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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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07PARIS4357PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...]
2007-10-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR
07PARIS4358FRENCH NEXT STEPS ON LEBANON
[...] (C) In an unfortunately abbreviated meeting, French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Levant Ludovic Pouille gave us a quick update October 25 on how the French intend to move forward on Lebanon over the next couple of weeks. --FM Kouchner intends to continue his process of pressing the Lebanese [...]
2007-10-26 12:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4362YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...]
2007-10-26 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR
07PARIS4373BOLIVIA'S SUPPORT OF IRAN'S NUCLEAR ACTIVITY
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Aurelien Lepine-Kouas, French MFA desk officer for Bolivia on October 26. Poloff stressed U.S. concern over Bolivia's support of Iran's nuclear program, and provided the GOF with a text of Chocquehuanc's statements. Lepine-Kouas said the GOF had no [...]
2007-10-29 13:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN BO IR FR
07PARIS4378IRAN/FRANCE: THE RELATIONSHIP "UNRAVELS"
[...] (C) In the course of an October 25 conversation about the recent U.S. decision to designate Iranian entities and individuals for WMD and terrorist activities (reftel),French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf states Franck Gellet described French/Iranian relations as &unraveling [...]
2007-10-29 16:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR IR
07PARIS4430INFORMATION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING TOOLS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 17:05:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR FR
07PARIS4439U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA,
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...]
2007-11-07 15:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR
07PARIS4516GAERC DEMARCHE: FRENCH RESPONSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the November 19-20 GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. EU-CHINA SUMMIT: The GOF agrees with the USG position on worki [...]
2007-11-16 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK
07PARIS4522USD/P EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 9, USD/P Eric Edelman met with senior GOF officials to discuss Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, missile defense, Russia, NATO and ESDP, and Georgia. There are internal discussions about future French contributions to Afghanistan, but there is no consensus yet on fielding [...]
2007-11-19 09:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4529USD(P) EDELMAN MEETING WITH FRENCH DEFENSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 9, USD(P) Eric Edelman met with French Defense Minister Herv Morin in Paris as a follow-up to Secretary Of Defense Gates, 25 October meeting with Morin at the NATO Informal Defense Ministerials. Edelman provided Morin information on the Iranian ballistic missile thr [...]
2007-11-19 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4574FRENCH, BRITISH SHARE CONCERNS ON CHINESE IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the annual OECD Executive Committee meetings on November 12, A/S Sullivan met with UK FCO Director for Global and Economic Issues Scott Wightman and subsequently with French MFA DG for Economic Affairs Christian Masset. The principal subject of their discussion [...]
2007-11-26 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PARM CM IR FR
07PARIS4602ELSYEE TAKE ON LEBANON: THE INITIATIVE TO ELECT
[...] (C) French Presidency NEA adviser Boris Boillon told PolMinCouns and poloff November 29 that he is concerned that the March 14-backed initiative to elect LAF commander Michel Sleiman as president has already failed. He criticized the maladroit way he claimed March 14 had prematurely announce [...]
2007-11-29 17:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY IR
07PARIS4635FRENCH REACTION TO THE NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (C) We passed the key judgments for the Iran nuclear NIE and accompanying non-paper to French MFA DAS-equivalent for the Middle East Franck Gellet late December 3 and followed up with an office call December 4 (when we gave him the secret releasable paper). We also gave the French Presidency [...]
2007-12-04 17:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC FR IR
07PARIS4653FRANCE: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In November 29 meetings with MFA, Finance Ministry and French Central Bank officials, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey sought an update on status of current French and EU measures against Iranian entities and discussed further actions. The MFA Political Director expressed frustration at [...]
2007-12-06 11:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP PARM IR FR
07PARIS4670DECEMBER GAERC: FRENCH POSITIONS CLOSE TO U.S.'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA CFSP Deputy (DAS-equivalent) Emmanuel Cohet, who provided the following responses in advance of the December GAERC meeting of EU foreign ministers: A. KOSOVO: Cohet said that the U.S. and France share an approach, fully [...]
2007-12-07 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN IR IZ IS BM SU KV FR
07PARIS4683USD/P EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Undersecretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor (C) Eliot Cohen discussed the U.S. desire to develop a three- to five-year strategic vision for the Alliance in Afghanistan with senior French officials on December 5 in Paris. The French were [...]
2007-12-11 10:28:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PARM MARR MCAP AF IR RU PK GG FR
07PARIS4685YOUR DECEMBER 16-18 VISIT TO FRANCE
[...] (C) That the first international follow-on to Annapolis is taking place in Paris reflects the new confidence and greater cooperation that characterize our relationship with France seven months into the Presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy. France's support for our efforts to achieve peace in the Mid [...]
2007-12-11 15:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PINR KPAL EU FR LG SY IS IR
07PARIS4750FRENCH PRESIDENCY STRATEGIC ADVISER RICHIER
[...] (C) We passed reftel points to French MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran, Iraq, and the Gulf States Franck Gellet on December 13. PolMinCouns and poloff also passed these points on December 13 to French Presidency strategic affairs adviser Francois Richier. Richier commented that the points were [...]
2007-12-20 16:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNUP FR IR EU RU CH
07PARIS544FRANCE TIGHTENS POLICY ON IRAN EXPORT CREDITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France ratcheted up the pressure on Iran by publicly announcing a change in its export credit policy. It will strictly apply UNSCR 1737, ask companies to screen all transactions with its export credit agency, and lower its exposure to Iran. The announcement marks a u-turn in Fr [...]
2007-02-09 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR FR
07PARIS577FRANCE RESTRICTS TRANSACTIONS WITH ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On February 12, per ref b, we raised with the MFA's Nonproliferation office the need to freeze assets of Iranian entities and persons not specifically listed in the annex of UNSC 1737. David Bertolotti, deputy to the DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation, took note of our demarche, [...]
2007-02-13 16:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC EUN PARM IR FR
07PARIS599FRENCH WELCOME SIX-PARTY TALKS AGREEMENT AS
[...] (C) On February 14, we shared ref A text of agreement and nonpaper with key MFA offices, including the Asia Directorate, the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Directorate, the political Director's office, and the Minister's Cabinet advisor for Strategic Affairs. 2. (C) Arnaud Mentre, nonprol [...]
2007-02-15 15:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN IR FR
07PARIS710CHIRAC ADVISOR PROVIDES READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: In his February 24 meeting with President Chirac, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas urged the French to support a resumption of international economic assistance to the PA, but also suggested a continued refusal to engage in political contact with the new governme [...]
2007-02-26 13:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS KPAL LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS776FRENCH POLICY PLANNER SHARES VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Christian Nakhle, the MFA's lead policy planner for the Middle East, told us on February 27 that he just returned from a 10-day trip to the Gulf and was deeply worried about Bahrain's internal stability, saying he foresaw the possibility of serious political unrest developing withi [...]
2007-02-28 16:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR IR IS IZ LE PGOV PREL SY
07PARIS777SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...]
2007-02-28 17:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL
07PARIS921FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...]
2007-03-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM
07PORTAUPRINCE626DIO DESIGNATION: NONPAPER DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 18:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE939DEMARCHE ON IRAN/VENEZUELA
[...] (C) The Ambassador on May 21 delivered the points contained in reftel to Foreign Minister Clerisme regarding the regional impact of Iran and Venezuela's growing relationship. She emphasized that Iran represented a danger to the region and that Iran and Venezuela together threatened to underm [...]
2007-05-23 17:42:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS MARR PTER PHUM HA VE IR
07PORTLOUIS568MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED
[...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]
2007-10-30 07:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
07PORTOFSPAIN336DEMARCHE SENT REGARDING DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 15:38:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KNEP IR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN518T&T RELUCTANT TO CRITICIZE EITHER VENEZUELA OR IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ambassador Austin,s demarche on the expanding relationship between Venezuela and Iran, Foreign Minister Piggott was strictly neutral, saying that T&T is primarily interested in the maintenance of peace and the solution of all conflicts through dialogue. He implied [...]
2007-05-24 21:43:00Embassy Port Of SpainCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR VZ PM AR TD
07PRAGUE1144DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...]
2007-10-12 15:23:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO
07PRAGUE1146CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy regarding the upcoming October 15-16 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on Iran, Russia, Chad and Uzbekistan, as well as his negative as [...]
2007-10-15 09:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ PGOV PREL RS KV IR BM UZ
07PRAGUE1156IRANIAN DELEGATION VISIT: CZECH REPUBLIC SEEKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iranian Parliamentarian Majlis Alaeddin Boroujedi of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee met with Czech Foreign Minister Schwarzenberg and several parliamentary groups during his visit to Prague October 15-17. Based on conversations with the Foreign Minister, M [...]
2007-10-18 14:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE1176CZECHS APPRECIATE DETAILS ON DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 11:45:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFI EZ XG
07PRAGUE11912008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 14:42:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1233CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Vaclav Balek, Director of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the November 19 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were his comments on the Western Balkans, Iran, the EUFOR Chad-RCA mission and upcoming Sum [...]
2007-11-16 15:59:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEZ EUN PGOV PREL IR KVPR
07PRAGUE1274CZECHS BRIEFED ON IRAN NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor delivered reftel points on the NIE on Iran's nuclear program to Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on December 4. Povejsil appreciated receiving the NIE conclusions and the U.S. position. Povejsil thought that the NIE's conclusions regarding the nuclear progra [...]
2007-12-04 16:05:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR EZ
07PRAGUE12822008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL APPROVED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-07 13:28:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALIR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ
07PRAGUE1293IRAN BLASTS THE CZECHS FOR REACTION TO NIE
[...] (C) Summary: Iran has reacted harshly to the Czech stance on the recently released NIE and their decision to continue missile defense negotiations. They appear to have, at least temporarily, halted what were tentative steps towards normalizing relations. End summary 2. (C) During a meeti [...]
2007-12-12 15:10:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PGOV IR EZ EUN
07PRAGUE131CZECHS ON THE FEBRUARY 12-13 GAERC
[...] (U) Poloff met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek on February 9 to discuss the February 12-13 GAERC. The discussion was focused on Kosovo/Serbia and the Middle East. Czech policy remains unchanged. 2. (SBU) On Kosovo/Serbia, the Czechs will press for EU unity in support of Ahtisaari's prop [...]
2007-02-09 15:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD EUN YI SR BK AL IS IR AF SO
07PRAGUE213CZECHS ON MARCH 5-6 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. The official Czech position on the Balkans remains unchanged (Ref B). The Czechs are taking a "wait and see" position on the new National Unity government in Palestine, and continue to require compliance with the Quartet Principles. On Iran, the Czechs will call for additional san [...]
2007-03-02 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EUN KPAL BK YI IS IR AF SU UZ EZ
07PRAGUE329CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH
[...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...]
2007-03-27 16:14:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ
07PRAGUE334CZECH REPUBLIC: NO BANK SEPAH ACTIVITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 08:54:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC EZ
07PRAGUE368CZECH RESPONSE: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] (C) On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pavel Klucky, Head of the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Unit in the UN Department at the Czech MFA. Klucky stated that the Czech government would need some time to formulate a response. On April 6, Poloff again contacted Klucky, who rep [...]
2007-04-06 13:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM IR KN EZ
07PRAGUE369CZECH RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 13:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP IAEA IR EZ
07PRAGUE424CZECHS ON APRIL 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the April 23-24 GAERC, the Czech government will support tougher sanctions on Iran, a "realistic" approach to the National Unity Government in Palestine, and reform efforts in Central Asia (but urge the EU to focus on improving human rights in the region). The Czechs continue t [...]
2007-04-20 11:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD KPAL PREL EUN XG IS IR AF EZ
07PRAGUE45CZECHS WANT TO COOPERATE WITH THE U.S. "AS MUCH AS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Czech efforts to promote human rights and democracy in Iran are limited primarily to support for Radio Farda, an annual scholarship, a few internships, and humanitarian relief following the Bam earthquake. However, the Deputy Director of the MFA Middle East Department emphasized [...]
2007-01-18 15:02:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN EZ
07PRAGUE51CZECHS ON JANUARY 22-23 GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the January 22-23 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Kosovo, Iran, Sudan, and Somalia. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these countries. The foreign ministers will also discuss the EU neighborhood policy (the Czechs welcome a renewed focus on Ea [...]
2007-01-19 16:21:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN YI SR BK IS IR
07PRAGUE530CZECHS ON MARCH 30-31 GYMNICH
[...] (U) Czech MFA Deputy Director of CFSP Department Miroslav Kolatek on March 26 said the foreign ministers would discuss the following issues at the Gymnich meeting March 30-31: the Balkans, the Middle East Peace Process, and the EU Neighborhood policy. 2. (SBU) Balkans: the focus will be on [...]
2007-05-11 17:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EUN KPAL XG IS IR ZI EZ
07PRAGUE532CZECHS ON MAY 14-15 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary: At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs continue to (1) support independence for Kosovo (and privately expressed concern to Poloff about the possible impact on EU should the U.S. act unilaterally),(2) call for the Palestinian government to adopt the Quartet Principles, (3) seek solutio [...]
2007-05-14 05:18:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF EZ
07PRAGUE672CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...]
2007-06-11 16:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR
07PRAGUE674CZECHS SKEPTICAL ABOUT MISSILE DEFENSE VISIT TO
[...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil on June 11. Povejsil and MOD representatives indicated they share the U.S. view that Tehran's invitation for a Czech missile defense visit to Iran is not genuine. Povejsil said the Czechs have put a moratorium o [...]
2007-06-11 18:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ IR
07PRAGUE701CZECH DEP FM TO VISIT TEHRAN JUNE 18-19; AGENDA TO
[...] (C) Poloff met with Czech MFA Iran Desk Officer Eva Jelinkova on June 14 to deliver ref A points on American detainees in Iran and to discuss the planned trip of Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova to Tehran. Jelinkova said Bambasova will travel to Iran at the invitation of the Iranian go [...]
2007-06-14 15:43:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE741CZECH REPUBLIC: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (U) Reftel was delivered June 20 to Ministry of Finance Financial Analytical Unit Director Jaromir Neuzil. Although there was no immediate response, Post will forward any reaction or comments received. GRABER [...]
2007-06-21 07:53:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EUN EZ IR KN KNNP PARM
07PRAGUE788TEHRAN SPRING? CZECHS SEE POSSIBLE THAW IN
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 18-19 visit to Tehran, Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Helena Bambasova had surprisingly friendly meetings with key Iranian government officials to explore the possibility of improving relations between the estranged countries. While the focus of the trip was squarely on n [...]
2007-06-29 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EZ
07PRAGUE883CZECH REPUBLIC COMMITTED TO UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic remains fully committed to pressuring Iran to give up its nuclear program and to fully implementing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747. At the same time, based on signs that Iran is finally willing to accept that Radio Liberty/Radio Farda broadcast from the Czech [...]
2007-07-27 13:16:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM EFIN ETRD OECD EUN UNAUS IR EZ
07PRAGUE905UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S AUGUST 2 CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte, in town for consultations with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Farda, met on August 2 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar and Political Director Martin Povejsil, who expressed characteristic Czech support for the U.S [...]
2007-08-06 09:20:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG KNNP MARR IR EZ
07PRETORIA1108DELIVERED: INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 14:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC TRGY AORC EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR SF
07PRETORIA1138DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-30 15:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KTFN KN IR SF
07PRETORIA1744TRAVEL OF UNSC DESIGNATED IRANIANS
[...] (SBU) DFA senior and working-level officers charged with oversight of SAG implementation of UNSCR 1737 and 1747 have been unavailable for meetings; we will continue to try to engage them on Ref A topic. Acting PolCouns did raise the matter with DFA Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and [...]
2007-05-14 14:39:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP UNSC IR RS SF
07PRETORIA1801DFA UN DIRECTORATE ON KOSOVO, LEBANON TRIBUNAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The SAG has not finalized its position on Kosovo final status, but is getting closer. The ForMin's Brussels meeting with President Sejdiu was positive and helpful. Lower level Pretoria meetings with Bishop Artemije and Ulber Hysa were not. DFA working levels remain poorly inf [...]
2007-05-17 15:42:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC PINR KNNP UNSC UNMIK SF YI IR
07PRETORIA2186DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-18 14:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KTFN IR SF
07PRETORIA2395IRANIAN DEPFORMIN ARAGHCHI DEFENDS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Speaking July 4 at the University of Pretoria, Iranian DepForMin Araghchi argued that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful, but stressed that Tehran will not give up its NPT right to enrich uranium. Iran remains open to "creative" ideas on building confidence about the peaceful [...]
2007-07-06 10:50:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR IZ IS SF
07PRETORIA3298RESPONSE RECEIVED TO IRAN DEMARCHES
[...] (SBU) Congratulations to all involved in the successful senior-level interventions which resulted in positive movement of the South African position on Iran (Ref A). Closing the loop on Mission's efforts (Ref B),Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad faxed the following brief written reply to th [...]
2007-09-18 11:04:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC PREL KNNP AORC IAEA UNSC IR SF
07QUITO1905ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENSURING ROBUST
[...] (SBU) On August 9, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Lourdes Puma Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs and provided Spanish copies of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, as well as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidance paper on implementing targeted financial sanctions. Puma said [...]
2007-08-22 11:40:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM IR EC
07QUITO2133ECUADOR FM'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN AND THE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa on September 7. Espinosa responded that she was extremely interested and concerned about the Iranian nuclear program. She asked us to follow up with Ambassador Emilio Izquierdo, the Multilateral Affairs [...]
2007-09-17 14:39:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC IR
07QUITO2532ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IAEA DG'S NOV 15 REPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 20, 2007, to Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Affairs. 2. (C) Puma called Ecuador a strong proponent of disarmament and non-proliferation, as well as of the IAEA. She opined that Iran had made efforts to comply with the W [...]
2007-11-21 18:59:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EC
07QUITO2691ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IRAN NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered relevant key judgment and non-paper points on Iran National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) from Reftel B to MFA's Multilateral Affairs Directorate on December 12, 2007. We received a response on December 26, 2007, from Lourdes Puma, MFA Director General of Multilateral Af [...]
2007-12-28 11:33:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC PREL EC
07QUITO919DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 22:45:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC EC
07RABAT1433DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRAN/IAEA; THE LATEST FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Riley conveyed ref. B ministerial demarche to MFA Min-Del Fassi Fihri, who accepted the point but would not commit to a statement. Fassi Fihri had benefited from the receipt of the substance of ref. A from his I/O Chief, Nasser Bourita. Bourita, who had just returned [...]
2007-09-11 07:39:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IAEA IR MO
07RABAT1515IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA MEETING
[...] (C) In a September 18 meeting with MFA IO Chief (A/S equivalent) Nasser Bourita, Polcouns expressed U.S. appreciation for Morocco's strong message at the recent IAEA Board of Governors meeting and drew from reftel to emphasize the U.S. view that DG ElBaradei's "Plan of Action" represented a la [...]
2007-09-21 16:17:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA PARM MO IR
07RABAT1754DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 15,
[...] (C) On November 16, Charge delivered reftel demarche to GOM MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale, along with a copy of the U.S. press release. Charge, accompanied by Polcouns and Poloff, added that Iran's cooperation with the IAEA had been selective, incomplete, and reactive. He noted that Iran [...]
2007-11-19 15:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT1818IRAN SCORES POINTS IN DEBATE: "NUCLEAR IRAN: WAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Some Iranian arguments resonated with students at a debate, "Nuclear Iran: War and Peace," held on November 23 at a graduate school in Rabat. Iran,s Ambassador argued for Iran,s right to nuclear technologies, including uranium enrichment, citing sovereign right, peaceful inten [...]
2007-12-06 17:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PP MNUC IAEA AORC IR MO
07RABAT275IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jettou told the Ambassador on February 7 the February 5-6 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki was long on protocol but short on substance. Jettou said he pressed Iran to resolve its differences with the International Community. MFA DG Azeroual ela [...]
2007-02-09 17:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KNNP MO IR
07RABAT406MOROCCO ON IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On February 28, poloff met with Azzedine Farhane, UN Division Chief at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss Iran's failure to comply with its international obligations as required under UNSCR 1737 ( [...]
2007-03-02 12:58:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP UNSC MO IR
07RABAT458MOROCCO ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL FOR EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) On March 7, poloff met with Karim Halim, Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the Interpol Secretariat's recommendation to issue six Red Notices related to the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (reftel). Reca [...]
2007-03-12 10:21:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL IR MO AR
07RABAT613MOROCCAN AMBASSADOR DOES NOT ATTEND NATANZ CEREMONY
[...] (C) On April 9, poloff conveyed reftel demarche, which was received only shortly before the event, to Azzedine Farhane, Chief of the MFA's United Nations Division. Poloff urged Morocco not to participate in the ceremony inaugurating the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant scheduled for later in the d [...]
2007-04-09 18:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR MO
07RANGOON129BURMA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-06 09:49:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP IR BM
07RIGA106LATVIA: UNSCR 1737 POINTS ON FREEZING ASSETS OF
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel nonpaper February 13 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA. Rozeniece responded that Latvia has no significant economic ties with Iran. She added that she will forward the nonpaper to other interested GOL officials, includi [...]
2007-02-13 11:22:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LG
07RIGA228LATVIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC LG
07RIGA229LATVIA: INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1747 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 15:00:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY OARC UNSC LG
07RIGA266LATVIA'S RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 15:00:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDIR KN KNNP PARM PREL LG
07RIGA378LATVIA: POINTS ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) PolEconOff delivered reftel points May 21 to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA, and stressed the importance of a broad interpretation of UNSCR 1747's instructions. PolEconOff also highlighted the May 24 due date for states to submit UNSCR 1737 report [...]
2007-05-21 12:11:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR LG
07RIGA418LATVIA WILLING TO SHARE IRAN EXPORT DENIAL
[...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel non papers on (ref a) NSG open-ended seminar to discuss UNSCR 1737 and 1747 implementation, (ref b) proposal to share Iran export denial information, and (ref c) follow up Q and A points to Liga Rozeniece, Head of International Organizations Division at the MFA, [...]
2007-05-31 14:56:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR LG
07RIGA486LATVIA: ACCEPTS IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS AND
[...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Reinis Kalnins, MFA Senior Desk Officer for the Middle East and Africa Division, on June 28. Kalnins stated that the MFA would review the reftel A additions to the list of designated Iranian entities and individuals subject to E.O. 13382. [...]
2007-06-28 15:32:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP EFIN UNSC EUN IR LG
07RIGA627LATVIA SUPPORTS PROPOSED IMPLEMENTATION OF PLAN TO
[...] (C) On August 14, PolEconOff delivered ref A points and draft letters to Girts Krumins, Deputy Head of Strategic Goods Export Control Division at the Latvian MFA. Krumins expressed Latvian support for the overall initiative to share nuclear-related export denial information on Iran at the IAEA [...]
2007-08-21 07:32:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR LG
07RIGA650LATVIA TO ATTEND OPEN-ENDED TECHNICAL SEMINAR ON
[...] (SBU) PolEconOff delivered reftel points August 28 to Inga Marcinkevica, Head of the Export Control and Strategic Goods Division at the MFA. Marcinkevica responded August 30 that the GOL is very interested in the September 26 Open-Ended Technical Seminar on UNSCR 1737 Implementation that will [...]
2007-08-31 07:18:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP IR LG
07RIGA739IRAN PROPOSES A VISIT TO LATVIA
[...] (C) On the margins separate meeting, MFA A/S level official for bilateral affairs, Signe Jansone, told PolEconOff that the Iranian Embassy in Stockholm approached the GOL to suggest a visit to Latvia by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Jalili for November. Jansone elaborated that the prop [...]
2007-10-02 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LG
07RIGA779IRAN APPEARS TO REJECT DOWNGRADED VISIT TO LATVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-19 07:31:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR LG
07RIODEJANEIRO620 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...]
2007-11-23 13:49:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIODEJANEIRO621 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF I
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio o 2. (SBU) LeMieux met with Awad on November 7. He stated that the Stat 3. (SBU) Awad responded that Petrobras must go where the Brazilian Gov 4. (C) LeMieux inquired about media reports about Iranian delegations [...]
2007-11-23 13:50:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIODEJANEIRO622 FLORIDA STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TO PETROBRAS: GET OUT OF
[...] (C) Summary: During Florida Governor Charlie Crist's visit to Rio on November 7-8, the Governor's Chief of Staff George LeMieux met with Samir Awad, Executive Manager for Petrobras' International Assets, on November 7. They discussed Florida's legislation requiring divestiture of the state's [...]
2007-11-23 13:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPEC ECON PREL PGOV BR IR
07RIYADH1475NOPEC WORRIES US, ARAMCO LAWSUITS WORRY US MORE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) In a July 8 meeting, HRH Deputy Minister of Petroleum (MinPet) Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud indicated his concern with pending NOPEC legislation, but frankly told Embassy offi [...]
2007-07-10 15:00:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV IR SA
07RIYADH289AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI
[...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...]
2007-02-12 09:53:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE
07RIYADH797SAUDI RESPONSE TO THE NATANZ FUEL ENRICHMENT PLANT
[...] (SBU) As per request in reftel, Embassy delivered a diplomatic note with a request that Saudi Arabia refrain from sending a representative to the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Natanz Nuclear Fuel Enrichment Plant in Iran. In follow-up conversations with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, In [...]
2007-04-16 15:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC SA
07RIYADH881CODEL PELOSI APRIL 5 MEETING WITH MAJLIS AL-SHURA
[...] (C) U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and delegation met on April 5 with Majlis Al-Shura Chairman Sheikh Dr. Salih bin Humaid, several other Shura Council members, and Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. Adel Al-Jubeir. During a lively exchange of information and ideas, Humaid expl [...]
2007-04-28 13:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG PTER CVIS IS IR SA
07ROME1036ITALIAN REQUEST AT UN TO UNFREEZE BANK SEPAH ROME
[...] (S/NF) Embassy contacted the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes to learn more about the GOI proposal at the UN to unfreeze Bank Sepah Rome branch liquid assets. In particular, we inquired about plans to a) cover current expenses (e.g., utilities, legal and Ba [...]
2007-05-16 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT
07ROME1069ADDITIONAL ITALIAN VIEWS ON REQUEST AT UN TO
[...] (S/NF) EcMin met May 18 with Giuseppe Maresca, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial Crimes. After EcMin strongly conveyed ref A instructions, Maresca explained that the GOI was balancing a "firm attitude" on UNSC resolutions, while being mindfu [...]
2007-05-18 11:36:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT
07ROME1190AFTER THREATENING JSF FUNDING, GOI OFFICIAL
[...] (S) Summary. In a May 21 meeting with Ecmin, Alfredo Cuzzoni, the Ministry of Economic Development official responsible for the Ministry's support for Italy's defense industry, described an Italian defense procurement system constrained by political infighting and limited budgets. Cuzzoni s [...]
2007-06-01 05:47:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC IR IT MARR PARM PREL
07ROME122ITALY: BUSINESS AS USUAL - EXPORT CREDIT INSURANCE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a discussion with Emboffs about Italy halting export credit insurance for Iran (Ref A),a Ministry of Finance official -- who also serves as the President of Italy's export credit agency (ECA) SACE -- replied that an internal review of SACE's business with Iran in 2006 had [...]
2007-01-18 17:01:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT
07ROME127GOI RESPONSE TO IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO PROCURE
[...] (S) Econoff delivered ref A nonpaper on Iranian efforts to procure specialty steel for use in its ballistic missile program to Enrico Padula, the MFA working-level official responsible for MTCR issues. Padula said the GOI shares USG concerns regarding Iranian attempts to procure items contro [...]
2007-01-19 16:37:00Embassy RomeSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL IR IT
07ROME1281BANK OF ITALY PUTS BANK SEPAH ROME UNDER "SPECIAL
[...] (S/NF) The Bank of Italy (BOI) regulator overseeing BOI administration of Bank Sepah Rome since passage of UNSCR 1747 informed Econoff June 8 that BOI "special administration" of the branch is now in place. The Ministry of Finance approved BOI's request to move to a special administration of [...]
2007-06-11 16:31:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON UN IR IT
07ROME1310UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALY WOULD LIKELY SUPPORT UNSCR
[...] (C) Econoff met June 14 with Filippo Giansante, Ministry of Finance Chief of the Paris Club Division, to discuss options to restrict export credit flows to Iran through the OECD (refs A and B). (Note: Giansante is also an advisor to Ignazio Angeloni, President of Italy's export credit agenc [...]
2007-06-14 11:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN EU IR IT
07ROME1400ITALY: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-27 11:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR UN IT
07ROME1469ITALY - REQUEST FOR INDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered July 3 reftel non-paper requesting additional background information on individuals and entities listed in UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 to the MFA's Office for International Cooperation on Counterterrorism and the Ministry of Finance's Office for the Prevention of Financial C [...]
2007-07-05 15:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KNNP PARM PREL UN IR IT
07ROME1487ITALIAN REACTIONS TO USG PROPOSALS AT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) After a lengthy delay occasioned by the travel of the Italian official responsible for nonproliferation and export control issues and other postponements on the Italian side, Econoff recently succeeded in exchanging views on USG proposals for information sharing at the Nuclear Suppliers Gr [...]
2007-07-06 15:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW ETTC MNUC KNNP IAEA IR IT
07ROME17ITALY LOOKS TO SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FOLLOW-UP ON
[...] (S/NF) Pol M/C called MFA Political Director Giulio Terzi January 4 to follow up on GOI thinking following passage of UNSCR 1737, and in particular next steps on Bank Sepah and Iran's Aerospace Industries Organnization (AIO). Terzi said the GOI has no plans to withdraw Bank Sepah's authority [...]
2007-01-04 16:44:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN KNNP IR UNAUS IT
07ROME1842ITALY: SANNINO ON KOSOVO, IRAN, MEPP, SYRIA -
[...] (C/NF) In a wide-ranging conversation over breakfast August 29, the Ambassador discussed Kosovo, Iran, Hamas and Syria with the PM's Senior Diplomatic Advisor (National Security Advisor-Equivalent) Stefano Sannino. Sannino agreed that a UNSCR on Kosovo was unlikely and suggested that the inte [...]
2007-08-29 16:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL UNSC KV IR IS WE SY JO IT
07ROME1919ITALY: IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
[...] (C) On September 6 the Ambassador spoke with FM D'Alema to convey reftel points highlighting continued USG concerns over the Iranian nuclear program. D'Alema, who was on his way to the Gymnich ministerial requested an immediate copy of the points to review on his way to Portugal, which we prov [...]
2007-09-10 14:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR IT KNNP MNUC
07ROME192PRESSING ITALY ON AFGHANISTAN CAVEATS AND IRAN
[...] (C) Visiting EUR/WE director Allegrone urged GOI officials to look hard at ways to enhance Italy's military contribution in Afghanistan. MFA officials responded that they were doing so, but had to tread carefully to avoid a veto of mission funding by far-left members of the governing coaliti [...]
2007-01-29 10:19:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV XF AF IR IZ LE KNNP IT
07ROME1948(C) ITALIANS CONCERNED ABOUT SHARING IRAN-RELATED
[...] (C) On September 10, Econoff delivered to the Italian Trade Ministry ref A demarche regarding the USG proposal to release to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Iran-related Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) export denial information. Salvatore Pistorio, the Trade Ministry official r [...]
2007-09-12 14:47:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IR IT
07ROME1949D'ALEMA/IRAN: OPEN TO FURTHER UNSC SANCTIONS,
[...] (C) The Ambassador engaged FM Massimo D'Alema on Iran and Syria in a meeting on September 12, shortly after the minister returned from trips to the EU GYMNICH, Cairo, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. The conversation also followed recent visits to Italy of Syrian VP al-Shara, Iranian DFM Jalili, Isr [...]
2007-09-12 16:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IR AF LE XF UN KNNP IT
07ROME1959AMBASSADOR ASKS SANNINO TO RECONSIDER HIGH-LEVEL
[...] (C/NF) On September 13, the Ambassador met with Stefano Sannino, Senior Diplomatic Advisor to PM Prodi. Sannino informed the Ambassador that he would be traveling to Tehran next week to meet Deputy FM Jalili and chief nuclear negotiator Larajani to discuss the nuclear issue, Afghanistan and L [...]
2007-09-13 15:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UNSC IR SU SY IT
07ROME198IRAN: ITALIAN ECA CHIEF ECONOMIST ON USG
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Econoff met with the Chief Economist of SACE, Italy's export credit agency (ECA),to review SACE's current business in Iran. He explained that there has been a net decrease in SACE's business in Iran in the past six months, due to a SACE decision not to insure further trade [...]
2007-01-30 12:07:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR IT
07ROME1984IRAN: FOLLOW-UP ON SEPTEMBER IAEA BOG MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-17 13:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN IT
07ROME2032ITALIAN ENGAGEMENT ON IRAN MONEY LAUNDERING COULD
[...] (S) Summary: As the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) considers taking action against the Iranian financial system in October, the Italian representative said that he intended to engage the Iranian Embassy over their failure to respond to repeated entreaties by senior FATF officials. Treasury [...]
2007-09-21 15:52:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL UNSC ECON EFIN KNNP ETTC IR IT
07ROME2071ITALIAN EDISON DENIES ROLE IN SWISS FIRMS PURCHASE
[...] (C) Summary. Econoff delivered to Edison Italia Ref A demarche regarding Swiss firm EGL's plans to purchase Iranian natural gas for export to Switzerland using the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) natural gas pipeline. Edison's Director for Institutional and Regulatory Affairs, Giampaolo Russo, d [...]
2007-09-25 16:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR SZ GR TU IT
07ROME2095ITALIAN OFFICIALS AGREE TO MONITOR NEW IRANIAN
[...] (S) Summary: A senior Italian Ministry of Finance official agreed to carry out increased vigilance over new Iranian Central Bank (Bank Markazi) accounts in Italy (Ref A). The official told us that he has not met with the Iranian Embassy in Washington to discuss possible Financial Action Task Fo [...]
