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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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09BEIJING124MEDIA REACTION: CHINA DIPLOMACY, MADE IN CHINA
[...] CHINA DIPLOMACY a. "Don't always compare China's strengths with the shortcomings of others" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/15): "Recently, people have been comparing the 30 years since the 'opening up' with the 30 years before i [...]
2009-01-15 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1244PRC: DEMARCHE URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE
[...] (C) In response to reftel points requesting that China urge the Government of Burma to release democratic opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, MFA Asian Affairs Department Burma, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen told PolOff May 8 that China hoped that all parties in [...]
2009-05-08 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
09BEIJING1247BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON DPRK, GTMO
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing May 8, French DCM Nicholas Chapuis reported that State Councilor Dai Bingguo told visiting former French President Chirac that the West would not gain from more sanctions on North Korea. Dai reportedly said that "the lever of economic d [...]
2009-05-08 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING1261CHINA/RUSSIA: FM YANG'S VISIT TO MOSCOW REAFFIRMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China and Russia share a common interest in a multi-polar world and "democratization of international relations," but the China-Russia strategic partnership is "not an alliance and not directed at a third country," according to an MFA official. The official said China and Russia [...]
2009-05-11 08:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS AF
09BEIJING1271MEDIA REACTION: GRAIN WEAPON, GLOBALIZATION, A(H1N1),
[...] GRAIN WEAPON "What should China use to defend itself against the American's grain weapons?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/12): "The U.S. is the only country that has bonded grain, energy, finance, military, diplomacy and values [...]
2009-05-12 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1275MAY 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONTINENTAL SHELF, SRI LANKA,
[...] Key points at the May 12 MFA press briefing: -- China has submitted information to the UN on the outer limits of its continental shelf. -- The work of Chinese companies in building a port in Sri Lanka is "a normal business action" and reports that it is otherwise are "distortions" and "gro [...]
2009-05-12 13:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AMED MCAP CH KN
09BEIJING1282MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS, H1N1, RMB CURRENCY
[...] U.S.-IRAN RELATIONS "A positive turn for U.S-Iran relations" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(05/13): "Recently, Iran has released the female American Journalist that it held. The American media felt calm and relief. However, the Obama administration [...]
2009-05-13 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1285MAY 13 TAO PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES, MA'S ONE YEAR MARK,
[...] Key points from the May 13 Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) press briefing: -- Regarding potential U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, the TAO spokesman said China's "consistent" and "clear-cut" policy is that it opposes U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. -- Assessing Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou's first year [...]
2009-05-13 23:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM ECON ETRD CH TW
09BEIJING1294MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, CHINESE ECONOMY, GEITHNER'S VISIT,
[...] TAIWAN "Time the U.S. eschewed its faulty Taiwan policy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (05/14): "Some scholars credit the TRA for the positive developments in Sino-U.S. and cross-Straits ties. This is ridiculous, coming as it does on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. C [...]
2009-05-14 08:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1299MAY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: H1N1, DEFENSE POLICY,
[...] Key points at the May 14 MFA press briefing: -- China continues to work to monitor and contain H1N1 influenza, dismissing as "irresponsible" allegations that the United States and Canada have not taken sufficient measures to contain the virus's spread. -- Regarding press reports of a USG o [...]
2009-05-14 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CH FR AS KN PK BR CA MX
09BEIJING1310MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, H1N1, U.S. POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. radical voice offends China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/15): "Is it possible that the Chinese Intelligence Institute is better than the CIA? It must be the case because, yesterday the U.S. rel [...]
2009-05-15 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1311China's Africa Aid Aims to Achieve
[...] (SBU) Summary. China has a distinct approach to Africa development assistance and is open to exchanging views with the United States. Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) officials provided an overview to Emboffs of their African aid priorities, but skimped on budget and project details. They ack [...]
2009-05-15 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID EINV CH
09BEIJING1314SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Senator Kerry, the Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism of high-level visits. They will want to use your visit to demonstrate that China is deepening links with all parts of the U.S. Government. They will welcome [...]
2009-05-15 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1315SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER PELOSI'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Madame Speaker, your visit to China comes at a significant time. 2009 marks a series of key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of diplomatic relations between our two countries; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; [...]
2009-05-15 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING1330MEDIA REACTION: NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA a. "U.S. puts great emphasis on the nomination of their new Ambassador to China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/18): "Obama personally announced that the Governor from Utah, Jon Huntsman, will be the [...]
2009-05-18 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1333LESSONS FOR S&ED - SWAGGER OVER SUBSTANCE AT 2ND
[...] (C) China used the second High-level Economic Dialogue (HED) with the EU in Brussels May 7-8 to secure a vague commitment to &resist protectionism8 and take a dig at the United States and missed the chance to make substantive concessions on the numerous trade and investment barriers the EU rai [...]
2009-05-18 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EAID ETRD WTRO PREL CH EU
09BEIJING1348CHINA PROTESTS PACOM ADMIRAL KEATING'S REMARKS IN
[...] (C) In a May 18 meeting, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang delivered a formal demarche to the Charge protesting remarks appearing in a Times of India article by Pacific Command (USPACOM) Commander Admiral Keating. Admiral Keating is quoted in the [...]
2009-05-19 09:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CH IN
09BEIJING1353MAY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. AMBASSADOR TO CHINA, BOC
[...] Key points at the May 19 MFA press briefing: -- -- China "hoped the new U.S. Ambassador to China would play a positive role in promoting friendship between the two countries." -- China "welcomed the verdict" convicting two former Bank of China employees who "committed embezzlement and then [...]
2009-05-19 11:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH FR AS KN PK BR IN KS XG BM RS
09BEIJING1361MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, A/H1N1, RUSSIA
[...] ISRAEL "Obama urges Israel to accept this historic opportunity for peace" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao) (05/20): "It was said that Obama's main goal for this meeting was to send a message to Netanyahu demanding that Israel not surprise the U.S. wit [...]
2009-05-20 08:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1376MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, A/H1N1
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Hacking military computers 'not a hack job'" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (05/21): "There is no way hackers - including those from China - can access top-secret data by penetrating the firewalls of military or government networks. The US milita [...]
2009-05-21 08:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1384SINO-INDIAN RELATIONS A MIXED BAG OF TENSIONS,
[...] (C) Chinese academic and Indian diplomatic contacts in recent meetings painted a mixed picture of Sino-Indian ties. Interlocutors cited historic tensions and present disagreements, but also noted that incremental progress had been made. Chinese scholars downplayed the "String of Pearls" strat [...]
2009-05-22 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PBTS PHSA IN NP PK CH
09BEIJING1387TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR
[...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]
2009-05-22 12:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1388PRC/SUDAN: PRC SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR
[...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration, Special Representative for the Chinese Government on Darfur Ambassador Liu Guijin agreed that the United States and China shared common goals in Sudan. Liu added that China hoped that the new U.S. Administration's "con [...]
2009-05-25 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU LY
09BEIJING1389PRC/SUDAN: MFA DG CALLS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for West Asia and North Africa Song Aiguo told Special Envoy for Sudan General Scott Gration May 25 that China sought "comprehensive" ties with Sudan by developing links with authorities in the south but maintaining strong relations with Khartoum. Song urged the internati [...]
2009-05-25 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
09BEIJING1390TIANANMEN: JUNE 4 MEMORIES REMAIN FRESH FOR
[...] (C) Twenty years on, the June 4, 1989 violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators continues to have a powerful impact on Chinese society and politics, despite the fact that the event remains a taboo subject, according to a range of Embassy contacts. The Party has reportedly created a sp [...]
2009-05-25 12:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PROP CH
09BEIJING1391MEDIA REACTION: A (H1-N1),Geithner visit,
[...] A (H1-N1) "America's loose disease control measures arouses global argument" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/22): Quite a number of H1N1 cases have been exported from America. Some developing countries, where there are few confi [...]
2009-05-26 01:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1395MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GEITHNER'S VISIT, PELOSI'S
[...] NORTH KOREA "20 Chinese experts are polled on North Korean nuclear issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/26): "Qing Hua University professor Sun Zhe believes, "North Korea's nuclear test is blackmail in nature. North Korea took [...]
2009-05-26 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1397MAY 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK Nuclear Test, Tiananmen
[...] Key points at the May 26 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese government is "firmly opposed" to North Korea's nuclear test and "strongly urges" the DPRK to honor its commitments, stop moves that edge it closer to isolation, and return to the Six-Party Talks. -- Apologizing for the "political [...]
