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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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05PARIS4869CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-12 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS4871"FAIR TRADE" EXPERIENCES RAPID GROWTH IN FRANCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a slow start, the idea of "fair trade" and "fair trade" products is rapidly growing in popularity and sales in France. Although not as advanced as in the rest of Europe, awareness has increased greatly due to efforts by NGOs, the private sector, and not least, the Fren [...]
2005-07-12 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS4878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4879DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR
[...] (U) We provided reftel points July 8 to MFA IO Asia action officer Didier Gonzalez. Gonzalez told us July 9 that the GoF had no position on the establishment of a Management Committee. The idea, he said, would require some reflection. 2. (U) We also provided the points to MFA Cambodia d [...]
2005-07-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC CB FR
05PARIS488THE FRENCH ON AFGHANISTAN: SYNERGY NOT INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on January 21 and 22, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a State, Department of Defense/OSD and JCS team met with several representatives from the French MFA, MOD and Elysee (President's office) to discuss the French outlook and comm [...]
2005-01-27 10:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF FR NATO
05PARIS4881USUNESCO: UK ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS PROGRAMS HELP
[...] Summary: At a July 11 UNESCO presentation, UK representatives of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew ("Kew Gardens") summarized the scientific and cultural significance of Kew Gardens and reviewed its current programs, especially those helping halt the loss of plant diversity. End summary. [...]
2005-07-13 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV SOCI TBIO UK UNESCO
05PARIS489CESR HOLDS HEARING ON CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
[...] SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on January 14 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators, financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether the EU should regulate credit rating agencies. The discussion highlights the difficult road ahead fo [...]
2005-01-27 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS4896FRANCE WILL SEND DELEGATION OF THREE TO DEAD SEA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN IZ JO PREL FR
05PARIS4897FRENCH AGREE WITH USG POSITION ON EMERGENCY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS490IMMUNITY FOR CHIRAC:TRIAL BALLOON OR OVER-ZEALOUS
[...] (C) A coterie of Chirac supporters wasted no time last week in shooting down a proposal to accord former presidents senator-for-life status. The initiative was widely seen as an effort to protect Chirac from party funding charges once he leaves office by extending him the immunity from prose [...]
2005-01-27 10:49:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI FR
05PARIS4900CAN FRANCE CREATE A "MICROSOFT"? GOF CREATES
[...] (SBU) Summary. With French economic growth slowed and the EU's Lisbon strategy stalled, the GOF is looking for additional ways to promote industrial innovation. Both the Raffarin and now Villepin governments have set an industrial political agenda that has led to reorganization of small gover [...]
2005-07-13 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS4901PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the June 15, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. The nex [...]
2005-07-13 17:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS4904AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...]
2005-07-15 09:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4906MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR: LONDON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4909French Journalist NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia
[...] SUMMARY: Paris Public Affairs nominated senior foreign editor Alain Louyot from weekly center-right news magazine l'Express [circulation 548,195] for the June 13-17 NATO Tour to Norfolk Virginia. Louyot's article, "Norfolk: The Antiterrorist Armada" appeared in the July 11-17 issue of the mag [...]
2005-07-15 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS4916UZBEKISTAN: FRANCE WORKING THROUGH EU, OSCE
[...] (C) MFA IO action officer Nicolas Kassianides called poloff July 15 to provide further details on the GoF response to our demarche (Refs A and B) regarding action by the UNSC and the UNSYG on the situation in Uzbekistan and of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. Kassianides said that while the GoF [...]
2005-07-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ KG FR UNSC
05PARIS4917WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] Poloff delivered reftel points July 15, together with draft UNGA, UNSC, and ECOSOC resolutions, to MFA IO UN Reform action officer Nicolas Kassianides. 2. Kassianides thanked us for the information and said that the French translations would be particularly helpful. We undertook to share t [...]
2005-07-15 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR KPKO FR UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05PARIS4918NABIL SHAATH ON UNGA SEPARATION BARRIER ISSUE,
[...] (C) Following reftel report that FM Douste-Blazy would raise French concerns about an emergency special session at UNGA on the separation barrier, PA DPM Nabil Shaath confirmed to the DCM July 14 that Douste-Blazy had indeed raised the issue with him. Shaath said he would report GOF concerns [...]
2005-07-15 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS4919SPEAKING TO FRENCH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST
[...] (C) Post maintains an active dialogue with leaders in the French Muslim community. During the past year, Poloffs have met with the leadership of the three main organizations within the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),which was established in 2003 as the main interlocutor of the GOF [...]
2005-07-15 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER KISL FR
05PARIS4920FRENCH RESPONSE ON JULY 18 GAERC
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on July 6 to Caroline Ferrari, sous-directeur for EU External Relations, and Jean-Louis Falconi, Chief of the MFA's CFSP unit. We discussed the points with Ferrari on July 8 and with Falconi on July 15. Turkey ------ 2. (C) Ferrari noted that she expecte [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL IR LE SY TU UZ FR UN
05PARIS4921MISUSE OF THE "NO-FLY" SYSTEM RISKS UNDERCUTTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2005, shortly after my arrival as Ambassador, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration directed the return of Air France flight 50 (AF50) because of the erroneous conclusion that a specific U.S. citizen manifested on the flight constituted an active terrorist thr [...]
2005-07-15 16:57:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS4936MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB -
[...] IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB 2. LONDON BOMBINGS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATES HEADLINES AFTER A WEEKEND OF ATTACKS THAT KILLED HUNDREDS. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION FOCUSES ON THE "EXASPERATION' OF THE IRAQI POPULATION AGAINST THE INSURGENTS WHO ARE NOW SEEN BY THE CIVI [...]
2005-07-18 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4947U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...]
2005-07-18 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS495MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND EUROPEAN-AMERICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4954CHIRAC'S BASTILLE DAY INTERVIEW: A WEAKENED
[...] (SBU) Fighting to re-establish his relevance, President Chirac began the now traditional Bastille Day interview of France's President by casting himself as the leader of France's anti-terrorism effort. Thereafter, in the hour-long exchange with two leading TV anchorpersons, Chirac focused on [...]
2005-07-18 15:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS4971MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC ISSUES DOMINATE THE MAJORITY OF HEADLINES TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER FIGARO THAT WARNS OF "AL QAEDA'S ULTIMATUM TO EUROPE." THE REPORT MENTIONS AN INTERNET MESSAGE SENT BY A BRANCH OF AL QAEDA WHICH THREATENS EUROPE WIT [...]
2005-07-19 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4977MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 06 JULY
[...] (C) Summary: On 6 July 2005, Embassy EST officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) held at the Korean Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on preparations for the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid. 2. (C) Summary, Continued: [...]
2005-07-19 12:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS4999 GAZ DE FRANCE SHARE SALE RAISES OVER FOUR BILLION
[...] SUMMARY. Sixty years after the nationalization of the electricity and gas industries, the government has turned a historical page, selling shares in gas utility Gaz de France (GDF) for the first time. The GOF will keep a 79% stake in the partially privatized company. The sale process, inclu [...]
2005-07-19 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ENRG ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5003U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...]
2005-07-19 14:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5004MFA UNCERTAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA CONFERENCE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting July 18 with POL M/C and Poloff, Jean-Francois Terral, the MFA's A/S-equivalent for the Balkans, Russia and the former Soviet space, said France was studying our ref A demarche supporting a multilateral conference on the Transnistria conflict, but was uncertain of its [...]
2005-07-19 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALOPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV MD FR UZ EUN OSCE
05PARIS5010FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the second in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our Washington inter-agency audience. Contents: -- GDF share sale raises over four billion euros (para 2) -- Total concerned abou [...]
2005-07-19 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS5025ELECTION OF NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER HINTS AT
[...] (SBU) France's leading business association, MEDEF, on July 5 elected Laurence Parisot, head of major French pollster, IFOP, as its new president. Parisot is a first for MEDEF, both in that she is the CEO of a cutting-edge services sector business and a woman. MEDEF has long been considered [...]
2005-07-20 09:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5026MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GAZA DISENGAGEMENT, GWOT
[...] GAZA DISENGAGEMENT 2. GWOT (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PLANS FOR A HOSTILE TAKEOVER OF THE FRENCH GROUP DANONE BY PEPSICO IS ONE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES AND DOMINATES THE ECONOMIC DAILIES. DANONE IS PORTRAYED AS "PERFECT PREY" AND ECONOMIC LA TRIBUNE POINTS OUT THAT "DANONE'S EMPLOYEES HAVE [...]
2005-07-20 10:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5032IRAN/EU3: LETTER FROM U/S BURNS AND U/S JOSEPH TO
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Post delivered letter from U/S Burns and U/S Joseph to MFA Director for Political and Security Affairs Stanislas LeFebvre de Laboulaye on July 11. In a follow-up conversation on July 19 with Nicolas Roche of the MFA Directorate for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Roc [...]
2005-07-20 13:08:00Embassy ParisSECRETIR EU KNNP PREL PARM FR IAEA
05PARIS5041U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION INITIATIVE -
[...] (U) On July 19, EST Counselor read points contained reftel regarding U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to Messrs. Nicholas Roche and David Bertolotti, both of the Division of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation in the Foreign Ministry. They took careful notes, asked question [...]
2005-07-20 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALIN KNNP ENRG ETTC PARM PREL FR
05PARIS5043DEMARCHE REQUEST: NATO BUDGET CEILINGS
[...] (SBU) Reftel points were delivered to MFA DAS-equivalent director for Strategic Affairs Francois Carrel-Billiard and NATO budget and personnel desk officer Xavier Chatel and separately to MOD deputy diplomatic advisor in the Minister's Cabinet Camille Grand on the 18th and 19th of July respect [...]
2005-07-20 16:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MARR NATO
05PARIS5045PARIS VISIT OF CDU LEADER MERKEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The front-page photos of CDU leader and Germany's probable next Chancellor Angela Merkel and UMP president and Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in today's IHT and FT illustrate the tantalizing prospect that the pair holds for European commentators. The reality, however, is that [...]
2005-07-20 16:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS5057MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NOMINATION OF NEW SUPREME
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5073UN REFORM: CSD NOW FOCUSED ON ACCESS TO ENERGY -
[...] In June, Embassy provided sustainable development points contained para 10 reftel to Marc Trouyet, an officer in the United Nations and International Organization Division of the French Foreign Ministry, for information or comment. He recently provided an informal, interim note to the Embass [...]
2005-07-21 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ECON EAID AORC FR UN
05PARIS5077OECD/NEA: REPORTING CABLE: FIRST MEETING OF
[...] The meeting was opened by C. Nordborg, head of NEA Nuclear Science Section, who welcomed the participants and indicated that the Expert Group had been established as a follow-up activity to the former Nuclear Science Committee (NSC) activity on "R&D Needs in Nuclear Science". He also informed [...]
2005-07-22 09:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP TRGY KSCA OECD UNVIE
05PARIS5084MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON
[...] NEW WAVE OF ATTACKS IN LONDON 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA AND ISRAEL 3. REVALUATION OF CHINESE CURRENCY (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: HEADLINES ARE DOMINATED BY THE ATTEMPTED TERRORIST ATTACKS IN LONDON YESTERDAY. "ANXIETY AFTER THE ATTACKS" LEADS RIGHT-OF- CENTER LE FIGARO UNDERSCORIN [...]
2005-07-22 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5093PS FIRST SECRETARY FRANCOIS HOLLANDE UNDERWHELMS
[...] (C) Summary: Francois Hollande, First Secretary of France's deeply fragmented Socialist Party (PS),on June 30 presented his take on a variety of French, EU and foreign policy issues to an informal "Circle of Ambassadors" group, attended by Charge. Hollande's analysis impressed participants [...]
2005-07-22 13:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
05PARIS5096 UNESCO: NASA DISCUSSIONS ON REMOTE SENSING OF
[...] Summary and Introduction. NASA's Program Director for Applied Sciences, Mr. Ron Birk, and Mr. Steve Ambrose of the Program's Disaster Management group, met with various specialists in UNESCO's Earth Sciences Division for exploratory discussions about using NASA "remote sensing" technology on [...]
2005-07-22 13:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5098 VISIT OF FEDERAL TRAINING SHIP GOLDEN BEAR - 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR NZ AS FR
05PARIS5099SARKOZY DEFIES CHIRAC, THEN RETREATS -- AS
[...] (SBU) France's Interior Minister and 2007 presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy has again challenged President Chirac's credibility as a leader. In highly publicized remarks on July 14, Sarkozy compared Chirac to King Louis XVI. (Louis XVI is identified in France with ingnoring the winds of [...]
2005-07-22 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5106FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche July 20 to MFA Venezuela desk officer Hedi Picquart. Picquart said that the GOF shared many of our concerns about the Chavez government, particularly in light of recent GOV activities regarding the French oil company Total. At least for the time [...]
2005-07-22 15:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE
05PARIS5113GOF FULLY SUPPORTS OUR APPROACH ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE ECON ETRD FR
05PARIS5116 USUNESCO: MEETING ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY WITH UK
[...] UK ambassador to UNESCO (and EU president) Tim Craddock and Michel Vanden Abeele, the head of the EC observer mission, requested a meeting with Ambassador Oliver on July 22. Craddock came with a message that 99 percent of the EU countries' agenda at UNESCO, especially in areas like education [...]
2005-07-22 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UK EU UNESCO
05PARIS5122MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ATTACKS IN EGYPT DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF ALL THE DAILIES IN FRANCE, WITH VARIOUS HEADLINES SUCH AS: "ENDLESS TERROR" FOR CONSERVATIVE FRANCE-SOIR, "AL-QAEDA'S OFFENSIVE" FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIB ATION, "AL-QAEDA'S DEADLY SUMMER" FOR RIGHT [...]
2005-07-25 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS513POTENTIAL 'JIHADISTS TO IRAQ' A "SERIOUS GROUP"
[...] (S) Attention in the French "jihadists to Iraq" investigation has focused on a group of young French citizens (reportedly 20-24 years old) that had recently returned from a hajj together, investigating judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere told the DCM on January 27. They were arrested in Paris when authoriti [...]
2005-01-27 18:11:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS5130FRENCH WILL RAISE OBJECTIONS TO CHINESE REJECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 13:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC PREL FR KFIN UNSC
05PARIS5133MTAG 04-04: FRENCH FIRM'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM: DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 14:18:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL
05PARIS5135FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BURNS LETTER ON RED CROSS
[...] Post delivered U/S Burns' letter to MFA political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye July 22. We also provided a copy to MFA IO Social and Humanitarian Affairs DAS-equivalent Beatrice le Fraper du Hellen the same day. 2. Fraper contacted poloff July 25 to say that she was preparing the respon [...]
2005-07-26 06:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS5140 UNESCO: GAPS IN UNESCO DATA BASE OF CULTURAL
[...] Summary. As reported ref, quick resolution of questions about the law of the country of origin ("source country") of a particular artifact can be of critical importance in legal processes concerning the recovery and return of the item. Easy reference to these laws would also encourage self- [...]
2005-07-26 09:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN SOCI AF UNESCO
05PARIS5141 2005 NOT A GOOD VINTAGE FOR FRENCH GDP GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency's forecast confirmed that the 2005 GDP growth is likely to be modest, close to 1.5% -- lower than the 2% government forecast, despite an expected recovery in the second half of the year. The agency sees a high risk of sluggish economic growth among Fra [...]
2005-07-26 09:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5142MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: AMBASSADOR CRAIG STAPLETON'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO PRESIDENT CHIRAC IS REPORTED IN REGIONAL DAILY OUEST-FRANCE AND IN DAILY LE PARISIEN AS WELL AS IN AFP AND AP WIRES. TODAY'S NEWS STILL FOCUSES ON TERRORISM FROM VARI [...]
2005-07-26 09:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5143NEA/PI DIRECTOR ROMANOWSKI PROMOTES GREATER
[...] (C) Summary: NEA/PI Director Alina Romanowski stressed the need for greater complementarity and information sharing between U.S. and French efforts to promote reform in the Broader Middle East, during a July 18-20 visit to Paris. French officials were receptive to Romanowski's emphasis on comp [...]
2005-07-26 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM EAID XF FR KMEPI
05PARIS5145U.S.-FRENCH INFORMAL COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE TALKS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. and French officials held another round of Informal Commercial Exchange (ICE) talks on July 12, 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe (DOC) Eric Stewart met with a French SIPDIS delegation headed by DGTPE Director-General Pierre Moraillo [...]
2005-07-26 10:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL FR DOC
05PARIS5149 USUNESCO: UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] Summary. The United Nations International Conference on Civil Society in Support of Middle East Peace was held at UNESCO headquarters July 12-13. The conference was organized by the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and was invited by UNESCO to ho [...]
2005-07-26 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI IS XF UNESCO
05PARIS5154OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE
[...] An ad hoc group of delegates of the OECD Environment Policy Committee (EPOC) met on June 29-30, 2005 to consider the components of a strategic vision for the environment. The purpose of the strategic vision is to increase support for the EPOC's work, to provide longer-term (5-10 years) strat [...]
2005-07-26 13:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS5157FRANCE WILL REVIEW THEIR POSITION ON LANGUAGE IN
[...] (C) On July 25, the DCM delivered reftel demarche on problematic language in the UNSCR 1267 successor resolution to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye. Laboulaye made three points: 1) the U.S. and France have been working well in this area and need to continue doing so; 2) particul [...]
2005-07-26 13:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER EFIN FR UNSC KTFIN
05PARIS5166CAR: PARIS MEETING JULY 25
[...] Embassy Africa watcher attended a six-hour "sensitization" meeting on the Central African Republic (CAR),hosted at the MFA's conference center July 25. IMF CAR representative Mark Lewis (AmCit),World Bank CAR representative Ali Khadr, EU CAR delegation chief Esmieu, UNDP resident represent [...]
2005-07-26 15:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN EAID CT FR
05PARIS5174INVITATION TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE (COE) CONFERENCE
[...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The U.S. is invited by the Council of Europe Directors of Legal Affairs (DG-I) and the Ministry of Justice of Portugal to send an expert to the Octopus Interface Conference on Combating Economic Crime, Lisbon, 28-30 September 2005. 3. The goal [...]
2005-07-26 15:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS SOCI EFIN KCRM COE
05PARIS5176 OECD REPORT: WORKING GROUP ON BRIBERY, HELD ON
[...] On the June 14-16 meeting of the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB),the Tour de Table of recent enforcement developments (see Paras. 18-26) reconfirmed that the U.S. remains far and away the most aggressive enforcer of the foreign bribery offense. France was particularly disappointing, sho [...]
2005-07-27 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCOR ECON ETRD EINV PREL UK OECD
05PARIS5177MTAG 32-96: DRDO SEEKING SUPPORT FOR MISSILE
[...] (S) On 20 July 2005, EST officer delivered reftel non-paper on India's Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) efforts to obtain support from the French firm SAGEM to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti. Bertolotti appreciated [...]
2005-07-27 10:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC IN FR MTCRE
05PARIS5178MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] WAR ON TERRORISM 2. IRAQI'S CONSTITUTION 3. DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM 4. FAMINE IN THE SAHEL: NIGER B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: ISRAELI PM AREIL SHARON'S VISIT TO FRANCE, FAMINE IN NIGER, FRENCH AUTHORITIES' DECISION TO EXPAND USE OF PUBLIC VIDEO- SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, AND NASA'S SUCCE [...]
2005-07-27 10:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5186R/V CLEARANCE GRANTED - RV KA'IMIMOANA
[...] Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1029/AME dated 21 July, 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the R/V Ka'Imimoana in the French waters of the Mar [...]
2005-07-27 13:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR KRVC KSCA TPHY
05PARIS5194FRENCH WILL SUPPORT IRAQ RESOLUTION ON TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR UNSC
05PARIS5195 USUNESCO: NEGOTIATIONS ON BIOETHICS DECLARATION
[...] SUMMARY. The second and final session of the Intergovernmental Meeting of Experts met June 20-24 at UNESCO and reached consensus on a draft "Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights." The US was successful in adding to the draft Declaration a statement that one of the aims of the [...]
2005-07-27 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO UNESCO KSCI HHS
05PARIS5196SUDAN: FRENCH INFORMED OF DEPUTY SECRETARY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 17:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL US AMGT SU FR
05PARIS5200COUNTRY CLEARANCE: SEC Official: Alton Harvey
[...] Country clearance is provided for Alton Harvey, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),to travel to Paris, France August 3-5, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend a meeting of the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) Working Group of the Joint Forum. 2. Embassy Paris point of c [...]
2005-07-28 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN OTRA FR
05PARIS5202MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ,
[...] WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ 2. ALTERNATIVE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF MOST DAILIES TODAY: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE VERDICTS IN BOTH THE LONG-RUNNING ANGERS TRIAL ON CHILD MOLESTATION AND RAPE AND THE MONT BL [...]
2005-07-28 10:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5203GOF PROPOSES NEW DOMESTIC C/T POLICIES AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In the aftermath of the July 7 and 21 bombings in London and the July 22 bombings in Sharm el-Sheikh, the GOF has proposed a number of new policies to combat terrorism, including the expanded use of closed-circuit television cameras in public areas, renewed efforts t [...]
2005-07-28 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS5207OVERSEAS GRANT WARRANT FOR PAO RAYMOND F.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-28 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASUP AMGT APER KPAO FR KJRE UNESCO
05PARIS521PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S PROSPECTS FOR 2005 AND BEYOND
[...] (C) Although, President Chirac lost some ground with France's electorate on domestic policy issues during 2004, he more than made up for it -- finishing the year with a strong public image -- by his performance on foreign policy issues. His projection of himself as a proud President, standing [...]
2005-01-28 11:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ECON FR
05PARIS5214RESPONSES TO EU-3 REQUESTS - FRANCE
[...] (C) During introductory calls July 28, incoming and outgoing DCMs provided reftel response to the EU-3's July 20 questions regarding the proposal to Iran to MFA Political Director Laboulaye. Laboulaye already had received substance from the French embassy in Washington. He commented only t [...]
2005-07-28 13:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP FR
05PARIS5220UPDATE ON FRENCH TRAINING OFFERS FOR IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French have begun contributing to the EU "JUSTLEX" program, with 40 Iraqi police officers now in France for a one-month rule of law training program, the first tranche of a group of 175 slated to receive such training. MFA contacts report less progress, however, [...]
2005-07-28 16:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PINS IZ FR
05PARIS5224France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Two Members Added to ARCEP Board (para 2) -- France Telecom changes strategy to buy Spanish telecom operator (para 3) -- Span [...]
2005-07-29 09:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS5225AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. MADAGASCAR 6. SUDAN 7. NIGER 8. SAOTOME 9. TOGO 10. DROC 11. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 12. ZIMBABWE 13. UGANDA Â [...]
2005-07-29 09:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5228MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ, IRA, ASIA-PACIFIC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5232AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, including tax reform, as a way to stimulate economic growth in France. He emphasized his "great love" for the United States and called himself a great friend of the United S [...]
2005-07-29 11:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS5239UNSCR 1540 -- FRANCE ALL FOR PROMOTING 1540
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-29 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL MNUC FR
05PARIS5241FRENCH MFA UPDATE ON MAGHREB ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Acting Director William Jordan, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reported continued difficulties with the Algerian government over a February 2005 French law lauding achievements from the French colonial period, with Algeria [...]
2005-07-29 16:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG MO TS LY FR
05PARIS5245MEDIA REACTION REPORT - TERRORISM, IRAN, FAMINE IN
[...] TERRORISM 2. IRAN 3. FAMINE IN SAHEL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IN THE INTERNATIONAL NEWS, SCOTLAND YARD'S ARRESTS FOLLOWING THE LONDON ATTACKS, IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND NIGER'S FAMINE ARE THE MAIN SUBJECTS OF THE WEEKEND AND MONDAY MEDIA. IRAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL RESUME [...]
2005-08-01 10:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-28 13:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5263PM SHARON VISIT HERALDS SYMBOLIC UPTURN IN
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Israeli PM Sharon's successful July 26-29 visit to France was marked by warm atmospherics and ostentatious emphasis on improving bilateral relations from both sides, with many French media outlets heralding a new "honeymoon" in French-Israeli relations. The GoF, in we [...]
2005-08-01 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL SY IR PTER PARM FR
05PARIS5273MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KING FAHD'S DEATH
[...] KING FAHD'S DEATH B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: INTERNATIONAL NEWS IS DOMINATED BY THE DEATHS OF KING FAHD AND OF SUDAN'S VICE PRESIDENT, IN ADDITION TO IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM. JOHN BOLTON'S RECESS APPOINTMENT TO THE UN TOPS US- RELATED NEWS, FOLLOWED BY NASA'S PLANS TO REPAIR THE DISCOVERY S [...]
2005-08-02 10:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5297FRENCH GOVERNMENT QUIETLY PREPARES FOR 2006 NUCLEAR WASTE
[...] With little fanfare, French authorities are advancing France's waste management strategy on the political agenda. On schedule, on June 30 the National Waste Management Agency (ANDRA) and the Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) submitted to the GOF a progress report on R&D in their respective field [...]
2005-08-02 15:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5298FRENCH REACTIONS TO ITER SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: French officials are almost uniformly positive about succeeding in the negotiations to secure the south of France as the home for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Despite claims - many by French science bloggers -- that French disproportionate, fi [...]
2005-08-02 15:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALTRGY ENRG ECON PGOV FR KNUC
05PARIS5300FRANCE'S YUCCA MOUNTAIN
[...] (U) On July 26, 2005, in the context of the upcoming national debate and the 2006 law on nuclear waste of high-level, long- lived radioactive waste (HLLLW) (see reftels),EST Counselor, Science Affairs Specialist, and EST Intern, met officials of the French National Radioactive Waste Manag [...]
2005-08-02 16:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA FR KNUC
05PARIS5301ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER BRETON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Finance Minister Breton underlined to National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard and Ambassador Stapleton his commitment to press for economic reforms, in large part by "educating" the French public. Breton believes that France should enjoy growth of 3.0% per year and that [...]
2005-08-03 08:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS5307VILLEPIN STIRS THE POT ON TURKISH EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 radio interview, PM Villepin appeared to raise the bar for French support for the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey scheduled to begin October 3, saying that, "It doesn't appear to me conceivable that such a negotiation process can be opened with a count [...]
2005-08-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5335ALLAN HUBBARD'S CALL ON INTERIOR MINISTER SARKOZY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Stapleton and National Economic Council Director Allan Hubbard met with Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy on August 1. Sarkozy expressed his admiration for President Bush and said he looked forward to the opportunity to tackle France's economic and social problems with th [...]
2005-08-04 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV FR
05PARIS5350FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF VILLEPIN'S STATEMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Challenged to explain Prime Minister de Villepin's August 2 remarks on Turkish accession to the EU (reftel),MFA Acting European Director and Assistant to the PM's EU Advisor defended them as a justified response to the Turkish statement on its non-recognition of Cyprus. Both o [...]
2005-08-04 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN
05PARIS5352FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL VIEWS MAURITANIA COUP AS
[...] (C) GOF MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on August 4 said that France viewed Mauritania's coup as "consolidated" (i.e., concluded). He said that the key remaining question involved Mauritanian forces which remain loyal to President Taya and are conducting anti-terrorist oper [...]
2005-08-05 07:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR MOPS CASC MR FR
05PARIS5374 FRANCE: DHS ACTING U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In his meetings with French officials, U/S Beardsworth highlighted the positive uses of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data and engendered an appreciation of how PNR data can help advance our mutual interest of denying terrorists freedom to travel while protecting privacy and faci [...]
2005-08-05 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS5376MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SAUDI ARABIA-IRAQ, HIROSHIMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5383FRANCE TAKES NOTE OF ASIA-PACIFIC CLEAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Zoellick's announcement of the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development caught France's attention, and helped sustain a slight but perceptible moderation in French criticism of the U.S. climate change position. Some of the economic press has reported on t [...]
2005-08-05 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KPAO TRGY FR
05PARIS5385FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES PACKAGE DELIVERED TO FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 16:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PARIS5386FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISITS TO CHAD AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an MFA official, Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's stops in Chad and Niger late in July allowed him to (1) exchange views with Chad President Deby on Sudan issues (France to provide refugee-related support to Chad; Deby skeptical of the international communi [...]