2007-09-28 16:10:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL EFIN ECON UNSC KNNP PTER IR IT
07ROME211EU CONSIDERING "EMBARGO" PROHIBITING EXPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-01 16:26:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC MTCRE IR EU IT
07ROME2131S/P GORDON ENGAGES GOI ON KOSOVO, IRAN,
[...] (C) S/P Director David Gordon engaged senior GOI officials on Kosovo, Russia, MEPP, Iran, Lebanon, UNSC reform, Darfur, Afghanistan and climate change during October 1 consultations. On Kosovo the Italians said the goal should be a UNSCR, and that the Kosovars should be persuaded to postpone [...]
2007-10-04 16:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL XF AF IR LE UNAUS KNNP IT
07ROME2143TERRORIST FINANCE: ITALIANS STILL NOT ON BOARD
[...] (S) Summary: An Italian Ministry of Finance official predicted lengthy discussions on UNSCR 1737 (Iran) implementation at the October 12 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary in Paris. Italian officials are also close to announcing a decision to approve delisting Italian national Nasredd [...]
2007-10-05 16:56:00Embassy RomeSECRETKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER IT IR
07ROME2169ITALY: IRAN GAERC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA DG FOR
[...] (C/NF) On October 11 Charge' spoke with Cesare Ragaglini, the MFA Director General for Mediterranean and Middle East Affairs, about the importance we attach to EU Foreign Ministers taking action on Iran at the upcoming GAERC, per reftel. Ragaglini said he knew the Secretary had talked about [...]
2007-10-12 13:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR XF EUN IT
07ROME2218EU FMS TRIP: ITALY PROMOTING "CONSENSUS"
[...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Levant Office Director Danielle Bosio October 18. Bosio said Italy agreed with reftel points on non-interference in Lebanese politics with one exception. Bosio agreed on the need for the three FMs to remain impartial, but explained that I [...]
2007-10-19 16:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALFR IR IT KDEM LE PGOV PREL SP SY
07ROME2246BOLIVIA: ITALY WILL CONSIDER DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT
[...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Office Director for South America Michele Giacomelli October 23 to discuss reftel points and request that Italy demarche the Government of Bolivia on its unhelpful support of Iran's nuclear program. Poloff explained USG concerns over inaccurate and troubling statements [...]
2007-10-25 16:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALBO IR KNNP PGOV PREL IAEA USUN IT
07ROME2247ITALY: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) Ambassador spoke with FM Massimo D'Alema October 25 to inform him of the designations of Iranian entities and individuals under U.S. Executive Orders (reftel). He told the FM that the U.S. expected Italy to take these actions seriously and do all Italy could to make their impact felt, an [...]
2007-10-26 06:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07ROME2261AFTER JALILI/LARIJANI VISIT, ITALIANS SEE NO
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The GOI sees no softening of the Iranian position on nuclear enrichment after the October 23 visit of the Iranian nuclear negotiating team. Nevertheless, Italy sees Iran's agreement to ontinue talks with Solana as a sign of progress. The Ambassador told PM Prodi's Diplomatic [...]
2007-10-29 16:27:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP IR AF YI IAEA MNUC PARM
07ROME2279AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 16:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT
07ROME2287IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING
[...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...]
2007-11-02 09:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT
07ROME2299IRAN: POINTS DELIVERED ON U.S. EXPECTATIONS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 17:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC IR IT
07ROME2337ITALY ON IRAN IAEA REPORT: NO ABSOLUTION FOR
[...] (C) Poloff delivered Iran IAEA points (State 157039) to MFA Non-Proliferation Office Director Emanuele Farruggia and Iran Desk Officer Lorenzo Kluzer. Farruggia said the preliminary Italian reactions to El Baradei,s report are that &much remains to be clarified,8 and that the IAEA,s inabilit [...]
2007-11-16 16:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC IT
07ROME2360ITALIANS DISCUSS IRAN SANCTIONS, LEBANESE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 15, S/I and NEA PDAS David Satterfield met in Rome with MFA Iraq Task Force Director Gianludovico De Martino and MFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Cesare Ragaglini. De Martino said Italy wanted to see greater on-the-ground coordination of donor progra [...]
2007-11-21 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE SY IZ IR IS IT
07ROME2362ITALY-MIDDLE EAST: DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN,
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray exchanged views on Iran and discussed the Annapolis conference with PM Diplomatic Advisor on the Middle East Marco Carnelos on November 15 in Rome. Gray emphasized the unwavering U.S. commitment to prevent a nuclear Iran. Carnelos said Italy was committed to encouragi [...]
2007-11-21 16:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV XF IR ZR XI IT
07ROME2395SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...]
2007-11-29 19:53:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ
07ROME2409IRAN NIE: ITALIAN FM D'ALEMA BRIEFED BY DNI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 01:58:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC IR PARM IT
07ROME2473ITALIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO PREVENTING IRANIAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the possible use of false end users in Iranian proliferation efforts to Roberto Liotto, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office Director responsible for Nuclear Supplie [...]
2007-12-14 13:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IT
07ROME2477(S) ITALIANS TELL U/S LEVEY "THERE IS GROWING
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 28, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey pressed senior Italian officials to take additional measures to protect the international financial system from abuse by Iranian entities and individuals. U/S Levey passed detailed i [...]
2007-12-17 07:56:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT
07ROME2484TREASURY U/S LEVEY'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN BANKS
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Levey met with Italy's major private sector banks on November 27 and 28 in Milan and Rome. He explained USG designations (for their involvement in Iran,s proliferation activities) of Banks Melli and Mellat, and of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its associat [...]
2007-12-18 08:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN IR KNNP PARM PREL IT
07ROME2487ITALIAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN TO INQUIRE ABOUT MISSING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 17:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALAS CA CASC CH EU EZ PHUM PREL IR IT
07ROME256IRAN: REPORTS OF LEGAL ACTION AGAINST ITALY
[...] (C) Iran Daily reported online (in English) January 30 and 31 that the Government of Iran will "take legal action against Italy,s decision to suspend its banking cooperation with Iran." Government of Italy contacts believe the proposed legal action by Iran is not linked to UNSCR 1737 or rec [...]
2007-02-08 09:24:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON EFIN IR IT
07ROME261ITALY: ONLY MULTILATERAL DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) MFA Office Director for Persian Gulf, Bruno Campria, told poloff Italy no longer has a bilateral program for promoting democracy, human rights or civil society in Iran. He said Iran froze all dialogue with Italy on human rights issues after Italy co-sponsored a Canadian UN Resolution in 2 [...]
2007-02-08 13:29:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IT
07ROME310PROPOSAL FOR GOI-USG EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. Throughout 2006, Embassy Rome has engaged the GOI in a dialogue on export control issues, with mixed results. While the GOI is a reliable supporter of the Missile Technology Control Regime and Australia Group, the G [...]
2007-02-14 10:32:00Embassy RomeSECRETETRD ETTC IR IT
07ROME336GOI STOPS FASTBOAT ENGINE SHIPMENT TO IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Over the past four years, Post has engaged the GOI repeatedly on Italian exports of fastboats and their components to Iran (refs B, C, and G). We recently heard that fastboats and marine diesel engines exported t [...]
2007-02-20 08:29:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR ETTC IR IT
07ROME373ITALY: ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-23 15:01:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR IT
07ROME386LARIJANI VISIT TO ITALY: LOOKING FOR A DEAL?
[...] (S/NF) Iranian nuclear negotiator Larijani came to Rome February 21 for meetings with PM Prodi and senior Italian officials. He reportedly told them Iran wants a deal that will not be humiliating and that recognizes its rights under the NPT. It would stop enrichment in place, the Security Co [...]
2007-02-26 17:33:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IT
07ROME409IRAN: BANK SEPAH ROME STILL OPEN
[...] (C) Summary: EcMin discussed the status of Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch with Bank of Italy (BOI) officials March  [...]
2007-03-01 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV IR IT
07ROME47ITALY NOTIFIED OF ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) The Embassy delivered ref points on Bank Sepah designation to the MFA, Bank of Italy, and Ministry of Finance January 9. Pol M/C then spoke to Filippo Formica, MFA Nuclear Non-Proliferation Office Director, noting US interest in possible Italian follow-up action on Bank Sepah and our own [...]
2007-01-09 17:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KN PARM IR IT
07ROME478ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-11 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN
07ROME534ITALY: GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF IRAN UNSCR; BUT
[...] (C) DCM raised points on UNSCR on Iran (ref A) March 16 with FM D'Alema's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Nelli Feroci, who said he thought Italy would support the resolution as a balanced document. However, he said he would have to check with FM D'Alema personally on how strongly he felt about l [...]
2007-03-16 17:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR IT
07ROME571ITALY IN FAVOR OF LEBANON CONTACT GROUP
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Luciano Pezzotti March 22. Pezzotti appreciated the follow-up to NEA DAS Danin's February 23 visit and his suggestion to increase intelligence sharing through diplomatic channels and agreed that evidence of continued weapons [...]
2007-03-22 15:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER UNSC LBAR IR IT
07ROME593IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR BANK SEPAH ROME
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch an order to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities "indef [...]
2007-03-23 10:49:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL IR IT
07ROME600CORRECTED COPY - IRAN: BOI INSPECTOR TO MONITOR
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) recently issued an order to Iranian Bank Sepah's Rome branch to cease all business with any entity listed in the Annex to UNSCR 1737. Additionally, after Econoffs visited with BOI officials, BOI sent an inspector to monitor the branch's activities " [...]
2007-03-23 15:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN PREL IR IT
07ROME628BANK OF ITALY ACTS AGAINST BANK SEPAH ROME
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Bank of Italy (BOI) has sent two "provisional administrators" to manage Bank Sepah Rome's affairs for the next 60 days, effectively placing the branch under BOI control. After that, BOI will decide whether to request that the Ministry of Finance (MOF) appoint a "special [...]
2007-03-27 17:00:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL EFIN KTFN ETTC ECON IR IT
07ROME69IRAN SOLICITS ENI INVESTMENT IN AZADEGAN AND SOUTH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary. Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni told the Ambassador that the Iranian Energy Minister has offered Eni investment opportunities in Iran's South Pars and Azadegan oil fields. Scaroni said Eni is interested in additional inve [...]
2007-01-12 06:50:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC EPET ENRG PREL IR IT
07ROME697ITALIAN FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN 2007: AFRICA AND
[...] (SBU) Italy's 2007 budget included 1.88 billion euros (0.12 percent of GDP) for foreign assistance, a slight increase from 1.81 billion euros in 2006. The Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Finance disburse most assistance funding. MFA's Office of Development Cooperation (ODC) -- Italy's US [...]
2007-04-05 09:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PREL PGOV IR LE AF IT
07ROME821UNSCR 1747/OECD: ITALIAN VIEWS ON COMMON LINE
[...] (C) EcMin met April 20 with Giulio Terzi, MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs and Human Rights, and staff to discuss ref A points. EcMin began by explaining that we decided to approach the MFA, since previous meetings with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and SACE (Italy's e [...]
2007-04-20 12:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR IT
07ROME92GOI PUSHES BACK ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SALE TO IRAN
[...] (S) Summary. Econ Counselor recently discussed with the MFA's Arms Material Authorization Unit the canceled sale by a Finmeccanica subsidiary of air traffic control (ATC) radar to Iran (ref A) in an effort to enhance GOI understanding of U.S. export control views of dual-use exports to Iran. [...]
2007-01-16 16:28:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR IT
07ROME95IRAN - GOI REACTION TO BANK SEPAH DESIGNATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Terzi told visiting EUR A/S Fried that Italy expects European Commission political directors to come to agreement on a common position regarding the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah, within the next few days. Domestically, the GOI is considering revising [...]
2007-01-17 07:42:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP KN PARM IR IT
07ROME971ITALIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ASSET FREEZE ON BANK
[...] (S) The Bank of Italy (BOI) March 26 sent two "provisional administrators" to manage Bank Sepah Rome's affairs for sixty days, effectively placing the branch under BOI control (Ref B). BOI reported March 27 that Bank Sepah Rome is now "an empty box" -- i.e., the branch allegedly has no rema [...]
2007-05-09 09:54:00Embassy RomeSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM PREL UNAUS IR IT
07SANAA1099DAS CARPENTER AND SALEH FOCUS ON FORUM FOR FUTURE
[...] This is an action request; see paragraph five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Carpenter met with President Saleh on June 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future, which Sanaa will host this December, and U.S.-Yemeni relations, with a focus on assistance. The President also r [...]
2007-06-12 09:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MOPS PGOV LY IR YM
07SANAA2028YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM
07SANJOSE1049DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] On May 18, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. On May 25, PolOff followed up with a phone call to Corde [...]
2007-06-01 21:57:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS ETTC IR PARM PREL
07SANJOSE1053COSTA RICA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN-VENEZUELA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31st, PolCoun and PolOff met with Alejandro Solano, sub-director of the Foreign Policy Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss the growing Iranian-Venezuelan relationship (Ref a). Solano was receptive and expressed concerns, particularly in the area of the loose [...]
2007-06-04 16:08:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS MARR PTER IR ECON VE CS
07SANJOSE657COSTA RICA: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 21:29:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KNNP PARM KN IR CS
07SANSALVADOR1071EL SALVADOR ON VENEZUELA/IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) On May 31, poloff raised reftel C points with MFA Multilateral Affairs Chief Mario Rivera. (Note: The GOES has repeatedly raised with Post their misgivings about the growing Iran-Venezuela relationship, as well as potential Iran-Nicaragua ties; see reftels A and B. End note.) Rivera s [...]
2007-05-31 20:48:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR ES
07SANSALVADOR1074EL SALVADOR ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-31 20:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY PREL PARM
07SANSALVADOR1542EL SALVADOR: POSITION ON UNSC IRAN RESOLUTIONS
[...] (U) Poloff held follow-up discussions on August 9 with Mario Rivera, Director of Multilateral Affairs for the Salvadoran Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regarding reftel demarche. Rivera's response was unchanged from initial meeting on the topic held July 23 with Rivera and Felix Ulloa, MFA [...]
2007-08-10 17:00:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM IR ES
07SANSALVADOR2358EL SALVADOR: CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO IRAN/NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us December 5 they would study the NIE summary and our non-paper, but that El Salvador's basic approach to the Iran/nuclear issue would continue to be cautious. Our interlocutors were especially receptive to the argument that Iran must comply with existing UNSC [...]
2007-12-06 19:50:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR ES
07SANSALVADOR415DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60 DAY REPORT TO UNSC DELIVERED
[...] On March 2 Econoff delivered reftel demarche and provided a copy of the U.S. report regarding UNSC resolution 1737 to Ministry of Foreign Relations Director of Multilateral Affairs Mario Rivera Mora. Rivera was well aware of UNSC Resolution 1737, but to date El Salvador has not prepared any w [...]
2007-03-06 23:20:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY ES
07SANSALVADOR588INTERVIEW WITH IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 11, leading El Salvador daily La Prensa Grafica published an interview in its Sunday magazine with Mohammed Roohi Sefat, Iranian Ambassador to Mexico (also accredited to Nicaragua),about his opinions of the Salvadoran Armed Forces presence in Iraq. The int [...]
2007-03-29 21:26:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ES IZ MX NU VE IR KNNP
07SANSALVADOR713EL SALVADOR POSITION ON UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 20:59:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC ES
07SANSALVADOR714EL SALVADOR ON IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-17 21:00:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KNAR IR ES
07SANTIAGO1MEDIA REACTION - SADDAM'S EXECUTION
[...] On January 3, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Saddam Hussein: A Bad Solution" ("Peor que el fondo") Quote: "Almost 60 years after the Nuremburg process took place, the same impossibility of having a truly exemplary justi [...]
2007-01-03 16:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO10MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) ran an editorial entitled "Iran Sanctions." Quote: 2. "The U.N. Security Council adopted resolution 1737.... The crisis between the international community and Iran has deepened due to (Iran's) nuclea [...]
2007-01-04 15:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO1004TAKING THE GOOD (AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST) WITH THE
[...] (S) Ricardo Ortiz, the MFA's Acting Director for the Middle East and Africa, confirmed to E/Pol Counselor on June 21 that Iran would open an embassy in Santiago, as MFA Director General Portales told the Ambassador June 15 (ref A). Ortiz said Chile and Iran had always maintained diplomatic re [...]
2007-06-22 14:30:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETIR PINR PREL PTER CI
07SANTIAGO104MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On January 18, Megavision's morning news program featured a commentary by international pundit Libardo Buitrago on Iran's President Ahmadinejad to Latin America. He said, "He is a very controversial President of a Muslim, religious, Shiite nation.... He has a particular relationship with Hugo [...]
2007-01-19 16:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO11MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] On January 4, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried a column by international analyst Karin Ebensperger entitled "Iraq: The World is Waiting." Quote: 2. "Since my early studies of Political Science I have admired the values chosen by the America [...]
2007-01-04 15:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO1564IRAN AND IAEA: CHILE TO REMAIN ACTIVE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-25 18:02:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP EUN IR CI IAEA
07SANTIAGO1802CHILE: FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] E/POLoff delivered reftel demarche to Mauricio Fernandez, Chief of Money Laundering at the Public Ministry; Victor Ossa, Director of Chile's Financial Intelligence Unit (the UAF); Gustavo Arriagada, Superintendent of the Superintendency of Banks; Cristina Farah of the Bank Association; and Ju [...]
2007-11-07 19:18:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON IR CI
07SANTIAGO1859MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM - DVC WITH
[...] Summary: U.S. Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Ambassador Greg Schulte, briefed via Digital Video Conference (DVC) Chilean TV and radio commentators, think tank analysts, and university academics on the danger of Iran's nuclear program and the need for Iranian complian [...]
2007-11-23 10:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PREL PGOV OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO199MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN
[...] On February 3, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (Sat. circ. 195,626) carried an editorial entitled "The Strategy that the Conflict in Iraq Calls For." Quote: 2. "It is clear that the original U.S. goal to make post-Hussein Iraq the center from which to expand democratic values is no [...]
2007-02-05 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO348MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE ROLE OF IRAN
[...] On February 28, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 30,000) carried a column by Gabriela Mistral University assistant dean Ricardo Riesco, entitled, "Failing in Iraq Would be a Disaster." Quote: 2. "The collapse that characterizes any territorial fragmentation could have very [...]
2007-02-28 18:32:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO418MEDIA REACTION: IRANIAN TIES WITH VENEZUELA
[...] On March 11, conservative, influential, newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (Sun. circ. 260,108) carried an editorial entitled "Iran's Diplomacy in Latin America." Quote: 2. "Iran is actively engaged with the President of Venezuela to increase its influence in Latin America.... An eventual [...]
2007-03-13 13:55:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER IR CI
07SANTIAGO581CHILE UNLIKELY PARTICIPANT IN NATANZ FUEL
[...] (SBU) Poloff contacted Chilean MFA Deputy Director for International Security and Non-Proliferation Hernan Mena April 9 to discuss the Natanz facility opening. Mena said that he had not seen any reporting in MFA channels on the Natanz opening, but would contact the Chilean representative to [...]
2007-04-09 21:28:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC IR CI
07SANTIAGO635MEDIA REACTION: IRAN AND ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] On April 18, conservative, independent "La Tercera" (circ. 101,000) carried an editorial by political scientist Boris Yopo entitled "The United States and the Threat of War with Iran." Quotes: 2. "Iran's intentions are clear. It wants...the international community to recognize its status a [...]
2007-04-18 18:56:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO72MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 19:40:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTIAGO85MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-17 19:52:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI IR
07SANTODOMINGO1207IRAN-VENEZUELA TIES: MEASURED DOMINICAN RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Dominican Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Alejandra Liriano, emphasizing the talking points on nuclear ties, weapons technology cooperation, and terrorism concerns. 2. (C) In her reply, Liriano commented that Venezuela has close bilateral relatio [...]
2007-05-22 19:34:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR VE IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1218DEMARCHES ON UNSC RESOLUTIONS 1267 AND 1747:
[...] POLOFF delivered ref A talking points on "the importance of international support for counter-terrorism objectives" and ref B points on "implementing UNSCR 1747 (Iran nuclear program)" to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but [...]
2007-05-23 16:39:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN PTER IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1354DEMARCHE ON U.S. REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 DELIVERED TO
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "U.S. 60-Day Report to UN Security Council on UNSCR 1747" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. 2. This re [...]
2007-06-06 20:12:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO1808DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on "Ensuring Robust Implementation of UNSC-Imposed Sanctions on Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. [...]
2007-07-31 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2432SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2604IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT ON IRAN: DOMINICAN
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftel talking points on the "IAEA Director General's report on implementation of safeguards in Iran" to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ambassador Pedro Blandino, Assistant Secretary of International Organizations Affairs, took our views on board but had no immediate reply. [...]
2007-11-23 15:18:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM AORC IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2758IRAN NIE DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) ECOPOLCOUNS delivered talking points/non-papers contained reftels to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 17 to Deputy Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Trullols, who had just returned after two weeks out of the country. Trullols said that Iranian activities were "a matter of worry and s [...]
2007-12-19 12:32:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM KNPP IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO808DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1747 AND DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S
[...] POLOFF delivered Reftels' talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Relations. Ambassador Rhadys Abreu, Acting Dominican Chief of United Nations and Organization of American States Affairs (Assistant Secretary-equivalent),took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report an [...]
2007-04-10 16:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA IAEA IR DR
07SARAJEVO2595DEMARCHE ON THE NIE'S ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 13:43:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETKNNP MNUC PREL PARM IR BK
07SARAJEVO481BOSNIA SUPPORTS EFFORTS IN UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 15:02:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY BK IR
07SEOUL1051SHIELD S08D-05: ROK FIRM BIOTRON TERMINATED
[...] (S) On April 6, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) told poloff that the ROK firm Biotron did not/not fulfill an order of two large fermenters by the Iranian firm Samamicro. In fact, Biotron terminated all n [...]
2007-04-10 09:16:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM PREL CBW ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1364ROKG ON IRANIAN INVITATION FOR REACTOR BIDS
[...] (C) A/POL delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Park Chul-min on May 8. Park indicated that his office was aware of the Iranian invitation to bid and agreed with reftel points that the nuclear power plants were an eff [...]
2007-05-08 08:08:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM KS
07SEOUL1403SEOUL RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF BANK SEPAH AND
[...] (S/NF) MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMY (MOFE) FOREIGN EXCHANGE REGULATIONS DIVISION DIRECTOR HWANG KUN-IL TOLD ECONOFF TODAY THAT MOFE NOTIFIED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ON APRIL 6 ABOUT THE FREEZE ON ASSETS OF BANK SEPAH AND BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL AND OTHER ENTITITES PURSUANT TO UNSCR 1747. [...]
2007-05-10 07:30:00Embassy SeoulSECRET//NOFORNDA EFIN IR KNNP KS PARM
07SEOUL1533(S) ROK RESPONSE: EFFORTS BY IRAN'S MISSILE
[...] This is an action request. Post requests that Department provide information requested by the ROKG in para 3. 2. (S) Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told poloff that Insung International Co [...]
2007-05-18 07:11:00Embassy SeoulSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1655RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON U.S. PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30 addressing the U.S. proposal "that Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Part [...]
2007-06-01 00:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDETTC IR KS PARM PREL
07SEOUL1656RESPONSE RECEIVED: FOLLOWING UP ON THE U.S.
[...] (SBU) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel points, including the non-paper, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Disarmament and Non-Proliferation officer Youn Jong Kwon. A response was provided by Kwon on May 30. Kwon stated that the ROKG is content with the current agenda, as pro [...]
2007-06-01 00:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL1710ROKG ON VENEZUELA-IRAN RELATIONSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-05 09:04:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL ECON PTER VE IR KS
07SEOUL1817MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-14 07:53:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EUN KS IR
07SEOUL1894(S) ROKG DENIES PENDING LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF
[...] (S) On June 22, Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) informed poloff that the ROK Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy (MOCIE) had completed its investigation of Insung International Corporation [...]
2007-06-22 04:49:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL2068ROKG CONTACTED ABOUT ENTITIES LISTED IN UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 04:42:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPARM EFIN KNNP IR KS
07SEOUL2409REQUEST TO EXAMINE BANK MELLAT TRANSACTIONS IN
[...] (S) On August 6, poloff delivered reftel non-paper and talking points to Ham, Sang-wook, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division. Ham undertook to share the non-paper and request for investigation with the ROK Ministry of [...]
2007-08-10 07:49:00Embassy SeoulSECRETKNNP PARM PREL KS IR
07SEOUL2547SEOUL RESPONSE: BANK MELLAT TRANSACTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-23 06:19:00Embassy SeoulSECRETIR KNNP PARM PREL KS
07SEOUL2560SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY VEHICLES SALE TO IRAN
[...] (C) During a meeting on August 23 with Park Chul-min, Director of the Disarmament and Non-proliferation Division at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),Park inquired whether the U.S. Government would have any objection to the following sale of Kia Motors vehicles to [...]
2007-08-24 06:54:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINS PTER MASS KS IR AF IZ
07SEOUL2885IAEA BOG FOLLOWUP: ROKG SUPPORTS CONTINUED PRESSURE ON IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH IAEA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Park Chul-min, Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Park, who had attended the September 10-14 IAEA Board of Governors' (BOG) meetings in Vienna, said the ROKG continued to share USG concerns about [...]
2007-09-19 08:15:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALIR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN KS KNNP
07SEOUL332CWC: ROK SUPPORT REQUESTED TO BLOCK IRAN BECOMING
[...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff delivered reftel instructions to Kim Jae-woo, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Kim stated that the ROK Ambassador at the Hague did not discuss the possibility of South Korea running for the Executive C [...]
2007-02-02 08:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR KS
07SEOUL3320ROKG SHARES BROAD INTERPRETATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:40:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC KS IR
07SEOUL381ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 04:17:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP EFIN KS IR
07SEOUL568IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 08:48:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP KS IR
07SEOUL569ROKG INVESTIGATING POTENTIAL SALE OF MOBILE PHONE
[...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Park Chul-min, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Director, Deputy POL M/C discussed ref a points urging Seoul to investigate whether a ROK firm was seeking to transfer mobile phone jammers to Iran. Park said MOFAT, upon receiving the points [...]
2007-02-27 08:50:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PARM ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL807ROK COMPANY NOT SELLING MOBILE PHONE JAMMERS TO
[...] (S) On March 20, MOFAT's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division Deputy Director, Lee Kyu-ho, told poloff that the ROKG had completed its investigation into concerns that Iran was seeking to acquire mobile phone jammers from a South Korean company (reftels) and had determined that the sale [...]
2007-03-20 07:51:00Embassy SeoulSECRETPREL PARM ETTC KS IR
07SEOUL958INITIAL ROK RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NSG COUNTRIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On March 30, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Youn Jong-kwon, Deputy Director of the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up conversation, Youn said that th [...]
2007-04-02 08:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IAEA IR KS
07SEOUL959ROK RESPONSE TO DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] On April 2, Poloff delivered reftel non-paper to Hahm Seong-wook, Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). Hahm noted that discussions among the relevant ROKG agencies about how UNSCR 1737 measures would be implemented [...]
2007-04-02 08:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR KS
07SHANGHAI529SHANGHAI ACADEMIC ON SCO, RUSSIA, IRAN AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary: In a lunch discussion with DPO on August 20, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Academic Pan Guang noted Russia's increased interest in energy coordination at the recent SCO Summit in Bishkek and asserted that this represented a slight shift in Russian policy towards the SC [...]
2007-08-22 07:13:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG CH RS TI TX UZ KZ IR KN
07SINGAPORE1003M/V GANT STAR: GOS PROVIDES STORAGE COST ESTIMATE
[...] (S) Jonathan Tow of MFA's International Organizations Directorate on May 23 provided us with a storage cost estimate for the 20 containers of sodium perchlorate Singapore seized April 21 (reftels). 2. (S) Tow said Singapore Customs estimated that storing the containers would cost approxim [...]
2007-05-24 09:15:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE1242(S) SINGAPORE TO APPROACH MALTA FIRST REGARDING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-28 09:26:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL NMNUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE1255(S) SINGAPORE'S MESSAGE TO MALTA REGARDING M/V
[...] (S) MFA delivered the following non-paper to us on June 29. Per reftel, this language was to be given to Malta on June 28 via Singapore's mission to the United Nations in New York. Also per reftel, Singapore has agreed to the U.S. raising this issue in follow-up discussions with Malta on th [...]
2007-07-02 05:40:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL NMUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE1258(S) SINGAPORE MIGHT RELEASE PRECURSOR CHEMICALS TO
[...] (S) MFA's International Organizations Directorate Deputy Director Michelle Teo-Jacob said that Singapore was close to determining the fate of 20 containers of missile propellant precursor it seized on April 21 (reftels). Without saying so directly, she indicated during a June 28 meeting that [...]
2007-07-02 07:13:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE1409INTEL LEAK IRKS GOS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-31 02:59:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE1668COALITION FORCES ESSENTIAL TO IRAQ'S REBUILDING,
[...] (U) A premature withdrawal of Coalition forces from Iraq would harm the situation in Iraq, Iraqi Foreign Ministry Deputy Minister for Policy Planning, Labeed Majeed ABBAWI told a Singapore audience on September 6 at a forum on Iraq's foreign policy. A major goal for the GOI is to convince its [...]
2007-09-07 07:26:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI ECON ETRD PGOV PTER IR XF IZ SN
07SINGAPORE175(S) GOS STILL PURSUING SOKKIA AND MACHINE TOOL
[...] (S) Econoff on January 23 delivered ref A talking points and ref B non-paper to Yvonne Ow, Assistant Director, International Organizations, MFA. Ow thanked us for the additional information about the computer numerically controlled machine tools and the Iran, North Korea, Syria Nonproliferat [...]
2007-01-25 08:55:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL SN IR KN
07SINGAPORE1871(S) M/V GANT STAR: OFFER OF ASSISTANCE DELIVERED
[...] (S) We delivered information listed Ref A on October 9 to Tan York Chor, Director of MFA's International Organization's office. Tan thanked us for the offer of assistance and zeroed in on the question of evidentiary requirements. The case at hand would present no problem as long as the GOS [...]
2007-10-09 10:01:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR
07SINGAPORE1998(S) M/V GANT STAR: GOS RELEASES CHEMICALS TO
[...] (S) Singapore has released to the Chinese shipper the sodium perchlorate originally destined for Iran that Singapore had seized earlier this year, according to Tan York Chor, Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Tan called E/P Chief and Econoff into MFA late in the afte [...]
2007-11-01 11:09:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR
07SINGAPORE2005SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Singapore will support the decision by INTERPOL's Executive Committee to issue Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national at the INTERPOL General Assembly Meeting in Morocco on November 5-8, MFA International Organization Directorate Deputy Directo [...]
2007-11-02 08:57:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR SN
07SINGAPORE2008(S) SHIPPING INFORMATION FOR RETURNED SODIUM
[...] (S) Per reftel, MFA provided us November 2 with the following information via e-mail regarding the release of the seized sodium perchlorate to the Chinese shipper. Released to: Genesis Forwarding Services (Far East) Pte Ltd Vessel name: Nordwoge Carrier: Wan Hai Lines International Pte Lt [...]
2007-11-02 09:49:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETETRD ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN IR
07SINGAPORE2147U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 00:23:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR PARM SN
07SINGAPORE480DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 06:33:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALIR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL
07SINGAPORE587SM GOH'S VISIT TO IRAN AND SINGAPORE'S COOL
[...] (C) Summary: Singapore's relations with Iran remain cool, despite Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong's visit to Iran this month and the city-state's broader effort over the last three years to expand its links with the Middle East. In 2004, Singapore had Iran in its sights as a potential economic [...]
2007-03-23 10:12:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON PGOV EPET SN IR
07SINGAPORE803(S) GOS RELEASES DETAINED STEEL PLATES TO SHIPPER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-24 11:01:00Embassy SingaporeSECRET//NOFORNCH ETTC IR KN KNNP MTCRE PARM PK PREL SN
07SINGAPORE812STEEL PLATES: GOS UPDATES SHIPPING INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) MFA on April 25 informed us of changes to the shipping information provided reftel. 2. (S) The new information is: Vessel name: Feng Yun He Permit no.: XO7D100116 House B/L: E2007/04/43611 Voyage: 118E ETD Singapore: 26 April 2007 ETA Shanghai: 09 May 2007 HERBOLD [...]
2007-04-25 08:04:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL ETTC MCTRE IR CN SN
07SINGAPORE852M/V GANT STAR: SODIUM PERCHLORATE QUESTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-02 10:16:00Embassy SingaporeSECRETKNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC IR SN
07SINGAPORE995GOS PROVIDES SOKKIA, EPNO/DAINAN, NAVID'S
[...] (U) A Senior Assistant Director of MFA's International Organizations Directorate presented us with the following non-paper on May 23. The non-paper provides GOS follow-up to export control cases involving three Singapore companies: Sokkia Singapore, Epno Far East/Dainan Tech, and Navid's Com [...]
2007-05-24 01:54:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC ETTC SN IR
07SKOPJE195MACEDONIA SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS TO ENSURE IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 15:38:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MK
07SKOPJE255MACEDONIA AND UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-29 13:18:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC MK
07SKOPJE944MACEDONIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 07:55:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC IR PARM MK
07SOFIA1227GAERC DEMARCHE: BULGARIA AGREES WITH U.S.
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA head of office for EU affairs Sergey Tassev on October 10. Tassev said there were "no disagreements" with the US positions in the non-paper. Kosovo and Libya were the most important issues for Bulgaria. There were rumors that there was a new U.S. [...]
2007-10-12 15:16:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RS LY IR SY LE BG
07SOFIA1270ARGENTINE EMBASSY SOFIA UNSURE OF RED NOTICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 14:23:00Embassy SofiaSECRETIR PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV BU
07SOFIA1301FATF/IRAN STATEMENT: FULL BULGARIAN SUPPORT ON
[...] (C) Econoff delivered ref A and B demarches to Dr. Vasil Kirov, Director of the Bulgarian Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) on 02 November. Appropriately, Dr. Kirov, is also the current Chairman of MONEYVAL, one of the leading "FATF-style" Regional Bodies (FSRB). Dr. Kirov was fully suppo [...]