2009-05-26 11:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH BM TT MY PK KN KS LT NP
09BEIJING1417MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE, A/H1N1
[...] NORTH KOREA a. "North Korea launches two missiles to fight against the Security Council" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(05/27): "The U.N Security Council has expressed its severe opposition and criticism about North Korea's nuclea [...]
2009-05-27 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1424SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES U.S.-CHINA CLIMATE CHANGE COOPERATION ON COPENHAGEN WITH CHINA'S VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH ENRG KHGH SENV
09BEIJING1428CODEL PELOSI MAY 27 MEETING WITH PRC PRESIDENT HU
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting with CODEL Pelosi, Chinese President Hu Jintao noted that China hoped that the developed world would take the lead on climate change by providing financial assistance and technical support to developing countries but admitted the developing countries had a res [...]
2009-05-29 09:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH KN
09BEIJING1429CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH NPC VICE CHAIRMAN LU
[...] (SBU) China "resolutely opposed" the latest North Korean nuclear test and wanted to work with the international community to push North Korea back to the Six Party Talks said National People's Congress Vice Chairman Lu Yongxiang in a meeting with Senator John Kerry on May 26. On climate chan [...]
2009-05-29 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1432CODEL KERRY MEETING WITH PRC NPC FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (SBU) Chinese National People's Congress (NPC) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Li Zhaoxing and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) May 27 both noted multiple avenues for cooperation on climate change at the December 2009 UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen. Twenty-nine pieces of environment [...]
2009-05-29 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG CH KN KS
09BEIJING1433MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, INDIA, CHINA'S SAVINGS RATE,
[...] NORTH KOREA "It is an inferior policy to pressure with a nuclear test" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(05/28): "The recent nuclear tests conducted by the DPRK may become a crucial step in future DPRK issues. [...]
2009-05-29 10:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1440MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER'S VISIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] GEITHNER'S VISIT "Complaint diplomacy should be discarded" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun) (06/01): "Before the visit began, Geithner informed the Chinese media that the first goal of the visit is to inform China about the measures the U.S. will take to deal with [...]
2009-06-01 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1446SPEAKER PELOSI'S MAY 27 MEETING WITH NPC CHAIRMAN
[...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with CODEL Pelosi on May 27, National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo applauded the state of bilateral relations, encouraged greater exchanges between the Congress and the NPC, urged greater U.S.-China collaboration on energy and climate change and [...]
2009-06-02 05:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV
09BEIJING145TAIWAN: HU JINTAO'S DECEMBER 31 SPEECH SETS MORE
[...] (C) In his December 31 speech, President Hu Jintao established a more realistic, flexible and less urgent policy direction on Taiwan, according to Embassy contacts. The speech's purpose is to establish new "guiding principles" that elevate Hu's "Six Points" on Taiwan policy to the level of De [...]
2009-01-16 08:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING146CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]
2009-01-16 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING1463CHINA OBJECTS TO SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION, WANTS MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: China objects to its designation as a Priority Watch List (PWL) country in the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) 2009 Special 301 Report, Department of Treaty and Law Director General Li Ling of China's Ministry of Commerce told visiting USTR officials on May 27. She said that [...]
2009-06-02 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EIND KIPR ECON CH
09BEIJING1464MEDIA REACTION: GEITHNER VISIT, NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] GEITHNER VISIT a. "Geithner explains the prospects of the fiscal deficit; while speaking, he made a concerted effort to speak in Chinese" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/02): "An expert suggests that Geithner's visit is to co [...]
2009-06-02 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1468JUNE 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA RELATIONS, PSI,
[...] Key points at the June 2 MFA press briefing: -- Asked about reports that China canceled official exchanges with North Korea, the spokesperson said that China and North Korea "always have normal people to people exchanges." -- Asked whether China and North Korea remained allies, Qin repeated [...]
2009-06-02 23:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS JP BR
09BEIJING147CHINA'S SEVEN-POINT ROADMAP FOR BILATERAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's January 15 farewell call, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed gratitude for the President's support for strong bilateral relations and asked the Ambassador to deliver a seven-point message to Washington: -- Appreciation for President Bush's pe [...]
2009-01-16 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR EFIN PK IN KN KS TW IR
09BEIJING1474MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING148MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DEPLOMACY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "To create a space for new win-win" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(01/16): "The U.S. -China economic and trade relationship has been developing over the last 30 years. The relationship's growth has exceeded the most optimistic estimation [...]
2009-01-16 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING149REPORTED AZADEGAN DEAL NOT OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED
[...] (U) Citing Iranian media, official Chinese media outlets are reporting that China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) signed a USD 1.76 billion agreement allowing CNPC to develop the North Azadegan oil field. According to the reports, development [...]
2009-01-16 10:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EINV PREL PARM PTER MNUC POL
09BEIJING1492MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST,
[...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO THE MIDDLE EAST "The U.S. lowers its position; this is beneficial for world peace" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/03): "On June 2nd, Obama began his first trip to the Middle East. His major goal is to reach a fr [...]
2009-06-04 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1495JUNE 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY CLINTON'S TIANANMEN
[...] Key points at the June 4 MFA press briefing: -- China calls Secretary Clinton's message on the twentieth anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre "groundless accusations" in contravention of the U.S.-China Joint Communiqus and international norms. China believes the Secreta [...]
2009-06-04 23:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ETRD SENV CH KN KS JP BR IN
09BEIJING150CHINESE NEW YEAR TRAVEL RUSH BEGINS; PRESIDENT HU
[...] (SBU) With China's Lunar New Year travel rush officially underway migrant workers, students and middle-class residents are queuing for hours to snatch up scarce train tickets. Severe ticket shortages, allegedly exacerbated by the hoarding and scalping of railway passes, led Chinese President [...]
2009-01-16 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
09BEIJING1500 CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Minister of Commerce Chen Deming May 31 under the auspices of a National Committee on U.S.- China Relations visit. Chen praised the legislators' work as Co-Chairs of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group. Chen observed tha [...]
2009-06-05 04:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN EAGR ECON PREL MCAP WTRO CH AF
09BEIJING1519MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA, JUNE 4
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. stimulates its economy, China needs to benefit as well" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/05): "Although the American economic stimulus plan limits U.S. government procurements to American-made produc [...]
2009-06-05 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1522Brazilian President Lula's Trip
[...] (SBU) Summary. During President Lula's trip to China, Brazil and China reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen their relationship and finalized China Development Bank's (CDB) $10 billion loan to Petrobras. Details of the deal indicate that China will not acquire stakes in any Brazilian oil [...]
2009-06-08 01:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV EIND PREL EFIN EPET
09BEIJING1523CONGRESSMEN KIRK AND LARSEN'S MEETING WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Summary. Recent economic trends in the U.S. are encouraging and there is no longer a "scare factor" for investors, China Investment Corporation (CIC) (China's sovereign wealth fund) President Guo told Representatives Kirk and Larsen May 31. CIC intends to increase its investments in the [...]
2009-06-08 02:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING1531S/P Slaughter's Talks with MFA, MOFCOM, NDRC, and Academics
[...] (C) In a June 1 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) VM He Yafei, State Department Policy Planning Director Anne-Marie Slaughter discussed the U.S. proposed agenda for the late July first meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SnED),noting differences between the [...]
2009-06-08 07:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC ECON EFIN EAID MNUC PTER JP AF PK KS
09BEIJING1535REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH
09BEIJING1536FRANCE-CHINA TENSION OVER DALAI LAMA, AFRICA ASSISTANCE,
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor Josselin Kalifa and Financial Counselor Pierre Mongrue from the French Embassy in Beijing told Econoffs June 5 that Sino-French relations are on the mend following several months during which China gave France the cold shoulder as punishment for President Sarkozy's Dece [...]
2009-06-08 09:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD PHUM AU CH
09BEIJING1543 CHINA/RUSSIA: CROSS-BORDER TRADE SUFFERS FROM ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China-Russia cross-border trade has dropped noticeably since October 2008, due largely to Russia's economic troubles and a Russian crackdown on Russian shuttle traders, according to Chinese officials in the border town of Suifenhe in Heilongjiang Province. Suifenhe officials ha [...]
2009-06-09 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EIND ETRD CH RS
09BEIJING1546MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. needs China vs. China needs the U.S." The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (06/09): "U.S. officials and economic personnel have frequently visited China. They all have similar attitudes concerning avoiding ag [...]
2009-06-09 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1547CDA AND MFA DG ZHENG ZEGUANG: DPRK, MIL-MIL,
[...] (C) In a June 9 luncheon hosted by the Charge, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang said that senior officials who met with Deputy Secretary Steinberg had been impressed by his seriousness of purpose and by his explanation of the U.S. position on how [...]