2005-08-05 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CD NG FR
05PARIS5388Outreach Efforts on Guantanamo
[...] (U) Embassy Paris has concentrated recent public outreach on Guantanamo issues in two areas. The Guantanamo detainee issue is a part of regular conversations Mission officers have with private and public interlocutors, and we use the talking points at each of these occasions. We also respond [...]
2005-08-05 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05PARIS5399MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION IRAN
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MANY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES DEVOTE THEIR LEAD STORIES TO SUMMER ISSUES, SUCH AS THE RISING COST OF VACATIONING IN FRANCE. ACCORDING TO LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION, ONE PERSON OUT OF THREE IN FRANCE NEVER TAKES A HOLIDAY. FO [...]
2005-08-08 12:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5417FRENCH DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE PUTS HIGH PRIORITY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the GoF's' annual conference on France's development priorities, Foreign Minister Douste- Blazy underlined the importance of a European identity in forming development policy and cited the support that effective policies could bring to broader anti-terror efforts. Both Do [...]
2005-08-09 09:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL EAID ETRD KIPR FR PREL UNESCO
05PARIS5422MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5441ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM, ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE, AND
[...] (C) As reported reftel, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon's "economic intelligence" program, as prescribed in his 2003 report. An important next step will be debate and ultimately passage of legislation (inspired by the U.S. Exon-Florio laws) which would [...]
2005-08-10 09:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EIND PGOV FR
05PARIS5443MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING
[...] IRAN 2. NASA - DISCOVERY LANDING B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: IRAN'S RESUMPTION OF ITS NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF TODAY'S MAJOR STORIES, WITH CATHOLIC LA CROIX HEADLINING: "WORLD PRESSURE ON IRAN." THE EDITORIAL URGES THE EUROPEANS NOT TO GIVE UP TOO SOON: "IRAN MAY BE BARTERING FOR [...]
2005-08-10 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5447HAITI: APPEAL TO DONORS ON FINANCING GAP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-10 14:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN HA FR
05PARIS5458MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 10:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5459THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]
2005-08-11 12:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS546FRENCH VIEWS ON BAKASSI, CAMEROON ECONOMIC
[...] (C) During Ambassador Marquardt's Paris consultations January 28, Michel de Bonnecorse, President Chirac's advisor on African affairs, stressed the importance of persuading Nigerian President Obasanjo to comply with the ICJ ruling on Bakassi. 2. (C) Bonnecorse said that at the Francophonie [...]
2005-01-28 17:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS CM NI FR
05PARIS547FRENCH ON JANUARY 31 GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff on Jan. 18 and followed in conversation with LeDeunff Jan 28. LeDeunff noted that the French are awaiting "with enthusiasm" the visits to Europe of both President Bush and Secretary Rice. With regard to the Presid [...]
2005-01-28 17:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID KPAL BK CU IR IZ UP CH FR EUN
05PARIS5471FRENCH DENY CHIRAC MESSAGE TO PAPADOPOLOUS; REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Both Presidency and MFA contacts have denied Cypriot press reports that President Chirac last week passed a message to Cypriot President Papadopoulos in which he argued that EU accession talks with Turkey should not begin until Ankara recognized the Government of Cyprus, and asked [...]
2005-08-11 18:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5472INVITATION TO FIRST MEETING OF THE PROJECT GROUP
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 4. 2. THE U.S. IS INVITED TO SEND AN OBSERVER TO THE FIRST MEETING OF THE WORKING PARTY OF THE PROJECT GROUP ON ADMINISTRATIVE LAW IN STRASBOURG, NOVEMBER 14-16, 2005. 3. DRAFT AGENDA INCLUDES: -- REPORT OF THE 17TH MEETING OF THE PROJECT GROUP ON A [...]
2005-08-12 08:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDXG FR COE
05PARIS5473INVITATION TO COMMITTEE FOR SOCIAL COHESION (CDCS)
[...] This is an action request, see para 5. 2. The U.S. is invited to send a representative to the 15th meeting of the European Committee for Social Cohesion (CDCS) on November 15-16 2005 and a forum entitled "Reconciling Labor Flexibility With Social Cohesion" on November 17-18 2005. 3. [...]
2005-08-12 08:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI XG FR COE
05PARIS5478 USUNESCO: MEETING OF MAN AND BIOSPHERE
[...] Summary and introduction: the agenda of the June 27-29 meeting of the bureau of the international coordinating council of the man and biosphere (MAB) program focused on management of biosphere reserves, including those that are also world heritage sites. Under MAB's current short-term strateg [...]
2005-08-12 11:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV FR UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS548GOF TO WELCOME IRAQI ELECTIONS AS IMPORTANT STEP
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF is likely to welcome the January 30 Iraqi elections as an important step, but not with the same adjectives as Washington. French officials, while expressing concern over the conditions under which elections are taking place, stress that it is not in the GoF's interest to [...]
2005-01-28 18:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS5480MEDIA REACTION REPORT - PRESIDENT BUSH AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-12 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5489FRANCE SUPPORTS EFFORT TO ENSURE PEACEFUL GAZA
[...] (C) We discussed ref (a) points on the need to ensure a peaceful Gaza disengagement with MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian affairs Christian Jouret August 10. Jouret fully concurred with U.S. views on the critical importance of Gaza disengagement and the urgent need to ensure [...]
2005-08-12 16:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IS GZ FR
05PARIS549FRENCH RESPONSE TO GROSSMAN LETTER ON CARTAGENA
[...] DCM delivered reftel letter to MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on January 26. Below is an informal translation of his response, received January 28. (Original French being faxed to EUR/WE) 2. BEGIN TRANSLATION OF LETTER: Dear Marc, As you underline in your letter, Pre [...]
2005-01-28 19:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV PREL SNAR ECON FR CO
05PARIS5490FRENCH: COESPU SUPPORT WILL TAKE TIME
[...] SUMMARY. MFA contacts stress that the GoF needs time to consider the U.S.-Italian request for support to the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). Local Italian embassy contacts do not expect a French contribution, but were encouraged that the GoF did not reject their req [...]
2005-08-12 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS FR
05PARIS5507MEDIA REACTION REPORT -MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 11:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5528EMBASSY PARIS RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST ON
[...] (C) Post refers Washington to refs B, C and D for its current analysis of French views and intentions with respect to the beginning of EU accession negotiations with Turkey on October 3. We continue to believe that PM de Villepin's statement on recognition of Cyprus was motivated primarily by [...]
2005-08-16 13:57:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR TU EUN
05PARIS5539PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-08-17 08:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO PTER FR
05PARIS5541MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 10:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5563MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5566REQUEST FOR FRANCE TO STOP A SHIPMENT OF
[...] (S/NF) On 16 August, ESTH Nonproliferation Officer met French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet, to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) investigation regarding the transfer of vibration/centrifuge systems involving the U.S. company Data Physics, [...]
2005-08-18 13:34:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS5573 USUNESCO: CROSS-WISE ON BORDER? NEW PUSH
[...] SUMMARY: After a year of discussion and drafting meetings, the UNESCO/OECD non-binding guidelines for cross border quality provision in higher education went before the 171st UNESCO Executive Board for its blessing and instead got sidelined for further discussion at the upcoming General Confe [...]
2005-08-18 15:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS5575 USUNESCO: UPCOMING KEY SENIOR POSTS
[...] Given the Director General's campaign for re- election and the uncertainty of UNESCO's budget, senior post openings at UNESCO are unpredictable. It is worth noting at this point however, that now that US citizens are in the ADG Education position and the Deputy ADG of External relations posit [...]
2005-08-18 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PARM PREL CWC UNESCO OPCW
05PARIS5592MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5596AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. MAURITANIA 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. SENEGAL 6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 7. BURUNDI 8. SUDAN 9. GUINEA BISSAU 10. ZIMBABWE 11. BRAIN DRAIN Â [...]
2005-08-19 11:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5608GOF: ISAF U.N. MANDATE STRONG ENOUGH AS IS;
[...] (C) On August 9 poloff spoke with MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer, Cyril Gerardon, who said that the MFA was still studying the mandate in conjunction with MOD officials to determine what changes, if any, would need to be made. On August 18 poloff met with Alexandra Novosseloff of the MOD offic [...]
2005-08-19 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAF MARR PREL FR NATO UNSC
05PARIS5610TURKISH READOUT OF ARPAKAN-FRENCH CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Deputy Under Secretary Apakan's August 17 and 18 discussions with officials in FM Douste-Blazy's and PM de Villepin's cabinets provided no new clarity on French motives and intentions. The French rehearsed familiar arguments about the need to take French public opinion [...]
2005-08-19 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR TU CY
05PARIS5619MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS565MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-31 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5661MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] IRAQI CONSTITUTION 2. AFGHANISTAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES TODAY ARE DEVOTED TO A NUMBER OF VERY DIVERSE STORIES RANGING FROM THE U.S. TOUR OF THE ROLLING STONES (LIBERATION) TO THE AVIAN FLU THREAT (LE FIGARO) AND THE IRAQI CONSTITUTION. CATHOLIC LA CROIX LEADS WITH: "IRAQ: T [...]
2005-08-23 11:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5693MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5694FRANCE: SEEKING MORE LABOR FLEXIBILITY
[...] (SBU) PM de Villepin has announced an emergency employment plan, which will introduce more flexibility into the rigid French labor market. The plan creates a new type of hiring contract that will allow companies of up to 20 employees to lay off workers anytime during the first two years of e [...]
2005-08-24 11:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5719UPDATE FOR WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR MANDATORY
[...] Per reftel para 10, post presents the following update to the annual Worst Forms of Child Labor report mandated by the Trade Development Act of 2000. 2. Post raised child labor issues with Gerald Delafosse, Legal Counselor at France's Overseas Ministry, which administers France's overseas [...]
2005-08-25 07:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDELAB FR PGOV
05PARIS5732MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - PRESIDENT BUSH SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-25 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5750FRANCE'S MOBILE OPERATORS FACE ALLEGATIONS OVER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France's three main mobile telephone operators (Orange, SFR and Bouygues) are being investigated by the government's Fraud Office for anticompetitive practices. If found guilty by France's Competition Council of a concerted effort to fix calling rates from 1997 to 2003, they c [...]
2005-08-25 17:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS ECON ETRD PGOV FR
05PARIS5767MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY: PRICE OF OIL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-26 10:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5783AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURUNDI 4. NIGER 5. ANGOLA 6. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-08-26 14:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS579FRENCH "EXPLAIN AND REASSURE" ON TRIP TO RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Barnier and Defense Minister Alliot-Marie visited Russia January 20-21 for bi-annual security consultations with their counterparts. The consultations drew higher-than-expected visibility from the French press, although an MFA contact told us that the meetings fo [...]
2005-01-31 15:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RU
05PARIS5797MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5816ADDRESSING THE THREAT OF AVIAN INFLUENZA - FRENCH
[...] (SBU) Only days following news that the H5N1 virus had hit the Urals, French media coverage regarding the consequences of a possible influenza pandemic has proliferated and the government has reacted. On August 24, President Chirac requested the appointment of an interministerial delegate ( [...]
2005-08-29 16:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON PREL SOCI FR
05PARIS5818CHIRAC DEFINES FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY IN ANNUAL
[...] (C) Summary: President Chirac delivered a speech August 29 to France's assembled ambassadors in an annual event this year focused on France's policy toward the EU in the wake of the failed May 29 referendum on a constitutional treaty. As such, it was clearly aimed more at reassuring French c [...]
2005-08-29 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC PTER FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5824FRANCE PUBLISHES AVIATION BLACKLIST
[...] (U) In response to highly publicized recent plane accidents, on August 28 the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) published via internet its "blacklist" of companies that are forbidden to operate in France, as transportation minister Dominique Perben promised last week. The companies on th [...]
2005-08-30 08:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR FR
05PARIS5835MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GLOBAL ECONOMY - OIL PRICES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 10:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5855 USUNESCO: UNESCO TO ORGANIZE JUNE 2006
[...] This is a request for guidance, see Para 9. 2. Summary. The UN is planning an international scientific conference on desertification -- "The Future of Dry Lands" -- as part of its International Year of Deserts and Desertification. The conference, organized by a UN inter-agency committee [...]
2005-08-30 15:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5861MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): U.S.
[...] (C) On August 30, ESTH/NP Counselor provided French MTCR Point-of-Contact David Bertolotti subject paper on high performance steels for missile applications for the September Madrid MTCR Plenary Information Exchange session. Bertolotti said that while he would distribute it, he considered it [...]
2005-08-30 16:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKSCA PREL PARM MNUC ETTC TSPA FR
05PARIS5862 USUNESCO: NORDIC STATES AND UK CHAMPION
[...] Guidance Request in Para 3. 2. Summary: In Advance of UNESCO's October General Conference, the Nordic States and the UK are circulating a draft resolution calling for an "overall review" of Programs II and III (the Natural Sciences Sector and the Social and Human Sciences Sector (SHS)). Th [...]
2005-08-30 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID SENV SOCI UNESCO KSCI
05PARIS5864FRENCH RESPONSE ON SEPT 1-2 GYMNICH: CHIRAC AND FM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Pascal LeDeunff, deputy of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy unit, the French have tabled a paper for discussion on Turkey at the September 1-2 EU Gymnich meeting. LeDeunff told us Aug. 30 that FM Douste-Blazy will meet with President Chirac Aug. 31 to de [...]
2005-08-30 17:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL IR CH TU IZ VE CY FR EUN
05PARIS5866INITIAL FRENCH COMMENTS RE IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (SBU) We presented August 30 reftel talking points and non-paper to MFA action officer for IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle. He confirmed that he was aware of the June IAEA decision to establish a committee on Safeguards and Verification, but noted that the MFA had not had an opportunity to [...]
2005-08-31 07:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS5871MEDIA REACTION REPORT - EU ISSUES- TURKEY PRESIDENT
[...] EU ISSUES- TURKEY 2. PRESIDENT BUSH - IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A VARIETY OF DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, BUT THE CONSEQUENCES OF HURRICANE KATRINA, FINANCIAL AS WELL AS HUMAN ARE PROMINENTLY REPORTED. THE FINANCIAL COST OF THE HURRICANE IS ESTIMATED BY LA TRIBUNE TO [...]
2005-08-31 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5921 USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST: DISCUSSING THE
[...] (U) As reported ref, the UK Perm Delegate to UNESCO, Ambassador Timothy Craddock, suggested that USG lawyers meet with lawyers from EU member states so that the USG can better understand why the EU Member States have concluded that the preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention does not [...]
2005-08-31 16:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS5922REPORT FROM THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY'S "SUMMER
[...] (C) France's Socialist Party (PS) held the thirteenth edition of its annual "Summer University" on August 26 - 28 (ref D). This year, party leaders used the event to start drawing up the battle lines (ref C) between the rival populist and progressive factions -- the 'no' and the 'yes' camps [...]
2005-08-31 16:05:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5926GOF CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE IN PUBLIC, PRIVATELY
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The initial GoF public reaction to presentation of the Iraqi constitution has been low-key and stressed GoF support for the Iraqi political process (vice the constitution itself),and the need for Iraqi authorities to build support for the document from all of Iraq's p [...]
2005-08-31 17:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS5931MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA
[...] HURRICANE KATRINA 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: TWO HUMAN TRAGEDIES, CAUSED BY TWO DEVASTATING FORCES, NATURE AND RUMOR, SHARE TOP BILLING IN TODAY'S HEADLINES: HURRICANE KATRINA AND YESTERDAY'S DEADLY STAMPEDE DURING A PILGRIMAGE IN BAGHDAD. CATHOLIC LA CROIX CARRIES A DOUBLE FRONT-PA [...]
2005-09-01 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5934CHIRAC LAUNCHES INNOVATION AGENCY TO CREATE
[...] Summary. President Jacques Chirac outlined on August 30 a new industrial innovation agency and research drive to encourage employment and prevent outsourcing. Spearheading his policy drive in favor of industrial innovation in the heart of the Champagne region, President Jacques Chirac inaug [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND FR
05PARIS5935NEW FRENCH BUSINESS LEADER WARNS AGAINST GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Laurence Parisot, the new head of France's leading business association, MEDEF, recently warned the French Government against any resurgence of protectionism. In a newspaper interview on Aug. 30, she reiterated her intention to reconcile the French with the market economy, business cult [...]
2005-09-01 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL ELAB PINR FR EUN
05PARIS5936 FRENCH EONOMIC GROWTH SLUGGISH
[...] SUMMARY. French GDP increased a low 0.4% (annualized) in the second quarter. The rise in oil prices and the euro in the third quarter caused fears that 2005 economic growth could be lower than government forecast of 2.0%. Eventually, the government reduced its GDP growth forecast to 1.5-2.0% [...]
2005-09-01 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS5942FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Douste-Blazy kicked off the August 30 second session of the annual Ambassadors' Conference with a more detailed elaboration or "road map" for President Chirac's foreign policy "grand orientation" of the previous day (reftel). On relations with the U.S., Douste-Blazy said th [...]
2005-09-01 13:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU FR EUN UNSC
05PARIS5943POSITIVE INITIAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON
[...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points on isolating Syria at UNGA with MFA desk officer for Syria/Lebanon Remy Bouallegue and MFA desk officer for UN/Middle East Affairs Salina Grenet on August 31. Bouallegue reiterated that the GoF would not receive Syrian officials at UNGA and was maintaining it [...]
2005-09-01 13:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY FR
05PARIS5944AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. NIGER 4. RWADA 5. BURUNDI 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-09-01 14:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5947FRANCE: INFORMATION ON CODESHARING WITH RUSSIAN
[...] (U) Note 4.6 of the Annex to the Air Services Agreement between France and the Russian Federation, signed in Moscow 2 July 2001 states that "any cooperative agreement relative to commercializing services such as joint operations and code-sharing operations between transportation companies of [...]
2005-09-01 14:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FR
05PARIS5961GOF LEAKS STRATEGIC SECTORS TO BE PROTECTED FROM
[...] (U) Summary. The French Government is slowly unveiling the contents of an upcoming decree listing the specific strategic sectors to be shielded from foreign takeover (per reftel). The State Council, France's highest administrative body, is currently reviewing the decree before its signature [...]
2005-09-01 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS598MFA ROUND-UP ON BILATERAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior economic policy officials at the MFA have noted their relief at the three-month "cease fire" over the Airbus/Boeing case but explain that contrary to the U.S. views, they believe the soon to be developed A350 would be covered by the 1992 aircraft agreement. They explained [...]
2005-01-31 17:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KIPR EAID EFIN TRGY PREL FR
05PARIS5980MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ
[...] IRAQ 2. BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND HURRICANE KATRINA 3. IRAN B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: MOST FRONT PAGES ARE DEVOTED TO FM DE VILLEPIN'S MEASURES TO BOOST FRANCE'S ECONOMY THROUGH EMPLOYMENT AND TAX CUTS AS REVEALED YESTERDAY DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND LATER ON TF1 TELEVISION. DURING HIS [...]
2005-09-02 10:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5990 USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY JUGGERNAUT
[...] (C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). Is UNESCO in the throes of mass hysteria --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (C) Summary: A picture is beginning to emerge of French and EU pressure on other UNESCO members to get the draft [...]
2005-09-02 14:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS5995TFUS01: FRENCH OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: Following specific French offers of disaster assistance, repeated below, we relayed acceptance per ref D. The GOF still awaits notification of where and when to send the material accepted. END SUMMARY. ----------------- GOF OFFERS of AID ----------------- 2. France announced [...]
2005-09-05 12:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL FR
05PARIS5999MEDIA REACTION REPORT - HURRICANE KATRINA AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS601FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS AS VICTORY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials publicly welcomed Iraq's election as a victory for the Iraqi people and the international community, while voicing caution on future necessary steps in Iraq's political transition, including an eventual withdrawal of foreign troops. President Chirac told v [...]
2005-01-31 18:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6021 USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The draft cultural diversity convention was a primary topic of discussion during Ambassador Oliver's meetings with UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura and several ambassadors, including the outgoing chairman of the general conference. All agreed that the convention must be adopte [...]
2005-09-06 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6026TFUS01: UPDATE ON FRENCH ASSISTANCE FOR HURRICANE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOF acknowledged notification of flight clearance for its aircraft to Little Rock on September 6, and remains ready to provide further assistance as the evolving situation in the US warrants. END SUMMARY. ----------------- FRENCH ASSISTANCE ----------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2005-09-06 16:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR PGOV ECON ASEC CASC AMGT EAID PREL
05PARIS6028 USUNESCO: UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE TO LAUNCH
[...] Summary and comment: Influencing the agenda of UNESCO's October 2005 General Conference will be preliminary discussions of the organization's medium-term strategy (2008-14). The negotiation process -- leading up to adoption of a new medium-term strategy by the October 2007 general conference [...]
2005-09-06 16:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6031PRESIDENT CHIRAC HOSPITALIZED WITH "LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary: President Jacques Chirac was admitted to a military hospital in Paris on the evening on Friday, September 2 for what doctors are calling a "minor vascular accident" that slightly impaired vision in one of his eyes. According to media reports, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin [...]
2005-09-06 18:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS6033A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH EUROPEAN DIRECTOR BRIATTA
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S equivalent Briatta told A/S Fried September 2 that he was "reasonably optimistic" that the EU could work out a declaration on Turkey that would allow accession negotiations to begin as scheduled on October 3, so long as the Greeks and Cypriots did not insist on new [...]
2005-09-07 07:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU EUN NATO
05PARIS6046MEDIA REACTION REPORT - AFTERMATH OF KATRINA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6047 UNESCO: DG DEPLORES KILLING OF IRAQI
[...] SUMMARY: On August 31, the UNESCO Director General, Koichiro Matsuura, issued a statement that deplored the killing of a Reuters sound engineer by U.S. forces in Iraq on August 28, 2005. The statement, which UNESCO issued after the UN press office asked them to respond, did not directly im [...]
2005-09-07 10:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6062FRENCH DECLARATION ON INNOVATIVE SOURCES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We delivered points per refs A-C, but France continues to support its idea for a tax on airline tickets and other innovative sources of financing for development. The GOF does not plan for its draft declaration to be contentious, but does intend to go ahead and release it at th [...]
2005-09-07 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAIR EAID FR UNGA
05PARIS6076EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary and comment: EUR A/S Fried discussed U.S. BMENA strategy, Syria/Lebanon, and Israeli-Palestinian issues with senior French MFA and Presidency officials September 1-2. MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Thibault concurred that both the November Forum for the Future and Barcelona Summit need to [...]
2005-09-08 08:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XF SY LE KMPI KDEM IS KPAL KPAO FR
05PARIS6080 UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: FRANCE CALLS
[...] Summary. Agence France Press (AFP) reported that during a September 5 meeting with new WTO chief Pascal Lamy, the GOF Minister of Culture Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres said Sept. 5 that the WTO should not interfere in CD matter. The AFP report says that de Vabres quoted Lamy as saying that WTO [...]
2005-09-08 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6082MEDIA REACTION REPORT - KATRINA - POLITICAL FALLOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6090P-3 COMPROMISE ON DEVELOPMENT CAN RESCUE OUTCOME
[...] (C) Salvaging the Outcome Document (OD) for the High Level Summit hinges on P-3 compromise, in the view of Quai d'Orsay action officer Nicolas Kassianides. At a September 7 meeting with poloff to discuss reftel demarche, Kassianides emphasized that finding mutually acceptable language on dev [...]
2005-09-08 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAIR EAID EFIN FR UNGA
05PARIS6109AIR FRANCE ADDRESSES LETTER TO AMBASSADOR ON JULY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 29 letter to Ambassador, Air France CEO Jean-Cyril Spinetta raised a number of concerns about the July 8 diversion of AF flight 50 to Chicago due to the presence of a passenger on the "no-fly" list (reftel). He argues that Air France followed TSA procedures in this [...]
2005-09-09 08:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6113EUR A/S FRIED AND GERMAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Dan Fried met with German Political Director Michael Schaefer September 1 in Paris, just prior to the latter's departure for the EU's Gymnich in Cardiff. Schaefer noted the EU3 considered the Paris Agreement negotiations to have ended, given that Iran had resumed conversion ac [...]
2005-09-09 09:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM FR NATO EUN
05PARIS6116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-09 10:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6124POTENTIAL UAV/CRUISE MISSILE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
[...] (S) On September 8, ESTH Counselor provided French MTCR point-of-contact David Bertolotti in the disarmament and nonproliferation division of the MFA with points contained reftel. (Although reftel request is not described as falling with the MTCR itself, since it involves technology possibly [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR IR ETTC PARM PREL
05PARIS6125EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]
2005-09-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS613MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-01 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6133MORE FRENCH THOUGHTS ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON
[...] (C) MFA official covering IAEA issues Hugues de Longevialle shared with us September 7 some additional comments on U.S. proposals for the Committee on Safeguards and Verification. His general assessment was that the MFA agreed with many of our proposals. He also shared the following thoughts [...]
2005-09-09 16:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY ENRG FR IAEA
05PARIS6136 UNESCO GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE MEDIUM-TERM (2008-
[...] This is a guidance request, see para 5. 2. The agenda of the September 13 meeting of UNESCO's Geneva group will include discussion of the medium-term strategy. This is the first time in UNESCO's history that the strategy has been discussed so far in advance of its projected adoption date [...]
2005-09-09 17:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID SOCI UNESCO
05PARIS6137TFUS01: UPDATE ON FRENCH REACTION TO HURRICANE
[...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see para 14. France is still willing to provide further assistance, but awaits word from the USG as what else might be provided. The Ambassador, DCM, and other Embassy officials have publicly expressed thanks per ref B. END SUMMARY. -------------------- [...]
2005-09-09 17:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC PGOV US FR
05PARIS6149MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Katrina - Political Fallout
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 10:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6189MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Katrina Gaza
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS619AVIATION SECURITY: DOES NO-FLY MEAN "NO FLY?"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris applauds Washington agencies' development of joint criteria for the inclusion of names on the Transportation Security Administration-managed No-Fly list (REF EMAIL). Rigorously applied criteria should greatly enhance the credibility of the list while ensuring it is [...]
2005-02-01 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAIR PTER FR
05PARIS6191AVIAN FLU: INVITING FRANCE TO AN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 8, Ambassador met with Health Minister to press the French to pursue, together with the United States, a leadership role in the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza. While the Minister agreed that avian flu preparedness required concerted inte [...]
2005-09-13 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TBIO FR
05PARIS6217FRENCH OFFICIALS ATTENDING NUCLEAR SECURITY
[...] (SBU) On September 13, ESTH Counselor received two letters from Mr. Didier LALLEMAND, Haut Fonctionnaire de Defense ('High Civil Servant for Defense'),Ministry of Economy, Finances, and Industry, the French authority responsible for oversight of nuclear security in France, an official well a [...]
2005-09-13 16:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY KNNP FR
05PARIS6230MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-14 10:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6231 UNESCO: AMBASSADOR'S 9/2 MEETING WITH DG
[...] (C) Summary. On September 2, Ambassador Oliver met with UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura to discuss the Convention on Cultural Diversity, a call for no new instruments at the upcoming General Conference in October, management issues at a UNESCO field office in Brazil, oil for food, a [...]
2005-09-14 10:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS6277MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Iraq Afghanistan
[...] UN Summit 2. Iraq 3. Afghanistan B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of domestic stories dominate today's front pages, but the UN Summit is prominently covered, with a majority of reports emphasizing that the "reform plan remains limited" (Le Monde) that "the Summit was saved at the [...]
2005-09-15 10:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6297FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
[...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a generally upbeat readout of FM Douste-Blazy's September 6-8 visit to Palestinian territories and Israel, during which he announced new French bilateral aid for Gaza, with a potential value of 40 million euros. Douste-Blazy stressed to Palestinian officials [...]
2005-09-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS FR
05PARIS630EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: FRENCH TELL JAPANESE EU
[...] (S) Japanese political Officer Korehito Masuda (strictly protect) told poloff that during a Jan. 31 Paris meeting between GOF MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Tsuneo Nishida and Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Maurice SIPDIS Gourdault-Montagne, Gourdault-Montagne said that the EU [...]
2005-02-01 19:39:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL MARR ETTC CH FR JA
05PARIS6303FRENCH AGREE ON NEED TO CONTINUE HAITIAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the new team of MFA officials responsible for Haiti issues: Pierre-Alain Coffinier, DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean; Cecile Merle, Haiti desk officer; and Benoit Guidee, UN desk officer covering Haiti. Coffinier underlined [...]