2007-11-09 15:03:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP IR BU
07SOFIA185BULGARIA: NO PROGRAMS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 13:43:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALEUN KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL IR BU
07SOFIA214ENGAGING THE BULGARIAN GOVERNMENT ON IRAN AND
[...] (SBU) Post has actively engaged a variety of Bulgarian Government officials on Iran and the impact of UNSCR 1737. On 13 February, the Bulgarian MFA's expert on Iran, Oleg Doychinov, told us that in December 2006 the MFA alerted all relevant agencies about the provisions associated with UNSCR 1 [...]
2007-02-16 13:07:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETTC KNNP IR BU PARM
07SOFIA307NO BULGARIAN INFORMATION ON ADDITIONAL
[...] (SBU) On 19 February, Post delivered ref A information on the additional designations of Iranian entities under E.O. 13382 to Dr. Vasil Kirov, Director of the Bulgarian Financial Agency (FIA). Dr. Kirov is Post's main point of contact for addressing the financial and banking aspects of money [...]
2007-03-08 09:22:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM BU IR
07SOFIA424BULGARIA IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1747 AND TARGETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 12:55:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EFIN ETTC KTFN KNNP IR BU
07SOFIA436BULGARIA NOTIFIED OF U.S. DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 16:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR BU
07SOFIA735BULGARIA EXPRESSES CONCERN TO IRAN ON
[...] (C) On June 14 POL/ECON Officer delivered reftel points on detained/missing American citizens in Iran to Oleg Doychinov, Iran Desk Officer from MFA's Asia Directorate. Doychinov was sympathetic and said he would convey Bulgarian and USG concern for the American citizens to his Iranian counterp [...]
2007-06-15 12:51:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EUN KDEM IR BU
07STATE104801(S) IRAN,S BANK MELLI INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 3. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (S) The UK and France have indicated a desire to designate Bank Melli under the next UNSC sanctions resolution on Iran. Toward this end, Washington wishes to: -- Provide officials in the UK, France and Ge [...]
2007-09-20 19:00:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KNNP PARM PREL IR
07STATE109506REQUEST TO EXAMINE BANK MELLAT TRANSACTIONS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Top European financial institutions, such as Deutsche Bank, have either scaled down or ceased doing business altogether with Iran due to the inherent risks associated with conducting Iran-related [...]
2007-08-06 19:41:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE111099CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM
[...] This is an action request. Embassy Beijing, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVE: Since February 2006, we have repeatedly discussed with China our concerns regarding the proliferation-related trading activities of the Chinese firm Dalian Sunny Industry, which is also know [...]
2007-08-08 21:11:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC CH IR
07STATE114443ONGOING PROLIFERATION FINANCE ACTIVITIES BY IRAN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. OBJECTIVES: -- Alert host government officials about financial transactions related to entities in their jurisdictions that have previously been involved in proliferation of conventional arms and urge appropriate authorities to [...]
2007-08-15 15:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETIR KN KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE121863NORTH KOREAN USE OF ARAB BANK NETWORK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (S) Washington is increasingly concerned about efforts by North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank to assist Tanchon Commercial Bank to move funds from both Syria and Iran (REF [...]
2007-08-29 20:05:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP XB XF PREL PARM KN IR
07STATE124440(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DRL OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Country clearance is requested for Kathryn Lurie, DRL/NESCA Foreign Affairs Officer to visit Azerbaijan, Turkey, United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and the United Kingdom during the period September 25-October 2. The purpose of the trip is to meet with the Iran Watchers, NGOs, members of the [...]
2007-09-05 17:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAJ IR OTRA PHUM TU UK
07STATE129031DEMARCHE: CONDEMN DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN REFUGEES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that post strongly protest the deportation of five UNHCR-recognized refugees from Turkey in August 2007 and seek clarification of the circumstances surrounding this possible case of refoulement. The Department appreciates post,s action to date and seeks a for [...]
2007-09-13 21:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM IR TU IZ
07STATE129815INFORMATION ON IRANIAN FINANCIAL TRANSFERS ROUTED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In August 2007, Dresdner Bank decided to wind down its business with Iranian private and corporate customers, including state-run companies. This follows decisions by Deutsche Bank and Commerzban [...]
2007-09-14 21:17:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR BA GM
07STATE132302DEMARCHE REQUEST: OPPOSE MESIC-AHMADINEJAD MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to REFTEL, Department asks Post to reiterate that a meeting between Croatian President Mesic and Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad at UNGA would be ill-advised. END SUMMARY. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (C) Department instructs Embassy to pursue the follo [...]
2007-09-19 21:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP HR IR
07STATE132904IRAN,S BANK MARKAZI OPENS NEW ACCOUNTS IN EUROPE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Washington wants to alert authorities in Belarus, France, Italy, and the United Kingdom that Iran's Central Bank, Bank Markazi, has opened new accounts in Europe. Washington requests posts urge ap [...]
2007-09-20 19:22:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR BO FR IT UK
07STATE134596(S) DEMARCH REQUEST: POTENTIAL TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 2. ---------- Objective ---------- 2. (S) Prevent the Government of Thailand (GOT) from transferring -- temporarily or otherwise -- to Iran AN/PRC-77 radios for upgrading. Avert a potential violation of UNSCR 1747, which prohibits th [...]
2007-09-24 22:03:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC KSTC PARM PREL PGOV MASS TH IR
07STATE135395EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \
[...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...]
2007-09-25 23:01:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT
07STATE137352IRAQ ALLIES AMBASSADORS' MEETING - SEPTEMBER 18
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 18, Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed diplomats from non-troop-contributing allies. Amb. Satterfield underscored key themes from Amb. Crocker's congressional testimony the previous week. I [...]
2007-09-28 18:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY
07STATE142040IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): APPARENT
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 2 through 4 below. 2. (C) Department appreciates Embassy,s continuing close attention to this matter. Ref. C conveys disturbing news of apparent progress toward a firm agreement on Yadavaran. The seriousness of this issue calls for furt [...]
2007-10-09 23:50:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07STATE143223COM DEMARCHE ON IRAN TO EU MEMBER STATES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND URGENT ACTION REQUEST: As noted in reftel, EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council(GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 15-16. A key point on the agenda October 15 will be the discussion of autonomous EU sanctions on Iran p [...]
2007-10-11 23:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR XF EUN
07STATE148605DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) This is an action request please see paragraphs 2- 5. For Moscow, Beijing, G7, and all NEA Posts, Washington requests delivery of the talking points at the Ministerial level. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Secretary Rice and Secretary Paulson will go on camera at 0900 EST on Thu [...]
2007-10-25 11:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07STATE153725BANK MELLI ATTEMPTS TO PURCHASE A TURKISH BANK TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information that Iran's Bank Melli has reached an agreement in principle to purchase a bank in Turkey, which could be used as a cover for activities prohibited by UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 [...]
2007-11-07 20:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM UK FR TU
07STATE154555DEMARCHE: EU HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The EU has recently expressed interest in resuming its human rights dialogue with Iran. This cable provides guidance on supporting that dialogue providing certain conditions are met, and requests that post demarche the EU to issue statements on two Iranian political activists. [...]
2007-11-09 12:21:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR PREL EUN PGOV KDEM
07STATE154557(SBU) DEMARCHE: RECENT ARRESTS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department is concerned about the growing number of political prisoners in Iran, and a recent series of arrests specifically targeting human rights defenders. Department requests posts ask that host government,s embassy personnel in Tehran inquire about the arrest of politi [...]
2007-11-09 12:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV IR UK SZ PREL KDEM
07STATE156409DOOSTAN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY EMPLOYEES USE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) The U.S. has information that Doostan International Corporation is conducting proliferation-related transactions in your jurisdiction. Washington urges host countries to freeze the assets of the re [...]
2007-11-14 21:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP IR PREL PARM
07STATE156474APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER 19-20
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 17. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on November 19-2 [...]
2007-11-15 03:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV BK BM CH IR IS IZ KV LE PK SY ZI
07STATE159967USG QUESTIONS ON SWEDEN NOVEMBER 9 NOTICE ON BANK
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) On 9 November, Sweden notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee of its intention to authorize-under paragraph 15 of UNSCR 1737-payments due under contracts with Bank Sepah entered into prior to [...]
2007-11-26 15:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM
07STATE164866IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): REPORTED
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Press reports indicate that ONCG Videsh Limited (OVL) and the Hinduja group are seeking to participate jointly in two Iranian oil/gas projects --the development of Iran,s Azadegan oilfield and of some portion (perhaps Pha [...]
2007-12-07 21:55:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
07STATE166405DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]
2007-12-13 02:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETBA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV
07STATE166406DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]
2007-12-13 03:27:00Secretary of StateSECRETAS CA CASC CH EU EZ FR GM IN IR IT JA JO KDEM
07STATE166577CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...]
2007-12-13 15:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETBA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07STATE166902IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA):
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07STATE19366ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government/EU officials not earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday, February 16, 2007 that the United States is designating three additional Iranian ent [...]
2007-02-15 23:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR
07STATE2659SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Background: Department wishes to gain current information about EU member states, efforts to promote democratic reform in Iran, including civil society, respect for human rights, and freedom of information. Through its Freedom [...]
2007-01-09 19:19:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR EUN
07STATE28429FOLLOWING-UP WITH CHINA ON MISSILE PROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Background: Over the last 18 months, the U.S. has raised several specific cases of missile-related cooperation between Chinese firms and Iran's missile program. In particular, we have repeatedly discussed spe [...]
2007-03-07 14:54:00Secretary of StateSECRETMTCRE PREL PARM MCAP ETTC CH IR
07STATE28998DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISNA SANCTIONS ON CHINESE
[...] (S/NF) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. We want to inform the Chinese government that, under the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA),sanctions may be imposed on two Chinese companies, NORINCO and China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC),for providing Wassen [...]
2007-03-07 23:36:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CH IR SY
07STATE29082DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...]
2007-03-08 04:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT
07STATE2945ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] (SBU) This is an action request, please see paragraph two. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States designated two additional entities and one individual under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons [...]
2007-01-10 01:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC IR KN KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE40909DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials not earlier than 10:30 a.m. EST on Friday, March 30, 2007 that the United States is designating Iran's Defense Industries Organi [...]
2007-03-29 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR
07STATE48862(C) IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kuala Lumpur please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have [...]
2007-04-12 20:57:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MY IR
07STATE48895(C) SINGAPORE: IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Singapore. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have [...]
2007-04-12 21:32:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC SN IR
07STATE48928(C) IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT --
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities for which there is credible information indicating that they have transferred to o [...]
2007-04-12 22:46:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC CH IR
07STATE49749(S) SHIPMENT OF SODIUM PERCHLORATE, AMMUNITION,
[...] (S) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials regarding the transfer of subject items to Iran by Chinese entities. Post may draw from background, objectives, or talking points/non-paper below. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) We have received in [...]
2007-04-14 02:02:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR CH
07STATE62354IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - APRIL 30, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on April 30. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the challenges faced by Iraq in advance of the launch of the International Compact with [...]
2007-05-08 20:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR IZ MOPS PREL EAID SY
07STATE63517SUPREME LEADER'S SON: THE POWER BEHIND THE ROBES?
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 14:30:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IR PINR
07STATE66574AUSTRIAN ACTIONS ON IRAN INCONSISTENT WITH
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to deliver the points at paragraph 5 to appropriate government officials regarding Iran's light water reactor tender, and the need to expeditiously implement Austria's Chapter VII obligations regarding Bank Sepah and Bank Sepah International. Posts may d [...]
2007-05-15 22:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU
07STATE67683MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...]
2007-05-17 14:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR
07STATE68161DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: The Department requests that post ask the GOJ to engage the Iranian government on the case of Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari, Director of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington. Dr. Esfandiari was arreste [...]
2007-05-17 22:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE68969(S) MULTIPLE SHIPMENTS OF SODIUM PERCHLORATE FROM
[...] ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials regarding shipments of sodium perchlorate by Chinese entities to Iranian entities with links to Iran's ballistic missile program. Sodium perchlorate can be used to produce ammonium perchlorate, an oxidizer for solid- [...]
2007-05-18 22:47:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC IR CH
07STATE72784IRAQ AMBASSADORS' FORUM - MAY 17, 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Political Military Bureau hosted an Iraq Ambassadors' Forum on May 17. Ambassador David Satterfield, the Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq, briefed on the successful launching event of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) and the subse [...]
2007-05-25 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID IR IZ MOPS PREL SY
07STATE76354SURVEYING FRIENDLY COUNTRIES ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. Begin Background. (U) Through its Freedom Agenda and diplomatic engagement with like-minded governments and NGOs, the Department is engaging in programs throughout Iran to promote civil society, respec [...]
2007-06-04 14:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IR
07STATE77328DEMARCHE: DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department understands that the GOJ has expressed a willingness to raise the case of detained AmCit Kian Tajbakhsh with Iranian officials in Tokyo, but has asked for a formal request from the USG to do so. Based on the Department's request to raise the case of Dr. Hale [...]
2007-06-05 15:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM IR PREL PGOV KDEM
07STATE80300DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department asks that addressee posts raise the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran with their host governments and request that host government contacts reach out to their Iranian interlocutors regarding the speedy return of these individuals to their fam [...]
2007-06-08 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN
07STATE84207ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. (SBU) Washington requests that addressees notify host government officials that the United States has designated four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Propert [...]
2007-06-15 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KN PARM IR EUN
07STATE8579REQUESTING PRC INVESTIGATE MISSILE-RELATED
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background and Purpose/Objective: In March 2006, the U.S. provided PRC officials with information indicating that a Chinese firm was working to supply a ring rolling machine to Pakistan's missile program (Ref [...]
2007-01-23 22:44:00Secretary of StateSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH PK IR
07STATE98419DEMARCHE: APPRECIATION FOR BAHRAIN'S VIGILANCE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Bahrain took steps to implement travel restrictions that demonstrate its commitment to implement the spirit and letter of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747, which seek to limit the proliferation threat po [...]
2007-07-16 16:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR BA
07STOCKHOLM1239SWEDEN'S POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAQ, IRAN,
[...] (c) During an October 4 tour d'horizon, MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall reviewed Sweden's meetings on the margins of the UNGA and its activities and views on key issues: -- Afghanistan. Sweden is considering a proposal from the Finns for the Finns to take over command of the Mazar e [...]
2007-10-05 15:38:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW AF CY BM IR IZ YI SU CD
07STOCKHOLM1266DEMARCHE ON IRAN FOR OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC
[...] (c) On October 12, DCM made reftel demarche urging EU autonomous measures on Iran to MFA Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall, who said he would immediately pass our message to Foreign Minister Bildt. Lyrvall said there had been tough discussions at the level of the COREPER (Committee of Permane [...]
2007-10-12 16:10:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALEUN PGOV PREL IR XF SW
07STOCKHOLM1311SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 09:04:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW
07STOCKHOLM1319SWEDEN: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (c) DCM made reftel demarche on designations of Iranian entities, individuals, and banks October 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, urging Sweden to support parallel steps in an EU setting, as part of the package of autonomous measures. Belfrage said Sweden would like to see anothe [...]
2007-10-26 15:39:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR SW
07STOCKHOLM1352SWEDEN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH FM
[...] (c) On October 30, Ambassador Schulte's and Ambassador Wood's 90-minute exchange with Bildt focused on the international response to Iran,s nuclear ambitions. Ambassador Schulte lunched with journalists and gave a speech hosted by two Swedish think tanks. Ambassador Schulte's disarming and fr [...]
2007-11-05 16:37:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPARM IAEA AORC KNNP PREL PGOV IR IZ SW
07STOCKHOLM1445SWEDISH RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS ON BANK SEPAH
[...] Summary: Deputy Economic Counselor met with Ambassador/Director General Andreas Ekman and Ladan Moghaddas at the Swedish Inspectorate of Strategic Products (ISP) November 29, 2007. Ekman commented that after the Government of Sweden (GOS) notified the UNSCR 1737 Sanctions Committee on Novembe [...]
2007-12-10 15:37:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR PREL PARM SW
07STOCKHOLM1454BILDT ON POST-ANNAPOLIS PROCESS
[...] (C) In a December 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Bildt said: -- Annapolis went better than Europeans expected. America had an opportunity but faced suspicion in taking on the role of honest broker. -- The regional context to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict affected th [...]
2007-12-12 16:40:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS IR KPAL
07STOCKHOLM183SWEDEN - INFO ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) On February 15, Poloffs met with Dag Juhlin-Dannfelt, Deputy Director at the MFA Middle East and North Africa Department, to discuss Sweden's efforts to promote civil society and democracy in Iran. Per reftel, Poloffs shared information on U.S. democratization efforts in Iran. Ulf Lind [...]
2007-02-20 10:01:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN KPAO KDEM IR SW
07STOCKHOLM545SWEDEN FREEZES ASSETS OF BANK SEPAH AND BANK SEPAH
[...] (S) EconOff discussed reftel demarche 9 May with MFA Iran Desk Officer Jonas Wendel and 10 May with Ms. Mira Naumanen of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority. According to both, Swedish banks were notified April 23 by the official journal of the EU to freeze all assets in accounts affil [...]
2007-05-10 15:48:00Embassy StockholmSECRETEFIN IR KNNP PARM SW
07SUVA197DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche to appropriate high- level officials in the MFA's of Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu on April 4. Authorized talking points were provided in hard copy. No substantive response has been forthcoming from any of the five. Dinger [...]
2007-04-04 16:37:00Embassy SuvaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM IR FJ KR TN TV NR
07TAIPEI734(S) EFFORT TO SUPPLY IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM: A
[...] (S) AIT delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Bureau of Foreign Trade Export Control Task Force Head Wally Su (Wu-hwa) on March 30. Su emphasized his desire to help and said he would certainly investigate the case further. He then gave an analysis of what he thought was likely going on: [...]
2007-03-30 08:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC TW IR GM CN
07TAIPEI822TAIWAN, IRAN, NORTH KOREA AND UNSCRS 1747 AND 1737
[...] (C) Taiwan agencies have agreed to AIT suggestions to cancel a trade mission to the Iranian cities of Tehran and Esfahan planned for April 24 to May 3, 2007. AIT confronted Taiwan officials on April 10 with the irony of reports that the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) was [...]
2007-04-12 08:24:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC KNNP PARM TW IR NK
07TALLINN117ESTONIA: NEW OFAC IRAN DESIGNATIONS DELIVERED ?
[...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Jaap Ora, Director of the 1st Division in MFA?s Policy Planning Department - the office responsible for coordinating Terrorist Financing issues for the GOE. There was no immediate response. GOLDSTEIN [...]
2007-02-23 06:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP KN PARM IR EN
07TALLINN123ESTONIA: IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-27 14:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL IR EN
07TALLINN204ESTONIA: UNSCR 1747 AND SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 14:32:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC
07TALLINN230ESTONIA: DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 11:22:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN IR EN
07TALLINN239ESTONIA AGREES WITH SHARING OF EXPORT DENIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 11:26:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR IAEA MNUC EN
07TALLINN327ESTONIA: IRAN-VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-21 07:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR EN
07TALLINN362ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-04 05:37:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR EN
07TALLINN397ESTONIA: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (SBU) On June 11, we delivered reftel points concerning the issue of missing and detained American citizens in Iran to Marin Mottus, MFA Director for Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, and Reen Liivat, MFA U.S. Desk Officer. On June 12, Mottus and Liivat expressed to us their regrets ove [...]
2007-06-14 11:38:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN EN
07TALLINN425ESTONIA: ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-26 05:05:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR EN
07TALLINN449ESTONIA: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-11 05:56:00Embassy TallinnSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR EN
07TALLINN486ESTONIA: UNSC-IMPOSED SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 04:38:00Embassy TallinnSECRETKNNP PARM IR EN
07TALLINN564ESTONIA INTERESTED IN UNSCR 1737 TECHNICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-29 13:21:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC IR PARM KNNP EN
07TALLINN699 ESTONIA: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) On October 29, Pol/Econoff met with Kadri Jogi, Middle East Desk Officer and Annilee Poolakese, Terrorism and Cyber Security Desk Officer to discuss reftel points. Jogi reaffirmed Government of Estonia (GOE) support for UNSC Resolutions 1737 and 1747 and noted Estonia believes that Ir [...]
2007-10-29 16:00:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR EN
07TALLINN711SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (U) AmEmbassy Tallinn provides the following responses to REFTEL. 2. (SBU) The Government of Estonia (GOE) will send Central Criminal Police (KKP) Superintendent Reijo Valgjarv to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting being held from 5-8 November, 2007 in Marrakech, Morocco. 3. (U) [...]
2007-11-01 11:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IR KJUS PGOV PREL PTER
07TALLINN731 ESTONIA AGREES WITH FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE
[...] (SBU) On October 29, Pol/Econoff shared reftel points with Kadri Jogi, Middle East Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jogi responded that the Government of Estonia (GOE) fully supports the USG views and practices on this issue. DECKER [...]
2007-11-08 14:29:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR EN
07TALLINN789 ESTONIA: NIE REPORT WILL NOT WEAKEN DUAL-USE
[...] (SBU) On December 11, Poloff shared reftel points with Riho Kruuv, Bureau Director for Armament and Strategic Goods Control at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kruuv gave assurances that the Government of Estonia (GOE) has in no way weakened their controls on export licenses to Iran i [...]
2007-12-14 14:57:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUR IR EN
07TALLINN89ESTONIA: UNSCR 1737 AND IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-13 11:12:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC NEA IR EN
07TASHKENT1929DEMARCHE DELIVERED--DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 09:11:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN UZ
07TASHKENT2091NIE ON IRAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) Charge December 6 delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov, leaving the two non-papers with Embassy's informal Russian translations. Nematov sighed loudly upon hearing that Iran probably would be capable of producing enough HEU for a weapon sometime during the 20 [...]
2007-12-06 13:20:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR UZ
07TASHKENT395NO GOU REACTION TO DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 09:04:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AORC ETRD TRGY IR UZ
07TASHKENT502UZBEKISTAN SAYS IT WILL FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 10:42:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN MNUC AORC TRGY KNNP IAEA UNSC IR UZ
07TASHKENT532GOU SAYS IRANIAN DIO UNLIKELY DOING BUSINESS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 10:46:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR UZ
07TASHKENT944DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEED FOR STRONGER VIGILANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 11:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP IR UZ
07TASHKENT998DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVOCATING BROAD DEFINITIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 11:25:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR UZ
07TBILISI2738DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] On October 30, Embassy Econ Officer met with David Amaghlobeli, vice president and acting president of the National Bank of Georgia (Georgia's central bank) and familiarized him with the FATF statement and guidelines on Iran transmitted reftel. Amaghlobeli confirmed that the NBG and its financ [...]
2007-11-05 15:59:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP IR GG
07TBILISI2739DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] This is a corrected copy. Number of referenced telegram is corrected. 2. On October 30, Embassy Econ Officer met with David Amaghlobeli, vice president and acting president of the National Bank of Georgia (Georgia's central bank) and familiarized him with the FATF statement and guidelines [...]
2007-11-05 16:05:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP IR GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1846IAEA REPORT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-30 18:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNVC IAEA PARM IR HO
07TELAVIV1113ISRAEL: CODEL ACKERMAN AND FM LIVNI DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting in Tel Aviv on April 12 with Representative Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni explained Israel's belief that it is impossible to distinguish between Hamas and non-Hamas members of the Palestinian government. She urged the inte [...]
2007-04-18 06:22:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV1114CODEL ACKERMAN'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER
[...] (C) Summary. Representative Gary Ackerman (D, New York),Chairman of the Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee of the House International Relations Committee, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Opposition Leader Binyamin Netanyahu at the Knesset April 11. The discussion covered Netany [...]
2007-04-18 06:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR KPAL IS
07TELAVIV1258CODEL PELOSI'S MEETING WITH PM OLMERT
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Olmert told CODEL Pelosi April 1 that he would continue to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas despite Abbas' failure to deliver on his commitments. Olmert was adamant that his talks with Abbas not include the final status issues of refugees, Jerusalem a [...]
2007-04-27 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV1288 CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES TWO-STATE SOLUTION, SYRIA, AND IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY FM Livni met with CODEL Pelosi and emphasized that Israel and the U.S. share challenges and values. Speaker Pelosi and the Representatives reaffirmed their commitment to an Israel at peace with its neighbors. Livni stressed that the missing soldiers and the trafficking of arms to [...]
2007-05-01 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAL IS SY LE IR IZ
07TELAVIV133ISRAELI POL-MIL BUREAU CHIEF ON RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (S) On January 8, Israeli MOD Political-Military Bureau Chief Amos Gilad shared with the Ambassador the results of his recent visit to Russia and meetings with Russian intelligence officials to discuss Iran and Syria. Gilad said that the Russians believe it will take twice as long as the Isra [...]
2007-01-11 16:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP ETTC MASS SY IR EG RS
07TELAVIV1545ISRAELI MFA INFORMED OF U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN
[...] (S/NF) On May 24, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General Aharon Abramovitch, stressing the following points: -- President Bush has authorized Ambassador Crocker to meet with his Iranian counterpart to discuss Iraq. -- The USG believes that Iran's participation in the Marc [...]
2007-05-24 15:02:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRET//NOFORNPREL IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV1665DOE/NNSA/LLNL TEAM'S VISIT TO ISRAEL SEES PROGRESS
[...] (S) From March 13 through March 14, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Team comprised of officials from the DOE-affiliated National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) met with officials from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Israel' [...]
2007-06-07 15:18:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC IR SY KN IS
07TELAVIV1684FM LIVNI DISCUSSES GAZA, A TWO-STATE SOLUTION,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with CODEL Leahy May 29, FM Livni described the situation in Gaza and southern Israel as intolerable and emphasized the importance of stopping arms smuggling from Egypt. She told the CODEL that Egypt was cooperating, but needed to do more to prevent smuggling throug [...]
2007-06-11 05:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL KWBG IR LE EG JO
07TELAVIV1729IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) In a June 12 meeting, Israel Atomic Energy Commission Nonproliferation Department Director Gil Reich (accompanied by new External Relations Director Joshua Zarka and Arms Control Department Director Merav Zafary) provided poloff with the IAEC's current assessment of Iran's uranium enrichme [...]
2007-06-13 15:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR KNNP MNUC IAEA IR IS
07TELAVIV1731CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES THE ROAD FORWARD WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with FM Tzipi Livni and PM Ehud Olmert on June 3, Senator Lieberman (CT) discussed issues regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA),the war in Iraq, and strategies for confronting the nuclear ambitions of Iran. Lieberman reassured the GOI that the US would maintain an [...]
2007-06-13 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL IR IZ
07TELAVIV1919BARAK IS BACK: WHAT MIGHT IT MEAN FOR U.S. POLICY?
[...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak swiftly assumed the Minister of Defense portfolio on June 19. PM Olmert facilitated Barak's rather dramatic reentry into public life by securing the cabinet's approval by telephone on the 15th and a Knesset vote of confidence on the [...]
2007-06-22 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPAL KWBG PINR IS IR SY
07TELAVIV2097ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR
07TELAVIV2280APHSCT TOWNSEND TAKES STOCK OF BMENA REGION WITH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (AFHSC),met Mossad Director Meir Dagan on July 12 for a general discussion of regional security threats. On the Iranian nuclear program, Dagan proved surprisingly optimistic about the [...]
2007-07-26 13:52:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV2281APHSCT TOWNSEND RECEIVES ACTION PLAN ON PALESTINIANS FROM ISRAELI NSC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-26 13:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPTER PREL KNNP KWBG EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV2557U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI
[...] (S) Summary. In their August 16 meeting, U/S Nicholas Burns and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni discussed the just-signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance to Israel and arms sales to the Gulf states, Iran, the situation in Gaza, Lebanon, and A [...]
2007-08-23 09:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MASS IR LE KPAL IS
07TELAVIV2576U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON,
[...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...]
2007-08-24 04:24:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS
07TELAVIV2636ISRAELI NGO SUES TERRORISTS, TIES UP PA MONEY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Israel (GOI) recently reached an agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) to release portions of withheld Palestinian customs revenue (ref A),but a substantial portion of these funds remains frozen by court order. Israeli courts are in the process of deci [...]
2007-08-30 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETEFIN EAID PTER KWBG IS IR
07TELAVIV2652U/S BURNS' AUGUST 17 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOSSAD
[...] (S) In an August 17 meeting, Israeli Mossad Chief Meir Dagan thanked Under Secretary Burns for America's support of Israel as evidenced by the previous day's signing of an MOU that provides Israel with USD 30 billion in security assistance from 2008-2018. Dagan provided his assessment of the [...]
2007-08-31 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR MASS KNNP UNSC PK IR IZ ZP
07TELAVIV2690DAS DANIN AND IDF INTEL CHIEF MG YADLIN DISCUSS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting August 30, Israel Defense Intelligence (IDI) Chief MG Amos Yadlin analyzed the ongoing possibility of war with Syria for visiting NEA DAS Robert Danin. While tensions have eased somewhat from their mid-summer high, and while neither side wanted a fight, Yadlin s [...]
2007-09-06 09:05:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MOPPS PINR SY IR LE IS
07TELAVIV3089GOI APPRECIATES PAPER ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel nonpaper and fact sheet to FM Livni and her staff, as requested. Senior Policy Advisor Alon Bar, receiving the papers on behalf of Livni's team, thanked the USG for the information and designation effort. ********************************************* ************ [...]
2007-10-25 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR IS
07TELAVIV319TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON HAMAS, SYRIA, IRAQI KURDS,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with his new Turkish counterpart, former MFA spokesman Namik Tan, in Tel Aviv on January 26. Tan maintained that Turkey's policy of engagement with Hamas and Syria is intended to split them from Iran. He reiterated Ankara's opposition to the Iranian nuclear we [...]
2007-01-29 15:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON KWBG KPAL TU SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV3316AMBASSADOR HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON "TOWARDS ANNAPOLIS AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 14th Ambassador Jones held a round-table discussion with leading Israeli academics and think tank representatives to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference. Opinions varied as to the possible outcomes of the conference, but there was general agreement that plannin [...]
2007-11-20 17:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS SA IR SY
07TELAVIV3385PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI
[...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the internal situation in Iran with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli side made the following points: ( [...]
2007-11-29 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3386PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI
[...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team led by MFA Deputy Director General (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the technical status of Iran's nuclear program with a U.S. team led by ISN PDAS Patricia McNerney. The Israeli sid [...]
2007-11-29 07:22:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3444INITIAL ISRAELI REACTION TO RELEASE OF NIE
[...] (S) As of the writing of this cable, the GOI has not yet released an official reaction to the publication of the judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate report on Iran's nuclear capabilities and intentions. Media citations of PM Olmert and DefMin Barak suggest that the GOI is unfazed [...]
2007-12-04 15:13:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR IS
07TELAVIV3514PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI
[...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team lead by MFA DDG (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the current situation in the IAEA and UN Security Council, and the likelihood of key UNSC members supporting a third UNSC sanctions resolut [...]
2007-12-13 16:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3515PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 DISCUSSIONS ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION FINANCE AND IRAN WITH THE ISRAELI MFA (CABLE 4 OF 5) REF: A. TEL AVIV 03385 B. TEL AVIV 03386 C. TEL AVIV 03514
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-13 16:48:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KNNP MNUC IR IS
07TELAVIV3526D/S KIMMITT AND PM OLMERT DISCUSS IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador discussed the recent release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Political Advisor Shalom Tourgeman. Olmert was satisfied by Kimmitt,s statements that Treasu [...]
2007-12-14 16:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KNNP KWBG IR IS PINR
07TELAVIV3527D/S KIMMITT, BAR-ON, FIND COMMON GROUND ON PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met Finance Minister Roni Bar-On on December 7, and discussed plans for Palestinian economic development and the future of Iran sanctions. Bar-On assured that the Government of Israel (GOI) is committed to helping the [...]
2007-12-14 16:49:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV KNNP KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV3528DG ABRAMOVICH DISCUSSES STRATEGY WITH D/S KIMMITT:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 7, Deputy Secretary of Treasury Robert Kimmitt and the Ambassador met with Foreign Ministy Director General Aaron Abramovitch. The DG emphasized the need for Palestinian economic development, but emphasized that Israeli security forces would be required in the West Ba [...]
2007-12-14 16:50:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON PTER KNNP KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV357LABOR'S POTENTIAL LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of meetings with the Ambassador, Labor MKs Ami Ayalon, Avishai Braverman and Ophir Pines-Paz all aspire to lead the party following the May 28 primaries, which they believe will end the era of Amir Peretz at the helm. Ayalon and Braverman were the first to team up [...]
2007-02-01 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IS KPAL IR SY
07TELAVIV3613CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT
[...] (C) Summary. CODEL Specter met with Prime Minister Olmert December 25. Their discussion focused on the possibility of peace negotiations with Syria; the National Intelligence Estimate and Iran's nuclear program; Egypt and the problem of smuggling into Gaza; dealing with Hamas in Gaza; and the [...]
2007-12-27 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP KPAL SY IR EG IS
07TELAVIV3626ISRAEL NUCLEAR COMMISSION LEADERS DISCUSS IRAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 19, Ambassador Jones met with the new Director General (DG) of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC),Shaul Shorev. Former DG and current Vice Chairman (VC) Gideon Frank (NOTE: PM Olmert is the IAEC Chairman.) and the recently appointed Deputy Direct General for [...]
2007-12-28 08:43:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3631CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH BINYAMIN NETANYAHU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-28 12:12:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV553IRAN: U/S JOSEPH'S JANUARY 30 DINNER WITH ISRAEL
[...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence, and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...]