2009-06-09 09:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CASC SENV CH
09BEIJING1549JUNE 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CENSORSHIP SOFTWARE, NEW
[...] Key points at the June 9 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped all parties would "proceed from the interests of denuclearization and strengthening peace and stability" on the Korean Peninsula to avoid a deterioration of the situation. -- Asked directly whether the Treaty of Friendship, Coopera [...]
2009-06-09 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KN KS BR GB RS LO
09BEIJING1557MEDIA REACTION: U.S. DIPLOMACY, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. DIPLOMACY "Smart Power, 3Ds, and soft diplomacy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (06/10): "After Obama took office, he successively visited the American States, Europe and the Middle East. In this way, he manifests an obvious difference between himself and [...]
2009-06-10 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1571Secretary Geithner's June 1 Meeting with Vice
[...] (SBU) In a June 1 meeting in Beijing, Vice Premier Wang Qishan told Treasury Secretary Geithner that discussion in the Economic Track of the late July Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) should be strategic, include bilateral and global issues, and neither duplicate nor replace discussions [...]
2009-06-11 05:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING1578MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, GREEN DAM SOFTWARE, EASTERN
[...] NORTH KOREA "U.S. stance on the North Korea issue gets tougher" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(06/11): "Secretary Clinton recently implied that the U.S. will take tough actions against North Korea. Analysts think the tougher stance by the U.S. is related to sub [...]
2009-06-11 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1579JUNE 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CLIMATE CHANGE, GITMO
[...] Key points at the June 11 MFA press briefing: -- The UN Security Council (UNSC) should adopt a "responsible and balanced resolution" to promote the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in the region. -- China had a "positive and responsible attitude" to [...]
2009-06-11 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1586SECRETARY GEITHNER'S MEETING WITH CHINESE
[...] (C) Chinese President Hu Jintao told visiting U.S. Treasury Secretary Geithner June 2 that continuing close contacts between China and the U.S. under the Obama administration are building good momentum in the relationship. He cited his April meeting with President Obama in which the two leade [...]
2009-06-12 08:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP ECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING1587MEDIA REACTION: A/H1N1 VIRUS, TIBET, NORTH KOREA
[...] A/H1N1 VIRUS "Alert level of H1N1 is raised to the highest. This is the first time in 41 years" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/12): "The World Heath Organization is expected to announce that H1N1 is pandemic. This is the fi [...]
2009-06-12 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1589SCO: SECRETARIAT STAFF PREDICT NOT MUCH NEW AT
[...] (C) Contrary to MFA official comments trumpeting the importance of the upcoming SCO summit in Yekaterinburg June 15-16, officials at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat in Beijing downplayed expectations for new developments at the summit in a meeting with PolOff June 12. T [...]
2009-06-12 11:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1596CHINESE HEALTH OFFICIAL: H1N1 QUARANTINES WILL
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: During a June 12 meeting Beijing Health and Human Services (HHS) Attache had with Director General REN Minghui (please protect),head of the Ministry of Health's (MOH) Department of International Cooperation, to discuss other areas of the bilateral health relationship, [...]
2009-06-15 08:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALKFLU KFLO KSAF KPAO AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO PREL
09BEIJING1598MEDIA REACTION: GREEN DAM SOFTWARE, EASTERN TURKISTAN,
[...] GREEN DAM SOFTWARE "Green Dam software; an American company plans to sue over plagiarism" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/15): "Recently, China has fulfilled its promise to open its network. This has received global compliments. [...]
2009-06-15 23:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING160MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, NORTH
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "China could take more initiative when dealing with Obama" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/20): "Recently, American scholars advised Obama to visit China for his first official presidential visit. Although Ob [...]
2009-01-20 09:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1621MEDIA REACTION: GUANTANAMO UYGHURS, NORTH KOREA, IRAN
[...] GUANTANAMO UYGHURS "Eastern Turkistan prisoners want to open a restaurant in Bermuda" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/16): "Recently Western media organizations have reported on every move of the four East Turkistan Prisoners sen [...]
2009-06-16 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1626JUNE 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: USS JOHN MCCAIN, KIM JONG-IL
[...] Key points at the June 16 MFA press briefing: -- China had "taken note" of media reports regarding a June 11th collision between a Chinese submarine and a sonar array trailed by the destroyer USS John McCain. -- The spokesperson said China was "not aware of the relevant situation" when ask [...]
2009-06-16 09:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF CH GJ JA KN KS SENV
09BEIJING1635TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) In the first of Secretary Geithner's June 1-2 meetings with Chinese officials, Minister of Commerce (MOFCOM) Chen Deming said China does not want its trade surplus with the United States to increase, as that would spur purchase of more U.S. Treasury bonds and generate additional U.S. criti [...]
2009-06-17 06:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL OVIP CH
09BEIJING164January 20 MFA Press Briefing: Wen Jiabao Visit to Europe,
[...] Key points at the January 20 MFA Press Briefing: -- Premier Wen Jiabao will visit EU headquarters, Switzerland, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom from January 27-February 2. Wen plans to attend the upcoming World Economic Forum in Davos. -- As President-elect Obama prepares to take offi [...]
2009-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN CH SZ UK SP GM EU TW
09BEIJING1650PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF
[...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...]
2009-06-17 23:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK
09BEIJING1659MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, BRIC SUMMIT,
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and China need to regulate their behavior in the South China Sea" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (06/18): "Technically speaking, the 'intimate contact' between the U.S. de [...]
2009-06-18 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1660PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER GREEN DAM UNLIKELY TO PROMPT
[...] (C) After an initial wave of media criticism, the Communist Party Propaganda Department ordered news outlets to report positively on the government's decision to require that new computers be sold with pre-installed Internet filtering software. Following the order, official media, including th [...]
2009-06-18 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PHUM PGOV CH
09BEIJING1661CHINA/RUSSIA: CHINESE SCHOLAR AND RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Despite China and Russia's public statements about the importance of their strategic partnership, neither country viewed its bilateral relationship as its top foreign policy priority, a Chinese expert on Russia told PolOff June 15. The scholar predicted that the Shanghai Cooperation Organi [...]
2009-06-18 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING1662PRC/IRAN: HU-AHMADINEJAD MEETING; ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official reported that President Hu Jintao told Iranian President Ahmadinejad on the margins of the SCO Summit that Iran needed to show flexibility, take advantage of the opportunity to engage with the United States, and help the international community oppose nuclear prol [...]
2009-06-18 14:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1663JUNE 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SUB COLLISION, GREEN DAM,
[...] Key points at the June 18 MFA press briefing: -- MFA Spokesman Qin Gang stated that China "respected the choice of the Iranian people" in recent elections. -- Despite controversy over the "Green Dam" internet filtering software China had a responsibility to protect Chinese youth from "bad [...]
2009-06-18 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINT CH CN KN KS TX UZ IR IN
09BEIJING1675REPS KIRK-LARSEN MEET VICE PREMIER WANG QISHAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen met with Vice Premier Wang Qishan on May 31 during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Group of the U.S. Congress. Wang observed that, given the size of the U.S. economy, a U.S. recovery would spell recovery for Chi [...]
2009-06-19 08:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL ECIN CH
09BEIJING1677MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S. ECONOMICS, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY
[...] IRAN "Five days in Tehran - The protests will have a hard time influencing Ahmadinejad" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(06/19): "If the protests expand further, Mousavi's support for the protests is not wise. It is a confronta [...]
2009-06-19 08:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1679PRC/SOUTH PACIFIC: INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While Chinese government interlocutors continued to stress the centrality of "non-interference" to China's foreign policy, a Fijian EmbOff told us a new package of Chinese economic assistance to Fiji announced earlier this year arrived just as western sanctions were proving probl [...]
2009-06-19 08:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ETRD CH FI AS NZ
09BEIJING1680PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE
[...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...]
2009-06-19 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF
09BEIJING1693MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE COOPERATION, IRAN, CHINA'S INTERNET
[...] CLIMATE COOPERATION "The trilateral climate meeting between China, the U.S. and Japan will begin in July and climate cooperation will be the key topic" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(06/22): "On June [...]
2009-06-22 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1698PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE
[...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...]
2009-06-22 10:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING1703Congressmen Kirk and Larsen's Roundtables with Chinese,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Congressmen Mark Kirk and Rick Larsen participated in a Chinese Business Roundtable on May 30 and a joint American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC) Roundtable on June 1, during their visit to Beijing as co-chairs of the U.S.-China Working Grou [...]