2005-09-15 15:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR HA KCRS
05PARIS6311 PM DE VILLEPIN'S PLANS FOR SOCIAL ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] SUMMARY. Prime Minister de Villepin unveiled the second phase of his economic plan, the key feature of which is the retention of the French social model. This second set of measures, which adds new budget spending, is unlikely to have real positive effects on economic growth before 2006. Mea [...]
2005-09-16 08:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV FR
05PARIS6314 FRENCH BUDGET DEFICIT FOR 2005 COULD BE 3% of GDP,
[...] SUMMARY. The GOF is confident its 2005 budget deficit will be 3% of GDP. This would be the first time in four years that the government complied with the EU stability and growth pact limit. However, public debt (estimated at 66.2% of GDP) considerably exceeds the EU limit of 60% of GDP. Wor [...]
2005-09-16 10:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6315MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Summit Afghanistan Katrina
[...] UN Summit 2. Afghanistan 3. Katrina B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A variety of stories dominate today's front pages, with Le Figaro devoting its lead to the threat of an Avian flu epidemic. President Bush's call at the UN for the sharing of information between nations and Villepin's similar [...]
2005-09-16 12:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6326AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...]
2005-09-16 13:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6328FRENCH SAY AGREEMENT NEAR ON EU DECLARATION ON
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent Ferrari expressed optimism on September 15 that the EU would soon come to full agreement on the text of a declaration on Turkish non-recognition of Cyprus. She downplayed the risks of a Cypriot veto, while indicating that France would continue to suppo [...]
2005-09-16 14:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR TU CY EUN
05PARIS6333RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]
2005-09-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6335EUR/RPM DIRECTOR CONSULTATIONS -- FRENCH CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA and MOD NATO experts told EUR/RPM Director Jim Warlick that closer cooperation with the U.S. was needed in order to resolve issues at NATO before they were turned over to the Military Committee. The French welcomed U.S. efforts to expand our transatlantic dialog, as ex [...]
2005-09-16 15:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS FR NATO OSCE
05PARIS6336SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...]
2005-09-16 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05PARIS6342SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...]
2005-09-16 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR
05PARIS6349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - German Elections Katrina and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6373PARIS CLUB - SEPTEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the September 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed that Iraq's recently announced debt restructuring offer to its private creditors was broadly comparable to the deal it received in the Paris Club last year. Some creditors (Italy, Japan, Italy) suggested that Iraq may not be nego [...]
2005-09-19 15:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS6375 USUNESCO: MEETING WITH UK LAWYER ON CULTURAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. USTR and Department lawyers met Monday with British and Japanese lawyers at UNESCO to discuss the preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity. The UK indicated that they do not share our concerns and are prepared to bring the convention to a vote over US opposition. Th [...]
2005-09-19 17:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6381MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] Nuclear Issues - North Korea 2. European Issues - German Elections - European Defense B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Many front pages continue to focus on Germany's elections and the lack of political consensus they reveal. Several commentators make analogies with the political situation in Fra [...]
2005-09-20 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6391U.S. PROPOSALS TO ENABLE CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) The French govenment supports the U.S. initiative to achieve civilian nuclear cooperation with India. In that regard, Foreign Ministry officials urge fastidious cooperation with the U.S. in advance of the upcoming Nuclear Suppliers Group meeting to be in the best position to address conc [...]
2005-09-20 11:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM
05PARIS6407 USUNESCO: CONTACTS BETWEEN UN AGENCIES AND
[...] Mission has received letter from Director General in response to message delivered on June 28, 2005 (ref A) 2. Text of the letter is transmitted below: DG/13/05/46 16 September 2005 Dear Ambassador: I write in reference to your letter of 28 June 2005 concerning procedures to prevent co [...]
2005-09-20 16:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UN
05PARIS6418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues: Iran - North
[...] Nuclear Issues: Iran - North Korea 2. Iraq - British Operation in Basra 3. NATO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Le Monde prominently features an interview with A/S Dan Fried about the German elections, Europe and France's role in the negotiations with Iran. The interview is announced on the fr [...]
2005-09-21 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6434FRENCH EFFORTS TO BOLSTER ABUJA TALKS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Like the USG, France took steps to dissuade Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Menes Menawi from staging a rival conference in Darfur during the Abuja round of talks that began September 15, Sudan deskoff Jeremie Robert told Africa Watcher in a September 20 meeting (ref A). The Quai [...]
2005-09-21 14:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR EAID PREF SU FR UNSC
05PARIS6439FRENCH REACTION TO GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS; MOSTLY
[...] (C) Summary: By and large, French politicians have interpreted the results of the German elections through purely partisan lenses -- and with an eye on the 2007 presidential elections in France. They find in this weekend's results across the Rhine primarily cautionary lessons against party [...]
2005-09-21 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR GM EUN
05PARIS6442FRENCH SUPPORT LISTING LTTE BUT WARY OF "TIMING"
[...] (C) On September 20, we delivered reftel demarche encouraging an EU listing of the LTTE as a terrorist organization to Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counter-terrorism. Deruffe said the French inter-agency process had concluded that LTTE met EU criteria for being listed as [...]
2005-09-21 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTFN PREL PTER CO FR
05PARIS6447FRENCH GOVERNMENT WARY OF POSSIBLE WTO PRE-AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EU AND THE U.S., READY TO OPPOSE IT.
[...] (SBU) AGRICULTURAL MINISTER COUNSELOR MET WITH HERVE LEJEUNE, ADVISER FOR AGRICULTURE TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC ON TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. DURING THAT MEETING, LEJEUNE EXPRESSED FRENCH CONCERNS ABOUT A POSSIBLE PRE- AGREEMENT ON WTO PARAMETERS FOR AGRICULTURE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE [...]
2005-09-21 16:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS645FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON HERVE GAYMARD
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-02 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Nuclear Threat Katrina
[...] Iran Nuclear Threat 2. Katrina and Iraq - Impact on Bush Presidency 3. Iraq - Basra Incident B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Two of today's front pages (Le Figaro and France Soir) are devoted to Hurricane Rita and the state of alert declared in the Gulf of Mexico. Inside, related stories report [...]
2005-09-22 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6478SURPRISE! FRENCH FARMERS ARE GROWING BIOTECH CORN
[...] (U) Summary. This month, the French press revealed - to the surprise of many - that 500 to 1,000 hectares (approximately 1,000 to 2,200 acres) of genetically modified corn was being grown in Southwestern France. The GOF confirmed that French farmers had voluntarily declared 500 hectares of G [...]
2005-09-22 13:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON BEXP FR
05PARIS6481 USUNESCO: EXECUTIVE BOARD ACTION: URGENT
[...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. On Friday morning, September 23, UNESCO Executive Board (EB) will act upon a draft decision (ref) that has important bearing for U.S. efforts to prevent adoption of the "preliminary" draft Cultural Diversity (CD) Convention, as currently drafted. [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6482 USUNESCO: PRELIMINARY DRAFT CONVENTION WTO
[...] Following is a rough translation of excerpts from an op-ed piece by a Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the President and Director General of TV 5, a French broadcast TV station. Aillagon is also a former Minister of Culture. The op-ed piece appears in the 21 September edition of Le Figaro, a right-of [...]
2005-09-22 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD FR EU CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6486MFA DISCUSSES COORDINATING ASSISTANCE ON BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: Aurelia Bouchez_, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, welcomed reftel demarche on promoting democratic and election reforms in Belarus, although she wondered how effective external broadcasts would be given the technical difficulties of transmitting ra [...]
2005-09-22 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PREL BO FR RU
05PARIS6488NO FRENCH COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF VEGETARIAN MRES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-22 17:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT US FR
05PARIS651GOF WELCOMES MARONITE PATRIARCH VISIT TO PARIS;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF continued high-profile outreach to Lebanon's opposition with the January 28-29 visit to Paris of Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, who met with President Chirac and FM Barnier and had a historic, private meeting with Paris-based Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun. Chirac s [...]
2005-02-02 13:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR UNSC
05PARIS6514MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hurricanes Katrina and
[...] Iran 2. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: U.S. Policies - Kyoto B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: "America in the Eye of the Cyclones" headlines left-of-center Liberation while right-of-center Le Figaro headlines "Threats to U.S. Oil." Catholic La Croix summarizes today's reporting with the headline: " [...]
2005-09-23 10:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6527AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. GABON 4. SOMALIA 5. NIGERIA 6. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-09-23 14:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6530DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON NORTH
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel nonpaper to MFA desk officer for North Korea, Clea LeCardeur, on September 21 and to MFA action officer for Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) David Bertolotti and MFA Conventional Weapons action officer Jean-Francois Guillaume on September 22. Bertolotti said [...]
2005-09-23 15:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KNNP FR EUN
05PARIS6534UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD PX (PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL
[...] Summary. The final vote was 54-1 in the UNESCO Executive Board PX Committee for the Canadian-sponsored resolution that paves the way for adoption of the current preliminary draft Cultural Diversity Convention at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In discussions leading up to the [...]
2005-09-23 15:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD UNESCO CA AF AS ID JA RS EG AG CV
05PARIS6547 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) At the final negotiating session in Paris on the draft cultural diversity convention, Israel was one of the few countries to stick with the US. (Ref A) 2. (C) On Thursday, newly arrived Israeli Ambassador to UNESCO David Kornbluth gave Ambassador Oliver a read-out of his courtesy call o [...]
2005-09-23 16:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6548 USUNESCO: INDIA EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] In her statement today at the Executive Board on the Canadian draft decision to move the cultural diversity convention forward, the Indian Ambassador stated her concerns about reopening the convention. In her statement, she said, "The Draft Convention, which has gone through an extensive inte [...]
2005-09-23 17:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD IN UNESCO
05PARIS6557 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-26 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS6558MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Global Economy: Cost of
[...] Global Economy: Cost of Reconstruction- Iraq - Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - Political Debate 2. Middle East - Gaza Violence B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A wide variety of stories, domestic and international, lead in today's front pages. Left-of-center Liberation dedicates its lead and a thre [...]
2005-09-26 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6570FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE
[...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...]
2005-09-26 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS6576AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: At a September 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, President of the National Assembly and leader of the Gaullist faction in the ruling Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party Jean-Louis Debre brushed aside assertions that U.S.-French relations are on the mend and foresaw, inste [...]
2005-09-26 14:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR GM SOCI PINR ECON
05PARIS6579"FRANCE HASN'T KNOWN A DECADE WITHOUT TERRORISM"
[...] (C) Summary: Although he acknowledged the danger of being "pessimistic by profession," Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's new counter-terrorism head, told POL M/C and Poloff September 23 that he believed terrorism was a serious and evolving long-term threat. France had been a victi [...]
2005-09-26 15:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV FR
05PARIS6580MFA AND ELYSEE UPBEAT ON CORE GROUP MINISTERIAL,
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Elysee and MFA officials described the September 19 Lebanon Core Group ministerial as a success, and expressed relief that consideration of a draft UNSCR on arms transfers to Lebanon had been dropped from the agenda. Gof officials expressed similar satisfaction that m [...]
2005-09-26 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY PTER FR UNSC
05PARIS6600MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6614 FRENCH AUTHORITIES BOLSTER THE EURO, ENCOURAGE
[...] SUMMARY. Key EU and French authorities are talking up the euro and the attractiveness of French financial markets in an effort to increase the attractiveness of France to foreigners . At a recent event targeting Japanese investors, officials underlined progress already made by France, while [...]
2005-09-27 14:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6631 Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns meeting with
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: (SBU) After opening cordialities, Minister Bussereau implicitly referred to the previous day's meeting between Secretary Johanns, USTR Portman and their EC counterparts, stating that whatever the EC negotiates will have to be approved by all 25 Member States. He str [...]
2005-09-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS6632 USUNESCO: UKRAINIAN REP, CITING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-27 16:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN CA UP UNESCO
05PARIS6633FRENCH MFA ON NEXT STEPS FOR EU
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for EU institutional affairs Setton told us September 27 that FM Douste-Blazy's September 23 proposal, at the governing center-right party's conference on Europe, for a two-speed Europe was "personal" not GOF policy. (The same holds true for Interior Minister [...]
2005-09-27 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PINR EUN
05PARIS6644MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Abu Azzam Assassination
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 10:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6648UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention: Should
[...] (U) This requests clarification of paragraph 4 of instructions (ref),which asks USDEL to call for votes. UNESCO Rule 52 provides that "voting shall normally be by show of hands." UNESCO Rule 53 allows a member state to call for a roll-call vote, with the vote of each state recorded in the [...]
2005-09-28 13:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN UNESCO
05PARIS665FURTHER FRENCH REACTION TO IRAQ ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: During a brief February 2 discussion with us on Iraq's recent elections, the Presidency's new Middle East advisor stressed two points: 1) the need to ensure Sunni inclusion in the political process, which remains precarious, and 2) the need to help the new Iraqi autho [...]
2005-02-02 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS6660FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the third in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Labor unrest threatens production at French refineries (para 2) -- GOF response to hi [...]
2005-09-28 15:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS6666FRENCH TELECOM REGULATOR GRANTS IRIDIUM TEMPORARY
[...] On September 26, EconOff delivered reftel talking points to French Telecom Regulator ARCEP, which authorizes civilian use of radio frequencies in France. ARCEP acknowledged that they had received the request for Iridium, but had not yet completed their review due to the temporary absence of a [...]
2005-09-28 17:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS6683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - North Korea
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 12:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6687 GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]
2005-09-29 13:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS6694FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]
2005-09-29 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS670U.S.-FRANCE DISCUSSIONS ON PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: Following up on high-level discussions held in July 2004 (see ref B),U.S. and French delegations held three days of meetings in Paris on physical security measures for nuclear facilities and materials, agreeing on a path forward to coordinate and accelerate future bilateral coop [...]
2005-02-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG FR KNNP MNUC PREL
05PARIS6709 (C) USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION,
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew C. Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Mission to UNESCO in Paris, reason 1.4 (b and (d). 2. (C) The EU group at UNESCO has decided to play hardball with Israel on the cultural diversity convention. 3. (C) As reported reftels, the French have been putting stro [...]
2005-09-29 17:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6710 UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION ADVANCES
[...] (U) Summary. On September 29, 2005, in a lopsided vote in which the U.S. again stood alone, the UNESCO Executive Board meeting in plenary session adopted a decision recommending that the General Conference consider and in effect formally adopt as a UNESCO convention the preliminary draft text [...]
2005-09-30 05:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS6724MEDIA REACTION REPORT - DeLay Indictment - Turkey
[...] DeLay Indictment 2. EU Membership Negotiations with Turkey (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: The French Prime Minister's monthly press conference dominates front pages and editorials today. De Villepin addressed the issue of employment, highlighting the drop in unemployment figures for the fifth [...]
2005-09-30 10:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6726UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6727UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-09-30 10:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6735TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO)
[...] (SBU) Embassy Paris' Terrorist Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO) is Otto H Van Maerssen, Unit Chief for Financial Affairs in the Economic Section. (E-mail: vanmaerssenOH@state.gov. Tel: 33-43-12-24-33 and Fax: 33-43-12-20-22 ). 2. (SBU) Deputy TFCO is Political Officer Peter Kujawin [...]
2005-09-30 13:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL FR
05PARIS6741FRENCH ON OCTOBER 3 GAERC
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A points on September 27 to MFA deputy for CFSP Pascal Le Deunff and DAS-equivalent for enlargement and European neighborhood policy Caroline Ferrari, and followed up in conversation September 30. 2. (C) Both LeDeunff and Ferrari echoed comments in reftel B that [...]
2005-09-30 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBO GG HR IZ KDEM KPAL PREL RS TU UP MD FR EUN
05PARIS6744ALAIN MADELIN SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HIS CANDIDACY
[...] (C) At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on September 6, former French Finance Minister Alain Madelin solicited U.S. support for his candidacy to head the OECD. Madelin stressed his commitment to reform of the OECD along the lines of the U.S. proposal to that end. Madelin also made the case [...]
2005-09-30 16:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECON EU FR IO PGOV PINR SOCI
05PARIS6747NEW FRENCH G-8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS SOUS-SHERPA AND
[...] (U) This contains a request for guidance, see para. 5. 2. (S) Summary. The French MFA's new Director for Economic Affairs (Undersecretary equivalent),Jacques Lapouge, will, like his predecessor, serve as G-8 Foreign Affairs Sous-Sherpa. Lapouge is a self-described EU and East Asia expe [...]
2005-09-30 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETECON EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS6748FRANCE ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC)
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL FR UNGA
05PARIS6749FRENCH SUPPORT PRE-DAYTON ANNIVERSARY AGENDA BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 17:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BK FR
05PARIS675MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 19 JANUARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a 19 January 2005 meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the residence of the Norwegian Ambassador to France, members were provided with updates and had constructive discussions of a wide-range of MTCR issues. These included a [...]
2005-02-02 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS6751AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. PLUMPY NUT 3. NIGER 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SOMALIA 6. FRANCE/AFRICA 7. SENEGAL 8. TOGO Â [...]
2005-10-03 07:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6752 UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION: SWISS
[...] The Swiss Ambassador to UNESCO, Ernst Iten, gave a ringing endorsement of the June 2005 preliminary draft Convention on Cultural Diversity during his 20 September speech to UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board and urged the Director General to submit it for adoption to the October 2005 UNESCO G [...]
2005-10-03 08:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN SZ UNESCO
05PARIS6756MEDIA REACTION REPORT - International Terrorism -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6759REQUEST FOR UK TO HOST G-8 BIOTERRORISM EXPERTS
[...] (C) On September 30, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, responsible for chemical and biological disarmament at the MFA. Although message was passed to Mr. Sur, Gabriel Bernier, outgoing biological weapons specialist attended. Mr. Sur understood the point [...]
2005-10-03 12:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER TBIO EAGR FR
05PARIS676UMP LEADERS BRICE HORTEFEUX AND BERNARD ACCOYER --
[...] (C) The views of two leading members of the ruling, center-right Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) party highlight how the unresolved rivalry between Nicolas Sarkozy and President Chirac for leadership of the center-right is dividing the UMP's elite of elected officials. Brice Hortefeux is a [...]
2005-02-03 05:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI FR
05PARIS68MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING
[...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]
2005-01-05 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6807MEDIA REACTION REPORT - European Issues - Turkey
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-04 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS681FRENCH GOVERNMENT POSITION ON BIOSAFETY PROTOCOL
[...] Summary: The focal point for France regarding the Biosafety Protocol is the Ministry of Ecology. The Ministries of Agriculture and Economy are also involved in inter-ministerial discussions. Article 18.2 of the Protocol is the main obstacle to implementation encountered by France, which ha [...]
2005-02-03 10:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR ETRD EAID TBIO FR
05PARIS6810COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...]
2005-10-04 11:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR
05PARIS6813UNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] Ambassador Oliver met September 28 with UNESCO Director General Matsuura and delivered points reftel. Matsuura responded that he continued to hope that a consensus document would emerge that could be adopted at the October 2005 General Conference. He told Ambassador Oliver that he had sugges [...]
2005-10-04 12:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD EU CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS6814UNESCO: PLANS TO PROMOTE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF
[...] SUMMARY. The UNESCO Secretariat plans vigorously to promote quick ratification of the Cultural Diversity Convention, especially in Africa, following its presumed adoption at the October 2005 UNESCO General Conference. In apparent concert with these efforts, the G-77 plans additional regiona [...]
2005-10-04 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL CJAN ETRD CA FR UNESCO
05PARIS6825AUSTRALIA MULLS OVER AMBASSADORIAL ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) Australia is looking for signs of progress toward democracy since the August coup in Nouakchott in order to justify the accreditation of its ambassador in France to Mauritania, Second Secretary Tracey Haines informed Africa Watcher on October 4. Australian ambassador Penny Wensley, who [...]
2005-10-04 13:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM ECON EINV EFIN EPET PINR AS MR FR
05PARIS6827 USUNESCO: U/S DOBRIANKSY'S MEETING ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In her September 30th meeting with the Director General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Under Secretary Dobriansky expressed deep concern about the ramifications of certain language in the draft convention on cultural diversity. Highlighting both trade and human rights implicat [...]
2005-10-04 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD UNESCO
05PARIS683MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST IRAQ STATE OF
[...] MIDDLE EAST 2. IRAQ 3. STATE OF THE UNION B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: FRONT PAGES ARE FOR THE MOST PART DEVOTED TO THE POPE'S HEALTH AND TO DOMESTIC STORIES, EXCEPT FOR LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT AND THE FEBRUARY 8 SUMMIT: "TRUCE AT [...]
2005-02-03 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6837USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 05:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM SOCI
05PARIS6841MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush Press
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6874FRENCH RESEARCH GETS A BUDGET BOOST
[...] Summary: With an additional one billion euros for research and 3000 more jobs, the Research and Higher Education Ministry (RHEM) looks like one of the few winners in the 2006 French budget process. Roughly one-third of the increase is allocated to public research labs and university researc [...]
2005-10-05 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL EFIN KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS6887FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE
[...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]
2005-10-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS6889MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Economic Issues - Airbus -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-06 12:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6890DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB
[...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]
2005-10-06 13:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS6903U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]
2005-10-06 17:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6908FRENCH ON BURMA/UNSC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to MFA Burma desk officer Franck Vermeulen and UN/IO desk officer Benoit Guidee. Guidee offered as a "first response" (noting that the French mission to the UN was presenting the same response in New York) that the French are completely open t [...]
2005-10-07 09:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS6914MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East Iran European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-07 09:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6927 STRIKES HIT FRENCH OIL REFINERIES
[...] SUMMARY. Strikes at Total refineries in France will continue until at least October 7, affecting production of 328,000 barrels per day. The labor dispute at SNMC (Societe Nationale Corse Mediterrannee),a state-owned ferry company, further complicated the situation by temporarily blocking ta [...]
2005-10-07 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ELAB EFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS6933HIZBALLAH MP APPEALS FRENCH AL-MANAR BAN; MEETS
[...] (C) Summary: In the coming weeks, the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative court, will release a decision on Hizballah satellite television station al-Manar's appeal of its 2004 ban from broadcasting into France. Two Lebanese deputies, Hassan Fadlalah of Hizballah and Abdallah Farh [...]
2005-10-07 16:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER FR LE
05PARIS6934AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER: FRENCH
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie conveyed French support for NATO operations in Kosovo and Afghanistan, as well as the NATO Response Force (NRF). The minister emphasized that NATO and European defense (ESDP) are not mutually ex [...]
2005-10-07 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS6936BLAIR-CHIRAC MEET, LOOKING PAST DISAGREEMENTS TO
[...] (C) In an October 7 meeting between EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and French MFA Director for European Cooperation, Gilles Briatta, Briatta spoke about the discussion that took place earlier in the day between British PM Tony Blair and French President Jacques Chirac. Briatta said that during their m [...]
2005-10-07 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN UK FR EUN
05PARIS6938PDAS VOLKER HEARS FRENCH VIEWS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTS: EUR PDAS Volker met AF PDAS-Equivalent Barbier and DAS-Equivalent Le Gal October 6 to discuss areas of converging interest in Africa. Barbier struck a positive note of appreciation for ongoing cooperation and consultations. France shared U.S. views on Sudan [...]
2005-10-11 06:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC KPKO PINR IV ZI LI SU FR
05PARIS6939AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TV IN AFRICA 3. SUDAN 4. CHAD 5. NIGER 6. GABON 7. DROC 8. MALAWI Â [...]
2005-10-11 07:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6961MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Nuclear Issues - Nobel Prize
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6974HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel),Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...]
2005-10-11 14:38:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL EAID HA FR
05PARIS6975COUNTRY CLEARANCE: FRANCE VISIT OF DOE, GLASER
[...] Country Clearance is provided for following employees of Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy, to travel to Nancy, France, October 17 - 25, 2005: FRED M. GLASER DEPUTY DIRECTOR, OFFICE OF ADVANCED RESEARCH BERNARD S. COVINO RESEARCH CHEMIST NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATOR [...]
2005-10-11 16:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY ENRG TRGY KSCA OTRA UK FR
05PARIS6980EMBASSY PARIS' POC'S FOR IAEA ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP TRGY FR IAEA UNAUS
05PARIS698460TH UNFC: FRANCE AGREES AD HOC COMMITTEES A BAD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCA MX AORC PARM PREL MNUC
05PARIS6985FRENCH INITIAL REACTION TO U.S. DEMARCHE IS
[...] (C) In his October 6 and 7 meetings in Paris with MFA A/S-Equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre and MOD Diplomatic Advisor Bertrand Besancenot, EUR/PDAS Kurt Volker raised the SEEBRIG deployment to Afghanistan under ISAF. The intial French reaction was positive, although our [...]
2005-10-11 17:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AF FR NATO
05PARIS6994MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Oil for Food Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6995FOREIGN INVESTMENT & NATIONAL SECURITY CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) A parliamentary conference on foreign investment and national security on October 10 has helped to inject some market sense into Prime Minister Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda, although it also highlighted shortcomings in the French approach to protecting firms from foreign inve [...]
2005-10-12 10:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS7012FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-12 16:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7023FRANCE RESTRUCTURES RESEARCH
[...] Summary: To introduce "structural solutions" into France's traditional scientific system (refs A-D),Prime Minister de Villepin announced on October 5 the long-awaited Research and Innovation Bill (RIB). Advocating a new approach to funding and orienting research based on projects, the RIB w [...]
2005-10-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL KSCA TPHY FR
05PARIS7030MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - `Oil For Food' Scandal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 11:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7031CNIL TALKS TO UNBLOCK SOX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: We met with CNIL to discuss its opposition to listed companies' whistleblower provisions, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL says it has developed guiding principles to resolve the conflict of law, which it soon will share informally with interested parties. END S [...]
2005-10-13 11:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7037USUNESCO: US, ISRAEL AND 10 OTHERS ELECTED TO
[...] Summary. The United States was elected on the first round October 10 to the 21-nation World Heritage Committee ("Committee"),which decides policy matters concerning the 189-Member World Heritage Convention of 1973, such as selection of sites for UNESCO's World Heritage List. Israel also wa [...]
2005-10-13 13:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SENV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS7043PKK TERRORISM: FRENCH REPLY ON SUPPORT FROM EUROPE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 15:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETKCRM PTER EFIN PINR PREL FR
05PARIS7057MEDIA REACTION REPORT -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-14 10:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7062AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]
2005-10-14 13:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7082Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]
2005-10-17 11:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL FR
05PARIS7085MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraqi Constitution
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 12:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7102 FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH 1.5% IN 2005
[...] SUMMARY. The National Statistical Agency forecast 1.5% GDP growth in 2005, the bottom end of the government's official 1.5-2.0% prediction. The forecast takes into account oil price increases and government programs for job creation. Corporate growth is weak, but could edge up in the second [...]
2005-10-17 15:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7104MFA RESPONSE ON URGING PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO SEIZE
[...] (C) We discussed reftel points encouraging the GoF to urge PA President Abbas to seize the opportunity on Gaza disengagement with Herve Besancenot, MFA DAS-equivalent for Levant/Israeli-Palestinian issues, and Christophe Guilhou, Cabinet Advisor to FM Douste-Blazy on Middle East issues, on O [...]
2005-10-17 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL IS FR
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7118MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7124FRENCH ON CHAVEZ VISIT TO PARIS
[...] (C) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Venezuela Desk Officer Lionel Paradisi on October 17 following an October 7 meeting on Venezuela that included MFA WHA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard, and Paradisi (septel). The GoF confirmed that Chavez will visit Pari [...]
2005-10-18 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV FR VE
05PARIS7128 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] Summary. The UNESCO preliminary draft convention on cultural diversity was approved with an overwhelming majority on October 17 by the General Conference Commission IV (culture) and will now be sent to the plenary for a vote on Thursday where it will almost certainly be approved. U.S. attempt [...]
2005-10-18 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL SCUL BR JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7132AVIAN FLU: FRANCE REACTS TO THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The presence of the H5N1 virus in Romania, Turkey, and (possibly) Greece has captured front-page headlines and triggered much commentary in the French media. The French government reacted swiftly, too. Prime Minister de Villepin confirmed on October 14 the two French gover [...]