2007-02-22 06:14:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV554IRAN: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH
[...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]
2007-02-22 06:30:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV555IRAN-IAEA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]
2007-02-22 06:41:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UNSC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV556IRAN-RUSSIA: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH’S DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on the thr [...]
2007-02-22 06:46:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV557IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-22 07:11:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETIR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC
07TELAVIV559CODEL KYL MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER LIVNI
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Livni echoed Prime Minister Olmert February 19 by telling CODEL Kyl that despite Israeli "disappointment" with Abu Mazen in the wake of the Mecca Agreement, contacts would continue, although she also cautioned that Abu Mazen needed to understand that he had "los [...]
2007-02-22 08:10:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS IR
07TELAVIV605IRAN: REPRESENTATIVE HARMAN'S FEBRUARY 20 MEETING
[...] (S) During a February 20 meeting with Representative Jane Harman (D-CA),Israeli Deputy DefMin Ephraim Sneh said that he believes that the installation of a pro-American, secular, democratic government in Iran can be far more easily accomplished than many observers think. Saying that regime c [...]
2007-02-27 06:42:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV689IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ON UNSCR
[...] (S) Responding to the points in reftels, Merav Zafary and Gil Reich from the Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) told poloff February 28 that they were timely -- coming in advance of the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG) meeting set for March 5 -- and hopefully will encourage other countries to [...]
2007-03-02 13:12:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL MNUC KNNP UNSC SY RU IR IS
07TELAVIV693IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH 1737
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points and the text of the U.S. 60-day report March 1 to MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv, noting that while the information contained in the points was not new to Israel, we wanted the Israelis to be aware of our efforts to ensure rob [...]
2007-03-02 14:39:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP UNSC ETRD AORC IR IS
07TELAVIV733LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...]
2007-03-08 12:20:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV739IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S BREAKFAST WITH
[...] (U) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...]
2007-03-08 14:40:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MASS KPAL KWBG IR SY IS
07TELAVIV740CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S LUNCH WITH KNESSET MEMBERS
[...] (S) 1. (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Stei [...]
2007-03-08 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG MASS IR SY LE IS
07TELAVIV741IRAN: CODEL KYL AND HARMAN'S DINNER WITH SHARANSKY
[...] (C) During the visit of CODELs Kyl and Harman to Israel, February 18-20, the two CODELs -- led by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) -- held a series of meetings with GOI officials and Knesset members according to a program drawn up by Knesset Member Yuval Steinitz, th [...]
2007-03-08 15:17:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC KNNP KPAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV867ISRAELI TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MOFAZ ON IRAN AND
[...] (S) During a March 14 meeting devoted to a variety of issues, Israeli Transportation Minister Shaul Mofaz praised the latest session of the U.S.-Israel Strategic Dialogue, and noted that he would soon begin preparing for the next session scheduled for May 7-8 in Washington. Mofaz, who has the GOI l [...]
2007-03-21 06:14:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG SY LE IR IS
07TELAVIV963ISRAELI REACTION TO ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 14:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR UNSC PARM IS
07THEHAGUE1050NETHERLANDS/NSG: IRAN EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, the GONL provided the following information regarding the one export denial to Iran currently in force in the Netherlands. The GONL provided this information in preparation for the open-ended seminar in national capacities to discuss implementation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 du [...]
2007-06-04 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR NL
07THEHAGUE106NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE FOLLOW-ON
[...] (SBU) Following the transmission of The Hague 00094 (ref A) on the Dutch response to the GAERC demarche (ref B),post received the following information about Dutch intentions with regard to UNSCR 1737 and Iran from Andre van Wiggen, Deputy Director, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Political [...]
2007-01-19 17:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE1134ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH WITHDRAW SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Dutch Economic Ministry has withdrawn financial support for a June 22-27 trade mission to Iran, following interventions by the Foreign Minister and behind-the-scenes pressure from the Embassy. While the mission may go forward as a "private" initiative, some companies have [...]
2007-06-14 07:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE1376JULY GAERC PRE-BRIEF
[...] Summary: The Dutch are concerned about the lack of progress and will press for a unified European approach on Kosovo. They anticipate the upcoming Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) will be a formal ceremony without any substantive changes to the mandate text. The Dutch may provide a limited [...]
2007-07-20 05:53:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAL ENRG ETRD ETTC EUN IR IS KPAL PGOV PREL
07THEHAGUE145NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) In response to ref A, poloff followed up with MFA Human Rights Division Policy Officer Sonja van der Meer Jan 25. Van der Meer, who in December provided information (ref B) on the Netherlands' 13 million Euro Iranian media diversity program, promised to seek details on an additional 1 mi [...]
2007-01-29 09:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1714NETHERLANDS/IRAN: FOLLOWING THE SEPTEMBER IAEA
[...] (SBU) During a September 17 joint press conference with his French counterpart Bernard Kouchner, Dutch FM Maxime Verhagen announced GONL support for a French initiative to increase economic pressure on Iran. Verhagen said the GONL prefers the UNSC decide to impose tougher sanctions, and added [...]
2007-09-18 14:26:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR IAEA MNUC PARM EUN NL
07THEHAGUE184DUTCH HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS IN IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Dutch embassy in Tehran is responsible for administering approximately one million Euros annually in human rights program funding. Details are included below. This is in addition to 13 million Euros of Iran media [...]
2007-02-01 09:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EUN KDEM PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1899NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH OPEN TO EU SANCTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Dutch would prefer a "United Nations context" for any additional sanctions on Iran, they are also prepared to push for consideration of separate EU sanctions if necessary. Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen highlighted his support for "gradual, proportional, (and) target [...]
2007-10-16 14:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NL IR
07THEHAGUE1936NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DUBIOUS OF DEMARCHE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 14:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PGOV PREL IAEA NL IR BL
07THEHAGUE194DUTCH-FUNDED MEDIA PROGRAMS FACE IRANIAN HARASSMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three participants in a Dutch-sponsored media diversity program were arrested Janaury 27, on their way to a training session in India. They were released the next day. Iranian authorities have reportedly filed charges and accused the Dutch government of acting as a conduit for [...]
2007-02-01 16:45:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM EUN KDEM KPAO PREL IR NL
07THEHAGUE1944DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DELIVERED TO DUTCH
[...] (U) Econoff shared on October 26 reftel points concerning the designation of Iranian entities and individuals under U.S. executive orders with Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor [...]
2007-10-29 06:56:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1958NETHERLANDS/MTCR/IRAN: PREPARATION FOR THE PLENARY
[...] (S) Summary: The GONL will support the modified U.S. unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)/cruise missile proposal at the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary in Athens on November 5-9. In addition, MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland said the Dutch gre [...]
2007-11-01 14:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA IR NL
07THEHAGUE1968FATF/IRAN STATEMENT: DUTCH TO ADDRESS WITH BANKS
[...] Econoff shared on October 31 reftel points concerning FATF's public statement and guidance on Iran with Dutch officials Huib Mijnarends and Wendela Haringhuizen, both Senior Policy Officers in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advis [...]
2007-11-06 14:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC ECON KTFN IR NL
07THEHAGUE1984NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]
2007-11-13 07:41:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP
07THEHAGUE1985NETHERLANDS/IRAN: CONSULAR CASE PROMPTS DUTCH TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 7, Dutch MFA Director General Pieter de Gooijer told the Ambassador that he will firmly assert the EU Iran nuclear policy during his upcoming visit to Iran while he urges consular access in the Al Mansouri case. END SUMMARY. NUCLEAR FILE ------------ 2. (C) As [...]
2007-11-13 09:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETNL UN IR IAEA EU PHUM KNNP
07THEHAGUE1991NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PM BALKENENDE HOPEFUL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende is cautiously optimistic that the Cabinet can reach agreement before the end of the month to extend the Dutch troop deployment in Uruzgan for at least another 18 months. Serious questions remain, however, on the length, financing, and composition o [...]
2007-11-15 12:05:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU NL
07THEHAGUE1992NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]
2007-11-15 12:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE2037NETHERLANDS/IRAN: NIE DISMAYS DUTCH DIPLOMATS, BUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On December 4, 2007, Political Counselor and POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA officials Herman Quarles and Loek ten Hagen, Deputy Director and Senior Policy Officer at the North Africa and Middle East Department, and Joan Wiegman, Deputy Director for Nuclear Affairs and [...]
2007-12-06 07:20:00Embassy The HagueSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM NL IR
07THEHAGUE204CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Javits spoke with the Ambassadors of the UK, France, Germany, Japan and South Korea, as well as OPCW Director General Pfirter on the unacceptability of Iran as the Chair of the OPCW Executive Committee. There was unanimous acceptance of that position, nuanced differe [...]
2007-02-02 13:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR
07THEHAGUE2044NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON DECEMBER 10-11 GAERC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF and ECONOFF shared reftel A points to key contacts at the Dutch MFA, including: EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk, and Wendela Haringhuizen, Senior Policy Officer, Terrorism and New Threats Unit. Iran sanctions points were also share [...]
2007-12-07 15:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EU KV IR
07THEHAGUE2086NETHERLANDS/IRAN: LEVINSON DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 16:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KJUS KDEM CASC NL IR
07THEHAGUE246ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON SOUTH PARS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Shell CEO van der Veer confirmed to the Ambassador on February 7 that no deal was expected on the South Pars LNG project until 2008 at the earliest. Van der Veer said his recent public comments on political concerns related t [...]
2007-02-09 12:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC EPET ENRG PREL CH IR SP NL
07THEHAGUE253AMNESTY INTN'L: DUTCH-IRANIAN CITIZEN RISKS
[...] (C) Summary: Faleh al-Mansouri, a Dutch-Iranian citizen arrested during a May 2006 visit to Syria and extradited to Iran, remains in Iranian custody without Dutch consular access. The Dutch chapter of Amnesty International (AI) fears he may be executed in the near future. The GONL continues [...]
2007-02-09 14:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE256CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): UPDATE ON
[...] (C) On February 6, Japanese Ambassador Komachi reported to Ambassador Javits about his discussions with Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin. Ariffin said she was aware of Iran's interest in becoming EC chair, but admitted that it would be hard to build an Asian Group consensus around an Iranian ca [...]
2007-02-09 15:57:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR
07THEHAGUE298CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP
[...] (C) On February 15, Malaysian Amb. Ariffin spoke with Amb. Javits and reported that Indian Amb. Sabharwal had expressed a strong desire to serve as the EC Chair. Ariffin said that South Korea and the Philippines will not compete, and absent some unforeseen development, the Asian Group candid [...]
2007-02-16 14:40:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBW IR
07THEHAGUE304UNSCR 1737: DUTCH ON EU COMMON POSITION ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) EconCouns conveyed on February 12 reftel nonpaper regarding the implementation of UNSCR 1737 to Anne-Chris Visser, Senior Advisor, Integrity Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF). EconCouns also delivered the nonpaper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Joost van Ettro, Policy O [...]
2007-02-16 18:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE305NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH DCM TO TEHRAN ON STATE OF
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Dutch DCM to Tehran Roderick Wols, international pressure is hurting Iranian President Ahmadinejad's popularity. The wealthy remain wealthy, the middle class continues to suffer, but now the poor are beginning to feel the pinch as well. Wols painted a picture of [...]
2007-02-16 18:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR NL
07THEHAGUE343DUTCH VIEWS ON ADDITIONAL IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] (SBU) Both Foreign Affairs and Finance officials say the Dutch will not sanction additional Iranian entities until the EU completes negotiations over implementing regulations for UNSCR 1737. Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer responsible for sanction issues, Terrorism and New Threats Unit, [...]
2007-02-23 15:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM KTFN KN IR NL
07THEHAGUE344CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): ASIAN GROUP
[...] (C) On February 22, Malaysian Ambassador Ariffin reaffirmed to Ambassador Javits that there is no/no expressed support in the Asian Group to select Iran as the group candidate to be the EC Chair. She added that her canvassing of the group indicated it had now moved toward Philippine Ambassad [...]
2007-02-23 15:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC EIND OPCW CWC CBM IR
07THEHAGUE37NETHERLANDS/IRAN: UPDATE ON AVIATION SERVICES
[...] (S) Summary: The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs has issued a new WMD-related "catch all" under the MTCR in connection to Aviation Services International's attempts to circumvent Dutch and EU export restrictions. However, Dutch legislation does not prohibit conventional military sales to [...]
2007-01-09 16:13:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE396NETHERLANDS/EU: MARCH PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Following the PIC, the Dutch expect a continued but significantly smaller EU military presence in Bosnia over the next year. On Kosovo, they await Serbia's and Kosovo's responses to SE Ahtisaari's proposals. The GONL is skeptical on the Palestinian GNU but will wait to see how t [...]
2007-03-05 11:24:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EUN KPAL PGOV PHUM AF BK IR IS SO
07THEHAGUE566UNSCR 1737/IRAN: DUTCH RECEPTIVE TO TREASURY UNDER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings March 8 in The Hague, senior GONL officials told visiting Treasury Under Secretary Levey that a nuclear-armed Iran would be unacceptable. While supporting USG aims for a second UN resolution on Iran, these officials stressed the need for practical and non-discriminatory mea [...]
2007-03-27 15:21:00Embassy The HagueSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC IR NL
07THEHAGUE660NETHERLANDS: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS' GROUP INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Polmiloff delivered reftel information on USG plans to make two presentations on Iran at the Information Exchange Meeting (IEM) of the Cape Town Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG) Plenary to MFA Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Ceta Noland on April 11. Noland said the [...]
2007-04-11 09:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
07THEHAGUE748NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL remains concerned about linkages in UNSCR 1747 between goods and financing but will work with the FATF to reach practical solutions. They are eager to sign Open Skies Plus, are concerned that proposals for the U.S.-EU summit might be insufficiently ambitious or concrete, [...]
2007-04-23 05:48:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALEUN ETRD KPAL PREL XG IS IR AF NL
07THEHAGUE935ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]
2007-05-16 13:46:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07THEHAGUE94NETHERLANDS/EU: PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the European Neighborhood Policy but does not want to see it used as a back door to EU candidacy. The Dutch continue to push for Serbian ICTY cooperation and will view warily offers to compensate Serbia for any change in Kosovo's status. Secretary Rice's efforts [...]
2007-01-19 13:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG EUN KPAL MARR PGOV BK IR IS
07THEHAGUE984NETHERLANDS/NSG: CONFLICTS WITH PROPOSED MEETING
[...] Summary: The GONL is interested in attending the proposed open-ended seminar in national capacities to discuss implementation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 during the week of June 4, 2007, in Vienna. However, GONL subject matter experts will be engaged with the Australia Group Plenary in Paris tha [...]
2007-05-24 14:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR NL
07THEHAGUE988UNSCR 1747: DUTCH SUPPORT EU COMMON POSITION ON
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points May 23 to Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials Joan Wiegman, Deputy Head, Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, and Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer on Iran Sanctions within the MFA's Terrorism and New Threats Unit. 2. (SBU [...]
2007-05-25 08:30:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR NL
07TIRANA1001 ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG LANGUAGE AGAINST IRAN AT IAEA
[...] (SBU) On 21 November, Pol-Econ Chief met with Islam Lauka, the Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA to deliver reftel demarche. Lauka said Albania's IAEA Board Member Ferit Hoxha had spoken to USIAEA Ambassador Schulte and Albania planned to support the U.S. and EU position. [...]
2007-11-22 09:25:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IAEA IR AL
07TIRANA1002 ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG LANGUAGE AGAINST IRAN AT IAEA
[...] (SBU) On 21 November, Pol-Econ Chief met with Islam Lauka, the Director General for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA to deliver reftel demarche. Lauka said Albania's IAEA Board Member Ferit Hoxha had spoken to USIAEA Ambassador Schulte and Albania planned to support the U.S. and EU position. [...]
2007-11-22 09:25:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IAEA IR AL
07TIRANA963ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref demarch to the Director of Albanian State Police (ASP) Ahment Prenci on 30 October 2007. Albania plans to send three representatives from the ASP to the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, including Deputy Director of ASP Argon Kalicaj, INTERPOL chief Pe [...]
2007-11-01 14:59:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS AL IR
07TOKYO124MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL VISITS TEHRAN, URGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 7 visit to Tehran, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern Affairs Okuda urged Iranian officials to comply with the will of the international community and abide by the provisions of UNSCR 1737, according to a MOFA contact. The Iranians replied, predictably, th [...]
2007-01-11 08:25:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IR JA
07TOKYO1330IRANIAN STRATEGIC COUNCIL MEMBER SHARIAT-MADARI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mohammed Shariat-Madari, a member of Iran's five-person Strategic Council for Foreign Relations, visited Japan March 8-19 and was told by all interlocutors that Iran must comply with the will of the international community and adhere to the requirements of UNSCR 1737. According t [...]
2007-03-26 08:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IR JA
07TOKYO1346SHORT-TERM TRADE INSURANCE FOR IRAN TIGHTENED
[...] (C) In mid-March, Japan's primary trade insurance organzation reduced from 12 months to six months the maximum repayment term for routine short-term export credit insurance for trade with Iran (although periods up to two years may be considered on a case-by-case basis). It also announced it [...]
2007-03-27 09:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL IR JA
07TOKYO1362JAPAN SUPPORTS UNSCR 1737, MULLING CONCRETE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 08:53:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IAEA UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO1376IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747
[...] (C) FINATT met with Ministry of Finance, Legal Office, International Bureau official Hiroshi Yamashita on March 27 to discuss the details and importance of UNSCR 1747. Using Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt's comments to underscore our committment to implementing UNSCR 1747, FINATT and Yamash [...]
2007-03-29 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM EB ISN KNNP IR EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AEMR
07TOKYO161JAPAN'S RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-12 09:16:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALETTC JA IR KNNP PARM PREL PTER
07TOKYO2097JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED
[...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...]
2007-05-10 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA
07TOKYO2185JAPAN SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officers delivered reftel demarche May 10 to MOFA Second Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi and May 14 to MOFA South America and Caribbean Division Principal Deputy Director Akifumi Mizuguchi. Mizuguchi said Japan shares the U.S. concerns that Ven [...]
2007-05-15 07:24:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR JA
07TOKYO2245DEMARCHE ON ARRESTED IRANIAN-AMERICAN HALEH
[...] (SBU) Embassy Tokyo political officer May 18 delivered reftel background points to officials at MOFA's First North American Division and Second Middle East Division, and requested Japan to engage with Iranian officials to urge the prompt release of Dr. Haleh Esfandiari. In addition, politica [...]
2007-05-18 05:45:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2258UNSCR 1747: JAPAN SUPPORTS BROAD DEFINITION OF ARMS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-18 08:25:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO2358FM ASO TELEPHONES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI; RAISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Aso telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki May 24 to urge Iran to halt uranium enrichment activities and to take a constructive approach in coming talks with the United States. Aso raised with Mottaki the subject of detained Iranian-American citizens and sai [...]
2007-05-25 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2461JAPAN'S REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747
[...] (C) Embassy Tokyo political and EST officers delivered reftel demarche to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto, 2nd Middle East Division Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi, and Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Officer Isami Takada. Fujimoto said t [...]
2007-06-01 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY JA
07TOKYO2501AMBASSADOR SCHULTE BRIEFS JAPAN'S OPPOSITION ON
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Greg Schulte provided a well-received DVC briefing on U.S nonproliferation policy to opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) Diet members on May 15, at their request. Questions focused primarily on what the DPJ members characterized as differences between U.S. tre [...]
2007-06-05 07:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP TRGY IR IN JA
07TOKYO2534DEMARCHE ON DETAINED/MISSING AMERICANS IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-06 09:05:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM IR JA
07TOKYO2630NO JAPANESE DEMOCRACY PROMOTION ACTIVITIES IN IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan's involvement with Iranian civil society is limited to the work of two non-governmental organizations that focus on refugee relief efforts. In addition, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is currently involved in four projects which provide technical assistan [...]
2007-06-12 02:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EAID IR JA
07TOKYO2853JAPAN RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1747/OECD ON RESTRICTING
[...] (C) Emboff met with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, Trade Insurance Division Director Michihiro Kishimoto, on June 21, to solicit Japan's response to USOECD's May 22 Iran and Export Credits survey. Emboff provided U.S. answers to the survey as d [...]
2007-06-25 02:34:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR
07TOKYO2854JAPAN RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF
[...] (C) Poloff and FINATT delivered designation of Iranian entities information to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2nd Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Ministry of Finance, International Bureau, Legal Office Deputy Division Chief Shunichi Fukushima on June 18 and J [...]
2007-06-25 03:01:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR EUN JA KN KNNP
07TOKYO2905UNSCR 1747/OECD DEMARCHE ON RESTRICTING EXPORT
[...] (C) Econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MOFA OECD Division Director Naohiro Tsutsumi on June 26, following up on earlier Embassy discussions on the same issue with Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and MOF officials (Refs C and D.) Tsutsumi confirmed that he had already consulte [...]
2007-06-27 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN IR JA
07TOKYO3004JAPAN RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND
[...] (C) Poloff delivered ref A non-paper to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Foreign Policy Bureau's Isami Takada on June 28. Takada noted that Japan is always happy to cooperate with the United States, and thanked us for our efforts on both UNS [...]
2007-07-02 07:18:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN PARM IR JA
07TOKYO3235JAPAN PRESSES IRAN ON NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary: UN Security Council "confrontational moves" towards a new resolution would only lead to minimal Iranian cooperation with the IAEA, Iranian Director General Hamid Baeidinejad declared at non-proliferation talks in Tokyo on July 11, according to MOFA Non-Proliferation, Science an [...]
2007-07-16 22:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPARM JA PREL IR
07TOKYO356ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's January 17-18 Tokyo visit, she signed an agreement to elevate policy talks from DG-level to VFM-level and reached agreements for Japanese business and cultural exchanges, according to MOFA and Israeli Embassy contacts. Japan agreed t [...]
2007-01-25 22:52:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD KPAL XF IR IS JA
07TOKYO3587THE DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES THE MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a working lunch hosted for the Deputy Secretary by Vice Foreign Minister Yachi, MOFA officials made SIPDIS the following points: -- Japan is hopeful the September report on progress in Iraq will be positive, but is realistic and expects it may not meet expections and will [...]
2007-08-06 07:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG XF IZ IR IS IN AF BM PK JA
07TOKYO3962FOREIGN MINISTER ASO VISITS JORDAN, ISRAEL, WEST
[...] (C) Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso was clearly pleased with his August 13-15 visit to Jordan, Israel, and the West Bank, calling it the most constructive diplomatic mission he has undertaken as Foreign Minister. The centerpiece of the visit was the "Ministerial Level Meeting of the Four Pa [...]
2007-08-27 06:33:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG SENV EAID ETRD IR IS JO JA
07TOKYO4567JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS IRANIAN COUNTERPART
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura (now Chief Cabinet Secretary) pressed Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki, at a meeting on September 22 in New York, to comply with United Nations sanctions and cease uranium enrichment. Machimura also rejected as "unrealistic" [...]
2007-09-30 22:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ JA
07TOKYO4971JAPAN WILL DEMARCHE BOLIVIA AT A HIGH LEVEL OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 08:11:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV BO IR KNNP PREL IAEA USUN JA
07TOKYO5456INITIAL JAPANESE REACTION TO NIE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan was surprised by the National Intelligence Estimate finding that Iran has halted its nuclear weapons development program, and has yet to draw any conclusions. Tokyo will be watching carefully how other nations react, but working level contacts believe the finding will make [...]
2007-12-05 07:35:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR JA
07TOKYO5480JAPAN: TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY LEVEY CONSULTS ON
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met in Tokyo on November 14 and 15 with Government of Japan officials to discuss recent U.S. sanctions against Iran, reactions to the FATF statement on Iran, and the need for additional financial meas [...]
2007-12-07 00:56:00Embassy TokyoSECRETEFIN PARM PINR PINS JA IR
07TOKYO5568(S) JAPANESE RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 4. 2. (S) Per reftel, Embassy Tokyo Political Officer December 13 delivered non-paper concerning missing AmCit Robert A. Levinson to MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano, along with a request that Japan 1) r [...]
2007-12-14 08:08:00Embassy TokyoSECRETCASC PREL PTER IR JA
07TOKYO5609JAPANESE AGAIN RAISE LEVINSON CASE WITH IRANIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda lunched December 19 with Iranian Ambassador to Tokyo Moshen Talaeli and urged him again to help resolve the case of missing American Citizen Robert Levinson. Other topics discussed included Iran's nuclear [...]
2007-12-19 09:15:00Embassy TokyoSECRETCASC PREL PTER PARM IR IZ JA
07TOKYO659A/S SILVERBERG'S JANUARY 25 MEETING WITH MIDDLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan views positively recent steps taken by the United States to reinvigorate the Middle East Peace Process and is hopeful that progress will be made, MOFA Director General for Middle Eastern and African Affairs Norihiro Okuda told visiting Assistant Secretary for International [...]
2007-02-15 08:42:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL UN KPAL IS IR LE SU JA
07TOKYO799ADDITIONAL E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel demarche to counterparts in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Finance (MOF). MOF officials stated they were already aware of reftel designations from their regular monitoring of Treasury,s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) website. 2. [...]
2007-02-26 04:04:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL KN IR JA
07TOKYO968JAPANESE NON-PAPER ON EXPORT CREDITS AND TRADE
[...] (C) As a follow up to reftels A and B concerning halting export credits to Iran, MOFA Second Middle East Division officer Junichi Sumi March 6 presented the following non-paper to Embassy Tokyo Political Officer. Sumi noted that a copy of the non-paper had been forwarded to Under Secretary Bu [...]
2007-03-07 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC IR JA
07TOKYO973IRANIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS TOKYO, AGAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran is willing to negotiate over its nuclear program, but will not agree to suspend enrichment activities as a precondition to talks, Iran's DFM for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araghchi told his Japanese hosts March 2. According to MOFA contacts, FM Aso and DFM Yabun [...]
2007-03-07 09:00:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP UNSC IR JA
07TRIPOLI946DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS UNDER
[...] (U) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri November 1. Fituri offered no substantive response, but undertook to convey to the appropriate authorities the request that the GOL take parallel measures. Noting Libya's recent election to a non-pe [...]
2007-11-07 16:16:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN
07TUNIS1435DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 15:10:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TS
07TUNIS1552GOT INFORMED OF IRAN NIE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-04 16:07:00Embassy TunisSECRETPGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR TS
07TUNIS17TUNISIAN REACTION TO SADDAM EXECUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement on December 30 expressing its "deep regret" that Saddam Hussein was executed on the first day of Eid al-Idha. This sentiment was echoed in private conversations; Tunisian contacts who passed the Eid holiday watch [...]
2007-01-03 18:57:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR TS
07TUNIS408DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 14:38:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR TS
07TUNIS984FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS
[...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]
2007-07-24 15:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07ULAANBAATAR681SURVEY OF MONGOLIA'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has assessed requirements that the Mongolian Government (GOM) would have to meet in order to deploy troops to Iraq, in various scenarios. Mongolia could not legally participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) under any of the four scenarios set forth in reftel. [...]
2007-12-07 09:51:00Embassy UlaanbaatarCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL PGOV IR MG
07UNVIEVIENNA181IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIAN STAFF TURNOVER AT BUSHEHR
[...] (C) Recent media reports that Russian workers are leaving the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant construction site in Iran because of political pressure are incorrect, according to the Rosatom representative at the Russian Permanent Mission, Andrey Karasev. He clarified that personnel are leaving b [...]
2007-03-21 13:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA194IAEA/IRAN: HEINONEN'S VIEWS ON IRAN'S DECISION TO
[...] (S) Summary: IAEA DDG for Safeguards Heinonen on March 26 said that the IAEA had received no notifications (orally or written) from Iran concerning media reports that Iran was canceling advance design notification under the Subsidiary Arrangements to its Safeguards Agreement. Such a step, he [...]
2007-03-26 13:39:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA204IAEA/IRAN: IRAN INFORMS OF INTENT TO STOP CODE 3.1 EARLY
[...] (SBU) Iran on March 29 submitted a letter (text at para 5) to the IAEA informing of its intent to halt implementation of Code 3.1 of its Subsidiary Arrangement, requiring early notification of decisions to construct new nuclear facilities or modify existing ones. As justification, the letter c [...]
2007-03-30 13:11:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA AORC IR KNPP
07UNVIEVIENNA384 IAEA/BOG/IRAN: STATEMENTS CALL FOR COOPERATION,
[...] (SBU) Director General ElBaradei's opening statement noted that Iran has continued to place additional limitations on IAEA verification activities, which has resulted in a "deterioration" of the IAEA's knowledge of some aspects of Iran's nuclear program. Almost all country and bloc statements [...]
2007-06-18 08:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA432AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES IRAN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary : Ambassador Schulte delivered the keynote speech at a July 6-8 conference on Iran in Liechtenstein and addressed criticism of U.S. policy on Iran,s nuclear program. He defended P5 Plus 1 demands for a suspension of uranium enrichment as a starting point for negotiations. Also in [...]
2007-07-11 12:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL IR IAEA
07UNVIEVIENNA644IAEA/IRAN: SETTING A STANDARD OF FULL DISCLOSURE
[...] (S) Summary: P3 Ambassadors and German Charge discussed October 24 the inauspicious Jalili-Laranjani-Solana meeting and reviewed Mission-proposed criteria for evaluating a "positive outcome" as defined by the September P5 1 Ministerial statement (ref a). All agreed on the need to set factual [...]
2007-10-29 08:47:00UNVIESECRETAORC IAEA IR KNNP
07UNVIEVIENNA673IAEA/IRAN: RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE NO POINT TO VIENNA
[...] (C) At a UK-hosted P5 1 Heads of Mission(HOM) meeting November 5, UK Ambassador Smith sought to engage Russia and China on next steps on Iran following the November 2 London Poldirs' meeting. Russian and Chinese Ambassadors made it clear that they intended to do nothing prior to the release o [...]
2007-11-07 16:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA705IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 DIVERGE AS RUSSIA AND CHINA SEE
[...] (S) Summary: P5 1 Ambassadors could not come to agreement in a November 20 meeting on any common approach in the November Board on Iran. The EU3 and the U.S. downplayed the work plan as a tool and focused concerns on the Agency's diminishing knowledge of the current Iranian nuclear program a [...]
2007-11-21 15:41:00UNVIESECRETKNPP IAEA AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA710IAEA/BOG/IRAN: BOARD STATEMENTS INCREASE PRESSURE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Iran tried to emphasize positive progress at the November 22-23 Board of Governor's meeting, most members expressed concern over the DG's report and called on Iran to rectify the situation. Even though DG ElBaradei's opening statement to the Board was slightly more posit [...]
2007-11-23 19:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA KNPPIS AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA738IAEA/IRAN: EXPLAINING THE NIE TO KEY BOARD MEMBERS
[...] (C) South African Governor Abdul Minty told Ambassador Schulte that the NIE is an opportunity for P5 1 negotiations and offered President Mbeki as an intermediary with Iran. Separately, Nuclear Counselor briefed key Board members, including P5 1 DCMs/Counselors, on the implications of the NIE, [...]
2007-12-05 15:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALIAEA KNPP PARM AORC IR
07UNVIEVIENNA742IAEA/IRAN: LIKE-MINDED AMBASSADORS REGROUP POST-NIE
[...] (S) In the aftermath of the Iran NIE our priority in Vienna has been to maintain IAEA and Board member government pressure for full disclosure of Iran's past activities and compliance with UNSC requirements. Like-minded Ambassadors shared concerns about the NIE and next steps on Iran in a Dec [...]
2007-12-07 13:56:00UNVIESECRETIAEA AORC PARM KNPP IR
07UNVIEVIENNA778IAEA/IRAN: UK AND FRANCE LOOK FORWARD, DG TO MEET
[...] (S) Summary: UK Ambassador Smith discussed DG ElBaradei's forthcoming trip to London with Ambassador Schulte December 21. He expected Foreign Secretary Miliband to underline the central message that international pressure on Iran must be maintained. The UK was leery of the DG's possible tra [...]
2007-12-21 16:02:00UNVIESECRETIAEA KNPP PARM IR
07USEUBRUSSELS1043U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND
[...] (C) The U.S.-EU Troika disarmament and nonproliferation consultations under the German presidency demonstrated many common interests and a willingness to engage frankly but cordially. They did not hide, however, the well known divergence of views on how to approach these key issues. In parti [...]
2007-03-28 09:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
07USEUBRUSSELS3227RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFERS TO IRAN AND SYRIA: EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-24 16:30:00USEU BrusselsSECRETPARM ETTC PREL IR IZ RU SY EUN
07USNATO579ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...]
2007-10-24 16:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS
07USUNNEWYORK1043HOSTAGE TAKING CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 20:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPDC PREL PTER KTIA IR
07USUNNEWYORK1082COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED
[...] SUMMARY: On November 20-21, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly adopted four country-specific resolutions addressing the human rights situations in North Korea, Burma, Iran and Belarus, despite attempts to derail the process through no-action motions on the last three resolutions. [...]
2007-11-28 19:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM IR KN BM BO
07USUNNEWYORK1137U/S ROOD BRIEFS UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ON IRAN/NIE
[...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Undersecretary John Rood briefed Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the recent National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran. Rood stressed that the NIE does not diminish USG concerns regarding Iran,s nuclear weapons program and, if anything, heightens our concerns. T [...]
2007-12-07 19:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM IR MNUC KNNP
07USUNNEWYORK12HOLOCAUST DENIAL RESOLUTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Now that the Security Council has adopted resolution 1737 regarding Iran's nuclear program, USUN has taken stock of the possibilities for introducing a resolution condemning Iran's denial of the holocaust (reftels). In discussions with Israel, Germany and the UK of options for General Ass [...]
2007-01-10 19:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA IR IS GM EUN
07USUNNEWYORK162UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...]
2007-03-01 15:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC LE IR
07USUNNEWYORK174UNSC/IRAN: ITALIAN PR ASKS FOR EARLY OPPORTUNITY
[...] (C) Italian Permanent Representative Marcello Spatafora called on Ambassador Wolff on the evening of Friday March 2, to stake an Italian role in negotiations on the follow-up Iran resolution. Spatafora said that he was acting on instructions from PM Prodi, and had made the same request to UK [...]