2009-06-23 08:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EINV ETRD KIPR CH
09BEIJING1704MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, And U.S. POLICY
[...] IRAN "Obama is conflicted concerning Iran" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/23): "Obama maintains restraint when stating his opinion concerning Iran. This restraint reflects that the Obama administration has a far different polit [...]
2009-06-23 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1708MALAY PM IN CHINA: COMMEMORATING 35 YEARS OF
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak's June 2-5 trip focused on the commemoration of 35 years of China-Malaysia relations and resulted in no new substantive initiatives, according to an MFA official and a Malaysian Embassy contact. Though the two sides touched lightly on extant disputes in [...]
2009-06-23 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD MARR MY CH KS
09BEIJING1710JUNE 23 MFA PRESS BREIFING: DPRK VESSEL, H1N1, IRAN
[...] Key points at the June 23 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China was aware of relevant reports of a DPRK vessel transporting munitions but emphasized that any related inspections must abide by the provisions of UNSC 1874. -- Qin asserted [...]
2009-06-23 11:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW TW
09BEIJING174CHINA: VISA DELAYS SET BACK WESTINGHOUSE PROJECT, THREATEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Westinghouse's execution of a multi-billion dollar contract to build nuclear power units in China -- a source of thousands of U.S. jobs -- continues to be hindered by visa processing delays, specifically the 9 weeks currently required for Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion ( [...]
2009-01-21 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA CH
09BEIJING1753MEDIA REACTION: WTO, U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, FEDERAL
[...] WTO "Don't use free trade to force China" English-language daily published by Global Times/Huanqiu Shibao, the international edition of the People's Daily (06/25): "Restricting the export of strategic resources is China's indivisible right. Free trade excuses cannot violate the basic right [...]
2009-06-25 08:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1757JUNE 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GOOGLE, FISHERMEN IN INDONESIA,
[...] Key points at the June 25 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that recently Google was spreading "lewd and vulgar content," and as an internet enterprise operating in China, Google should "earnestly" abide by Chinese law. All punitive measures take [...]
2009-06-25 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS EINT EPET ETRD BM CE
09BEIJING176PROSPECTS FOR SINO-EU RELATIONS IN 2009
[...] (C) Summary: The cancellation of the China-EU Summit, slated for December 1, was the culmination of a year of poor relations between China and France, according to European Embassy contacts. Since France ceded the rotating EU Presidency to the Czech Republic on January 1, however, China has [...]
2009-01-21 09:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KIRF XG EZ CH
09BEIJING1777PRC: MAUNG AYE TOLD TO "ADVANCE DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT;" AUNG SAN SUU KYI NOT DISCUSSED
[...] (C) SPDC Vice-Chairman Maung Aye did not discuss Aung San Suu Kyi with senior Chinese leadership during his June 15-20 visit to China, according to an MFA contact, focusing instead on strengthening bilateral ties. The Chinese urged Burma to advance its "domestic democratic development" and inc [...]
2009-06-29 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAGS BM CH ENRG ETRD PHUM PREL
09BEIJING1778MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS,
[...] CHINA POLICY "China needs to learn to create alliances" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(06/29): "Recently, the U.S. and Europe made a move to file a petition to WTO over China's production and export restricti [...]
2009-06-29 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING178MEDIA REACTION: INAUGURATION, U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] INAUGURATION "People expect the U.S. will walk a new path" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun) (01/21): "A British paper had an article titled 'Great Expectations' concerning Obama's inauguration. The same title is also translated to 'bright future' in Chinese for Ch [...]
2009-01-21 09:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1801MEDIA REACTION: GREEN DAM, U.S. POLICY, U.S. MILITARY,
[...] GREEN DAM "The network is a sensitive zone for the China-West conflict" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(06/30): "Recently, concerning friction between China and the West, internet supervision has become a sensitive topic. The U.S. [...]
2009-06-30 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1802PRC DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA VISIT
[...] (C) PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei met with Acting DCM Bill Weinstein the evening of June 29 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to deliver a demarche protesting the possibility of a visit to the United States by the Dalai Lama in order to meet with senior U.S. officials. VFM He, who spea [...]
2009-06-30 10:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CH
09BEIJING1803PRC/IRAN: SCHOLAR ON ELECTION'S TIANANMEN ECHOES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Chinese academic, Beijing was handling coverage of the contested Iranian elections carefully in light of potential comparisons by ordinary Chinese of the unrest to the leadership split that lead to the June 4 Tiananmen massacre. Our contact said that Beijin [...]
2009-06-30 11:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING1804JUNE 30 MFA PRESS BREIFING: ASEAN+3, FIVE PARTY TALKS,
[...] Key points at the June 30 MFA press briefing: -- Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Qin Gang stated that China would continue to "play a constructive role" through the ASEAN+3 and Regional Security Forum and, given that the international security and economic situation was "changing ra [...]
2009-06-30 23:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MARR PHSA AO BM CH JA IR KN KS SW
09BEIJING1814MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, INTERNET
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Why the West puts 'spy' tag on China?" English-language daily published by Global Times/Huanqiu Shibao, the international edition of the People's Daily (07/01): "For years some Western politicians and media have accused China of spying with the goal of gaining advance [...]
2009-07-01 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING18212009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During the first session of the 10th U.S.-PRC Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) held June 23-24 2009 in Beijing, both the U.S. and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegations affirmed that presidents of the two countries had charged them with improving the military-to-military relations [...]
2009-07-01 00:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18222009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DC),
[...] (C) The U.S. policy of conducting surveillance in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) reflects a Cold War mentality and should be stopped, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) delegation maintained during the second session of Defense Consultative Talks (DCT) June 23, 2009. U.S. surveillance [...]
2009-07-01 00:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18232009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS: ASIA
[...] (S) China appreciates and shares the concerns of the United States, Japan and South Korea regarding the North Korean nuclear test, Deputy Chief of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Staff Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Michele Flournoy [...]
2009-07-01 00:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18272009 U.S.-PRC DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT)
[...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian, Deputy Chief of the PLA General Staff, stretched what was to be a sixty minute Small Group session with Ms. Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP),into ninety minutes, and focused his remarks on objecting to U.S. arms sales [...]
2009-07-01 01:20:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM MOPS CH TW
09BEIJING18352009 U.S.-CHINA DEFENSE CONSULTATIVE TALKS (DCT),
[...] (C) During U.S.-China Defense Consultative Talks June 24, 2009, Michele Flournoy, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) presented the U.S. perspective on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, stressing the importance of China's role in the region. PRC military officials perceived [...]
2009-07-01 06:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID IR AF PK
09BEIJING1838JULY 2 MFA PRESS BREIFING: WU DAWEI, G-8, GREEN DAM,
[...] Key points at the July 2 MFA press briefing: -- Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei began his visit to Russia, the United States, Japan and South Korea on July 2, and will "exchange views with relevant parties" on the situation on the Korean Peninsula as well as issues relating to Northeast Asia. [...]
2009-07-01 10:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM ECIN CH JA KN KS ZI RS IT TW
09BEIJING1844SCO SUMMIT: CHINA WEIGHS LEADERSHIP ROLE AS
[...] (C) Chinese and other Shanghai Organization (SCO) member countries' diplomats told us that the June 16 SCO summit in Yekaterinburg had served primarily as a forum for SCO members to demonstrate a sense of urgency in responding to the global financial crisis, eclipsing discussion about increasin [...]
2009-07-05 02:50:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID ETRD ENRG ZK XD CH RS IR
09BEIJING1845INTERAGENCY UNSCR 1874 MEETING WITH CHINESE
[...] (S) Chinese MFA Director General for International Organizations Wu Hailong, leading an interagency delegation made up of representatives of all Chinese agencies tasked with implementing UNSCR 1874, told Ambassador Philip Goldberg in a 3 hour 45-minute meeting on July 2 that China was committe [...]
2009-07-05 02:50:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING1867MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China don't need a Fourth Joint Communiqu yet" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(07/06): "The Obama Administration is continuing the stable development of U.S.-China relations [...]
2009-07-05 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1911SCENESETTER FOR DOE SECRETARY CHU VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Secretary Chu, Chinese leaders are eagerly looking forward to your visit to China and to engaging you on issues of energy, climate change and science, among others, that will help determine the quality of life of the Chinese and American people over the next few decades. Your visit come [...]
2009-07-08 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1924SCENESETTER FOR DOC SECRETARY LOCKE VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (SBU) Secretary Locke, I wanted to send you a note that addresses some of the issues you will raise from a China mission perspective. I know that your staff has prepared papers on these matters and hope we are not duplicating some of their observations. 2. (SBU) Clearly, Chinese leaders are [...]