2005-10-18 16:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7145FRENCH CUBA POLICY: HAVE THEY SEEN THE LIGHT?
[...] (C) MFA Cuba Desk Officer Eric Chaux provided a readout to Poloff October 17 on the October 11 meeting between French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy and Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque. Chaux echoed the official press release in stating that the visit was "devoted exclusivel [...]
2005-10-19 10:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7146MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-19 10:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7151DEMARCHE REQUESTING THE FRENCH TO PRESS RUSSIA TO
[...] (SBU) On September 6, ESTH/NP officer delivered reftel demarche urging France to press for Russian support to amend the UN Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation (SUA),to French MFA desk officer for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Sebastian Jaunet [...]
2005-10-19 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT FR
05PARIS7154PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE: FRENCH UPDATE
[...] (S) ESTH/NP officer received a brief update from Sebastien Jaunet, French MFA nuclear expert and PSI contact regarding the status of the French government's inter-agency investigation into the transfer of centrifuge equipment involving the U.S. company Data Physics, French company Actidyn Sy [...]
2005-10-19 10:44:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC FR CH
05PARIS7174POSITIVE GOF REACTION TO IRAQI REFERENDUM
[...] (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy issued a positive public statement October 17 welcoming the results of the October 15 Iraqi constitutional referendum. While the FM's statement was not overly effusive, he welcomed and commended the conditions under which the referendum took place. MFA contacts r [...]
2005-10-19 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR UNSC
05PARIS7182 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer attempted to contact MOD officials both directly and indirectly to inquire about French company Avon Communications S.A. However, to date, the MOD has been unresponsive. The Avon company executive we spoke to (see paras 4 and 5 below) said that Avo [...]
2005-10-20 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7188MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria EU Trade Issues -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7195GISCARD D'ESTAING ON FRENCH POLITICAL SCENE,
[...] (C) On October 18 former President Giscard d'Estaing hosted Ambassador Stapleton to breakfast -- and to a magisterial presentation of French history and the current political scene, along with trenchant observations on Europe and transatlantic relations. Giscard said he believes that post-Iraq [...]
2005-10-20 13:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALFR PREL EUN POLINT
05PARIS7197FM DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETS AMBASSADOR STAPLETON, URGES
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy welcomed Ambassador Stapleton to France during a October 13 courtesy call that had been repeatedly deferred by scheduling problems at the Quai d'Orsay. Joining FM Douste-Blazy were WHA A/S-Equivalent Parfait and Americas Advisor Dore; DCM Karl Hofmann and [...]
2005-10-20 14:10:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED FR
05PARIS7198DARFUR TURMOIL DARKENING THE OUTLOOK FOR CHAD
[...] (C) France is not currently advocating a Chadian conference on Darfur, Africa A/S Equivalent Bruno Joubert declared during an October 17 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan. SIPDIS Joubert informed Africa Watcher that the Quai d'Orsay was s [...]
2005-10-20 14:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SU CD FR
05PARIS72 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: CHECK ON EURL AOG AERO-
[...] As requested in reftel, post conducted a site visit to French company EURL AOG Aero-Spares, to check on the bona fides of this company as a registered broker and to verify the physical location of the operation and the nature of the business that the company conducts. Following paragraphs addr [...]
2005-01-05 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS7201MFA READOUT ON PA PRESIDENT ABBAS, LEBANESE PM
[...] (C) Senior MFA officials told us PA President Abbas raised three main points in his October 17 meeting with President Chirac: the need to give Abbas support and more time in addressing Hamas participation in January elections; the need to relaunch the roadmap; and the need to improve daily livi [...]
2005-10-20 15:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IS KPAL FR LE SY PTER UNSC
05PARIS7202U/S BURNS DISCUSS INDIA NONPRO, BALKANS, CENTRAL
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Russian DFM Sergei Kislyak on October 19 in Paris to discuss, among other issues, India nonproliferation, the Balkans (especially Kosovo),and Secretary Rice's recent trip to Central Asia. Kislyak raised Russian concerns regarding access for its dipl [...]
2005-10-21 08:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IN FR KO
05PARIS7213MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-21 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7216 AIR FRANCE CEO ON AVIATION SECURITY AND
[...] (SBU) During a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador over breakfast October 20, Air France CEO Jean- Claude Spinetta called for enhanced cooperation and greater efficiency in the operation of international aviation security programs, and highlighted Air France's strong interest in succes [...]
2005-10-21 11:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD ASEC CVIS FR EU
05PARIS7220GOF NEARS COMPLETION OF WHITE PAPER ON
[...] (C) The GOF continues to finalize its white paper on terrorism and internal security (ref B). On October 20, Poloff contacted Louis Blin, the MFA's office director-equivalent for terrorism and security, for an update. Blin said the GOF was in a period of "synthesis," in which the inter-agenc [...]
2005-10-21 13:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER FR
05PARIS7223French press minimizes US offer
[...] SUMMARY: The French daily paper Le Figaro dated October 19, 2005, published an article entitled : "America supports its farmers as never before" which asserts that despite last week's proposal to make deep cuts in domestic support, US agriculture would continue to be highly distortive. END S [...]
2005-10-21 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7225FRENCH RESPOND TO U.S. BELARUS POLICY DEMARCHE,
[...] (C) On October 20, Poloff spoke with Aurelia Bouchez, DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, to discuss reftel demarche on U.S. policy toward Belarus. Bouchez said France was pleased with U.S./EU cooperation regarding Belarus, and called for further in-depth consultations durin [...]
2005-10-21 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV BO FR EUN
05PARIS7226Perspectives on WTO, Biotechnology, the
[...] SUMMARY: Fred L. Dailey, Director, Ohio Department of Agriculture recently met with representatives of the French Ministry of Agriculture (MinAg) to share perspectives on the WTO, biotechnology, the Farm Bill and biofuels. After making it clear that he did not speak for the USG, Director Dai [...]
2005-10-21 14:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7234 USUNESCO: UNESCO ADOPTS PROGRAM AND BUDGET
[...] Summary: The United States voted against adoption of the 2006-07 Program and Budget for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The budget was adopted by vote, 126 in favor, 1 against (US),with no abstentions. In explaining the U.S. vote, Ambassador Oliver, U.S. [...]
2005-10-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7236AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...]
2005-10-24 06:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7244 USUNESCO: 172ND EXECUTIVE BOARD REPORT ON F&A
[...] There was no controversy surround in the work of the F&A Commission at the 172nd UNESCO Executive Board. Agenda items 4, 6, 12, 34, 41, 49, and 53 items were requested to be forwarded to the PX Commission with no discussion in F&A. Of these USDel requested that Item 6 be discussed. 2. A [...]
2005-10-24 10:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD FR UNESCO
05PARIS7249MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural
[...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]
2005-10-24 12:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7275CONTINUED FRENCH OBJECTIONS TO FOUNDATION/FUND FOR
[...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: In response to ref a-b demarches, senior MFA and Elysee officials continue to voice objections to the Foundation and Fund for the Future, relying chiefly on G-8 institutional arguments put forth in the October 7 letter f [...]
2005-10-25 08:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PHUM EU FR
05PARIS7284MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraq - Syria
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 12:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7301France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- GOF hopes for "dialogue" on internet governance (para 2) -- France holds its own on broadband growth, but not in Europe's top [...]
2005-10-25 15:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS7305FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON MEHLIS REPORT: FM
[...] (C) We briefed senior MFA officials on the U.S. demarche to UNSC capitals on the Mehlis report (reftel) October 25, urging the participation of French FM Douste-Blazy at the October 31 UNSC ministerial. French MFA IO A/S-equivalent Jean-Maurice Ripert suggested to visiting IO A/S Kristin Silv [...]
2005-10-25 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7308PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the October 2005 Paris Club meeting, creditors reached agreement with Nigeria on a comprehensive treatment to eliminate Nigeria's approximate $30 billion debt in exchange for cash payments totaling $12.6 billion ($12.4 billion in the deal itself, and $200 million upfront to meet a prec [...]
2005-10-26 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7314GOF PROGRESS ON SARBANES OXLEY WHISTLEBLOWER DRAFT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: We have received draft French guidelines that would permit companies to use anonymous hotlines per Sarbanes Oxley requirements, and would welcome Washington views on the draft, ideally before November 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Staff members from the French [...]
2005-10-26 09:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON FR
05PARIS7317MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Iraqi
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7328LUNG DISEASE CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL EFFORTS
[...] Summary: From October 18-22 in Paris, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) held its 36th World Conference on Lung Health, the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts from the perspective of low-income, high disease-burdened countr [...]
2005-10-26 14:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO FR
05PARIS7329NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN - FRANCE ALSO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 14:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR AEMR EAID MASS PREF FR EUN NATO
05PARIS7330 FRENCH VIEWS ON INTERNET GOVENANCE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The French coordinator for all WSIS issues told us he hopes the U.S. posture does not preclude a "dialogue" on internet governance. He expressed concern about the use and (mis)understanding of the words "oversight" and "regulation" pointing out that the latter has a [...]
2005-10-26 15:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD ECON ETTC FR
05PARIS7334 DETAILS OF EDF'S PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION
[...] SUMMARY. The partial privatization of Electricite de France (EDF) will be done through an increase in EDF's capital and a sale of government shares to EDF's employees. The government will keep a substantial 85% stake in the company. The initial public offering of EDF's shares will start on O [...]
2005-10-26 17:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV ENRG FR
05PARIS734FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) completed a nearly two-week trip that had taken him to Iraq, major Middle East capitals, the Palestinian territories, Berlin and London, with a stop in Paris and meetings with President Chirac (septel) and Foreign Minister Barnier January 14. Barnier sh [...]
2005-02-04 17:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IZ IS FR
05PARIS7349MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bush Presidency -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 10:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7352FRENCH MFA READOUT ON CHAVEZ VISIT, COLOMBIA, AND
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for South America provided a frank and unapologetic readout October 24 of French policy toward Venezuela and the recent visit of President Chavez. The MFA highlighted France's economic interests in Venezuela, downplayed concerns about human rights, regional st [...]
2005-10-27 11:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR VE BL CO
05PARIS7355OECD/EXPORT CREDIT: STRENGTHENED ANTI-BRIBERY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) working group on export credits and credit guarantees (ECG) met October 10 and 11 in Paris to consider proposals to enhance the November 2000 Action Statement on Bribery and Officially Supported Export [...]
2005-10-27 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ETRD EXIM OECD
05PARIS7360AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MICHEL ROCARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former prime minister Michel Rocard received Ambassador Stapleton October 24. Fresh off the early-October publication of his new book, "If the Left Had Known," and a recent trip to China, Rocard sees the November congress of his Socialist Party (PS) as a historic opportunity. Offer [...]
2005-10-27 15:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7373FRENCH ELECTRICITY UTILITY GIANT EDF GETS "GREEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delays, French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin confirmed on October 24 that France's state-owned power company Electricite de France (EDF) is to be partially privatized. To limit protests from trade unions, the GOF has pledged to maintain 85 percent owners [...]
2005-10-27 17:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS7387MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Oil For Food Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 10:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7392FRENCH ON BURMA UNSC - BENIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 12:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BM FR UNGA UNSC
05PARIS7396FRENCH RESPONSE TO SAFE HAVEN DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 16:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM FR NU
05PARIS7397IRAQ: GOF REACTION TO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM
[...] (C) We delivered ref A statement October 28 to Bernard Chappedelaine, the MFA's Iraq desk officer, and also asked him if France would not consider any additional bilateral programs for Iraq, given the approval of the referendum on the constitution. Chappedelaine raised the long-standing Frenc [...]
2005-10-28 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PREL PGOV IZ FR
05PARIS7398GOF CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Benoit Knopper, the MFA's desk officer for Iran, to deliver reftel talking points on the Iranian President's increasing extremism. Knopper noted the GOF's statements condemning the Iranian President's rhetoric. Furthermore, Knopper said, the MFA had convoked in [...]
2005-10-28 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IR FR
05PARIS7399LATEST GOF THINKING ON MEHLIS REPORT, SYRIA/LEBANON
[...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Herve Besancenot, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant, offered latest French thinking on the Mehlis report and other related issues. Besancenot said France was focused on gaining unanimity for a draft resolution in the Security Council, and was willing to comp [...]
2005-10-28 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR LE SY UNSC
05PARIS7401 USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION
[...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]
2005-10-31 08:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7407MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7439ISRAELI FM SHALOM VISITS PARIS, TOULOUSE
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Sylvan Shalom concluded a 3-day visit to France on Saturday, October 29 after visiting Paris and Toulouse. Although Shalom's visit was planned as the latest in a series of bilateral efforts to improve the Israeli-French relationship, international issues predominated, [...]
2005-10-31 15:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR IS FR
05PARIS7446 UNESCO GENERAL CONFERENCE: U.S. WINS POSITIVE
[...] Summary: In Commission III (social and natural sciences) at UNESCO's 33rd General Conference (GC),the U.S. Delegation registered several important successes relating to social and natural sciences issues, despite a challenging political environment. The adoption by the GC of the Bioethics [...]
2005-10-31 18:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC TSPL EAID TBIO SENV SOCI UNESCO ETRA KSCI
05PARIS7454MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-02 14:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7461UNGA-SC FRICTION FESTERING, FRENCH WARN A/S
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Silverberg, joined by DCM and PolMinCounselor, met with IO A/S-Equivalent Ripert and a French IO team October 25 for an exchange of views on UN reform. Ripert urged the U.S. to stake out a more visible position on the Peace Building Commission and to lay down "red lines," th [...]
2005-11-02 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO SU FR UNSC UNGA
05PARIS747OFFICIAL GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF TOGO PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Both President Chirac and the MFA issued brief communiques following the death on February 5 of Togo's President Gnassingbe Eyadema. Informal Embassy translations of both texts follow: 2. (U) Elysee Communique (February 5, 2005): BEGIN COMMUNIQUE: -- It is with profound sadne [...]
2005-02-07 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS7472 UNESCO and WSIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the UNESCO General Conference from October 3 to 21, the majority of UNESCO Member States agreed in a resolution to stress UNESCO's and the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) "prominent roles" in coordinating the implementation of decisions taken at the World [...]
2005-11-02 16:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS749MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO
[...] SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO FRANCE 2. IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES DOMINATE THE FRONT PAGES OF TODAY'S PRESS, LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION'S FRONT PAGE CARRIES THE HEADLINE "PARIS AND WASHINGTON MAKE UP" ON THE EVE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...]
2005-02-07 12:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7491MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq CIA Detention Centers
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 11:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7496MFA EMPHASIZES COOPERATIVE SPIRIT ON DRAFT IRAQ
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request in para 4. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the new Iraq UNSCR (reftel) November 2 with MFA UN/Iraq desk officer Nicolas Kassianides, who had sent instructions on the draft text earlier in the day to the French UN Mission in New York. Kassianides stressed [...]
2005-11-03 13:26:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IZ UNSC
05PARIS7506FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-03 15:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7510FY06 TV CO-OP NOMINATIONS
[...] We are pleased to nominate two TV co-op project ideas for consideration under FY06 funding. THE GENERAL CONTEXT 2. The bilateral relationship was strained by differences over Iraq, and while relations have improved, the French media has an ingrained tendency to portray the United States [...]
2005-11-03 16:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS7521FRENCH REACTION TO DEMARCHE FOR EU GAERC
[...] (SBU) Deputy Political Minister-Counselor met November 3 with MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy CFSP unit deputy director Pascal Le Deunff to receive an informed French reaction to ref A and B demarches for the November 7 meeting of EU foreign ministers. The points were also shared with [...]
2005-11-03 17:02:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EAID BO KPAL IZ SY YI EAGR MK ETRD EUN
05PARIS7525PARIS RIOTS CONTINUE FOR 7TH NIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rioting that began October 27 in Paris' "inner city" suburbs has persisted, every night, for a week so far. Running battles between riot police and rampaging youth have pitted tear gas and rubber bullets against taunts, stones, trash fires and car burnings. The accidenta [...]
2005-11-03 18:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7527VIOLENCE IN SUBURBS: COMMENTS OF TERRORISM
[...] (S) During a conversation November 3 with terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard, Poloff asked for his analysis of recent violence in the suburbs (ref A). Ricard began by saying that no one in the French government should be surprised by what has happened. Successive governments ha [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PTER FR
05PARIS7528TERRORISM INVESTIGATING JUDGE COMMENTS ON ONGOING
[...] (S) Summary: Terrorism investigating judge Jean-Francois Ricard (strictly protect) discussed his office's ongoing C/T activities November 3, including the possible upcoming release of two ex-GTMO detainees and the continued investigation of three separate terrorist cells discovered in 2005. [...]
2005-11-04 10:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV PINR PTER FR
05PARIS7532MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to South
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-04 11:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7561SET BACK FOR FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COMPANY AREVA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Prime Minister de Villepin cancelled the planned partial privatization of French nuclear powerhouse AREVA, generating a flurry of journalistic commentary, mostly suggesting that the non-privatization will upset the company's planned expansion to take advantage of [...]
2005-11-04 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TSPL TPHY KSCA EINV PGOV FR
05PARIS7573AVIAN FLU PREPAREDNESS: FRENCH EFFORTS
[...] Summary. The GOF continues to hone preparations for a future avian flu pandemic. On October 27, Research Minister Goulard made symbolic visits to some of France's most prestigious biological research facilities that could prove critical in any response to an H5N1 viral outbreak. On November [...]
2005-11-04 18:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7574 USUNESCO: 33rd GENERAL CONFERENCE ADOPTS
[...] SUMMARY: UNESCO's 33rd General Conference adopted by consensus the Convention Against Doping in Sport, designed to strengthen efforts to keep sport fair and drug-free. The convention places particular emphasis on the education of amateur athletes and the fight against doping in sport by athl [...]
2005-11-07 09:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7577MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Paris Riots President Bush to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-07 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7587 USUNESCO: UNESCO BASIC SCIENCES DIVISION
[...] SUMMARY. On November 3, Mission staff attended an informal UNESCO panel discussion "60 Minutes on the Advancement of Scientific Knowledge," presented by the Basic Sciences Division of the Science Sector. This was one of a series of talks to mark the organization's 60th anniversary. While th [...]
2005-11-07 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA OPDC PHSA PBTS IHO KSI UNESCO
05PARIS7595PARIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING REGARDING
[...] DCM convened the Paris CORE EAC this date to discuss the continuing spread of arson attacks throughout France. Attendees included; DCM, DCM UNESCO, RSO, CG, ACS, MGT, ORA, FBI, POL, PA, OSI, ICE, TSA, DATT, and ECON. 2. FOR BACKGROUND: RSO reiterated that over the last week there have bee [...]
2005-11-07 16:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDASEC FR
05PARIS7597MFA ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 discussion, MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran Antoine Sivan affirmed that the GoF will view the next Iraqi government as fully sovereign, but gave no indication that the GoF will increase its assistance to Iraq after December elections. Sivan expressed satisfac [...]
2005-11-07 17:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR FR
05PARIS7598WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...]
2005-11-07 17:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PGOV FR
05PARIS7599RAMPAGE IN FRANCE CONTINUES FOR 11TH DAY
[...] (C) Summary: Notwithstanding massive deployments of police and President Jacques Chirac's assurances that "the absolute priority is to reestablish security and public order," violent unrest in France intensified through the weekend, with November 6 marking the eleventh night of arson and clas [...]
2005-11-07 18:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL FR
05PARIS7613MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Summit of the Americas
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-08 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7626FORMER PM JOSPIN DEFLECTS SPECULATION ABOUT
[...] (C) Over lunch with Ambassador Stapleton on November 2, former prime minister Lionel Jospin said that desire for change, along with widespread disappointment with the record of President Chirac and the center-right, "puts things in place" for a center-left victory in 2007. However, he also cau [...]
2005-11-08 13:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7630NEW FRENCH BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVE PARISOT ON
[...] SUMMARY. France's new business spokesman Laurence Parisot believes France is still "quite competitive" despite the French public's negative perception of the private sector. Parisot, who was elected as first woman president of the French employers association MEDEF in July 2005, told Ambass [...]
2005-11-08 15:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB FR KBIO
05PARIS7658MEDIA REACTION REPORT - France - Suburban Violence
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 12:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7667DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SU BM FR UNHRC
05PARIS7675FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN: REMAIN FIRM, DON'T
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Iran/Iraq Arabian Gulf Affairs Antoine Sivan assessed the Ahmadi-Nejad government as weakened by internal debate within Iran and lacking competence and experience, during a recent discussion with us. Sivan speculated that Ahmadi-Nejad's recent s [...]
2005-11-09 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR FR
05PARIS7677 USUNESCO: UNESCO'S WSIS PREPARATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 7 presentation to member states on UNESCO preparations for WSIS, Assistant Director General Abdul Waheed Khan discussed Internet governance, the possibility of UNESCO and ITU leading roles in post-WSIS implementation, the UNESCO "brand" at WSIS, planned UNE [...]
2005-11-09 16:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS7682THE FRENCH INTEGRATION MODEL: GOING UP IN SMOKE?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Continuing violent unrest in France -- only now diminishing after thirteen intense days -- has very publicly brought to light the ugly reality of France's persistent failure to integrate its immigrant population. Importantly, the violence has not taken on religious ove [...]
2005-11-09 18:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI ELAB FR
05PARIS7683THE FRENCH VIEW IN INITIATING THE KABUL AGENDA
[...] (C) On November 8 poloff discussed reftel points with MFA Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon. Gerardon explained that France agreed with U.S. views as outlined in the points, and said he was glad to see the prominence given to the United Nations' key leadership role in the country. He [...]
2005-11-10 10:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV
05PARIS7688MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 12:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7691FRENCH INNOVATION EVENT: SEEKING U.S. PARTICIPATION
[...] Summary: Eminent scientist and former French presidential scientific advisor Professor Jean Audouze called on Embassy recently to urge U.S. participation in the second European Research and Innovation Exhibition and associated conference to be held June 8-11, 2006 in Paris. The Embassy views t [...]
2005-11-10 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL TPHY TNGD KPAO FR
05PARIS77GOF WON'T BE JOINING INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR
[...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points urging French support for the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE) with MFA Iraq desk officer Bernard Chappedelaine January 5, after delivering reftel points to the GoF December 29. Chappedelaine reported that the GoF did not plan to participate in [...]
2005-01-05 17:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PROP PHUM IZ FR
05PARIS7704FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is the fourth in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- Total executive notes decision-making void in Iran (para 2) -- Individuals flocking [...]
2005-11-10 14:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
05PARIS771FRANCE AND GERMANY COORDINATE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE
[...] SUMMARY. Using the semiannual Franco-German Economic and Finance Committee meeting as a springboard, French and German Finance Ministers jointly called for coordinated G7 action on the declining U.S. Dollar; reiterated their desire for reform of the European Stability and Growth Pact; and dis [...]
2005-02-07 17:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR PBIO
05PARIS7715 USUNESCO: UNESCO CHOOSES KHARTOUM AS ARAB
[...] On November 9, Director General Matsuura presided over a series of events at UNESCO headquarters to mark the naming of Khartoum as "Arab Cultural Capital 2005." The events included discussions on Nubian archaeology and a performance of Sudanese music. According to an earlier UNESCO press rel [...]
2005-11-14 10:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SU UNESCO
05PARIS7716MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Azerbaijan Terrorism - Amman
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7725NMFS CHIEF HOGARTH SEEKING ICCAT CHAIRMANSHIP:
[...] (U) On November 8, ESTH Officer delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Julien Turenne, Chief of the Bureau of Resources and International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture and Fish. Mr. Turenne understood the points delivered, and explained that GOF has no objection to Mr. Hog [...]
2005-11-14 13:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS PHSA SENV AORC FR ICCAT
05PARIS7733 UNESCO: ADMINISTRATION COMMISSION: PROGRAM AND
[...] Summary. The Administrative Commission of UNESCO's General Conference considered budget, administrative and personnel issues. It approved the administrative items in the two-year overall program and budget after debate focused on the budget's unsatisfactorily long and complex format. Member [...]
2005-11-14 16:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN ABUD AFIN AORC UNESCO
05PARIS7737PEP-MENA DONOR MEETING OCTOBER 20 2005
[...] (U) At the The annual PEP-MENA (Private Enterprise Partnership for the Middle East and North Africa) meeting was held in Paris October 20. , bBoard members outlined to donor countries the progress of the first year of the PEP- MENA program, and presented success stories from each of the pro [...]
2005-11-14 16:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL HA FR
05PARIS7742 USUNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL BRIEFS ON UNESCO'S
[...] Summary. On Tuesday 8 November, the Director- General convened an information meeting on UNESCO's participation in the Oil-for-Food Program (OFFP). The meeting, which was originally requested by the British Delegation during the 172nd Executive Board in September, was intended to review the [...]
2005-11-14 17:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EFIN IZ FR UNESCO
05PARIS7745FRENCH-IRAQI RESEARCHER DESCRIBES RECENT RAMADAN
[...] (C) Summary: A local French-Iraqi anthropologist, Hosham Dawod (protect),briefed us on a recent visit to Qom, Iran, reportedly at the invitation of supporters of Ayatollah Sistani. Dawod, who is a former IVLP participant and an expert on Iraqi tribes and Shi'ism, told us he spent 12 days in [...]
2005-11-14 17:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IR IZ FR
05PARIS7749 FRANCE: IPR ISSUES UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French Intellectual Property (IPR) and cultural policy news. French Net pirates prefer U.S. films ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Almost 38 percent of French Internet users admit to illegally downloading movies, with a marked p [...]
2005-11-15 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR FR
05PARIS7752MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 11:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7767 USUNESCO: UNESCO - DIRECTOR OF HUMAN
[...] This is an action request: see para. 6. 2. During a meeting on November 14, Dyane Dufresne- Klaus, Unesco's Director of Human Resources, told the Charge that she would like U.S. assistance in reforming the organization's human resource system. She indicated that the current system is ju [...]
2005-11-15 13:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN APER FR UNESCO
05PARIS7769 UNESCO: DIRECTOR GENERAL PROMISES TO SPEAK OUT
[...] (C) Summary. During a October 25 office call, UNESCO Director General Koichoro Matsuura promised Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations Kristen Silverberg that he would speak out publicly if any UNESCO Member State misused the Convention on the Protection and Promotion o [...]
2005-11-15 14:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD CJAN FR UNESCO
05PARIS7771 FRENCH ECONOMY IMPROVING, BUT UNREST MAY LEAVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. While the recent unrest in France may have dominated the headlines, the GOF has attempted to counter the negative reports with good economic news. GDP growth increased 2.8% (annualized) in the third quarter, much more than expected. The unemployment rate decreased to 9.8%, and [...]
2005-11-15 16:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7772USUNESCO: UNESCO SYMPOSIUM EXAMINES CULTURAL
[...] SUMMARY and comment: UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector held an international symposium on "Cultural Diversity and Transversal Values: East-West Dialogue on Spiritual-Secular Dynamics" on November 7- 9. The symposium concluded with a communiqu identifying new directions for dialogue [...]
2005-11-15 18:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AORC SCUL JA FR UNESCO
05PARIS7777ASSAULT OF FRENCH JOURNALIST IN TUNISIA PROMPTS MEDIA OUTCRY, DOMESTIC CRITICISM OF GOF HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 09:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM TS FR
05PARIS7779FRENCH CUBA POLICY: WAITING FOR A GESTURE
[...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with Deputy Political Counselor and PolOff, MFA DAS-equivalent for Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean Pierre-Alain Coffinier clarified the French position on Cuba in the aftermath of FM Perez Roque's visit October 11 (reftel). Coffinier characterized the [...]
2005-11-16 11:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR CU
05PARIS7785ACTION REQUEST: GUIDANCE ON RESPONSE TO COE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) Amb. Stapleton received by fax a letter (full text para 4) from Dick Marty, whom the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly has appointed to investigate the allegations of CIA secret detention centers in CoE member countries. The key [...]
2005-11-16 12:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR PINS FR
05PARIS7787MFA EUROPEAN DIRECTOR NOT OPTIMISTIC ON EU BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary: MFA EU Affairs A/S-equivalent Briatta told us November 15 that he was not optimistic the EU would reach a budget deal by year's end, in part because of Blair's weakened domestic standing, and notwithstanding the UK's fears of increasing isolation within the EU and growing unhapp [...]
