANCTIONS ON
[...] (S) China appreciates United States' efforts to provide further information about conventional weapons transfers to Iran but China's strong opposition to sanctions on Chinese companies pursuant to American domestic legislation, such as the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),remains unchan [...]
2007-03-12 10:37:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC IR CH
07BEIJING1691CHINESE ACADEMICS STILL CANNOT EXPLAIN ANTI-
[...] (C) Chinese scholars still have no explanation for China's anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) test and claim that they do not have information about the test some two months after the launch, EAP/CM Director John Norris was told March 13. Chinese scholars have not yet received any information abou [...]
2007-03-14 07:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR JA AS CH
07BEIJING1815FOR QINGDAO, INNOVATION MEANS MONEY
[...] (SBU) Qingdao is a young and growing port city, with economic and science & technology (S&T) planners brimming with optimism. Local officials are promoting innovation, research and high tech development at every turn, with the primary goal being economic development rather than meeting all p [...]
2007-03-19 07:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALTSPL ECON PARM EINV CH
07BEIJING1900CHINA PREPARES RESUMED AND EXPANDED
[...] (S) China is prepared to immediately resume and expand nonproliferation cooperation with the United States, MFA Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Zhang Yan told the DCM. Zhang's proposals include: - immediately resuming nonproliferation consultations with ISN A/S Rood at the [...]
2007-03-21 05:58:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING2058CHINA URGED TO IMPLEMENT SWIFTLY UNSCR 1747
[...] (S) China will fulfill its international obligation to implement fully UN Security Council Resolution 1747, MFA International Organizations Department Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told Poloff on March 27 in response to reftel points, urging China to implement swiftly the sanctions mandated by UN [...]
2007-03-27 09:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRETKNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE CH
07BEIJING2321CHINA "HAS NO PLANS" TO SEND AN OFFICIAL TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 10:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM IR CH
07BEIJING2435CHINA: MFA SAYS NO OFFICIALS PARTICIPATED IN
[...] (C) No Chinese officials participated in the April 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant, stated MFA West Asia and North Africa Department's Acting Director for Iran Xu Wei during an April 12 meeting. Xu stated that China is well aware of its international obligations, [...]
2007-04-12 08:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IAEA PARM CH IR
07BEIJING2486(S) CHINA INFORMED OF SHIPMENT OF SODIUM
[...] (S) China will look into the shipment of sodium perchlorate, ammunition and fuzes from China to Iran MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue said April 14 in response to Poloff's delivery of Ref A message. Undertaking to report our information t [...]
2007-04-14 14:41:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING2896NORINCO CLAIMS TO BE FORGOING SALES TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: The United States decision to permanently waive missile proliferation sanctions against NORINCO (reftel) confirmed for company officials that they had made the right decision to forgo sales to Iran, China Arms Control and Disarmament Association Secretary General Li Genxin told Po [...]
2007-04-30 08:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC CH IR
07BEIJING3450DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS OF SODIUM
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message encouraging Chinese officials to investigate past and future shipments of sodium perchlorate to entities in Iran designated in the Annexes to UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile and Conventional Weapons Third Secretary [...]
2007-05-22 06:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING3769CHINA WELCOMES NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS,
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PARM PREL CH
07BEIJING3916CHINA WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS OF GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-11 06:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PREL PARM RS CH
07BEIJING4084CHINESE INFORMED OF ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382
[...] (C) Poloff informed MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary He Yi on May 18 of six new Iranian entities designated under Executive Order 13382 for activities supporting Iran's nuclear program. Poloff emphasized that such designations are part of our efforts [...]
2007-06-18 09:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP KN IR EUN CH
07BEIJING473PRC/ASAT: AFM HE SAYS "TEST" POSES NO THREAT; NO PLANS FOR FURTHER TESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-22 07:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH
07BEIJING4740CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH
[...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...]
2007-07-18 10:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH
07BEIJING4801EAP A/S HILL WITH VFM ZHANG YESUI ON IRAN, DARFUR,
[...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui told EAP A/S Hill July 20 that the Iran nuclear issue should be solved through dialogue, but China does not oppose "a certain level of pressure" on Tehran. China believes the UN Security Council members should first assess progress in Iran-IAEA negotiatio [...]
2007-07-20 11:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4826AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]
2007-07-23 23:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4827AFM HE YAFEI SAYS CHINA WANTS NON-NUCLEAR IRAN,
[...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador July 23 that China does not want Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, but dialogue and negotiations, not sanctions, are the best way to solve the issue. Responding to the Ambassador's points, AFM He acknowledged that China continues to s [...]
2007-07-23 23:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PGOV IR IZ CH
07BEIJING4844AMBASSADOR'S JULY 23 MEETING WITH AFM HE YAFEI:
[...] (C) The United States must make "firmer and clearer warnings" to Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian not to hold the "dangerous" UN referendum, and giving Chen a visa to transit the United States would counter U.S. statements against the referendum, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Amb [...]
2007-07-24 09:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNUC MARR IR IZ SU CH
07BEIJING4875CHARGE PRESSES CHINA ON ARF NONPROLIFERATION ISM
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan July 25, voicing U.S. concerns that the proposed name change for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation would broaden the meeting's scope beyo [...]
2007-07-26 01:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF CH
07BEIJING4899PDAS STEPHENS' CHINA EXCHANGES ON NEAPSM
[...] (C) Summary: China views the Northeast Asia Peace and Security Mechanism (NEAPSM) as a positive future outgrowth of the Six-Party Talks to resolve problems and promote cooperation within the region, senior MFA officials told EAP PDAS Stephens July 25. Responding to PDAS Stephens' presentatio [...]
2007-07-26 08:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MNUC KN KS RS JA CH
07BEIJING5039(S) LIMMT INVESTIGATION
[...] (S) On July 25, in his capacity as Charge d'Affaires a.i., Dan Piccuta met with MFA Department of Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan to urge him to share the results of China's investigations into the LIMMT (Dalian FTZ) Economic and Trade Organization's commercial activity [...]
2007-08-02 07:04:00Embassy BeijingSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCR KSCA IR CH
07BEIJING5041CHINA SUPPORTS U.S. RESOLUTION ON DRC ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the UNSC DRC Arms Embargo resolution to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Political Division Deputy Director SUN Xiaobo on August 2. 2. (SBU) Sun stated that the Chinese government does not support an arms embargo on [...]
2007-08-02 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CH CG UNSC
07BEIJING5042CHINA SHOWS INTEREST IN DETAILS OF 123 AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met with MFA Department of Arms Control Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian to deliver reftel nonpaper and a copy of the U.S.-India Joint Statement regarding the United States-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (123 Agreement). DOE China Executive Director p [...]
2007-08-02 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP
07BEIJING5237(S) AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHINA ON ITS RELATIONS
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador urged China to support the approval of a new UNSC Resolution to "keep the pressure on Iran" during a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minster Cui Tiankai at the Foreign Ministry August 9. Drawing upon reftel A and previous demarches regarding arms shipments to Iran, [...]
2007-08-10 00:14:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA CH IR
07BEIJING5269(S) CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE AND CEASE LIMMT'S
[...] (S) Following up on the Ambassador's August 9 demarche to Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai in which the Ambassador specifically noted the proliferation activities of the Chinese company LIMMT/Sunny Dalian (ref B),Poloff met with MFA Arms Control Missile Division Deputy Director Yu Dunha [...]
2007-08-10 11:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR CH KSCA MTCR
07BEIJING531CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A message concerning the delivery of a false end-user certificate by a Pakistan missile entity to a Chinese supplier and attempts by Iran's Shahid Bakeri Industrial Group to procure steel plates in China to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Th [...]
2007-01-24 10:51:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE PK IR CH
07BEIJING5360BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION DIALOGUE: SMALL GROUP
[...] (S) Summary: In a small group meeting concluding bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, ISN PDAS McNerney outlined a U.S. proposal to work cooperatively to end proliferation by specific sanctioned Chinese companies with a view toward eventually removing sanctions on companies that demons [...]
2007-08-15 09:29:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR CH
07BEIJING5361CHINESE PROVIDE CASE BRIEFINGS AND CRITICIZE U.S.
[...] (S) Summary: In an afternoon session of bilateral nonproliferation talks August 13, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Director General Zhang Yan touted China's actions on nonproliferation enforcement and criticized U.S. sanctions on Chinese firms and our "wide-scope" interpretation [...]
2007-08-15 10:10:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MNUC IZ IR IS LE KN CH
07BEIJING5497PRC PRESIDENT TELLS IRANIAN COUNTERPART TO WORK
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad that Iran should "answer all the concerns of the international community" over its nuclear program. According to MFA Department of West Asian and North African Affairs Director General Song Aiguo, President Hu, in an August 15 [...]
2007-08-20 08:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC PARM IR CH ZK
07BEIJING5579UNSC RESOLUTION 1540: DEMARCHE ON NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (C) Pooff delivered reftel demarche to He Yi of the MA Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division on August 23, emphasizing the importance of transparency to the effectiveness of the UNSCR 1540 Committee's efforts. He Yi said he would pass the information to his supervisors and to the Chinese [...]
2007-08-23 08:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP CH SF ID
07BEIJING5640CODEL SKELTON DISCUSSES TAIWAN, MIL-MIL
[...] (C) Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in the U.S.-China bilateral relationship, Chairman of the National People's Congress Foreign Affairs Committee Jiang Enzhu told the visiting Congressional delegation led by House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) in an Aug [...]
2007-08-28 09:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PARM ETRD KIPR TW CH
07BEIJING5655CODEL SKELTON ADDRESSES MILITARY TRANSPARENCY,
[...] (SBU) The United States and China share a long history and have many common interests that will only grow deeper and more plentiful, National People's Congress Standing Committee Chairman Wu Bangguo told CODEL Skelton August 27. The delegation raised tough questions concerning military exchan [...]
2007-08-29 04:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KIRF ETRD PARM 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
07BEIJING5902CHINESE SCHOLAR DESCRIBES INTERNAL DEBATE OVER
[...] (C) Summary: China's Iran policy is the subject of heated debate within China's academic and foreign policy establishment, said Yin Gang, a Chinese research professor who recently returned from an officially sponsored trip to Iran. One camp, led by a senior People's Liberation Army (PLA) sch [...]
2007-09-10 00:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING5943DPRK TO STAFFDEL: WE WANT TO DEEPEN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: DPRK officials lamented the technical difficulty of the denuclearization process and indicated a desire to continue deepening relations with the United States during StaffDel Baron's visit to Pyongyang August 28 to September 1. The DPRK officials expressed frustration that the U [...]
2007-09-11 07:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC EAID KN KS CH
07BEIJING6042FM YANG: "NEED TO STUDY AND DISCUSS THE BEST WAY
[...] (C) In a September 14 meeting requested by Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on other subjects (see septels),the Ambassador, drawing from talking points contained in ref e-mail, stressed our joint commitment to a two-track resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue. In addition to the IAEA effort, w [...]
2007-09-14 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6076PRC URGES IRANIAN NUCLEAR ENVOY TO RESPOND TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Director General for West Asian and North African Affairs Song Aiguo informed us September 17 that Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Pur-Mohammadi told PRC officials September 13-14 that the Iran nuclear issue is "on the right track" and urged China to oppose new sanctions. Ac [...]
2007-09-17 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6155CHINA APPROVES SHANGHAI PORT FOR MEGAPORTS PILOT
[...] (SBU) The Chinese State Council has approved the deepwater port of Yangshen in Shanghai as the Chinese location for the Megaports pilot program, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Song Jia told Poloff on September 19. FM Yang Jiechi will notify Secretary Rice of the Chinese de [...]
2007-09-19 10:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH
07BEIJING6156CHINA URGED TO INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (S) Poloff conveyed reftel points concerning efforts by Pakistan to acquire missile-related equipment from Chinese firms to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on September 19. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff that Beijing's policy on missile expor [...]
2007-09-19 11:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK
07BEIJING6199(S) CHINA URGED TO RECALL MISSILE-RELATED STEEL EN
[...] (S) Poloff delivered retel message concerning China Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation's efforts to supply Syria's Mechanical Construction Factory with missile-usable specialty steel to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on Se [...]
2007-09-20 10:12:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH KS SY
07BEIJING6342AFM HE YAFEI ON IRAN: CHINA SUPPORTS NEW UNSC
[...] (C) Summary: China supports a new UN Security Council resolution on Iran when appropriate, but a new resolution should not hurt either the Iranian people or the legitimate economic and energy interests of China or other countries, Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador [...]
2007-09-27 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6402AMBASSADOR URGES IMPROVED PRC COOPERATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on bilateral issues (septel),the Ambassador urged improved Chinese cooperation on Burma, Iran and other international issues and pressed for General Jing Zhiyuan of the PLA Second Artillery to accept STRATCOM's inv [...]
2007-09-28 14:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM MARR MNUC CH BM IR SU
07BEIJING6579CHARGE PRESSES AFM HE TO BE FLEXIBLE ON P5-PLUS-1
[...] (C) Drawing on points in ref (A),Charge urged Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei on October 10 to remain constructively engaged on the P5-plus-1 process for dealing with Iran's nuclear program, and to attend the next Political Directors meeting. He also suggested that Beijing consider [...]
2007-10-10 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC CH IR
07BEIJING6596CHINA MFA SIGNALS POSSIBLE WILLINGNESS TO APPROACH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points and concept paper on the "Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on the Spread of WMD in the ASEAN Regional Forum" in separate meetings with MFA Asian Affairs Department Regional Security Division Director Ma Jia and Arms Control and Disarmament Department Conventional [...]
2007-10-11 07:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ARF CH
07BEIJING6638CHINESE IRAN EXPERT SAYS PRC SEEKING OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 11 People's Daily report, China's former ambassador to Iran suggested the Six-Party Talks model could be applied to the Iran nuclear issue but that the United States would have to negotiate directly with Iran. A Chinese researcher claimed to PolOff that Beijing is [...]
2007-10-12 09:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER TBIO MNUC XF IR CH
07BEIJING6640NORINCO VP EAGERLY ACCEPTS MEETING PROPOSAL
[...] (S) Summary. China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO) Vice President He Xiaodong eagerly accepted reftel invitation to meet in Washington the week of 29 October - 2 November. VP He understands the meeting is only for NORINCO executives and not for outside consultants. VP He stated that as [...]
2007-10-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL CH ETTC PARM
07BEIJING6845CHIA TO SEND DG TO P5-PLUS-1 MEETING, SEEKS U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei told the Ambassador October 25 that he was unavailable to attend the P5-plus-1 Political Directors meeting on the Iran nuclear issue proposed for November 2 in London. Instead, China would send MFA Arms Control Department Director General [...]
2007-10-25 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TBIO MNUC IR CH
07BEIJING6848CORRECTED COPY (PASS LINE ADDED) - (S) CHINA
[...] (S) The Ambassador raised reftel demarche on the possible transit of military-related goods from the DPRK to a UN sanctioned entity in Iran through Beijing with Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei (other subjects from that meeting reported septels) October 25. AFM He said China takes its nonp [...]
2007-10-25 11:18:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP ETTC EWWT KN CH
07BEIJING6863DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy on October 25 notified MFA in advance of the designation of Iranian entities. 2. (C) DCM Daniel Piccuta emphasized to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Liu Jieyi October 26 that the new measures announced by Secretaries Ric [...]
2007-10-26 08:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC EFIN KNNP CH IR
07BEIJING6938PRC-ISRAEL: FM LIVNI PRESSES BEIJING TO SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Israeli Embassy readout, visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni stressed to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that efforts to achieve international consensus on the way forward with Iran have weakened existing sanctions against the [...]
2007-11-01 09:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR IS
07BEIJING6939A/S HILL-VFM ZHANG BILATERAL MEETING, OCTOBER 31,
[...] (C) In an October 31 meeting with EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill and the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui urged the United States to be cautious on the Taiwan issue during this sensitive period, expressed opposition to "protectionist" U.S. Congressional resolutions an [...]
2007-11-01 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD CVIS MASS CH TW KN XV
07BEIJING6957POST FOLLOWS UP ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) Poloff delivered ref A message informing China of an imminent shipment of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran via a Beijing-bound Iran Air flight to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on November 3. 2. (S) Recalling Post' [...]
2007-11-03 05:30:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL CH KN IR
07BEIJING6975CHINA WISHES TO WORK WITH USG TO PROMOTE STABILITY
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: China is deeply concerned about the current state of emergency in Pakistan and hopes Pakistan President Musharraf will maintain stability there, according to MFA Asian Affairs Director General Hu Zhengyue. Hu told Pol [...]
2007-11-05 10:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM MNUC PGOV CH PK
07BEIJING6976CHINA/RUSSIA/INDIA: PRC TALKS UP TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Ministers from China, Russia and India met in Harbin October 24 for the seventh in their series of trilateral meetings. The role of the UN in the Asia-Pacific region was a key issue in talks, as well as climate change, counter-terrorism and scientific and academic exchan [...]
2007-11-05 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PBTS CH IN RU
07BEIJING7063POST RAISES ONGOING MISSILE PROLIFERATION MATTER
[...] (S) Poloff delivered Part II of ref B message, concerning an ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran, to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue on November 9. (Note: According to the MFA, Director G [...]
2007-11-09 10:15:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7086CHARGE URGES VFM ZHANG YESUI TO INVESTIGATE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-13 10:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7128PRC/IRAN: MFA READOUT OF FM YANG'S TEHRAN VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA readout, in meetings with President Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki, and chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili in Tehran, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said that after five years of addressing the nuclear issue, "there is currently no re [...]
2007-11-15 11:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7155IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN AND NEXT
[...] (C) Drawing upon reftel points, PolMinCouns in a November 19 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Deputy Director General Wu Haitao urged China to support adoption of a new UNSC sanctions resolution in response to Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations. [...]
2007-11-19 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR CH
07BEIJING7174MFA RESPONDS TO U.S. INFORMATION ON ONGOING
[...] (S) MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Deputy Director Wang Daxue responded on November 20 to the U.S. message (Ref C) concerning the ongoing transshipment via Beijing of ballistic missile parts from North Korea to Iran. 2. (S) Wang told Poloff he was instructed to [...]
2007-11-20 09:53:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR IR KN CH
07BEIJING7262U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND
[...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]
2007-11-29 04:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIJING7375TREASURY U/S QUESTIONS VFM ZHANG YESUI ON PRC
[...] (S) Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey met with Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on November 13 to encourage the Chinese to do more in furtherance of international efforts to pressure Iran to give up its nuclear weapons program. U/S Levey outlined the threat posed to the integrity of the i [...]
2007-12-06 08:42:00Embassy BeijingSECRETCH IR PREL ETTC EFIN PARM
07BEIJING7386EAP A/S HILL'S DECEMBER 6 MEETING WITH VFM ZHANG:
[...] (C) EAP Assistant Secretary Hill, accompanied by the Ambassador, raised U.S. concerns on Iran, Darfur, North Korean refugees, human rights and Burma with PRC Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on December 6. A/S Hill pressed the PRC to prevent further transfers of conventional weapons to Iran [...]
2007-12-06 12:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PREF PHUM MARR ETRD AMGT CH IR SU
07BEIJING7388PRC-IRAN: AMBASSADOR BRIEFS MFA ON NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei December 6 that the recently released National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program indicates the continued need for IAEA and Security Council action on Iran's nuclear program. AFM He said China is st [...]
2007-12-06 22:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR
07BEIJING7455CHINA TO SUPPORT DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR TEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 08:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR IZ CH
07BEIJING7498EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND MFA DIRECTOR GENERAL LIU
[...] (C) In a December 14 meeting with EAP DAS Thomas Christensen, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Liu Jieyi reviewed progress to date and challenges ahead for bilateral relations. He noted that the U.S. presidential election, the Olympic Games in Beijing, and the election [...]
2007-12-14 09:47:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ETRD PHUM MARR CH TW IR BM SU UN
07BEIJING7499EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN PRESSES CHINA ON IRAN, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary: EAP DAS Thomas Christensen told Assistant Foreign Minister (AFM) He Yafei that the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) only underscores the need for continued pressure on Iran, including via a third UNSC resolution. AFM He said that language in the UNSCR draft on export credits [...]
2007-12-14 10:11:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL KNNP MNUC ETRD CH IR SU BM
07BEIJING752CHINESE SCHOLARS COMMENT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST
[...] (S) Conversations with several Beijing scholars revealed that none were aware of China's January 11 anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test beforehand and were only able to speculate after the fact about its significance. President Hu Jintao would have known about the test in advance, though the [...]
2007-01-31 12:32:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MARR PGOV CH
07BEIRUT102LEBANON: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (C) Embassy Beirut has completed a coordinated review of its Fiscal Year 2007 Section 1206 funding request for military assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). All elements of the Embassy support this funding request. 2. (C) The Section 1206 request for Lebanon reflects a carefu [...]
2007-01-19 11:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMASS PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY LE IS
07BEIRUT1035EXAMINING LAF PERFORMANCE AND NEEDS, POST NAHAR
[...] (S) During their 6/26 meeting in Paris, Prime Minister Siniora and Secretary Rice discussed the possibility of a further U.S. military assessment team to examine the training, equipment, and ammunition needs of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). We have been working with our Lebanese contacts [...]
2007-07-12 15:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PARM LE
07BEIRUT1047LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PARIS CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Lebanese political representatives have low expectations for the July 14-17 conference in St. Cloud, outside Paris, though many tell us they note a change in tone and rhetoric from some of Lebanon's more militant parties, such as Hizballah. The French also harbor no illusions about the co [...]
2007-07-13 14:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1056LEBANON: NAHR AL-BARID: BIG STEP FOR LEBANESE
[...] (C) As the Lebanese Armed Forces' eight week old confrontation with Fatah al-Islam nears its end, one thing is certain: after years of Syrian domination and internal passivity, the LAF has surprised most observers by showing that it can stand on its own two feet. Despite suffering what for L [...]
2007-07-16 15:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1074LEBANON: PM SINIORA LAMENTS BETRAYAL OF MARONITE
[...] (C) A visibly upset PM Siniora told the Ambassador July 17 he was flabbergasted by what he saw as Maronite Patriarch Sfeir's ongoing attacks against GOL alleged efforts to marginalize Lebanon's Christian population. Stressing the GOL's policy of accommodating Christians was one of "conviction [...]
2007-07-19 14:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1088LEBANON: MIXED REACTIONS TO LA CELLE-ST. CLOUD
[...] (C) Lebanese participants in the July 14-15 La Celle-St. Cloud talks told Embassy that the talks succeeded in breaking the ice among Lebanon's feuding political parties, who had not sat down together as a group since the spring 2006 national dialogue. Herded together in a two-star, unaircondi [...]
2007-07-23 15:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1095LEBANON: HARIRI WARNS OF LONG-TERM IRANIAN
[...] (C) March 14 and Sunni leader Saad Hariri, back from an extended stay abroad, expressed his concerns about the new French government's Lebanon policy, Iran's long-term intentions in Lebanon (with General Michel Aoun's active participation),and the need for a tougher US policy on Syria. Hari [...]
2007-07-24 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1102LEBANON: POST APPROVES SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 09:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETLE PARM PM PTER
07BEIRUT1122LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS VIEWS LAF COMMANDER
[...] (C) National Liberal Party leader Dory Chamoun sees a two-year presidency under Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman as the only realistic option for resolving Lebanon's political crisis, and believes establishing the Special Tribunal before voting day will have a significan [...]
2007-07-26 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1132LEBANON: BEIRUT ARCHBISHOP'S ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and Special Assistant on July 27, Archbishop Boulos Matar, the Maronite archbishop of Beirut, shared his evaluation of the upcoming parliamentary by-elections in the predominantly Christian Metn district. Matar believes General Aoun's candidate wi [...]
2007-07-27 15:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1135LEBANON: PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: HARBINGER OF
[...] (C) Lebanon's upcoming parliamentary by-elections are a critical precursor to the upcoming battle over the presidency. Not only do they represent an opportunity to boost March 14's dwindling (whether due to political assassinations or other intimidation) numbers, but the Metn race may well ma [...]
2007-07-27 16:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1139LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN ON THE PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) In a 7/27 meeting with the Ambassador and DATT that concentrated mostly on the fighting in Nahr al-Barid (septel),Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman also spoke briefly of Lebanon's upcoming presidential elections. The Ambassador raised concerns that remarks attributed to Sle [...]
2007-07-30 04:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM KDEM LE SY
07BEIRUT1149LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI'S POLITICAL ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Summary: On July 30, the Ambassador and Special Assistant met with former Prime Minister Najib Mikati to discuss upcoming parliamentary by elections and the prospects of various presidential candidates. Mikati, who has traditionally been linked to President al-Assad of Syria, made commen [...]