2009-07-09 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING1929TENSIONS SUBSIDE IN URUMQI UNDER CONTINUED HEAVY
[...] (C) Poloff in Urumqi witnessed no new disturbances during the course of July 9. Public transportation was operational and many businesses had reopened. Poloff witnessed Uighurs walking unmolested in predominantly Han neighborhoods. Uighur neighborhoods appeared to have far less activity and fo [...]
2009-07-09 11:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CH
09BEIJING1945EMBASSY AIR QUALITY TWEETS SAID TO "CONFUSE" CHINESE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),ESTH Off and MED Off met on July 7 with Mr. WANG Shuai of MFA's Office of U.S. Affairs to respond to MFA's concerns about recent publicity in international and local press surrounding an air quality monitor installed on t [...]
2009-07-10 07:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL CH
09BEIJING1954XINJIANG SITREP FOR JULY 10, 2009
[...] (C) No major incidents of unrest occurred during in Urumqi during the course of July 9, though Embassy officers witnessed a brief scuffle as security forces broke up a demonstration of about 30 Uighurs in front of western journalists on July 10. The People's Armed Police (PAP) presence in the [...]
2009-07-10 11:36:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM CASC CH
09BEIJING1967MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] XINJIANG RIOT a. "Any country with the rule of law will not bear these violent crimes" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao)(07/13): "The Central Committee of the CPC and the Xinjiang local government took instant action when the Urumqi '7.5' incident oc [...]
2009-07-13 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1969PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY
[...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...]
2009-07-13 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING197MEDIA REACTION: INAUGURATION, U.S. - CHINA MILITARY
[...] INAUGURATION "The World expects changes in the U.S." The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(01/22): "The American media indicates that there has never been a president like Obama who has gained the expectations of the entire world. The world is expecting ma [...]
2009-01-22 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING1970RISE IN MASS INCIDENTS WORRISOME BUT NOT YET A THREAT TO OVERALL STABILITY, CONTACTS SAY
[...] (C) A jump in the number of "mass incidents," or violent protests against local governments, in June is unrelated to the recent ethnic riots in Xinjiang and does not signal a threat to overall social stability, Embassy contacts report. However, violent incidents indicate serious discontent belo [...]
2009-07-13 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC CH
09BEIJING1971China's new super think tank
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to widespread official and media criticism of Chinese think tanks' failure to adequately respond to the global financial crisis, China's Premier Wen Jiabao pushed for the creation of a new think tank with an impressive roster of high-level members. The center made i [...]
2009-07-13 10:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN CH
09BEIJING1973INDONESIAN FM VISIT TO BEIJING
[...] (C) Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda's July 1-3 trip to Beijing concentrated mainly on positive aspects of Sino-Indonesia ties, including signing of an extradition treaty, and further development of the strategic partnership, according to MFA and Indonesian Embassy contacts. However [...]
2009-07-13 10:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EFIN PBTS MARR ID CH
09BEIJING1988MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOT, OBAMA'S VISIT TO GHANA,
[...] XINJIANG RIOT "Stability is the lifeline for development" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/14): "Only with stability can ordinary people be happy and peaceful and for society develop and progress. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee and the S [...]
2009-07-14 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING1989PRC: INDIAN ACTIONS ON ARUNACHAL PRADESH DESIGNED
[...] (C) Chinese scholars believe the media-hyped controversies over recent Indian troop movements near the disputed province of Arunachal Pradesh and the province's inclusion in the Asia Development Bank's Country Strategy for India reflect India's desire to pressure China to recognize India's terr [...]
2009-07-14 10:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER MOPS MARR EAID CH IN
09BEIJING1992JULY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: XINJIANG UNREST, THREATS OF
[...] Key points at the July 14 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson emphasized the fact that since "most of the dead" were Han and a "small number" were from ethnic minorities in the recent July 5 incident in Urumqi, there was "no such thing as ethnic genocide." -- When asked about threats b [...]
2009-07-14 12:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS TU
09BEIJING200January 22 MFA Press Briefing: President Obama's Inaugural
[...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- MFA Spokesperson was "not aware" of President Obama's inaugural speech having been censored when broadcast on Chinese media, adding that the media in China enjoyed their "own editing right." -- China hopes the "relevant parties" will adher [...]
2009-01-22 10:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN FR IR XF BM
09BEIJING2003MEDIA REACTION: XINJIANG RIOTS, RIO TINTO
[...] XINJIANG RIOTS a. "We are dependent on all ethnic groups to maintain Xinjiang's stability" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/15): "With strenuous and detailed efforts after the 7/5 incident, Xinjiang has made great progress in maintaining stability and the peo [...]
2009-07-15 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2021MFA OFFICIALS EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT U.S. POLICY ON
[...] (C) In June 16 meetings with visiting Hong Kong Consul General Joseph Donovan, MFA officials urged the U.S. to act cautiously toward the universal suffrage question in Hong Kong, but welcomed private advice from Washington on the issue. One official commented that the large June 4 vigil in Ho [...]
2009-07-16 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EINV CH HK
09BEIJING2024MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, XINJIANG
[...] SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT "China and the U.S. should face the climate challenge together" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(07/16): "The constructive meaning of Secretary Chu and Secretary Locke's Chi [...]
2009-07-16 12:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING203TIBETAN "SERF EMANCIPATION DAY" DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel points to MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang on January 22. The "Serf Emancipation Day" holiday, the Charge stressed, would not serve to improve the situation in Tibet and instead would only exacerbate tensions. [...]
2009-01-22 12:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF CH
09BEIJING2034MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT, XINJIANG
[...] SECRETARY CHU AND LOCKE VISIT "The new growth point for China- U.S. relationship" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/17): "The announcement of plan to develop a joint energy research center marked the first substantive outcome of China-U.S. energy negotiations s [...]
2009-07-17 08:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING204PRC/MEPP: CHINA VEXES ARABS WITH RESTRAINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a briefing by Chinese Middle East Envoy Sun Bigan, Arab ambassadors in China were frustrated and disappointed by Beijing's measured response to the recent Gaza violence, Arab embassy contacts said January 22. They expected Chinese condemnation of Israel, based on China's h [...]
2009-01-22 12:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS XF
09BEIJING2041XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE
[...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]
2009-07-17 11:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2044SECRETARY LOCKE DISCUSSES JCCT, SED WITH VICE PREMIER WANG
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SED) should focus more on macroeconomics while the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) should focus on specific issues such as IPR or the Doha round according to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan. Wang praised the handling of the U. [...]
2009-07-20 01:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING2061MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA,
[...] SECRETARIES' CHU AND LOCKE VISITS TO CHINA "The two U.S. Secretaries: visit to China under a 'green cloak'" The independent Chinese weekly business newspaper distributed in major cities throughout China, Economic Observer (Jingji Guanchabao) (07/20): "The main agenda of Secretary Locke's vi [...]
2009-07-20 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2062BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON XINJIANG,
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing July 17, French Ambassador Ladsous reported that during French National Day, he spoke with a Chinese Vice Minister who said Xinjiang was "just like Tibet" and implied France "best keep quiet." On Rio Tinto, Ladsous reported that he hea [...]
2009-07-20 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2063PRC LEADERSHIP STABLE DESPITE TENSIONS; XI STILL
[...] (C) Embassy contacts have reported that relations among China's top leaders remained largely stable, and the arrangements put in train for succession at the 18th Party Congress in 2012 appeared to be holding, with Xi Jinping likely to become Party chief and Li Keqiang to become Premier. Three [...]
2009-07-20 10:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2064 Secretary Locke Discusses Bilateral Trade
[...] (SBU) Secretary Locke and delegation and D/USTR Demetrios Marantis met July 15 with Minister Chen Deming and senior MOFCOM officials for a 90 minute discussion of bilateral trade and commercial issues including clean energy coooperation, global warming, trade remedies, Buy America/Buy China po [...]
2009-07-20 10:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EIND EINT BEXP CH
09BEIJING2071 Secretaries Locke and Chu Discuss Energy and Climate
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Premier Wen Jiabao on July 16, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu highlighted the importance of the United States and China working together on clean energy and climate change. Wen agreed that the U.S.-China relationship is the most [...]
2009-07-21 06:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2072 SECRETARY CHU MEETS WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 06:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2073 Energy Secretary Chu and Commerce Secretary Locke Discuss
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang Ping on July 14, Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke discussed how the United States and China can work together on energy and climate change. Chu pointed out that throu [...]
2009-07-21 06:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2079MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, MILITARY, RUSSIA
[...] ENVIRONMENT "'Post-crisis' economy has a new engine: green industries" The official Communist Party international paper, People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban) (07/21):" Zhong Maochu, a professor at Nankai University's Graduate School of Economics said various indications [...]