2005-11-16 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD FR ECON PGOV EUN
05PARIS7788MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to China Bush Presidency
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7792FRANCE ON CHAD: DEBY'S THE MAIN MAN
[...] (C) Summary: For Michael Deslaimes, the French MFA Chad and Togo Desk Officer, Idriss Deby's Presidency is "indispensable" to the tenuous stability of a hodgepodge country in continual tribal ferment. Deslaimes told Africa Watcher November 15 that Deby is the right choice -- the only option [...]
2005-11-16 16:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EFIN CD FR
05PARIS781 OECD SURVEY OF SPAIN'S ECONOMY: EROSION OF
[...] The Economic and Development Review Committee of the OECD conducted an economic review of Spain on January 31, 2005. The last such review was held in February 2003. Mr. Angel Torres, Director General at the Ministry of Economy and Finance and Spain's previous EDRC delegate, led the Spanis [...]
2005-02-08 10:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN XG XT ZM SP
05PARIS7812MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7813FRENCH RELUCTANT TO DEPLOY EU GENDARMERIE TO HAITI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The French are reluctant to send the EU Gendarmerie to Haiti in support of upcoming elections for a number of reasons. The primary concern they cite is that the EU Gendarmerie is not yet ready to deploy, and won't be until sometime in 2006. Additionally, the GoF is w [...]
2005-11-17 13:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO FR HA EUN
05PARIS7814CNIL UNLOCKS SOX
[...] SUMMARY: Bowing to pressure, CNIL Commissioners announced on November 15 that they would allow US-listed companies to enact whistleblower provisions in France, as required by Sarbanes Oxley Section 301. CNIL published an "orientation document" and promised to grant blanket approval to firms t [...]
2005-11-17 13:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7828PAKISTAN RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE: FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 16:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL PAK
05PARIS7831FRENCH LUKEWARM TO SUPPORTING PARAMILITARY
[...] (C) Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi. Parfait stated that the French did not share our analysis of the success of the disarmament camp [...]
2005-11-17 16:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER FR CO OAS
05PARIS7835ANALYZING THE CIVIL UNREST -- THE ISLAMIC FACTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The perpetrators of the urban rampaging (refs) in France are by and large of Arab-African and Black-African background. In most cases, they are also Muslims, raising the question as to what extent their religious affiliation helps explain the explosion in France's immigrant subu [...]
2005-11-17 17:19:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS7838AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE
[...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...]
2005-11-17 18:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7844FRANCE: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 10:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA AORC EWWT PHSA FR
05PARIS7850MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Prisons and
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-18 12:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7863USUNESCO: UNESCO RESPONSE TO SECTION 102
[...] There are 335 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) maintaining official relations with UNESCO. 5 NGOs have entered into official relations with UNESCO. 2 NGOs have ended official relations with UNESCO since last year's review. Mission notified IO/SHA Sylvia Hammond by fax and e-mail. 2. [...]
2005-11-18 12:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC SOCI PHUM
05PARIS7871RECOMMENDATION OF WAIVER FOR FRANCE OF LIBERTAD
[...] (C) Summary and comment: France adheres to the EU's Common Position on Cuba, and the GoF monitors the human rights situation in Cuba closely. MFA officials have consistently stressed that they share both the U.S. assessment of the human rights situation and the U.S. goal of supporting peacef [...]
2005-11-18 14:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC FR CU
05PARIS7873AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]
2005-11-18 15:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7885FRENCH CONFLICTED ON ARMS SALES TO VENEZUELA, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: Pol/MC and PolOff delivered reftel A points November 16 to MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, DAS-equivalent for South America Michel Pinard, and Venezuela desk officer Lionel Paradisi, and PolOff separately shared points with Admiral de Monval, responsible for Latin American iss [...]
2005-11-18 16:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS7896FRENCH ON NOVEMBER 21 GAERC - ISRAELI/PALESTINIAN,
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points on November 16 to MFA CFSP deputy Pascal LeDeunff and European Affairs DAS-equivalent for EU External Relations Caroline Ferrari, and discussed them with LeDeunff November 18. Embassy Middle East watcher discussed points on November 16 with MFA DAS-equival [...]
2005-11-18 17:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD IZ KPAL PREL SR SY UP YI FR EUN
05PARIS7899MFA CABINET MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Cabinet advisor on Maghreb/Arabian Gulf issues Francois Thoizy, during a November 17 discussion on GoF policy in the Gulf and Maghreb (septel),offered unusually frank observations on domestic integration and discrimination issues, referring frequently to his status as the fir [...]
2005-11-18 19:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SOCI PINR XF
05PARIS7905MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to Asia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-21 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7915USUNESCO: UKRANIAN PRESIDENT AND FRENCH FM
[...] Summary. In a ceremony at Unesco headquarters on November 16, Unesco marked its 60th anniversary. Featured speakers included Ukranian president Yushchenko, French Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy and former directors general Amdaou-Mahtar M'Bow and Federico Mayor. A recurring theme in all the [...]
2005-11-21 15:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL ETRD UP FR UNESCO
05PARIS7920FRENCH THINK TANKER ON VISIT TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: French think-tanker Francois Gere, who claims to have extensive ties to the local Iranian Embassy as well as the Quai and Israeli Embassy met with us November 18 to report on his recent trip to the Isfahan nuclear facility at the Iranian government's invitation. Gere -- who many [...]
2005-11-21 16:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR MNUC IR PINR KNUP
05PARIS7922GOF DECLINES TO MAKE PUBLIC APPEAL OR PRESSURE
[...] (C) Summary: MFA contacts report the GoF is disinclined to make a public appeal or demarche the SARG on the arrest of Syrian democracy activist Kamal Labowani, citing questions about Labowani's character and describing the Mehlis investigation as a more pressing priority. Elysee contacts were [...]
2005-11-21 16:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV SY LE FR
05PARIS7935Unofficial translation of article from Le
[...] Trade Minister Christine Lagarde has signed two recent op-ed pieces on the WTO round. The latest, published on November 21 in the Financial Times entitled "Big Cuts in Farm Tariffs are No Solution to Poverty" warns against "blindly slashing" agricultural tariffs, and proposes focusing on the [...]
2005-11-21 18:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS794MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO
[...] SECRETARY OF STATE RICE TO MIDDLE EAST - EUROPE 2. MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT IN SHARM EL-SHEIK, SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO THE REGION AND TO PARIS TODAY ARE PROMINENTLY FRONT- PAGED WITH ACCOMPANYING PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE WITH MAHMUD [...]
2005-02-08 11:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7947CESR HOLDS HEARING ON MEDIATION OPTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a public hearing organized in Paris on November 21 by the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),financial market participants aired differing opinions about how and whether CESR should institute a mediation procedure for national regulators. The idea is to not s [...]
2005-11-22 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS7948MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush to Mongolia Israel-
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7953FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 14:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7954FRANCE SUPPORTIVE ON ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL,
[...] (C) Poloff met November 21 with MFA DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen to encourage more vocal French engagement on behalf of the draft Third Additional Protocol, particularly with Francophone African states. Le Fraper responded that France had been working closely with the Swiss in [...]
2005-11-22 14:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC PREF IS SZ FR ICRC
05PARIS7955 DOD DIRECT PARTICIPATION IN trade shows 2007
[...] IN ANTICIPATION OF Euronaval 2006 and the PARIS AIR SHOW 2007, the Ambassador and the U.S. Embassy Paris Country Team strongly support and encourage FULL AND DIRECT DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PARTICIPATION IN THese IMPORTANT INTERNATIONAL EVENTs. 2. Exposure and Outcomes. EURONAVAL, scheduled fo [...]
2005-11-22 14:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR PINS MILI
05PARIS7961MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME: 20 OCTOBER
[...] (C) Summary: On 20 October 2005, ESTH/NP officer attended a meeting of the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Points of Contacts (POCS) at the Spanish Embassy in Paris. This meeting focused on reviewing results of the September MTCR Plenary in Madrid and on briefing partners on the a [...]
2005-11-22 15:22:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETTC FR KS KSCA MNUC PARM PREL TSPA MTCRE
05PARIS7971USUNESCO: COMMENTS ON HIGH LEVEL GROUP
[...] Charge met November 22 with Peter Smith, ADG for Education. Smith made following comments in response to reftel points: -- Within 24 hours there will be two more countries on the Sherpas group: Japan and the US. This will be announced in Beijing but there will be a meeting on Sunday aft [...]
2005-11-22 18:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAID UNESCO UNGA
05PARIS7980PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the November 15 Paris Club meeting, the IMF reported that the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with Iraq that will be presented to the IMF Board on December 23 will probably be precautionary. The Secretariat and some creditors complained that a precautionary arrangement belied Iraq's claim [...]
2005-11-23 11:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS7986MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Angela Merkel to France
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8002TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION - FRENCH
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-23 16:07:00Embassy ParisSECRETEFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP FR
05PARIS8016CLIMATE CHANGE: FRENCH PREPARE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the run-up to the UNFCCC/Kyoto meetings in Montreal, Embassy officers visited French environment officials to learn what was on their minds. All expressed praise for USG climate science and climate technology work, something of a change from mostly negative comments toward [...]
2005-11-23 18:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TPHY TSPA TSPL KSCA FR
05PARIS8022MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran CIA - Alleged
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-25 11:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8028AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...]
2005-11-25 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8029NATO - FRENCH STILL RETICENT ON USE OF NAC-R
[...] (C) Summary: On November 21, MOD Strategic Affairs officer Colonel Creux provided a very positive readout of Strategic Affairs Director Jean Ponton d'Amecourt's October 31 meetings at the Pentagon, the NSC, and the Department. While outstanding issues remain with the Pentagon, most notably the [...]
2005-11-25 14:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8032DEMARCHE: BASHAR'S OFFER TO MEHLIS - FRANCE IN
[...] (S) France agrees fully with the substance of the position laid out in reftel. A/S Jean-Francois Thibault provided this reaction at close of business, Friday, November 25, after having reviewed the question with (unnamed) MFA and Presidency senior officials during the course of the day. Thib [...]
2005-11-25 18:25:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL PGOV FR SY
05PARIS8034OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY COMMITTEE
[...] As a member of the Task Force that drafted the new EPOC Strategic Vision, the U.S. is a strong proponent of the Vision and successfully negotiated further refinements. The purpose of the Vision is to guide environmental work of the Committee over the next 5-10 years; to promote the implementat [...]
2005-11-28 08:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
05PARIS8049MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Europe: Allegation of GWOT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 12:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8057 USUNESCO -- DRAFT DECLARATION FOR
[...] This is an action request, see para. 4. 2. The following is the draft declaration for the International Forum on the Social Science-Policy Nexus to be held in Argentina and Uruguay February 20-24, 2006. The meeting is being organized by Unesco's Social Science Sector as part of its Man [...]
2005-11-28 15:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAR UY UNESCO
05PARIS8062FRANCE: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT SHARING PROSPECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Agencies at post involved in our productive and extensive counterterrorism dialogue with the French have considered HSPD-6 requirements to explore obtaining terrorist watchlist information. We consider it highly unlikely the GOF would consent to unilateral sharing of its watchli [...]
2005-11-28 15:22:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER CVIS CASC PGOV PREL PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8063 FRANCE: R/V CORWITH CRAMER RESEARCH CLEARANCE
[...] (U) Embassy received research clearance for the subject vessel (Reftel A) from the MFA under cover of diplomatic note number 1441/AME dated 24 November 2005. The note states that the French authorities have no objection to the research campaign of the Corwith Cramer in the French waters of [...]
2005-11-28 16:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY KRVC EWWT FR
05PARIS8069SOCIALIST PARTY ENDS MONTH-LONG DECISON PROCESS
[...] France's Socialist Party (PS) -- in a convoluted, fiercely contested, but genuinely democratic process throughout November -- agreed on a document setting out the party's policy direction and renewed the membership of its governing institutions. It also created a "Presidential Commission" to [...]
2005-11-28 18:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS8071NATO TOUR FOR YOUNG FRENCH POLITICAL LEADERS - OCTOBER 13-14, 2005
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-29 09:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8072DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA
[...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]
2005-11-29 10:07:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8074 FRANCE: NASA/DAO MISSION CLEARANCE APPROVAL:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS TSPA FR
05PARIS8075FRANCE TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON NGO DRAFT LAW DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On November 22, Poloff delivered ref A demarche regarding a new Russian draft law on NGOs to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space. On November 29, Charles Denier, senior desk officer for Russia, told Poloff that France was, like the U.S., very c [...]
2005-11-29 11:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS PHUM PINR
05PARIS8076MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Climate Change - Montreal
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS808FURTHER GOF REACTION TO DEATH OF EYADEMA
[...] MFA spokesman on February 7 addressed the issue of Togo President Eyadema and the naming of his son as his successor (reftel). Informal Embassy translation of MFA spokesman's statement and response to questions follows. 2. BEGIN TEXT: -- I recall to you the spokesman's declaration of [...]
2005-02-08 15:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TO FR
05PARIS8081 USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: EXHIBITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: Mission continues to receive requests from American artists, consortia and NGOs for support in securing UNESCO exhibit space. This is because navigating the exhibits bureaucracy at UNESCO is deeply confusing to the uninitiated, rates to rent out the spac [...]
2005-11-29 12:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD SCUL KPAO UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8088SARKOZY'S SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy's security advisor, a 20-year plus veteran of the French National Police, said the recent unrest had taken the security establishment by surprise, but that the massive yet moderate response of the police prevented a major crisis of public order. [...]
2005-11-29 13:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER FR PGOV
05PARIS81DONOR SUPPORT FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF: FRANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Working level French officials dealing with the tsunami are very pleased with and thankful for the excellent cooperation with the USG. France will be represented "most likely at the ministerial level" at the 11 January Geneva donors' conference, however the GOF has not decide [...]
2005-01-05 17:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAEMR EAID EFIN PREL FR
05PARIS8103FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN THE DECEMBER 4-5 KABUL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL KPWR EAID AF
05PARIS8116MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 10:59:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8120 USUNESCO: CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION:
[...] The Canadian mission officially notified the UNESCO Director General 23 November that Canada had accepted (ratified) the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity, recently adopted by the biennial UNESCO General Conference at its October 2005 meeting. It also registered its acceptance with the [...]
2005-11-30 12:40:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD CJAN CA UNESCO
05PARIS8123USUNESCO: POST-WSIS READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission met with Elizabeth Longworth, Head of the Information Society Division of the UNESCO Communication and Information Sector on 11/23/05 and discussed WSIS follow up at UNESCO, UNESCO views on how Internet Governance was handled at WSIS, and the U.S. Library of Congress [...]
2005-11-30 13:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
05PARIS8128Corrected Copy -- NATO Tour for Young French
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The future shape of NATO as well as its ability to ensure collective security and co- exist with an independent European defense have been the subject of discussions in French political and media circles for some time. At an illustrative debate at the French Senate [...]
2005-11-30 14:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC KPAO OIIP OTRA FR NATO EUN
05PARIS8137FRENCH UNABLE TO SEND BOLIVIAN ELECTION MONITORS
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Bolivia Desk Officer Philippe Letrillard on November 30. Letrillard underlined that the GoF fully supported efforts to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections in Bolivia. However, he noted that the EU was unable to send observers and expressed doubt t [...]
2005-11-30 15:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL FR BO
05PARIS8149 WTO TRADE TALKS: FRENCH BUSINESS BEGINS TO
[...] SUMMARY. In a first public breach of the French position on agricultural trade, French business leaders -- with French Ministers of Economy and of Trade present -- openly criticized the GOF's support for the interests of the agricultural sector and maintenance of the EU's Common Agricultural [...]
2005-11-30 17:58:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR PREL FR
05PARIS8150DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: FRENCH
[...] (C) Poloff discussed the President's major policy speech on Iraq and the just-released U.S. strategy paper on Iraq with MFA DAS-equivalent for Iraq/Iran/Arabian Gulf affairs Antoine Sivan and MFA Iraq desk officer David Cvach November 30. Sivan welcomed our briefing, and said he would incorp [...]
2005-12-01 09:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV IZ
05PARIS8153France: Telecom and Information Technology Update
[...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- Record fine for France Telecom (para 2); -- Hefty fines for French mobile phone operators (para 3); -- France Telecom fined fo [...]
2005-12-01 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD FR
05PARIS8162MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-01 15:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8171NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI
[...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...]
2005-12-01 17:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ SY IR FR
05PARIS8172NAC COMMUNIQUE: DESPITE RESERVATIONS, FRANCE IS
[...] (C) On December 1, we delivered ref A points to Arnaud Roux, MFA Counselor following the CFE/Istanbul discussions and who also will be present at the NAC on December 2. Roux confirmed that he was aware of the debate on the use of "either" versus "or" paragraph proposals. He expressed some su [...]
2005-12-01 18:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE FR NATO
05PARIS8173MFA CABINET ADVISOR ON FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND
[...] Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's advisor for Franco-German relations Heldt and German Ambassador Neubert, speaking about German Chancellor Merkel's November 23 inaugural visit to France, both predicted continuity in the Franco-German relationship while emphasizing more a marriage of reason than of [...]
2005-12-01 18:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR GM PINR EUN
05PARIS8186FRENCH CONTINUE TO BAN AL-MANAR, ALTHOUGH APPEAL
[...] (S) We discussed reftel points on preventing Al Manar broadcasts with CSA (France's FCC-equivalent) and MFA contacts on December 2. We stressed the importance of France continuing its ban on Al Manar. 2. (S) Isabel Mariani, international affairs liaison at the CSA, confirmed that, as repor [...]
2005-12-02 14:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETASEC PREL PTER FR LE
05PARIS8192USUNESCO: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON FUNDING
[...] This is an urgent guidance request, see paragraph three. 2. The director of UNESCO's Division of Basic and Engineering Sciences, Maciej Nalecz, has asked via a letter to Ambassador Oliver if U.S. International Contributions for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Activities (ICSECA) fund [...]
2005-12-02 16:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDABUD UNESCO KSI
05PARIS8202AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]
2005-12-02 16:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8203MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Allegations of CIA Flights
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-02 16:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8207(C) FRENCH REACTION TO FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON
[...] (S) We shared and discussed reftel points with the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division, noted that absent a designation on terrorism grounds, France normally lacks legal authority to block assets of individua [...]
2005-12-02 16:59:00Embassy ParisSECRETKTFN PTER LE SY FR
05PARIS8217MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Alleged CIA Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-05 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8240FRENCH REMAIN UNDECIDED ON MACEDONIA'S EU CANDIDACY
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel B points with MFA DAS-equivalent for External Community Relations Caroline Ferrari. Ferrari said that the GOF has not yet decided if it will support the granting of candidate status to Macedonia as recommended on November 9 by the Commission. Ferrari said that the [...]
2005-12-05 16:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL GM FR MK DA EUN
05PARIS8245 USUNESCO: UK REP REPORTS PLANS THAT EC ADOPT
[...] (U) UK UNESCO DCM Christine Atkinson informed DCM Koss 30 November about plans whereby the European Council would adopt the Cultural Diversity Convention in May 2006, with EU Member State ratifications to follow. She gave the specifics: --November - December 2005: European Commission inter [...]
2005-12-05 17:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8246FRENCH REACTION TO E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS
[...] (C) We delivered ref points to the Asset-Freezing Directorate in the Ministry of Economy. We spoke with Vincent Guitton, Head of the Services, Investment and IPR Division in the Ministry of Economy, who took note of the information but expressed skepticism that France could do anything about [...]
2005-12-05 17:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM KTFN FR
05PARIS8247 USUNESCO: KOREAN DMZ: NO MECHANISM EXISTS TO
[...] The 17 November public suggestion of Ted Turner of the United Foundations Foundation at a New York City event to designate the Korean DMZ as a World Heritage Site was unworkable, South Korean UNESCO rep Ki-Joung Cho told poloff in a 1 Dec office call, even though a great majority of South Kor [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SCUL MARR CJAN CH KS UNESCO
05PARIS8248 USUNESO - AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 2 LUNCH WITH
[...] Ambassador Oliver attended a lunch December 2 hosted by the Austrian ambassador to UNESCO Harald Wiesner. The 11 guests were from other delegations and the UNESCO secretariat and included Monsignor Follo, the Holy See observer, the ambassadors of Lithuania, Russia, and Serbia-Montenegro, the [...]
2005-12-05 17:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD FR EU AU YI UNESCO
05PARIS8256MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-06 12:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8269 FRANCE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE END USE
[...] Per reftel, Post Blue Lantern Action Officer contacted French company Ixsea Oceano and spoke with CEO Thierry Gaiffe as well as Quality Director Nicolas Faussot. Both were very cooperative. Faussot thoroughly answered all of our questions. 2. First, Faussot confirmed that Ixsea ordered fo [...]
2005-12-06 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC FR
05PARIS8280 USUNESCO-UNESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) UNESCO Director General Matsuura, accompanied by the Assistant Directors General for Culture and Education will attend an African Union summit in Khartoum on culture and education in January 23-24. The total UNESCO delegation will number 12-15. In anticipation of the Khartoum meeting, [...]
2005-12-06 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYXA UNESCO
05PARIS8292MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 13:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8300SUPPORT FOR PARTNERSHIPS TO REDUCE MERCURY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 14:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV FR
05PARIS831MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO PARIS 2. MIDDLE EAST - SHARM EL-SHEIK SUMMIT B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A LARGE MAJORITY OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES AND EDITORIALS ARE DEVOTED TO SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PARIS, HER MUCH AWAITED POLICY SPEECH AND HER CONSULTATIONS WITH PRESIDENT CHIRAC AND FM BARNIER. THE CHO [...]
2005-02-09 13:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8311NEW FRENCH ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES ON THE WAY,
[...] (SBU) French Interior Minister Sarkozy's anti-terrorism bill, approved by France's National Assembly on November 29, has moved to the Senate for final approval with surprising speed. The Bill will authorize video surveillance of more public places and give the government increased powers to [...]
2005-12-07 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON KTFN FR
05PARIS8313TEXT OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE
[...] (U) Action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Post received on December 6, 2005 faxed copy of a letter to the Secretary from the President of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, Renee van der Linden. The transmittal sheet attached to the letter from van der Linden's Chief of Staf [...]
2005-12-07 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EU PTER PINR PHUM FR
05PARIS8314MDA: FRANCE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR DRAFT GENEVA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 17:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM PREF PREL ICRC
05PARIS8318USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE USGS DEVINE+1
[...] As requested in reftel, country clearance is granted for Senior Advisor for Science Applications James F. Devine and acting Director Patrick Leahy to travel to Paris (12/15-12/17) to meet with UNESCO Science Staff and U.S. Mission to UNESCO. 2. Control officer is Science Attach, Nancy Co [...]
2005-12-08 10:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TPHY OTRA ECON SENV TBIO AORC FR
05PARIS8327MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 13:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8353UNESCO: FRENCH CANDIDATE REPORTEDLY HAS LEAD
[...] (C) Classified by Andrew, C. Koss, Charge, U.S. Mission to Unesco in Paris, reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) Summary. Corridor rumors place Francoise Riviere, the French chief of staff to UNESCO Director General (DG) Matsuura, as the leading candidate among the 320 applicants to replace retiring A [...]
2005-12-08 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8357MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE IN EUROPE -
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-09 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8368AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...]
2005-12-09 14:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8373A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER
[...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]
2005-12-09 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8374FRANCE - BUSINESS UPDATE
[...] (U) This message contains a series of updates on French trade and business news. U.S. Investment in France is Up ---------------------------------- Â [...]
2005-12-09 16:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL FR EUN
05PARIS8386WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...]
2005-12-09 17:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC SOCI FR
05PARIS8390FRANCE: GOVERNMENT CONCERNED ABOUT LEGAL BASIS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 meeting with a French official, Emboffs reviewed current arrangements for implementing the No-Fly system in France, and discussed GOF concerns about its legal basis in U.S. domestic law and ICAO conventions. Our contact also raised the potential applicability of [...]
2005-12-12 10:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR FR PTER
05PARIS8397MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-12 13:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8416 UNESCO: INTANGIBLE HERITAGE CONVENTION:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention (IHC),which is designed to ensure the safeguarding of the international cultural heritage, will likely enter into force mid-2006. After that, IHC Member States will establish "Operational Guidelines" that will set the basis for the cr [...]
2005-12-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ETRD SENV SOCI PGOV CJAN UNESCO
05PARIS8418MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria - Assassination of
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 12:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8426FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR
05PARIS8435GOF OFFICIALS CONDEMNS TUENI ASSASSINATION;
[...] (C) Summary: The GoF immediately condemned at the highest levels the assassination of Gebran Tueni and issued strong public statements calling on the international community to redouble efforts to ensure full implementation of relevant UNSCR's, confirming GoF readiness to help the GOL, and payi [...]
2005-12-13 18:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE FR
05PARIS8441FRENCH OFFICIALS STRESS THE POSITIVE TO IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Senior Presidency and MFA officials stressed GoF support for Iraq's political process and the Arab League reconciliation effort during December 5 meetings with visiting Deputy Senior Iraq Advisor Deutsch. French officials expressed willingness to help support Iraqi rec [...]
2005-12-14 11:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8442FRANCE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Per reftel, enclosed is the 2005 country report on terrorism for France. Embassy point of contact is Poloff Peter Kujawinski, who can be reached on either the classified or unclassified e-mail systems. France - 2005 OVERVIEW In 2005, France continued to discover and dismantle terro [...]
2005-12-14 13:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN FR
05PARIS8445MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria-Lebanon Rice European
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8454FRANCE FAVORS LIBERIAN SANCTIONS RENEWAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 15:44:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID PREL ETRD ETTC LI FR UNSC
05PARIS8456UNESCO: Ambassador meets with DG to review US-
[...] Summary: The Ambassador's December 6 meeting with UNESCO DG Matsuura focused primarily on three topics: U.S. engagement with UNESCO in the wake of UNESCO's adoption in October of the cultural diversity convention; the importance of increasing the number of U.S. staff at UNESCO and including an [...]
2005-12-14 16:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALAORC SCUL SKI UNESCO FR
05PARIS8457FRANCE TO DELIVER DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN NGO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RS FR
05PARIS8458 USUNESCO: TEXT OF LETTER-UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD
[...] The following letter on Executive Board rotation was received December 14 from the Finnish delegation, the current chairs of electoral Group I. Please advise. QTE To Members of Electoral Group I Re: Meeting between the President of the General Conference and chairs of the various ele [...]
2005-12-14 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO FR
05PARIS8460FRENCH GUARDED ON RUMORS OF SUBMARINE SALES TO
[...] (S) Summary: In response to information indicating French-Venezuelan contacts to discuss potential arms sales, in particular the Scorpene submarine, DCM followed up on December 13 with the SGDN Deputy head Edouard Scott de Martinville, POL/MC with MFA A/S-equivalent Daniel Parfait, U/S Joseph [...]
2005-12-14 17:22:00Embassy ParisSECRETMARR MASS PARM FR VE
05PARIS8461NON-COMMITTAL GOF RESPONSE ON WELCOMING IRAQI
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The GoF and local Iraqi embassy have no public events planned in conjunction with Iraq's December 15 elections. GoF officials stress that the GoF will wait and see how the elections unfold, paying particular attention to voter participation levels, before pronouncing [...]
2005-12-14 18:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8462COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON ALLEGATIONS OF SECRET
[...] (C) Summary: Council of Europe Secretary General Davis warned the Ambassador December 12, citing NATO "unresponsiveness" to repeated written queries, that he intended soon "to go public" with respect to the alleged use of KFOR-run detention centers in Kosovo for secret CIA secret prisons (this [...]
2005-12-15 06:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR FR EUN
05PARIS8471MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 13:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8483GOF CONTINUES TO DECLINE COMMENT ON BOUTEFLIKA'S
[...] (C) The GoF continues to stonewall on the health situation of Algerian President Bouteflika, who has been hospitalized in Paris since November 27 (reftels). During a December 13 discussion with poloff, MFA DAS-equivalent for the Maghreb Christian Testot reiterated he could provide no informatio [...]
2005-12-16 07:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL AG FR
05PARIS8487 UNESCO PRIZES-SOME GOOD, SOME BAD
[...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. The UNESCO secretariat issued a press release on December 14 announcing that President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela will receive the 2005 International Jose Marti Prize in a ceremony in Havana on 28 January, 2006. According to the announcement, the [...]