2007-07-30 14:52:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1253LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES FOR INOPPORTUNE
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander General Michel Sleiman denied that his recent marks were an accusation against the US of providing insufficient military assistance, reaffirming instead Lebanon's deep appreciation for the USG's essential role in helping the army battle Fatah al-Islam extremi [...]
2007-08-16 13:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT126MURR CLAIMS LAF COMMANDER'S COWARDICE WORKED TO
[...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on 1/24, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr acknowledged that Saudi-Iranian ties and a generalized fear of sustained violence helped persuade the March 8-Aounist opposition to suspend its road-blocking demonstrations after only one day. [...]
2007-01-24 17:10:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM PARM LE SY
07BEIRUT1320LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HEADED FOR A
[...] (C) With less than one month to go before the beginning of the two-month presidential election period, the gulf between the majority March 14 and opposition March 8 appears to be widening. The battle currently is being fought in the Christian arena, split into two opposing camps: one, represe [...]
2007-08-28 12:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1334LEBANON: BERRI: FUTURE OF LEBANON DEPENDS ON
[...] (C) Speaker Berri continues to insist on a two-thirds parliamentary quorum to hold a vote on the presidency, though he acknowledged that the constitution permits the vote to take place during the last ten days prior to the expiration of the current president's mandate with only a simple majori [...]
2007-08-30 15:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1335LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH LEBANESE
[...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Lieutenant General Michel Sleiman and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Elias Murr on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon at the Ministry of Defense. During these introductory meet [...]
2007-08-31 04:05:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1336LEBANON: CENTCOM COMMANDER VISITS WITH PRIME
[...] (S) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander United States Central Command met with Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora on 8/29 in Beirut, Lebanon. During this introductory meeting, ADM Fallon and PM Siniora discussed recent fighting against terrorists in the Nahr Al Bared refugee camp, Palestinian i [...]
2007-08-31 04:05:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1346WITH NAHR AL-BARID IN LAF HANDS, DEFMIN MURR
[...] (S) On 9/3, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr called the Ambassador to report that the wife of Fatah al-Islam (FAI) leader Shakr al-Absi had positively identified the body of her husband, apparently killed on the last day of fighting on 9/2 in the Nahr al-Barid camp. Whil [...]
2007-09-03 09:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PARM LE SY QA
07BEIRUT1360LEBANON: ITALIAN AMBASSADOR URGES URGENT US
[...] (C) Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Gabriele Checchia, accompanied by Second Secretary Carlo Jacobucci, met with the Ambassador September 5 to provide a readout of EU High Representative Javier Solana's September 6 visit to Beirut (Italy was acting on behalf of the EU presidency in the absence o [...]
2007-09-05 15:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1366LEBANON: VATICAN SENDING RIGHT MESSAGE, BUT IS
[...] (C) Vatican officials will send visiting Lebanese Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir all the right messages concerning Lebanon's sovereignty and the upcoming presidential election, according to a March 14 contact who just returned from his own trip to the Holy See. It remains to be seen, however, whet [...]
2007-09-06 15:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1408LEBANON: SINIORA: ELECTIONS PARAMOUNT, WITHOUT
[...] (C) PM Siniora seemed surprisingly optimistic about the prospects for selecting a credible compromise presidential candidate in a September 12 meeting with visiting EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble. He reiterated his opposition to amending the constitution and stressed the election must be held wit [...]
2007-09-13 16:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1423LEBANON: AMAL AND AOUN IN GAME OF BRINKSMANSHIP
[...] (C) Both Amal and the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) continue to dig in their heels in their efforts to determine Lebanon's next president. While Amal's strategy focuses on the constitution (which it interprets to require a two-thirds quorum to elect president) to ensure a candidate of its lik [...]
2007-09-16 11:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1436LEBANON: READY TO MAKE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Finance Minister Azour told the Ambassador on September 12 that, in addition to the $5 million the GOL plans to commit later this month to the account for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, taken from GOL contingency accounts, he [...]
2007-09-18 15:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1441LEBANON: FINNISH DIPLOMAT OFFERS VIEWS ON SYRIAN
[...] (C) A visiting Finnish diplomat from Damascus sees Syria as pursuing a policy of "constructive chaos" in Lebanon, and views its motives for supporting an EU-proposed border mission as suspect. He perceives cracks in the Syrian regime that suggest its lifespan is limited, and advocated targeted [...]
2007-09-19 14:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1442LEBANON: ANOTHER MP ASSASSINATED, ANOTHER BLOW TO
[...] (C) March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem was killed September 19 in what appears to have been a targeted attack in Beirut's eastern suburb. Ghanem, a close ally of Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and Phalange leader Amine Gemayel, was a fervent critic of Syria. Ghanem's assassination comes at an especiall [...]
2007-09-19 17:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1451LEBANON: PATRIARCH URGES CONSENSUS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir told the Ambassador on 9/20 that he continues to believe in the need for a consensus presidential candidate as the only way to avoid a divided Lebanon. He agrees, however, with the need to stick to the principles outlined in the annual Bishops' statement, [...]
2007-09-21 12:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1454LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-21 13:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1456LEBANON: PHALANGE LEADER SAYS MARCH 14 WILL FIGHT
[...] (C) In a September 20 condolence call on Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel following the September 19 assassination of March 14 Phalange MP Antoine Ghanem, the former President said March 14 will continue to fight back politically, despite the "apocalypse of Sin el-Fil". Gemayel stressed the [...]
2007-09-21 14:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1457LEBANON: MURR REBUFFS REQUEST THAT LAF ACT
[...] (S) In a 9/20 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr agreed that March 8 forces and their allies were better armed, equipped, and trained than the March 14 bloc, should street violence break out. He concurred that Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh and, to [...]
2007-09-23 07:50:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPARM PTER KDEM PGOV LE SY
07BEIRUT1461LEBANON: BERRI'S LATEST TWIST: A DISGUISED
[...] (C) Following a lengthy discussion between Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri's senior advisor and Pol/Econ Chief, Berri, in the latest twist in the opposition's tireless efforts to gain control of the presidency, is proposing a one-month trial period for his initiative to seek a consensus candida [...]
2007-09-24 07:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1469LEBANON: IS SLEIMAN THE ACE UP BERRI'S SLEEVE?
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again gone on the offensive, this time postponing parliament's presidential election for one month to allow time for March 14 and March 8 to reach a consensus candidate. In a move in which Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel appears to be the unwitting a [...]
2007-09-25 08:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1483LEBANON: BERRI INITIATIVE MOVING AHEAD
[...] (C) As he promised he would, Speaker Berri called MPs to parliament on September 25 to begin the process of electing Lebanon's next president. Because only 74 MPs showed up, 12 short of the two-thirds majority needed to elect a president on the first round, the session was adjourned without a [...]
2007-09-26 13:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1492LEBANON: CESAREAN SECTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) A key Phalange party member sees the election of a March 14 candidate as Lebanon's next president as the only way to put a definitive end to Syrian influence, which extends throughout Lebanon's security apparatus. Assassinations of March 14 MPs will continue, he predicted, but the Septembe [...]
2007-09-27 12:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1512LEBANON: GEAGEA: WHAT IS HARIRI COOKING UP?
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea believes accepting Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun's offers of detente is the best way to coopt Aoun's presidential ambitions. He dismissed concerns that March 14's support could boomerang by increasing prospects for Aoun's candidacy, [...]
2007-09-30 12:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1514LEBANON: MARONITE BISHOPS CALL FOR SOVEREIGN,
[...] (C) In what many view as their clearest and most political statement ever, Lebanon's Maronite bishops issued their eighth annual "call" on September 19, a beacon of light on a day of tragic juxtaposition; just hours later a massive car bomb killed March 14 MP Antoine Ghanem, bringing to six the [...]
2007-09-30 12:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1534LEBANON: A KINDER, GENTLER AOUN DISTANCES HIMSELF
[...] (C) In a surprise change of heart, General Michel Aoun told the Ambassador he would not support a second government and hinted at a willingness to dissolve his 2006 MOU with Hizballah if he receives a better offer. Aoun, who has been reaching out to March 14 leaders in the past ten days, appe [...]
2007-10-02 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1616LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-16 15:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1617LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER ADVOCATES "HALF PLUS
[...] (C) DPM Elias Murr agreed that a status quo scenario, i.e., a continuation of President Lahoud's and PM Siniora's mandates, was the opposition's current strategy on the presidential election. The best way to avoid this scenario, he argued, was a "half plus plus" candidate -- one who might not [...]
2007-10-17 06:10:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1625LEBANON: SINIORA TO USDP EDELMAN: ARMY IS KEY TO
[...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric S. Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Mark T. Kimmitt, PM Siniora stressed the need to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) as the best way to empower the Lebanese state and [...]
2007-10-18 07:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS IR IZ LE
07BEIRUT1626LEBANON: SLEIMAN DISAPPOINTS IN MEETING WITH USDP
[...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric S. Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Mark T. Kimmitt, a defensive Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman bristled at USG offers to participate in after action reviews wit [...]
2007-10-18 07:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1641LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN POSTURES AS
[...] (S) Over an extended one-on-one dinner with the Ambassador on 10/18, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman (whose dinner invitation, we believe, stemmed from recognition of the abysmal impression he made on Under Secretary of Defense Edelman two days earlier, reftel) SIPDIS [...]
2007-10-22 04:48:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL KDEM PARM LE SY
07BEIRUT1647LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 12:52:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1650LEBANON: SCENARIOS FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) With one month remaining before the end of President Lahoud's mandate on November 23, the opposing parties are no closer to reaching consensus on his successor or on the correct procedure for choosing one. Speaker Berri has again postponed the parliamentary voting session, this time until [...]
2007-10-22 14:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1659LEBANON: A QUICK GUIDE TO THE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (SBU) The list of candidates to be Lebanon's president, by tradition a Maronite Christian, is growing longer as the end of current President Emile Lahoud's term on November 23 grows nearer. With its October 23 session now cancelled, parliament is scheduled to convene on November 12 in a second [...]
2007-10-23 14:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1660LEBANON: MINDEF MURR OUTLINES STRATEGIC VISION FOR
[...] (C) In an October 16 meeting with visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Edelman and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Kimmitt, a confident MinDef Murr SIPDIS outlined his views on Nahr al-Barid, border security operations, and his strategic vision for transformati [...]
2007-10-23 14:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1661LEBANON: HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON, PURPORTS TO
[...] (C) An alarmist Saad Hariri accused the U.S. of not doing enough to prevent Syrian interference in Lebanon, claiming the Europeans and Saudis are willing to follow a more aggressive U.S. lead. Now is the time to exert the utmost pressure to get Emile Lahoud out, Hariri argued, and March 14 ne [...]
2007-10-23 15:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1665LEBANON: MARCH 14 PLEASED WITH EUROPEAN VISIT,
[...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh described the October 20 Lebanese political leaders' meeting with visiting French, Italian and Spanish foreign ministers as positive, especially on UNIFIL, and denied reports the Europeans are pushing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as a [...]
2007-10-24 13:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1670LEBANON: NEW CAMOUFLAGE FOR SLEIMAN
[...] (C) Amal (and by extension, Syria) continues to appear to be seeking a presidential nomination for Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman. Amal claims not to be pushing its own candidate, insisting the ball is now in the hands of the Christian leaders and the Patriarch. Once th [...]
2007-10-26 08:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1680LEBANON: EUROPEANS SEE PROGRESS ON PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) The Italian Ambassador to Lebanon, reporting on the October 19-20 visit of the French, Italian, and Spanish foreign ministers to Lebanon, noted progress in Speaker Berri's efforts to reach a consensus candidate and more conciliatory tones on the part of both Berri and PM Siniora. Despite r [...]
2007-10-26 15:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1714LEBANON: HARIRI BLOC WOULD ACCEPT PATRIARCH'S
[...] (C) Parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri's cousin and Chief of Staff Nader recently delivered assurances on behalf of Saad to the Patriarch that his bloc would vote for any candidate selected by the Patriarch in order to avoid a presidential vacuum. Nader was skeptical, however, whether [...]
2007-11-01 14:04:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1728LEBANON: PREVIEWING U.S. RESPONSE TO AN ILLEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the opposition, predictably, protested what they view as U.S. interference in internal Lebanese affairs in response to Ref A demarche regarding economic and travel ramifications for those who participate in an unconstitutional government in Lebanon. Many view [...]
2007-11-05 08:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1736LEBANON: BERRI URGES U.S. TO WORK ON AOUN
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri lamented the absence of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri from Lebanon, which he said prevented efforts to reach a consensus presidential candidate on time. If no consensus candidate is named before November 12, Berri said he would set a new date for [...]
2007-11-06 15:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1737LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE ADVOCATES TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant reported that French officials delivered tough messages to their Syrian counterparts during their November 3-4 meetings in Istanbul, warning that France would hold Syria responsible if Lebanon is unable to elect a president by November 24. Locally, a stronger Ch [...]
2007-11-06 15:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1747LEBANON: FRENCH CHARGE SAYS FRANCE WILL PUSH
[...] (C) French Charge Andre Parant believes it may be possible to convince the Patriarch to provide a short-list of presidential candidates, although he agrees that letting him decide on the names could result in less than ideal candidates. France is determined to find a solution before the midni [...]
2007-11-07 14:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1750LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER: STILL MUM ON NEXT
[...] (S) UNIIIC Commissioner Brammertz's next report to the UN Security Council is unlikely to provide any anxiously-awaited conclusions. However, recent results from forensic studies, combined with a promising new line of investigation involving telecommunications, could help make the connection b [...]
2007-11-08 11:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1760LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS OF DANGEROUS GAMES, AND IS
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea does not support France's efforts to convince the Patriarch to provide names of presidential candidates, fearing that, without an adequate safety net, this would lead to a weak president susceptible to Syrian and Hizballah influence. Citing Nassib Lahoud [...]
2007-11-09 14:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1762LEBANON: PM SINIORA DOWNPLAYS SECURITY CONCERNS,
[...] (C) PM Siniora confirmed that, in the event parliament fails to elect a president and his cabinet temporarily takes on presidential powers, he would move immediately to appoint new Shia ministers to replace the six opposition members who submitted their resignations one year ago. He claimed to [...]
2007-11-09 14:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1764LEBANON: AOUN CLAIMS TO DROP OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) With the petulance of a sullen teenager who didn't get his way and whose unique genius is underappreciated, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun says he is bowing out of the presidential race, although he has yet (as of 11/9) to make an official announcement. He reportedly told his M [...]
2007-11-10 10:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1786LEBANON: BERRI STILL OPTIMISTIC ON PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Berri, suggesting he had not yet seen the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, nevertheless was optimistic that he and majority leader Saad Hariri would be able to reach a consensus. If, however, they are not able to agree on a candidate, Berri rejected the fall [...]
2007-11-15 16:25:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1787LEBANON: FORMER PM SAYS IT'S A CRIME NOT TO ELECT
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati, claiming, like many others, to have insider information on the Patriarch's list of presidential candidates, lamented the fact that the best candidate, Nassib Lahoud, would not be elected. He believed President Emile Lahoud would defy Hizballah's demand [...]
2007-11-15 16:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1797 LEBANON: FATF IRAN STATEMENT DEMARCHE -- NO SUBSTANTIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 14:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON PTER LE
07BEIRUT1799LEBANON: AOUN PLAYING FOR HIGH STAKES
[...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to believe that he and only he deserves the presidency, and will not participate in any efforts, including the French initiative, to find a consensus, according to his advisor and son-in-law, Gebran Bassil. Bassil envisioned two scenario [...]
2007-11-16 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1800PRESIDENT'S LAWYER INSISTS LAHOUD WILL LEAVE
[...] Summary: (S) President Emile Lahoud's legal advisor Selim Jerissaiti insisted that Lahoud plans to leave the presidential palace at the end of his mandate on November 24 and will do so without taking what Jerrissaiti admitted would be the unconstitutional step of appointing a second governmen [...]
2007-11-19 08:02:00Embassy BeirutSECRETIS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1818LEBANON: AOUN PREDICTS VIOLENCE IF NO PRESIDENT IS
[...] (C) Despite persistent rumors that he has made a deal over an abbreviated presidential term for Michel Edde, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun continues to reject any candidate on the Patriarch's list of seven other than himself. His only fall-back is an interim cabinet (which we pre [...]
2007-11-20 14:42:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1830LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG PREDICTS EDDE PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) Visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa does not support the theory that chaos will result if no president is elected by the midnight November 23 expiration of President Lahoud's mandate. He believes either Michel Edde will be selected as the consensus candidate, or discussions will continue, [...]
2007-11-21 16:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1832LEBANON: HARIRI HOLDING FIRM, KEEPING "PLAN B" IN
[...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri remains firm in his opposition to Michel Edde as president. Acknowledging that March 14 risked being blamed for blocking consensus, Hariri refuses to let the minority (with Syrian support) dictate Lebanon's next president to the majority. Having already conced [...]
2007-11-23 04:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1850LEBANON: BERRI ACCUSES HARIRI OF BLOCKING
[...] (C) Speaker Berri continues his assertions that he is doing his best to reach a consensus president. All of Lebanon favored Michel Edde, he claimed, with the exception of majority leader Saad Hariri, who was blocking consensus. If no agreement is reached, Berri would postpone the November 23 [...]
2007-11-23 14:13:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1854LEBANON: HARIRI UNVEILS "PLAN B": SLEIMAN FOR
[...] (S) Majority leader Saad Hariri, disgusted with the failed French initiative, resigned to the fact that March 14 is unable to elect one of its own candidates, and convinced the Syrians' real objective was a political void, now concludes that Syria has won. He does not believe PM Siniora's gov [...]
2007-11-24 18:40:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1855LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S STRONG CRITICISM OF ANNAPOLIS
[...] (C) During a round of meetings the Ambassador had on November 23 and 24 focused on the presidency crisis, a number of Lebanese interlocutors expressed surprise about Hizballah's November 23 statement which carried particularly pointed criticism of the Annapolis Conference and Lebanese partici [...]
2007-11-24 18:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE PARM PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1856LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS CONTEMPLATING HALF
[...] (C) March 14 Christians, following what the view as the failure of the French initiative and worried that the Siniora government will come under mounting attack if a president is not elected soon, are engaging the Maronite church in an attempt to revive support for a half plus one vote. Convin [...]
2007-11-26 04:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1857LEBANON: MARADA FAVORS EDDE OR SLEIMAN
[...] (C) Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh supports Michel Edde as president, but stresses the need to get Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun on board and to find a candidate who can safeguard Hizballah's interests. He suggests that, if a consensus is not reached, Lebanese Armed Forces Comma [...]
2007-11-26 04:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1863LEBANON: PM SINIORA NOT WILD ABOUT SLEIMAN, BUT
[...] (C) PM Siniora blasted the French for mismanaging its failed initiative to find a consensus president and humiliating the Patriarch in the process, during a November 26 meeting with the Ambassador. An otherwise relaxed Siniora bristled at each mention of Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel [...]
2007-11-26 16:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1864LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER SUPPORTS ARMY COMMANDER
[...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr reported on November 24 that the army's deployment in downtown Beirut was proceeding smoothly, and he expected the situation to remain calm for the next few days (which it did). He fully supports Saad Hariri's "Plan B" to elect Lebanese Armed Force [...]
2007-11-26 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1875LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER OPPOSES CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Telecom Minister Marwan Hamadeh fears electing Lebanese Armed Force Commander Michel Sleiman president would repeat mistakes of the past, mistakes that led to the assassination of former PM Rafiq Hariri. Hamadeh proposed instead that March 14 build on the positive momentum generated by Pr [...]
2007-11-27 13:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1879LEBANON: BERRI PUTS BALL IN MARCH 14'S COURT
[...] (C) Speaker Berri, still blaming others for failed efforts to reach a consensus president, now insists it is up to March 14 to make the next move, according to an advisor. Refusing to convene parliament absent a consensus, the Speaker continues to reject the possibility of a half plus one or [...]
2007-11-27 16:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1890LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: WEIGHING PROS AND CONS OF
[...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri, for lack of a better solution, is still intent on electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president just two days from now. He claims to have received assurances from Sleiman on issues of key importance to the U.S. and believes he will [...]
2007-11-28 16:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1894LEBANON: PM SINIORA WAITING FOR GREEN LIGHT TO
[...] (C) PM Siniora, downplaying threats of violence, is ready to take the first steps toward amending the constitution to allow Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman to be elected president, once all of the March 14 leaders are on board. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, calling [...]
2007-11-29 16:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1897LEBANON: GEAGEA PUTTING THE BRAKES ON SLEIMAN
[...] (C) Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea, critical of majority leader Saad Hariri's attempts to force the presidency of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman on his March 14 allies, is not "adamantly against" the idea. However, he conditions his support on an LF say in the [...]
2007-11-30 07:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1908LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADER DECRIES PARTY'S
[...] (C) National Bloc leader Carlos Edde expressed strong opposition and concerns regarding his March 14 allies' decision to back Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman for president. Edde's "gut feeling" was that Sleiman was Syria's choice for president, and that, by electing him, [...]
2007-12-03 15:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1919LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER REVEALS "PLAN C" IF
[...] (C) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr believes the opposition's efforts to reach a "package" deal on Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman's presidency will delay the election until next week. Murr agrees that such a package weakened the role of the president and, by imp [...]
2007-12-05 10:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1931LEBANON: BERRI DEMANDING CONSENSUS ON HOW TO
[...] (C) Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri insists on amending the constitution to elect Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president via methods that bypass the Siniora government. Blaming, as usual, everyone but himself for the ongoing impasse, Berri cites Free Patriotic Movemen [...]
2007-12-10 05:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1936LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: OPPOSITION DOESN'T WANT
[...] (C) Majority leader Saad Hariri believes that the opposition's continuing efforts to block the election of Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman reflect Syria's desire to maintain a presidential vacuum. Still disillusioned with the French and expressing frustration with US poli [...]
2007-12-11 08:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1945LEBANON: PM SINIORA BLAMES REGIONAL ISSUES FOR
[...] (C) PM Siniora believes Syria's attempt to use Lebanon as a pawn in its efforts to secure regional recognition is the primary reason for the opposition's obstacles to electing Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president. Urging strong international support for Lebanon, h [...]
2007-12-11 15:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1950LEBANON: MILITARY TARGETTED IN LATEST
[...] (C) A car bomb killed Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Operations Director General Francois al-Hajj at approximately 7 a.m. on December 12, the second anniversary of March 14 MP Gebran Tueni,s assassination. The explosion occurred near LAF headquarters and the General's home in Baabda. The motive [...]
2007-12-12 15:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1958LEBANON: CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS BG HAJJ
[...] (C) The Charge met separately on December 13 with three Christian leaders, former president and Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk, and head of National Liberal party Dory Chamoun, to discuss Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj's assassination (Ref A) and the [...]
2007-12-14 16:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PARM SY PTER LE
07BEIRUT1959LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER ASKS A/S WELCH TO DELAY
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman told visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch December 16 that the investigation into the December 12 assassination of General Francois al-Hajj was focusing on Islamic extremists suspected of trying to undermine the army. Palestinian [...]
2007-12-16 13:30:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1960LEBANON: A/S WELCH TELLS BERRI NO MORE DELAYS FOR
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on December 15 the time had come for Lebanon to elect a president. Now that the difficult work of finding a consensus candidate had been done, there were no more excuses for holding the election. In a clear warning t [...]
2007-12-16 18:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
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
07BEIRUT1973LEBANON: A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH PM SINIORA
[...] (C) During his December 15 meeting with Prime Minister Siniora at the Grand Serail, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch pledged continued U.S. support for the March 14 majority and democracy in Lebanon. He assured the PM that the USG would make no deal with Syria or others at the expense of L [...]
2007-12-17 18:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1974LEBANON: JUMBLATT TELL A/S WELCH MARCH 14 MORE
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch assured Druse leader Walid Jumblatt and other senior Druse officials of unwavering U.S. support for March 14 during his December 15-16 visit to Lebanon. Stressing the need for March 14 to remain united, he said the U.S. would support whichever course th [...]
2007-12-18 08:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1979LEBANON: WELCH AND ABRAMS MEET LEBANESE ARMY
[...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with visiting NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Assistant to the President SIPDIS and Deputy National Security Advisor Elliot Abrams, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's [...]
2007-12-20 15:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1982LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND DAPNSA ABRAMS WITH PM
[...] (C) NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliott Abrams updated PM Siniora on December 18 on the December 17 Paris meetings regarding the Palestinians and on Lebanon. A/S Welch informed Siniora about a potential Arab L [...]