2007-03-02 23:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR IT
07USUNNEWYORK175ISRAELI MILITARY BRIEFS UN ON HIZBALLAH REARMAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON MARCH 1 ISRAELI BRIGADIER GENERAL YOSSI BAIDATZ BRIEFED THE UN AND SELECTED DELEGATIONS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND TROOP CONTRIBUTING COUNTRIES TO UNIFIL, ABOUT REARMAMENT OF HIZBALLAH. USING AERIAL IMAGERY AND CITING "HUNDREDS" OF TRUCK MOVEMENTS SINCE A [...]
2007-03-03 00:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IS SY IR LE
07USUNNEWYORK211IRAN RELATED BRIEFINGS
[...] (S) On 09 March Ambassador Sanders and Chief of Station's (COS) senior representative at USUN delivered reftel sensitive briefing on Iran's nuclear weapons program to Panama's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Ricardo Arias and to Italy's Permanent Representative [...]
2007-03-15 21:11:00USUN New YorkSECRETENRG IR KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TRGY
07USUNNEWYORK213UNSC/IRAN: P5 RESOLUTION INTRODUCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On behalf of the P5, on March 15 the UK introduced a draft resolution on Iran to the Security Council following the IAEA's report of February 22 of Iranian non-compliance with resolutions 1696 and 1737. The draft resolution builds upon the sanctions established by 1737, includ [...]
2007-03-16 00:58:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR
07USUNNEWYORK229UNSC/IRAN: INFORMALS MARCH 20
[...] (C) Summary: Security Council Ambassadors discussed the draft Iran resolution in "informal informals" on Tuesday, March 20. The UK hosted the meeting in response to requests from Council members for more information on the P-5's "political framework" to address the Iranian nuclear issue and i [...]
2007-03-21 15:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK251UNSC/IRAN: RESOLUTION 1747 UPS THE SANCTIONS; FM
[...] Summary. On March 24, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a second Chapter VII Security Council Resolution imposing sanctions on Iran for its failure to comply with its obligation to suspend its enrichment, reprocessing and heavy water activities and cooperate fully with the IAEA. Ira [...]
2007-03-28 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KNNP IR
07USUNNEWYORK381IRAN SANCTIONS EXEMPTIONS FOR BANK SEPAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per instruction, USUN met separately May 14 and May 16 with the German and the Italian Missions to discuss their exemption notifications submitted to the Iran Sanctions Committee regarding the unfreezing of certain assets for Bank Sepah's use (Frankfurt/Main and Italian branches r [...]
2007-05-17 15:21:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK486SECURITY COUNCIL STALEMATE ON IRANIAN STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Efforts to obtain a Security Council press statement condemning Iranian President Ahmadinejad's June 3 remarks threatening Israel's existence have foundered over Indonesian opposition, first announced to the Council on June 8. In a second Council discussions o [...]
2007-06-15 14:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK546EXEMPTIONS TO IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (C) The Iran Sanctions Committee met on June 29, at the request of Italy, to discuss exemptions to the assets freeze. In response to USUN REFTEL points, Italy agreed fully that there should be no "business as usual" for sanctioned individuals and entities (specifically Bank Sepah). That said [...]
2007-07-03 14:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK66UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE FIRST MEETING
[...] (SBU) Iran Sanctions Committee Chairman, Belgian PermRep Johan Verbeke, convened the group's first meeting on January 23. Verbeke said the Committee's role is to facilitate and monitor effective implementation of resolution 1737 (2006). The Committee should be faithful to the letter and spiri [...]
2007-01-26 21:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL MNUC PARM IR
07USUNNEWYORK667FRENCH PERMREP PLEDGES TO WORK CLOSELY WITH USUN
[...] (C) Amb Khalilzad greeted newly-arrived French PermRep Jean-Maurice Ripert for a courtesy call on August 10. Ripert began the meeting by declaring bluntly that U.S.-French relations "are not what they should be," and that although the two countries might disagree, the "ways of disagreement sh [...]
2007-08-14 15:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPKO UNSC IR KO LE SU
07USUNNEWYORK73UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]
2007-01-29 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK918U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS BURMA, AFGHANISTAN, DPRK,
[...] (C) Summary. At Japanese request, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu held a wide-ranging consultation on October 22 on issues currently before the UNSC as well as on UN reform. On Burma, Takasu urged increased pressure on the regime, but argued against actions which risk losing [...]
2007-10-25 20:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC KUNR BM AF KS IR
07VATICAN138A/S DESUTTER ENGAGES HOLY SEE ON NONPROLIFERATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula DeSutter, in a September 13 meeting with Holy See Deputy Foreign Minister-equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin, reviewed the status of various arms control negotiations currently underway and stressed the [...]
2007-09-28 16:42:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA MNUC KNNP IR VT IS
07VIENNA1054OMV CONFIRMS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) OMV Spokesman Thomas Huemer confirmed to us on April 23 that the Austrian energy company had signed a "Heads of Agreement" with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participate in the further development of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf. Huemer added that Iranian pr [...]
2007-04-23 14:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET EINV ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA1068(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]
2007-04-25 12:02:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1270DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- GROWING IRAN-VENEZUELA
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points orally to Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. 2. (S) Lennkh said Austria follows the situatino in Venezuela very closely, and has also noted with concern the growing relationship between Venezuela a [...]
2007-05-15 09:11:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE IR AU
07VIENNA1342DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: IRANIAN LIGHT WATER
[...] (C) EconPolCouns and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points on May 16 to Kurt Pribil and Heinrich Traumueller, Co-Executive Directors of Austria's Financial Market Authority. Traumueller characterized the Iranian Mission's use of its diplomatic account as a repository for bidders on [...]
2007-05-22 10:15:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA1374NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: AUSTRIA INTERESTED IN
[...] (U) On May 23, EconPolOff delivered points in reftels A and B to Alexander Marschik, the Acting Director of the MFA's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Marschik attended the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Plenary in April 2007, and is familiar with the U.S. propo [...]
2007-05-24 14:04:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR AU
07VIENNA1406UNSCR 1747: AUSTRIA USES BROAD DEFINITION FOR
[...] (SBU) On May 22, EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche with Margit Bruck-Friedrich, Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Office of Conventional Arms Export Control, Military Transit, and Overflight Control. Bruck-Friedrich confirmed with the MFA's Legal Department that the GoA had alre [...]
2007-05-29 10:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM ETTC UNSC AU IR
07VIENNA1407SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TO ACQUIRE CW
[...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said that there is only one firm in Austria, located in Krems, which produces Australia Group-controlled precursor chemicals. Krehli [...]
2007-05-29 10:29:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU
07VIENNA1413DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: SPANISH AND
[...] (S) On May 25, Econ Unit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik noted that Steyr Motors was a very reputable firm. He promised to contact Steyr Motors to alert the firm to be on guard against any [...]
2007-05-29 12:22:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IR AU SP
07VIENNA1604IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA
[...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]
2007-06-15 13:45:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1648DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED
[...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]
2007-06-20 15:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA1651UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIAN EXPORT CREDITS FOR IRAN
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Department to deliver reftel points. Maca acknowledged that the Kontrollbank, Austria's export credit agency, remained open for issuing new commitments to the Gove [...]
2007-06-20 17:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1652UNSCR 1747/OECD: AUSTRIA FAVORS DISCUSSION WITHIN
[...] (SBU) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 15 with Silvia Maca, Head of the Ministry of Finance's Export Financing and Promotion Division to inquire about an Austrian response to the U.S. survey on Iran and export credits (reftel). Maca said that the GoA, to her knowledge, had not received th [...]
2007-06-20 17:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1753ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O.
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, post submitted information on domestic USG designations of four additional Iranian entities and two individuals under E.O. 13382 to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Financial Markets Directorate of the Ministry of Finance (MoF). Post also sent reftel i [...]
2007-06-29 14:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA181HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MFA VIEWS
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Thomas Mayr-Harting, the Austrian MFA's Political Director. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting began his response by expressing appreciation for the United States' willingness to find a compromise that had ensured the adoption of UNSCR 1737. There [...]
2007-01-25 13:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA1878AUSTRIA: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND
[...] (S) Acting Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel nonpaper on July 3 to Johann Froehlich, Head of the MFA's JHA Department, and on July 13 to Elisabeth Ottawa, the Ministry of Finance's Counterterrorism Coordinator. Froehlich and Ottawa promised to provide any unclassified identifier and backgr [...]
2007-07-16 06:50:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA2111OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-10 12:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA2407(S) IRAN'S REFAH BANK CONSIDERING A VIENNA BRANCH
[...] (S) On September 12, EconUnit Chief met with Kurt Pribil, the Financial Market Authority's (FMA) Executive Director and FMA Board Member Bernd Traexler to discuss Bank Refah's interest in establishing a branch office in Vienna. Traexler said that he and other FMA officials met with a Bank Ref [...]
2007-09-13 14:40:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN PREL AU IR
07VIENNA243HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN: AUSTRIAN MOF VIEWS
[...] (C) Following up Charge's meeting with the Austrian MFA (ref A),DCM and Econ Unit Chief delivered ref B demarche on January 31 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of the Ministry of Finance's Economic Policy and Financial Markets Directorate. Wieser noted that Austria's stock of medium- and [...]
2007-02-02 09:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR AU
07VIENNA2448SHIELD S05-07: IRAN SEEKING TOACQUIRE CW
[...] (S) Helmut rehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economics' (MoE)Export and Import Control Division told EconPol ounselor and EconUnit Chief on September 19 that Astrian authorities had determined that Interchem Austria had recently shipped a licensable chemical precursor to an Iranian entity. Acc [...]
2007-09-20 07:42:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL ETT IR AU
07VIENNA2453AUSTRIA SCRUTINIZING LETTERS OF CREDITS FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-20 10:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ETTC PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2596IRAN SANCTIONS: AUSTRIA REJECTS EU ACTION
[...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff called on Austrian MFA Deputy PolDir and Near East Division Chief Ralph Scheide October 10 to discuss Iranian sanctions policy. Emboffs raised three concerns: Austrian objection of consideration of expanded sanctions or other diplomatic action until after the [...]
2007-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP IR EU FR AU
07VIENNA2602AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IRAN AT 10/15 GAERC
[...] (C) Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken reported to Econ/Pol Couns Oct. 11 that Austria will reluctantly support the draft conclusions on Iran drawn up by the French, British and Germans and endorsed by HighRep Solana. He also reported that he expects the entire Council to end [...]
2007-10-12 08:20:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR EUN AU
07VIENNA2618AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO USG QUESTIONS ON SEPTEMBER 25
[...] (SBU) Following up on his interim response (ref A) to ref B questions, Markus Zehentner, Deputy Director of the Austrian National Bank's (ANB) Legal Division, contacted EconUnit Chief on October 12. Zehentner maintained that Austria's September 25 notification to the UNSCR regarding payments [...]
2007-10-12 14:42:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA2688AUSTRIA: DELIVERY OF IRANIAN DESIGNATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-25 13:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM PTER EFIN IR
07VIENNA2803TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN DISCUSSES BANK SEPAH WITH
[...] (S) On November 6, Treasury A/S O'Brien met with Patrick Butler, Chief Financial Officer of Raiffeisen Bank (RZB),and Fritz Sommer, RZB General Counsel, to clarify RZB's written response, following an October 20 meeting between Treasury U/S Levey and Raiffeisen International CEO Herbert Stepi [...]
2007-11-15 09:33:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP AU IR
07VIENNA2829AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHANCELLOR ON AUSTRO-IRANIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador McCaw used her Nov. 20 farewell call on Chancellor Gusenbauer to convey again U.S. unhappiness with OMV's South Pars gas deal with Iran. The Ambassador stressed how unhelpful the deal was to the international diplomatic effort to stop Iran's uranium enrichment program. She note [...]
2007-11-20 14:54:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2836AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Austria recognizes and is disappointed by Iran's failure to cooperate fully with the IAEA and expects leading EU states in IAEA BOG to issue a statement expressing many of the themes identified by the U.S. End Summary. El Baradei Report ----------------- 2. (C) Econ/Pol Co [...]
2007-11-21 07:28:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IAEA IR PARM AORC EU AU
07VIENNA2851OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR?
[...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...]
2007-11-27 08:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA2875ADDITIONAL EU DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (C) On November 29, EconPol Counselor and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points to Thomas Baier, Head of the MFA's Multilateral International Law Division, and to Yvonne Desmedt-Tonic from the MFA's Energy and Nuclear Safety Division. Emboffs urged the GoA to support EU designation of addit [...]
2007-11-29 16:59:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR EU AU
07VIENNA2947VISIT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IR AU
07VIENNA2948AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND
[...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]
2007-12-14 14:47:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA477ADDITIONAL DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER E.O. 13382
[...] (SBU) On February 20, post conveyed reftel information on the domestic USG designations of three additional Iranian entities to Elisabeth Ottawa, Terrorism Financing Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Financial Markets Directorate. Post also passed the information to the MFA's Int [...]
2007-02-23 13:19:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM IR AU
07VIENNA512DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON IAEA REPORT ON
[...] (C) On February 26, DCM outlined USG views, per reftel, on Iran's non-compliance with UNSCR 1737 to Johannes Kyrle, the MFA's Secretary General and to Ralph Scheide, the MFA's Middle East and Africa Director. Scheide stressed that Austria continues to fully support the EU-3. As for Austrian [...]
2007-02-28 12:36:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP AU IR
07VIENNA522AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) On February 28, Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel paper to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken commented on the following issues: 2. (C) WESTERN BALKANS: Riecken welcomed the recent decision to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative [...]
2007-03-01 12:55:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AU IR
07VIENNA6DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- IRAN AND UNSCR 1737
[...] A/DCM delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 27 to Carolina Gudenus, acting head of the Austrian MFA's Middle East and Africa division. A/DCM followed up on January 3 with Ralph Scheide, the MFA's assistant secretary-level Middle East and Africa director. SIPDIS 2. Scheid [...]
2007-01-03 16:26:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR AU
07VIENNA626UPDATE ON THE DANIEL FROSCH EXPORT CASE
[...] (S/NF) On March 9, Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met with Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's Export and Import Controls Division to receive an update on the Daniel Frosch Export (DFE) case and to convey ref A information. Krehlik said that an appeals court had indeed released Erich [...]
2007-03-13 08:59:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA791(S) PALFINGER CRANES SHIPPED TO IRAN
[...] (S/NF) On March 26, EconUnit Chief delivered ref A talking points to Helmut Krehlik, Head of the Ministry of Economy's (MoE) Export and Import Control Division. Krehlik said he was unaware of the impending shipment, but promised to inquire with Palfinger Europe GmbH immediately. Krehlik exp [...]
2007-03-27 15:01:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC MTCRE AU IR
07VIENNA810DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: IMPORTANCE OF SWIFT
[...] (S) On March 28, EconUnit Chief delivered reftel statement from Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's (MoF) Director General and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Financing Coordinator. EconUnit Chief underscored the importance of imp [...]
2007-03-28 14:58:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM KNNP EFIN KTFN ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA832AUSTRIA ON THE MARCH 30-31 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on March 29 to Anreas Riecken, the Austrian MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken responded substantively as follows. 2. (C) Western Balkans: The discussion will focus on Kosovo, Riecken said. It is very clear that the EU supports Martti Ahtisa [...]
2007-03-30 08:08:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI AU
07VIENNA85AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND
[...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]
2007-01-17 09:53:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENNA853AUSTRIA ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 AND THE
[...] EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) demarche on March 29 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa. Per ref (b),on March 28, EconUnit Chief had delivered ref (c) demarche the implementation of UNSCR 1747 to the Austrian Finance Ministry. 2. Scheide echoed r [...]
2007-03-30 09:58:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC AU
07VIENNA882AUSTRIA: GOA URGES BANKS TO CLOSE SEPAH ACCOUNTS
[...] (S) EconUnit Chief conveyed ref A points on March 30 to Birgit Ertl, Assistant to the Ministry of Finance's Director General, and to Elisabeth Ottawa, the MoF's Terrorist Finance Coordinator. In a separate meeting (ref C) on March 30 with the MFA's Director for the Middle East and Africa, Eco [...]
2007-04-03 08:03:00Embassy ViennaSECRETEFIN KNNP PARM AU IR
07VIENNA911AUSTRIA: WAITING FOR GUIDANCE ON SHARING NSG
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 14:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IAEA IR AU
07VILNIUS123ADDITIONAL DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel list of entities designated under E.O. 13382 to Donatas Ziugzda, Head of the Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the MFA. Ziugzda once again thanked the USG for providing this information in a timely basis. He assured post that the list wou [...]
2007-02-22 14:14:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP KN PARM IR LH
07VILNIUS219LITHUANIA AGREES WITH GYMNICH TALKING POINTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We delivered reftel points to Gediminas Kasputis of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division on March 28. Kasputis said that the GOL's positions were nearly identical to our positions. Kasputis asked for clarification on several points, and gave details on Lithuania [...]
2007-03-27 14:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN KPAL PREL XG IS IR ZI LH BO
07VILNIUS221LITHUANIA SUPPORTS SWIFT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 10:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN ETTC KNNP IR LH
07VILNIUS233POINTS DELIVERED TO LITHUANIA ON DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-03 08:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP PARM KN IR LH
07VILNIUS25LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT
[...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...]
2007-01-11 17:07:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL
07VILNIUS499LITHUANIA WELCOMES UPDATE OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 11:53:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EFIN KNNP LH IR
07VILNIUS617LITHUANIA PLEASED TO GET INFO ON UNSCR 1737
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-30 14:09:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP LH IR
07VILNIUS637IRAN CANCELLED VISIT TO LITHUANIA; GOL SHARES
[...] Charge delivered ref A points to Zygimantas Pavilionis, Under Secretary in the MFA, on September 10. We delivered ref B and C points at the working level to Rimgaile Karciauskaite, Second Secretary in the MFA's Arms Control, Non-proliferation and Disarmament Division, on September 6. Karciau [...]
2007-09-10 13:13:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC IAEA AORC LH IR
07VILNIUS729LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...]
2007-10-12 14:23:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR
07VILNIUS783SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...]
2007-10-31 12:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR
07VILNIUS805LITHUANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR MID-NOVEMBER IAEA
[...] (C) We provided Department views per reftel to Rimgaile Karciauskaite and Dovydas Spokauskas of the MFA's Arms Control, Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division November 5. Spokauskas informed us that he would likely represent the GOL at the IAEA Board of Governors Meeting on November 22-23 [...]
2007-11-08 13:32:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC LH IR
07VILNIUS829LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]
2007-11-16 16:12:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07WARSAW1165POLAND: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING
[...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel on May 17 to Jacek Hinz, Deputy Director of the America,s Division responsible for Latin America at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolCouns reviewed U.S. concerns over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela, emphasizing growing economic and poli [...]
2007-05-17 14:05:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER IR VE PL
07WARSAW1383MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN: POLAND UNDERTAKES
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) After Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juliusz Gojlo, MFA Head of the Iraqi Task Group, PolCouns was asked to meet June 15 with Gojlo and Iran Deskoff Andrzej Lysiak to discuss a related demarche made by the Iranian Embassy. Ly [...]
2007-06-15 14:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1428IRANIANS TELL POLES THAT SITUATION OF DETAINED
[...] (C) MFA Iraq Task Force Chief Juliusz Gojlo informed PolCouns June 21 that he had met the previous day with a counselor from the Iranian Embassy to inquire about the status of American citizens detained in Iran (Ref A) and to provide Iran our views on the "Irbil Five"--the Iranians detained i [...]
2007-06-21 10:02:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW2171POLAND: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified/NOT for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 29, post delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski and Marian Siemakowicz of the Security Policy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Elzbieta Frankow-Jaskiewicz of the Department [...]
2007-10-31 13:41:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN KTFN ECON PL
07WARSAW315POLISH FM ON HALTING EXPORT CREDITS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered Reftel demarche on Iran Export Credits to Polish FM Anna Fotyga on January 25. Fotyga responded that the GOP took the Iran sanctions very seriously and would make every effort to ensure compliance with UNSCR 1737. She could not promise at present that Poland would t [...]
2007-02-09 13:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN MNUC PL IR EXIM UNSC OECD
07WARSAW500POLAND-EU: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA EU Department Deputy Director Pawel Herczynski, the March 5-6 GAERC will be heavily focused on energy and climate issues, in advance of the March 8-9 European Council (EC) meeting. Emissions standards will be the most difficult part of the discussion. Herczynski [...]
2007-03-01 15:56:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN ENRG PL IR
07WELLINGTON219NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...]
2007-03-09 21:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ
07WELLINGTON435DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN
[...] (C) ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in Ref A and B on June 13 to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Dunn expressed appreciation for the background and indicated he understood the import [...]
2007-06-13 23:51:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO NZ IR
07WELLINGTON462 NEW ZEALAND - ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER E.O.
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 04:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR NZ
07WELLINGTON842NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (S) DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary Alan Williams December 4 to present NIE and talking points per reftel. Williams said that MFAT would immediately prepare a summary for cabinet and the Prime Minister. 2. (S) Williams commented that New Zealand has been clear in its messages to Iran in [...]
2007-12-04 18:50:00Embassy WellingtonSECRETKNNP MNUC PARM IR NZ
07YAOUNDE1306ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING:
[...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...]
2007-11-02 08:39:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM
07YEREVAN1000EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]
2007-08-07 10:58:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN1012CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...]
2007-08-09 05:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM
07YEREVAN1073ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
[...] This is the inaugural issue of a new, periodic digest of news events which we hope will inform, educate, and perhaps occasionally amuse our readership. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Chief Prosecutor Killed in Vanadzor -- Police stop opposition leafleting -- Iranian Vice-P [...]
2007-08-30 10:46:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV KCRM AM IR
07YEREVAN1274IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT LOW-KEY, BUSINESS-LIKE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Oskanian for an immediate readout of President Ahmadinejad's visit. Oskanian said that the Iranian delegation's early departure (a fact which dominated local media coverage) was at the Iranian side's request, and that only vague explanations were offered of urge [...]
2007-10-23 13:09:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETRD EINV ENRG KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN1313DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-01 13:04:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM EFIN KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN1359PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...]
2007-11-19 04:12:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM
07YEREVAN1376RENEWING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA conveyed Ref A points to the Foreign Minister, Energy Minister, and presidential chief of staff, while A/DCM conveyed to senior staff of the prime minister (Ref B). All interlocutors insisted Armenia had no intention to build infrastructure capable of exporting Iranian gas [...]
2007-11-26 14:37:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP IR TU AM
07YEREVAN1445DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 11:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKJUS CASC PGOV PHUM PREL IR AM
07YEREVAN265ARMENIA CONCERNED ABOUT IRAN, BUT RELUCTANT TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-07 13:51:00Embassy YerevanSECRETIAEA TRGY ENRG MNUC PARM PREL KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN323IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...]
2007-03-16 13:17:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN328IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: GOAM REPLIES TO OUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA called in CDA March 19 to present Armenia's reply to Ref A demarche (see para 5 for full text of MFA non-paper),three hours before Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad formally opened the pipeline. The most significant point in their reply is that "there is no more imp [...]
2007-03-19 12:19:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN331ARMENIAN GAS COMPANY COMMENTS ON IRAN-ARMENIA
[...] (C) On March 16, we met with ArmRusGasProm (ARGP) General Director Karen Karapetyan to discuss the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Russian ownership of ARGP and future developments in the Armenian energy sector. Karapetyan reported that the "second phase" of the Iran-Armenia pipeline would be complete [...]
2007-03-19 13:50:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PREL EPET ETTC EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN339LOW-KEY MEDIA COVERAGE OF IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE CEREMONY
[...] The March 20 Iran-Armenia pipeline inauguration ceremony, led by Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad, offered surprisingly little fodder for Armenian media. The ceremony was short. The two presidents did not deliver their prepared remarks, apparently because of bad weather at the outdoor si [...]
2007-03-20 13:57:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN343FM OSKANIAN BRIEFS US ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian called in CDA to provide a readout of the Iran-Armenia pipeline opening, and the presidents' bilateral meeting on the margins. Oskanian said that the GOAM had kept the event "as low-key as possible" and that Ahmadinejad had also been restrained in his remarks. Presid [...]
2007-03-22 08:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL ENRG EINV EPET MNUC IAEA IR AM
07YEREVAN383IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 WITH RESPECT TO BANK
[...] (C) On March 30, Pol/Econ Chief and EconOff met with Armenian Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) director Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss GOAM implementation of UNSCR 1747 (ref A). We mentioned that EUR DAS Bryza has raised our Iran concerns March 28 with President Kocharian and FM Oskanian (septel [...]
2007-03-30 13:01:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALEFIN PARM KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN385PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IRAN, TURKEY, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian met for over an hour with EUR DAS Bryza following the funeral of PM Margarian on March 28. On Iran, Kocharian explained that Armenia, in its precarious geopolitical situation, must carefully think through the consequences of every step it takes with it [...]
2007-03-30 13:22:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR AJ AM
07YEREVAN419DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RIBBON CUTTING AT THE NATANZ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-09 12:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP IAEA UNSC IR AM
07YEREVAN45ARMENIA BACKS OUR IRAQ POLICY, AND WILLING TO DO A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenia's Foreign and Defense Ministers each expressed solid support for our Iraq policy, and for the President's announced changes in Iraq strategy. Both agreed that our Iraq strategy cannot be allowed to fail, and reaffirmed Armenia's commitment to sustain its troop deployment [...]
2007-01-12 13:56:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS KPAO AM IR IZ AF GR YI
07YEREVAN47FONMIN OSKANIAN CONFIRMS MAY 12 ELECTION DATE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting to update the Foreign Minister on Iraq strategy (septel),CDA and Pol/Econ Chief were able to cover a range of issues, including election planning, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ambassador-designate Hoagland's nomination, Armenia-Turkish relations, and Iran. As of [...]
2007-01-12 14:11:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ IR
07YEREVAN528YEZIDI PROTEST AT EMBASSY
[...] (S) About 15 Yezidis protested in front of the Embassy April 27, carrying Armenian-language signs that read "Stop the genocide of Yezidis" and "23 killed in Mosul." They were protesting the deaths of 23 Yezidi workers who were shot in Mosul, Iraq, on April 22. The protest was the first in re [...]
2007-04-27 12:33:00Embassy YerevanSECRETPGOV PTER PHUM IR AM
07YEREVAN603ARMENIA SLOW TO IMPLEMENT BANK SEPAH ASSET FREEZE
[...] (S) Per ref A, on May 8 we met with Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Head at the Armenian Central Bank Nerses Yeritsyan to discuss what steps Armenia had taken to implement UNSCR 1747 and specific actions taken against Sepah Bank. Yeritsyan confirmed that Sepah Bank maintains correspondent [...]
2007-05-11 11:49:00Embassy YerevanSECRETEFIN PARM KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN689ARMENIA WILL SUBMIT UNSCR 1747 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-30 04:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR AM
07YEREVAN755CDA RAISES ENERGY SECURITY,NUCLEAR POWER, AND IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Energy Minister Movsissian June 1 to explore Armenia's current plans and thinking with regard to replacing the Soviet-era Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Press reports had suggested Armenia had made deals with Russia for the construction of a new nuclear plant, [...]
2007-06-08 11:02:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ENRG ETTC PARM ETRD AM IR
07YEREVAN815IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE; MEDIA REPORT U.S.
[...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A demarche points to FM Oskanian June 13. CDA also emphasized the continuing diplomatic and public relations disaster that Armenia's Iran engagement represents, given the context of UNSCRs and international consensus on the need to isolate Iran. He po [...]
2007-06-22 13:16:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALENRG ETTC PREL KMDR IR AM
07YEREVAN896PRIME MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RADIO LIBERTY; NOT
[...] (C) CDA paid an introductory courtesy call on Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian July 12, accompanied by DCM and pol/econ chief. Sargsian joked that he had expected to get a permanent U.S. Ambassador, but failing that, he was very pleased to see CDA in Yerevan again. CDA affirmed that Washingto [...]
2007-07-13 10:06:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MASS EAID KDEM AM IR
07YEREVAN914FM OSKANIAN DISCUSSES RADIO LIBERTY, NDI, IRAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial call July 16, CDA renewed our concerns about forced stoppage of Radio Liberty (RL) broadcasts, but mentioned that the Prime Minister's reply had been somewhat encouraging on this. He highlighted ongoing Washington concerns about Armenia's relationship with Iran, [...]
2007-07-17 13:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN935KOCHARIAN ON RADIO LIBERY, NDI, HR CASES, IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an almost 90 minute introductory call by the CDA, President Kocharian defended his positions on Radio Liberty, NDI, and human rights cases in a friendly but unbending manner. He was determined to move Radio Liberty broadcasts from state radio to a private network, but emphat [...]
2007-07-23 14:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM IR
07YEREVAN939IRANIAN FM VISIT PROMPTS WEAK DEFENSE FROM FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian FM Mottaki was received by Armenia's president, prime minister, and foreign minister, and energy minister during his July 20 visit to Yerevan to take part in the 7th annual Armenian-Iranian inter-governmental economic commission. Armenian leaders were unhelpfully positive [...]
2007-07-24 14:13:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL KMDR IR AM
07ZAGREB1009CROATIAN RESPONSE ON MID-NOVEMBER IAEA REPORT
[...] (C) PolOff reviewed reftel points with Ambassador Mario Horvatic, Croatia's IAEA Governor, on November 8. Horvatic said that Croatia agrees that the IAEA Work Plan could represent a positive step toward resolution of the crisis, but "only if Iran implements its commitments." He appreciated ou [...]
2007-11-14 12:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR HR IAEA AORC
07ZAGREB1035(S) SHOCK CHAMBER FOR IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM -
[...] (S) Post delivered name of German firm attempting to provide a thermal shock chamber to Iran's missile program to MFA's head of international security Sanja Bujas-Juraga in early October and followed up with her again on November 20. She reported that she has passed the name to all relevant ag [...]
2007-11-23 15:45:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR
07ZAGREB25INFORMATION REGARDING UNSCR 1737 DELIVERED TO GOC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-09 12:06:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC HR IR
07ZAGREB294CROATIA FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-27 15:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PARM AORC KNNP IAEA MNUC UNSC IR HR
07ZAGREB360DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S DEFENSE INDUSTRIES ORGANIZATION UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 14:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR HR
07ZAGREB407CROATIA'S INA: OTHER SOURCES EXIST FOR LNG
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on reports of Austrian OMV's LNG deal with Iran, Econ Off spoke to Stevo Kolundzic, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Croatia's national oil and gas company INA about the reports. Kolundzic said that there are many other potential sources of LNG for the Croatian proj [...]
2007-04-25 12:08:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL ECON HR IR
07ZAGREB522 U.S. INVITATION TO THE NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS' GROUP (NSG) PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 15:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR HR
07ZAGREB625CROATIA ADOPTS UNSCR 1747
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 14:58:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ETTC UNSC IR HR
07ZAGREB626ENGAGING CROATIA OVER AMCIT ISSUES IN IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-29 15:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN HR
07ZAGREB762CROATIA TO INVESTIGATE ATTEMPT TO BROKER TEST
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. See para 4. 2. (S) PolOff delivered ref A points to head of MFA Section for Arms Control and Disarmament Mirko Capjak on August 10 and to Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic on August 13. Capjak, who serves as MFA's rep on the GoC's inter-ministerial export c [...]
2007-08-14 15:08:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCR KSCA GM IR HR
07ZAGREB827CROATIAN RESPONSE ON IAEA POINTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As both FM and Ambassador were traveling on September 7, P/E Chief presented reftel A and B points to Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic and Croatia's IAEA Governor Mario Horvatic. Croatia supports the US position on the IAEA Action Plan, but does not plan to speak at the B [...]
2007-09-10 14:33:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR IAEA AORC HR PREL
07ZAGREB850CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC ACCEPTS INVITATION TO
[...] (C) This is an action request - see para 4. Presidential Counselor Budimir Loncar told the Ambassador and DCM September 12 that President Mesic had received an invitation to meet with Iranian President Ahmedinejad during their mutual visits to the UNGA in New York, and that Mesic had accepted [...]
2007-09-14 14:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP HR IR
07ZAGREB876DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MESIC-AHMADINEJAD MEETING
[...] (C) Prior to departing for EUR Energy Conference in Istanbul on September 20, Ambassador telephoned President Mesic,s Foreign Policy Advisor Loncar to carry out demarche (ref A) on the planned meeting between Mesic and Iranian President Ahmadinejad Drawing on points in para two of reftel, Am [...]
2007-09-21 12:33:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR HR
07ZAGREB920READ-OUT OF MESIC - AHMADINEJAD UNGA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 13:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR HR
07ZAGREB985CROATIA WILL SUPPORT REQUEST FOR RED NOTICE
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel to Chief of National Criminal Police at the Ministry of Interior, Darko Dundovic, who is Head of Delegation to the INTERPOL General Assembly. Dundovic was familiar with the case and told Post that the GOC would support the GOA request and EC position. He indicat [...]
2007-11-05 07:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALASEC IR PREL PTER
08ABUDHABI1003UAE MFA ON CHINA'S WEAK NONPROLIFERATION COOPERATION
[...] (S) During a September 4 meeting at which A/DCM and EconOff sought Emirati assistance with sensitive nonproliferation cases (interdictions),MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani expressed UAEG frustration with efforts to improve nonproliferation cooperation with China. [...]
2008-09-05 15:22:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PTER PREL PGOV KNNP IR CH AE
08ABUDHABI1046UAE ENGAGING CHINA ON PROLIFERATION-RELATED TRADE WITH IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-18 11:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM ENRG ECON EFIN PTER PINR PGOV IR AE
08ABUDHABI1162SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO THE UNITED
[...] (U) We warmly welcome your visit, both for the Forum for the Future and for bilateral meetings with the UAE's leadership. 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic powerhouses of the region (our largest export market in the Middle East) an [...]