2005-12-16 09:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDVE FR UNESCO
05PARIS8490BANKERS SHARE DISCONTENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several senior French bankers have emphasized to the Ambassador their frustration at the slow pace of French structural reforms, albeit with grudging admiration for the efforts of Finance Minister Breton. They forecast continued weak GDP growth in 2006, and note the importance [...]
2005-12-16 11:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8499MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 13:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8502 UNESCO HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON HUMAN SECURITY
[...] A high-level working meeting on Human Security was held December 12 and 13 at UNESCO headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to advise on a "major publication" on human security that is planned for 2007. 2. The high-level working meeting (note: "high-level working meeting" is not [...]
2005-12-16 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDFR UNESCO
05PARIS8503 USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS
[...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]
2005-12-16 14:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO
05PARIS8505Despite Obstacles French Corn Growers
[...] SUMMARY: Despite a recent judicial decision suspending jail sentences for 49 people found responsible for test plot destruction and the absence of a French law on coexistence of biotech and non-biotech crops, French corn growers are determined to continue planting biotech corn. They planted [...]
2005-12-16 14:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8509 USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS
[...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect),a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...]
2005-12-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALUNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO
05PARIS8511ELYSEE TAKING GRIM VIEW ON CHAD
[...] (C) Summary: The Elysee "Africa Cell" that advises President Chirac believes President Deby's Chad is undergoing a major crisis, with a near-term coup and territorial disintegration conceivable scenarios. Deby has lost Zarghawa confidence, according to Elysee adviser Labriolle, because he h [...]
2005-12-16 17:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV EFIN EPET CD FR
05PARIS8512FRANCE WELCOMES IRAQI ELECTIONS, BUT SUGGESTS IRAQ
[...] (C) The following is an informal translation of the French MFA spokesman's December 16 statement on Iraq's elections: Begin text. France welcomes the important mobilization of all the components of Iraqi society during the December 15 election for the National Assembly and marks its satisf [...]
2005-12-16 18:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ FR
05PARIS8513AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-12-19 08:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8525MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO and EU Agreements
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-19 13:43:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8544MFA CAUTIOUS ON UNSCR 1644, SYRIA/LEBANON NEXT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Syria/Lebanon Herve Besancenot welcomed the UNSC's unanimous adoption of UNSCR 1644, but expressed concern that international efforts to pressure Syria are losing momentum while the SARG is increasingly emboldened that it can wait out the U.S. and France ove [...]
2005-12-20 06:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SY LE FR
05PARIS8548 FRENCH NAVAL COURTSHIP CREATES DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOF, Thales, and state-owned shipbuilder DCN, have confirmed that the French defense electronics group has agreed to buy a 25% stake in DCN. Their messages echoed the widespread expectation that the Thales-DCN tie-in would be applauded by its architects as a first step towa [...]
2005-12-20 09:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND MARR MASS PARM ECON FR
05PARIS856MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE
[...] SECRETARY RICE TO EUROPE 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, EXCEPT FOR LE FIGARO WHICH DEVOTES ITS LEAD TO THE "THREAT FROM RADICALISM" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AFTER THE SHARM EL-SHEIK CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT. "PUTTING THE PEACE PROCESS BACK ON TRACK [...]
2005-02-10 11:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8560MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - President Bush
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-20 13:32:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8561AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRAN SEEKING GLASS-LINED
[...] (S) On December 16, ESTH/NP Officers delivered talking points contained in REFTEL to Etienne Sur, who is responsible for chemical disarmament at the MFA. Mr. Sur understood the points delivered and conveyed his appreciation for the information and willingness to investigate the situation fu [...]
2005-12-20 13:53:00Embassy ParisSECRETPARM PREL ETTC FR IR CBW
05PARIS8571MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran Bolivia
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-21 11:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8573 FRENCH GOVERNMENT PRIVATIZES TOLL-ROAD COMPANIES
[...] SUMMARY. The government announced winning-bidders for its stake in toll-ways companies, ASF, APRR and SANEF December 14. The sell-off, which aroused widespread overseas bid interest, encountered political opposition in the National Assembly. Bidders were selected on their price offers, but a [...]
2005-12-21 12:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8576FRENCH MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE
[...] Summary. During the run-up to the eleventh Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Montreal November 28-December 9, the French press relentlessly criticized the U.S. and highlighted the "intransigent" attitude of the "world's largest polluter." Comment [...]
2005-12-21 15:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SENV ENRG KPAO FR
05PARIS8582 UNESCO: Kosovo Experts' Meeting: Establishes
[...] (U) Summary. A 9 December UNESCO Experts' Meeting on Kosovo resulted in an agreed list of 13 priorities (seven Orthodox, six Muslim) for cultural restoration and the basis for a cooperative working relationship with UNMIK. The substantive part of the Expert Meeting, which took place in the p [...]
2005-12-21 16:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL CJAN EAID YI UNESCO EUN
05PARIS8586PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (SBU) At the December 13 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed to implement a second 30 percent tranche of debt reduction for Iraq, provided a Stand-By Arrangement is approved by the IMF Executive Board before year-end. The first batch of bilateral agreements implementing the Paris Club debt d [...]
2005-12-21 17:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS86MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN
[...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...]
2005-01-06 11:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8601UNESCO CONFERENCE EXAMINES MEANS OF ENHANCING
[...] Summary and Introduction: An international conference on "The Introduction of History of Science in the Higher Education Level of the Muslim Countries" took place December 15-16, at UNESCO; the conference was organized by UNESCO's Culture Sector, with the participation of the Natural Science [...]
2005-12-22 10:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO KSCA SOCI SCUL KISL TSPL FR
05PARIS8603FRANCE SIGNS 80 PERCENT DEBT REDUCTION AGREEMENT
[...] (U) On December 21, the GoF signed a bilateral debt reduction agreement with Iraq, in accordance with Paris Club terms agreed to in November 2004. The agreement offers an 80 percent cancellation of Iraq's debt between 2005 and 2008, disbursed in three tranches linked to implementation of Iraq [...]
2005-12-22 11:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN EAID IZ FR
05PARIS8605FRENCH HOPEFUL ON ALTERNATIVE TO SUDANESE AU
[...] (C) MFA Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert confirmed to Africa Watcher that France remains hopeful that a Congo-Brazzaville candidacy may avert the fiasco of a possible Sudanese African Union (AU) Presidency after the January 2006 summit in Khartoum. Chirac's Africa Adviser Michel de Bonnecorse [...]
2005-12-22 11:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM CF SU AU FR
05PARIS8606AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KEY SARKOZY ADVISOR FRANCOIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sarkozy advisor and former Education Minister Francois Fillon told the Ambassador December 20 that Sarkozy had a chance to buck the French predisposition to vote against the ruling party in 2007 by focusing his presidential campaign on the electorate's deep-seated desire for re [...]
2005-12-22 12:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR SOCI FR EUN
05PARIS8608MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8610 UNESCO: Cultural Diversity Convention:
[...] (SBU) The Cultural Diversity Convention's proponents continue to carry out a multi-faceted ratification strategy (Refs A and B). Kader Asmal, who advocated for the Convention from his position as Chair of the UNESCO negotiations, is reportedly to "consult" with developing countries and urge [...]
2005-12-22 14:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO SCUL ETRD CJAN TBIO FR SU AF
05PARIS8613U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-22 14:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PARIS8619 FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION
[...] Summary: Even though France's President Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]
2005-12-22 15:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN INR
05PARIS8622 FRANCE REVISES 2005 CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] SUMMARY: The GOF revised its 2005 central government budget to include additional social expenditures and revised receipts including transfers to local authorities. The revised budget includes measures dear to President Chirac: a tax on airline tickets to help fund development aid, and tax cu [...]
2005-12-22 16:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV FR
05PARIS8623 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-22 17:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8626 FRENCH LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO LEGALIZE PEER-TO-PEER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a vote that surprised the Government, France's lower house, empty on the eve of the holiday season, voted 29-28 late Dec 21 in favor of amendments that would legalize peer-to-peer downloading on the Internet. To the dismay of French and U.S. industry as well as mainstream l [...]
2005-12-23 06:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR SCUL FR EUN
05PARIS8627FRANCE'S LEADING FARMERS UNION DISSATISFIED WITH
[...] Summary: Even though French President, Jacques Chirac publicly expressed his satisfaction with the commitments made during the Doha negotiations in Hong Kong, the leading French farm organization, Federation Nationale Des Syndicats D'Exploitants Agricoles (FNSEA),issued a press release on [...]
2005-12-23 06:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
05PARIS8631AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER EU COMMISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on December 21, former EU Commission president Jacques Delors underlined his feeling that Europe is currently in a deep crisis, in part because of the lack of visionary European leadership, but also because of Europeans' hostility to EU enlar [...]
2005-12-23 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR EUN
05PARIS8654MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Galileo
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 13:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8659AIR FRANCE DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Emboffs December 21, Air France officials expressed concern about the cost of processing visas for crewmembers. Air France estimates that it requires approximately 6000 visas per year at a cost in lost crew time and other expenses it claims could reach five [...]
2005-12-27 15:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR CVIS PTER FR
05PARIS8673SYRIA: FRANCE'S THOUGHTS ON EIB LOAN
[...] (C) Summary. French officials tell us that the EIB loan to improve Syria's rural telephone network was approved unanimously on 13 December. While the Foreign Ministry was unaware and regretted the news that the loan had been approved, Finance Ministry officials said they see no scope for ov [...]
2005-12-28 17:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN PREL FR SY
05PARIS8677MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ukraine Bush Administration
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 11:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8683GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 14:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
05PARIS8684 FRANCE CONTENT TO OBSERVE RUSSIAN-UKRAINE GAS
[...] (C) Summary. French officials agree that the Russia- Ukraine gas dispute bears watching, but do not believe that intervention by European officials recommending gradual market solutions is warranted at this time. They suspect that commenting now might even be counterproductive. Dismissing co [...]
2005-12-29 15:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL UP RS FR
05PARIS8689 REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND SPORTS
[...] Mission France is pleased to have the opportunity to provide an overview of those cultural programs that best support our MPP goals and objectives. While France - and Paris in particular - is center to the cultural world, hosting thousands of these events each year without our involvement, th [...]
2005-12-29 17:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS8692AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]
2005-12-30 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8698AFGHANISTAN COMPACT IN LONDON: PRELIMINARY FRENCH
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points to Jerome Walter, Counselor for Multilateral and Bilateral Financial Affairs at Cooperation (AID-equivalent),Ramon Fernandez, in Tresor's Office of Multilateral Affairs and Development, and to Afghanistan desk officer, Cyril Gerardon at the MFA. Fernandez an [...]
2005-12-30 13:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL AF
05PARIS878MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-11 11:15:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS879REVIEW OF ISSUES RAISED IN SECSTATE MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with MFA Cabinet Director Vimont (protect),DCM discussed follow up to issues raised during Secretary's meetings in Paris February 8. Vimont said the French side had been pleased by the visit and the level of discussion with the Secretary. Review of specific issue [...]
2005-02-11 12:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR IR IZ SY
05PARIS888FRANCE SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. INITIATIVE TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) On February 10, Hugues de Longevialle, MFA disarmament specialist responsible for IAEA issues, provided us with initial feedback on our initiative to strengthen the IAEA (reftel),which we had conveyed earlier in the week. Longevialle cautioned that a more formal French reaction was still [...]
2005-02-11 17:00:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM TRGY AORC FR IAEA
05PARIS89IAEA: FRANCE HAS NOT TAKEN A DECISION ON A THIRD
[...] (C) In the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent director for disarmament issues Francois Richier, we presented reftel demarche December 21 to the desk officer covering the office during the holidays. On January 5, we met with Richier's deputy, Veronique Vouland-Aneini, who voiced skepticism that IAE [...]
2005-01-06 11:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM AORC PREL FR IAEA
05PARIS890U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCUSSION OF U.S.-PROPOSED DRAFT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman and National Nuclear Security Administrator Linton Brooks held fruitful meetings with Director of the Federal Agency of Atomic Energy (Rosatom) Alexandr Rumyantsev to discuss a possible U.S.-Russian joint statement on counter terrorism and preve [...]
2005-02-14 06:12:00Embassy ParisSECRETENRG PTER KNNP RU
05PARIS901FRENCH PRESIDENT CHIRAC PLEASED WITH U.S.-
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, 2005, the USEP Space Attache/NASA European Representative (NER) joined a European Space Agency (ESA) delegation to brief French President Jacques Chirac on the successful deployment of the European Huygens probe on the surface of the Saturn moon, Titan. Chirac wa [...]
2005-02-14 10:41:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA PREL FR
05PARIS904MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS
[...] IRAQ - ELECTION RESULTS 2. MUNICH SUMMIT - NATO - IRAN 3. TOGO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF STORIES ARE FEATURED IN TODAY'S EDITORIALS, INCLUDING DEVELOPMENTS IN TOGO (LE FIGARO),BUT THE IRAQI ELECTION RESULTS MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO: "THE SHIITES [...]
2005-02-14 10:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS908PUBLIC AFFAIRS OVERVIEW OF SECSTATE VISIT TO PARIS
[...] Summary: Three dominant views emerged in the French media from a plethora of reaction to the Secretary's visit to Europe. Coverage of the Secretary's visit to Paris was extensive, and its tenor was quite warm, especially when contrasted with the Iraq-inspired chill in American-French relati [...]
2005-02-14 11:06:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC OIIP FR
05PARIS920IRAN-EU3: FRENCH RESPONSE TO U/S BOLTON'S LETTERS
[...] (C) Late on 11 February, French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye's office provided us with an advance copy of Laboulaye's response to U/S Bolton on the issue of Iranian violations of the November EU3 agreement with Iran. We were told a hard copy would follow under cover of diploma [...]
2005-02-14 15:17:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM FR
05PARIS938MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK KYOTO
[...] LEBANON BOMBING ATTACK 2. KYOTO PROTOCOL 3. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO MIGHT BE BEHIND THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI DOMINATE TODAY'S EDITORIALS AND FRONT PAGES. RADIO COMMENTATOR BERNARD GUETTA ECHOES MOST EDITORIALISTS WHEN HE TITLES HIS COMMENTARY: "SYRIA'S [...]
2005-02-15 11:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS952TOGO: FRENCH SUPPORTERS OF EYADEMA INVOLVED IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reftel notes the current involvement of two French figures in the succession controversy following Togolese President Eyadema's death, Charles Debbasch and Michel Scarbonchi. Both are well-known longtime supporters and advisors of the former President, and both have had recent [...]
2005-02-15 14:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PINR TO FR
05PARIS953GOF CONDEMNS HARIRI ASSASSINATION, CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Summary and comment: GoF officials reacted with shock and indignation to the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri February 14, with President Chirac calling for an international investigation to establish responsibility and punish the perpetrators. FM Barnier described the bo [...]
2005-02-15 15:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL LE SY FR
05PARIS963BIE: NEW PITCH FOR U.S. TO REJOIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Wu Jianmin, the President of the International Exhibitions Bureau (or BIE, the organization responsible for organizing World's Fairs and other global exhibitions) has requested that the USG reconsider its 2002 withdrawal from the organization. He said that within the past six [...]
2005-02-15 17:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP AORC FR
05PARIS964FRENCH DELAYING TACTICS ON EU DESIGNATION OF
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Despite multiple appeals from the U.S. and Israel, the GoF appears likely to seek a delay in EU designation of Hizballah as a terrorist organization at the EU Clearinghouse meetings February 16. The chief GoF preoccupation appears to be the perceived complicating effe [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC EFIN LE SY FR EUN
05PARIS965FRENCH SUPPORT FOR HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-15 18:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL HA XL FR UNSC
05PARIS974FRENCH OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORREL AFFAIR, WIDOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for East Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard informed us on February 14 that Djibouti FM Farah's health was recovering following his stroke but that he would remain hospitalized for several weeks and would not be able to meet with FM Barnier on February 17 as ear [...]
2005-02-16 10:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL DJ FR
05PARIS985MEDIA REACTION REPORT - LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF
[...] LEBANON: ASSASSINATION OF HARIRI - SYRIA 2. KYOTO 3. U.S - EUROPEAN RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: EXECUTIVE LIFE IS TODAY'S TOP HEADLINE STORY, WITH LE FIGARO, LA TRIBUNE AND LES ECHOS REPORTING THAT FRANCE IS READY TO PAY THE CALIFORNIA INSURANCE COMMISSION BETWEEN 525 AND 600 MIL [...]
2005-02-16 13:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS987 OECD TECHNICAL WORKSHOP ON TRADE AND
[...] On February 7, 2005, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) held a technical workshop intended to seek advice from outside experts on its draft report on trade and structural adjustment. The paper is to be completed in time for the OECD Ministerial Council Meeting [...]
2005-02-16 14:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD XG XT ZM ECON EFIN
05PARIS993FRANCE ON U.S. VENEZUELAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Venezuelan Desk Officer Hedi Picquart on February 16. Picquart did not have an immediate formal response to U.S. concerns about Russian weapons sales to Venezuela, but indicated that he would pass our points to French embassies in Moscow, Caracas, and B [...]
2005-02-16 15:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL FR VE CO
05PORTAUPRINCE3136Haiti: 2006 Investment Climate Statement
[...] Per reftel, post submits the following 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Haiti. Openness to Foreign Investment - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. Haiti's openness to foreign investment is codified in its laws. Officials at the highest level have affirmed the Government of Haiti's in [...]
2005-12-28 20:27:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EFIN ECON EINV ELAB PGOV HA OPIC USTR
05PRAGUE1455IRAQ PRESIDENT JALAL TALABANI'S VISIT TO CZECH
[...] (C) Summary. Iraqi President Talabani's visit to Prague focused on symbolism and achieved little in the way of concrete improvements to the robust Czech-Iraqi relations. The GOCR promised to continue supporting transition efforts, and will take steps to increase business ties. Negotiations [...]
2005-10-12 13:15:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ETRD EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1608CZECH RESPONSES TO OECD SECGEN SELECTION, ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoff met November 10 with Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Multilateral Economic Relations Deputy Director Pavel Klima to deliver reftel A and B demarches. Klima said that during the July 21 Polish state visit, the Prime Minister signaled GOCR support former Po [...]
2005-11-10 18:07:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EFIN EZ EINV
05PRAGUE1680CZECH PM ANNOUNCES HIS OWN KOSOVO POLICY
[...] (U) Following a November visit to the Balkans, Czech PM Jiri Paroubek made the surprise announcement that the best solution to Kosovo's status would be a separation along ethnic lines. Paroubek floated the idea in a press interview on his return from the November 18-21 visit to the region. He [...]
2005-12-05 11:58:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL YI EZ
05PRAGUE213NEW EC DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL
[...] (U) Post offers the following background and biographical information on Karel Kovanda, the current Czech Ambassador at NATO, who was appointed February 9 as European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations. Kovanda will replace Fernando Velenzuela Marzo. His portfolio will [...]
2005-02-14 16:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR EZ EUN
05PRAGUE659MTAG: SYRIA'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING CNC
[...] (S) Czech officials responsible for non-proliferation issues told poloff May 4th that the machine which is the subject of reftel was never exported to Syria. Poloff was shown a copy of the MTCR denial notification, MI-CZ-05-001, dated January 12, 2005. The notification was sent to appropriat [...]
2005-05-04 15:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETETTC PARM PREL MNUC SY EZ MTCR
05PRAGUE68 CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Post's updated investment climate statement for 2005 follows para 2. 2. THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE Maintaining an open investment climate has been a key element of the Czech Republic's transition from a Communist, centrally planned economy to a functioning market economy. The Czech Republic [...]
2005-01-13 07:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KTDB EZ OPIC USTR
05PRAGUE744CZECH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNESCO CONVENTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 09:20:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EZ SCUL UNESCO
05PRAGUE814EXPELLED CZECH POLITICIAN SAYS CUBA UNDERESTIMATED
[...] (C) Summary. On May 25, we met with Czech Senator Karel Schwarzenberg, who was one of the European politicians deported from Cuba during last week's opposition gathering in Havana (see reftel). Schwarzenberg who did have an opportunity to meet with some dissidents prior to his expulsion, st [...]
2005-05-27 11:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EZ CU EUN
05PRETORIA1054 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - February Manufacturing Trade Indicators Improve S [...]
2005-03-11 13:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1160 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Major Revisions for ICT Charter?; - Secondary Ta [...]
2005-03-18 11:17:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1220 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - New Vehicle Exports Increase by 49.5% in February; [...]
2005-03-24 11:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1304 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER April 1 2005 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Ranks High as FDI Destination for Tra [...]
2005-04-01 08:25:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1413 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Unemployment Rates Drop; - Increase in Jobs and [...]
2005-04-08 13:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1469SOUTH AFRICA AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP FOR
[...] (U) Summary: South Africa's Department of Science & Technology (DST) has begun to play a stronger leadership role on research and development (R&D) issues in energy. In the upcoming months, DST will take the lead on key USG- initiated energy initiatives, establish a new National Energy Resear [...]
2005-04-13 11:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KNNP TRGY EAID TSPL SF
05PRETORIA1505 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Surprise Interest Rate Cut; - Manufacturing Grow [...]
2005-04-15 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1506 SOUTH AFRICA'S SURPRISE INTEREST RATE CUT
[...] Summary. On April 14, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced a 50 basis point reduction in its repurchase rate (equivalent to the U.S. federal funds rate) much to the surprise of South African economic analysts. SARB's justifications for reducing rates include lower inflationar [...]
2005-04-15 14:42:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1605 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - International Economic Conditions More Important th [...]
2005-04-22 14:36:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA176 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - November Manufacturing Production Down; - Stats [...]
2005-01-14 09:40:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1766 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Signs of Slowing Manufacturing Activity; - South [...]
2005-05-06 09:09:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1887 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Barclays Deal Only Waits for Shareholder Approval; [...]
2005-05-13 13:24:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA1980 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER May 20 2005 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - ANC to Discuss Relaxation in SA's Labor Market; - [...]
2005-05-20 08:28:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2090 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Inflation Increases Just Under Market Expectations; [...]
2005-05-27 08:19:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2451 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] SUMMARY. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 25 newsletter include: - Interest rate remains unchanged - April manufa [...]
2005-06-23 09:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2492 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Spark of Hope for Stalled U.S.-SACU Free Trade Ta [...]
2005-06-24 15:11:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA270 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Free Electricity to Poor More Expensive than Planne [...]
2005-01-21 09:41:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2701 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Rand, Oil Prices Offset Inflation Good News; - J [...]
2005-07-08 13:05:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2854SOUTH AFRICA INTENSIFIES ENGAGEMENT IN ZIMBABWE;
[...] (C) Summary. Over the last ten days, South Africa has become increasingly concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in Zimbabwe and has intensified its diplomatic activity to find a solution to the crisis. Deputy President Mlambo-Ngcuka traveled to Zimbabwe July 13 and met with Zi [...]
2005-07-19 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA2942 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - BER Predicts 4.2% Economic Growth; - Weak Rand, [...]
2005-07-26 04:53:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA2948MBEKI CONFIRMS SOUTH AFRICA CONSIDERING BAILOUT
[...] (U) Summary. Following a three-day cabinet retreat, President Mbeki confirmed publicly that South Africa was considering lending Zimbabwe funds to pay its IMF arrears. Mbeki said that intense discussions with the Government of Zimbabwe on a bailout had not been concluded, and that some condit [...]
2005-07-26 04:55:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM ECON ZI SF KFIN
05PRETORIA3141CABINET GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO ZIMBABWE LOAN;
[...] (U) The South African Cabinet announced August 3 that it is "open" to providing assistance to Zimbabwe, including "provision of a loan facility in relation to Zimbabwe's obligations to the International Monetary Fund" (full Cabinet statement on Zimbabwe loan at para 5). Government spokesman J [...]
2005-08-05 04:53:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3145 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Recent Inflation Trends Bring Poor Economic Relief; [...]
2005-08-05 09:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3253 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - Gold Strike L [...]
2005-08-12 13:56:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3369 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Treasury Plans to Increase Public Debt; - Wester [...]
2005-08-22 09:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3476 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Leads 2nd Quarter GDP Growth; - Oi [...]
2005-08-26 13:43:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3543SOUTH AFRICA DENIES PAYING ZIMBABWE'S IMF BILL;
[...] (C) Per reftel A, the IMF reported to the USG August 29 that Zimbabwe paid $120 million toward its IMF debt. South African Department of the Treasury officials that Post contacted August 30-31 were unaware of any South Africa payments on behalf of Zimbabwe to the IMF. Zimbabwean Central Bank [...]
2005-08-31 16:29:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3588 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AmEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Money Supply and Credit Growth Discourage Future [...]
2005-09-02 14:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3628GONO SAYS NO ADDITIONAL IMF PAYMENT; SEEKS
[...] (C) Summary: Zimbabwe will not/not make an additional $50 million payment to the IMF before the September 9 Executive Board meeting, according to Zimbabwe Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono. Gono would like to meet with U.S. officials on the margins of his IMF consultations in Washington, but [...]
2005-09-08 15:07:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN KDEM ZI SF
05PRETORIA3657 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Indicator Down in August; - August [...]
2005-09-09 13:49:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA3821 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South Africa Improves in World Bank's Business [...]
2005-09-17 07:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA389 REGULATOR HOLDS HEARINGS FOR PROPOSED VANS
[...] SUMMARY. Telecommunications industry stakeholders attended hearings at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) to comment on proposed VANS regulations. Industry remarks addressed recurring themes such as: what is a value-added network service (VANS); should the VANS [...]
2005-01-28 12:06:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ETRD ECON EINT SF
05PRETORIA3923 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Credit Blacklist Review; - IMF Report on South [...]
2005-09-23 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA394 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Consumer and Producer Inflation Less than [...]
2005-01-28 14:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4003 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Price Inflation Close to Market Expectations; [...]
2005-09-30 12:16:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA4132 South African Economic Growth Still Expanding
[...] Summary. The September 2005 Quarterly Bulletin describes an expanding South African domestic economy, operating at close to its long-term potential. In the second quarter 2005, real GDP growth reached 4.8%, up from the first quarter's growth of 3.5%. Domestic demand's growth in the sec [...]
2005-10-12 07:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA453READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]
2005-02-01 17:13:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05PRETORIA4646SOUTH AFRICA: INPUT FOR THE 2006 NATIONAL TRADE
[...] What follows is post's response for input for the 2006 National Trade Estimates Report as requested in reftel. Per instructions, this has also been sent in Microsoft Word format via electronic mail to William Jackson and Gloria Blue in the Office of the United States Trade Representative. [...]
2005-11-23 04:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG
05PRETORIA515 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Background to the February 9 Monetary Policy Commit [...]
2005-02-04 12:10:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA655 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Keeps Interest Rates Unchanged; - S [...]
2005-02-12 09:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA84 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - IMF Report on South African Investment; - Govern [...]
2005-01-07 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA864 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] SUMMARY. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 18 newsletter include: - President Mbeki's State of the Nation address [...]
2005-02-28 08:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA869 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] SUMMARY. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics in the February 25 newsletter include: - 2005 Budget aims to sustain faster growth - Pu [...]
2005-02-28 09:02:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05PRETORIA949 SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] Summary. Each week, AMEmbassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - January Trade Deficit Widens; - Mboweni Comments [...]
2005-03-04 10:58:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
05QUEBEC46QUEBEC IMMIGRATION POLICY AT A CROSSROADS?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 20:40:00Consulate QuebecCONFIDENTIALSOCI SMIG PGOV PREL EFIN ECON CA MO AG TS
05QUITO2193BACKGROUND ON NEW ECUADORIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] Summary: (SBU) Francisco Carrion Mena, who has been tapped to replace Foreign Minister Antonio Parra, comes to the job with a history of leftist leanings, but with a solid background as a career diplomat and a good relationship with the United States. Carrion, the current ambassador to Spain, [...]
2005-09-23 22:30:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR EC
05QUITO2499GOE REJECTS IRANIAN REMARKS, CONSIDERING STATEMENT
[...] PolChief, British DCM Peter Evans, and PolOff delivered RefTel points on November 1 to Ambassadors Rafael Veintimilla and Marco Samaniego of MFA Bilateral Relations, requesting that the GOE publicly reject President Ahmadi-Nejad's call to "wipe Israel off the map." Veintimilla said that the GO [...]