2007-12-21 14:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1984LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS A/S WELCH "I CANNOT DO
[...] (C) Prime Minister Siniora was grateful to receive a debrief on NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's return visit to Lebanon. Speaking during the evening of December 19, A/S Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams reiterated U.S. support for March 14 and the democratic processes in Lebanon. They ad [...]
2007-12-21 15:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT1985LEBANON: A/S WELCH WARNS BERRI TO HOLD ELECTION
[...] (C) In a December 19 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) for Global Democracy Strategy Elliot Abrams discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election. 2. [...]
2007-12-21 15:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER FR LE SY
07BEIRUT1986LEBANON: A/S WELCH AND FRENCH CHARGE EXCHANGE
[...] (C) During a visit to Beirut following the December 17 Lebanon Ministerial in Paris, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and Deputy Advisor to the President and National Security Advisor (DAPNSA) Elliot Abrams discussed Lebanon's continuing political crisis with French Charge d'Affaires Andre [...]
2007-12-21 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT446NON-PAPER ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED
[...] (C) On 3/26, the Ambassador met Mohamed Chatah, Senior Advisor to PM Fouad Siniora, to discuss UNSCR 1747 and deliver reftel's non-paper on the importance of the resolution. Chatah, who acknowledged that neither he nor Siniora had as yet read the resolution's text, was intrigued by the lang [...]
2007-03-27 12:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM LE IR SY
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
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
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
07BELGRADE1451FOLLOW UP ON SERBIAN FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO SUPPLY
[...] (S) Serbia's Director of Arms Control at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told poloff, October 5, that, since April, the Government of Serbia had discovered no information regarding a potential sale of multispectral camouflage netting to Syria by a Serbian firm. Separate discussions with Mile [...]
2007-10-24 21:04:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS SY SR CG
07BELGRADE1509SERBIA: MISSILE DESTRUCTION STALLS SHORT OF GOAL
[...] (U) This is a time sensitive action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) In.2005, the United States and Serbia and Montenegro signed an agreement for the destruction of 5,000 MANPADSs by the end of 2007. As of October 31, 2007 Serbia had destroyed nearly 4,000 of those weapons and inten [...]
2007-11-06 17:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MCAP PREL PTER MW SR
07BELGRADE1655SERBIA TO JOIN GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) MFA Director for Arms Control, Branka Latinovic, told PolChief on December 11 that Serbia had agreed to join the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, providing a note verbale formally informing the USG of this decision. Ambassador Latinovic said that thedecision culminated an [...]
2007-12-12 15:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PARM PREL SR
07BELGRADE1659(C) SERBIA TO TRY TO GET MANPADS DESTRUCTION BACK ON TRACK
[...] (C) Assistant Minister for Defense Dusan Spasojevic said the Government of Serbia would accept the U.S. interpretation of the bilateral agreement on the destruction of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) and would fulfill the terms of their agreement. Spasojevic said that the MOD would [...]
2007-12-13 11:12:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS PARM PTER PREL MW SR
07BELGRADE236 VINCA NUCLEAR INSTITUTE: CAS STAFFING, VIND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has been informed by Vinca Nuclear Institute direction that the Department of Energy (DoE)-built Central Alarm Station (CAS) will be staffed in the near future. After the institute and the Ministry of Interior (MUP) reached an agreement on CAS staffing, Vinca identif [...]
2007-02-21 17:16:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM EAID OTRA SR
07BELGRADE526DEMARCHE ON SERBIAN FIRM'S POSSIBLE BID TO SUPPLY
[...] (s) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Mladjan Mijovic, Acting Director of the office of arms control in the MFA on April 19. Mijovic said he understood fully the seriousness of the request, and promised to immediately circulate the information and request an investigation into the matter. [...]
2007-04-20 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPARM PREL ETTC
07BERLIN1000(S) SHIELD S59A-05: GERMAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed to Global Affairs officer May 10 a German Government request concerning ref B demarche. Kauke said the German Federal Office of Customs Investigations (ZKA) [...]
2007-05-16 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE
07BERLIN1019THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...]
2007-05-18 17:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT
07BERLIN1031(C) FOLLOW-UP ON GERMANY'S PROPOSAL ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A non-paper to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger thanked us for the non-paper, which provides USG feedback on Germany's proposal for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications (see ref E). Kl [...]
2007-05-21 14:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1072(S) INTERIM GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRAN'S EFFORTS TO
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided on May 18 to Global Affairs officer an interim response concerning the German Government's investigation into ref B information that Iran's Saipa Heavy Dies Manufacturing Company (SAIPA) planned to procure machine tool control e [...]
2007-05-25 16:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW IR
07BERLIN1073(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT FIRM REPORTEDLY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke May 18. Kauke thanked us for the information concerning the procurement of machine tools by the Iran Heavy Die Manufacturing (SAIPA) from the German firm Heinisch Werkzeugmaschinen [...]
2007-05-25 16:35:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN1079(S) SHIELD S04C-07: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett May 23. Schuett said she will pass the information concerning the German firm Zirbus Technology's interest in selling a freeze dryer to the Iranian firm Cinnagen to the German fede [...]
2007-05-29 14:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN1085(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED OF IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett May 23. Schuett said she is unacquainted with the Chinese firm Shanghai Technical By-Products International Corporation Company (STBPI),but she is aware of Iran's Doostan Interna [...]
2007-05-30 10:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH
07BERLIN1086IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer discussed May 24 reftel with Christof Pollmeier, deputy office director of the German MFA's Arms Export Control Division. Pollmeier said the German Government fully complies with UNSCR 1747 and the EU Regulations enacted to ensure that all EU member states impleme [...]
2007-05-30 10:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR GM
07BERLIN1090(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO RECENT PROCUREMENT
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered demarche contained in ref to Markus Klinger, Deputy Director of the German MFA's Export Control Division, and Ina Schuett, desk officer, May 23. Klinger agreed to pass the information concerning Mahaco's brokering of a shipment of pressure transmitters fr [...]
2007-05-31 09:37:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN1102(S) MESSAGE ON DPRK'S NEW FINANCIAL NODE FOR
[...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 5. 2. (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche in separate meetings May 29 to officials in the German Ministries of Economics and Foreign Affairs. Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director of the Ministry of Economics' Foreign Trade Law and L [...]
2007-06-01 11:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP KNAR PARM GM
07BERLIN1107CFE: GERMANY PUSHES FOR BEING FORWARD-LEANING ON
[...] (C) Summary: Germany believes that at the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, a point-by-point rebuttal of Russian concerns about CFE could prove counterproductive and play into the hands of hardliners in Moscow. Instead, Germany believes that NATO should be forward-leaning and take "an [...]
2007-06-04 05:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1134CFE: GERMANY REACTS POSITIVELY TO U.S. THINKING ON
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points on U.S. thinking on elements for a final document for the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference to Amb. Friedrich Groening, MFA Director for Disarmament and Arms Control, June 5 and then followed-up with him June 6 to get his reactions right before he left for B [...]
2007-06-06 13:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL GE
07BERLIN1137(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT GERMAN FIRM POSSIBLY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog June 4. Herzog said it is worrisome that German firm ICS Schneider Messtechnik is seeking to circumvent German export controls to deliver environmental test chambers to Iran's Ra [...]
2007-06-06 15:22:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN1138(S) GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRANIAN BALLISTIC
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog June 4. Herzog said he will pass the information to the German federal inter-agency export group about efforts by Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industrial Group (SHIG) to procure dual-use e [...]
2007-06-06 15:57:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN1142GERMANY DISCUSSES U.S. POSITION ON RUSSIA'S SUPPLY
[...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A response to ref B German query to Joerg Polster, German MFA International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Division desk officer, June 5. Polster said the U.S. position o [...]
2007-06-07 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY IN GM
07BERLIN1159(S) GERMAN ASSURANCES REGARDING BUNDESBANK'S
[...] (S) EMIN deployed the demarche points in ref with Michael Witter, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs, June 7. He and Global Affairs Officer met with Witter and MFA Director for Financial Policy Ingo Karsten June 8 to follow-up on the previous day's discussion. 2. (S) Witter s [...]
2007-06-08 16:29:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM IR GM
07BERLIN1234ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Claudia Schuett of the German MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division June 18 and to Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director of the Economics Ministry's Foreign Tr [...]
2007-06-20 15:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN GM
07BERLIN1312GERMAN PROSECUTORS INVESTIGATING DELIVERY OF
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper in response to the USG non-paper contained in ref A to Global Affairs officer June 19. Kauke said this case was difficult because the German firm Limbach Flugmotoren GmbH & Co shipp [...]
2007-07-03 15:55:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW LN IR
07BERLIN1341(S) GERMAN QUERY ON ALLOWING EXPORT OF HIGH-SPEED
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The non-paper requests USG input into a licensing decision by the German Federal E [...]
2007-07-06 16:42:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN1342(S) GERMANY RESPONDS TO USG NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following German-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer June 19. The German non-paper responds to ref B demarche, which alerted the German Government to attempts by the Swedish firm Mahaco to procure German-pro [...]
2007-07-06 16:50:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKSCA PARM PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN1343GERMANY REQUESTED TO PROVIDE IDENTIFIER
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA UN Policy Division Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach July 2. Schilbach thanked us for the identifying information provided for the Iranian entities and individuals listed in the Annexes of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. He said he especially [...]
2007-07-09 05:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN IR KNNP PARM GM
07BERLIN1438EMBASSY BERLIN'S EFFORTS ON ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (S) Post leadership continues to raise our concerns to the Government of Germany about Iran's failure to comply with its international nuclear nonproliferation and UNSCR-mandated obligations regularly. The Ambassador has discussed issues noted in reftel with the highest levels of German gover [...]
2007-07-23 15:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL GM IR
07BERLIN1450TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS AGAINST IRAN WITH GERMAN OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-25 08:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN GM IR PARM PREL
07BERLIN1452(S) NIAG 7053: GERMAN RESPONSE ON IRANIAN FIRM
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer July 19 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Kauke said the German Government investigated the information contained in ref B concerning an attempt by the Iranian firm Tajhiz Novin Tous [...]
2007-07-25 15:01:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM
07BERLIN1453GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING POTENTIAL EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action item -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog met Global Affairs officer July 23 and passed the following German-language non-paper. Herzog explained that German export control authorities sought USG input for an [...]
2007-07-25 15:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC MTCRE PARM TNGD GM CH
07BERLIN1466GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. COUNTERPROPOSALS FOR MTCR
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Officials from the German Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economics and Technology passed the following English-language non-paper to Global Affairs officer July 24. The non-paper is a response to U.S. follow-up comments (see ref B [...]
2007-07-26 15:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1486(S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI - INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A nonpaper and demarche July 31 to Finance Ministry Deputy Director General Rolf Wenzel and MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation Thomas Goebel. Global Affairs officer also relayed ref A request for information on Bank [...]
2007-07-31 15:52:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
07BERLIN1495GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1496GERMANY - STATUS OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-01 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1503GERMANY - PRELIMINARY VIEWS ON U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Office Director for Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Dietrich Becker told Global Affairs officer July 31 Germany is interested in learning more about U.S. and Russian plans to follow up on the July 3 Declaration on Nucl [...]
2007-08-02 15:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG ECON PGOV GM
07BERLIN1521(S) GERMANY INVESTIGATING EFFORTS BY A GERMAN FIRM
[...] (S) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog August 7. Herzog said the German firm ICS Schneider Messtechnik is already under German government scrutiny for its previous dealings with Iranian entities involved in procure [...]
2007-08-08 13:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM HR IR
07BERLIN1522RESPONSE TO QUERY ON EXPORT OF LII AND PLIF
[...] (S) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A response to the German query contained in ref B to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog August 7. Herzog thanked us for the U.S. input and said he would pass it to the German federal interagency export control group for revi [...]
2007-08-08 13:09:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM CH
07BERLIN1534GERMAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSURANCES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC ENRG KNNP KSCA PARM TRGY GM
07BERLIN1536GERMAN VIEWS ON U.S. PROPOSAL TO SHARE
[...] (C) Global affairs officer delivered ref A demarche and draft letters August 10 to MFA NSG Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the information but noted Germany had not changed its position on sharing nuclear-related export denial information with the IAEA Secretari [...]
2007-08-10 14:05:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN1568GERMANY RECEIVES FURTHER FOLLOW-UP ON ITS PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officers delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck August 15. The demarche is a response to German views on U.S. counterproposals (ref D) to a German proposal (ref H) concerning denial notifications for the Missile Technology Con [...]
2007-08-17 10:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE MNUC PARM ETTC KSCA TSPA GM
07BERLIN1571MESSAGE ON ONGOING PROLIFERATION FINANCE
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs August 16 and to the Ministry of Economics and Technology August 17. Claudia Schuett, desk officer in the MFA's International Economic and Financial Policy Division, Ursina Krumpholz, Office Director [...]
2007-08-17 13:45:00Embassy BerlinSECRETIR KNAR KNNP PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1640GERMANY - FOLLOWING UP ON PROPOSED OPEN-ENDED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN ECON ETRD MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN1669(S) INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI ENTITY SEEKING GERMAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ulrike Wolf August 28 concerning the attempt by the Pakistan firm Intertrade to procure technical assistance from the German firm Deckel Maho Gildemeister (DMG). Wolf said she would pass the infor [...]
2007-09-05 13:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM PK
07BERLIN1673(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (C) Global Affairs officers passed ref U.S. talking points to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck August 31. Reck said she would forward the proposal to modernize the MTCR by rebalancing controls on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missiles to the technical exp [...]
2007-09-05 16:32:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM FR UK AU JA
07BERLIN1685(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: U.S. WHITE
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref U.S. white paper on high energy density fuels to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck September 4. Reck thanked us for the proposals and said she would pass them to experts in the Federal Office for Economics and Export Controls fo [...]
2007-09-06 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN1686(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: U.S.
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref U.S. proposals to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Nancy Reck September 4. Reck thanked us for the proposals and said she would pass them to experts in the Federal Office for Economics and Export Controls for evaluation. 2. (U) Post w [...]
2007-09-06 16:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN1733(S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL EXPORT TO IRAN
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Volker Herzog provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer on September 10. The German nonpaper responds to the US nonpaper of 31 May 2007 outlined in Ref concerning the possible export of test equipment from a German firm via UAE to [...]
2007-09-13 09:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC MTCRE KSCA PARM PREL GM IR AE
07BERLIN1751U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION: INITIAL
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche September 17 to MFA Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Polster expressed appreciation for the opportunity to offer German views on the U.S. draft text but expressed doubt that Germany's interagency working group wou [...]
2007-09-18 08:01:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN GM
07BERLIN1770(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO SHIPMENT OF GERMAN-ORIGIN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and accompanying photos September 19 to MFA Deputy Office Director for Export Controls on Non-Conventional Dual Use Goods Markus Klinger and MFA Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Klinger said he recognized the time-sensitive nature of our request [...]
2007-09-19 13:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KNNP GM SY
07BERLIN1771AUSTRALIA GROUP - DELIVERY OF U.S. RESPONSE TO TWO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Post requests Department guidance to respond to German questions posed in paras 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche and accompanying track-changes document September 19 to MFA Deputy Office Director for Export Controls on Non- [...]
2007-09-19 13:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC CBW GM
07BERLIN1783(C) MTCR: GERMANY SUPPORTS MODIFIED U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 15:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA GM
07BERLIN1784(S) GERMAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXPORT OF WELDING
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs officer September 19. The nonpaper responds to ref B demarche informing German authorities that the German firm Trumpf GmbH & Co., working with Ireland's Mac Aviation Group, [...]
2007-09-20 15:30:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
07BERLIN1792GERMANY ISSUES NEW REGULATIONS REGARDING THE
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor received a letter September 17 from German MFA Export Control Division Director Cyril Nunn reporting the German Government has issued new export control regulations regarding the export of currency production equipment to North Korea. The new regulations, which we [...]
2007-09-21 14:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC KSAC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN1819AUSTRALIA GROUP - U.S. RESPONSE TO GERMANY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 14:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW GM
07BERLIN1820(C) MTCR: NEXT STEPS FOR SMALL GROUP PROPOSALS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 14:49:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN1846GERMAN PROSECUTORS SUSPECT RUSSIAN
[...] (C) German prosecutors suspect Atomstroyexport, the Russian state-owned nuclear power equipment and services exporter, played a leading role in efforts to circumvent Germany's export control laws by diverting German-manufactured technology to Iran's nuclear program via Russian front companies [...]
2007-10-05 10:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KJUS IR RS GM
07BERLIN1851GERMAN EXPORT CONTROL LIST REVISIONS PROHIBIT
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker informed Global Affairs Officer October 5 that the German Government has updated its national export control list in an effort to prevent Iran from acquiring non-listed radar surveillance equipment that might enhance Iran's mili [...]
2007-10-05 14:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PREL PARM MCAP GM IR
07BERLIN1932(S) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON IRANIAN MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 09:32:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN2008OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...]
2007-11-02 11:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN2027IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]
2007-11-06 17:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2028IRAN/FATF - GERMAN FINANCIAL REGULATORS URGE BANKS
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche November 5 to German Finance Ministry Financial Crimes Desk Officer Kristina Wogatzki and MFA International Financial Policy Desk Officer Claudia Schuett. According to Wogatzki, the German Financial Monitoring Association (BaFin) distribu [...]
2007-11-06 17:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM PREL MNUC KNNP PTER PGOV ECON IR GM
07BERLIN2029GERMAN EXPECTATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered ref A demarche November 5 to MFA Nonproliferation Divison Desk Officer Hellmut Hoffmann, IAEA Desk Officer Martin Langer, and Nuclear Nonproliferation Desk Officer Joerg Polster. Hoffmann expressed appreciation for the information and noted that Germany had received a si [...]
2007-11-06 17:07:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC PGOV PREL GM
07BERLIN2071GERMAN GOVERNMENT TAKES STEPS TO BLOCK RUSSIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the basis of information presented to the German Government by the Portuguese Embassy in Berlin, the German Government has taken initial steps to block a shipment of Russian rockets and related materials bound for Venezuela's Defense Ministry. The shipment was scheduled to [...]
2007-11-15 13:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM ETTC TSPA MARR MASS PGOV RU VE GM
07BERLIN2077GERMANY IS ON MESSAGE REGARDING THE IAEA'S 15
[...] (C) Charge d'Affairs delivered REFTEL points on November 16 to Ruediger Luedeking, MFA Deputy Commissioner for Arms Control and Disarmament. Luedeking noted that the Ministry spokesman would be making a statement about the ElBaradei report during the November 16 midday press conference and th [...]
2007-11-16 14:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC
07BERLIN2103(S) GERMANY WILL GRANT LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 4) announcing the German Government's intention to grant a license for the export to Israel [...]
2007-11-21 12:23:00Embassy BerlinSECRETENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY GM IS
07BERLIN2106(S) AUSTRALIA GROUP - GERMANY REQUESTS INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Volker Herzog passed Global Affairs Officer November 21 a German-language nonpaper (see para 3) requesting additional information on a U.S. Australia Group denial (AG/Jun03/Den/USA/57) [...]
2007-11-21 14:56:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CBW CH GM
07BERLIN211GERMAN GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON VENEZUELAN ARMS
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Arms Export Control Division Desk Officer Jan Freigang and Venezuela Desk Officer Achim Troester January 29. Freigang and Troester appreciated the information and encouraged the USG to share with the German Government specific [...]
2007-02-02 11:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREF MARR PHUM MASS PARM PTER SNAR VE GM
07BERLIN2140GERMAN VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: German Government officials are still deliberating at a very senior level how they will proceed on the UK and French proposal to add Banks Melli and Saderat and the Ex-Im Bank of Iran to the April 2007 EU list of designated individuals/entities. German officials regard the UN pa [...]
2007-11-30 09:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2141G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: ISN DAS Andrew Semmel visited Berlin November 27 to participate in the final G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group Meeting (NPDG) of the German presidency. Delegates expressed disappointment with the lack of agreement on a work program at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) and a [...]
2007-11-30 09:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC KNNP JA GM
07BERLIN2153(S) NIAG 7183 - POSSIBLE ASSISTANCE BY GERMAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche December 3 to MFA Export Control Division Deputy Director Markus Klinger and MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker. Export Control Division Director Goetz Lingenthal joined the meeting later at Klinger's request. Ref A repor [...]
2007-12-03 12:59:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC KNNP PREL PARM GM IR
07BERLIN2157GERMAN RESPONSE U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-03 19:18:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM IR KNNP MNUC PARM
07BERLIN2159GERMANY/IRAN - U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ADDITIONAL EU
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary Reuben Jeffery met with German Economics Ministry State Secretary Bernd Pfaffenbach in Berlin December 3 to request German support for additional EU autonomous measures against Iran in advance of a third UN Security Council resolution. Pfaffenbach reported that Ch [...]
2007-12-04 11:02:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2161(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE DEVELOPER
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker delivered a German-language nonpaper December 3 in response to ref B information indicating that Iran's Doostan International Company, acting on behalf of Iran's Sabalan Company, was seeking a toxic gas detection system manufact [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR CH
07BERLIN2162(S) GERMAN RESPONSE - IRANIAN MISSILE PROGRAM'S
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) In a December 3 meeting with Global Affairs officer, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided an interim response to ref B demarche, which reported that an agent for Iran's Shahid Hemmat Industria [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR AE
07BERLIN2163(S) GERMANY CONTINUES TO INVESTIGATE GERMAN FIRM'S
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Director Goetz Lingenthal provided Global Affairs Officer November 28 with an update into German Government efforts to to prevent the German firm ICS Schneider Messetechnik from exporting environmental test and temperature shock chambers to Iran's missile [...]
2007-12-04 15:20:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN2173IRAN - ECONOMICS MINISTRY AND MFA SUPPORT THIRD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior officials in the German Economics Ministry and in the MFA's Economic Policy Division insist Germany remains committed to a "strong, robust" third UNSCR on Iran. If there is no resolution or a watered-down resolution, Germany is prepared to support autonomous EU measures t [...]
2007-12-06 07:50:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2191PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION - GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 14:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN2192IRAN - GERMAN FINANCE MINISTRY SUPPORTS THIRD
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post-NIE, the German Finance Ministry agrees with the Chancellery, MFA, and Economics Ministry assessment that Iran's enrichment- and missile-related activities continue to pose a threat. The Finance Ministry supports work toward a strong third UNSCR but also remains sympathetic [...]
2007-12-12 15:16:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD ECON PREL IR EU GM
07BERLIN2202ICAO/PSI - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY TRANSPORTATION
[...] (C) On December 13, MFA Nuclear Arms Control and Nonproliferation Division Desk Officer Thomas Muetzelburg provided emboffs with a readout of ongoing German interagency discussions on whether to support including transportation offenses related to WMD proliferation in the Montreal Convention a [...]
2007-12-14 12:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC EAIR KNNP KTIA OTRA PARM ICAO GM
07BERLIN2216(S) CONTINUED EFFORTS BY A GERMAN FIRM TO PROVIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:08:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
07BERLIN2217(S) SHIELD S04C-07 - GERMAN FIRM DENIES HAVING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:09:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN2218(S) SHIELD S15A-06 - SYRIAN EFFORTS TO PROCURE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 15:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY GM
07BERLIN2222IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORKS PUT GERMAN EXPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Recent German and international media reports have focused on Iran's extensive efforts to procure nuclear- and missile-related dual-use technology in Germany. Although some press accounts have asserted that Iran has been able to exploit weaknesses in Germany's export control regim [...]
2007-12-19 15:54:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL KJUS KSCA KNNP MNUC PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN2239GERMAN COURT TO RESUME TRIAL AGAINST A.Q.
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A federal court in Stuttgart announced November 14 that trial proceedings would resume in early 2008 against Gotthard Lerch, a German citizen allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. The trial was suspended in July 2006 pending resolution of jurisdictio [...]
2007-12-21 13:31:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP KJUS KCRM PREL MNUC ETTC GM
07BERLIN2256IRAN: SENIOR IRANIAN BANKER SHARES VIEWS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A senior Iranian banker confirmed recent press reports that the Germany-based European Iranian Commercial Bank (EICB) is expanding and will be opening a new office in Tehran, with further plans for a new Dubai office. The EICB is owned by a group of Iranian state-owned banks, [...]
2007-12-28 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM EFIN ETRD GM IR
07BERLIN244JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...]
2007-02-07 10:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN281GERMANY SOLICITS REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (C/REL FRA, GBR, GER, JPN) German Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett passed the following English-language discussion paper concerning Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications to Global Affairs of [...]
2007-02-12 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC PARM GM
07BERLIN307UNSCR 1737: INITIAL GERMAN RESPONSE TO FREEZING
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered reftel demarche to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell of the German Ministry of Economics on February 13 and to Claudia Schuett of the Germany Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 14. The German officials thanked the USG for providing information [...]