2009-07-21 08:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2085ISRAELI AMBASSADOR SEEKS MORE SPACE FOR SECURITY
[...] (S) Israeli Ambassador to China Amos Nadai told the Charge that Israel was capable of expanding its defense and security relationship with China but this would require the United States rethinking the limitations it has placed on Israeli security cooperation with China. Israel was especially [...]
2009-07-21 10:59:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL ECON MCAP MARR IS IR CH
09BEIJING2094MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CHINA-RUSSIA MILITARY
[...] U.S.-CHINA "Former U.S. Speaker of the House wants to use nuclear-armed Japan to suppress China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/22): "The former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich recently openly used a nuclear-armed Japan [...]
2009-07-22 07:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING21MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, JAPAN
[...] U.S. DEPLOMACY "Obama runs 'family politics' very well" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(01/06): "Caroline Kennedy has become the most capable candidate for the New York Senate seat left by future Secretary of [...]
2009-01-06 08:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2107MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, U.S. MEDIA ON "CHINESE ECONIMIC
[...] U.S.-CHINA "Strategic dialogue can eliminate conflict from the very beginning" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/23): "Zhu Shida, a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' American Society and Culture Research Division, said an [...]
2009-07-23 08:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2110PRC SUPPORTIVE BUT VAGUE ON ADDITIONAL
[...] (C) On July 21, Poloff conveyed to MFA Asian Affairs Department, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Division Desk Officer Hou Yanqi reftel points on enhanced civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan following the August 20 presidential election. Econoff also delivered reftel poin [...]
2009-07-23 10:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER CH AF
09BEIJING2112TOP LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS DRIVEN BY CONSENSUS,
[...] (C) The need for consensus and the desire to protect vested interests are the main drivers of Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) decision-making and Chinese leadership dynamics in general, according to Embassy contacts with access to leadership circles. Contacts have variously described relations [...]
2009-07-23 10:59:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH
09BEIJING2118MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RETURN TO ASIA, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S
[...] U.S. RETURN TO ASIA "China should pay a high degree of attention to the United States returning to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/24): "It is foreseeable that in the future China will be facing pressure from the United S [...]
2009-07-24 07:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON ENRG CH
09BEIJING2121 LOCAL OFFICIALS IGNORE WATER POLLUTION PROBLEMS IN CANCER
[...] (SBU) "Cancer villages" appear to be as commonplace as water pollution in China. For local residents, it is not a question of whether cancer villages exist, but rather how badly cancer has afflicted the villages. Although local and international journalists have reported periodically on the l [...]
2009-07-24 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO PREL CH
09BEIJING2122(C)CHINESE REACT NEGATIVELY TO WEBB HEARING
[...] (C) The DG for the new MFA Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs called in the Charge on July 24 to protest comments made by senior U.S. officials about Chinese claims to the South China Sea (SCS). The DG reiterated Chinese sovereignty claims and urged the United States to "control" U.S. o [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS CH
09BEIJING2124SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE DISCUSS CLEAN ENERGY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During his recent visit to China, Energy Secretary Chu met with China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang on July 15 to discuss priorities for the new U.S.-China Clean Energy Research and Development Center, which they publicly announced later the same day at a joint press con [...]
2009-07-26 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2126Senior Hu Advisor Zheng Bijian Organizing China-U.S. Clean
[...] (SBU) Professor ZHENG Bijian, a senior advisor to China's president Hu Jintao, met with the U.S. Energy Secretary Chu and U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke, during their recent trip to China. Zheng's primary aim during the brief lunch meeting was to solicit the attendance of the two Secretaries at [...]
2009-07-26 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING2127COMMERCE SECRETARY LOCKE TO MIIT MINISTER LI
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 15 discussion with Minister of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Li Yizhong on the challenges posed by the global financial crisis (GFC),Secretary of Commerce Locke emphasized the importance of investing in clean energy and technology. Secretary Locke noted th [...]
2009-07-27 00:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2141MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE, NORTH KOREA, THE
[...] U.S.-CHINA S&ED DIALOGUE "The first round of the U.S.-China S&ED will start with a good opening" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (07/27): "The first round of the S&ED symbolizes the new era and structure of the U.S.-China relationship. The dialogue has three c [...]
2009-07-27 08:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR PREL ECON CH
09BEIJING2144(C) AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CONFIRMS GOA SURPRISE
[...] (C) Summary. China's recent detention of Australian citizen Stern Hu and three other Rio Tinto executives surprised the Australian government, according to Dr. Geoff Raby, Australia's Ambassador here. Raby told the Charge July 24 that his government had seen no evidence of bribery, espiona [...]
2009-07-27 09:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON EINV CH AS
09BEIJING2149CHINA/UNSCR 1874: U/S LEVEY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PEOPLE'S BANK OF CHINA AND CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK
[...] (S) Summary. Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey on July 8 queried People's Bank of China (PBoC) Vice Governor Su Ning about Chinese actions to enforce UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 given China's complex financial relationship with North Korea. Gove [...]
2009-07-28 06:25:00Embassy BeijingSECRETEFIN PGOV PREL KTFN PTER CH KN
09BEIJING2152MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, U.S. BACK IN SOUTHEAST ASIA,
[...] S&ED "The U.S.'s hospitality to China surprised the world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/28): "The opening of the S&ED that the U.S. held for China was like a 'millennium wedding' for the two countries. However, Niu Xinchun, [...]
2009-07-28 08:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2155SCENESETTER FOR HOUSE MINORITY LEADER BOEHNER'S
[...] (SBU) Minority Leader Boehner, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries: January 1 commemorated 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th annive [...]
2009-07-28 10:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH
09BEIJING2158 Secretary Chu Discusses Energy and Climate Change
[...] (U) Summary: Secretary Chu met with Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) President LU Yongxiang on July 15 to discuss current and upcoming areas of cooperation in the areas of energy efficiency and climate change. Secretary Chu stressed the need for energy-efficient technologies such as efficient [...]
2009-07-29 05:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG ECON SENV PGOV CH
09BEIJING2160MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS
[...] U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS a. "Ma Ying-Jeou's reply to Hu Jintao triggers speculation" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (07/29): "KMT Chairman Ma Ying-Jeou's taking office is beneficial for the improvement of cross-strait relations. How [...]
2009-07-29 08:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2174MEDIA REACTION: S&ED, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN
[...] S&ED "The first S&ED ended: friendly atmosphere, few outcomes" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (07/30): "Yan Xuetong, Director of the Institute of International Studies at Tsinghua University, argued that although the S&ED has [...]
2009-07-30 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ECON KMDR CH
09BEIJING2177PRC/RUSSIA: MFA, SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY IMPACT OF
[...] (C) In response to the closure by Moscow authorities of the Cherkizovsky market, the largest Chinese market in Russia (reftel),China's state-controlled media was uncharacteristically critical of Russia's "heavy handed" actions, and the issue generated commentary among Chinese bloggers complai [...]
2009-07-30 10:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH RS
09BEIJING2184MEDIA REACTION: S&ED IMPACT ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS,
[...] S&ED IMPACT ON U.S. CHINA RELATIONS "What challenges is Obama's China policy facing?" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (07/31): "In many Chinese experts' eyes, the U.S. was ultra-courteous to the Chinese delegation at the S&ED, and a broad range of [...]
2009-07-31 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2196CHINA 2009 INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND EXPROPRIATION
[...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified -- it contains business proprietary information and is not for distribution to the public. 2. (SBU) In response to ref A, this cable provides updated information on investment and expropriation claims in China and includes input from the Econo [...]
2009-08-03 08:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09BEIJING2198MEDIA REACTION: U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY, S&ED, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S. EAST ASIAN POLICY "Three major changes in the U.S.'s East Asian policy" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/03): "Two recent moves by the United States show that the U.S.'s attitude towards the integration of East Asia is changing. First, the U.S. signed a [...]
2009-08-03 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING22LOOKING AT THE NEXT 30 YEARS OF THE U.S.-CHINA
[...] (C) January 1, 2009, marked the 30th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China. This anniversary followed the PRC commemoration of roughly 30 years of China's "reform and opening" policy under Deng Xiaoping, which led to Ch [...]
2009-01-06 08:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MASS CH
09BEIJING2214MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP, CHINA'S SOUTH
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONSHIP "On the global energy dialogue: let's first discuss what the U.S. should do" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/04): "China should not remain passive when the question of 'responsibility' is brought up in d [...]
2009-08-04 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2217MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]
2009-08-05 00:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2223MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S. ARMS DEVELOPMENT, U.S.