2008-10-15 14:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL KNNP IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI1218DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UAE FOREIGN MINISTER:
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Forum for the Future ministerial in Abu Dhabi October 19, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) recited to Deputy Secretary Negroponte UAE concerns about U.S. visas for medical cases, an irritant in the context of very favorable relations overall. O [...]
2008-10-22 12:35:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CVIS PK IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI1229CSAF GEN SCHWARTZ MEETS MBZ IN ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Summary: Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and the financial crisis with Air Force Chief of Staff General Schwartz on October 21. He highlighted Iran's influence in Iraq and noted that while his own view of PM al-Maliki had improved, we need to be planning for a suc [...]
2008-10-26 11:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL EFIN MOPS MARR MCAP IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI1287UAE VIEWS ON GLOBAL FINANCIAL TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. On 27 and 28 October 2008, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Ambassador Olson met with officials from the UAE Central Bank, UAE Ministry of Finance and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth funds. Kimmitt discussed the USG response to the global financial turmoil and prospects for the U. [...]
2008-11-10 07:21:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETAE ECON IR
08ABUDHABI1306UAE STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC TO PRESS HUMAN RIGHTS AT UNGA
[...] (C) POL Chief pressed ref A points with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani on November 13, emphasizing the need for a principled stand against "no action" motions that prevent a vital review of human rights violations and the need to address the severe human rights ab [...]
2008-11-13 13:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR MB KN AE
08ABUDHABI1318SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT
[...] (C) General: we look forward to your first visit to the UAE in your capacity as CENTCOM Commander. ------------------------------ Punching above its Weight ------------------------------ 2. (C) Over the past five years, the UAE has emerged as a regional powerhouse, using its financial c [...]
2008-11-18 04:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ PK AE
08ABUDHABI1354UAE UNAWARE OF IRAN NUCLEAR MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-25 10:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PARM TRGY IR AE
08ABUDHABI1381U/S LEVEY PRESSES UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Summary. On 18 November 2008, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and DCM Doug Greene (in Abu Dhabi) and Paul Sutphin, the Consul General (in Dubai) discussed with UAE counterparts recent U.S., international and UAE steps to increase financial pressure on Iran. In particular, Levey detai [...]
2008-12-03 14:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNAE ECON IR KTFN PREL PTER
08ABUDHABI1417 UAE-IRANIAN CIVIL AVIATION AGREEMENT MORE POMP THAN
[...] (U) On December 10, the official state news agency WAM announced that the UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Civil Aviation Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran to expand air passenger links between the two countries. GCAA Di [...]
2008-12-18 06:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN PGOV IR AE
08ABUDHABI1418CROWN PRINCE'S MEETING WITH SENATOR BAUCUS
[...] (C) Summary. During his December 13-15 visit to the UAE (reported septel),Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) discussed the UAE's strategic vision with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Baucus noted his amazement with the UAE's progress. MbZ presented an overview of the [...]
2008-12-18 07:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV OREP PREL PARM KPAL CVIS IR AE
08ABUDHABI159ADMIRAL FALLON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO ABU DHABI
[...] (S) Admiral Fallon, Embassy Abu Dhabi again welcomes you for a visit to the UAE, where we look forward to your engagement with U.S. personnel on the ground and your discussions with the nation's top strategic defense planner, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Arme [...]
2008-02-05 14:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MARR KPAL IR IZ AF LE
08ABUDHABI160AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE AND MBZ DISCUSS SHARED
[...] (S) Summary: When Secretary of the Air Force Wynne met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) February 3, MbZ focused on Shared Early Warning and communication links as critical to defend against Iran. He pressed for advanc [...]
2008-02-05 14:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE
08ABUDHABI174WELCOMING GENERAL MOSELEY BACK TO ABU DHABI
[...] (S) General Moseley, your return visit to Abu Dhabi February 11-13 is most welcome, and we look forward to your conversation with Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) in particular. Your visit continues a series of senior level consultations with the UAE leadership, beginning with President Bush January [...]
2008-02-07 14:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MCAP MOPS MASS IR AE
08ABUDHABI190MFA MINSTATE VIEWS ON IRAN
[...] (C) The Charge took the opportunity of a February 10 meeting with UAE Minster of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussain al-Sha'ali to emphasize the importance of keeping pressure on Iran through UNSC deliberations on potential sanctions, also noting the USG stance not to comment extensivel [...]
2008-02-11 14:17:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC IAEA IR AE
08ABUDHABI222UAE PRIME MINISTER'S QUICK VISIT TO TEHRAN AND
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Prime Minister, Vice President, and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid embarked on a sudden visit to Tehran and Damascus February 18, taking the Foreign Minister (an Abu Dhabi royal) in his entourage. Public explanations of the visit are benign and innocent, and we heard fr [...]
2008-02-19 14:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP IR SY AE
08ABUDHABI260UAE JANUARY 31 NOTICE ON BANK SEPAH - DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) On February 14, Econchief contacted Ahmed Al-Qamzi, Head of the International Division for the UAE Central Bank's Anti Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit (AMLSCU) to ask the UAE to delay or withdraw its notification and to provide more information on the origin of money used to [...]
2008-02-28 09:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PREL PARM IR AE
08ABUDHABI296MARCH 11 GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE AND MARCH 12 JOINT
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the March 11 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and March 12 Joint Military Commission (JMC) as opportunities to renew our mutual commitment to shared strategic goals with the UAE, to remind the UAE military of U.S. appreciation for its support and i [...]
2008-03-06 12:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ LE AE
08ABUDHABI448UAE-BASED FIRM'S EFFORTS TO SUPPLY MTCR-CONTROLLED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 13:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE IR AE
08ABUDHABI460CNO VISIT TO UAE
[...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to your April 16-18 visit to the UAE, arguably the most important facilitator of naval operations among the Gulf countries. We are seeking meetings with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Moh [...]
2008-04-10 14:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS IR IZ AF AE
08ABUDHABI497MBZ DISCUSSES EXTREMISM WITH CNO
[...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) on April 16, in his first meeting with the U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (CNO),sounded out ADM Gary Roughead on missile defense and commented extensively on his concerns over extremism. The Crown Prince affirmed the UAE's commit [...]
2008-04-21 10:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER PARM MASS IR AE
08ABUDHABI528A/S WELCH WITH UAE FOREIGNMINISTER ABDULLAH
[...] (C) Summary: Ina private lunch conversation on April 20 in Abu Dabi, Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch covered a broad range of issues with UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ). Notes follow on Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, nuclear power, IAEA, Iran, Palestine, Pakistan, Algeria [...]
2008-04-28 14:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL MASS EAID KNNP LE IZ IR AG YM AE
08ABUDHABI535 A/S WELCH AND KHALDOON AL-MUBARAK DISCUSS INVESTMENTS, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: On April 20, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told A/S Welch that he was seeing a slightly improved political risk for investment in the U.S. than he had in the summer and that ADIA's work with the U.S. Treasury and Singapore to develop best practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds wa [...]
2008-04-30 04:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON PREL EPET ENRG IR AE
08ABUDHABI581S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEF TO BAHRAIN ON IRAQI
[...] (S) Special Advisor David Satterfield and four accompanying experts on Iraq and Iran briefed a Bahraini delegation in Abu Dhabi on May 7. Satterfield emphasized that the time is ripe for a substantive Arab diplomatic presence in Baghdad; Secretary General of the Bahraini National Defense Cou [...]
2008-05-11 13:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI593S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS UAE FOREIGN MINISTER AND STATE SECURITY
[...] (S) Special Advisor on Iraq David Satterfield held very productive meetings with UAE officials in Abu Dhabi May 7, an afternoon session with Director of Research and Analysis at State Security Directorate (SSD) Brigadier General Hamad al-Shamsi and an evening discussion with Foreign Minister A [...]
2008-05-14 07:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER MASS IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI65FRENCH SIGN MULTIPLE AGREEMENTS WITH ABU DHABI --
[...] (C) Summary: During a brief visit to Abu Dhabi January 15, French President Sarkozy concluded a number of agreements on security, nuclear, and cultural cooperation. Chief among them was an anticipated agreement to assist Abu Dhabi's plans for a civilian nuclear program (ref A),and an unexpe [...]
2008-01-16 14:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS ENRG KNNP FR IR AE
08ABUDHABI684TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETING WITH UAE CENTRAL BANK
[...] (S) Summary: On June 2, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey discussed Iran and the UAE's FATF mutual evaluation with UAECentral Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi. A-Suwaidi explained that he had not seen much groth in the portfolios of Iranian banks in the UAE In response to U/S Levey's question [...]
2008-06-08 10:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER KTFN PREL IR AE
08ABUDHABI711UAE-IRAQ RELATIONS ON THE EVE OF FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE
[...] (S) As the U.S. and Iraq prepare to co-host, on UAE soil, the Friends of Iraq Conference June 17-19, we offer a few thoughts on the UAE's policy vis-a-vis Iraq and potential opportunities to deepen mutual engagement between the two nations. The Conference follows closely after UAE Foreign Min [...]
2008-06-15 15:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI745UAE FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: On the margins of the Friends of Iraq Conference held in Abu Dhabi, Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus discussed potential UAE contributions to Iraq with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) June 19, and used a subsequent lunch conversation with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince M [...]
2008-06-25 04:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PTER IR IZ AE
08ABUDHABI793 VISIT OF COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MARIO MANCUSO JUNE 22-24,
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security Mario Mancuso visited the UAE from June 22-24, 2008 and met with key UAE government and commercial interlocuters to discuss export control, counterproliferation and foreign direct investment issues. During this visit U/S Mancuso met w [...]
2008-07-08 09:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETECON ETRD OTRA IR BEXB ETTC AE
08ABUDHABI865WARNING UAE OF VISIT BY KOMID REPRESENTATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE IR AE
08ABUDHABI866MAYROW NON-PAPER DELIVERED TO UAE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL MNUC IR AE
08ABUDHABI867NONPAPER DELIVERED ON UAE FIRM'S INTEREST IN CONTROLLED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-30 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE KGIC KNNP IR AE
08ABUDHABI948Designation of additional Iranian entities
[...] Embassy Abu Dhabi's OFAC Officer transmitted reftel non-paper via diplomatic note number 739 on August 19, 2008. To date post has not had a response to the note. 2. Note: Post's OFAC Officer is in Washington for consultations and will return to Abu Dhabi on/about September 7, 2008. Qui [...]
2008-08-21 06:42:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN AE
08ABUJA1150IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran and the U.S. response to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 2. Ms. Laose oversees IAEA and nuc [...]
2008-06-16 14:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA PREL NI
08ABUJA1433DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES LIST DESIGNATED UNDER
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on the designation of additional Iranian entities and individuals under E.O. 13382 to Charles Ononye, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' First United Nations Division. Mr. Ononye said that he would pass the information on to the In [...]
2008-07-25 13:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR NI
08ABUJA1435NIGERIA: REINFORCING THE MESSAGE ON IRAN TO SELECT
[...] (C) On July 25, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting between Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jeffery and Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to present reftel demarche concerning the Iran issue at the forthcoming NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting. The Ambassado [...]
2008-07-25 14:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPARM TRGY IR NI
08ABUJA1767COMMERCE MINISTER DENIES IRAN-NIGERIA NUCLEAR
[...] (C/NF) Econ Counselor met with Minister of Commerce and Industry Charles Ugwuh Friday evening August 29 to inquire about press reports of an agreement on nuclear power between Iran and Nigeria (reftel). After glancing at local and AP reports stating that such an agreement had been reached dur [...]
2008-09-03 06:34:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETRD PARM KNNP ENRG KFPC ETTC MNUC KSTC NI IR
08ABUJA1839NIGERIA: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the course of a September 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe, Assistant Secretary David Kramer delivered reftel demarche. The FonMin seemed amenable to coordination with the USG on both country specific and thematic resolutions, and provided responses on the issue [...]
2008-09-10 16:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KIRF KNNP AF UN IR ZI NI
08ABUJA1955DEMARCHE TO NIGERIA RE IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (U) Per reftel, on October 3, PolOff delivered copy of UNSC Resolution 1835 (regarding Iranian compliance with all non-proliferation resolutions) and accompanying nonpaper to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the First United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. PolOff noted the [...]
2008-10-06 07:06:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM
08ABUJA971(C/NF) NIGERIA: IRANIAN ATTEMPTS TO COUNTER
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Reports that Nigerians may be studying Shi'ism at the Imam Hussein Foundation in Ghana may open up opportunities for the growth of Shi'ism in this traditionally-Sunni region. Iranian attempts at promoting Shi'ism in Nigeria (which began in the 1980s when Iran trained and fund [...]
2008-05-30 14:51:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KISL SOCI NI IR
08ACCRA1168GHANA'S RESPONSE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Ghana is unlikely to take a leadership position on Zimbabwe at the UNGA Third Committee, according to Paul Essel, director of International Organizations at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. POLOFF demarched Essel September 10, specifically raising the matter of a resolution on Zimbab [...]
2008-09-11 10:17:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN GH ZI IR
08ACCRA1319DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Economic Chief Philip Cummings delivered the reftel demarche and non-paper on UN Security Council Resolution 1835 regarding Iran and the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty to Mr. Akwasi Agyare, acting Director of the AmericaQs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (SBU) In respo [...]
2008-10-10 12:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP IR GH
08ACCRA1428DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (SBU) Economic Chief Philip Cummings delivered the reftel demarche and non-paper on the additional Iranian entities and individuals named under Executive Order 13382 to Mr. Akwasi Agyare, acting Director of the AmericaQs Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The MFA had no substantive res [...]
2008-11-05 16:13:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC KNNP EFIN IR GH
08ACCRA1586GHANA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE REGARDING DEFENSE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:03:00Embassy AccraSECRETPARM PREL IR XA GH
08ACCRA1613GHANA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO
[...] (SBU) ECONOFF delivered subject demarche to Paul Acquah, Governor of the Bank of Ghana, and Lionel Van Lare Dosoo, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana. Governor Acquah said that no banking license applications have yet been received at the Bank of Ghana from any Iranian entities. The officia [...]
2008-12-24 13:21:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PINR ECIN EFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC IR GH
08ACCRA293GHANA: IAEA BRIEFING ON IRANIAN NONCOMPLIANCE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-29 12:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR GH
08ACCRA430GHANA: DEMARCHE ON DUAL USE ITEMS PROVISION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-01 16:17:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM NSG MNUC IR GH
08ACCRA501GHANA: DEMARCHE ON TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL VIGILENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-14 14:36:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IR UNSC GH
08ADDISABABA2803ETHIOPIA SEES IRAN RELATIONS AS "PROBLEMATIC"
[...] (S/NF) In separate October 6 meetings with Pol/Econ Chief, two Ethiopian Foreign Ministry officials noted that Ethiopia maintains a "problematic" relationship with Iran. Noting recent press reports of Iranian solidarity with Eritrea over "the plots of big powers" and an Iran-Eritrea memorandum [...]
2008-10-08 07:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL ET IR ER
08AITTAIPEI1088 DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on July 21, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 11 Iranian entities and individuals under E.O.13382 for being involved in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. [...]
2008-07-24 00:27:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN FARM PTER PREL ETTC PINR UNSC ECON IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1100DEMARCHE ON IRISL CARGO INSPECTION PROVISION OF
[...] (S) AIT officers conveyed Ref A demarche on implementation of the IRISL cargo inspection provision of UNSCR 1803 to the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) on July 15, the Foreign Ministry on July 18, and Customs on July 21. Michael Hsu, Acting Director of MOFA's North American Affairs Department, [...]
2008-07-25 10:42:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1363 DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on September 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional 5 Iranian entities listed under E.O. 13382 for involvement in Iran's nuclear or missile programs. 2. (U) In [...]
2008-09-16 06:00:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC EFIN FARM PREL UNSC ECON GM IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1374TAIWAN INVESTIGATION OF EXPORT CONTROL CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 11, the EXBS Advisor met with officials of the Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) to get an update on export control enforcement activities. MJIB officials stated that, since the beginning of 2008, they referred six (6) cases to the prosecutor's [...]
2008-09-18 23:30:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC KNNP KSTC TW IR KN MY CH
08AITTAIPEI1390 DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five Iranian entities designated under E.O. 13382 on August 12, 2008: --Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine, --Esfahan [...]
2008-09-22 09:46:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC EFIN FARM PREL UNSC ECON GM IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1467 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO
[...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on October 3, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on an additional five individuals and two entities pursuant to E.O. 13438 for threatening the peace and stability of Iraq and the G [...]
2008-10-14 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW
08AITTAIPEI1472DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC
[...] (S) On October 3, AIT officers conveyed reftel non-paper on the U.S. designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Line (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferators and their Supporters") to the Department of North Ame [...]
2008-10-15 08:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1474DELIVERY OF NON-PAPERS: IRAN FIRMS SEEKING TAIWAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-16 02:38:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPREL PARM PINR ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD KNNP IR
08AITTAIPEI1482 TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND TWO
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following five individuals and two entities designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on September 16, 2008 pursuant to E.O. 13438 for thre [...]
2008-10-17 09:03:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON IZ IR SY TW
08AITTAIPEI1499DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER: RESPONSE TO BOFT ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 07:59:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR MY
08AITTAIPEI1523TAIWAN ACTION ON UNSCR 1835
[...] (SBU) On October 24, AIT received a copy of the instructions the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs sent to relevant authorities to take action pursuant to UNSCR 1835. The following authorities were requested to take action: the Financial Supervisory Comm [...]
2008-10-28 02:55:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP MNUC IR TW
08AITTAIPEI1618IMPLEMENTATION OF TRAVEL RESTRICTION PROVISIONS OF UNSCRS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: On November 14, AIT received a letter from the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs requesting detailed personal data on individuals listed in UNSCRs 1737, 1747, and 1803 s [...]
2008-11-18 02:22:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM KNNP TW IR
08AITTAIPEI1772DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] Post passed information as requested to the Banking Bureau of the Financial Supervisory Commission. The Bureau will share information with other agencies and financial institutions and report any action taken by Taiwan on this matter. SYOUNG [...]
2008-12-24 04:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN IR KNNP PARM TW
08AITTAIPEI217TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORTS TO
[...] (S) On January 31, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Possible exports of controlled items by Arix CNC Machi [...]
2008-02-15 07:23:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETETTC IR MTCRE PARM PREL TW AE
08AITTAIPEI22 FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN
[...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 25, 2007, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with copies of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) October 2007 statement and guidance on Iran [...]
2008-01-07 23:43:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI221 TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS
[...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with information on three individuals, Assaad Halim Hardan, Wi'am Wahhab, and Hafiz Makhluf designated by the U.S. Dep [...]
2008-02-19 10:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI222 TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR
[...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on four individuals (including Ahmed Foruzandeh) and one entity (Al Zawra Television Station) designated by the U.S. Department of Tre [...]
2008-02-19 10:07:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI226 TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER
[...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on seven individuals (including Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi) with ties to the Iraqi insurgency and the former Iraqi regime. 2. The FSC a [...]
2008-02-19 10:08:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI302 TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following four individuals and one entity designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13438 on January 9, 2008: Four individu [...]
2008-03-05 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI303 TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following individual designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on December 6, 2007: --Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi, and th [...]
2008-03-05 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI304 TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS
[...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three individuals designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13441 on November 5, 2007: --Assaad Halim Hardan, -- [...]
2008-03-05 09:37:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08ALGIERS1091GOA RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 16:01:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR AG
08ALGIERS1093DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN
[...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...]
2008-10-07 16:46:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG
08ALGIERS1233IRANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION: ALGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 11:45:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM IR AG
08ALGIERS1248ALGERIA RESERVED ON IRAN AND SYRIA IAEA REPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-24 08:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY AG
08ALGIERS183ALGERIA RESPONSE ON IRAN THIRD SANCTIONS RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Director General for International and Economic Affairs Rachid Bladehane (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on February 16. Ambassador updated Bladehane on U.S. diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear challenges. Bladehane expressed Government of Algeria [...]
2008-02-19 07:55:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS551ALGERIAN MFA PROFESSES SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1803 IRAN
[...] In response to ref A demarche, MFA Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Abdelmalek Bouheddou told us on May 13 that Algeria was committed to playing its part in implementing the sanctions outlined in UNSCR 1803. He stressed that Algeria "takes UN resolutions very seriously" and appreciat [...]
2008-05-13 18:00:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS660IAEA/IRAN: ALGERIA WANTS TO AVOID THREATS
[...] (SBU) On June 4, we delivered demarche (ref A) to Rabah Fasih, Deputy Director for disarmament issues at the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). We had also previously delivered the demarche on June 2 to the North American desk officer, and sent a French version of the non-paper to M [...]
2008-06-04 20:19:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR AG
08ALGIERS831DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIANS: ALGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 06:50:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR AG
08ALGIERS916BOUTEFLIKA CAUTIOUSLY DEFENDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 11 speech at an official breakfast in Tehran, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika cautiously affirmed Iran's legal right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to develop a peaceful civilian nuclear energy program, but urged Iran to continue negotiations with the We [...]
2008-08-19 06:12:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PINR IR AG
08AMMAN1020DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING DUAL-USE ITEM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 15:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JO
08AMMAN1022IRANIAN PROLIFERATORS: GOJ CLOSELY MONITORS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 15:46:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMNUC KNNP IR UNSC JO
08AMMAN1057JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING
[...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...]
2008-04-10 15:22:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08AMMAN1233FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...]
2008-04-23 06:37:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL IR IZ JO LE TU
08AMMAN1265ROYAL COURT CHIEF AWADALLAH TELL S/I SATTERFIELD
[...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah on April 17, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to consider the significant accomplishments the Baghdad government has made recently, particularly the resp [...]
2008-04-24 16:05:00Embassy AmmanSECRETIR PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN1511U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-18 14:54:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR JO
08AMMAN1666STAFFDEL DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, REGIONAL EVENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Jordan organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ten-member U.S. congressional staffdel met with a variety of senior figures, including Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, Advisor to the Chief of Defense [...]
2008-06-03 15:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KIRF KPAL IS SY IZ IR LE JO
08AMMAN1833CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN -
[...] (S/NF) Reftel points were delivered to FM Salah Al-Bashir by NEA/IR Acting Director Philo Dibble on June 15 (Ambassador was present). In general, the FM portrayed Iran's nuclear program as nothing more than a bargaining chip, saying that Iran has been "studying" and "declaring" its nuclear i [...]
2008-06-19 14:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPARM KNNP MNUC IR JO
08AMMAN1983JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...]
2008-07-02 15:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO
08AMMAN2160JORDAN: NAM - IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche July 15 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office. Shamayleh agreed that Iran should not be allowed to use the NAM Foreign Ministers' meeting to shore up its diplomatic position, but was not able to offer a more substant [...]
2008-07-17 15:02:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO UR
08AMMAN2184JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JUNE MEK CONFERENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Media in Jordan and Iran have reported the attendance of thirty-three Jordanian MPs and journalists at a Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) conference in a Paris suburb June 26-30. The incident prompted a diplomatic protest from Tehran, and an awkward response from Amman. A post contact w [...]
2008-07-21 05:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IZ IR BE JO
08AMMAN2221NAM FM'S MEETING IN TEHRAN: "JORDAN WILL NOT FALL
[...] (C) Charge followed up on ref B demarche July 20 with Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir. Bashir, who had just returned from an overseas trip, did not offer a substantive comment but promised to study the issue. On July 23, Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the FM's private office, offered few s [...]
2008-07-24 10:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL KNNP IR JO
08AMMAN2349DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES, INDIVIDUALS UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 10:05:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR JO
08AMMAN2457FORWARD MOMENTUM, BUT IRAQ STILL A BITTER PILL FOR
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordanian officials have conveyed to us their satisfaction with the recent mutual measures between Jordan and Iraq to improve strained ties. Most notable have been the King's August 11 trip to Iraq, which made him the first Arab leader to do so since the fall of Sadda [...]
2008-08-21 15:04:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR JO
08AMMAN2506DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 11:11:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN JO
08AMMAN2810IMPLEMENTING UNSC RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN: JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 12:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP IR MNUC PARM JO
08AMMAN3012IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY
[...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...]
2008-11-04 13:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALIR IZ JO PGOV PREL
08AMMAN708UNSCR 1803: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 12:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP MNUC IR JO
08AMMAN869KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR
[...] (C) Speaking to members of an Jordanian MFA-organized delegation of staffers from the U.S. Senate, King Abdullah and Queen Rania stressed the threat Iran poses to security and stability in the region, and linked the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the rise of Iranian influence in the region. The Ki [...]
2008-03-19 17:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KWBG IR JO
08AMMAN870ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 17:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08AMMAN871KING AND QUEEN OUTLINE IRANIAN "NEMESIS" FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 17:34:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KWBG IR JO
08AMMAN872ROYAL COURT CHIEF AND PM DISCUSS IRAN, ECONOMY,
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with a visiting Senate staffdel (whose trip was arranged by the Jordanian MFA),Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi addressed Jordan's place in the regional political order, political reform, and economic issues. Awadallah reiterat [...]
2008-03-19 17:46:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV EFIN KWBG ECON IR IS JO
08ANKARA1040TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT,
[...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...]
2008-06-04 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1055CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...]
2008-06-06 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU
08ANKARA1057TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...]
2008-06-09 03:52:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY
08ANKARA1073ANKAIR WILL COMPLY WITH DOC STOP-ORDER AND PLANE'S
[...] (SBU) On June 7, we received a copy of the June 6 Temporary Denial Order signed by Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Darryl Jackson, temporarily denying the export privileges of Turkish company Ankair from selling a Boeing 747 to British company Galaxy Av [...]
2008-06-10 13:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1136TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1
[...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...]
2008-06-18 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1155TURKEY: REPORTED FORCED DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN
[...] (C) Post raised US concerns over reports of forced repatriations by Turkey to Iraq per reftel at various levels of the MFA. Ambassador has done so twice with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan was initially only slightly aware of the incident from having to approve MFA press guidance and said h [...]
2008-06-23 07:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL IR IZ SY TU
08ANKARA1157TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN
[...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...]
2008-06-23 14:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1237TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...]
2008-07-09 12:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1256TURKEY/IRAN: FM MOTTAKI TO VISIT ANKARA JULY 17-18
[...] (C) FM Mottaki is planning to visit Ankara, July 17-18 (arriving the evening of July 17),according to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan. Mottaki had previously indicated to the Turks an intention to visit Turkey following internal discussion on the refreshed P5 1 package. FM Bab [...]
2008-07-11 13:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1265SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY
[...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]
2008-07-14 16:55:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA132S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...]
2008-01-23 17:51:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU
08ANKARA1335DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...]
2008-07-25 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKNUC ETTC PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1338DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING
[...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...]
2008-07-25 13:45:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU
08ANKARA1368TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY
[...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...]
2008-07-30 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL IR TU
08ANKARA1405TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...]
2008-08-06 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1417GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 15:31:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1430TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...]
2008-08-11 16:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU
08ANKARA1446TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT
[...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...]
2008-08-12 12:38:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPROG PREL TU IS IR
08ANKARA1465TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID
[...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...]
2008-08-13 15:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1476SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-15 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1497TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...]
2008-08-19 12:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1509TURKEY: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 11:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TU
08ANKARA1611TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...]
2008-09-09 09:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1627U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]
2008-09-10 16:40:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]
2008-09-10 22:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1641TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS
[...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...]
2008-09-12 15:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1679U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-22 08:15:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1689CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL
[...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...]
2008-09-22 14:29:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU
08ANKARA1699U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS
[...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]
2008-09-24 08:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1754TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...]
2008-10-09 09:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1761TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN
[...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...]
2008-10-09 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG TU IR
08ANKARA1791TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS
[...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...]
2008-10-15 15:07:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1843PJAK STATEMENT ACCUSES U.S. OF SUPPORTING
[...] (U) The Freedom Life Party of Kurdistan (PJAK),the terrorist, anti-Iran affiliate of the PKK, released a statement threatening U.S. interests on October 18. It claims that U.S.-Turkey intelligence cooperation has prompted Turkey-Iran cooperation and coordinated joint attacks on "libertarian [...]
2008-10-22 14:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR PINS PROP MOPS IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1854TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...]
2008-10-24 07:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETTU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1961TURKEY: BABACAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH UK FS
[...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to reconnect following a tense meeting on the margins of UNGA, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband hosted FM Ali Babacan in his hometown of South Shield November 7. Babacan provided an optimistic update on GOT's ongoing discussions with the Kurdistan Regional Govern [...]
2008-11-13 10:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN IR IZ TU UK
08ANKARA199TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND
[...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...]
2008-02-04 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN
08ANKARA1992TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY EAGER FOR CHANGE IN IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and Think-tankers in Ankara told Department of State Iranian Affairs Office Director Todd Schwartz during November 13 meetings that the U.S. should initiate direct talks with Iran and signal a willingness to "extend a hand of friendship" early in the Obama Admini [...]
2008-11-17 15:55:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG IR TU
08ANKARA1994TURKEY: MINISTER GULER IN TEHRAN TO TRY TO CLOSE
[...] (C) On November 15, a delegation led by Turkish Energy Minister Guler went to Tehran to try to conclude negotiations begun in July 2007 to develop natural gas in Iran's large South Pars field and to construct a dedicated pipeline to bring Iranian gas to Turkey (reftel). The delegation also i [...]
2008-11-17 17:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1998TURKEY SIGNS NATURAL GAS MOU WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci characterized the MOU signed between Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Petroleum Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on November 17 as "nothing new." There was no progress on long-standing issues such as gas price, investment ter [...]
2008-11-18 14:54:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2003TURKEY: IRAN NUCLEAR CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA Near East and South Asia Deputy Undersecretary Feridun Sinirlioglu on November 19, underscoring that, as a member of the NSG and the IAEA Board of Governors and soon-to-be member of the UNSC, GOT participation in the conference would send the wrong sign [...]
2008-11-19 14:41:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IR TU
08ANKARA2016TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S SINIRLIOGLU ON IRAQ,
[...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu provided CDA with an overview of pressing regional issues November 19. He reported that President Gul intends to visit cities outside Baghdad in addition to the capital during his upcoming Iraq visit [...]
2008-11-20 15:01:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA2022TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]
2008-11-21 16:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2028TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]
2008-11-21 16:58:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2057TURKEY/IAEA: TURKEY WILL EXPRESS "NUANCED"
[...] (C) CDA delivered reftel demarche to MFA International Security and Disarmament DG Tomur Bayar on November 25. Drawing on reftel background, CDA stressed that, as a neighbor of both Iran and Syria, a member of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG) and soon-to-be member of the UN Security Council, [...]
2008-11-26 13:27:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR TRGY TU
08ANKARA2058AN IRAN VIGNETTE; DUAL EXISTENCES IN DAILY LIFE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September interview with Leila E, an official with the Iranian Ministry of Interior, she offered insights into political, social, and religious issues occurring in Iran. She described pervasive efforts by the regime to monitor and control the activities of the Iranian po [...]
2008-11-26 14:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
08ANKARA2091DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Econ Counselor delivered reftel demarche on December 3 jointly with representatives of the UK, Italian, French and German embasssies to Devrim Ozturk, Head of MFA's South Asia Department. Italian DCM Alessandro Azzoni read the joint talking points, noting that he was speaking for all five [...]
2008-12-05 04:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALEFIN KNNP MNUC IR TU
08ANKARA216TURKEY-IRAN JOINT ECONOMIC COUNCIL ADVANCES
[...] (C) Summary: Turkey's economic relationship with Iran continues to grow, with the bilateral trade volume increasing from $1 billion in 2000 to $7.4 billion in 2007. 80% of this trade, however, continues to be Iranian fuel exports to Turkey, totaling $5.2 billion in 2006. The number of Irania [...]
2008-02-07 11:17:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA263TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR
[...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...]
2008-02-12 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA277TURKEY: BANK MELLI ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE A TURKISH
[...] (S) A January 28 visit by Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey gave us the opportunity to share Ref A points widely with appropriate parties in the Turkish Government, including Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek, Finance Minister Kemal Unakitan, MASAK President Adnan Erturk, and Ministry of Fo [...]
2008-02-14 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA284RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY
[...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...]
2008-02-14 15:11:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL MNUC UNSC TU IR
08ANKARA298TURKEY: MORE FROM BRSA ON IRANIAN BANKING INTEREST
[...] (S) Summary. In a follow-up meeting on Ref B issues, Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Chairman Tevfik Bilgin (please protect) told us that the proposed Bank Melli purchase of Adabank is not possible at this time. Adabank is under the supervision of Turkey's Securities Deposit [...]
2008-02-19 05:42:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP MNUM IR TU EFIN
08ANKARA324TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...]
2008-02-21 12:04:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR
08ANKARA35DESPITE IRANIAN GAS CUTS, TURKEY KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the midst of cold winter weather and snow, Turkey is suffering from reduced gas imports from Iran and Russia. The GOT is taking several measures to assure that power is kept on. In a worse case scenario of bad weather forcing Russia to cut gas supplies to Turkey via the West [...]
2008-01-08 15:51:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA379TURKEY: U/S LEVEY ON DANGERS OF DOING BUSINESS
[...] (C) Summary: In his January 28th meetings with the Turkish Foreign, Finance, and Treasury Ministries and Halkbank, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey discussed the dangers of doing business with Iran and warned of the need for constant vigilance and extraordinary scrutiny in financial relat [...]
2008-02-27 12:37:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETEFIN KTFN KNNP EINV TU IR
08ANKARA418TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-03 15:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA438TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 08:16:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA456TURKEY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1803, DENIES
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk, Deputy Director General (DDG) for South Asia Babur Hizlan, and DDG for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun. We highlighted the resolution's call on states to exercise vigilance in dealing with Iranian ban [...]