2007-02-14 17:10:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR GM
07BERLIN318GERMANY TO LOOK INTO POTENTIAL SALE OF GERMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-15 16:14:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL KHIV GM
07BERLIN354GERMAN FIRM DECLINES SELLING PRINTING PRESS TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 16:36:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL KHIV GM
07BERLIN360GERMANY NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell in the German Ministry of Economics and to Claudia Schuett in the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs February 20. The officials thanked us for the information on the additional Iranian entities sa [...]
2007-02-22 16:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KNAR PARM IR GM
07BERLIN361(S) GERMANY ALERTED TO IRAN'S EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 16:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW IR
07BERLIN362BERLIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to the U.S. delegation travelling to Berlin, Germany, for the Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting February 27-28, 2007. 2. (SBU) The control officer for this visit will be Global Affairs Officer Richard Crandell, who can be rea [...]
2007-02-22 18:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN376G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...]
2007-02-23 17:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN409GERMAN FIRM ALERTED TO TAIWAN FIRM'S FALSE END-USE
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer met Global Affairs officer February 23 and passed the following German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the Taiwan firm Hartford's use of a false end-user certificate to divert German-produced CNC controllers to the [...]
2007-02-28 16:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW EG
07BERLIN456(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (C) Global Affairs Officer delivered reftel demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 5. Schuett said the German Government generally supports the U.S. proposal to modify controls on UAVs and cruise missiles in the MTCR. She said German government experts [...]
2007-03-06 15:12:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA MNUC TSPA GM
07BERLIN469GERMAN AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING URANIUM PELLETS
[...] (C)Pursuing recent press reports, the Mission has bee in contact with German officials regarding the iscovery of uranium pellets in a private citizen' yard in Laeunfoerde, Germany. The following inormation is based on discussions with representaives of the German Federal Office of Criminal I [...]
2007-03-07 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM ETTC PTER ENRG GM
07BERLIN484GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALERTED TO USG CONCERNS OVER
[...] (S) Summary: DCM as Charge as well as senior Embassy staff again raised the need for German government action to preclude the possible printing press sale to North Korea by the German firm Drent Goebel, as requested in refs. MFA State Secretary Silberberg, Chancellery Deputy National Securi [...]
2007-03-09 14:40:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL KH GM
07BERLIN530(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref proposals to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 12. Schuett thanked us for the proposals and quickly reviewed them. She said that the German Government has been [...]
2007-03-15 16:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK
07BERLIN533(S) GERMAN QUERY CONCERNING THE EXPORT OF
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper to Global Affairs Officer March 12. The nonpaper requests USG input for a German export licensing decision concerning the delivery of vib [...]
2007-03-16 17:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMNUC ETTC PARM PREL IS GM
07BERLIN535FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...]
2007-03-16 19:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN541USG REACTION TO DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer passed ref A message to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett March 12. Schuett thanked us for the reaction to Germany's discussion paper on Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) denial notifications (ref B). She said the German Government [...]
2007-03-19 16:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR
07BERLIN561(S) RESULTS OF GERMAN INVESTIGATION OF IRAN'S
[...] (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke met Global Affairs officer March 12 and passed a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B and D demarches requesting German authorities to investigate attempts by the Chinese firm Bellamax to procure WMD-related items for I [...]
2007-03-20 15:58:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE KSCA GM IR
07BERLIN577AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY WELCOMES U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Office Director Markus Klinger March 19. Klinger said the U.S. support for Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership is "good news." He noted that the EU, as well as Germany, has [...]
2007-03-21 17:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CBW ETTC HR GM
07BERLIN58DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL SYRIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche January 9 to Ursina Krumpholz, office director of the Economic Ministry's Foreign Trade Law Division, and her deputy, Ernst Roeder-Messell, and, in a separate meeting, to Andreas Kauke in the MFA's Export Control Division. Krumpholz thanked us [...]
2007-01-10 16:38:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL KNNP PARM SY ETTC GM
07BERLIN598GERMANY'S REVISED DISCUSSION PAPER ON MTCR DENIAL
[...] (SBU) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed the following English-language Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Discussion Paper to Global Affairs officer March 20. Kauke said Germany also planned to submit the Discussion Paper on Denial Notification and Rel [...]
2007-03-23 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM KSCA TSPA GM FR
07BERLIN599GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP
07BERLIN600(S) SHIELD S59A-05: GERMAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke March 20. He said he will convey the information to the German inter-agency export control group for investigation and report the results back to the USG. 2. (S) Kauke found [...]
2007-03-23 16:03:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL ETTC GM IR AE
07BERLIN619BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy, and William F. Menold, Jr., to participate in the Global Partnership Working Group and Nonproliferation Directors [...]
2007-03-27 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AMGT OTRA ASEC PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN637INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]
2007-03-28 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN645INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Ingo Karsten, Office Director of the German MFA's International Economic Policy Division, and Desk Officer Claudia Schuett of the same division March 28. Karsten said the German Government agrees with all aspects [...]
2007-03-29 11:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC GM
07BERLIN672UPDATE ON GERMAN MEASURES TO HALT BANK SEPAH
[...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor met March 30 with Karl Wendling, Deputy Director General in the German Economic Ministry's Directorate for Foreign Trade Law and Export Control, to review measures Germany has taken to halt banking activity by Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International (Ref A). Wendl [...]
2007-03-30 14:49:00Embassy BerlinSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM PREL IR GM
07BERLIN707(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR):
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett passed the following English-language EU proposal to Global Affairs officer April 2. Schuett said the proposal comes from those MTCR partners which are also EU member [...]
2007-04-04 13:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA GM
07BERLIN759GERMANY ALERTED TO U.S. BRIEFINGS AT THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 15:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
07BERLIN763(S) NIAG 7053: GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRAN
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke April 13. Kauke thanked us for the information and said he will pass it to the German federal inter-agency export control group for investigation. He said the provision of the nuc [...]
2007-04-13 15:37:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR TC CH GM
07BERLIN764GERMANY NOTIFIED OF DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche to Claudia Schuett of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs April 2 and to Ursina Krumpholz and Ernst Roeder-Messell of the German Ministry of Economics April 3. The officials thanked us for the information on the U.S. designation of Iran's [...]
2007-04-13 15:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM KN IR GM
07BERLIN791MARCH 29 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin March 29. The Chair opened with a discussion of a draft document which reviewed the first five years of the Global Partnership (GP). Some delegations complained t [...]
2007-04-18 18:04:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN801BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO U.S.
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Semmel, Foreign Affairs Officer David L. Evans, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to attend the G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting from April 21-25, 2007. Per reftel, hotel reservations at [...]
2007-04-19 19:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC GM OTRA PARM PREL
07BERLIN834SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]
2007-04-24 17:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN835SECOND G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency was held March 30 in Berlin. The delegates discussed the need for Germany to produce soon a draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit. The delegates also agreed that [...]
2007-04-24 18:32:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA UK FR IT
07BERLIN845APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...]
2007-04-25 17:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK
07BERLIN892GERMAN PROPOSAL TO AMEND AUSTRALIA GROUP GUIDELINES
[...] (C) German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger passed the following two draft proposals and draft annex to Global Affairs officer April 27. Klinger said the German Government proposes to amend the Australia Group (AG) Guidelines "to limit the risks of proliferation and terr [...]
2007-05-03 14:26:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM CBW PREL ETTC GM
07BERLIN90GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT POSTPONEMENT OF MEGAPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-16 16:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA GM
07BERLIN940BERLIN: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew K. Semmel, ISN/DOS Alexander T. Liebowitz, and Senior Policy Advisor Gerald Stacy to participate in the G-8 NPDG meeting from May 12-15, 2007. 2. (SBU) Point of contact for this visit will be Global A [...]
2007-05-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC OTRA PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN943GERMANY EXERCISING VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT WHEN
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Desk Officer Mirko Schilbach of the German MFA's UN Policy Division May 9. Schilbach was not aware that Russia had admitted Iranian General Mohammad Baqer Zolqadr, whose travel is sanctioned under UNSCR 1747, entry into Russia in early Apri [...]
2007-05-10 13:44:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALIR KNNP PARM RS GM
07BERLIN952GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Global Affairs officer and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin jointly delivered ref information to Joerg Polster of the German MFA's Division for International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy May 4. Polster thanked us for the information and said he would pass [...]
2007-05-11 10:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC KNNP PINR PINS PARM PREL GM
07BERLIN960GERMANY NOTIFIED ABOUT IRANIAN INVITATION FOR
[...] (C) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to Joerg Polster, desk officer of the German MFA's International Energy and Nuclear Energy Policy Division, May 10. Polster said Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) partners discussed Iran's invitation for bids to construct two new nuclear power rea [...]
2007-05-11 16:13:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG GM
07BERLIN963GERMAN ASSURANCES REGARDING POTENTIAL SALE OF
[...] (S) Global Affairs Counselor and Global Affairs Officer delivered ref demarche to Michael Findeisen, the German Finance Ministry's Director of the Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance Division, May 11. Findeisen stated there is no/no likelihood of Drent Goebel beginning production at this p [...]
2007-05-11 17:07:00Embassy BerlinSECRETKNNP KSAC MNUC PARM PREL GM KH
07BERLIN964GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
[...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...]
2007-05-14 05:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM
07BERLIN965GERMAN REACTION USG PROPOSAL TO EXPAND AND EXTEND
[...] (U) EMIN spoke with MFA Director General for Economics and Sustainable Development Peter Ammon May 11 and conveyed the points in ref on the proposal to expand and extend the Global Partnership Against Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. (Note: Ammon is also the German Foreign Affairs S [...]
2007-05-14 05:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP GM
07BERLIN995(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC
07BERLIN996AUSTRALIA GROUP: GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN PLENARY
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 4. Klinger said the German Government was already considering presentations to make at the Australia Group (AG) Information Exchange sessions during the June 4-7 AG Plenary in [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPARM PREL CBW GM
07BERLIN998(C) MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR) --
[...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Deputy Chief Markus Klinger May 9. Klinger said the U.S. approach to the Small Group before presenting the proposals to all MTCR Partners is a good practice. He said he will discuss the proposals with his [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMTCRE ETTC KSCA PARM PREL AU FR GM JA UK SC
07BERLIN999(S) SHIELD S14A-06: GERMAN REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke passed a request from the German Government concerning ref A and ref D to Global Affairs officer May 10. Ref D informed the German Government that the XXXXXXXXXXXX sh [...]
2007-05-16 15:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PARM PREL CBW GM IR GR
07BERN1043SWISS APPRECIATE INFORMATION ON NEW IRAN
[...] Emboff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Dieter Cavalleri, Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Director, International Law Division, on October 26. Cavalleri said he would immediately provide the relevant Swiss ministries with the information and would also provide the Swiss Federal [...]
2007-10-29 09:25:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN IR SZ
07BERN1093IRAN/IAEA: SWISS NON-COMMITAL ON BOG STATEMENT,
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the message in reftel A November 19 to MFA State Secretary Ambuehl, urging the GOS to take a firm line in a national statement at the upcoming November 22-23 IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting. Ambuehl made no commitments regarding the content of a Swiss nationa [...]
2007-11-20 14:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA KNNP MNUC IR SZ
07BERN1101SWITZERLAND DENIES EXPORTS OF NON-CONTROLLED GOODS
[...] (C) On November 21, Embassy Pol/Econ Counselor was called to the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) to meet with the Head of the Export Control and Sanctions Division Othmar Wyss regarding a GOS export denial based on USG information presented on August 14, 2007. SECO Chief of [...]
2007-11-21 16:47:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN1119SWISS REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered the message in reftel on December 4 to MFA Middle East Affairs Division Chief Livia Leu (Note: Ambassador Leu represented State Secretary Ambuehl, who was unexpectedly called to a meeting with FM Calmy-Rey. End Note). Leu expressed the Swiss government's appreciation [...]
2007-12-05 10:58:00Embassy BernSECRETPARM MNUC KNNP IR SZ
07BERN113SWISS DFA STATE SECRETARY AMBUEHL HEARS NOTHING \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-05 17:15:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PTER KNNP SZ IR
07BERN1150DELIVERY OF LETTER TO EMBASSY OF JAPAN REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 09:57:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY PARM JS RS SZ
07BERN1157PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: SWISS NOTIFIED
[...] (SBU) On December 18, Poloff provided the "save the date" non-paper in para 5 of reftel to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Section. Friedrich thanked poloff for the information, saying that early notice of this planned event was helpful. He could not yet make a [...]
2007-12-21 17:50:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP KSTC PREL SZ
07BERN130IRAN: SWISS FM CALMY-REY MEETS WITH LARIJANI \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:16:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL ETTC IR SZ
07BERN158IRAN: AMBASSADOR URGES POLDIR AMBUEHL TO STEP BACK \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 11:28:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN171IRAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES "THE SWISS PLAN" WITH \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 14:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PTER ETTC IR SZ
07BERN258IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL TELLS EUR A/S FRIED HE \
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 07:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM UNSC SZ
07BERN259IRAN: SWISS POLDIR AMBUEHL'S BRIEFS ON HIS MOST \
[...] In order to create the necessary confidence: \ \ -- Iran will suspend all its enrichment-related activities as \ required by the UNSC and the IAEA and to be verified by the \ latter; \ \ -- The P5 plus 1 will simultaneously suspend the \ implementation of the UNSC sanctions and will ensure that [...]
2007-03-16 12:23:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC SZ
07BERN664ISA: SWISS SUPPORT EGL DEAL, VIEW IT AS ISA AND UNSCR COMPLIANT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-19 14:17:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PARM SZ
07BERN965SWISS PLAN TO NOTIFY UN IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Swiss Department for Economic Affairs (SECO) State Secretary Gerber reported that Switzerland plans to notify the UN Iran Sanctions Committee of a dual-use export (grinding machine) to the Mapna Turbine Engineering and Manufacturing Company (aka "Tuga") (ref A). SECO Export Cont [...]
2007-09-28 13:12:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALETTC KNNP IAEA PARM UN IR SZ
07BERN995MTCR: SWISS EXPRESS "NO PROBLEMS" WITH MODIFIED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 15:46:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC SZ
07BISHKEK128HCOC: ENCOURAGING KYRGYZSTAN TO SUBSCRIBE
[...] (SBU) In December 2006, the Kyrgyz MFA contacted post to inquire how to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Post informed the ministry at that time that Kyrgyzstan could subscribe by sending a note verbale to the Government of Austria. 2. [...]
2007-02-07 08:05:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KG
07BISHKEK1334WELCOMING KYRGYZSTAN AS A PSI PARTICIPANT
[...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper welcoming Kyrgyzstan as a PSI participant to the Kyrgyz MFA on October 31. 2. (U) Embassy appreciates the Department's assistance in providing the Russian translation of the detailed non-paper. YOVANOVITCH [...]
2007-10-31 12:29:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL KG
07BISHKEK1363FATF IRAN STATEMENT DELIVERED TO KYRGYZ
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel points and guidance on November 6 to Ulan Danikeev, First Deputy Chairman of the Financial Intelligence Service of the Kyrgyz Republic. Although Kyrgyzstan is not a member of FATF, Danikeev welcomed the information about the FATF statement. Danikeev said [...]
2007-11-15 08:25:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ECON KG
07BISHKEK1485DELIVERY OF NIE ON IRAN TO KYRGYZ OFFICIALS
[...] (C) During a meeting with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev on December 13, Ambassador delivered two non-papers regarding the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program (ref C). During discussions of key points, FM Karabayev stated that the ministry "publicly and privately [...]
2007-12-13 12:18:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR KG
07BISHKEK1508DELIVERY OF PSI NON-PAPER TO KYRGYZ OFFICIALS
[...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered reftel non-paper to Minister of Foreign Affairs Ednan Karabayev. Karabayev thanked Ambassador for the information. YOVANOVITCH [...]
2007-12-18 10:22:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KSTC PARM PREL XX KG
07BISHKEK1534GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 11:53:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PARM PREL PTER KG
07BISHKEK1535GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-26 11:53:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PARM PREL PTER KG
07BISHKEK354NOTICE OF IRAN'S DIO DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 03:07:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR KG
07BISHKEK364INFORMATION REGARDING ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 13:13:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC KG
07BISHKEK543KYRGYZ RESPONSE REGARDING TRAVEL OF UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 11:28:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP PARM KG
07BISHKEK583KYRGYZ REQUEST FUNDING FOR PARTICIPANTS OF NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel information to Talaibek Adjikulov from the Department of International Organizations and Security Affairs at the MFA. Adjikulov said that Kyrgyzstan will consider sending representatives to the Nuclear Smuggling International Technical Working Group meeting. How [...]
2007-05-17 11:09:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC ENRG PARM KNNP KG
07BISHKEK587KYRGYZ RECEPTIVE TO UNSCR 1747 POINTS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 08:19:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR KG
07BISHKEK954KYRGYZ RATIFICATION OF NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 11:18:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KG
07BOGOTA2252DELIVERY OF DESIGNATION FOR IRAN'S DIO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 19:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KNEP IR CO
07BOGOTA3276DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 15:57:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPARM PGOV PREL PTER CO
07BOGOTA3282DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MAY 8 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 15:58:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM CO
07BOGOTA7875COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 13:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER ECON PARM PREL MNUC CO
07BOGOTA8585SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES: HUMANITARIAN DEMINING IN
[...] (U) A November 12-17 visit by PM/WRA program officer reviewed progress of USG-supported humanitarian mine action (HMA) projects and next steps. The GOC's recent restructuring of its civilian HMA management shows renewed commitment to demining issues, and receives high marks from international [...]
2007-12-18 20:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM PHUM PREF CO
07BRASILIA1145COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR DOE DOS AND NNSA FUNDED
[...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance for a Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE/NNSA) International Nonproliferation Export Control Program (INECP) for the following DOS and NNSA-funded personnel, from July 7-14, 2007 to conduct WMD Commodity Identifica [...]
2007-06-20 10:05:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ETTC KSTC PARM PREL KSCA KNNP BR
07BRASILIA1718 Brazil Likely to Attend Seminar on UNSCR 1737
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive T [...]
2007-09-11 16:15:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC IR PARM KNNP BR
07BRASILIA1723 Brazil's Delegation to Upcoming Nuclear Nonproliferation
[...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (U) On August 28, 2007, ESTH Counselor and ESTH Officer met with Minister Santiago Mourao and Counselor Luiz Fernando Galvao of the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Division of Disarmament and Sensitive [...]
2007-09-11 16:21:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG MNUC NPT PARM PREL BR KNNP
07BRASILIA1881U.S.-INDIA AGREEMENT: BRAZIL STILL REVIEWING DRAFT POLICY
[...] (U) On September 24, ESTH Off delivered reftel's demarche and draft text of a policy exception for the Nuclear Suppliers Group for the U.S.-India 123 Agreement to the Deputy Head of the Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies (DDS),Luis Galvao. The [...]
2007-10-03 09:46:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP KTIA PGOV PARM PREL IN BR
07BRATISLAVA196SLOVAK PM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL DECLARED A SUCCESS BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico traveled with Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky and a business delegation to Israel March 18-21. Fico met with Israeli leaders, including PM Olmert and the foreign and defense ministers. He did not meet with Palestinian officials. The pr [...]
2007-03-30 15:23:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PARM IS LO
07BRATISLAVA326SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS
[...] (U) Poloff and Air Attache delivered reftel points to Katarina Zakova, Deputy Director of Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism at MFA. Zakova said Slovakia shares U.S. views on the points of Russian concern - except for point three (impact of U.S. deployments in Romania and Bulgaria) which [...]
2007-06-04 15:25:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL 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
07BRATISLAVA475CFE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Poloff delivered demarche and non-paper as per reftel to Katarina Zakova (Dept. for OSCE and Counter-Terrorism) and Lubomir Macko (Security Policy Dept.) on August 20. Zakova and Macko accepted the points, said they would look them over, and provide the requested information through the HLTF i [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KCFE NATO OSCE LO
07BRATISLAVA477SLOVAK RESPONSE TO UNSC 1540 DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 06:18:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PARM PREL PTER LO
07BRATISLAVA577PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING OF NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Katarina Zakova, Deputy Director of the Department for Disarmament, Counter-Terrorism and the OSCE at MFA. Zakova said Slovakia's position would likely depend on the stances taken by EU partners, particularly France and the UK. If both France and the UK op [...]
2007-10-17 09:05:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC UNGA LO
07BRATISLAVA616SLOVAKIA: DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY -- OUT OF STEP
[...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. During a breakfast meeting with the Ambassador on November 9, Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky reviewed the state-of-play on preparations for new Slovak contributions to ISAF and elaborated the Slovak position on Missile Defense [...]
2007-11-16 08:43:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PARM LO RU
07BRATISLAVA630NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: 06 STATE 163201 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak police authorities confirmed to the Embassy November 29 that Slovak and Hungarian police arrested three individuals in eastern Slovakia November 28, during a sting operation as the individuals attempted to sell 500 grams of Uranium 235 or 238. Slovak authorities are still testin [...]
2007-11-29 15:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LO
07BRATISLAVA648UPDATE ON NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: A. 06 STATE 163201 B. BRATISLAVA 00630 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1 .4(b) and (d)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 14:29:00Embassy BratislavaSECRETASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LOG
07BRATISLAVA659SLOVAKIA IS WORKING FOR A GOOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Slovakia is cooperating closely with other designers, producers, stockpilers and users of cluster munitions (CM) to take control of the Oslo Process and ensure a draft treaty that limits "cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians," but that implicitly recognizes [...]
2007-12-13 07:00:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO LO
07BRATISLAVA665SLOVAKIA: DCM REINFORCES KOSOVO, IRAN POINTS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. DCM reinforced reftel points on Kosovo and Iran in a December 11 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Diana Strofova. On Iran, Strofova echoed the message we have heard often from our MFA contacts: the international community should maintain a strong and unified stance on Iran no [...]
2007-12-14 15:53:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LO IR
07BRIDGETOWN372DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747 AND IMPOSITION OF
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "The Adoption of UNSCR 1747 and Imposition of Sanctions on Iran" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0261, Barbados #0262, Dominica #0263, St. Kitts #0264, St. Lucia #0265, and St. Vincent #0266) on March 26, 2007. The original [...]
2007-03-27 16:19:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC APER
07BRIDGETOWN461DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CARICOM-U.S. INITIATIVE TO
[...] Per reftel instructions, talking points on "CARICOM-U.S. Initiative to Combat Illicit Trafficking in Arms" were delivered under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0313, Barbados #0314, Dominica #0315, St. Kitts #0316, St. Lucia #0317, and St. Vincent #0318) on April 16, 2007. The original D [...]
2007-04-17 19:20:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS OAS PARM PREL XL BB
07BRIDGETOWN920DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua #0628, Barbados #0629, Dominica #0630, St. Kitts #0631, St. Lucia #0632, St. Vincent #0633) on July 12, 2007. The original Diplomatic Notes were also mailed on this date. 2. Post will report a [...]
2007-07-19 20:09:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MNUC KNNP XL
07BRUSSELS1037EU FOLLOW THROUGH ON UNSCR 1737 AND AUTONOMOUS
[...] (S) On March 21, EU Member State experts on the Middle East and non-proliferation reached agreement on a list of Iranian entities and individuals the EU will likely designate for travel and visa bans under the EU's new Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran. The experts' recommend [...]
2007-03-27 16:02:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD EUN IR PARM PREL
07BRUSSELS1315Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to the regional governments of Wallonia, Flanders, and Brussels Capital. Wallonia and Flanders, which together account for 95 percent of Belgium's exports, have [...]
2007-04-19 10:06:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PGOV BE
07BRUSSELS1316Belgian Regions Mastering Export Control
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 2003, the Belgian federal government handed over the responsibility and final authority of licensing arms exports to the regional governments of Wallonia, Flanders, and Brussels Capital. Wallonia and Flanders, which together account for 95 percent of Belgium's exports, have [...]
2007-04-19 10:06:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PGOV BE
07BRUSSELS1860CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 15:00:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCFE NATO PARM PREL BE
07BRUSSELS189EU REACHES COMPROMISE ON UNSCR 1737 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C/NF) After protracted negotiations, the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU Council reached agreement January 18 on a draft text on EU's implementation of UNSCR 1737. The draft must still be considered by the foreign ministers' General Affairs Council (GAERC) on Jan 22, and th [...]
2007-01-19 13:43:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN KDEM PHUM PARM PINR SNAR IR EUN
07BRUSSELS2170U.S. AND EU-27 HOLD THIRD DIALOGUE ON VERIFICATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary (A/S) of the Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter met with EU members of the Conference on Disarmament/UN and Non Proliferation Working Groups (CODUN and CONOP) June 4, 2007. This third meeting followed a successful U. [...]