[...] NORTH KOREA "Clinton visits Pyongyang to bring back journalists" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun) (08/05): "Although the United States' position on U.S.-North Korea bilateral talks has not changed and the U.S. government is still insisting that former U.S. Presid [...]
2009-08-05 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING224MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, CHINA'S POLICY
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS a. "U.S. plans to strengthen financial monitor" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(01/27): "The Obama administration plans to [...]
2009-01-29 08:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2247MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, NORTH KOREA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Clinton advances into Africa" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/06): "Liu Naiya, an expert on African and Asian affairs at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, noted that the [...]
2009-08-06 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2249SCENESETTER FOR HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Chairman Berman, your visit to China comes in a year filled with key anniversaries and events: January 1 marked 30 years of U.S.-China diplomatic relations; March saw the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Tibetan uprising and the Dalai Lama's flight to India; June 4 marked the 20th anniversar [...]
2009-08-06 09:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PHUM PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING2262MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Hillary Clinton's Africa visit did not meet her ambitions" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (08/07): "In the twenty-first century, the United States needs Africa more than Africa needs the United Sta [...]
2009-08-07 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2263PRC/UN: UN SYG VISIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) UN Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon visited China July 23-26 to seek support from senior Chinese leaders for upcoming UN discussions on climate change. Contacts reported that the Chinese leadership remained non-committal on the SYG's call for China to play a greater global leadership ro [...]
2009-08-07 10:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ENRG SENV CH
09BEIJING2273MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN AFRICA "Africans snubbed Hillary" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/10): "On her visit to Africa, Secretary Hillary Clinton held in one hand a big stick and the other hand a carrot, rev [...]
2009-08-10 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2295MEDIA REACTION: CAN CHINA SAVE THE WORLD?, U.S. AND CHINA
[...] CAN CHINA SAVE THE WORLD? "More communication and exchanges needed" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/10): "Time magazine recently published a cover story with the title, 'Can China save the world?' which has once again focused international media attention on [...]
2009-08-11 08:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2298INTERNET USERS PUSH AGAINST CONTROLS, CONTACTS
[...] (C) Despite tight political controls, China's netizens are increasingly using the Internet as a forum for public discussion and even, at times, as a platform to challenge actions by government authorities, Chinese electronic media professionals told State Department Policy Planning Director An [...]
2009-08-11 10:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PROP SCUL CH
09BEIJING2317MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S ECONOMY, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC
[...] CHINA'S ECONOMY "Europe and the United States envy China's economic trend" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/12): "China's July Consumer Price Index and Producer Price Index have both dropped, which shows China's economy is continuou [...]
2009-08-12 08:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2337MFA DISCUSSES XINJIANG PRESS ARRANGEMENTS AND ACCESS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On July 29, PressOff met with Mr. Zhang Yong, Deputy Director of the Information Department of the People's Republic of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zhang responded to questions about the logistics and philosophy behind the decision to pursue a markedly mor [...]
2009-08-13 07:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPROP KPAL PGOV OPRC CH
09BEIJING2360CHINA OFFICIALLY "UNINSTALLS" GREEN DAM INTERNET
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Minister Li announced August 13 computers sold in China would not be subject to mandatory internet censorship software requirements. The remarks represent the highest level signal to date that the Chinese government has off [...]
2009-08-14 08:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL ECON CH
09BEIJING2361MEDIA REACTION: WTO RULING, U.S. "RETURNS TO ASIA," CHINA'S
[...] WTO RULING "WTO ruling will spur improvement of China's audio-visual industry" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/14): "If the World Trade Organization ruling is effective, American audio-visual products, primarily Hollywood films [...]
2009-08-14 08:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING237MEDIA REACTION: FINANCIAL CRISIS, WEN JIABAO'S EUROPE TRIP
[...] FINANCIAL CRISIS "U.S. sways Iran to deal with Taliban" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao) (01/30): "Senior U.S. officials have recently extended an olive branch to Iran seeking cooperation on the situation in Afghanistan. The two countries have commo [...]
2009-01-30 07:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2372MEDIA REACTION: U.S-JAPAN-CHINA, U.S. BURMA POLICY, CHINA
[...] U.S-JAPAN-CHINA "The U.S. does not need to use 'Japan's nuclear weapons' to deter China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (08/17): "At Japan's insistence, the U.S. has promised to provide 'nuclear protection' to Japan. The U.S. als [...]
2009-08-17 08:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2382MEDIA REACTION: THE MIDDLE EAST, NORTH KOREA, TAIWAN
[...] THE MIDDLE EAST "The U.S., Russia, and the EU start another round of chess in the Middle East" (pg 3) The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (08/18): "Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's meeting with U.S. leaders will play a key role in the Middle East Peace Process. T [...]
2009-08-18 09:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2391MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS,
[...] NORTH KOREA "North Korea Collapse Theory" can stop (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/19): "Zhang Qiyun, a professor at Beijing University, said that Western media always focuses on speculating North Korea's collapse. The [...]
2009-08-19 09:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING2398SEOUL SEARCHING DURING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS:THE
[...] (C) Summary. Falling China-ROK trade levels and an investment dispute between a Chinese firm and its Korean employees have put some strain on China-ROK economic relations. Regarding negotiations among China, Japan, and Korea of a trilateral investment treaty, the Koreans (who signed a bilatera [...]
2009-08-20 03:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EINV ETRD JA KS CH
09BEIJING2403MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, CHINESE IMMIGRATION TO
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Does the second presidential election in Afghanistan represent a democratic evolution?" (pg 3) 21st Century Publishing Company's business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21 Shiji Jingji Baodao)(08/20): "All of the typical characteristics of Western elections, suc [...]
2009-08-20 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2412MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghanistan: election goes beyond win-lose battle (pg 5)" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(08/21): "Since President Obama became the U.S. President, in spite of the U.S. sending more troops to Afghanistan, Afghanistan's security [...]
2009-08-21 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2418CHINA/AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS GOES ON DESPITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent political tensions between Australia and China over Rebiya Kadeer's visit to Australia and the arrest by Chinese security officials of Rio Tinto executive and Australian citizen Stern Hu, Australia remains committed to developing its economic ties with China, a [...]
2009-08-24 00:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV ECON AS CH
09BEIJING2425MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN ELECTION, DALAI LAMA, NORTH KOREA
[...] AFGHAN ELECTION "Afghans lost in the elections (pg 5)" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(08/24): "Afghanistan's election is an important step for the west's 'democratic example' in Afghanistan. Citizens of Kab [...]
2009-08-24 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2437MEDIA REACTION: INFLUENCE OF NGOS, MILITARY WEBSITES, U.S.
[...] INFLUENCE OF NGOS "China hampered due to lack of non-governmental organizations" (pg 14) The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/25): "Foreign non-governmental organizations and 'transnational social movements' are increasingly affecti [...]
2009-08-25 09:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2441AMBASSADOR MEETS MOFCOM CHEN TO DISCUSS TIRES
[...] (SBU): SUMMARY: During his August 22 meeting with Ambassador Huntsman, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming expressed concern about the possible use by the United States of the special safeguard protection measures against imports of Chinese-produced passenger car tires. Chen said that if the USG [...]
2009-08-25 11:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2447AFRICAN EMBASSIES PREVIEW CHINA-AFRICA FORUM ""
[...] (C) Summary. Egyptian and South African diplomats in Beijing believe the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) offers a good platform for cooperation with China, but would be more useful if African countries did a better job of coordinating among themselves. Chinese investments have been [...]
2009-08-26 07:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH EAID ECON PREL XA EINV
09BEIJING2453MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S CURRENCY, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] CHINA'S CURRENCY "We should not be rash about RMB internationalization" (pg 14) The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/26): "A signal that China is becoming a truly powerful country will be when the world starts to purchase and deposit [...]
2009-08-26 09:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2456PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN
[...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...]
2009-08-26 11:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF
09BEIJING2460MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. ECONOMY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Does the U.S. condone CNN's interference in Taiwan issues? (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/27): "What is the real intention behind the CNN poll on whether or not Ma Ying Jeou should step down? [...]
2009-08-27 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2465MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN: DALAI LAMA VISIT, U.S. ARMS SALES;
[...] TAIWAN: DALAI LAMA VISIT, U.S. ARMS SALES "The result will not be good if Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party seeks support from the Dalai Lama" (pg 14) The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(08/28): "The Democratic Progress Party's (D [...]
2009-08-28 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2477MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, CCI CORPORATE BRIBERY
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Volatile situation in areas neighboring China tests China's response capability" (pg 4) The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (08/31): "China's rise will face greater challenges if the security en [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2478AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRC PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: Following his August 28 credentialing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, the Ambassador outlined for PRC President Hu Jintao his and President Obama's vision for the U.S.-China relationship and the goals of his mission. The Ambassador said he wanted to build a more "stabl [...]