2008-03-07 14:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA494TURKEY: IRAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: NO STATEMENT
[...] (C) It is not Turkish practice to issue a statement on any country's elections, MFA Iran deskoff Mehmet Sekerci told us March 12, and he was confident Turkey will not do so following Iran's parliamentary elections. He pledged, however, to convey our points to his superiors. Turkish Parliame [...]
2008-03-13 11:34:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IR TU
08ANKARA573TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE ITEM
[...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Head Elif Ulgen expressed appreciation for reftel non-paper and stressed Turkey's commitment to implementing the dual use item prohibitions of UNSCR 1803, during a March 27 meeting. Ulgen shared that Turkish Customs officials had prevented the shipment of dual [...]
2008-03-27 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC TU
08ANKARA6REQUEST FOR NIE BRIEFING TEAM TO VISIT ANKARA
[...] (C) Post requests Ankara be added to the Iran NIE briefing team's itinerary. We understand that Ankara is currently not among the twenty posts that the Iran NIE briefing team plans to visit. Turkey, as the only NATO member bordering Iran, has substantial economic ties with Iran, and is in p [...]
2008-01-02 14:14:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKMNP MNUC PARM IR TU
08ANKARA627TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]
2008-04-03 12:20:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA632TURKEY WILL MAINTAIN AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 14:53:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA678IRAN: TURKEY IMPLEMENTING UNSCRS TRAVEL BAN AND
[...] (SBU) Turkey will abide by all provisions of UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, including those pertaining to travel, MFA Iran Section Head Mehmet Sekerci told us April 9. He said would convey our reftel points to his superiors. According to Sekerci, all the individuals' names subject to "vigilance [...]
2008-04-10 09:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP UNSC IR TU
08ANKARA692TURKEY: A NONPROLIFERATION PARTNER ON ITS OWN TERMS
[...] (C) Summary: As the only NATO ally bordering Iran and Syria, Turkey plays a pivotal role in our nonproliferation efforts in the region. Turkey shares our nonproliferation goals, but is also sensitive to its relations with neighbors. Turkey is frequently called upon by the U.S. and others to [...]
2008-04-11 14:21:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETKNNP PREL PARM ETTC TU IR SY
08ANKARA711TURKEY'S BIG PLANS TO DEVELOP IRANIAN GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler's informal advisor Faruk Demir told us April 3 that Turkey plans to develop Iranian South Pars gas for Turkish and European consumption, and expects to obtain financing and Western partners to develop the field and construct a new pipeline to Turkey. Turkey [...]
2008-04-16 13:30:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA747TURKEY-IRAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: COOPERATION REMAINS
[...] (C) Turkey-Iran security cooperation was not advanced substantially at the 12th Turkey-Iran Supreme Security Commission meeting, held in Ankara, April 15-16, MFA Security Affairs Head of Department (bilateral and multilateral security cooperation) Metin Ergin told us April 21. Ergin describe [...]
2008-04-22 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PGOV PTER IR TU
08ANKARA887TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...]
2008-05-08 09:11:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU
08ANKARA935TURKEY/IRAN SANCTIONS: NO PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY
[...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Iranian Affairs Department Head Devrim Ozturk and MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head Bora Kerimoglu on May 9. Thanking us for the report, Ozturk stated that Turkey is fully implementing UNSC Resolution 1803, as well as Resolutions 1737 and 1747. H [...]
2008-05-14 15:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALKNNP EFIN AORC ETRD UNSC TRGY IR TU
08ANKARA942TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY OFFERS TO HOST MEETING BETWEEN
[...] (C) During May 12 bilateral consultations with Turkey that focused on CFE issues (ref) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak made the following points regarding Iran, according to MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun: -- No one has full intelligence on Iranian intention [...]
2008-05-15 14:37:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IR RS TU
08ANKARA989TURKEY: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-23 16:05:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP TRGY MNUC IR TU
08ANTANANARIVO443COMORAN PRESIDENT VISITS IRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and a high-ranking political and economic Comoran delegation arrived in Tehran for a three-day visit that included meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Foreign Minis [...]
2008-06-20 10:14:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID IR CN
08ANTANANARIVO748IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...]
2008-11-06 11:53:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR MA PINR PREL
08ANTANANARIVO759COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...]
2008-11-12 09:00:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PTER CN IR
08ASHGABAT1067TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: U.S. BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS
[...] (C) The AMCIT country manager for Bertling Logistics, a Houston-based firm that provides logistical support for many of the foreign oil companies active in Turkmenistan, said during an August 15 meeting that he has been told that there has been more than one incident involving Azeri gunboats i [...]
2008-08-16 06:38:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET AJ IR TX
08ASHGABAT1090DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATON OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 09:29:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1180TURKMENISTAN: RECEPTIVE TO TURKISH ENERGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler's visit laid the groundwork for expanding the Turkish role in Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry and also could strengthen and enhance the two countries' electricity relationship. It is possible that Turkmen officials were quite receptive to [...]
2008-09-06 08:06:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EPET ENRG EIND IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT1189TURKMENISTAN: AN IRANIAN-AMERICAN BAHAI AT HOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboff's recent conversation with an elderly Iranian-American Bahai religious worker in Ashgabat revealed a refreshing exception to the problems faced by minority religious groups in Turkmenistan, including registered organizations. The fact that this Bahai community elder is a [...]
2008-09-09 09:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL IR TX
08ASHGABAT1258TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS VIEWS
[...] (C) In a recent conversation with emboff, a senior Pakistan Embassy diplomat described his country as having had an "up and down" relationship with Iran for the last 20 years. He called Iranians "difficult people", and said Pakistan's relations with them were at a low during the years prior [...]
2008-09-23 12:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR PK TX
08ASHGABAT130 TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over dinner on January 9, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa told Ashgabat-based law enforcement donor community members that his meeting with President Berdim [...]
2008-01-26 06:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT1345TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN: FLOATING PRICE GAS DEAL
[...] (C) A Turkish diplomat confirmed to us today that notwithstanding earlier press reports to the contrary, no deal has been reached whereby Iran would purchase gas from Turkmenistan according to a floating price formula beginning next year. The diplomat, Hakan Chengiz (please protect),told embo [...]
2008-10-10 03:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT1355TURKMENISTAN: IRAN 3, U.S. 0, SPORTSMANSHIP
[...] Embassy Ashgabat played the Iranian Embassy team on October 11 in a 30-minute soccer match during the first round of a diplomatic tournament organized by the Embassy of Kazakhstan. Team U.S.A. was made up of the DATT, RSO, GUNNY and 2 MSG, CAO, and a Nevada National Guard representative. We n [...]
2008-10-14 08:56:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI IR TX
08ASHGABAT1417IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: OIL MINISTER VISITS ASHGABAT;
[...] (SBU) According to the October 28th edition of the Russian-language Neytralniy Turkmenistan" and Iranian press reports, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari attended the Independence Day festivities in Ashgabat on October 27 and met with President Berdimuhamedov to discuss bilateral energy coope [...]
2008-10-29 12:23:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PINR PREL IR TX
08ASHGABAT1420TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHERAN ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Hungarian ambassador to Iran and Turkmenistan, based in Teheran, spoke at length with the Charge earlier October 28, giving a read-out on Iran's worsening economic situation, the upcoming Iranian and U.S. presidential elections, views on the Israel-Palestinian conflict and Ira [...]
2008-10-30 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT1454TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SKEPTICAL ON IPI PIPELINE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 03:38:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET IR PGOV PINR PK PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1511TURKMENISTAN: UNODC COUNTER-NARCOTICS TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent conversation with emboff, UNODC Turkmenistan's National Projects Officer gave a read-out on the agency's latest counter narcotics training course in Ashgabat. The participants were officials from several Turkmen government agencies involved in counter-narcotics efforts [...]
2008-11-21 13:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT1531IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAJIYEV
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-26 08:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM IR TX
08ASHGABAT155 TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon, discussed with Defense Minister General Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev and State Border Service Chief General-Major Bayram Alovov Turkmenistan's security situation, ongoing military reforms, and regional issues during separate meetings o [...]
2008-01-31 10:49:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS SNAR IR AF RS TX
08ASHGABAT1556IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS OF LIFE IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with emboffs, a Hungarian diplomat posted in Tehran described what it is like to live and work in the Islamic Republic. He confirmed that Iran's economy is in very bad shape, and that people are becoming more and more critical of the government's ineptitude. Iranians [...]
2008-12-03 10:23:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT1557TURKMENISTAN'S GAS DELIVERIES TO IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-03 10:23:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON EINDIR IR TX
08ASHGABAT1559TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN TRADE SHOW IN ASHGABAT
[...] (U) Several dozen Iranian companies exhibited their products at a large trade show in Ashgabat from November 28-30. The wide range of goods on display included Iran Khodro/Peugeot automobiles, farm equipment, foodstuffs, applicances, cosmetics, and construction materials. The booths covered a [...]
2008-12-03 12:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL IR TX
08ASHGABAT1560TURKMENISTAN: SERAHS CANDIDATES/OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: On November 25, poloff visited the town of Serahs, located in Ahal Welayat (province) on the Iranian border, and met with local officials and two candidates in the upcoming Mejlis elections. Both candidates for the 32nd electoral district seat appeared genuinely motivated by a de [...]
2008-12-03 12:42:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL TX IR
08ASHGABAT1588TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION: LARGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent international oil and gas exhibition in Ashgabat attracted participation from a wide-range of foreign companies looking for opportunities in Turkmenistan. Government officials repeated their willingness to work with foreign partners. However, the gap between Turkmen [...]
2008-12-08 12:12:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT164 TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS MANN, "WE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov told Ambassador Mann on January 29 he -- wants a Trans-Caspian Pipeline with Azerbaijan but wants to "start small" and needs a legal basis for it to protect him from Russia and Iran; -- needs a legal structure to allow Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan jo [...]
2008-02-04 05:04:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM EPET TU RS IR KZ AJ TX
08ASHGABAT170IRAN'S NATURAL GAS WOES
[...] (C) Iran has no gas to sell to customers and carries on gas negotiations with various countries in an attempt to show it is not isolated, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge during a February 1 lunch. In a discussion that covered a number of Caspian and Central Asian energy issues [...]
2008-02-04 11:04:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT173 TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINE STUMBLES AS IT SEEKS TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukraine's representation in Turkmenistan is continuing to have a difficult time reviving its bilateral diplomatic and business relationship. Ukrainian diplomats are showing deep interest in the frequent arriva [...]
2008-02-05 07:06:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET UP CH IR TX
08ASHGABAT199 TURKMENISTAN EMERGING AS PRAGMATIC REGIONAL PLAYER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The delivery of a significant amount of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan and enhanced provision of electricity to Tajikistan, combined with intensified economic cooperation and diplomatic activity in the region, [...]
2008-02-08 09:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG IR AF UZ TI TX
08ASHGABAT303 TURKMENISTAN: USTDA EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an effort to explore the potential for using U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) programs to promote U.S. equipment manufacturer sales to Turkmenistan, a USTDA delegation met with Turkmen Motor Roads Stat [...]
2008-03-05 11:39:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR EAGR ECON EIND ELTN IR TX
08ASHGABAT304TURKMENISTAN: UNSC ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-05 12:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PARM KNNP MNUC IR TX
08ASHGABAT401 TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS IRANIAN ACCUSATION OF
[...] (U) According to press reports, the Iranian press attache in Dushanbe announced on March 26 the arrival of 28 tanker trucks of fuel oil and diesel fuel as part of a larger tranche of humanitarian aid Iran was delivering to Tajikistan, which had been sent during the winter to help the Tajiks [...]
2008-03-31 10:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IR TI TX
08ASHGABAT417 TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...]
2008-04-03 11:39:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX
08ASHGABAT423IRAN: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL VIGILANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 13:07:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP MNUC UNSC IR TX
08ASHGABAT454 TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES U.S.
[...] (C) During an April 10 reception hosted by the Baku-based Ambassador of Switzerland, Alain Guidetti, who had just presented his credentials to the Government of Turkmenistan, Charge found himself in a group conversation with the Ambassadors of Georgia, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, and Iran [...]
2008-04-11 07:08:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET IR RS TX
08ASHGABAT458 TURKMENISTAN: OMV REP ASSERTS NABUCCO IS THE EC
[...] (SBU) Charge met April 11 with Baku-based Austrian Energy firm OMV Caspian Region Country Manager Wolfgang Sporrer who also introduced himself as the Nabucco representative for Turkmenistan. He was in Ashgabat for the April 9-10 EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial, and for the next-day Turkm [...]
2008-04-14 04:09:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET EU AU RS IR TX
08ASHGABAT482TURKMENISTAN/EU TROIKA-CENTRAL ASIA: BEHIND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Briefing on the April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial in Ashgabat, French Ambassador Christian Lechervy (strictly protect throughout) -- lamented the region's lack of cohesion and common interests, as well as Kazakhstan's "arrogance"; -- criticized EU Commissioner fo [...]
2008-04-17 08:33:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPREL PHUM PINR EPET RS FR IR ZK TX
08ASHGABAT509IRANIAN DIPLOMAT PUBLICLY HARANGUES TURKMENISTAN FOR POOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 22 Trade Facilitation workshop held in Ashgabat for Central Asian agencies involved in border control and trade, an Iranian diplomat made a 5-minute harangue criticizing the Government of Turkmenis [...]
2008-04-24 03:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT529AFTER THREATS TO CANCEL, TURKMENISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL TRADE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) neglected to follow up appropriately during the process of organizing the EU-UNDP Border Management and Drug Actions Programs in Central Asia (BOMCA/CADAP) workshop [...]
2008-04-28 11:35:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT568TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NATURAL GAS "AGREEMENT" LEAVES
[...] (C) Although Iran and Turkmenistan agreed April 25 to resume delivery of Turkmenistan's natural gas to Iran, they are still negotiating both the price and volume of natural gas deliveries, the Iranian ambassador told Poland's Ambassador Marciej Lang during a May 5 diplomatic event. The two s [...]
2008-05-05 12:55:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT570TURKMENISTAN: MAGTYMGULY SHELTERED FROM ECONOMIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although life seems increasingly tough in most of Turkmenistan's agricultural areas, the district of Magtymguly, located west of Ashgabat close to Turkmenistan's border with Iran, seems to be weathering the country's inflation and unemployment slightly better than other rural ar [...]
2008-05-05 13:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ECON SOCI IR TX
08ASHGABAT577FROM ASHGABAT TO MASHHAD: WESTERN DIPLOMATS GET A
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Two female Western diplomats made a visit recently to Mashhad, Iran, and got a feel for the city and its residents. Although the city was historically and culturally interesting, the visitors increasingly felt [...]
2008-05-06 12:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI SCUL TX IR
08ASHGABAT614TALKING POINTS AND U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-14 05:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ETRD TRGY KNNP AORC UNSC IR TX
08ASHGABAT7TURKMENISTAN PLAYING HARDBALL WITH IRAN OVER GAS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Now that Turkmenistan has reached agreement with the China National Petroleum Company and Gazprom on new prices for its natural gas, Turkmenistan has turned its focus to Iran, to which it sells approximately 8 billion cubic m [...]
2008-01-03 11:27:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT705IAEA/IRAN: LATEST IAEA REPORT DELIVERED TO THE GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-03 09:51:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA TX
08ASHGABAT75TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NOW THE IRANIANS ARE BLAMING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) As Turkmenistan's gas pipelines to Iran remain shut off for the second week, both sides have dug in their heels in the natural gas war that began just after the new year. However, Iran continues to rachet up the stakes. Acco [...]
2008-01-15 11:49:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT758TURKMENISTAN OFFERS NAVCENT COUNTER-NARCOTICS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Mammetgeldiyev told NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Cosgriff on June 12: -- Turkmenistan is keenly aware of the Afghan narcotics problem and offers the United States full cooperation; -- precursor chemicals for heroin processing need closer attention; - [...]
2008-06-13 11:52:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PREL PARM MARR SNAR KCRM IR AF TX
08ASHGABAT77CENTRAL ASIAN NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY LINE: A LOT OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. GREAT HOPES RESTING ON NORTH-SOUTH LINE 2. (SBU) Head of the Ministry of Railway Transportation International Affairs Department Annamurat Horantsanliyev met january 7 with EconOff to discuss the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Nort [...]
2008-01-15 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ELTN IR KZ TX
08ASHGABAT772 THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN DELIVERED TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-18 12:30:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR TX
08ASHGABAT855 TURKMENISTAN: UNODC'S CASPIAN SEA INITIATIVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Caspian Sea Initiative meeting, held in Ashgabat on June 24-26, gave Caspian littoral states a good opportunity to discuss the counternarcotics challenges their countries face. While the attendance of a [...]
2008-07-09 10:01:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR IR TX
08ASHGABAT922DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-21 06:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR TX
08ASHGABAT931TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED WITH IRAN ON GAS
[...] (C) Turkmenistan and Iran have reached an agreement on gas. According to Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Bichkali, who was informed by the Iranian ambassador, Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed that Iran will pay $175 per tcm for a five-year period. Bichkali said the accord was reached several we [...]
2008-07-23 08:25:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASMARA275 ISAIAS VISITS IRAN; GARNERS ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS
[...] (SBU) President Isaias Afwerki's May 19-20 state visit to Tehran and meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have received front page coverage in the Eritrean government-controlled media. President Isaias' visit included an interview with Iran's Press TV, the ful [...]
2008-05-22 14:07:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IR ER
08ASMARA563POSSIBLE IRANIAN SUBMARINE IN ASSAB
[...] (S/NF) An Iranian submarine was reportedly sighted in the port city of Assab on 11/24/08. A reliable embassy source obtained this information on 11/25/08 from a contact who belongs to an unknown Eritrean Army intelligence unit based in Assab. The contact said the submarine visit is widely k [...]
2008-11-26 09:31:00Embassy AsmaraSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PREL ASEC ER IR
08ASMARA577IRAN REFURBISHING AND OPERATING ERITREAN OIL
[...] (C) The Eritrean government has reportedly sold, leased, or granted operating rights of its Russian-built oil refinery in Assab. A reliable embassy source stated an unknown "Arab" country would be operating this refinery. BBC reported on 11/25/08 that according to the Eritrean website www.E [...]
2008-12-04 14:33:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG ER ASEC IR
08ASTANA1649KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on September 2 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev expressed the Government of Kazakhstan's continuing support for strong no [...]
2008-09-03 11:18:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP IR MNUC KZ PREL
08ASTANA1967KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper reaffirming the importance of implementing all UN Security Council resolutions adopted on Iran to Fairzarkhman Kasenov, Counselor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on October 3. Kasenov expressed the Gov [...]
2008-10-03 12:41:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC KNNP IR KZ
08ASTANA2160KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on discouraging participation in Iran,s November 30 "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" on October 31 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Coope [...]
2008-10-31 11:46:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MNUC TRGY KNNP IR KZ
08ASTANA2291 KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...]
2008-11-21 10:24:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ
08ASTANA2295KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PREVENTING
[...] (SBU) In coordination with the UK Embassy in Astana, we delivered reftel A points and non-paper on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium on November 21 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation. We had previously delivered the [...]
2008-11-24 06:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EMIN ENRG ETTC MNUC KNNP IR UK KZ
08ASTANA2348KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DISCOURAGING
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on discouraging participation in Iran,s November 30 "First International Conference on Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" on October 31 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Coope [...]
2008-11-25 13:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC TRGY KNNP IR KZ
08ASTANA2349MANGYSTAU - KAZAKHSTAN'S OTHER OIL CENTER
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 6, DCM and poloff met with several oil companies to discuss the state of the energy industry in Kazakhstan,s Mangystau oblast. Oil companies in Mangystau noted the region,s untapped potential, good i [...]
2008-11-25 14:17:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EINV EPET CH IR KZ
08ASTANA2573KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points and non-paper on designating additional Iranian entities and individuals under Executive Order 13382 on December 30 to Sergey Savelyev, Deputy Director of the MFA,s Department of Multilateral Cooperation. Savelyev promised to pass our non-paper to appropriate [...]
2008-12-30 11:26:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EFIN KNNP IR KZ
08ASTANA797(S) KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED
[...] (S) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche regarding the latest schedule of a North Korean flight of proliferation concern to MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev on April 25. Kaliyev said he would immediately relay the information to the appropriate Kazakhstani government agencies. [...]
2008-04-25 06:07:00Embassy AstanaSECRETKNNP PREL PARM KZ KN SY IR
08ASTANA849KAZAKHSTAN DENIES OVERFLIGHT TO FLIGHT OF
[...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Advisor for International Security Faizrakhmam Kassanov told Poloff on April 29 that Kazakhstan denied overflight to the North Korean airliner subject of reftel C. According to Kassanov, North Korea presented the Government of Kazakhstan a diplomatic note reque [...]
2008-04-29 12:20:00Embassy AstanaSECRETKNNP PREL KZ KN SY IR
08ATHENS1018GREEK MFA ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) On 15 July, PolOfficer and PolAssistant delivered ref A points and discussed issues likely to be addressed at the July 22-23 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. She responded with the following points: -- Iran: Katsourou said Greec [...]
2008-07-16 14:41:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGKV PREL EU GR PHUM IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08ATHENS1202DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES
[...] On 19 August, Poloff delivred reftel points to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. On August 26, A/Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Tho [...]
2008-08-26 14:43:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
08ATHENS123GREEK MFA ON IRAN ISSUES
[...] (S) On January 24, DepPolCouns met with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis to discuss various Iran issues, including a readout of the Iranian DFM Bagheri's January 14 visit to Athens, Greece's overall posture towards Iran, and Iran's role in Iraq. DFM Vali [...]
2008-01-25 15:52:00Embassy AthensSECRETMOPS PARM PREL PGOV CASC KDEM IR IZ GR
08ATHENS1297GREECE AGREES ON PREVENTING IRAN'S ACQUISITION OF
[...] (U) On September 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on preventing Iran's acquisition of new supplies of uranium to Pantelis Margaris, Counselor-Expert for Disarmament Issues in the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations. Margaris agreed that preventing Iran's acquisitio [...]
2008-09-12 11:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ETTC GR IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV
08ATHENS1303GREECE/IRAN: AMBASSADOR WARNS MFA SECGEN TO CANCEL
[...] (S) At a September 9 dinner hosted by the Turkish Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard he was planning a trip to Teheran in the near future. Ambassador warned him to cancel the visit, given UN and EU sanctions against Iran and the current state of Iran's rela [...]
2008-09-12 15:16:00Embassy AthensSECRETGR IR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1346MFA SECRETARY GENERAL: NO TO IRAN AND SYRIA ON
[...] (S) MFA Secretary General Agathocles told DCM on 9/19 that Greece opposes the possible election of Syria or Iran to the IAEA Board of Governors (BOG). He said that there is a "common view" within the EU that they should not be elected; however, many in the EU consider Afghanistan "not ready" [...]
2008-09-22 11:29:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL IAEA PARM MNUC SR KV AF SY IR GR
08ATHENS1437GREECE/IRAN: GOG IMPLEMENTING 1835 AND IRISL
[...] (S) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman discussed ref A and B demarches on UNSC 1835 and the designation of the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Issues deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis stated categorically that Gree [...]
2008-10-14 14:10:00Embassy AthensSECRETMNUC PARM KNNP IR GR PREL
08ATHENS1453EEB DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES BANK SADERAT AND NEW
[...] (C) During a meeting with EEB DAS for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Doug Hengel on October, 14, Bank of Greece Director of Bank Supervision Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos outlined the measures the Bank of Greece is taking against Iranian Bank Saderat. Kyriakopoulos indicated that while the Bank [...]
2008-10-17 14:08:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMNUC ECON KNNP IR GR KTFN EFIN
08ATHENS1455MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]
2008-10-17 16:03:00Embassy AthensSECRETMOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS1473GREECE: IRAN'S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) On October 23, DepPolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the upcoming nuclear conference in Iran to Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, Director of the MFA D1 Department United Nations and International Organizations Affairs, and Loukas Tsokos, D1 First Secretary. Tsokos said D [...]
2008-10-24 08:38:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDAORC GR MNUC PGOV PREL TRGY IR
08ATHENS1491DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND
[...] (U) On October 30, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the [...]
2008-10-30 17:36:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08ATHENS1517GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-05 12:13:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR
08ATHENS1559GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points with MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights head Ilias Fotopoulos. Fotopoulos believed Greece would vote against a no-action motion and in favor of the resolution condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. He said, however, that consul [...]
2008-11-14 14:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL GR IR
08ATHENS1725DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER
[...] (U) On December 29, A/Deputy Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of th [...]
2008-12-30 07:06:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDIR KNNP EFIN PARM GR
08ATHENS201IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN
[...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]
2008-02-13 12:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS214GREEK POSITION ON FEBRUARY 18-19 GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-15 15:23:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUN PREL PGOV KVIR IS IR CD BM GR
08ATHENS32LEVINSON CASE: GREEK FM WILLING TO RAISE WITH IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for Department. See paragraph 6. 2. (S) On January 7, Deputy Director of the MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayfantis requested a meeting with DepPolCouns to discuss the case of Amcit Robert Levinson missing in Iran (ref b). Ayfantis said [...]
2008-01-07 15:28:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL CASC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS321GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]
2008-03-05 15:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS330GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 12:44:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS338GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:28:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS341GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS346GAERC DEMARCHE: GREECE EXPECTS "NO DECISIONS"
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU ZL PK AFIN ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08ATHENS348GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (C) On March 4, 2008, EmbOff delivered reftel points on UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1803 on Iran to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos. Kyvetos responded that the GOG was acting in accordance with EU regulations regarding the passing of the resolution. He added that his Germ [...]
2008-03-07 13:29:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR GR
08ATHENS377IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- GREECE SUPPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 10:13:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR KDEM PHUM PREL GR
08ATHENS454ISRAEL LOBBIES GREECE ON IRAN
[...] (C) On the margins of a meeting with A/PolCouns on non-proliferation matters, Ambassador Rallis, Director of the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations and Conferences and Non-Proliferation, told us that Greece had hosted a delegation from Israel on March 21 at Israel's [...]
2008-03-27 06:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM GR IS IR
08ATHENS504GREECE COMMITTED TO INTERNALLY VET IRAN TRAVEL BAN
[...] (C) Poloff delivered referenced demarche on April 2 to Loukas Tsokos from the MFA D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences. Tsokos informed Poloff that his office reviewed the points favorably and forwarded them to competent authorities throughout the MFA and at [...]
2008-04-04 12:40:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALMNUC UNSC KNNP IR GR
08ATHENS61LEVINSON CASE: GREEKS RAISE WITH IRANIAN DEPUTY FM
[...] (S) Greek MFA Deputy Director for Middle East Affairs Giorgos Ayvantis confirmed that Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Valinakis raised the Levinson case during his January 14 meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Bagheri in Athens (septel will report further on the Iranians' visit to Ath [...]
2008-01-16 12:29:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL CASC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS623EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE
[...] (S) On May 6, Economic Section hand-delivered reftel non-paper to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and to Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG). Both replied that they take this matter very seriously and will pass alo [...]
2008-05-07 08:12:00Embassy AthensSECRETIR GR KNNP MNUC ECON
08ATHENS63GREEKS SHARE U.S. NON-PROLIFERATION CONCERNS ABOUT POTENTIAL
[...] (S) On January 14, 2008, A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points on the possible sale of camouflage systems to Iran by the Greek firm XXXXXXXXXXXX S.A. to MFA First Counselor Dionyssios Kyvetos, the lead Greek MFA non-proliferation official. Kyvetos responded that following our previous [...]
2008-01-16 15:36:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PARM ETTC SY IR GR
08ATHENS651GREECE/IRAN: WHAT'S CAUSING GREEK RELUCTANCE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy head of the Greek MFA Middle East directorate told us Greek reluctance to sign on to further Iran sanctions stemmed from several factors, including lack of an EU consensus, doubts about the effectiveness of sanctions, belief that greater engagement, not less, provided great [...]
2008-05-13 15:02:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD TRGY UNSC KNNP IR GR PREL PGOV AORC
08ATHENS698LEBANON: GREECE SEES USEFUL ROLEIN OPEN CHANNEL
[...] (S) DCM and DepPolCouns delivered ref A points on supporting the Arab League's efforts in Lebanon to, resectively, Director of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Kostas Chalastanis and Deputy Head of the MFA's A6 Middle East irectorate Giorgos Ayfantis. On the question of designating Hizballah as [...]
2008-05-20 14:51:00Embassy AthensSECRETPGOV PREL SY IR GR
08ATHENS718GREEK MFA HELPFUL ON IRAN NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (SBU) Deputy PolCounselor delivered reftel A demarche on May 19 to the MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East, Giorgos Ayfantis . Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 22 to Loukas Tsokos at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. Points were also p [...]
2008-05-22 12:34:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALTRGY PREL PARM MNUC AORC UNSC KNNP IR GR IAEA
08ATHENS734TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS
[...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...]
2008-05-28 13:52:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR
08ATHENS760IAEA: GREEK VIEWS ON IRAN REPORT
[...] (U) On 2 June poloff delivered reftel points on l of UN and International Organizations and Pantelis Margaris, the D1 Counselor-Expert on disarmament issues. Tsokos and Margaris both had serious concerns over the latest IAEA report but said "diplomatic dialogue must be exhausted" before Gre [...]
2008-06-03 13:24:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ATHENS804UPDATE ON POTENTIAL SALES TO IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (S) On 2 June poloff met with Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations at the latter's request to discuss GOG findings on potential sales to Iran and Syria by Greek firm, XXXXXXXXXXXX. Tsokas said XXXXXXXXXXXX's main product was fishing ne [...]
2008-06-09 14:18:00Embassy AthensSECRETETTC PARM PREL GR IR SY PGOV
08ATHENS833GREEK TEHERAN ENVOY URGES U.S.-IRAN TALKS, OFFERS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In seperate coversations with A/PolCouns and DepPolCouns, former Greek Ambassador to Iran and new head of the MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations Merkourios Karafotias offered his interpretation of Iranian motives in recent events and urged the U.S. to open discrete [...]
2008-06-11 15:11:00Embassy AthensSECRETGR IR POV PREL
08ATHENS845GREEK MFA ON JUNE GAERC ISSUES
[...] (C) On June 11, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be taken up at the June 16-17 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou (ref A). Her responses below are keyed to likely agenda items: -- IRAN: Katzourou noted that EU foreign policy c [...]
2008-06-13 14:01:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV IR IZ IS SY CU GR
08ATHENS874GREECE ON IRAN: CARROTS BETTER THAN STICKS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA officials dealing with various aspects of Iran issues indicated that Greece did not intend to break an EU consensus on stiffening Iran sanctions, but that it had concerns about the direction of Iran policy. Greece believed the evidence did not indicate the Iranians were [...]
2008-06-19 14:24:00Embassy AthensSECRETAORC EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08ATHENS925JOINT EXERISE HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT GREEK, ISRAELI
[...] (S) In a June 25 conversation with DCM, PM Karamanlis' diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios confirmed that the military exercise that took place in the eastern Mediterranean over Greek airspace in early June and reported in the NY Times June 20 was a joint Israeli-Greek exercise. Bitsios ex [...]
2008-06-27 15:42:00Embassy AthensSECRETPREL PGOV GR IR IS
08ATHENS985GREECE/IRAN: GREECE WON'T HINDER EU CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) DCM spoke July 10 with MFA Secretary General Agathocles to inquire about the Greek position on the EU package of measures to implement UNSCR 1803; DCM said that we understood many in the EU were supportive of a common position with robust measures, but that Greece and a few others were ex [...]
2008-07-10 13:17:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ETTC EU GR IR KCRM KNNP KTFN
08BAGHDAD1005ANATOMY OF A BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION EFFORT:
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation movements in Baghdad quickly spread through the province following the surge of Coalition Forces and the success of the "Anbar Awakening." Unlike other areas in Iraq with more homogeneous populations, reconci [...]
2008-04-01 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR PHUM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1006IRAQI NSA RUBAIE ON RECENT SAUDI VISIT
[...] (C) In a March 30 meeting with S/I Satterfield and Polmilcouns Ries, National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie said his recent meetings in Saudi Arabia were "very good." During his meetings he outlined common Saudi - Iraqi interests, particularly in combating terror, and told his hosts th [...]
2008-04-01 16:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ SA PTER PGOV
08BAGHDAD1022NSA RUBAIE BLAMES IRAN FOR BASRAH CONFRONTATION;
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 06:33:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ SA
08BAGHDAD1027DAWA PARTY OFFICIAL ON BASRAH OPERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa Party official Haidar al-Abadi told us April 1 that Iraqi public opinion, as demonstrated through claimed pro-GOI demonstrations in Basrah and elsewhere, and the Najaf-based Marja'iyah are strongly behind PM Maliki in his efforts to deal firmly with militias and armed [...]
2008-04-03 14:38:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1029PRT WASIT: 3ID DEP CG DISCUSSES WASIT SECURITY
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary. On 29 March, 3ID Deputy Commanding General-Support (DCG-S),BG Edward Cardon, met with Wasit civilian and military leaders at the Wasit Governance Center (GC),site of the ISF HQ during the recent fighting against non [...]
2008-04-03 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV MOPS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1030ATTIYAH AND MASHHADANI STAND BY MALIKI, OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) Summary: In separate April 3 conversations with Polcouns, COR Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani and COR Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid al-Attiyah both proclaimed their support for PM Maliki's government. Attiyah stated that all Sadrists had ties to Iran, while Mashhadani offered a more nuanced [...]
2008-04-03 14:48:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1033BADR'S HADI AL-AMRI ON BASRAH CRACKDOWN AND TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Badr Organization strongman Hadi al-Amri told us April 2 that the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was a largely successful and long-overdue first step in "the surgical removal of the disease of armed militias," a process that will continue in the coming days. Hadi claimed that Pri [...]