2007-07-03 14:35:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EUN IR KN KNNP
07BRUSSELS2402AMBASSADOR FINLEY DISCUSSES OSCE AND COE WITH EU
[...] On June 27, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Julie Finley led the U.S. delegation to the COSCE (the EU's OSCE working party) troika. During the four hour consultations, the EU declared its hope for reforms in Kazakhstan in light of its CiO bid and agr [...]
2007-07-30 08:27:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MARR PARM OSCE EUN XH
07BRUSSELS243DEPSEC KIMMITT VISIT: MEETING WITH FERRERO-WALDNER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-25 08:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID EFIN EUN ETRD PARM IR IZ
07BRUSSELS2470BELGIAN EXPORT CONTROL OFFICIALS SAY NO TO
[...] (c) Acting Econcouns delivered U.S. views outlined in para 4, Ref A concerning the Iran-related export request to Karolien Maertens, Export Control Attache to the Ministry of the Brussels Region. Maertens appreciated receiving U.S. thinking on the specific export application (Ref B). She ad [...]
2007-08-02 14:40:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM IR BE
07BRUSSELS2594BELGIUM INFORMATION FOR THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] Belgium is unable to participate in the August 26-29, 2007 conference in Garmisch, Germany, to establish an information portal for the GI. However, in general, Belgium is please to join and participate in portal exchange on secured transmissions, as long as information on the portal is trans [...]
2007-08-14 15:12:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KGIC PARM PREL BE AL
07BRUSSELS2649BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE AND
[...] (C) Poloff relayed nonpaper and talking points August 20 to Bruno Angelet, in the MFA's Office of Foreign and Security Policy. Angelet thought the U.S. proposal, with the proposed timeline of parallel actions, "looked good." He said Brussels had been concerned about the current stalemate wit [...]
2007-08-21 13:59:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALNATO KCFE PARM PREL BE
07BRUSSELS3046DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]
2007-10-02 11:38:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07BRUSSELS3114EU WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON DPRK SECOND PHASE ACTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 10:06:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KN KNNP EUN
07BRUSSELS318DEPSEC KIMMITT VISIT: MEETING WITH HIGH REP SOLANA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 15:41:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECON EAID EFIN EUN ETRD PARM IR IZ NK
07BRUSSELS3251EU CONSIDERS NEXT MOVES ON IRAN-- OURS AND THEIRS
[...] (C) On October 26, Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper briefed the 27 EU PSC Ambassadors on the Solana-Larijani meeting in Rome on October 23. According to a Council Secretariat desk officer (protect) who was present at the PSC briefing, Cooper reported on the talks in general [...]
2007-10-26 17:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN EUN
07BRUSSELS3363EU TOOLS FOR POSSIBLE USE AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) In response to Refs A and B, Mission submits the following information regarding possible tools for use against Iranian financial institutions and follow-up to the October 11 FATF Statement on Iran. The EU remains divided over next steps on sanctions and has continued discussions in v [...]
2007-11-20 07:13:00USEU BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN ETTC KTFN EUN
07BRUSSELS3423IRAN DESIGNATIONS: EU NEEDS GREATER SENSE OF URGENCY REF: A. SECSTATE 160808 B. BRUSSELS 3137
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 20:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKNNP MUCN PARM PREL IR EU EFIN EUN
07BRUSSELS3491BELGIUM SUPPORTS CONSENSUS ON RENEWED IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 15:41:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL UNSC IZ EFIN MARR BE
07BRUSSELS3516U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (C) The U.S.-EU troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP) on December 3, 2007 demonstrated shared interests and a willingness from both sides for continued cooperation and discussion. Differences remain, however in approaches to some key challenges, with the EU pr [...]
2007-12-18 11:54:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN
07BRUSSELS722BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 10:58:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR BE
07BRUSSELS881 Joint Russian-U.S. Demarche to Belgium on the
[...] Summary: On March 14, Russian Ambassador Vadim Lukov and Charge d'Affaires Will Imbrie presented to Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Security and Disarmament Pol De Witte and Director for Non- Proliferation Werner Bauwens the invitation to join the Global Initiative to Combat [...]
2007-03-15 15:42:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL BE RS
07BRUSSELS949BELGIANS SET TO PASS BILL BARRING USE OF DEPLETED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a move designed to placate the vocal pacifist lobby, Belgium's House of Representatives is poised on March 22, 2007 to pass legislation barring Belgium's armed forces from using depleted uranium munitions. A compromise forged by mingling proposals tabled by the Flemish Soci [...]
2007-03-23 06:02:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MARR PREL BE
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
07BUCHAREST1343ROMANIA: "THE NIE CHANGES NOTHING"
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 16:09:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR RO
07BUCHAREST209ROMANIA RECEIVES ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-26 05:45:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KN PARM IR RO
07BUCHAREST238ROMANIA STOPS MILSPEC LIQUID-OXYGEN GAS CONVERTERS
[...] (S) On February 27, Gicu Pop from the National Agency for Export Control (ANCEX) alerted Polmiloff to the disposition of five U.S.-origin, Liquid-Oxygen Gas Converter capsules en route to Iran, but held by Romanian Customs Authorities at Otopeni Airport. The Customs officials notified ANCEX w [...]
2007-03-01 16:01:00Embassy BucharestSECRETPINR PREL PARM ETTC KOMC IR RO
07BUCHAREST268CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 13:40:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU 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
07BUCHAREST405ROMANIA SUBSCRIBES TO STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 13:47:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RO
07BUCHAREST408ROMANIA RECEIVES INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered on April 2 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Non-proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu points raised in Refs B and C regarding the adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 and the imposition of sanctions on Iran. Post had pr [...]
2007-04-11 09:14:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC RO
07BUCHAREST476JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) Polmiloff and Russian DCM Vladimir Lapshin delivered jointly reftel demarche on April 26 to MFA Director for Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Combatting Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu. Vasiu expressed appreciation for the information; Lapshin handed over a copy of the Work Plan and Terms o [...]
2007-04-27 16:43:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KGIC PARM PREL RO
07BUCHAREST628RFG: MFA SEEKS WASHINGTON VISIT TO DISCUSS CFE
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) State Secretary for European Affairs Adrian Vierita on May 29 told Charge that he would like to visit Washington the week of June 4 to consult on the upcoming CFE Extraordinary Conference. Vierita said the request for consultations [...]
2007-05-30 14:17:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKCFE PREL PGOV PARM MARR MCAP RU RO
07BUCHAREST656CFE: ROMANIA'S VIEWS ON JUNE 12 EXTRAORDINARY
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed contents of ref a on June 1 with HLTF Rep and Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism, Mihaela Vasiu and with CFE action officer Dana Marca, and followed up on June 4 after they had an opportunity to consult with GOR inter-agency contacts. [...]
2007-06-04 16:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKCFE PREL PARM OSCE RU RO
07BUCHAREST825ROMANIA: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA'S CFE ANNOUNCEMENT
[...] (U) Below is the press response (informal translation) from the MFA on Moscow's announcement to suspend Russia's participation in CFE. 2. (U) Begin Text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expresses its disappointment in view of the Russian Federation stipulated decision to suspend the app [...]
2007-07-16 15:50:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKCFE PARM PREL RO
07BUDAPEST1114DELIVERY OF NONPAPER FOR INFORMATION ON ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 07:01:00Embassy BudapestSECRETEFIN IR KNNP PARM HU
07BUDAPEST1699HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. POSITION ON PROPOSED
[...] (C) Discussing the reftel draft resolution, the MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Department Head, Gabor Horvath, stated the GOH will review any proposed EU position before establishing an official position. Horvath said that if a consensus EU position is put forward, Hungary would f [...]
2007-10-11 13:08:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC UNGA HU
07BUDAPEST1766HUNGARY RECEIVES DEMARCH ON DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] Embassy PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA's Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Vilmos Hamikus, on October 25. Hamikus stated he will pass the information on to the Finance Ministry as well as ensuring the Trade Licensing Office receives the information. Hamikus not [...]
2007-10-25 15:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM EFIN HU
07BUDAPEST1910HUNGARIANS BRIEFED ON IRAN NIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 14:27:00Embassy BudapestSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM HU
07BUDAPEST466INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) Ambassador Foley reviewed reftel demarche with MFA State Secretary Ivan Udvardi March 26 (other issues septel),leaving behind a non-paper for the GoH's reference. 2. (C) Udvardi expressed his appreciation for the update, conveyed his congratulations for securing unanimous support for [...]
2007-03-26 14:57:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC
07BUDAPEST646HUNGARY'S RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (U) In follow-up to delivery of reftel demarche, MFA Security Policy and Non-Proliferation desk officer Zoltan Papp thanked poloff for sharing our input saying, "several departments are carefully reviewing the text" thus he cannot offer a substantive response at this time. Papp promised to co [...]
2007-04-26 14:52:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL HU
07BUDAPEST790HUNGARY STILL CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT AUSTRALIA
[...] (S) The MFA is "still considering who will represent the Government of Hungary" at the upcoming Australia Group (AG) plenary meeting in Paris. The GoH is "well aware of the meeting" but due to "staffing gaps and transfers" the Department of Security and Non-proliferation Policy still does n [...]
2007-05-16 14:37:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPARM PREL HU
07BUDAPEST910HUNGARY RESPONDS TO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department head Gyorgy Molnar, department deputy Vilmos Hamikus and department NATO expert Gabor Marosfi on June 4. According to Molnar, Hungary agrees with our positions noting that Russia withdrawing from the [...]
2007-06-05 10:28:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL HU
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
07BUENOSAIRES1045GARCIA MORITAN'S VIEWS ON UN REFORM AND UNHRC
[...] (C) Summary. On May 24, Ambassador Wayne hosted a lunch in honor of new Argentine Ambassador to the United Nations Jorge Arguello, with Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan present, among others. The Ambassadors discussed the importance of UN reform and stressed the need to work together [...]
2007-05-24 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC UNAUS PHUM KNNP PARM AR
07BUENOSAIRES1302AMBASSADOR'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met July 3 with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana before the signing of the CivAir Agreement (septel) to discuss a range of issues. Taiana noted that the GoA has focused its foreign policy primarily on regional issues and South American integration - a difficult task. He [...]
2007-07-06 09:56:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PARM ETRD PTER KCRM
07BUENOSAIRES1384BRIEFING TO GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA ON DECLARATION
[...] On 10 July 2007, DCM and ESTOff, together with Russian Charge Shchetinin, met with Directorate of International Security, Nuclear, and Space Affairs (DIGAN) Director, Ambassador Elsa Kelly to discuss the US-Russian Declaration on Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation (Ref B). Also in attendanc [...]
2007-07-19 12:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM AR
07BUENOSAIRES1793ARGENTINE PLANS TO DEVELOP A SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 12:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPL AR
07BUENOSAIRES2163Argentina: Demarche on Montreal Convention Delivered
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 13:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX AR
07BUENOSAIRES2198ARGENTINE SUPPORT FOR FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on FATF's statement on Iran November 7 to Dr. Juan Felix Marteau, the Argentine government's National Coordinator for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF). Marteau, who reports directly to the Minister of Justice, is the GoA's repr [...]
2007-11-09 19:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR
07BUENOSAIRES2217GAFISUD AND ARGENTINA SEEK U.S. HELP TO AVOID
[...] (C) In separate conversations, GAFISUD's Executive Secretary Alejandro Montesdeoca and Argentina's National SIPDIS Coordinator Dr. Juan Felix Marteau expressed grave concerns to Emboffs that GAFISUD (South American Financial Action Task Force) would be forced to suspend Bolivia's membership [...]
2007-11-15 16:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR BL CO PA
07BUENOSAIRES2272GAFISUD WILL SUSPEND BOLIVIA, COLOMBIA, PARAGUAY
[...] (C) The Executive Secretary of GAFISUD (the South American Financial Action Task Force),Alejandro Montesdeoca, told TreasAttache November 29 that Bolivia, Colombia, and Paraguay will have their membership in GAFISUD suspended as of December 1. Following Bolivia and Paraguay's recent partial [...]
2007-11-30 13:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC AR BL CO PA
07BUENOSAIRES2283ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel talking points to Argentine Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations Ambassador Vicente Espeche-Gil and Deputy Director of the MFA's Office of International Security, Nuclear and Space Issues, Minister Ricardo Bocalandro on the afternoon of December 3. DCM lef [...]
2007-12-03 20:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM AR IR
07BUENOSAIRES621ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEES WAY AHEAD ON
[...] (C) Summary: "Let's put recent events behind us and move forward on our positive agenda" Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana told Ambassador Wayne March 29, offering no rebuttal to the Ambassador's conveyance of Washington's serious displeasure with the GoA decision to allow Chavez's March 9 anti-US [...]
2007-03-30 20:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MARR ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES638ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 23:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES726AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER REVIEW SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 13, Ambassador Wayne and Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez met to review the broad range of bilateral security cooperation. Ambassador noted success of Operation ""Todo Inclusivo,"" a DEA-supported effort to target cocaine trafficking out of Ezeiza airport and Fernandez [...]
2007-04-13 21:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM AR
07BUENOSAIRES977ARGENTINA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN IRANIAN REACTOR
[...] (C) Reftel asked addressees to urge host governments and their domestic nuclear industries to refuse to submit bids for the construction of two new reactors in Iran. To that end, ESTH met with Heriberto Jose Boado, the Argentine Atomic Energy Commission's Director of Institutional Relations; w [...]
2007-05-17 19:34:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR MNUC PARM ENRG AR
07BUJUMBURA206BURUNDI'S DEFENSE MINISTER: TROOPS IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, Burundi,s Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen Germain Niyoyankana, projected that with U.S. logistical and financial assistance, Burundi could be ready to deploy troops to Somalia within two [...]
2007-03-22 13:17:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA215BURUNDI RENEWS APPEAL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR TROOPS
[...] Action Request Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Burundi renewed its request for donor support for Burundian plans to send peacekeepers to Somalia, providing donors on March 23 with a specific list of needs. Minister of Defense Germain Niyoyankana told Charge on March 26 that Burundi would rely on [...]
2007-03-26 14:41:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA244POSSIBLE BURUNDIAN DEPLOYMENT TO SOMALIA
[...] (U) Action Request Para 4. 2. (U) Burundi is prepared to send troops expeditiously to Somalia in support of the African Union mission there (AMISOM),but it recognizes it cannot do so without substantial support. Burundi's minister of Defense, Germain Niyonyankana, estimates that his min [...]
2007-04-02 12:22:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA265POSSIBLE BURUNDIAN DEPLOYMENT TO SOMALIA
[...] (U) Action Request Para 4. 2. (U) Burundi is prepared to send troops expeditiously to Somalia in support of the African Union mission there (AMISOM),but it recognizes it cannot do so without substantial support. Burundi's minister of Defense, Germain Niyonyankana, estimates that his min [...]
2007-04-05 14:17:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA479ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN BUJUMBURA,
[...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to posts attention via phone contact to the ARSO, XXXXXXXXXXXX on the mornin [...]
2007-06-27 16:23:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETKCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07BUJUMBURA515ADDENDUM TO ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN BURUNDI
[...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received additional information regarding the incident of nuclear smuggling reported in Bujumbura cable 479 dated 06/27/2007. XXXXXXXXXXXX and I have met on XXXXXXXXXXXX additional occasions since that initia [...]
2007-07-17 14:48:00Embassy BujumburaSECRETKCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07BUJUMBURA542BURUNDI: NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION AWAITING
[...] (U) Burundi has signed, but has not yet ratified, the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism, according to Burundi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). DCM met on July 27 with the MFA's Chief of Staff, Alain Niyamitwe, to urge that Burundi ratify the convention as [...]
2007-07-27 10:34:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA714IMF GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BURUNDI 2008 BUDGET
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative to Burundi called a meeting of the principal donor representatives to review the progress the Government of Burundi (GOB) is making in terms of meeting conditional provisions of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. The ag [...]
2007-10-05 14:23:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PARM PREL PGOV BY
07CAIRO160EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...]
2007-01-22 13:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL NATO EG
07CAIRO174EGYPT ACCEPTS INVITATION TO VISIT IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Poloff raised reftel concerns over Egypt's decision to accept Iran's invitation to visit Iranian nuclear sites with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that Egypt is well aware of the various ways in which Iran will seek to exploit the visit, but FM [...]
2007-01-24 05:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA ENERG EG IR KNNP
07CAIRO1856SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM - EGYPT'S ROLE
[...] (S) In support of the Iraqi Scientist Redirection Program, Post recently secured initial visa approval for two Iraqi scientists, Dr. Anton Al-Banna and Dr. Al-Abbasi Obaid, to do one year fellowships at NAMRU-3, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo. Securing these visas required exte [...]
2007-06-18 10:06:00Embassy CairoSECRETPARM PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER TBIO EG
07CAIRO2380EGYPTIAN NPT INTERLOCUTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-02 13:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL EG
07CAIRO252COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED TO
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of NNSA Michael Bedke 14 to Cairo, Egypt February 1-20 to meet with Port Authority and Egyptian Customs officials and conduct an engineering survey of the Port of Alexandria. Please note ICASS requirement for fiscal data in pa [...]
2007-01-30 11:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ENRG KNNP PARM EG
07CAIRO2781EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA
[...] (C) On September 13, the Ambassador urged Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to work towards a consensus agreement with Israel on the "Application of IAEA Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) agenda item. He said the U.S. did not see the p [...]
2007-09-13 16:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
07CAIRO3187 ICAO: DEMARCHE ON MONTREAL CONVENTION AND AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 13:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM EG
07CAIRO3411EGYPT ADVISED OF NIE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 05:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR EG
07CAIRO474U/S JOSEPH AND EGYPTIAN MINISTER OF ENERGY DISCUSS
[...] (U) February 3, 2007; 1030 hrs; Cairo, Egypt 2. (SBU) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Robert Joseph Ambassador Ricciardone ISN Assistant Secretary John Rood T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey Economic Officer Kevin Roland (Embassy notetaker) [...]
2007-02-21 14:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP PARM EG
07CAIRO517U/S JOSEPH AND EGYPTIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: U/S Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on February 3. He was accompanied by A/S Rood, Ambassador, DOE-NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey, T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie, and econ counselor (notetaker). U/S Joseph described his recent discussions in Moscow, incl [...]
2007-02-26 13:18:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM ENRG KNNP EG IR NK
07CAIRO622UK'S COUNTER-PROLIFERATION HEAD DISCUSSES NPT
[...] (C) The UK's Director of Counter-Proliferaton Paul Arkwright gave Emboffs a brief readout of his NPT Prepcom discussions with GOE and Arab League officials on March 5. At the MFA, Arkwright met with Deputy Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ihab Fouzy; Director of the Disarmament O [...]
2007-03-07 14:38:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL EG IR IS
07CALCUTTA6SENATOR SPECTER'S VISIT TO ORISSA
[...] (SBU) Summary: December 22-23 Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, accompanied by his spouse Mrs. Joan Specter, Colonel Gregg Olsen, staff aide Scott Bowen Boos and medical escort Dr. Needleman, visited Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa. While in Bhubaneshwar, Senator Specter met a range of [...]
2007-01-05 07:30:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETRD ENRG KNNP TRGY IN BEXP
07CANBERRA1018DEMARCHE ON HEAVY-CALIBER AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adrian Lochrin, Director for Defence Policy and Liaison, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on July 5, emphasizing the urgency of the issue for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the need for a rapid response. 2. (SBU) Lochrin advised the GOA [...]
2007-07-05 06:11:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS PGOV PARM PREL LE AS
07CANBERRA1496AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO AGREEMENT ON SECOND PHASE
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points and paper to Andrew Willis, Acting Director for Korean Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on October 5. 2. (U) Willis referred to Foreign Minister Downer's media release the previous day in which Downer welcomed the agreement on "Seco [...]
2007-10-05 08:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EAID
07CANBERRA1581CARETAKER STATUS PRECLUDES AUSTRALIA FROM ACTING
[...] (U) We presented Ref A and B demarches to Paul Foley, Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on October 29. (Australia had been inadvertently omitted as an action addressee on Ref A, per Ref D, thus the delayed delivery.) Foley, who [...]
2007-10-29 06:22:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP PTER PREL PARM EFIN IR AS
07CANBERRA1651AUSTRALIA: INTERIM RESPONSE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST
[...] (S) Poloff provided Ref A responses to Australia's questions on the Iraqi WMD Scientist Relocation Plan (Ref B),along with notification that we would be seeking Australia's acceptance of a specific case, to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Af [...]
2007-11-19 09:46:00Embassy CanberraSECRETPTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF AS
07CANBERRA1717AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) DCM delivered Ref A unclassified non-paper and points to David J. Ritchie, Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on December 4. Ritchie was joined by Olivia Borthwick, Director, Middle East Section. (Other Mission personnel conveyed the classified version separ [...]
2007-12-04 05:07:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP IR AS
07CANBERRA1740PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: NOTIFICATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 06:05:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP KSTC AORC AS
07CANBERRA1742AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12
[...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]
2007-12-11 02:14:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CANBERRA1763AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...]
2007-12-18 00:06:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL AS
07CANBERRA1771CHINESE RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN M/V IRAN MATIN
[...] (S) Further to Ref A, Counter-Proliferation Director Gerry McGuire gave us a readout December 18 of the results of Australia's demarche in Beijing on December 14 on the M/V Iran Matin. Upon the U.S. request for Australia and the UK to demarche China (Ref D),DFAT had sought authorization to [...]
2007-12-18 05:25:00Embassy CanberraSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MASS PTER AS CH
07CANBERRA571RUDD'S POLICY ADVISER ON IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND ASIA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead of Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's April 19-21 trip to Washington and New York, his foreign policy adviser, Peter Khalil, told poloffs that Rudd was committed to a close relationship with the United States. While he would withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq if he b [...]
2007-04-13 08:33:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM AF IZ AS
07CARACAS1194IRAN SANCTIONS, UNSCR 1747 AND VENEZUELA
[...] (C) PolCouns met with BRV Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs (MPPFA) Director for North America and Multilateral Affairs Yaneth Arocha on June 14 to raise Venezuelan implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747. Drawing from the points in refs A and B, PolCouns [...]
2007-06-15 21:41:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL UNSC ETTC PARM VE IR
07CARACAS1527UNSC SANCTIONS ON IRAN: VENEZUELA RECALCITRANT
[...] (C) Charge raised reftel points July 30 with Jorge Valero, Vice Minister of North American and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs. Charge reminded Valero of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) obligations with respect to Iran-related UNSCRs and [...]
2007-08-01 20:00:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL IR VZ
07CARACAS2122 ICAO: DEMARCHE ON MONTREAL CONVENTION AMENDMENT
[...] On November 2, the Embassy sent reftel to DR Sohail Hernandez, Director General of Economics and International Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Embassy also sent the Demarche to Ramon Vinas Garcia, President of the National Institute of Civil Aviation. We will report any [...]
2007-11-02 20:36:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KNNP KTIA OTRA PARM ICAO VE
07CARACAS2203DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered Ref A demarche on the recent Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decisions concerning Iran to Yaneth Arocha, Director of the MFA's Office of North American Affairs, and, separately, to Francisco Canela, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) at the Superintend [...]
2007-11-19 20:50:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN VE
07CHISINAU1273PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...]
2007-10-22 11:36:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD
07CHISINAU1284MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]
2007-10-23 14:55:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07COLOMBO1055SRI LANKA: LITTLE PROGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (C) On July 26, Acting DCM and Econ Chief called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to follow up on earlier demarches (refs E and F) urging Sri Lanka to comply with UNSCR 1747. EmbOffs specifically emphasized the requirement to [...]
2007-07-31 06:16:00Embassy ColomboSECRETKNNP PARM PREL ETTC EFIN IR CE
07COLOMBO1058SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 10:23:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE
07COLOMBO434SRI LANKA WILL CONSIDER ENDORSING HAGUE CODE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 09:57:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER MOPS PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA CE
07COLOMBO436SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ENDORSING THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-16 09:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COLOMBO508UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA'S TIES WITH IRAN
[...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs T B Maduwegedera and Deputy Director of United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division Satya Rodrigo on March 28. Maduwegedera and Rodrigo were familiar UNSCR 1747 and stated that the GSL inte [...]
2007-03-29 08:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC PREL
07COLOMBO515UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA FIU WILL ACT ON ANY LOCAL
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the new director of Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),G. Karunaratne, and his deputy, Ravindra Jayaratne, on March 30. Econoff noted that, according to the Bankers' Almanac, Bank Sepah is believed to maintain either a branch, subsidiary, [...]