2005-11-04 14:37:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL EC
05QUITO2852ECUADOR 2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-15 16:01:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAGR EC FTA
05QUITO856DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO
[...] PolOff delivered reftel points via Diplomatic Note on August 14 to Dack Martinez of the MFA's Office of Special Organizations. In a meeting on April 18, Martinez told PolOff that Ecuador, along with GRULAC, would oppose as improper the EU member states proposal to grant European Community en [...]
2005-04-19 20:41:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL AORC SCUL EC
05RABAT1061MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] A flurry of construction near key Morocco-Algeria border points is leading to speculation that the border will be opened as early as the end of May. Algerian Minister of Agriculture Said Barkat paid an official visit to Morocco last month, visiting Morocco's locust control center in Agadir a [...]
2005-05-19 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON PBTS EPET ENRG ELTN MO MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
05RABAT1070KING MOHAMMED VI LAUNCHES MAJOR ECONOMIC GROWTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nationally televised address on May 18, King Mohammed VI announced a major government initiative to combat poverty, create jobs, improve infrastructure, and open the Moroccan economy. The speech's timing -- almost to the day of the second anniversary of the May 16, 2003 [...]
2005-05-19 16:12:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KMCA KMPI ELAB EAID MO
05RABAT1072MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Returns: Emboffs were pleased to greet the freshly groomed and chastened Norwegian ambassador, Arne Aasheim, at Norway's National Day reception on May 17. Aasheim returned to Morocco on May 15 after being recalled to Oslo on May 4 to clarify public remarks on the We [...]
2005-05-20 12:18:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KMPI PREL PHUM MO MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
05RABAT1136MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...]
2005-06-01 16:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO
05RABAT1250GEEKS AND GEEZERS: MOROCCO'S GENERATIONAL DIVIDE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new generation of Moroccan leaders is emerging, characterized by their formative Anglo-Saxon experiences, entrepreneurial and pro-American outlook, high levels of education and technical skills, and strong, well-informed political opinions. They are eager, even impatient, to bo [...]
2005-06-15 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV KMPI MO
05RABAT1690MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised fuel prices by five percent on August 7 in a move designed to lower the government's fuel subsidy burden. Premium grade gasoline now costs $1.15 per liter, diesel fuel $0.90, and industrial fuel $0.30. The GOM said the increase - the second in just thr [...]
2005-08-11 12:49:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ELAB EAID EFIN EPET SENV EWWT MO
05RABAT1693 FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE SEA: MOROCCO'S PLAN AZUR
[...] Summary: The principal strategy for meeting the goal of Morocco's "Vision 2010" is the development of six beach resorts under the $5.2 billion Plan Azur. Vision 2010 was an agreement established in 2001 between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the private sector to focus on tourism as a [...]
2005-08-11 15:01:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV EAIR MO
05RABAT1702MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Table of Contents - King Mohammed VI Presents Vision for African Development - Spanish Foreign Minister Visits Morocco - Polisario Invites Spanish NGOs to Western Sahara - Europe to Send Humanitarian Aid to S [...]
2005-08-12 18:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR PHUM MO
05RABAT1752MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Through a series of messages addressed to world leaders, King Mohammed expressed his satisfaction with the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, according to official Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). The King called Palestinian President Abbas on August 16 t [...]
2005-08-19 15:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05RABAT1809MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]
2005-08-26 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO
05RABAT1842THE KING'S ROYAL FOUNDATIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN MOROCCAN POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palace's royal foundations occupy a unique position in Morocco's political landscape. Headed by a member of the royal family (often the King),they are autonomous from the government, which allows them freedom of action and funding, but have the ability to closely partner w [...]
2005-09-01 15:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAID KMCA KMPI MO
05RABAT1853DEMOCRACY ASSISTANCE DIALOGUE: ITALIAN NGO SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, Niccolo Figa-Talamanca and Alison Smith, representatives of the Italian NGO "No Peace without Justice" (NPWJ),briefed Poloffs on preparations for the upcoming Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) to be held in Morocco on October 1-3. While Figa-Talamanca and Smi [...]
2005-09-02 17:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM MO
05RABAT2016MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...]
2005-09-23 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO
05RABAT2139MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Ahmed Lahlimi, High Commissioner for Planning announced during an October 4 press briefing on the 2004 census results that the poverty rate in Morocco in 2004 stood at 14.2%, 2.3% lower than in 1994. The census showed improvement in both urban (2.5% decrease) and rural areas (1% decrease). [...]
2005-10-13 16:41:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EWWT PTER KTEX EAGR EAIR ETRD MO SOCI
05RABAT2258MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The Government of Morocco's 2006 appropriation bill forecasts a 5.4 percent growth rate and a two percent inflation rate, with oil at $60 a barrel and an exchange rate of nine Moroccan dirham to one U.S. dollar. Finance Minister Fathallah Oualalou revealed these figures during his presentati [...]
2005-11-02 17:29:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN KCOR KIPR MO
05RABAT2456NARCOTICS: MOI DRUG CZAR HOPES FOR GREATER
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 6 meeting with visiting DEA officials and emboffs to discuss GOM counternarcotics efforts, senior Interior Ministry (MOI) official Khalid Zerouali, Governor-Director of Internatio [...]
2005-12-08 07:38:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR MO
05RABAT24682005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Morocco continues to be a major producer and exporter of cannabis. It produced an estimated 98,000 metric tons of cannabis in 2004, providing for potential cannabis resin (hashish) production of 2,760 metric tons, according to the second joint study on cannabis released in May 2005 by the Un [...]
2005-12-11 17:28:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MO
05RABAT2491MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Moroccan Government unemployment statistics registered 10.9 percent during the third quarter of 2005, up half a percent from the same period one year earlier. The economy created 65,000 jobs in the building and public works sector, and 41,000 in services; but it lost 24,000 jobs in industry [...]
2005-12-14 16:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EAIR SENV SOCI MO
05RABAT2548MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] The flow of American tourists to Morocco has increased through November 2005 by 16 percent in terms of arrivals and by 23 percent in terms of bed-nights, compared to the same period one year earlier. National air carrier Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has also recorded a 23 percent increase in its U. [...]
2005-12-21 16:34:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR EFIN ECPS MO
05RABAT25492005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Morocco is not a regional financial center and the extent of the money laundering problem in Morocco is not known. Morocco remains an important producer and exporter of cannabis, with estimated revenues of $13 billion annually, according to a joint study released in May 2005 by the United Nat [...]
2005-12-21 16:35:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN MO
05RABAT896MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...]
2005-04-29 17:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RIODEJANEIRO1120MINAS GERAIS: THE VIEW FROM BELO HORIZONTE
[...] (U) From September 28-30, Rio Econ/Poloff visited a variety of people in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state, to discuss business investments in the state and the state's aggressive and successful economic plan as well as national and local politics. Abijaodi on international investments [...]
2005-10-11 16:15:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EFIN ETRD BR
05RIODEJANEIRO973 Rio Pol/Econ Roundup July 2005 - I
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-22 10:31:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EMIN ENRG EFIN ECON BR
05RIYADH9142SHI'ITE COUNCIL MEMBER PREDICTS SACKING OF SAUDI
[...] (C) Shi'a activist Jafar Al-Shayeb described efforts to oust Abdullah Al-Khunaizi, Qatif's Shi'a judge, saying that he was not effective as a representative of the community given "new social forces" gaining strength in Qatif. He said that the Shi'a were pleased with the signals from King Ab [...]
2005-12-13 06:55:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KIRF SA
05RIYADH9219COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JANUARY 20-23, 2006
[...] The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia welcomes the visit of Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) Director Ambassador John R. Miller, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor, and G/TIP's Reports Officer for NEA Gayatri Patel, and grants to them country clearance fo [...]
2005-12-14 07:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN OTRA PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9246STREAMLINING PROCEDURES FOR THE STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 13:57:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PGOV SA
05RIYADH9252KSA SUPPORT FOR IRAQI VICTIMS OF TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-14 13:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA IZ
05RIYADH9303MUNICIPAL COUNCILS UPDATE: REMAINING HALF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15, the Saudi press announced that King Abdullah had completed the long delayed process of forming the country's 178 municipal councils. Half of the councils' members, totaling 592 officials in all, were chosen last spring in the Kingdom's first democratic, albeit [...]
2005-12-15 14:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SA
05RIYADH9342CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN
[...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]
2005-12-18 09:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALOVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05RIYADH9366EP BUSINESSWOMEN TAKE FIRST LOOK AT NEW
[...] (U) Summary: Following the trend in Jeddah and Riyadh, the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce elections in early February will be open to women, both as voters and as candidates. As of December 17, out of a total of 44 candidates five are women. December 18th is the last day to register. T [...]
2005-12-18 14:17:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV SCUL KMPI SA
05RIYADH9368TWO ARAMCONS SKEPTICAL ARAMCO CAN MEET 2009
[...] (S/NF) Two Aramco analysts told PolOff and PAO on December 14 that they doubted Aramco would meet its target of increasing sustainable production capacity to 12.5 million barrels per day by the end of 2009. "The projections show pretty much a flat level of output - 9.6, 9.6, 9.6, ..." said o [...]
2005-12-19 09:31:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNEPET EIND PREL PGOV SA OIL
05RIYADH9396SAG REPLACES SHI'ITE JUDGE IN QATIF
[...] (U) EP daily Al-Youm reported on December 18 that a new Shi'ite judge, Sheikh Ghalib Al-Hamad, has succeeded Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khunaizi as Shi'ite judge in Qatif. According to the report, Al-Hamad had been appointed by royal decree two weeks earlier to fill the position that Al-Khunaizi had [...]
2005-12-20 07:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF SA
05RIYADH9401MAYOR PREVIEWS (LIMITED) SCOPE OF QATIF'S
[...] (C) In a meeting with the CG, Khalid Al-Dossari, Mayor of Qatif, said that the primary problem facing his municipality was haphazard development. Qatif, an oasis once composed of close-knit villages and date palm groves, is changing rapidly as the population grows and date farmers sell their [...]
2005-12-20 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9402SAG OFFSETS SHI'A STRENGTH IN ITS APPOINTMENTS TO
[...] (C) Summary: The SAG announced its appointments to municipal councils nationwide, including those of the Eastern Province (EP),on December 14. As expected by many observers, the government used the appointments to balance the Shi'a presence on the councils in Qatif and Al-Hasa: elected mem [...]
2005-12-20 14:21:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SA
05RIYADH9433HASSAN AL-SAFFAR CONTINUES TO DECLINE TO MEET USG
[...] (C) Post has requested a meeting with Shi'ite cleric and leader Hassan Al-Saffar through several intermediaries, principally Salman and Nathir Al-Jishi. Al-Saffar is generally agreed by most of post's interlocutors to be the preeminent leader in the Saudi Shi'a community and the primarily, b [...]
2005-12-21 08:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPREL PGOV SA
05RIYADH9434EP TRIBAL FAMILY FLEXES ITS POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Four brothers from the Al-Dossari family outlined to the CG and Consulate staff their family's business and political enterprises. Yousef, Khalifa, Khalid, and Mohammed Al-Dossari, together with two other brothers, run a company that has expanded from supplying auto parts to managing int [...]
2005-12-21 09:24:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM SA
05RIYADH9469HEAD OF TOP SAUDI UNIVERSITY LEADS THE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: CG John Kincannon and consulate staff met with Dr. Khaled S. Al Sultan, Rector and CEO of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM) on December 17th 2005. Al Sultan discussed current challenges facing the university, the importance of educational exchange, and KFUPM' [...]
2005-12-21 16:03:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALSOCI KMPI PINR SA
05RIYADH9474THE SAUDI STOCK MARKET: VIGNETTES FROM THE EP
[...] (SBU) Mohammed Al-Jassim, a prosperous Dammam businessman whose main commercial interest is as a wholesale trader in air-conditioning products, chooses stocks in the same way that many Saudis do: by buzz. "If someone calls me up and says, 'Hey, have you heard about this stock, it's definitel [...]
2005-12-24 09:29:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV SA
05RIYADH9531NEW PRIVATE UNIVERSITY IN THE EASTERN PROVINCE,
[...] (U) Summary: A new private university in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province is scheduled to open to 600 men and women in the fall of 2006. Funded by donations from private investors, Prince Mohammed University's curriculum, faculty recruitment, and administrative system have been designed and will [...]
2005-12-27 09:58:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALSOCI KMPI SA
05RIYADH9535SAUDI BUSINESSWOMEN ENERGIZED BY LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) Summary: Business and communication professors Kathy Long Holland and Kay Westerfield led four engaging workshops on leadership and entrepreneurship on December 19th and 20th. In cooperation with the Businesswomen's Center at the Eastern Province Chamber of Commerce in Dammam, Holland and [...]
2005-12-28 18:11:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KMPI SA
05RIYADH9568US EDUCATION SPECIALIST REACHES SAUDI TEACHERS AND
[...] (U) Summary: A Specialist Program focused on 'best practices' training for special education teachers in the Eastern Province from Nov. 26th to Dec. 7th 2005. This program influenced the teaching of over 300 students. In cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Special Education Specialist [...]
2005-12-28 14:01:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KMPI SA
05ROME1027 ITALIAN NGO PROPOSES NEW COLLABORATION TO REALIZE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: --------------------------- 2. On March 4, Embassy Economic and Science officers met with an Italian NGO planning a meeting in Venice on May 26- 27, 2005 to explore possible U.S.-Italian-EU-Russian cooperat [...]
2005-03-25 07:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA KSCA IT
05ROME1043ITALIAN CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES APPROVES BILL TO
[...] On March 4, the Chamber of Deputies approved, and sent to the Senate for consideration, the reform of Italy's fragmented financial markets oversight system. The government promised the reform one year ago in the wake of the Parmalat scandal. The current bill addresses conflict of interest b [...]
2005-03-29 08:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
05ROME1450SYRIA: ITALY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Summary. A mid-level Italian MFA official shares our view that we need to continue to maintain pressure on Syria on full compliance with UNSCR 1559. At the same time, Italy still prefers engagement and the MFA is contemplating [...]
2005-04-28 16:58:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME1465REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT
[...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome seconds Embassy Paris' recommendation (reftel) that it would be helpful to have President Bush send an advocacy letter to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in addition to French President Jacques Chirac, in support of General Electric's bid to provide t [...]
2005-04-29 15:00:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETRD BEXP PREL IT FR
05ROME1484IRAQ: ITALIANS LEND SUPPORT TO AMB JONES'
[...] (C) Summary. Senior diplomatic officials told Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones during his April 22 visit to Rome that Italy intends to continue its engagement in stabilization efforts in Iraq. They were optimistic that the current political stalemate, th [...]
2005-05-02 11:48:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME1588Italian Economic Policy and Challenges Under
[...] (SBU) By reluctantly agreeing to resign and form a new Government, PM Berlusconi bought himself and the governing coalition another year to convince Italian voters to re- elect them in 2006. Growing evidence indicates that a weak economy is a leading contributor to public dissatisfaction with [...]
2005-05-09 14:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT EUN KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME1671ITALY ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italian Finance Ministry officials told Embassy Officers that Italy is carefully weighing the various proposals by G8 members and the International Monetary Fund (IMF)/World Bank for debt relief for the poorest countries. Finance Ministry officials hope that a consensus G8 propo [...]
2005-05-16 10:26:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN IT
05ROME1732ITALY ON SYRIA AND LEBANON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Pol MC spoke with Luca Ferrari, MFA Office Director for the Middle East, on May 19 regarding the upcoming PrepCom for the US-EU conference on Iraq. Ferrari said that FM Shara'a had asked Italy whether he could visit Rome May 24 [...]
2005-05-19 14:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IZ IT EUN
05ROME1766(C) REQUEST FOR SECDEF ADVOCACY ON GE PROPULSION OFFER FOR FRENCH-ITALIAN SHIP PROJECT
[...] (C) Action Request: Embassy Rome agrees with Embassy Paris (ref A) that letters that we delivered from Secretaries Rice and Gutierrez to their Italian counterparts were helpful indications of high-level USG interest in General Electric's bid to provide gas tubines for the joint French-Italian [...]
2005-05-23 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETRD PREL IT
05ROME2002ITALY: COMPETITIVENESS AND GROWTH PROGRAM, PART I
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Senate gave final approval May 12 for the first part of the 2005-2008 four billion euro plan to improve Italian competitiveness and implement EU Lisbon agenda reforms. The package will likely be the government's most significant piece of economic legislatio [...]
2005-06-13 12:35:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP
05ROME2011ITALY MAY ESCALATE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras. 1 and 6 below. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUESTED ---------------------------- 2. (C) Italy continues to press to delay the election of the Chairman of the OECD "Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Busin [...]
2005-06-13 18:03:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IT OECD
05ROME2226POVERTY INSURANCE: ROME-BASED AGENCIES AND PERMREPS
[...] Summary: On June 29, 2005, the Italian Committee of the Thomas More Institute hosted a conference at the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on poverty insurance, entitled "Reinsurance: A New Key to Development Aid." French academic Michel Vate was the featured presenter [...]
2005-07-01 13:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV UN FAO
05ROME2456ITALY CONDEMNS SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER BLOCKAGE
[...] (C) Summary. MFA officials agree that Syria's continuing blockage of its borders with Lebanon constitutes economic harassment, but they prefer to abide by a recent EU statement condemning such actions rather than make a separate public declaration. The officials also expressed Italy's disapp [...]
2005-07-22 15:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEG JO PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SY IT
05ROME2919SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY WILL NOT ENGAGE SYRIA AT THE
[...] (C) Summary. Italy will follow its EU partners in not engaging with Syria at the UNGA. Though sharing our concerns about Syrian failure to meet its obligations under UNSCR 1559, Rome, however, still favors engagement over isolation. The Italian MFA believes that at some point the internationa [...]
2005-09-01 16:56:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME2920TERMINATION OF WFP HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN
[...] Summary. World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director (ED) James Morris told us on September 1 that WFP would end assistance to the DPRK. He related that in an August 31st meeting with North Korean Ambassador Choe Taek San, San informed him of his government's plan to terminate internatio [...]
2005-09-01 16:58:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KN AORC PHUM PREL SOCI UN WFP
05ROME3257ITALY AND THE OECD BRIBERY WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) Massimo Leggeri, MFA Deputy-Director General for Multilateral Economic Affairs, called Econcounselor September 23 to ask that she convey to Washington and USOECD, Italy's continuing interest in the Vice-chair position of the OECD Working Group Against Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in [...]
2005-09-29 14:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN IT OECD
05ROME3763IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES
[...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]
2005-11-15 10:22:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05ROME3841OECD SECRETARY GENERAL: ITALY'S RESPONSE
[...] (U) In response to reftel demarche, MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Cooperation and Multilateral Finance Massimo Leggeri November 18 told A/ECMIN and Econoff that the Government of Italy (GOI) has not yet decided whether to support the Mexican or Polish candidate. Leggeri believes t [...]
2005-11-21 17:48:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD
05ROME3855 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...]
2005-11-22 14:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF WFP
05ROME3976AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO HOLDS SPECIAL EVENT DURING
[...] Summary. During the 33rd session of the FAO Conference, FAO hosted a side event on Avian Influenza on November 23rd (septel on the FAO Conference will be issued shortly). The aim was to update the membership on recent developments and the action taken by FAO as well as provide an outline for [...]
2005-12-02 15:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO FAO OIE WHO
05ROME4116ITALIANS RESPOND FOR EGF ON HAITIAN DEPLOYMENT
[...] Following on Rome's initial response (Ref A) to the request for a European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) deployment in advance of the Haitian elections (Ref B),Italy, as current president, has provided a letter to Embassy Rome on behalf of the EGF affirming that the force is not yet fully operation [...]
2005-12-21 12:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL KPKO HA IT EUN
05ROME4125OECD - EXPORT CREDITS; BRIBERY WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) As instructed, EconOff delivered reftel demarche November 15 to Roberto Pecoraio, Director of the Legal Department for SACE, Italy's Export Credit Agency. Pecoraio said in general Italy supported the OECD Secretariat's proposed Action Statement on Measures to Deter Bribery (in granting e [...]
2005-12-21 17:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN IT OECD EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME4182U.S. Terror Victims Accuse Italy of Siding with
[...] Lawyers of the families of three U.S. victims of Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel in 1995 and 1996, to whom a U.S. Court in 2003 awarded USD 523 million in damages against Iran, have accused Italy of siding with Iran in the legal battle to collect damages from Iran's assets here. The lawyers [...]
2005-12-29 17:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV IR IT KPRP ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05ROME574Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors
[...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...]
2005-02-22 09:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
05ROME878SYRIA/LEBANON: ITALY GETS OFF THE FENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italian MFA officials agreed to forward our "strong and important" message on the April 6 visit of Syrian FM Shara'a to Rome to FM Fini, who will make the decision. One official argued, though, that it is in the United States' broader interest to have the meeting take place in ord [...]
2005-03-15 17:05:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKTFN PREL SY LE IT EUN
05ROME897ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN SHARES INSIGHTS ON
[...] (C) Summary. Italy's Ambassador to Iran believes that most Iranians favor better relations with the United States, but at the same time support Iran's efforts to obtain nuclear capabilities. The upcoming Presidential elections could help resolve this dilemma by offering prospects, if Rafsanjan [...]
2005-03-16 15:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM PREL TRGY MNUC IR IT IAEA
05SANAA1282YEMEN HUNT LOOKING FOR DEAL ON BLOCK 18 EXTENSION,
[...] (C) Summary. On May 7, Ambassador met with representatives of Yemen Hunt to discuss developments in the ongoing drama of the Block 18 extension (reftel). The ROYG officially confirmed the cancellation of its agreement with Hunt, endorsing Parliament's decision to explore a more profitable ar [...]
2005-05-14 13:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1360SHURA LEADER ON HUNT OIL EXTENSION, AL-HOUTHI AND
[...] (C) Summary: On May 17 Ambassador met with Shura Council Chairman Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani. Discussions centered on the canceled Hunt Oil extension for Block 18, ongoing violence in Saada, and the controversial draft press law. On the Hunt extension (ref A),Ghani expressed optimism that a deal [...]
2005-05-24 13:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM ENERGY
05SANAA1511SEARCH FOR BLOCK 18 SOLUTION: HUNT ASKS AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 3 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. Tensions continue to mount over Block 18 and Yemen Hunt's future in Yemen. On May 24 Ambassador met a group of Hunt executives preparing to litigate in international court for ROYG breach of contract (ref A). [...]
2005-06-05 08:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1571SALEH ON HUNT OIL DISPUTE, 2006 ELECTIONS, VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on June 9 to encourage the ROYG to resolve its dispute with Hunt Oil. He highlighted for the President the many potential negative effects for Yemen if the headline American company in the country took the ROYG to the International Public Court [...]
2005-06-11 14:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1597HUNT OIL READY TO SUE ROYG IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. Neither side is backing down in the dispute between headline American company Hunt Oil and the ROYG over the cancellation of Hunt's five-year extension to operate lucrative block 18 in Maarib. Ambassador briefed Yemen Hunt head Wyndell Caveness following his meeting with Presiden [...]
2005-06-15 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID EPET KMCA KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1696SALEH SHARES HIS PLAN FOR IRAQ AND PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador June 19 to pass his advice to the U.S. on how to solve the insurgency in Iraq and advance the Middle East peace process. As the U.S. will not be able to send a Washington envoy to Sanaa for the June 28-30 Organization of the Islamic Conference [...]
2005-06-19 15:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS IZ YM OVIP
05SANAA255INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005
[...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]
2005-02-07 11:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA2767DFM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER KIDNAPPING OF
[...] (C) Summary: On September 13, DFM Mustafa Noman briefed DCM on the recent kidnapping and assault of his close friend, journalist Jamal Amer. Noman also shared his concerns that his perceived support for Amer angered President Saleh, who reportedly encouraged Zindani to publicly attack Noman. [...]
2005-09-17 13:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3187ASSAULT ON TWO JOURNALISTS: NEWEST CASE IN SPATE
[...] (U) Summary: On October 29, Moujeeb Sweileh, a cameraman with the "Al-Arabiya" news channel, and Najib Al-Sharai, from "Al-Akhbariya," were assaulted by ROYG security forces while attempting to cover a strike at a textile factory in Sanaa. The attack is just one of a long string of physical and [...]
2005-11-01 12:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3387 SANAA MEDIA REACTION -- GENERAL ABIZAID VISIT,
[...] ABIZAID VISIT: Yemeni newspapers gave above-the-fold coverage to the two-day visit of Commander-in-Chief General John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command to Yemen. Al-Thawrwa (official government daily) reported that General Abizaid and President Saleh discussed bilateral cooperation in security [...]
2005-11-30 10:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3558DAS GRAY ADDRESSES WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, ROYG
[...] Summary. On December 3 - 5, over 300 government and civil society representatives from across the Middle East participated in a Sanaa-based conference entitled "Women's Rights in the Arab World: From Words to Deeds." Participants discussed a variety of topics, including women's roles in poli [...]
2005-12-21 12:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KWMN YM PHUM
05SANAA966ROYG REJECTS BLOCK 18 EXTENSION: HUNT CONTEMPLATES
[...] (C) Summary. On April 13, Ambassador met with Wyndell Caviness, Vice President and General Manager of Yemen Hunt Oil to discuss the ROYG's rejection of the Block 18 extension. It appears certain that there are no further negotiating options for Hunt and that they have decided to pursue litig [...]
2005-04-18 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANJOSE2199COSTA RICA: UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-20 21:42:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL ETRD CS UNESCO
05SANJOSE2413COSTA RICA SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR SEAT ON
[...] Per Ref A instructions, Post requested the GOCR's support for a seat on the World Heritage Committee via Diplomatic Note in July, 2005. 2. On October 12, Post received Costa Rican Diplomatic Note DGPE/DPM/AC 886/10/05, officially confirming that Costa Rica will support the U.S. bid. 3. [...]
2005-10-14 22:13:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PGOV CS UNESCO
05SANSALVADOR29512005 El Salvador CBI Report for USTR
[...] In response to reftel, please see the following Embassy El Salvador report for USTR on El Salvador's compliance with requirements under the Caribbean Basin Initiative. ----------------------------- Commitment to WTO Obligations ----------------------------- 2. El Salvador has committed [...]
2005-10-31 17:06:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD ES
05SANTODOMINGO1120DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION
[...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...]
2005-03-01 17:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1731DOMINICAN SENATE ACTS ON BOND BILLS; MORE REMAINS
[...] (U) In the evening of March 29, the Dominican Senate unanimously approved all but one of the bond authorizations needed to ensure compliance with the nation,s 2005 budget and the IMF standby accord. The authorization to renegotiate external (sovereign) bonds issued in 2001 and 2003 will now [...]
2005-03-30 19:06:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN DR
05SANTODOMINGO2973UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY NEGOTIATIONS - DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-25 22:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DR SCUL
05SANTODOMINGO3363UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] Embassy delivered reftel demarche twice to the MFA's UN/OAS division, on June 10 and 15. After repeated followup, we were told on June 22 the U.S. views had been communicated to the appropriate authorities. However, as of June 24 the division had no substantive response; Embassy believes th [...]
2005-06-24 19:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO DR
05SANTODOMINGO4210DOMINICAN PROJECTS CONSIDERED BY EXIM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just less than one year after their last visit, Export Import Bank (ExIm) Senior Vice Presidents Jeffrey Miller and John McAdams traveled to Santo Domingo to review debt collection and new projects. Prepared for positive news by optimistic economic reporting in the internation [...]
2005-09-06 20:19:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR ECON EFIN
05SANTODOMINGO4224DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: CENTRAL BANK SAYS NO PRC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 11:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ETTC PREL EFIN XM DR
05SINGAPORE1706Financial Action Task Force Scenesetter:
[...] (SBU) Action request and summary. Singapore is beginning to make some progress in mapping out legal and regulatory changes to implement the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Revised 40 Recommendations on anti-money laundering (AML) and Special 9 Recommendations on countering the financing o [...]
2005-06-01 09:22:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR SN
05SINGAPORE2058SINGAPORE POLITICS: OPENING WINDOWS, SWATTING FLIES
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Technology, social change, and hopes for creativity-driven economic growth engines have pushed Singapore's government to adapt its style, but little has fundamentally changed. From a well-publicized debate on whether to allow casinos to essays calling for political li [...]