2008-04-03 18:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1039FOREIGN MINISTER: IRAN WILL ESCALATE CONFRONTATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During a March 31 meeting, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari - just off the plane from the Arab League Summit in Damascus - told Ambassador Crocker, MNF-I CG GEN David Petraeus, NSC Senior Director McGurk and PolMil Minister Counselor Ambassador Marcie Ries that Iran had se [...]
2008-04-05 12:30:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIR IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD1042NSA RUBAIE ON PCNS, SOFA/SFA, BASRAH AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 4 meeting with Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk and Polmilcouns, Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie agreed on the need to capitalize on the positive political atmosphere by releasing a strong, unified statement during the April 5 PC [...]
2008-04-05 14:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ PINS
08BAGHDAD1043STUCK BETWEEN AN ARROGANT MAN AND A MAD MAN
[...] (C) Summary: Wearing his mediator hat, Dr. Ahmed Chalabi spoke with PolCouns on April 3 to discuss Basra and the Iranian involvement in the conflict, as well as the subsequent Sadrist movement to oust Maliki. Chalabi urged the USG to take great caution in dealing with the Sadrists, and indic [...]
2008-04-05 14:46:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1045VP ADEL ON SECURITY CRACKDOWN, "CONFUSED"
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told us that the time is ripe for harsh and decisive GOI action against the "cancer" of armed outlaw groups, a measure supported by the Iraqi political class and public and even by Iranian General Qasim Sulaimani. He said th [...]
2008-04-05 17:47:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1048PRT MUTHANNA: POST-BASRAH ATMOSPHERICS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C) The new OMS leader in Muthanna is known as Muhannad Abdulhussein al-Karbala'i (although there is suspicion that this is a pseudonym). He cooperated closely with Gov. Marzook during the outbreak of violence in late March, including reachi [...]
2008-04-06 07:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1051VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON BASRA OPERATIONS,
[...] (S) During an April 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed the situation in Basra and the aftermath of the recent showdown with Sadrist forces there. Hashimi described how he had supported PM Maliki during the Basra campaign, putting personal differences aside [...]
2008-04-06 10:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1056PRT WASIT: LOCAL LEADERS ASSESS RECENT VIOLENCE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On 04 April, PRT TL and IPAO met first with the Wasit Governor and then with the PC Chairman to discuss events of the past week and the current situation in Wasit. Both officials shared their views of the Sadrist movement and their [...]
2008-04-06 13:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ PINS PINR
08BAGHDAD1063BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP: REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS: Post requests the Department to instruct posts in capitals of participants in the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) to urge their host governments to support Iraqi efforts to secure agreement on concrete measures aimed at stopping the flow of terror [...]
2008-04-07 02:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08BAGHDAD1065MALIKI SCORES BIG AT APRIL 5 PCNS MEETING
[...] (C) According to an ISCI representative, the April 5 meeting of the Political Committee for National Security (PCNS),a body comprised of representatives of all political blocs, was attended by President Talabani; Prime Minister Maliki; Deputy PM Barham Saleh; Vice Presidents Adel Abdel Mehdi [...]
2008-04-07 07:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1075VP ADEL ON APRIL 5 PCNS AND GOI OFFENSIVE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 7 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi said political unity expressed in the April 5 meeting of the Political Council for National Security (PCNS) had built momentum for progress on several fronts, particularly the dissolution of the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) and the r [...]
2008-04-07 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1100DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...]
2008-04-09 07:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU
08BAGHDAD1105SADRIST CONFIDANTE WARNS OF BAD PRESSURE BUILDING
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with Poloffs, Ibrahim al-Sumaydai - a local political observer with close ties to senior Sadrist Trend and JAM figures - told us Sadrists see an Iranian hand behind recent events, accusing Tehran of pushing Maliki into a confrontation with the Sadrist movemen [...]
2008-04-09 13:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD1113ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON POST-BASRAH UNITY, JAM,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told us the recent GOI crackdown in Basrah was an important step in affirming Iraq's identity as a nation based on the rule of law and institutions rather than a country ruled by outlaw gang [...]
2008-04-09 19:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1114IRAQIS DEEM THE AMBASSADOR'S TESTIMONY REALISTIC
[...] (C) Assessing Iraqi reaction to the Congressional testimony by the Ambassador and General Petraeus has been complicated somewhat by the GOI's April 9 closure and a Baghdad-wide curfew, but initial soundings here and in Iraq's provinces have been largely positive. The most common reaction thus [...]
2008-04-09 19:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1134GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY
[...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...]
2008-04-12 12:29:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD1153SADR TO COALITION: HEY INFIDEL, WE WILL ALWAYS BE
[...] (C) Summary: After more than six months of relative silence, Muqtada al-Sadr has issued three public statement in the past five days. The latest statement on April 12 addressed recent public remarks by Secretary Gates (who Sadr branded a "terrorist") and is a rabble-rousing screed that turns [...]
2008-04-13 16:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1197PRESIDENT TALABANI ON SUPPORT FOR MALIKI; IRAN,
[...] (S) Summary: At a lunch on April 14, President Talabani told the Ambassador he was optimistic that broad political support for PM Maliki in the wake of Basra would hasten the return of Sunni Arab Tawafuq and secular Iraqiya blocs to government. He said that his analysis of Iran was that Tehr [...]
2008-04-17 07:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1198THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14
[...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...]
2008-04-17 08:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1201PRT MUTHANNA: DANGEROUS BUSINESS: IRANIAN EFFORTS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Post Basra, Sadrist fortunes are reviving in Muthanna, coupled with growing disenchantment with Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Dawa,a politicians who control the local and provincial government. However, a th [...]
2008-04-17 12:44:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1207VP ADEL: JAM AND SADRISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that Sadrist insiders have confirmed his analysis that Muqtada al-Sadr (who is in Iran, not Iraq) is mainly a symbolic leader of a fragmented and failing movement comprised of diverse bands of thugs, sheik [...]
2008-04-17 19:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1209MALIKI'S MILITARY OPERATION IN BASRAH: LESSONS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Operation "Charge of the Knights" (OCK) - PM Maliki's campaign to wrest control of Basra from militias and criminals - demonstrated substantial deficiencies in Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) planning, logistics, command and control, individual loyalty and unit reliability. It als [...]
2008-04-18 13:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1211PMO OFFERS CONTEXT ON DISPOSITION OF CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) In an April 16 meeting, the DCM introduced Ambassador Lawrence Benedict to Dr. Tariq Abdallah, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki's Chief of Staff. Ambassador Benedict said he looked forward to supporting the GOI in its anti-corruption efforts, and noted one immediate subject of concern: Judge [...]
2008-04-18 14:26:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1218MCNS APRIL 13: BASRAH LESSONS LEARNED, MOSUL NEXT
[...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: PM Maliki chaired the 13 April Ministerial Committee on National Security, focusing on security operations in Basrah and Mosul. Discussion underscored the importance of analyzing recent operations in Basrah and elsewhere to correct deficiencies in Iraqi Army and Police [...]
2008-04-20 02:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS PINS PGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1219ADEL AND BARHAM OPTIMISTIC OVER BATTLE WITH JAM
[...] (C) Summary: In separate April 15 meetings with Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh marveled at the new political atmosphere in Baghdad following PM Maliki's offensive in Basrah. Both leaders expressed optimi [...]
2008-04-20 06:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ MOPS
08BAGHDAD1243SADR THREATENS "OPEN WAR UNTIL LIBERATION"
[...] (S) Summary: Muqtada al-Sadr issued an April 19 internet statement in a continuing effort to rally and unify his followers in the face of a concerted GOI crackdown on the Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) militia. Heaping scorn on both the GOI and "American occupiers," Sadr repeatedly sounded the powerful [...]
2008-04-22 12:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1244PRT WASIT: WHO IS BURNING BADRAH'S FRUIT ORCHARDS?
[...] (C) This a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In April 14 and 18 meetings with the PRT, Badrah Qada mayor Ali Hadi al Meshoeh speculated that Iranian interests were behind a recent series of orchard burnings was linked to the March 18 seizure of a large weapons cache by ISF. Ali [...]
2008-04-22 12:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PINS PGOV
08BAGHDAD1251MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH
[...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...]
2008-04-23 01:13:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1254KRG BUILDING ITS OWN POWER GENERATING CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: A privately-constructed build-own-operate 500 MW power plant located on the outskirts of Irbil at Pir Daoud should be completed by July 2008. Since the supply of associated gas it was designed to run on is not yet available, two of the 125 MW GE turbines have been retrofitted to [...]
2008-04-23 07:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV EAGR EPET IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1262IRAN MANAGING THE POST-BASRAH BACKLASH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) and its Special Group offshoots (JAM-SG) targeting ISF in Basrah with Iranian-provided weaponry March 23 to 30, Iraqi government officials are talking more about the need to confront Iran about its support for illegal militias in Iraq. Ir [...]
2008-04-23 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1276ISCI/SADRIST CONTEST IN BAGDHAD; LACK OF BAGHDAD
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Baghdad province's uneasy power-sharing agreement between the Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq (ISCI) and the Sadrists appears to be unraveling. This cable analyzes how these two factions divvied up the choice positions in provinci [...]
2008-04-24 14:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1278VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SFA, IRAN, AND CRACKDOWN ON
[...] (C) Summary: Just back from a meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on April 23 that Maliki agrees with the USG vision of a two-track negotiation process that will yield a single SOFA/Strategic Framework Agreement. He said Maliki had recounte [...]
2008-04-24 15:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1299PROVINCIAL POLITICS IN BAGHDAD: ANOTHER KIND OF WAR
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: If we accept the adages that warfare is the expression of politics by other means, and that all politics is local -- it is clear why Baghdad's local political scene is looking more and more like a battlefield. The uneasy power-sha [...]
2008-04-27 15:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1304NSA RUBAIE ON NEXT STEPS FOR STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-27 15:34:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1308UK FOREIGN MINISTER: MOTTAKI IS COCKY
[...] (S) Summary: Following his participation in the Neighbors Conference in Kuwait, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband met with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus on April 24. The meeting covered a wide range of topics including Iranian influence in Iraq, the current security situation [...]
2008-04-28 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1315MALIKI ON IRAN WEAPONS SMUGGLING, CURRENT MILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting on April 24 with the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki said he would privately confront Iran with evidence about its supplying weapons to criminal elements in Iraq. He said the delegation would depart for Teh [...]
2008-04-28 16:42:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIZ IR MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1321DEAR SADR: PLEASE EXPLAIN
[...] (C) Summary: After months of relative silence Shi'a cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has released almost a dozen statements in the last two months. In the statements Sadr simultaneously has tried to placate his more militant followers while holding out the possibility of a negotiated settlement with t [...]
2008-04-29 11:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1334ANBAR MODERATE CLERICS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: While largely misunderstood by outsiders, the role of the mosque was crucial in winning the battle against Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Anbar Province. Local contacts are firm in their belief that the re-taking of the mosques from ra [...]
2008-04-30 08:04:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD134PRT MAYSAN: JAM PREPARING FOR CF STRIKES
[...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: PRT heard claims on January 7 that Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is making active preparations to counter any possible Coalition Force (CF) operations in Maysan province. A young engineer, who accompanied the Maysan Director General (DG) fo [...]
2008-01-19 08:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETIP IR PGOV
08BAGHDAD1343ISCI CHAIR ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON ANTI-MILITIA
[...] (C) Summary: Flanked by his son and heir-apparent Amar, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador and S/I Satterfield on April 29 that the GOI and the vast majority of Iraqi citizens are tired of crimes perpetrated by armed outlaw gangs (read Muqt [...]
2008-04-30 19:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1349PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN ATMOSPHERICS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: A Maysani employee reported to the PRT that Maysanis do not support Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) and hope the Iraqi government will conduct military operations in Maysan to bring stability to the province. Maysanis expressed similar views [...]
2008-05-01 13:16:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV MOPS IR
08BAGHDAD1355MUTHANNA GOV URGES US ROLE IN ELECTIONS
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Governor Ahmed Marzook is deeply concerned about Iranian efforts to influence the October 2008 provincial elections. He believes U.S. moral support could help counter Tehran's attempt to stack the political deck. Marzook's role as an independent likely colors his alarmist [...]
2008-05-01 15:15:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1365FORMER PM AYAD ALLAWI EYEING VP ADIL ABDUL MAHDI'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-02 16:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1381APRIL 27 MCNS: SADR CITY, MOSUL, BASRAH, DEFENSE
[...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 27 MCNS session included preparation for operations in Sadr City and Mosul; opportunities to boost the role and capabilities of the Department of Border Enforcement and Iraqi Navy, particularly around Basrah; the future of the Facilities Prot [...]
2008-05-03 12:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MOPS IR IZ PINR MCAP MARR
08BAGHDAD1388MUTHANNA TRIBAL LEADER SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR NEW
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Abu Chefat, a powerful, well-connected sheikh of the influential Albu Hassan tribe, is concerned that Iran is poised to benefit from the upcoming provincial elections. He is exploring the possibility of founding a new [...]
2008-05-04 06:53:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1403RIKABI STUMPED BY TAWAFUQ SPLIT?
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a May 5 meeting, Sadiq Rikabi professed to be unsure of how PM Maliki should play the splintering of the Tawafuq Front, but finally indicated that Maliki would likely press Vice President Hashimi to submit a new list of ministerial nominees representing the entire Front and n [...]
2008-05-05 15:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1416(SOUTHERN) POLITICS AS USUAL: IRAN'S PLAN FOR
[...] (U) The following is a joint POL, REO Basrah, PRT Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit, Maysan, Muthanna, Najaf, Karbala and Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: All indications show that Iran sees the Iraqi provincial elections as an opportunity to advance its goals of continued ties to and influence over [...]
2008-05-06 18:28:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1426THE AMBASSADOR'S MAY 6 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, accompanied by DPM Barham Saleh, told the Ambassador that he had advised PM Maliki to wait and see whether Iran implemented its promises to not support Shi'a militants before deciding whether to visit Tehran. Talabani said he warned Iranian Ambassador Qomi ear [...]
2008-05-07 18:46:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1453PRT MAYSAN: OFFICIALS WORRIED OVER IA OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The opening days of a PRT-organized training coursewere marred by ongoing arguments between the political and technocratic attendees, with the political attendees seeming to intimidate the other participants and prevent their speak [...]
2008-05-10 11:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV MOPS
08BAGHDAD1465IESC MEETING MAY 9, 2008
[...] (C) Summary. In place of an absent PM Maliki, National Security Advisory Mowaffuk Rubaie chaired the 9 May 2008 Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (IESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ ) the Baghdad Security Plan). The PM mandated the meeting be conducted with limited attendance, feature [...]
2008-05-11 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1466BAGHDAD LEAGUE CREATES FORUM FOR MODERATES
[...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The "Baghdad League," a nascent organization dedicated to supporting social, cultural and educational activities in Baghdad, met Sunday May 3 to review the organization's bylaws and plan the group's activities for the coming mon [...]
2008-05-11 12:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1467WORKING DRAFT OF UIA-SADR TREND CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) Sadrist Trend and UIA representatives continued to discuss a draft cease-fire agreement on May 11th. UIA sources told us that senior Trend officials Sheikh Waleed and Ahmed Ridha had arrived from Sadr City and Najaf to replace Nisar al-Rubaie as chief negotiators for the Trend. The heat [...]
2008-05-11 13:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
08BAGHDAD149SENIOR ISF OFFICERS KILLED IN NASIRIYAH CLASHES
[...] (C) Summary: Several senior Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) officers died during January 19 clashes between members of Jund al-Sima'a (Army of Heaven - JAS) and ISF. Although the situation now appears to have stabilized, the killing of several ISF leaders raises questions about the nature of the [...]
2008-01-21 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1496VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI ON SADR CITY AGREEMENT, IRAN,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi hailed the May 12 UIA-Sadrist Trend ceasefire agreement as an important step forward in affirming GOI authority by allowing the Iraqi army to enter and conduct operations in Sadr City. The Ambassador urged Adel to join Deputy P [...]
2008-05-14 07:55:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1502ANALYSIS OF MAY 12 16-POINT SADR CITY CEASEFIRE
[...] (S) Summary: On May 12, a committee comprised of representatives of United Iraq Alliance (UIA) and the Sadrist Trend agreed upon a sixteen-point declaration as part of a larger four-day ceasefire agreement that expires May 15. The sixteen-point agreement incorporates the gist of an agreement [...]
2008-05-14 11:33:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1508MAYSAN GOVERNOR REACHES OUT
[...] (S/REL MNF-I) Summary: On May 13, incoming Maysan PRT leader held an introductory meeting with Maysan governor Adel Mahoder Radhi al-Maliki in Baghdad, at the Governor's request. Governor Maliki praised work done by the PRT to date, and expressed a desire for more significant USG funding towa [...]
2008-05-14 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1522DIWANIYAH PC REQUESTS REMOVAL OF AL-HURA JOURNALIST
[...] (U) This is a PRT Diwaniyah reporting cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary: On May 06, 2008, the Diwaniyah Provincial Council (PC) voted unanimously to request the removal of TV journalist Al-Shabani from Al Hura television on the basis of "inaccurate" reporting. Al-Hura, a U.S. government-sponsore [...]
2008-05-16 12:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR
08BAGHDAD1523PRT WASIT: GEN CARDON DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary. On May 14, Sadrist Trend (ST) Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Ebrah, a regular PRT contact (REF A),met for the first time with 3ID DCG-S, BG Cardon. BG Cardon emphasized that security must be present for econ [...]
2008-05-16 14:17:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1558IT'S TRIBAL TIES THAT BIND IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD
[...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad and e-PRT 5 reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation in Baghdad takes many shapes: it can mean dialogue between sects and tribes, acceptance of the Government of Iraq (GOI),and/or cooperation with Coalition Forces. The role of tribal leaders in al [...]
2008-05-20 09:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1585PRT-WASIT: POLICE CHIEF MEETS WITH SADRIST PC
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On May 20, CDR 214 FB and PRT met with Sadrist Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hasan Ebrah, Wasit Provincial Director of Police (PDoP) MG Abd al Haninn Hamud Faysal al Amir, and Kut Criminal Investigative Divi [...]
2008-05-23 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1586PRT WASIT: GOVERNOR'S AIDE HINTS AT LARGER U.S.
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. On May 22, PRT met with the director of the Governor's Management Office, Hajji Kareem Yusif Shenein, to discuss provincial elections. Kareem suggested the possibility that the marja'iyya might guide voters if they "see that the p [...]
2008-05-23 14:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
08BAGHDAD159TRIBAL AWAKENINGS: SOUTHERNERS STILL HALF-ASLEEP
[...] (U) This is a joint Baghdad POL - PRT Maysan, Muthanna, Karbala, Najaf, Dhi Qar, Diwaniyah, Babil, Wasit and REO Basrah cable. 2. (C) Summary: There is no "Shi'a awakening" in southern Iraq comparable to the ar-Ramadi based Sunni Awakening. There is a plethora of independent tribal moveme [...]
2008-01-22 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1596PRT WASIT MEETS WITH SADRIST AL KUT MAYOR
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) On May 19, PRT met with al Kut Mayor Sayyid Sattar Jabar Nour at al Kut City Hall. Sattar, a Sadrist Trend official with strong ties to Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM),has refused to meet with any CF representative for several years [...]
2008-05-24 12:11:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1598MAY 23 I-ESC MEETING FOCUSES ON SADR CITY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki chaired the May 23 meeting of the Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of Fardh Al Qanoon (FaQ),the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki declared that Iraqi Security Forces in Sadr City "will never leave," and said a quick plan is now needed to demonstrate [...]
2008-05-24 18:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1601IRANIAN-BACKED PARTIES PREPARED TO DOMINATE
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The failure of the Shiite religious parties since 2005 to improve the daily lives of average Iraqis has left many Shia disillusioned. In Muthanna, nationalist, tribal, technocratic, and secular groups are coalescing to offer a [...]
2008-05-25 14:20:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1605SHEIKH OMAR AL JABOURI WANTS TO BE THE NEXT SUNNI
[...] (C) Summary: On May 20, PolOff, EPRT-2 Team Leader and CF met with Sunni leader Sheikh Omar al Jabouri (SOAJ) in order to discuss the founding of the Independent National Tribal Gathering (INTG),upcoming provincial elections and his break from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). SOAJ explained [...]
2008-05-26 11:59:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1610PRESIDENT TALABANI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, President Jalal Talabani told the Ambassador that he has been mediating between Prime Minister al-Maliki and Vice President al-Hashemi to secure the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet, and he expressed optimism that a final deal could be reached bef [...]
2008-05-26 16:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1612ABDEL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ON SOFA/SFA AND TAWAFUQ RETURN
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador that Grand Ayatollah Sistani and the Najaf-based Marja'iyyah will support a bilateral security agreement with the USG as long it upholds Iraq's sovereignty, is transparent, and draws the support of all Ira [...]
2008-05-27 03:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1616PM MALIKI ON SISTANI MEETING, ELECTIONS, SFA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 23 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that Grand Ayatollah Sistani is generally supportive of a long-term security agreement with the USG and is keenly interested in upcoming provincial elections. Sistani told the PM he will issue a public stateme [...]
2008-05-27 08:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1620VP HASHEMI ON TAWAFUQ RETURN, SFA/SOFA, AND MOSUL
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 25 meeting, Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi told the Ambassador that his May 24 meeting with Prime Minister al-Maliki had not achieved the return of Tawafuq officials to the GOI cabinet and that Maliki had unexpectedly raised a new issue that could obstruct the return pro [...]
2008-05-27 10:33:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1637SHIA REACTION TO SADR CALL FOR ANTI-SOFA PROTEST
[...] (C) On May 27, Muqtada al-Sadr issued a statement decrying "the security agreement between the forces of darkness, by which I mean the occupation, and the current Iraqi Government." Sadr asked Iraqis to stage demonstrations throughout Iraq, and prodded political blocs to oppose the agreement [...]
2008-05-28 15:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1681ISCI'S AMAR AL-HAKIM ON SFA/SOFA, ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) heir apparent Amar al-Hakim told S/I Satterfield and NSC Senior Director McGurk that he and ISCI support a bilateral security pact based on the principle of mutual respect for sovereignty. As long as that principle is h [...]
2008-06-03 10:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1708VP ADEL ON IRAN'S VIEW OF SFA AND IRANIAN MEDDLING
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told S/I Satterfield that his recent discussions with top-tier Iranian Government officials had succeeded in blunting Tehran's intense hostility toward a USG-GOI security agreement. Claiming that Iran is less powerful in Iraq t [...]
2008-06-05 09:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1734FM ABDALLAH BIN ZAYED: "I'M THRILLED TO BE HERE"
[...] (S) Summary: MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus and S/I Satterfield met June 5 with UAE Foreign Minister Abdallah Bin Zayed (ABZ) at the conclusion of his visit to Baghdad. ABZ said he planned to announce the appointment of an ambassador to Baghdad within the next few days, and hoped to then ope [...]
2008-06-08 12:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1763MEETING BETWEEN S/I AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with S/I Satterfield, Deputy Speaker Sheikh Khalid Attiya said that most remaining obstacles to a new election law can be resolved, but that there is no agreement on the division of seats for the Kirkuk council. Delaying the election there might be the most [...]
2008-06-10 18:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1784PM MALIKI RECOUNTS HIS JUNE 7-9 VISIT TO TEHRAN
[...] (S/NF) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's June 7-9 visit to Tehran featured meetings with all of Iran's senior leadership, but Maliki told S/I Ambassador Satterfield that he went to visit Supreme Leader Khamenei, agreeing to the other meetings solely out of protocol. The Ministers of Defe [...]
2008-06-14 06:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNIZ IR PREL PGOV PINR
08BAGHDAD1794RRT ERBIL: KDP INTEL DIRECTOR AND KRG PM BARZANI
[...] (S) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Senior Adviser Thomas Krajeski to discuss Kurdish reaction to initial UNAMI reports offering advice for the resolution of disputed internal boundaries (septel),Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Intelligence (Parastin) Director Masrur Barzani offered his [...]
2008-06-14 14:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1832PRT MAYSAN: POLICE CHIEF REPLACED
[...] (S/REL MCFI) According to reports from PRT contacts in the province and press sources, and confirmed by Maysan Governor Maliki's close advisor Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi. Maysan province's police commander, Major General Ali Waham, was relieved of his duties in the province by the Ministry of the I [...]
2008-06-17 14:05:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD1883PRT MAKES FIRST VISIT TO MAYSAN
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary and comment: On June 20 Maysan PRT made its first trip to the governorate in over a year, accompanying MND-C officials to Camp Sparrowhawk, the forward base for U.S. operations in Maysan located on the outskirts of Amarah. During the visit the PRT met with Iraqi Army (IA) [...]
2008-06-22 09:36:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD1889MEK: GOI SEEKS TO ASSUME SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES
[...] (S) The GOI has informed us over the past few days that it seeks to assume security responsibility for the MEK members located at Camp Ashraf. PM Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus on June 15 the GOI's desire to see the MEK issue resolved, as their prolonged presence in Iraq would c [...]
2008-06-22 11:12:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1893BANK SEPAH DEMARCHE
[...] (S) During a June 10 meeting, Coordinator for the Economic Transition in Iraq Ambassador Charles Ries reiterated to Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih Iraq's obligation to comply with its international obligations regarding the operation of Iranian banks in Iraq, including Bank Sepah. Ambass [...]
2008-06-22 15:18:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETECON EFIN KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1918DFM ABBAWI DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENTS IN BILATERAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 18 tour d'horizon, Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Pol-Mil M/C that Iraq's relationship with Syria was stalled due to Syrian mistrust and that Libya had not responded to Iraq regarding its hold on the 1267 designations of several Syria-based Al Qaeda in Iraq [...]
2008-06-23 14:04:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPREL PTER AE DA JO IR IZ SY SZ
08BAGHDAD2011PRT MAYSAN HITS THE STREETS OF AMARAH
[...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: PRT leader (TL) made a watershed visit to Amarah, the capital of Maysan province, on June 27 via U.S. military convoy. Amarah was calm, with an impressive array of Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) elements visible on the streets. City residents were circulating nor [...]
2008-06-30 02:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD2024IRAQIYYA VENTS OVER IRAN, PROVINCIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A group of Iraqiyya leaders assembled by former PM Iyad Allawi for a June 29 meeting with Special Advisors Krajeski and Gray were vociferously anti-Iran and blamed the U.S. for what they claimed is Iran,s current political and economic domination of Iraq. They compl [...]
2008-07-01 07:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EAID IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2029JULY 1 ELECTIONS LAW UPDATE
[...] (C) POL/C met July 1 with CoR Speaker Mashadani, who was obliged to take the election law off the CoR,s agenda both because Deputy Speaker Aref Tayfur was delayed in getting to the session, and -- more importantly -- because the parties remain stuck on Kirkuk. Mashadani said that unless progre [...]
2008-07-01 14:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2069AMBASSADOR AND CG DISCUSS SECURITY AGREEMENT WITH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ryan Crocker and MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus met with Prime Minister Maliki June 26 to discuss a "bridge" security agreement between the United States and Iraq to facilitate continued U.S. support for the GOI while the Status of Forces Agreement nego [...]
2008-07-04 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNMARR MASS MOPS IR IZ PREL
08BAGHDAD2073PRT MAYSAN: ARREST OF PC CHAIR/MEMBERS - BUSINESS
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a July 3 meeting with Team Leader (TL) at Camp Sparrowhawk outside of Amarah, Maysan Provincial Director of Development and Reconstruction Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi and Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee Chairman Mohan Mahy Shaheeb confirmed press reports that [...]
2008-07-05 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV IR MOPS
08BAGHDAD2084FADILAH LEADER SUGGESTS SADR REPLACEMENTS
[...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In a wide-ranging June 29 conversation with Poloff and Wasit PRToffs, Fadilah spiritual leader Abbas al-Zaydi explained that Iran supported both ISCI and JAM, but for different functions; "JAM is tactical; ISCI is strategic." He complained that the GOI was "acting as a [...]
2008-07-06 12:09:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PGOV IR IZ PINR
08BAGHDAD2137IRAQI PLANS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION IN THE KHOR
[...] (C/REL MNFI) A proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on improving navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway is awaiting Prime Ministerial approval, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on July 7. Citing the importance of the waterway, Hamoud expressed confidence the Prime Minister wil [...]
2008-07-09 13:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2144CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ
[...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on June 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...]
2008-07-10 07:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2149ISCI LEADER ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ENCOURAGING ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-10 11:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2156CBI SAYS BANK SEPAH NOT LICENSED IN IRAQ
[...] (S) The Governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) told us on July 9 that the CBI has not and will not grant Bank Sepah a license to operate due to its designation under UNSCR 1747. The CBI could not, however, confirm that Bank Sepah has not established un-licensed operations in the country. [...]
2008-07-11 07:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETEFIN ECON KNNP PTER PARM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2160ISCI LEADER ABDUL AZIZ AL-HAKIM ENCOURAGING ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary. In a July 1 meeting, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) leader Syed Abdul Aziz al-Hakim and the Ambassador discussed SFA/SOFA negotiations, provincial elections, and post-operations reconstruction. Hakim expressed support for reaching a strategic framework agreement (SFA) a [...]
2008-07-11 12:37:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2163IMPROVING IRAQI BORDER SECURITY: A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Border security continues to be a focus of both GOI and Coalition attention as the security situation improves and Iraq takes increasing responsibility for its own affairs. Al Qaeda in Iraq's reliance on transnational networks is increasing as its operating space and popularity [...]
2008-07-11 14:25:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD2187PRT WASIT:OPENING OF YOUTH AND SPORTS CENTERS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Three Youth and Sports Centers located in Badrah, Numaniyah, and Al Kut were opened with elaborate ceremonies on July 9 by the Minister of Youth and Sport Jassim Mohammad Ja'far, along with the Wasit Governor and Provincial Council Chai [...]
2008-07-13 13:31:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR
08BAGHDAD2230IRAN PROFITING FROM KARBALA'S NEED FOR BRICKS
[...] (S) Summary: Iranian companies are the primary beneficiaries of Karbala,s need for bricks to rebuild. The provincial government claims it wishes to foster a local brickmaking capability and five brick factories have been established here. During a visit to the site of the factories on July 1 [...]
2008-07-18 02:51:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ELAB PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2243BASRAH SECURITY COMMANDERS: SITUATION IMPROVED,
[...] (C) In separate July 16 meetings with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah's Iraqi Army and Iraqi Police leadership proudly noted the security improvements following the March 2008 'Charge of the Knights' operation but warned of danger [...]
2008-07-19 12:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PGOV MCAP IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2268BASRAH GOV CRITICAL OF GOI AND SAFA AL-SAFI
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 15 meeting with Senior Advisor for Southern Affairs Gordon Gray and incoming and outgoing REO Directors, Basrah Governor Mohammad Musabeh al-Waeli said the security situation had improved since the March 2008 Operation Charge of the Knights (COK). He decried Iranian i [...]
2008-07-21 12:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2273MUTHANNA GATHERING SHOWS POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED
[...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL USA, MCFI) Summary: Over 900 sheikhs from tribes stretching from Wasit to Basra gathered July 16 in Muthanna under the auspices of two emerging political parties, the Assembly of the Middle Euphrates and the Sheikhs' Council of Southe [...]
2008-07-22 07:05:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KU IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2277FUTURE OF I-ESC IN QUESTION
[...] (C) The National Security Adviser (NSA) formally proposed that the Prime Minister dissolve the weekly Baghdad-focused "Executive Steering Committee" (I-ESC) meeting of service ministries and senior coalition representatives. The NSA plan is to replace the I-ESC with an expanded forum on post- [...]
2008-07-22 14:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD229PRT-WASIT: WASIT SHAYIKHS DISCUSS SAHWA AL IRAQ
[...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C) On 18 January, ten Shi'a shaykhs from Wasit told PRT and CDR 214 FB that they intend to establish a branch of Sahwa al Iraq (SAI) in Wasit Governorate. The group was led by Shaykh Raheem Bader Abood Al Hatem and included Shaykh Alwan Abd al R [...]
2008-01-27 09:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2299PM MALIKI OPENS NAJAF INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN
[...] (U) This is a PRT Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On July 20, Prime Minister Maliki made an inaugural flight to Najaf International Airport (NIA) in a ceremony widely attended by Shia political and religious elite from the Middle Euphrates region. NIA is not yet open for business [...]
2008-07-24 03:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAIR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD23PRT MAYSAN: IA OFFICIALS SHARE SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In private and official discussions the Iraqi Army 10th Division Commander and his Maysan Brigade Commander expressed concern over the security situation in al-Amarah since the December 12 bombing. They advised that an ongoing se [...]
2008-01-03 06:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALIR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD230SAI AND ISCI: UNLIKELY ALLIANCE, UNCLEAR RESULTS
[...] (S/NF) This is a joint Baghdad POL - Karbala and Najaf PRT cable. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Ramadi-based Iraq Awakening Movement (SAI) hopes to expand into the south to increase the standing of Ahmed Abu Risha and the strength of the SAI relative to the Tawafuq Bloc. National GOI and ISCI l [...]
2008-01-27 09:26:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2311PRIVATE BANKING IN IRAQ "DOING WELL"
[...] (C) Summary: Private banks are "doing well" in Iraq, according to a leading banker, but many challenges remain. Over the past three years the average capital of private banks has risen from approximately USD 6 million to over USD 40 million. Private banks in Iraq, particularly those that are [...]
2008-07-24 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2329MAYSAN GOVERNOR: I AM A SADRIST
[...] (C) Summary: "I am a Sadrist," said Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs at the governor's office in Amarah. During a wide-ranging conversation Maliki expressed concerns, which he said were shared by the Maysani public, over the "militari [...]
2008-07-26 16:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2355MAYSAN IA OFFICERS: OPS GOING WELL, BUT GOVERNOR
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) operations in Maysan went "better than planned," said 10th Iraqi Army (IA) Division Deputy Commander Brigadier General Jabar Nehma and 38th Brigade Deputy Commander Colonel Mustafa Khydair in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs. Th [...]
2008-07-28 15:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS IR IZ
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