2007-03-30 11:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO528SRI LANKA: NO RELATIONS WITH IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 05:44:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR CE
07COLOMBO595SRI LANKA WILL ENDORSE THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Sri Lanka's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 17 informed the Embassy via diplomatic note that Sri Lanka wishes to endorse the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and to signify its continuing commitment to support all global efforts to combat [...]
2007-04-20 09:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM CE
07COLOMBO676UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA CITES ASIAN CLEARING UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka has not yet taken any action to sever the correspondent bank relationship between the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and Bank Sepah of Iran, as required by UNSCR 1747. Central Bank officials say that Sri Lanka's membership with Iran in the eight-country Asian Clearing Uni [...]
2007-05-10 08:17:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO71SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE ON PSI PARTICIPATION DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-13 10:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP EWWT PARM CE
07COLOMBO785GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (U) As requested ref A, post passed the information sheet on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Third Meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan to the Government of Sri Lanka on May 3, 2007. 2. (SBU) Pursuant to ref D, Ambassador Blake and the Russian Ambassador to Sri Lanka demarched [...]
2007-06-01 06:33:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PARM PREL KGIC
07COPENHAGEN1052IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DENMARK
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 12:50:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR DA
07COPENHAGEN253GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Cain and Russian Ambassador Dmitri Ryurikov delivered reftel demarche to Danish MFA State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) Michael Zilmer-Johns March 20, SIPDIS inviting the Danish government to become a participant in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Zilmer-Joh [...]
2007-03-21 07:40:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL DA
07DAKAR1575SEEKING SUPPORT FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 14:16:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SG
07DARESSALAAM101TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] (S) Post supports the FY 2007 proposal entitled, Improvements and Theater Maritime Safety and Security Information System Network. The proposed initiative aims to strengthen Tanzania's coastal security which is a key tactic under the Embassy's MPP anti-terrorism strategy. RETZER [...]
2007-01-22 13:43:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPARM PM PPA PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1568TANZANIA WALKS FINE LINE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Tanzania's firm position is that neither Iran nor any nation should pursue the development of nuclear weapons, Deputy Foreign Minister Seif Ali Iddi told the Deputy Chief of Mission on December 4. Iddi explained that he had accompanied Vice President Ali Mohamed Shein on his late November [...]
2007-12-06 14:26:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR TZ
07DARESSALAAM267GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (C) During his meeting with the DCM on February 26, Ambassador Charles Sanga, Deputy Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest regarding the USG invitation for the Government of Tanzania (GOT) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Global Terrorism [...]
2007-03-02 07:34:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM388TANZANIA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-19 14:22:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPARM TZ DJ ET YM TU PM PPA MASS
07DARESSALAAM487TANZANIA TO COMPLY WITH EXPANDED SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff on April 3 that she was fully aware of expanded sanctions on Iran under UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1747. Taj said that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would honor [...]
2007-04-03 14:59:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC TZ
07DARESSALAAM488TANZANIA INFORMED OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 16:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR TZ
07DARESSALAAM660TANZANIA: START OF ACOTA TRAINING DELAYED UNTIL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As suspected, the Kikwete administration is facing civilian-military tensions: Tanzania's Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) is hindering the President and Minister of Defence's decision to take the next step in the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) progr [...]
2007-05-04 10:03:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRETPREL PGOV PARM TZ
07DARESSALAAM739TANZANIA: TEXT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING GLOBAL
[...] (U) The Government of Tanzania responded May 15 to the Embassy's Diplomatic Note 052/07 dated March 7, 2007 that requested the Government of Tanzania's (GOT) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism by endorsing the Statement of Principles. The GOT advised that the USG re [...]
2007-05-18 09:40:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL TZ
07DHAKA1228BANGALDESH: INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE SUPPRESSION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-29 07:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BG
07DHAKA1236COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE LANDERS +2
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes CHRISTOPHER LANDERS, DOUGLAS DAHL, and GARY STUBBLEFIELD on their August 4 Q 13, 2007 visit and grants country clearance contingent upon obtaining a Bangladeshi visa prior to arrival (see Paragraph 4.D. below). Although country clearance has been granted, visitors should [...]
2007-07-30 06:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP PARM OTRA BG
07DHAKA422BANGLADESH: SANCTIONS FOR PURCHASING CONTROLLED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-13 09:12:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR BG
07DHAKA538BANGLADESH: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 07:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM BG
07DHAKA541BANGLADESH TO ACT AGAINST BANK SEPAH
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 09:00:00Embassy DhakaSECRETEFIN KNNP IR BG PARM
07DHAKA737BANGLADESH DEFENSE PROCUREMENT AGENCY SAYS NO NEW
[...] (C) On May 3, econoff met with Brigadier General Helal Uddin Ahmed, Director General of the Directorate General Defence Procurement, the main procurement source for all branches of the Bangladesh military, at Brigadier Helal's request. Econoff had met with Helal in August 2006 to deliver re [...]
2007-05-06 07:44:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALETTC IR PARM PREL BG
07DHAKA738 DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]
2007-05-06 23:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA744 DEPT OF ENERGY TEAM CONDUCT ASSURANCE VISITS AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A three person team from the U.S. Dept of Energy visited Bangladesh to inspect USG funded security upgrades and to determine if further upgrades are necessary to ensure adequate protection of radiological materials. Overall, the team concluded that progress had been made since [...]
2007-05-07 01:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PREL PGOV BG
07DHAKA758BANGLADESH: REQUEST FOR DETAILS AND
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ms. Abida Islam, Director, America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) On May 9, Ms. Islam reported to Econoff that Bangladesh Bank (the central bank),through its Deputy Secretary Ruhi Rahman, (8802) 955-4940, issued [...]
2007-05-09 06:57:00Embassy DhakaSECRETKNNP EFIN PARM BG
07DJIBOUTI1472RECOVERING MANPADS IN THE HORN: VIEW FROM DJIBOUTI
[...] (S/NF) We reviewed the proposed action plan (ref A) in light of our recent experience (ref B). Based on that review and experience, sustained attention to the manpad threat is a critical element of our CT efforts. The best strategy in Djibouti is to ensure continued close cooperation with D [...]
2007-12-22 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPARM MARR MASS ASEC PTER PINR DJ
07DOHA1050QATARI IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747
[...] (C) The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy via diplomatic note on October 25 that the GOQ examined the list of Iranian entities and individuals listed in the annexes to UNSC resolutions 1737 and 1747 and found "no accounts or financial transactions with the individuals an [...]
2007-11-07 12:23:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM QA
07DOHA1071QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]
2007-11-15 09:52:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1187DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR
[...] (SBU) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department December 11 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) support for extending the mandates for the Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I),Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),and International Advisory, and Moni [...]
2007-12-16 11:00:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR QA IZ
07DOHA511SCENESETTER FOR MAY 24 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE IN
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome the Gulf Security Dialogue delegation to Qatar. This second GSD meeting and the first in Doha will mean a lot to the Qatari leadership. It will strengthen our mil-to-mil relationship and help in our efforts to moderate the Qataris' more objectionable fore [...]
2007-05-18 12:52:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR PARM IR IZ QA
07DUBLIN261IRISH BANKS ALERTED ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 14:57:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE EI
07DUBLIN287DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 17:28:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR EI
07DUBLIN374NO INDICATION OF BANK SEPAH OR BANK SEPAH
[...] (C) To date, there has been no indication that Irish banks or financial institutions have found assets belonging to Bank Sepah, Bank Sepah International, or other entities designated in the Annex to UNSCR 1747, according to Ray Farina, Chief of the Financial Sanctions Unit in the Irish Centra [...]
2007-05-11 16:10:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP IR PARM EI
07DUBLIN512DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382:
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-25 16:56:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM EUN KN IR EI
07DUBLIN537IRELAND: IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON UNSCR 1737 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-06 15:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN IR KNNP PARM EI
07DUBLIN60IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL
[...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...]
2007-01-23 18:51:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
07DUBLIN823IRISH RESPONSE TO US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON THE GOALS AND DETAILS OF NEW U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS TO EMMA MADIGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND UN COORDINATION, AND STEPHEN DAWSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON OCTOBER 26, [...]
2007-10-30 07:18:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALEFIN EI KNNP PARM PREL
07DUBLIN844IRELAND SUPPORTIVE OF FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] (U) Summary: Irish officials say they will ensure that the recent FATF warning of risks associated with Iran-related financial transactions, and FATF guidance on implementing targeted fiancial sanctions aginst Iran, (reftel) reaches all concerned parties. Department of Finance officials noted [...]
2007-11-14 13:45:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EI
07DUBLIN851IRISH VIEWS ON THE NOVEMBER 19-20 FOREIGN
[...] (C) POLOFFs delivered demarches (Refs A and B) on November 16, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is disappointed in the continued intransigence of Iran and is steadily moving toward endorsement of sanctions within an EU or UN framework. [...]
2007-11-16 16:48:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALIS PREL PGOV KNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EI
07DUBLIN883IRELAND: NIE HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR CONTINUED
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on December 4, 2007 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey welcomed the NIE acknowledgment that Iran is not an immediate nuclear threat. The report's finding, he said, that pressure from [...]
2007-12-05 13:39:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUBLIN905IRISH ANTICIPATE SERIOUS EU ACTION ON IRAN IN
[...] (U) POLOFF delivered policy guidelines on the Iran NIE (reftel) on December 13 to Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Gaffey took the points on board, saying that Ireland fully agrees that unified international pressure must be main [...]
2007-12-14 15:06:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM EI
07DUSHANBE1611FATF/IRAN STATEMENT - TAJIK SUPPORT ON THE FINANCIAL FRONT
[...] (SBU) Post delivered the demarche (reftel) regarding the Financial Action Task Force warning on Iran's financial system to Tajik officials, who promised to pass the warning through "quiet channels" to Tajik financial institutions. 2. (SBU) EconOff delivered demarche to Zamira Hurshedovna, He [...]
2007-11-14 03:45:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1724NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan, while concerned about Iran's nuclear programs, is unlikely to publicly support calls for Iran to stop Uranium enrichment. Iranian investment and business ties are more important to Tajikistan, and the Government of Tajikistan will not jeopardize them [...]
2007-12-04 12:42:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR TI
07FREETOWN258FREETOWN DELIVERED U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] Embassy Freetown delivered points concerning the Non-Proliferationn of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) Prepcom and presented a non-paper to the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 24, 2007. Post will report any response septel. HULL [...]
2007-04-25 18:19:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP ENRG MNUC SL
07FREETOWN443SIERRA LEONE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 17:23:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPARM KNNP SL
07FREETOWN444SIERRA LEONE: PRESSING FOR UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 17:39:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SL
07FREETOWN652DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) Political officer delivered demarche and fact sheet on Iranian sanctions to Andrew Bangali, Acting Director General, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 26. Bangali said that the information would be provided to the Sierra Leone National Security Council and passed on to the Cent [...]
2007-10-29 18:24:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNR IR PARM EFIN SL
07GABORONE1343DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-02 07:57:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN ECON MNUC BC
07GEORGETOWN111CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER TO DOD A/S
[...] (SBU) Post received diplomatic note from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post to transmit the following letter from CARICOM Acting Secretary General Amb. Lolita Applewaite to Assistant Secretary of SIPDIS Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter request DOD consider deploying maritime assets [...]
2007-01-26 20:44:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC MASS MCAP PREL PARM ASEC XL GY
07GEORGETOWN209ANOTHER CARICOM CRICKET SECURITY REQUEST - LETTER
[...] (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note today from the CARICOM Secretariat requesting post transmit the attached letter from CARICOM Secretary General Edwin Carrington to Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter W. Rodman. The letter requests DoD give urgent consideration to deployment to the reg [...]
2007-02-21 19:28:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MCAP OPDC PARM PREL MASS XL GY
07GEORGETOWN358DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche on Designation of Iran's Defense Industries Organization Under E.O. 13382 on April 5th to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foregin Affairs. Ms. Hamer thanked us for the information, but made no comment regarding the [...]
2007-04-10 18:35:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP GY
07GEORGETOWN403DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUYANA ON CARICOM-U.S.
[...] Charge raised the CITIA with MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper April 19. Amb. Harper noted that CARICOM had recently recirculated the CITIA and said that the GoG had signed off on it. In response to the U.S. proposal to release the statement bilaterally if CARICOM remains unable to agree [...]
2007-04-25 11:21:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN404CARICOM ON CITIA STATEMENT AND CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 17:45:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC PARM MASS KSUM CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN406CARICOM ON CITIA STATEMENT AND CONFERENCE ON THE
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered the CITIA demarche to CARICOM A/SG Granderson April 24. In his introductory chatter Granderson noted the difficulty the CARICOM Secretariat has in preparing for the multitude of high-level CARICOM meetings and in following up on action items afterwards. In response to CIT [...]
2007-04-25 20:33:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PARM MASS KSUM CARICOM GY
07GEORGETOWN502DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (U) DCM delivered demarche on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to MFA Director General Elisabeth Harper on May 18. Ambassador Harper noted that Guyana has long been sensitized to the fight against terrorism as Guyana was itself victim of two terrorist attacks: the 1976 bombing [...]
2007-05-18 18:12:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM RU GY
07GEORGETOWN536DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on Implementing Operative Paragraph 5 of UN Security Council Resolution 1747 on May 17, 2007 to Leslie Dowridge-Collins, Acting Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Dowridge-Collins said that the MFA acknowledges t [...]
2007-05-30 18:24:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC GY
07GEORGETOWN587CARICOM RESPONDS TO CITIA DEMARCHE
[...] Post received a Diplomatic Note from CARICOM Secretariat June 12 forwarding for USG consideration a draft press release on small arms, light weapons, and ammunitions incorporating numerous amendments made by CARICOM member states to the earlier draft prepared by the USG. The note was recieved [...]
2007-06-12 20:25:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL CARICOM XL
07GEORGETOWN975DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Elizabeth Harper on October 25. Amb. Harper replied that she would relay the information to the appropriate financial authorities within the GoG for their action. ROBINSON [...]
2007-10-26 20:36:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN GY
07GUATEMALA569LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING INVITATION TO
[...] This is an action request, see para 3. 2. We received from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry a letter addressed to the Secretary that requests U.S. attendance at a regional conference on armed violence and development to be held in Guatemala on April 23-24. The conference, which is being o [...]
2007-03-20 18:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPRELPLS PARM MASS EAID KJUS KCRM PHUM ASEC
07HANOI1322LETTER FROM MOST VM THANG TO NNSA BIENIAWSKI
[...] (U) This is an action request for DOE - please see para 5. 2. (U) On July 25, ESTHOff met with Mr. Le Doan Phac, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Vietnam Atomic Energy Commission (VAEC). In the meeting, Phac presented an official letter from Vice Minister of Scien [...]
2007-07-27 09:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGIT KNNP PARM OTRA VM
07HANOI1330DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-27 14:46:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM PREL VM
07HANOI1334REVISED PROPOSAL ON NONPROLIFERATION ISM GENERALLY
[...] (SBU) On July 23, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to discuss reftel points concerning Vietnam's position on the initiative to develop an ARF Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproliferation. Giang said the GVN has no objection to establishing the ISM because it [...]
2007-07-27 15:21:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF PARM VM
07HANOI302JOINT DEMARCHE ON PSI DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, the CDA joined with the Australian, New Zealand and Japanese ambassadors to deliver points on PSI to Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang, as instructed in reftel. In response, VFM Bang reiterated the GVN's policy of case-by-case cooperation to interdict suspected [...]
2007-02-15 10:13:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PREL VM
07HANOI408 AMBASSADOR PRESENTS EXBS PROGRAM EQUIPMENT TO GVN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador highlighted the GVN's support for our EXBS Program cooperation in a ceremony March 1 to hand over new equipment to increase the effectiveness of customs officers. The GVN officials praised EXBS Program assistance, noting that it helps them meet key training prio [...]
2007-03-02 09:52:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KSTC PARM PREL VM
07HANOI436JOINT DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) On March 7, Poloff met with MFA International Law and Treaty Department specialist Nguyen Dang Thang to discuss reftels' points and urge GVN participation in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the "Initiative"). Per Ref A's instructions, Russian Embassy First Secretary S [...]
2007-03-07 07:42:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL VM
07HANOI550GVN RESPONSE TO U.S. ARF INITIATIVES AND ITS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 22, Poloff presented reftel points and proposals on ARF initiatives at the MFA ASEAN Department. While the reaction to the nonproliferation Inter-Sessional Meeting ("ISM") and cooperation statement initiatives was positive, the proposal to create ISM working groups rep [...]
2007-03-22 08:45:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ARF MARR PARM VM
07HANOI575UNSCR 1747 IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 03:53:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC VM
07HANOI645DEMARCHE ON NATANZ FEP CEREMONY DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-08 08:14:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC VM
07HANOI666VIETNAMESE RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 08:40:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PREL KNNP PARM KN IR VM
07HANOI761NPT PREPCOM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 06:34:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENRG VM
07HANOI763PSI: VIETNAM PARTICIPATES IN OUTREACH FORUM
[...] (SBU) On April 25, Poloff met with MFA International Organizations Department officer Nguyen Thi Van Anh to obtain a readout on her attendance at the PSI Outreach Forum held in Auckland on March 29. (Note: Anh had been traveling until only recently. End Note.) The focus of the forum was to p [...]
2007-04-25 07:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP VM
07HANOI917IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 07:49:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HANOI919IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 08:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC VM
07HELSINKI112FINNISH RESPONSE - CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] (U) PolChief delivered subject demarche Feb. 15 to Jani Raappana, Counselor for Chemical and Biological Disarmament in the MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. 2. (SBU) Although Finland has received no "official" word that Iran intends to put forward a candidate [...]
2007-02-16 13:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR FI
07HELSINKI129FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 13:44:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KNNP FI
07HELSINKI140FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...]
2007-03-01 05:41:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI
07HELSINKI160MTCR -- FINLAND TO SUPPORT U.S. UAV/CRUISE MISSILE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 09:35:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA KSCA FI
07HELSINKI243FINNISH RESPONSE - INFORMATION REGARDING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 12:57:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM MNUC AORC IAEA TRGY UNSC IR FI
07HELSINKI392FINNISH RESPONSE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 11:17:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP XG FI
07HELSINKI393FINNISH RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747:
[...] PolChief delivered subject demarche to Tarja Pesamaa, Deputy Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Pesamaa said that the GOF agrees with the US that broad interpretation and consistent standards of implementation are crucial for UNSCR 1747 to b [...]
2007-05-25 11:38:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR FI
07HELSINKI438FINLAND ENDORSES THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] In response to Refs A and B, PolChief delivered demarches and related materials to Counselor Jani Raappani in the Finnish MFA,s Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation. Demarche and document delivery were coordinated with the Russian Embassy,s Counselor Vladimir Kozen. 2. [...]
2007-06-07 13:14:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PARM PREL KGIC FI
07HELSINKI501FINLAND: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 10:58:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PARM KNNP IR FI
07HELSINKI631FINNISH RESPONSE: ENSURING ROBUST IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-15 12:37:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IR FI
07HELSINKI686FINNISH RESPONSE: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE/MIDDLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 07:27:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL IAEA EUN FI
07HELSINKI687FINNISH RESPONSE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-07 07:30:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA FR FI
07HELSINKI735FINNISH ATTENDEE TO SPIEZ 2007 MEETING TO SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 11:26:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP ENRG PREL IAEA FI
07HELSINKI820FINLAND: RESPONSE ON FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered demarche on the conclusions of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Iran to Ms. Virpi Laukkanen in the Legal Department of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Laukkanen was aware of the FATF,s conclusions and the imminent threat that Iran poses to the intern [...]
2007-11-05 13:38:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ECON FI
07HELSINKI830FINLAND TO STAND WITH THE U.S. ON IRAN-IAEA WORK
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on to Anssi Leino, Counselor for Iran in the Finnish MFA's Unit for the Middle East and North Africa. Citing the IAEA's Work Plan as the only positive sign on Iran's nuclear program in years, Leino said Finland strongly supports EU and U.S. demands that Ir [...]
2007-11-15 06:20:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR IAEA AORC FI
07HELSINKI877FINLAND: PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 13:09:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KSTC FI
07HELSINKI886FINLAND PROVIDES ASSURANCES ON USEC'S AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued the following verbal note covering USEC's intent to purchase autoclaves from Platom Oy (Mikkeli, Finland). The full text of the verbal note follows. BEGIN TEXT The Ministry for Foreign Affairs present their complim [...]
2007-12-14 13:41:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM TRGY FI
07ISLAMABAD1781SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S/NF) On April 20, Post delivered reftel points to Kamran Akhtar, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Disarmament Cell. Akhtar noted that although Arif Durrani - the referenced individual being sanctioned under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act - is a Pakistani citizen, the Pa [...]
2007-04-20 11:52:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE
07ISLAMABAD2252PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST
[...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...]
2007-05-18 13:08:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK
07ISLAMABAD3739PAKISTAN CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL TEST OF RAAD CRUISE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-27 12:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD4833PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTANI
[...] (C) On November 13, Haider Shah, Director of the United Nations desk at the Pakistan MFA, called Polcouns to respond to reftel demarches. Shah said that after careful review of the pros and cons, Pakistan had decided to decline the Chairmanship for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chem [...]
2007-11-14 03:57:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPARM PK PREL CWC
07ISLAMABAD4964PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-21 13:11:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD5336DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]
2007-12-20 12:23:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD695MFA RESPONDS REGARDING ALLEGED PAKISTANI
[...] (S) On February 2, MFA (Disarmament Cell) Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar advised PolCouns of MFA actions following post's December 11, 2006 demarche regarding information that a Pakistani firm, Westbridge Smc-Pvt. Limited, may have purchased nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) suits from [...]
2007-02-12 12:45:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETPK PREL PARM ETTC IR
07JAKARTA1008INDONESIA: AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR PAPUA SPACE LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials confirmed to us during a March 13 meeting that plans for a joint Indonesian-Russian satellite launch facility in Papua are well underway. The Governments of Indonesia and Russia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in December 2006, [...]
2007-04-10 07:58:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS PARM PREL EINV ID RS
07JAKARTA1024GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (C) We followed up on ref c demarche (reported ref b) in a meeting with Carolina Tinangon in the Department of Foreign Affair's Directorate for International Security and Disarmament on April 11. Noting preparations were underway for a conference on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Ter [...]
2007-04-11 07:29:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA1161INDONESIAN VIEWS ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] (C) We discussed reftel nonpaper with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs, on April 25. Rachmianto said Indonesia would participate in the Prepcom with an open mind on substance and [...]
2007-04-25 09:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP ENRG NPT ID
07JAKARTA1185PSI: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH AUSTRALIA
[...] (C) Officials from the U.S., New Zealand, Canadian, British and Japanese embassies in Jakarta joined Australian DCM and PolCouns for a joint demarche on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreig [...]
2007-04-27 08:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP XC
07JAKARTA1349REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE AND RESTRAINT REGARDING
[...] (C) We discussed reftel concerns with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for WMD issues in the Office of International Security and Disarmament in the Department of Foreign Affairs on May 14. We emphasized that it was incumbent upon all countries to uphold the sanctions imposed through UNSCR 173 [...]
2007-05-14 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR ID
07JAKARTA1350DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] We conveyed U.S. position reftel on the ATT to Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for Conventional Weapons Issues in the Department of Foreign Affairs, on May 14. We underscored the pragmatic rationale for the U.S. position and the reality that enforcement of effective trade controls ultimately [...]
2007-05-14 09:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM ID
07JAKARTA1563IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1540 IN SOUTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. A two-day regional consultative workshop, held in Jakarta on May 28-29 for countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN),considered ways in which regional and other states, as well as relevant international organizations, could cooperate in the implementation [...]
2007-06-06 10:21:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL UNSC KNNP OSCE KPAO AORC ID
07JAKARTA1656A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]
2007-06-14 10:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1673DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF
[...] (U) We met once again with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on June 8 to underscore continued U.S. concerns raised in reftel C and to request an update on the Indonesian government's investigation of [...]
2007-06-18 07:45:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PARM ETTC ID
07JAKARTA1733INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO, IRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: Charge on June 21 discussed Kosovo, Iran, and the Palestinians with Desra Percaya, a key Foreign Ministry official on UNSC and Middle East issues. Percaya welcomed recent changes in the draft Kosovo resolution and requested one additional change: that the reference to "sui gene [...]
2007-06-22 09:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC OSCE PARM ID
07JAKARTA1757PSI AND LAW OF THE SEA: DISCUSSION WITH HASYIM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Charge discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with Ambassador (ret.) Hasyim Djalal, Indonesia's foremost authority on maritime law. Djalal advises the GOI on martime matters and his views are widely acknowledged to be a major factor in the GOI's reluct [...]