2005-07-06 01:50:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SN
05SINGAPORE33242006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT
[...] Below is the draft chapter on Singapore for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report. We assume that, as in the past, Washington agencies will update the trade and investment data in the first three paragraphs of the report. Per reftel instructions, we have emailed the text of the draft repor [...]
2005-11-21 08:49:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD EFIN SN
05SOFIA1280PUTTING OUT BRUSHFIRES: FRANCE AND ISLAMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Through surveillance, arrests and other methods, the GOF prevents or puts out brushfires of Islamic extremism on an almost daily basis, and has been doing so for decades. According to recent press reports, the RG, France's police intelligence service, estimates that 6 million Musli [...]
2005-07-15 16:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BU
05SOFIA1675BULGARIA PUSHING TO RESOLVE IRAQ & SHARED BASES
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Kalfin told Amb. Beyrle September 28 that Bulgaria intends to have selected a follow-on mission in Iraq prior to the October 17 Bush-Purvanov meeting in Washington. He said that Bulgaria wishes to focus on the draft Defense Cooperation Agreement during next week [...]
2005-09-29 16:09:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL BG IZ LY
05SOFIA557SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visit to Sofia comes in the midst of a highly politicized review of Bulgaria's military participation in Iraq. With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June, the government has clearly decided that an Iraq exit strategy must be announced before the campaign season begins. [...]
2005-03-24 10:48:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON LY IZ BU
05STATE149626STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3-10. SUMMARY 2. (S) The Saudis have been aggressive in their public condemnation of the 7/7 London bombings, the murder of the Egyptian diplomat in Baghdad, and the Sharm al-Shaykh attacks. We should urge the Saudis to sustain the public [...]
2005-08-12 15:20:00Secretary of StateSECRETPGOV PTER PREL UK JO GCCC
05TAIPEI1919CROSS-STRAIT ECONOMIC ROUNDUP - FIRST QUARTER
[...] (U) During the first quarter of 2004, EVA Air and China Airlines (CAL) both made progress in establishing air cargo ventures in Mainland China. The airlines also applied for permission to fly through PRC airspace on flights to Europe and other parts of Asia. Taiwan's Investment Commission fi [...]
2005-04-26 07:26:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD EINV EWWT CH TW
05TAIPEI2311BOEING ASKS CHINA AIRLINES TO LAUNCH 747 ADVANCED
[...] (C) Summary: Boeing executives are optimistic that China Airlines will accept its invitation to be a launch customer for the new 747 Advanced model. The proposed package would include CAL's purchase of as many as 24 747 aircraft and the Boeing purchase of much of CAL's Airbus fleet. Recent p [...]
2005-05-26 03:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD TW
05TAIPEI3105USTR TOURS THE HORIZON WITH TAIWAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed USTR Taiwan Director Tim Wineland, accompanied by AIT/T and AIT/W, met with the full range of Taiwan's trade policy players during his first visit to Taipei July 11 and 12. Discussions touched on agricultural trade policy, prospects for passage of telecommunicatio [...]
2005-07-22 06:04:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD TW
05TAIPEI3292TAIWAN: BELATED PROGRESS ON CROSS-
[...] Summary. In an August 3 press conference, Premier Frank Hsieh announced that Taiwan authorities will grant approvals to Taiwan carriers overflying China's airspace, and are willing to negotiate with China on passenger/cargo direct charter flights. Most political parties and companies are happ [...]
2005-08-08 22:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR TW
05TAIPEI4043THE DPP ON THE DEFENSIVE NINE WEEKS BEFORE
[...] (C) Summary: With just nine weeks remaining before Taiwan's December 3 county magistrate/city mayor elections, the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is on the defensive because of criticism over scandals and lackluster government performance. DPP candidates are trying to compensate [...]
2005-09-30 10:09:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV TW
05TEGUCIGALPA1041Scenesetter for CoDel Nelson May 29-30 Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Nelson to Honduras May 29-30. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, over three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There will be national el [...]
2005-05-16 23:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1326MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21,
[...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]
2005-06-21 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1327MEDIA REACTION ON MCC AND G-8, JUNE 20, 2005
[...] On 06/14 the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an op-ed by Juan Mendingo entitled "The true external debt." "It's a good thing that our government got debt forgiveness from Paris Club and now from the G-8, composed of the most powerful nations of the world." "From what [...]
2005-06-22 13:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1470MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, ENEE AND MCC,
[...] On 07/14 the Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo" carried an editorial entitled "Reactions on Debt Forgiveness." "Even though there is still a lot to clarify about real amounts, terms and new debts, the external debt forgiveness has brought hope again to the country and gave it the b [...]
2005-07-15 14:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1720HONDURAS: MACROECONOMIC UPDATE: SIGNS ARE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of July, inflation remains moderate, at 8.6 percent year-on-year, though fuel price increases have led to increases in consumer prices for foodstuffs, lodging, utilities, and transportation. The GOH continues to consult broadly on proposals for applying an estimated USD 212 [...]
2005-08-18 13:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB EAGR PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1727HONDURAS: DRAFT BILATERAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] On August 16, EconChief met with Minister of Finance William Chong Wong and Director of Public Credit Orlando Garner to deliver the draft bilateral debt forgiveness agreement (ref B) based on the Agreed Minute on the Debt Reduction of the Republic of Honduras, signed on May 12, 2005. Copies [...]
2005-08-19 23:40:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON KTIA HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1916HONDURAS REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HONDURAN
[...] This is an action cable for IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. On July 12 Post sent reftel diplomatic note requesting GOH support for the USG candidacy for the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO. Post received vague responses each time the issue was mentioned to the MFA until September 5, w [...]
2005-09-20 22:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05TEGUCIGALPA2086Scenesetter for Secretary Gutierrez Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of Secretary Gutierrez to San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on October 18-20. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, with less than four months remaining in his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries [...]
2005-10-07 20:13:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL ETRD ECON PGOV SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2092HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY'S LETTER ON UNESCO
[...] This is an action cable for IO/UNESCO and IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. PolChief delivered ref A letter from Secretary Rice (under cover letter from the Charge) and demarche/non-paper on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions to Acting Foreign Minister Juan Alberto Lara Bueso the [...]
2005-10-11 14:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05TEGUCIGALPA2109MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11, TERRORISM, AND
[...] On 10/12 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an op-ed by Roger Martinez Miralda entitled "Clash of Civilizations." "The threat of terrorist attacks on the New York subway system last weekend, be they real or not, is a reminder that following the terrible attacks that [...]
2005-10-12 21:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PTER PREL PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2154HONDURAS GIVEN SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S LETTER ON
[...] This is an action cable for IO/T. Please see paragraph 4. 2. Post delivered ref B letter from Secretary Gutierrez (under cover letter from the Charge) on the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Expressions to Minister of Trade and Industry Irving Guerrero on October 14. Post delivered ref A dip [...]
2005-10-20 14:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SCUL SOCI AORC KJUS HO UNESCO UN
05TEGUCIGALPA2182 HONDURAS: $125 MILLION DEBT TO U.S. CANCELLED
[...] SUMMARY: On October 7, the U.S. and Honduras signed a debt reduction agreement cancelling 100 percent ($125m) in loans owed to USG organizations as of March 1, 2005. This effectively eliminated the U.S. share of $1.47 billion owed by the GOH to the Paris Club. Similar bi-lateral agreements n [...]
2005-10-25 20:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTIA ECON HO
05TEGUCIGALPA23Scenesetter for CoDel Weller's January 16-18 Visit
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Weller to Honduras January 16-18. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, almost three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were [...]
2005-01-04 18:57:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA390Scenesetter for CoDel Taylor's February 22-24 Visit
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Taylor to Honduras February 22-24. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were sever [...]
2005-02-17 12:06:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA417HONDURAS: INPUT FOR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: There have been no significant moves in the past year by the GOH to either strengthen or weaken the protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in Honduras. Honduran legislation regarding IPR is largely in compliance with the WTO Agreement on Trade Related Aspect [...]
2005-02-22 20:44:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD HO
05TEGUCIGALPA698Scenesetter for CoDel Kolbe April 14-16 Visit to
[...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the visit of CoDel Kolbe to Honduras April 14-16. Honduran President Ricardo Maduro, three years through his constitutionally-mandated single four-year term, faces a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. However, there were several p [...]
2005-04-01 15:15:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR EAID KJUS HO
05TEGUCIGALPA767 Honduran Public Sector Unions Continue Large Labor
[...] (SBU) Summary: A public employees union labor action that began in mid-March is ongoing and increasingly problematic for the GOH. Approximately 37,000 public employees from various government offices in Tegucigalpa are participating. Public Workers, led by the public employees union ANDEPH, [...]
2005-04-08 22:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SOCI HO
05TELAVIV1021ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria-Iran "Common Front" ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted President Bush as saying at a news conference on Thursday: "If I was the leader of Israel and I listened to some of the statements by the Iranian ayat [...]
2005-02-18 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1058ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-22 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1078ACTING COORDINATOR POPE DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings February 9-12, Israeli officials told Acting Counterterrorism Coordinator William Pope that Hizballah is the GOI's top CT priority. They requested USG assistance to convince President Chirac that the group should be placed on the EU's list of terrorist org [...]
2005-02-23 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KPAL KWBG IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV1080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-23 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-24 12:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1125ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Maariv bannered, an "inciting gathering" held last night in Jerusalem by the "hard-core, extremist opponents to disengagement" (according to Ha' [...]
2005-02-25 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1171ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]
2005-02-28 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1192ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1237ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Lebanese-Syrian Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media cited, and Ha'aretz bannered, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's comment to ABC News in London Tuesday: "There is evidence that Islamic Jihad, headquarter [...]
2005-03-02 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1267ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the IDF's expectation that the PA will act soon to replace the senior echelon in the PA's security services in the West Bank. The newspaper [...]
2005-03-03 12:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1289ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-04 11:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syrian-Lebanese Track 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Jerusalem Post cited President Bush's weekly radio address, in which he hailed recent moves toward democracy in the Middle East. Ha'aretz reported that Sharon [...]
2005-03-07 13:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1352ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz are supposed to sign an agreement tonight regarding the transfer of se [...]
2005-03-08 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1397ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-09 13:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1419ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...]
2005-03-10 11:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1446ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that associates of PM Sharon ordered five different public opinion polls to try to predict the results of elections held after a p [...]
2005-03-11 12:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1513ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...]
2005-03-14 12:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1548ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "The start of a new relationship" Senior Arab Affairs op-ed writer Zvi Bar'El wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz : "The gathering of the Palestinian factions and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo... not in a crisis, but in an agreement that was well-known in advan [...]
2005-03-18 13:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1637ISRAEL AT THE CENTER OF MAJOR MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (U) Summary: Recently, Israel has been the nexus of several high profile money laundering cases. The cases illustrate a continuing need for effective bank supervision and the ongoing level of money laundering associated with criminal activity. On March 6, The International Crimes Unit (ICU [...]
2005-03-18 15:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN ECONOMY AND FINANCE COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV1683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams, who holds the "Israeli-Palestinian portfolio" in the White House, and David Welch, the "head of the [...]
2005-03-21 11:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1720ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported, and most of them bannered, disengagement-related political moves. In yet another apparent defeat for PM Sharon, the Likud faction Monday adopted a comp [...]
2005-03-22 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1759ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and West Bank Disengagement Plan 2. Global War On Terrorism 3. Israel-China Arms Deals ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that last night the state budget bill passed the hurdle of the Knesset's Finance Comm [...]
2005-03-23 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1805ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 12:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1840ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-25 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1870ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Chad Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to report on the upcoming Knesset votes on the issues of a popular referendum, which is not likely to be adopted even if Shas party mentor Rabbi Ovadia [...]
2005-03-28 13:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1910ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1938ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 10:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV199ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-11 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2000ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Arab Summit ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz elaborates on the expanding rift in the PA. Using harsh words, Farouk Kaddoumi, one of the founders of the Fatah movement that Abbas now heads, attacked the PA chairman in a [...]
2005-04-01 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2045ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]
2005-04-04 11:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2087ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In disengagement related stories, Maariv reported that a broad meeting was held at the Prime Minister's bureau yesterday on settlers' relocation, in which Sharon called on the p [...]
2005-04-05 12:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2120ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-06 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2145ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-07 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2185ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...]
2005-04-08 10:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2212ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]
2005-04-11 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]
2005-01-12 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2262ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media extensively covered the Bush-Sharon Crawford meeting, focusing mainly in the differences between the two positions. Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Shar [...]
2005-04-12 13:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. U.S.-China-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon presented President Bush with the latest Israeli intelligence assessments of Iran's nuclear weapons prog [...]
2005-04-13 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2323ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...]
2005-04-14 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2376ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]
2005-04-15 10:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2441ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 15:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV245ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...]
2005-01-13 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2469ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-20 10:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2528ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-22 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2532MEPP ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: RENEWED
[...] (C) Summary: NEA Senior S&T Advisor Charles Lawson discussed renewed Japanese interest in leading the Multilateral Peace Process Environment Working Group with Japanese DCM, GOI Minister of Environment, and GOI MFA Director for Multilateral Peace Talks Coordination. Lawson suggested re-engag [...]
2005-04-22 13:03:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALSENV PREL EAID KPAL IS JA ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV2615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted security sources as saying that Israel will hand over Qalqilya to PA security responsibility next week if the [...]
2005-04-27 10:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2642ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that 40,000 to 90,000 people, depending on the sources, attended [...]
2005-04-28 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2667ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Vladimir Putin's Visit to Israel, April 27-28 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted President Bush as saying at a press conference Thursday: "We're working closely with the Russians [...]
2005-04-29 11:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV271ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that six Israeli civilians were killed and five others were wounded in a combined double su [...]
2005-01-14 12:06:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2719ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...]
2005-05-02 09:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2777ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with various aspects of the disengagement plan. Ha'aretz (banner) and other media quoted Justice Minister Tzipi Livni as saying Tues [...]
2005-05-04 09:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2809ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. NPT Review Conference May 2-27 New York 3. May 5 UK Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the PA has informed the Israeli defense establishment that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas has [...]
2005-05-05 10:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2841ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-06 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2874ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]
2005-05-09 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2921ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. President Bush Visits Latvia, Russia, Netherlands, Georgia (May 6-10) ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In separate interviews broadcast last night on Israel TV, Channel 2-TV, and Channel 10-TV, Shar [...]
2005-05-10 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV294ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...]
2005-01-18 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 10:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2988ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-13 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3001ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]
2005-05-16 14:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3011ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the blocking of 40 main junctions across the country by disengagement opponents Monday afternoon. Up t [...]
2005-05-17 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]
2005-05-18 10:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3057ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-19 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]
2005-05-20 11:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3121ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 13:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]
2005-05-24 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3167ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]
2005-05-25 11:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3189ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]
2005-05-26 10:41:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV321ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. President Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that last night, a Shin Bet agent was killed and seven other security personnel were wounded when a suicide bomber from Hamas blew himself up at t [...]
2005-01-19 10:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3222ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-27 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]
2005-06-01 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3399ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]
2005-06-02 12:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3415ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 13:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3467ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 10:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV348ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect for Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the diplomatic-security cabinet decided on Wednesday to give PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a few days to take action to st [...]
2005-01-20 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3517ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3520SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: TURNING OF THE TIDE?
[...] Summary: A series of interviews on the disengagement plan conducted by feature writer Ari Shavit has captured the attention of leading opinion makers in the Israeli media for the past week. While those on the right criticize the initiative as a "national disaster" and those on the left as the [...]
2005-06-07 14:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3538ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-08 10:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-09 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3620ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Time to Cut" Senior columnist and longtime dove Yoel Marcus wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (June 10): "The psychological warfare and scare tactics [used by the settlers] have produced a drop in public support, from 65 percent to less than 50 percent. The frightening scenarios [...]
2005-06-10 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3682ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz Sunday reported that the U.S.-Israeli security exports crisis is deepening. The paper noted that Washington has ordered Israel to increase its control [...]
2005-06-14 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]
2005-01-21 11:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S. Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Deputy Chief of Staff Moshe Kaplinsky clarified to Palestinian Deputy Interior Minister Jamal Abu Zayd Tuesday that there will be n [...]
2005-06-15 11:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3783ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-17 11:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV379FM DEFENDS BREAK WITH PA, DENOUNCES IRAN AND SYRIA
[...] (C) Summary: At a political/diplomatic briefing for foreign ambassadors, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom defended Prime Minister Sharon's decision to suspend contacts with the Palestinian Authority until the PA takes action against terrorist infrastructure in the territories. Shalom said that [...]
2005-01-21 14:53:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALIS KPAL PREL GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV3844ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank June 18-19 2. Mideast 3. Lebanon: Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas will meet at Sharon's Jerusalem residence [...]
2005-06-20 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3892004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-01-24 08:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3899ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]
2005-06-22 21:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]
2005-01-24 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3951ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-23 11:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3970ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Africa: International Aid ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Jerusalem Post, led with a leaked report that the IDF and police have decided to raid the Maoz Hayam Hotel in the Gaza Strip settlement o [...]
2005-06-24 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4030ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Iran: Presidential Election 3. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that during her visit to Jerusalem last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric [...]
2005-06-27 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4053ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Disengagement 2. Iran 3. U.S. - Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Disengagement issues: Yediot quoted Gush Katif settlers as saying that the extremists that are confronting soldiers and causing trouble do not represent t [...]
2005-06-28 09:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4097ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]
2005-06-29 10:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4119ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored unrest involving settlers and pro- settler demonstrators on Wednesday, including road blockages throughout the country, during which at least five po [...]
2005-06-30 10:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4142ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]
2005-07-01 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4169ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track 3. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that a joint session of the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee and of the Knesset's Constitution, Law, an [...]
2005-07-05 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV417ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom will meet with Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice tomorrow. All media reported on Monday's "historic" UN [...]
2005-01-25 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4203ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview with the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat that he will meet with PM Sharon before the dis [...]
2005-07-06 10:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4238ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. G-8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At midday, Israel Radio reported on a series of explosions in London, and that Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was supposed to participate in a conference [...]
2005-07-07 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4255ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]
2005-07-08 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4265SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA:
[...] Summary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a temporary IDF closure of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, anti- disengagement roadblocks throughout the country, and the first case of a "conscientious objector," Israeli media comm [...]
2005-07-08 14:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4277ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that a delegation of senior Israeli officials that left for Washington over the weekend will ask the U.S. government this evening for s [...]
2005-07-11 10:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV43ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-04 12:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4304ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]
2005-07-12 11:51:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4329ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 11:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's decision to seal off the Gaza Strip to non- resident Israelis through the disengagement move dominates the media, some of which report on scuffles between [...]
2005-07-14 13:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4387ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]
2005-07-15 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4420ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 05:11:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4472ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]
2005-07-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4508ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 09:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4564ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 09:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4603ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank 2. July 21 London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that at mid-day today, following her meeting with PM Sharon at his Sycamore Ranch, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice r [...]
2005-07-22 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]
2005-07-27 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4678ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz was quoted as saying, in a bannered interview with Yediot, that Israel will pull out from the Philadelphi route by the Jewish New Year (earl [...]
2005-07-27 10:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4711ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major newspapers, except Yediot, led with PM Sharon's ongoing cordial visit to France. Maariv bannered: "Embrace From France." Ha'aretz and Israel Radi [...]
2005-07-28 12:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4727ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]
2005-07-29 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4749ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israeli Relations 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz (Sunday) and Israel Radio reported that senior Israeli officials Dov Weisglass and [...]
2005-08-01 12:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4770ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]
2005-08-02 11:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4791ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that tens of thousands of right-wing activists participated in Tuesday's anti-disengagement [...]
2005-08-03 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4799SHARON AND CHIRAC'S PARIS HONEYMOON: DOWNPLAYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 2 meeting, French Charge d'Affaires Christophe Bigot told the DCM that Prime Minister Sharon and French President Jacques Chirac agreed in advance to downplay their differences on peace-process issues and instead focus on enhancing bilateral relations during Sharon' [...]
2005-08-03 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MNUC FR IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV4815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]
2005-08-04 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV482ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]
2005-01-27 11:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4859SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RELIGIOUS ZIONISM VS. THE STATE
[...] Summary: With disengagement slated to begin less than two weeks from now, it seems most Gaza settlers have grasped that, be it voluntarily or by force, they will soon be effectively "disengaged" from their Gaza Strip homes. The goal, therefore, of the anti-disengagement campaign has shifted [...]
2005-08-05 14:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4877ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]
2005-08-08 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4896ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror 3. Iran: Nuclear Program 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banners in Ha'aretz and Yediot, and Hatzofe -- "Deportation Order") reported that, according to a [...]
2005-08-09 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4930ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with disengagement-related developments. Ha'aretz highlighted the collecting of army-issued weapons in Sa-Nur and Homesh, two of the northern West Ba [...]
2005-08-10 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4950ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on mass anti-disengagement prayers held next to Jerusalem's Western (Wailing) Wall on Wednesday, which were attended by 70,000 to 100,000 pro [...]
2005-08-11 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV499ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will leave next week for a tour of Europe and the Middle East, which will include nine countrie [...]
2005-01-28 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5002ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...]
2005-08-12 11:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5034EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-15 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5054ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 10:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]
2005-08-16 11:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5072SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BUSH DELIVERS MESSAGE
[...] Summary. President Bush granted an exclusive interview to a national Israeli television station on August 11. Using the interview to convey a strong message to the Israeli public, President Bush emphasized U.S. support for Sharon's disengagement plan, spoke about Abbas's handling to date of t [...]
2005-08-16 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR KPAO MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5091ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-17 11:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5113ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-18 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5139ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-19 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5163ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]
2005-08-22 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]
2005-08-23 11:13:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5227ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-24 13:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5253ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Vice PM and Finance Minister Ehud Olmert as saying, after his meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington Wednesday, that the PA must [...]
2005-08-25 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5275ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]
2005-08-26 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5302ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the suicide bombing that occurred outside Beersheva's central bus station on Sunday morning. Two security guards were seriously wounded and 61 other [...]
2005-08-29 10:33:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5319ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel's Leadership ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the Likud has started its process of toppling PM Sharon. The party's Central Committee will vote on September 26 on a proposal to advance the Likud' [...]
2005-08-30 10:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5350ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli Politics 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- At noon today, Israel Radio reported that at least 640 people who participated in a mourning procession in Baghdad [...]
2005-08-31 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5363ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Iraq 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom is holding a meeting in Istanbul with his Pakistani counterpart Mian Kh [...]
2005-09-01 12:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5404ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Meeting of Israeli and Pakistani Foreign Ministers 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on the "historic" meeting between FM Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpa [...]
2005-09-02 11:09:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]
2005-09-06 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on, and Yediot and Maariv bannered, an anti-disengagement rally held opposite the Knesset last night, to demand a national referendum or elections. The event, which gat [...]
2005-01-31 10:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5518ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]
2005-09-07 11:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 10:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5562ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Kurtzer was quoted as saying in a farewell interview broadcast this morning on Israel Radio that the U.S. administration is still wa [...]
2005-09-09 10:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]
2005-09-12 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]
2005-09-14 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5672ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Muslims in European Society 3. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media highlighted the meeting between President Bush and PM Sharon at the UN on Wednesday, following the President's address to the UN Gen [...]
2005-09-15 10:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5706ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech PM Sharon delivered in Hebrew to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The major media focused on Sharon's conciliatory words, as he reached out to the P [...]
2005-09-16 11:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5734ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-19 10:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5742ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]
2005-09-21 08:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5771ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with a comment made by PM Sharon before 150 Likud Central Committee members at his Jerusalem residence last night: "I don't want to [...]
2005-09-21 10:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5794NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S
[...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]
2005-09-21 03:53:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5801ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media continued to lead with issues related to infighting within the Likud. Ha'aretz, Maariv, Jerusalem Post, and this morning's Israel Radio bulletins led with statements by senior m [...]
2005-09-26 07:05:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]
2005-09-26 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5818ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Likud Infighting 2. Gaza Violence ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Ambassador Richard H. Jones as saying this morning, upon presenting his credentials to President Moshe Katsav at the Residence of the President in Jer [...]
2005-09-26 10:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV582ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Under the banner "The Stick and The Carrot," Maariv led with a report that the U.S. administration has conveyed messages to the GOI, according to which a Palestinian state would be establi [...]
2005-02-01 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5853ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's surprise victory at the Likud Central Committee last night. The proposal to move up the party primaries was rejected, 1433 votes to 1329 (5 [...]
2005-09-27 10:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5868ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 11:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5897ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-29 10:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-05 12:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5913ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-30 10:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5945ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-03 11:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5983ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syrian Track 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas are slated to meet on Tuesday, October 11. The meeting was organized under the auspices of [...]
2005-10-06 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6010ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] President Bush's Address to the National Endowment for Democracy 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media (lead story in Hatzofe) reported that, addressing the National Endowment for Democracy [...]
2005-10-07 12:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]
2005-10-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6075ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The three major Hebrew-language newspapers bannered the issue of the fate of the Syrian regime following the "mysterious" suicide of Syrian Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan on Wednesday. Y [...]
2005-10-14 10:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6103ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...]
2005-10-17 11:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6124ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Global Economy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas is expected to demand U.S. intervention in halting Israeli construction and dismantling illegal outposts in the West [...]
2005-10-19 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6146ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-20 08:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6166ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Germany: New Government ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Jerusalem Post) reported on President Bush's meeting with PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas at the Wh [...]
2005-10-21 08:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6177ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that in a letter sent to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministries of Britain, Russia, and th [...]
2005-10-24 09:16:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6186ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-26 08:37:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6197ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-27 12:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6219ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-28 11:20:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6241ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. New Delhi Bombings 4. Libby Affair ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot Washington correspondent Orly Azolai reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has decided to move up the date of her visit to [...]
2005-10-31 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6256ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] UNSC Vote on Syria 2. Iran 3. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media led with PM Sharon's political situation in the Knesset. The media reported that Sharon decided on Monday to postpone a fateful Knesset vote on [...]
2005-11-01 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6270ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]
2005-11-02 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]
2005-11-03 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV631ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman met this morning with PM Sharon, who updated him on current security contacts with the Palestinians and the upcoming Sh [...]
2005-02-02 11:27:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6337ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] 10th Anniversary of Rabin Assassination 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week. The Jerusalem Post led with Defense [...]
2005-11-04 10:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6367ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Paris Riots ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted PM Sharon as saying before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee this morning that Hamas members will not be able to walk free in the streets of Pa [...]
2005-11-07 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6386ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]
2005-11-08 14:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6413ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]
2005-11-09 12:44:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6444ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Muslims in European Society ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that Histadrut Labor Federation Secretary-General, Knesset Member Amir Peretz, defeated Vice Premier [...]
2005-11-10 11:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6468ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-14 12:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-15 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6512ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] "Agreement on Movement and Access" 2. Mideast 3. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (lead stories in Ha'aretz and Yediot) reported on the "Agreement on Movement and Access," which was brokered on Tuesday [...]
2005-11-16 09:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6530ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-17 08:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6545ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Labor vs. Likud 2. Gaza: Management of Border Crossings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with PM Sharon's announcement, expected during the weekend, as to whether he will remain in the Likud or form a new party. Both Yediot [...]
2005-11-18 07:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6586ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 07:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6615ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Upcoming Israeli Elections 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. American Jewry ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the upcoming elections. Leading media reported that President Moshe Katsav announced that he will sign an e [...]
2005-11-23 07:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...]
2005-11-25 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6659ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israel-Hizbullah Clashes 3. Palestinian parliamentary elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that Shimon Peres is considering joining Ariel Sharon, who may offer Peres a future position as "special ambassad [...]
2005-11-28 07:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6683ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report that former Labor Party Chairman Shimon Peres has finalized his decision to leave the Labor Party, Prime Minis [...]
2005-11-29 11:31:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV670ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iraq 3. President Bush State of the Union Address ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot (Shimon Shiffer) quoted a senior Israeli source as saying that Sharon and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will disagree on the d [...]
2005-02-04 11:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]
2005-11-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-04 11:50:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6719ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Israeli elections 3. Iran, nuclear program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media report on Shimon Peres' quitting Labor and political activity and endorsing PM Sharon's Kadima. The Jerusalem Post reports that "former prim [...]
2005-12-01 12:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6743ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media extensively covered remarks made by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the annual editors' convention at Sokolov House in Tel Aviv on Thursday, addressing the major issues concerni [...]
2005-12-02 10:35:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6778ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]
2005-12-05 12:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]
2005-12-07 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV68482005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]
2005-12-08 15:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]
2005-12-09 09:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
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