2007-06-26 09:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM MOPS PREL BEXP UNO ID
07JAKARTA1793ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] On June 25 we delivered reftel information to Andi Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto asked how the Annex to UNSCR 1737 differed from E.O. 13382. We explained that E.O. was a unilateral U.S. action [...]
2007-06-29 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL INNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA1994PROPOSED ARF ISM ON NONPROLIFERATION: INDONESIAN
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel concerns on July 24 with Mariyani (single name only) in the Directorate of Asia-Pacific Intra-Regional Cooperation in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) and provided a copy of the revised draft proposal for an Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Nonproli [...]
2007-07-24 10:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF ID
07JAKARTA2026PRESSING INDONESIA ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] (SBU) We discussed reftel issues on July 25 with Andy Rachmiato, Deputy Director for WMD Issues in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs. Rachmianto thanked us for the report on the U.S. ratification process and noted the Uni [...]
2007-07-26 10:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA2161PSI: FOLLOW-UP WITH INDONESIA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Mission is in the process of following up with relevant Indonesian officials to discuss the points provided ref a on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Pol/C plans to meet with Director for International Security and Disar [...]
2007-08-09 04:03:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHSA KTFN ETRD ID
07JAKARTA218SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL FINAL COORDINATION
[...] (U) Embassy continues to support the funding proposals for Indonesia that are identified in reftel and urges that these proposals be notified to Congress. Although we did not receive funding for all of our 1206 proposals for 2007, those that were funded represent a coherent and effective progr [...]
2007-01-25 09:40:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDID MASS PARM PREL
07JAKARTA2218REVIEW OF PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE POINTS
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/C reviewed latest points concerning the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) with key GOI maritime expert Ambassador Hasyim Djalal. Djalal underscored that further review by the GOI was necessary, elaborating that the Yudhoyono administration was concerned that an outright [...]
2007-08-14 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2276INDONESIAN MIDDLE EAST ENVOY PLANS ANOTHER IRAN
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request; Please see Para 4. 2. (C) On August 20, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Alwi Shihab, who served as Indonesia's foreign minister from 1999-2001 and is currently President Yudhoyono's Special Envoy to the Middle East. Special Envoy Shihab, who [...]
2007-08-21 07:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALETTC ID IR PARM PREL
07JAKARTA2295PDAS MCNERNEY RAISES PSI WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) Visiting ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney passed reftel nonpaper on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Desra Percaya, Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on August 14. Percaya remarked that DEPLU's thinking on PSI [...]
2007-08-22 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA KTFN PARM ID
07JAKARTA2296PDAS MCNERNEY'S IRAN CONSULTATIONS IN INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney visited Indonesia on August 14 for productive consultations regarding Iran's nuclear program. Senior diplomat and Middle East expert Alwi Shihab reiterated Indonesia's commitment to a peaceful settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue and said Indonesia w [...]
2007-08-22 08:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UNSC MNUC ID IR
07JAKARTA2501BILATERAL MEEIING REQUEST ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 10:06:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP PREL ID
07JAKARTA2549INDONESIAN/IRANIAN RELATIONS: MARGINAL SUBSTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: Many elements of a strong bilateral relationship remain underdeveloped between Indonesia and Iran. The two countries maintain marginal trade and investment links. Defense and security cooperation is virtually nonexistent. Despite this, much of the public and Indonesian legislat [...]
2007-09-13 06:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL MNUC PARM ETRD UNSC ID IR
07JAKARTA281DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF
[...] (S) We presented the demarche with the full information provided reftel to Ramadansyah Hasan in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on February 1. We noted that our instructions referred to reports of intended sale [...]
2007-02-02 02:31:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL PARM ETTC ID IR
07JAKARTA2982ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- PRELIMINARY RESPONSE ON
[...] (C) Per Ref A, we conveyed text of revised U.S. proposal for an Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Non-proliferation (Ref B) to Deputy Director for ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Affairs Aji Surya at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on October 24. Per guidance, we explained U.S. thinking o [...]
2007-10-24 10:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ARF ID
07JAKARTA3063IRAN -- IAEA REPORT; DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES
[...] (U) This message responds to the following two demarche requests: UPCOMING IAEA REPORT 2. (C) Pol Unit Chief discussed ref a issues with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 2. He provided [...]
2007-11-02 10:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM IAEA EFIN KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA3204IAEA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON NEED FOR FULL IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/C reviewed reftel points with Albert Matondang, a senior official at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Security and Legal Affairs. On November 19, Pol/C also delivered points to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of For [...]
2007-11-20 04:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3306IRAN -- REVIEWING U.S. INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE WITH
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed Ref B points with the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Security Affairs and also with the North America Office. Mission also provided the points to Albert Matondang, a Deputy for international issues in the Coordinating Ministry for Politica [...]
2007-12-04 05:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3334IRAN -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. FINDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, the Indonesian government does not plan to react publicly at this point to recent U.S. intelligence findings about Iran's nuclear program. The GOI continues to support diplomatic engagement on outstanding nuclear issues. A legislator told us that he welc [...]
2007-12-06 10:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3356PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Indonesian and Australian counterparts. A GOI contact said his government looked at the Indonesian-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to be held on December 12 in Jakarta as a serious opportunity to continue the discussion [...]
2007-12-10 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ID AS
07JAKARTA3377IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- CONTINUING TO ENGAGE
[...] (C) Pol/C reviewed ref A points with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Nonproliferation at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on December 12. Pol/C underscored that while Iran may have halted its nuclear weapons design and development activities, it cont [...]
2007-12-12 10:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ID IR
07JAKARTA3396PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...]
2007-12-14 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3439SINO-INDONESIAN TIES -- CAUTIOUS BUT INCREASING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is becoming an increasingly important player in Indonesia. It has incipient defense cooperation relations, and growing trade, investment and cultural ties with Indonesia. Taiwan and historical legacies complicate relations, while Indonesia's Chinese community offers a poi [...]
2007-12-19 08:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ECON ID CH
07JAKARTA388DEMARCHE FOLLOW-UP: INDONESIAN PURCHASES OF
[...] (C) We called again on our contact in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on February 12 to inquire about any results of the GOI's investigation of the possible conventional arms purchases reported ref b. We emphasized tha [...]
2007-02-13 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC ID
07JAKARTA460UNSCR 1737 FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] Following up on Ambassador's demarche with National Security Adviser Djalal on February 7 (ref c),we met with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on February 12 to convey points and information [...]
2007-02-21 08:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR
07JAKARTA735GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] PolCouns, accompanied by Russian Counselor Sergei Lobanov, delivered reftel demarche March 14 to Mohammad Koba, Head of Section for Itra-State Conflict in the Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament. Koba was assigned to receive the demarche at the [...]
2007-03-14 07:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
07JAKARTA830RESPONSE ON UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES IN THE ASEAN
[...] (U) We met with Deputy Director for ARF Issues Aji Surya at the Department of Foreign Affairs on March 21 to present U.S. proposals (reftel) and hear initial Indonesian reactions. Proposals had been faxed to Surya the preceding day. Surya stressed that his comments were "preliminary" only an [...]
2007-03-22 09:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF MARR EAID PARM XB ID
07JAKARTA987DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] We delivered reftel text as a nonpaper to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on April 5. We discussed the paper on the margins of a meeting with Yonatri Rilmania, who is responsible for financial sanctions in the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament. We urged that [...]
2007-04-05 08:09:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR ID
07JERUSALEM2506IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO THE PALESTINIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 08:42:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR IS
07KABUL1226EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period the Border Management Task Force (BMTF) was briefed by the European Commission and UNDP regarding the planned construction upgrades in Badakhshan Province on the Tajikistan and Afghanistan border for three Border Crossing Points (BCPs): Nusay; Segna [...]
2007-04-12 14:01:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM ETRD PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL1731EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Border Management Task Force (BMTF) Director, and the Finance and Metrics Coordinator, and the Customs Systems Coordinators are expected to arrive between mid-May and early June. These positions are located at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. In addition, six mentors who wil [...]
2007-05-24 12:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM ETRD EFIN PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL752GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) Polmil Deputy Counselor delivered reftel A message on March 5 to Ayoob Erfani, Director General of the MFA's UN Affairs Department. Mr. Erfani had not previously heard of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (CICNT),but said that the GOA would review the matter mindful of i [...]
2007-03-05 12:05:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PARM IAEA AF
07KABUL881EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Union (EU) has approved a plan for a European mission to Afghanistan aimed at enhancing training for the Afghan National Police. The ESDP mission will strengthen the European contribution to police training, of which the largest part is now the German Police Prog [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL882EXBS AFGHANISTAN ADVISOR AND BORDER MANAGEMENT MONTHLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During this reporting period, the BMTF position for Border Police and Immigrations Systems Coordinator was filled. The Afghan Customs Department (ACD) drafted a proposal for transferring the Customs Police unit to MoF. The GoA accepted the Iranian proposal to fund and construc [...]
2007-03-15 13:51:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KAMPALA1752NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/PORTAL DETECTION IN
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via a walk-in. Information concerning the report was relayed to PM [...]
2007-11-13 15:10:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER UG
07KAMPALA1848UGANDA MAY BE OPEN TO MANPADS STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post has considered reftel Horn of Africa MANPADS Acquisition Engagement and Plan of Action Strategy for Uganda. Mechanisms proposed to help the GOU address counter-proliferation and destruction are feasible and timely. Post is confident that the GOU would welcome greater USG involv [...]
2007-12-06 12:56:00Embassy KampalaSECRETMARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL UG
07KATHMANDU1459DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 11:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1523UPDATE ON DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 04:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1976NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL ACTION TASK
[...] On November 2 and November 5, Emboff urged Finance Secretary Vidyadhar Mallik and the Foreign Ministry's SIPDIS Americas section officer Leknath Bhattarai, respectively, to encourage the Government of Nepal to take concrete actions to follow up on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stat [...]
2007-11-15 05:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON IR NP
07KATHMANDU2026NEPAL: NUCLEAR TERRORISM DETECTION GUIDELINES
[...] On November 28, Emboff delivered Ref A non-paper on detection architecture model guidelines for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). After reviewing the document, [...]
2007-11-29 01:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL PINR PINS KNNP
07KATHMANDU2042NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 01:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2043NEPAL: IRAN NIE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FOREIGN
[...] (C) On December 4, Charge delivered to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan and Lekhnath Bhattarai, Section Officer for the Europe and Americas Division at the Foreign Ministry, reftel non-paper and talking points on the key judgments from the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran's nu [...]
2007-12-05 01:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
07KATHMANDU2061NEPAL'S CENTRAL BANK COMMITTED TO CURBING
[...] Ramhari Neupane, Deputy Director of the Banks and Financial Institutions Regulations Department at Nepal Rastra ("National") Bank or NRB, provided a written response to Reftel demarches from November regarding the designations of Saudi nationals and Iranian individuals and entities variously [...]
2007-12-11 09:03:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER KNNP PARM ETTC PREL ECON MNUC
07KATHMANDU612NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-22 09:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RS NP
07KATHMANDU848DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-26 10:33:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NP
07KHARTOUM2024HORN OF AFRICA MANPADS STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) Following consultations among the relevant agencies at post, Embassy Khartoum has determined that the Government of Sudan is unlikely to be receptive to cooperation with the USG on the threat of MANPADS at this time. Addressing the issue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is likely to r [...]
2007-12-18 09:48:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS PARM SU
07KHARTOUM939OFFER TO SELL RADIOACTIVE URANIUM
[...] (Secret) On May 31, 2007, ARSO Bleu Lawless was contacted by a Sudanese-American, identified as Abuobaida A. Mohed, who claimed to have access to radioactive uranium. During a subsequent interview conducted by ARSO Lawless and SIMO representatives, Mohed claimed that his uncle, who is a Sudane [...]
2007-06-14 07:12:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER
07KIGALI1104RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI339Kigali delivers non-paper on Iran's Defense Industries
[...] In response to reftel, post delivered the nonpaper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 2, 2007. THURSTON [...]
2007-04-05 15:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR RW
07KIGALI443KIGALI SCIENCE FELLOW REQUEST
[...] In response to reftel and previous communication between Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Minister Romain Murenzi, the following details four possible workplans for a Science Fellow. 2. In Rwanda, the Science Fellow would work in Minister Murenzi's Office, in the Office of the Presid [...]
2007-05-09 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN ECON IR RW
07KINGSTON100JAMAICA: SECTION 1206 PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MASS MARR JM XL
07KINGSTON1133JAMAICA: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI)
[...] Per reftel, Emboffs met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Bilateral Relations Courtenay Rattray and Assistant Director Shauna-Kay Richards at midday on July 20 to invite the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s endorsement of the Proliferation Security Init [...]
2007-07-20 19:46:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC KNNP JM
07KINGSTON1586JAMAICA: OPERATION KINGFISH'S THIRD ANNIVERSARY;
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 19:24:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN ASEC PARM SOCI PHUM TRSY JM XL
07KINGSTON1743JAMAICA: NON-PAPER ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DELIVERED
[...] On December 3, PolOff delivered the talking points and non-paper on the National Intelligence Estimate for Iran to Ambassador Vilma McNish, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade. Post will report any substantive response. HEG [...]
2007-12-04 19:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDMNUCH PARM KNNP JM
07KINGSTON352JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Organizations, Ms. Angela Brown, during a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that MFAFT would consider the [...]
2007-03-13 20:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL JM
07KINGSTON353JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE INITIAL ACTIONS
[...] Per Reftel, EmbOff delivered points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director for International Relations Angela Brown in the course of a private meeting on the afternoon of March 8. 2. Ms. Brown expressed appreciation, and said that the Government of Jamaica [...]
2007-03-13 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KN KNNP JM
07KINGSTON843JAMAICA HOSTS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: The first outreach event on implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540 (2004) in the Caribbean was held in Kingston, Jamaica on May 29-30, 2007. Representatives from 11 Caribbean states attended. The workshop was successful in increasing participants' kno [...]
2007-05-31 17:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ETTC KNNP PARM PREL PTER XL XM JM
07KINSHASA1266DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on November 7 to Augustin Kalala Kadima, Counselor to Cabinet Director Isidore Omari Kampene at the Ministry of Finance. Kalala had no substantive response, but said he would deliver the FATF declaration and comments to Omari and to Minister of Finance Ath [...]
2007-11-09 09:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON CG
07KINSHASA1371DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. NATIONAL
[...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on December 7 to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Minister Plenipotentiary in the International Organizations Office of the Congolese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (U) Kimpembe thanked PolOff for sharing the information on Iran's nuclear program. She said that t [...]
2007-12-17 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR PARM
07KINSHASA824 UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...]
2007-07-17 08:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PGOV KHDP CG
07KOLKATA263A FOURTH INDUSTRIAL RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA GOES MISSING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, an industrial radiography camera containing radioactive iridium 192 was stolen from Tata Steel's manufacturing plant in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, the fourth such theft since August 2005. The first camera theft occurred on August 14, 2005 from the Industrial Radi [...]
2007-08-31 02:24:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ENRG TRGY ETTC TSPL PGOV EIND SENV IN
07KUALALUMPUR1128EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] The Advisor met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials to coordinate two upcoming EXBS courses with Malaysia, a CIT scheduled for July 04-06 in Kuala Lumpur and an ISIT planned for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. 2. The Advisor attended the annual EXBS Advisors Conference in Vienn [...]
2007-07-10 05:59:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1198IRAN SANCTIONS: URGING MALAYSIA TO PRIORITIZE
[...] (S) DCM and polchief met on July 23 with Malaysia's National Security Council Secretary Muhammad Hatta and focused the discussion on the importance of countries maintaining pressure on Iran to comply with its nonproliferation obligations, including through implementation of UNSCR sanctions (r [...]
2007-07-25 09:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1200MALAYSIA CANNOT CONFIRM NPT INTERLOCUTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 05:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC NPT MY
07KUALALUMPUR1207MALAYSIA AND ARF PROPOSAL FOR ISM ON
[...] (U) We conveyed copies of third version of the draft proposal for the ARF ISM on nonproliferation to Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials responsible for ARF issues, Rosmeyuddin bin Baharudin and Zulkifli Adnan, but these officials were not available for discussion before they departed for th [...]
2007-07-26 08:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR125MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN 1540 ARF WORKSHOP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-19 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM AORC KPAO PTER UNSC OSCE KNNP ETTC PGOV ARF
07KUALALUMPUR1398EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On July 10 the Advisor met with Dato' Haji Ibrahim bin Haji Jaapar, Deputy Director General (Operations) Royal Malaysian Customs (RMC) to discuss the upcoming ISIT course with Malaysia, scheduled for August 09-17 in Charleston, SC. Mr. Tan Kwong Gin, Director of Customs (Enforcement),and Puan [...]
2007-09-14 09:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1455MALAYSIA NOT ATTENDING TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR
[...] Malaysia's Foreign Ministry informed us that there would be no Malaysian government representative at the Open-Ended Technical Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation scheduled for 26 September. According to to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Ministry's Multilateral [...]
2007-09-25 05:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1471MALAYSIA: REGARDING POSSIBLE MEETINGS ON NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 10:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA UNGA MY
07KUALALUMPUR1475MALAYSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY REFUTES IRANIAN PRESS
[...] (C) Polchief called on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Undersecretary for the Americas, Ambassador Ramlan Ibrahim, at short notice on September 28 to raise the issue of the September 26 meeting in New York between Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Polc [...]
2007-10-01 10:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KISL IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1478EMBASSY MEETING WITH ISNA-SANCTIONED TARGET
[...] (S/REL MALAYSIA) Polchief and econoff met with U.S. ISNA-sanctioned Malaysian firm Target Airfreight on September 26, in a meeting set up by the Malaysian Foreign Ministry. Target executives confirmed they shipped helicopter parts to Iran on March 31, 2004, at the request of an Indonesian firm [...]
2007-10-02 05:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1562EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On September 04 the Advisor and ECONOFF met with Mr. Koshy Thomas, Deputy Secretary, Tax Analysis Division, Malaysian Ministry of Finance (MOF),to participate in the ongoing deliberations to secure a Memorandum of Understanding on the Megaports proposal. Discussion focused on two seemingly m [...]
2007-10-24 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1649EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] October 09-11 the Advisor was in Jakarta to meet with officials from the Nuclear Energy Regulatory Agency (BAPETEN) and the National Nuclear Energy Agency (BATAN) to discuss the upcoming Additional Protocol Commodities Identification Training (AP-CIT) scheduled for November 06-08. Mr. Sukarman [...]
2007-11-27 02:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1675IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED; SENIOR IRAN ENVOY LOBBIES
[...] (C) Polchief on December 4 delivered reftel demarche regarding the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program to Wan Yusri, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Political Division of Malaysia's Foreign Ministry. Yusri thanked polchief for the timely information [...]
2007-12-04 10:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR299INVITATION TO ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM PEACEKEEPING
[...] The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally invited the United States to participate in the First Asean Regional Forum (ARF) Peacekeeping Experts' Meeting in Port Dickson, Malaysia on March 7-9, 2007. The event is being co-hosted by the Governments of Malaysia and Australia and se [...]
2007-02-16 00:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM MARR MOPS MY
07KUALALUMPUR44NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST TARGET AIRFREIGHT
[...] (S) Post delivered reftel notification of USG sanctions against Target Airfreight of Malaysia and A/DCM held conversations on January 8 with Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary for the Multilateral Political Affairs Division, Shahrul Ikram, and the Americas Division, as well as the Dep [...]
2007-01-08 09:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY
07KUALALUMPUR544U.S. ARF INITIATIVES CONVEYED TO MALAYSIAN FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 08:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID MARR ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR570DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on March 26 and 27 to MFA's Office of Multilateral/Political Affairs, Office for the Organization of Islamic Conference, Americas Desk, as well as the personal assistant to the Foreign Minister. Under Secretary for Multilateral/Political Affairs Shahrul Ikr [...]
2007-03-28 07:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC TRGY AORC MY
07KUALALUMPUR645EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On March 01 the Advisor met with Bong Yik Jui, Assistant Secretary in the Multilateral Affairs Division of the SIPDIS Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to coordinate the Targeting and Risk Management course scheduled for April and identify topics of discussion for the legal workshop in May. [...]
2007-04-11 00:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUALALUMPUR652MALAYSIA INFORMED OF POSSIBLE FURTHER ISNA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 09:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR750DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 08:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT MY
07KUALALUMPUR751IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (S/NF) In advance of the public announcement, Post notified Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials in the Americas Division and the Multilateral Political Affairs Division, as well as the Malaysian Police, of the INSA sanctions against the two Malaysian firms (Challenger, Target Airfreight). Po [...]
2007-04-25 08:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC MY IR
07KUALALUMPUR879DEMARCHE ON ARMS TRADE TREATY (ATT): MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-17 07:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UNDC PARM MY
07KUALALUMPUR880DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] (SBU) On May 17, we delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Political Affairs Division. He stated there was "no question" that Malaysia was committed to enforcement of all UN Security Council Resolu [...]
2007-05-17 08:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR899REVISED U.S. ARF INITIATIVES CONVEYED TO MALAYSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EAID MARR ARF XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR900MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF INCLUSION OF MALAYSIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 00:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AE MY
07KUALALUMPUR994EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING
[...] On April 10 the Advisor met with Dr. Lauren Bain, Political Officer from the Australian High Commission, and Embassy POLOFF to discuss our respective ongoing export control program efforts in Malaysia. Ms. Bain informed us of her government's proposed regional MANPADS seminar slated for June 0 [...]
2007-06-07 09:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
07KUWAIT136PSI: TALKING POINTS FOR DECEMBER 2006 MONTREAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department official Hamad Al-Mashaan on January 24. Al-Mashaan said he would send them to Salem Al-Shubli of the MFA Legal Affairs Department for review and response. Al-Mashaan said that despite Kuwait's la [...]
2007-01-31 12:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM KU
07KUWAIT1524KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Department of Energy NNSA employee Jimmie Collins to travel to Kuwait October 20-23 to participate in the Border Standards Workshop for Iraq and its neighbors. Embassy requests an outbrief from Mr. Collins following the w [...]
2007-10-17 08:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KNNP ENRG PARM OTRA PREL APER AMGT IZ
07KUWAIT1530DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-17 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA CWC GR NO SP TU KU
07KUWAIT1560DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) On 25 October CDA called MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and A/DCM called Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi's Office Director Khaled Al Rowayeh to deliver reftel talking points. Copies of the non-paper and the official transcript of the announcement by the Secretary and Treasury [...]
2007-10-25 16:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN
07KUWAIT1624DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs via diplomatic note on October 31. Post will report any substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state. [...]
2007-11-15 15:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC IR KNNP KU PARM PREL DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT1697DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM KU
07KUWAIT235KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Keith Koji Nakanishi, Rengin M. Gok, and Arthur James Rodgers Jr., of the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to travel to post o/a March 23-28, 2007 to attend the Gulf Seismic Fo [...]
2007-02-18 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PARM OTRA KNNP COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT272UNSCR 1737: FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-21 14:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07KUWAIT466DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 08:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP PREL PARM
07KUWAIT51DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL SYRIAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) Econoff hand-delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the office of MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis on January 14, 2007. Econoff also faxed copies of Treasury's press release to the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Ministry of Finance, and the Union of K [...]
2007-01-16 08:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PARM PREL KNNP KU IR
07KUWAIT668DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MARCH 2007 AUCKLAND PSI
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MNUC KNNP KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT669DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT PREPCOM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 13:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM MNUC ENRG KNNP NPT KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT752DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRAVEL OF UNSC-DESIGNATED IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-13 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR KU
07KUWAIT783KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR MAY 22 GULF SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) The second round of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) with Kuwait will convene on May 22in Kuwait City. The National Security Bureau (NSB),the Kuwaiti government body responsible for coordinating security policy, is organizing the May 22 meeting. In addition to NSB President Shaykh A [...]
2007-05-17 07:22:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PARM KU
07KUWAIT796DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST TO REJECT IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-20 11:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT87KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL IRAN
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points via diplomatic note to the MFA on January 16, 2007. Econoff also faxed copies of Treasury's press release to the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Ministry of Finance, and the Union of Kuwaiti Banks. CBK confirmed receipt of the fax on January 15 but not [...]
2007-01-23 03:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP ETTC PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT873U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MAY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Discussion on Iran and Iraq dominated the May 22 U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). Both countries agreed on the threat from Iran, but GOK officials expressed concern about Kuwait's vulnerability to Iranian retaliation (conventional and asymmetric) and the perceived am [...]
2007-06-05 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MCAP MASS KCIP EPET ASEC IZ
07KUWAIT905KUWAIT DEFENSE MINISTER: BASES NOT TO BE USED IN
[...] (C) On June 11, Kuwait Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak said that Kuwait would never allow itself to be used as a launch pad for an attack against Iran or any other country. He also stated that the U.S. had not asked for permission to use Kuwait's territory to attack any country in th [...]
2007-06-12 06:54:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR IR KU
07KUWAIT951KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche and background paper to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 19 via diplomatic note. Post will report substantive response septel. ********************************************* * For more reporting from Embassy Kuwait, visit: http://www.state.sgov.go [...]
2007-06-19 13:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR KNNP ETTC PARM PREL KU DEMARCHE
07KUWAIT957DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Followup Khaled Al-Maqamis on June 19. Maqamis expressed limited interest in the program noting that further information would be needed about the background of any fellowship recipien [...]
2007-06-20 12:41:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PINS PARM PREF XF IZ KU
07KYIV1023UKRAINE: CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We met April 20 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Deputy Director Pokotilo to discuss the May 15 next session of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) at MFA's request. Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and a [...]
2007-04-27 13:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA CDG UP
07KYIV1064(S) UKRAINE/MTCR: TRAINING TO CHINA FOURTH ACADEMY
[...] (S) We relayed reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Although we were prepared with if-asked guidance to respond to possible arguments that MTCR was not intended to impede space development or that the RD-120 preparation [...]
2007-05-07 14:34:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA CH UP
07KYIV1066UKRAINE/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFO EXCHANGE AND
[...] (C) We transmitted reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who is directly responsible for MTCR and the Wassenaar Arrangement, thanked us for the information and said he would provide our non-paper to his collea [...]
2007-05-07 14:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW UP
07KYIV1104UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...]
2007-05-10 13:10:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV125UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY UPDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) During a January 17 meeting, Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko expressed optimism to visiting EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt, PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner, and DOD and Embassy Kyiv representatives that the Ukrainian government wo [...]
2007-01-19 09:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV126UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...]
2007-01-19 09:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP
07KYIV1299UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]
2007-05-25 14:45:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1327UKRAINE: CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request. See para 6. 2. (U) We met May 31 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov at his request to discuss the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Extraordinary Conference called by Russia for June 12-15. Bela [...]
2007-05-31 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1459UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE TALKING POINTS DELIVERED:
[...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied by Army Attache and poloff, met with Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko June 11 to deliver the response to Ukrainian missile defense questions (ref B). We provided written talking points, a Ukrainian courtesy [...]
2007-06-13 13:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1560UKRAINE: U.S.-RUSSIAN MISSILE DEFENSE DISCUSSION:
[...] (U) EUR/PRA Director and head of delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine non-proliferation Working Group (NPWG) talks Anita Friedt delivered ref A's notification June 26 to Ukrainian MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov on the margins of NPW [...]
2007-06-27 11:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM OPRC PREL RS AZ US UP
07KYIV1561UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY FINALLY PROVIDED
[...] (S) During the U.S.-Ukraine Non-Proliferation Working Group meeting June 27, Volodymyr Popovych, special advisor to Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko, grinning broadly, handed over the SCUD missile and component inventory long requested by the U.S. (note: see ref A from 2005. The [...]
2007-06-27 12:04:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV163UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP
[...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...]
2007-01-22 12:57:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1704UKRAINE: ELIMINATION OF SCUD MISSILES
[...] (C) We delivered ref A response July 13 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko. Belashov directed Bondarenko to pass the information immediately to Deputy Minister of Defense Tereshchenko. Belashov also [...]
2007-07-13 13:17:00Embassy KyivSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL UP
07KYIV1761UKRAINE: CFE POSITION PARALLELS U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) During a July 18 press conference with his visiting Canadian counterpart, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk expressed a position that closely tracked Department's July 14 statement on Russia's announcement that it would su [...]
2007-07-19 12:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV1825UKRAINE: SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS FROM UKRAINIAN PORT
[...] (C) We delivered ref A inquiry regarding the destination of the St. Vincent-flagged vessel Slavyanin July 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. When doing so, we emphasized the urgency of the request. Belashov said he would immediat [...]
2007-07-27 12:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EWWT MARR UP TU IZ
07KYIV183UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a year-long hiatus (refs A and B were transmitted in January 2006),a Ukrainian MFA official said Ukrainian comments on a draft PSI ship-boarding agreement might be provided by the end of January, after which the Ukrainian [...]
2007-01-25 13:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT PL UP
07KYIV1973UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (S) As requested, on August 9, 2007, PolCouns delivered talking points contained ref A to Vasyl Pokotilov, Acting Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation, and asked for full details on the cooperation between the Ukrainian National Sp [...]
2007-08-10 13:34:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP NI
07KYIV210UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...]
2007-01-29 15:08:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV2114UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED;
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]
2007-08-23 12:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV2185UKRAINE: U.S. REACTION TO CFE NON-PAPER DELIVERED
[...] (U) We delivered U.S. comments contained ref A on the Ukrainian Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) non-paper (ref B) to MFA Arms Control Director Volodymyr Belashov August 31. Belashov thanked us for the speedy U.S. response and welcomed the information that the U.S. had briefed Georgia and [...]
2007-08-31 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2245UKRAINE: APPEAL FOR USG FORBEARANCE ON INDIA SPACE
[...] (C) This is a request for guidance. Request that the Department provide the U.S. position regarding Ukraine company Yuzhnoye's contract to prepare blueprints for a semi-cryogenic, liquid-oxygen/kerosene-fueled rocket engine for the Indian Space Research Organization, as detailed below, and es [...]
2007-09-07 13:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2489UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR MODIFIED U.S.
[...] (C) We relayed ref A points September 27 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who was at the Oslo meeting, said he would have the U.S. UAV/cruise missile proposal translated as soon as possible, distribute it to the relevant Uk [...]
2007-09-28 10:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2490UKRAINE: U.S. FEEDBACK ON SLV ENGINE COOPERATION
[...] (S) We relayed ref A points September 27, on both the planned cooperation with the Indian Space Research Organization and a possible batch mixer sale to India's Cyano Chemisive Systems, to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos thank [...]
2007-09-28 10:48:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2491(S) UKRAINE/MTCR/NSG: CENTRIFUGAL CHARGING PUMPS
[...] (S) On September 27, MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos provided us with a non-paper regarding delivery to China of centrifugal charging pumps to China from the Ukrainian company, Sumy Frunze Machine Building Scientific Production Associatio [...]
2007-09-28 10:49:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA PK CH UP
07KYIV2672UKRAINE: MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR)
[...] (C) We provided ref A report October 23 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. At the same time, we provided information copies of U.S. papers and positions contained refs B-E (on space launch vehicles and ballistic missiles, U.S. propos [...]
2007-10-23 12:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV2753UKRAINE: PSI Eastern Shield Exercise, October 29-31, Odesa,
[...] (U) Summary: Ukraine and Poland sponsored a Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Eastern Shield demonstration, with Romanian, Georgian, Moldovan, and Bulgarian participation, October 29-31 in Odesa, Ukraine. The demonstration, planned as the first PSI exercise in the Black Sea region, empl [...]
2007-11-06 09:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PTER KCRM PREL KNNP UP
07KYIV2794UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension
[...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...]
2007-11-08 14:19:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2810UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall
[...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]
2007-11-13 10:15:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2871UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism --
[...] This is an action cable. See para 6. 2. We used talking points and delivered the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines document November 21 to MFA Political Department Political Planning Division chief Oleh Klynchenko. In doing so, we emphasized the n [...]
2007-11-26 11:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV2894UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE
[...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...]
2007-11-27 07:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP
07KYIV2928(S) UKRAINE: ARSENAL DESIGN BUREAU AND CHINESE
[...] (S) We relayed reftel information November 30 regarding Ukrainian Arsenal Design Bureau's potential business with the Beijing Institute of Aerospace Control Devices and with affiliates of the China Sanjiang Space Group to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor [...]
2007-11-30 11:48:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC CH UP
07KYIV2932UKRAINE: ARMS SALES TO BURMA - DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points urging termination of arms deals with Burma on November 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos noted that, while conventional arms sales were not in his direct portfolio, MFA was aware of the general n [...]
2007-11-30 12:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PHUM BM UP
07KYIV3039UKRAINE: PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE AND
[...] On December 11, we delivered ref A non-paper providing U.S. plans to sponsor a 5th anniversary Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and Attache Maryna Stroga. Bondarenko opined that Deputy Fore [...]
2007-12-11 12:34:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP PHSA KTIA EWWT UP
07KYIV3074UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED
[...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq December 14 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko, Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko, and UN and Other International Organizations UN des [...]
2007-12-17 12:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EFIN PARM UNSC IZ UP
07KYIV3087UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism --
[...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]
2007-12-18 13:54:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV3088UKRAINE: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism --
[...] The Ukrainian MFA responded to the delivery of the proposed outline for a global nuclear detection architecture model guidelines in diplomatic note 411/20-011-2060 dated December 14, 2007. The diplomatic note observed that the Ukrainian side supported the draft guidelines. The diplomatic note [...]
2007-12-18 13:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM PTER EAIR EWWT KNNP KGIC US UP
07KYIV552UKRAINE/MTCR: SECURING SUPPORT FOR U.S. UAV/CRUISE
[...] (C) We relayed ref A points March 7 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym. We alerted Kyzym that the U.S. had submitted a revised proposal on Modifications to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)/Cruise Missile Criteria as MTCR POC DOC 9. Kyzym said [...]
2007-03-07 12:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA UP
07KYIV751UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...]
2007-03-30 12:35:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV758(S) UKRAINE: YUZHNOYE LIQUID FUEL ROCKET
[...] (S) We relayed reftel points March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov regarding U.S. concerns about Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid-fuel rocket engine. Counselor [...]
2007-03-30 15:00:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL MTCRE CH UP
07KYIV818 Ukraine: Message on Designation of Iran's DIO Delivered
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 13:03:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR UP
07KYIV88UKRAINE: AIRCRAFT ENGINE BUILDER MOTOR SICH AND
[...] (C) Summary/comment: Ukraine's aircraft engine and industrial gas turbine producer Motor Sich occupies a dominant position in both Ukraine and Russia's aviation industries. The venerable company, which began producing aircraft engines in 1915, remains dependent on Russia for 41 percent of it [...]
2007-01-12 15:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM ETTC EAIR EIND PINR PREL RS UP
07KYIV971UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY REQUEST DELIVERED
[...] (S) We delivered ref A points renewing our request for a SCUD missile inventory March 30 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov. Belashov noted the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense had the responsibility for providing the inventory and was w [...]
2007-04-24 14:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07LAPAZ1429DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 12:11:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR BL
07LAPAZ2085DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNIVERSAL ADOPTION OF NTC
[...] (SBU) On July 25, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affair's director of international organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB was reviewing the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (NTC) but could not explain [...]
2007-07-30 17:40:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALKNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BL PTER
07LAPAZ2587BOLIVIANS MUTE ON IAEA PLAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ruben Vidaurre, Director of Multilateral Affairs, September 20. Despite prior assurances that Bolivia would act to hold Iran to it's "international commitments" and UN resolutions (ref b),Vidaurre explained Bolivia's Vienna delegation was called dur [...]
2007-09-21 17:42:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN BL
07LAPAZ2626BOLIVIA'S NEW "PEACEFUL" RELATIONS WITH IRAN/LIBYA
[...] (C) Summary: With the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and signing of $1.1 billion in cooperation agreements September 27, Bolivia and Iran have fundamentally deepened both their commercial and political relationship. In his signing ceremony speech, Morales emphasized Bolivia's r [...]
2007-09-27 23:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR BL
07LAPAZ2686LA PAZ ON IRANIAN NUKES: SEE NO EVIL
[...] (U) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca defended Iran's nuclear program October 3, contrasting Iran's development of "peaceful" nuclear technology with countries like France, Russia, Israel, and the United States that use the technology to make "atomic bombs." He also lumped Iran in [...]
2007-10-04 20:28:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR BL
07LAPAZ2932BOLIVIA ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On October 30, Emboff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations and delivered ref A demarche. Director Ruben Vidaurre was unaware of the FATF statement and guidance on Iran. He offered no comment beyond polite appreciation for bringing the matter [...]
2007-11-01 19:01:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ECON BL
07LAPAZ3197NIE FEEDBACK: BOLIVIA ON IRAN"S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-06 22:37:00Embassy La PazSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL BL
07LAPAZ900DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRAN DIO ASSET FREEZE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 17:59:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR BL
07LIBREVILLE492GABON: FOREIGN MINISTER PING RESPONSIVE TO FATF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 15:15:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PARM MNUC GB IR
07LILONGWE165GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] Poloff met with MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on March 1, 2006 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni, after looking through the Statement of Principles, stated that he did not see anything in the statement that would lead to the GOM objecting to their ratification. [...]
2007-03-02 09:51:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PTER MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
07LIMA3546PERU: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:16:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN PE
07LIMA3547FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 22:17:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC ECON
07LIMA3652PERU RESPONSE: U.S. VIEWS ON 15 NOVEMBER 2007 IAEA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-16 19:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM AORC PE
07LIMA485COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV WRIGHT
[...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Kyle Alan Wright, Gregory Allen Herdes, and Jeremy Don Jamison from March 26 to April 1, 2007. The purpose of this trip is for the GTRI team to conduct meetings with Sensormatic, the Basic Ordering Agreement contractor for the [...]
2007-02-20 20:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA795COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOE/NNSA/NA21/NNTRAV
[...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Joseph Henry Schwartzel, Brian J. Abeyta, and Michael Vernon Strosinski from March 31 to April 8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit Instituto Peruano de Energia Nuclear (IPEN) facilitites in Lima to review [...]
2007-03-16 20:00:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PARM OTRA ASEC PE
07LISBON1078PORTUGAL INTERESTED IN MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS
[...] (C) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials were grateful to receive the fact sheets developed by EUR/PPD and EUR/PRA on the proposed U.S. missile defense system in conjunction with Poland and the Czech Republic. Security and Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director Pedro Sousa Abreu, who [...]
2007-04-20 10:22:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1211PORTUGAL WARMS TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (U) Portuguese interlocutors told us they expect to sign on to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official told us that the relevant office was preparing a decision memorandum for the Minister in which they recommend joining the Global Initiative. [...]
2007-05-04 17:01:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1412PORTUGAL AT THE AUSTRALIA GROUP MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 16:01:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW PO
07LISBON1467PORTUGALS VIEWS ON NSG, GLOBAL INTIATIVE, AND PSI
[...] (U) Visiting ISN/CPI Director Tony Foley called on Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Director Joao Corte Real May 3 to discuss issues before the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),the Proliferation Security Initiativ (PSI),and the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclar T [...]
2007-05-24 16:10:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1498DUSD FATA'S MISSILE DEFENSE BRIEF TO NATO PA
[...] Summary. DASD Fata provided a missile defense briefing to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly meeting in Portugal, stressing that the proposed long range system was to detect, deter, and defend against missile threats from the Middle East and that the system posed no threat to Russia. Fata stres [...]
2007-05-29 10:35:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MCAP MNUC PARM PO PREL
07LISBON1508PORTUGAL JOINS GLOBAL INITIATIVE; URGES EU
[...] On May 30 Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of the Non-Proliferation Office Pedro Sousa Abreu provided diplomatic notes to us and to our Russian counterparts to endorse the Statement of Principles for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. Sousa Abreu noted that his off [...]
2007-05-30 13:46:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP PARM PREL PO
07LISBON1622PORTUGAL'S VIEWS ON JUNE 18-19 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (U) Portuguese Deputy EU Correspondent Ana Filomena Rocha responded to the reftel points on U.S. policy interests regarding Cuba, Serbia, Kosovo, and Sudan. 2. (C) Cuba: Rocha reported that Portugal supported the proposal to remove EU sanctions. She emphasized Portugal's interest in suppor [...]
2007-06-15 17:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV PREL PO
07LISBON1786USAFE REORGANIZATION IN PORTUGAL
[...] Post coordinated dissemination of reftel information to the Portuguese Ministry of Defense (MOD),Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to the Regional Government of the Azores. Our interlocutors at each of these institutions expressed relief that no Portuguese positions would be affected. Al [...]
2007-07-09 07:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PARM PO
07LISBON2143PORTUGAL SUPPORTS A/CFE PLANS
[...] (C) The Portuguese MFA,s Director for Security and Disarmament Affairs Joao Corte Real told us that Portugal fully supports the U.S. plans outlined reftel. He noted that timely ratification was a matter of political will and that Portugal viewed the Adapted CFE Treaty as a matter of the highe [...]
2007-08-22 11:05:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL PO
07LISBON2296IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: PORTUGAL AGAINST
[...] (C) On September 5, Pol/Econ Officer conveyed reftel talking points to senior analysts Rui Caroco and Duarte Nuno G.J. Pinto da Rocha in the MFA's Office of International Organizations and Economic Affairs. According to Caroco, the GOP wants to avoid the addition of any country-specific item t [...]
2007-09-07 09:37:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALEUN PARM PREL IAEA PO
07LISBON2604EU CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SPACE OBJECTS PROPOSED
[...] (U) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security and Disarmament Division representatives passed us a draft Code of Conduct for Space Objects, on which the EU has been working for several months. The draft paper covers activities to avoid collisions and deliberate explosions, to develop sa [...]
2007-10-11 13:26:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT KTIA MCAP PARM PO PREL TSPA EUN
07LISBON3144CLUSTER MUNITIONS; PORTUGAL ON THE GGE AND GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Security Pedro Sousa Abreu requested a meeting with us December 10 to review discussions on cluster munitions. At the meeting, we were asked point-blank if the U.S. objected to Portuguese Ambassador Jose Julio Pereira Gomes, Por [...]
2007-12-13 14:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PO
07LISBON435PORTUGAL ON FREEZING ASSETS NOT SPECIFICALLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-16 14:17:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07LISBON45LISBON POC FOR EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 15:48:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKSTC ETTC PARM PREL
07LISBON46PSI: URGING BRAZILIAN PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) Emboff notified MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Joao Corte-Real about the U.S. interest in including Brazil in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) community by engaging in a direct dialog through our Embassy in Brasilia. Portugal would welcome Brazil's inclusion, accordi [...]
2007-01-05 15:51:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM EWWT PHSA PO
07LISBON888PORTUGAL AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO BIOLOGICAL
[...] (U) On April 2, Embassy Lisbon received a diplomatic note from the Portuguese Foreign Ministry, which outlined its thoughts about a proposed amendment to the biological weapons convention. An informal translation of the text follows and the original was faxed to EUR/PRA on April 5. 2. (U) [...]
2007-04-09 06:56:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PARM PO
07LJUBLJANA31SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER
[...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...]
2007-01-23 05:22:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA312SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE
[...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...]
2007-05-16 10:29:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI
07LJUBLJANA382SLOVENIA: UNIFIED NATO POSITION IS TOP PRIORITY
[...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel a points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar who will represent the GOS at the High Level Task Force meeting in Brussels June 7. Slapnicar thanked PolMilOff for the points, the explanation of USG views, and the [...]
2007-06-06 11:00:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA412SLOVENIA PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS READINESS TO ENTER
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director Stanislav Vidovic told PolMilOff June 14 that the GOS would publicly reaffirm its desire to join the Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty when possible (as requested in reftel a). He said that he hoped this would help b [...]
2007-06-15 11:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE NATO PARM PREL
07LJUBLJANA427SLOVENIA HAS NO ASSETS OR INFORMATION INRE IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 14:16:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA454SLOVENIA ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] (U) On July 4, the GOS officially endorsed the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Statement of Principals. Post received a diplomatic note regarding the endorsement on July 9. 2. (SBU) A subsequent conversation between Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director [...]
2007-07-16 15:16:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA544SLOVENE PM VOICES CONCERN ABOUT KOSOVO DURING COM
[...] (S) During COM's farewell call with Prime Minister Janez Jansa August 17, Jansa expressed concern that we have missed the best opportunity to resolve the Kosovo issue and warned that a solution is needed soon to prevent violence. He called the U.S. the "main hope," and blamed some European [...]
2007-08-23 13:12:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPREL PGOV EINV CASC PHUM PARM ECON SI
07LJUBLJANA561SLOVENIA LIKELY TO MAKE PRESENTATION AT
[...] (SBU) In an August 30 meeting with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires made reftel's points encouraging Slovenia's participation in the September 26 meeting in Vienna. Stritar said that Janez Cesarek, from the Department of Radiation, [...]
2007-08-30 12:30:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM IR KNNP SI
07LJUBLJANA563URGING SLOVENIAN SUPPORT FOR CONSENSUS PACKAGE ON
[...] (C) In separate August 30 meetings with Zorica Bukinac Cimpersek of the Slovenian Foreign Ministry's Security Policy Division and with Dr. Andrej Stritar, Director of the Slovenian Nuclear Safety Administration, Charge d'Affaires urged Slovenia to support a consensus outcome, or, failing that, [...]
2007-08-30 13:49:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALEG EUN PARM PREL IAEA IS JA SI
07LJUBLJANA640SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. OPPOSITION TO
[...] (U) On October 10, EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division Counselor Irina Gorsic. Gorsic stated she would pass points to Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty lead Ambassador Robert Basej. Gorsic reported that she expects there will be internal EU discussions on the issue [...]
2007-10-11 05:47:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC UNGA SI
07LJUBLJANA676SLOVENIA: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered U.S. non-paper and fact sheet on October 25 after 9:00 am EST to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per request reftel. A/DCM urged GOS officials to take parallel steps to isolate these entities from the international financial system and to d [...]
2007-10-25 15:34:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SI
07LJUBLJANA741SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NIE ON IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (S) On December 4, EmbOff delivered reftel talking points and key judgments of the U.S. National Intelligence Evaluation (NIE) on Iran's nuclear program to MFA COMEM and COMAG Working Groups Chair and Minister Plenipotentiary Miljan Majhen. Majhen stated that Slovenia's position on Iran's nuc [...]
2007-12-04 17:10:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKNNP MNUC IR PARM SI
07LJUBLJANA762SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU
[...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...]
2007-12-14 09:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PARM PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA79SLOVENES TALK CLUSTER MUNITIONS, MANPADS, PSI, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Security Policy Director Stanislav Vidovic told PM/WRA Director Richard Kidd on February 6 that Slovenia is willing to hear the USG position on cluster munitions, ready to follow up on MANPADS discussions, eager to test its abilities with a May PSI exercise, and solidly in su [...]
2007-02-13 13:40:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETPARM PINR PREL MARR MASS SI
07LOME782TOGO: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on SIPDIS November 7, 2007. Menan replied that the GOT does not support terrorism and if there is an organization that supports terrorism, the government will not collaborate with [...]
2007-11-07 13:25:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TO
07LOME783TOGO: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-07 13:44:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC TO
07LONDON104ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382:
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...]
2007-01-10 15:34:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK
07LONDON1239USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 15:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALEFIN PARM KNNP IR UK
07LONDON1828(S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY
[...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...]
2007-05-14 14:15:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK
07LONDON1835(S/NF) UK CONDUCTING STUDY OF IMPACT OF IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing a Top Secret study -- likely to get widespread attention within Her Majesty's Government -- of the real impact of Iranian financial measures. The study, which is intended to draw upon both open and closed sources, is intended to in [...]
2007-05-14 16:13:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR UK
07LONDON2396DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (SBU) On June 20 Poloff delivered the nonpaper conveyed in reftel to Foreign Office Iran Multilateral Team Leader Will Gelling and to his colleague Christian Turner, who is slated to be the UK's DCM in Tehran later this year. 2. (SBU) Gelling noted with approval that USG is also notifying [...]
2007-06-21 13:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR EUN UK
07LONDON2965(S) IRAN'S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN PROLIFERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Demarche and non-paper were delivered July 31, 2007 to Patrick Guthrie, Head of Financial Sanctions Unit, HM Treasury (HMT) by Econoff. Guthrie said HMT would promptly consider and respond to the material and our request for UK information on Bank Melli that could be shared with [...]
2007-08-02 06:25:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON2994(S) BANK MELLI NON-PAPER CONVEYED TO FCO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-03 14:25:00Embassy LondonSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR UK
07LONDON374UK PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE HEARS POSITIVE VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Defense Select Committee of the UK House of Commons met with five experts in nuclear arms and defense policy on January 23 to hear views on HMG's recent white paper endorsing a renewal of the UK's existing submarine-based nuclear deterrent. Although the MPs heard some voice [...]
2007-01-29 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM MOPS UK
07LONDON4311POSSIBLE NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT/OFFER OF
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in and possible offer of nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to post's attention via call-in and email. Inform [...]
2007-11-21 08:54:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER UK
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