2009-08-31 09:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ODIP OVIP KOLY CH
09BEIJING2479SUGGESTED AGENDA AND CHINESE PARTICIPANT LIST FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On August 31 MFA External Security Division Director Xia Jingge provided PolOffs with MFA-suggested changes to the draft agenda for the September 14-15 U.S.-China Inter-Agency Counterterrorism Subdialogue, the list of Chinese participants, and an overview of the sensitive issues [...]
2009-08-31 09:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CH
09BEIJING248MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Obama's stance that China has manipulated their exchange rate has changed from his forefront stance to his behind-the-scenes stance" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/02): "Geithner has once [...]
2009-02-02 09:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2480PRC INVESTMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: AFGHAN
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese companies are contributing to Afghanistan's corruption problem by bribing Afghan officials and cutting under-the-table deals, according to Beijing-based Afghan diplomats. Our Afghan contacts said Afghanistan needed China's investment but expressed disappointment with lim [...]
2009-08-31 10:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV EMIN PREL PGOV AF CH PK
09BEIJING2481PRC DOWNPLAYS CONFLICT IN BURMA'S KOKANG REGION
[...] (C) Summary. China's Nansan border region adjacent to the Kokang region of Burma is calm, and refugees have already begun to return to Burma, ConGenOff observed August 30 and 31. PRC government statements and Chinese media accounts downplayed the seriousness of the conflict between ethnic K [...]
2009-08-31 23:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BM CH
09BEIJING2489MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA TRADE DISPUTES,
[...] TAIWAN "U.S. secretly pushing cross-Strait military relations for own benefit" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(09/01)(pg 4): "During a recent visit to Taiwan, a researcher at an American think tank said the two sides of the Strait c [...]
2009-09-01 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2490SEPTEMBER 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BURMA BORDER, NORTH KOREA,
[...] Key points at the September 1 MFA press briefing: -- China hoped that the Burmese Government would properly handle its domestic issue and guarantee the safety of Chinese citizens and their property in that country. -- The Burmese Government had apologized to China for Chinese casualties, t [...]
2009-09-01 10:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2492XINJIANG: INCREASED ETHNIC TENSIONS AND HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Ethnic tension between Han Chinese and Uighurs has increased dramatically in three southern Xinjiang province cities and in Urumqi since the early- July ethnic violence in the provincial capital, according to local residents. Contacts did not report any increase in restrictions [...]
2009-09-01 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2494PRC/IRAN: CHINA IN WAIT-AND-SEE MODE BILATERALLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is biding its time until the political crisis in Iran reaches a clearer resolution and the Ahmadinejad government consolidates power, and will signal its renewed engagement by sending a high-level delegation to Tehran once the political situation has been resolved, accordin [...]
2009-09-01 12:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2522MEDIA REACTION: SIX PARTY TALKS, JAPANESE ELECTION,
[...] SIX PARTY TALKS "What if the Six-Party Talks completely fail? (pg 14)" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/02): "There are several possible outcomes If all the parties involved in the Six-Party Talks insist on maintaining their own [...]
2009-09-02 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2526AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FM YANG JIECHI:
[...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, the Ambassador expressed his and President Obama's hope to keep the U.S.-China relationship moving in a positive direction and focused on major issues of mutual concern. FM Yang noted the positive tone set by Presidents Hu [...]
2009-09-02 10:05:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2534BEIJING AND THE DALAI LAMA'S TAIWAN VISIT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: China has made two public statements on the Dalai Lama's ongoing Taiwan visit; the first condemning the trip but blaming it on Taiwan's opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP),the second warning that that the visit is "bound to affect cross-Strait relations." [...]
2009-09-03 11:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF CH TW
09BEIJING2535SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR
[...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]
2009-09-03 12:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09BEIJING2536SERBIA AND CHINA FIND ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Affirmation of mutual support on respective Serbian and PRC sovereignty issues highlighted the political agenda of Serbian President Boris Tadic's August 19-25 visit to China, according to Serbian diplomats and Chinese government and academic contacts. Despite MFA insistence tha [...]
2009-09-03 23:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV YI KV CH ICJ
09BEIJING254CHINESE ACADEMICS COMMENT ON KOREAN PENINSULA
[...] (C) In conversations with PolOff preceding recent international media reports of increasingly fiery DPRK rhetoric, Chinese scholars predicted that North Korea would seek to manufacture a crisis in order to gain the attention of the new U.S. administration. In view of the disappointing conclus [...]
2009-02-03 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN CH KS
09BEIJING255FEBRUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA BILATERAL
[...] Key points at the February 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China is ready to work with the United States to promote bilateral relations. -- China is a friend of both India and Pakistan and hopes the two countries will "proceed from the interests of regional stability and promote the peace process [...]
2009-02-03 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD CH KN XG IN PK KS RP UK SA
09BEIJING2551SINO-TURKISH ECONOMIC RELATIONS STARTING TO THAW
[...] (C) Summary: Sino-Turkish economic relations are on the mend following Turkish State Minister Caglayan's visit to Beijing in late August to repair bilateral relations, but Turkish diplomats in Beijing predicted it might take another year for these relations to fully recover. Trade dropped and [...]
2009-09-04 09:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL EINV CH TU
09BEIJING2552MEDIA REACTION: JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE, U.S. NAVAL
[...] JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE "U.S. and Australia invite China to participate in military exercise" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/04)(pg 1): "The invitation by the U.S. and Australia - through their respective media outlets - to Chi [...]
2009-09-04 09:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2555ETHNIC HAN URUMQI RESIDENTS PROTEST "SYRINGE
[...] (C) Security forces locked down central Urumqi late September 3 in the wake of protests by as many as "tens of thousands" of ethnic Han demonstrators, but failed to prevent smaller protests from breaking out September 4. The official PRC Xinhua News Agency said the protesters on September 3 ha [...]
2009-09-04 11:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PROP CH
09BEIJING2564MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, CHINA'S
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "If U.S. insists on following its own course, there may be conflicts" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(09/08)(pg 24): "In recent years, the U.S. has conducted frequent military surveillance operations nea [...]
2009-09-08 08:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2574CROSS-STRAIT TRADE TALKS: THE VIEW FROM BEIJING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 11:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL EINV KIPR CM TW
09BEIJING2576PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...]
2009-09-08 12:41:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF
09BEIJING2577PRC:TIRES, XINJIANG, IRAN, TAIWAN, DPRK IN AMB-VFM
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting at the MFA, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei that the United States wants to find a way forward on the 421 tire case, but is ready to move on 421 if there is no other option. VFM He was pessimistic that we could reach an agreement, and [...]
2009-09-08 23:03:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PARM MNUC OVIP ECON ETRD AF
09BEIJING2584MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLITICS, U.S.-CHINA TIRE CASE,
[...] U.S. POLITICS "Obama's popularity plummets; is the Democratic Party repeating its defeat?" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/09): "Obama's healthcare reform plan has been in a very dangerous situati [...]
2009-09-09 09:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2592MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND CONGRESSIONAL
[...] U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS "$12.38 billion contract signed; new energy promotes Sino-U.S. economic and trade relationship" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(09/10)(pg A3): "The U.S. and China have reached 41 [...]
2009-09-10 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2593CHINA: NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE REPORTING REQUEST
[...] (C) Below, please find Embassy Beijing's responses to reftel questions in preparation for the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (RevCon). -- What is the host government's general attitude towards CTBT, FMCT, NPT, and U.S.-Russian arms control efforts? What factors influence its [...]
2009-09-10 09:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV UNGA
09BEIJING2596SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING2597SEPTEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: GUANTANAMO UIGHURS, INDIA
[...] Key points at the September 10 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes any country accepting Uighur detainees after their release from Guantanamo. The individuals should be repatriated to China as soon as possible. -- China and India were making joint efforts to "safeguard peace and tranquili [...]
2009-09-10 23:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MNUC CH AS KN IR IN JP LG UP MP YI
09BEIJING26January 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, SOMALI PIRACY,
[...] Key points at the January 6 MFA press briefing: -- China has told "relevant parties" to "stop military action" in the Middle East. -- Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao fishing vessels can apply for protection from the Chinese naval flotilla in the sea off Somalia through appropriate channels. [...]
2009-01-06 11:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EWWT CH TW IS
09BEIJING2609REACTION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS; CODEL MORAN VISITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative James Moran (D-VA) and Joint Economic Committee Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) visited Beijing September 1 to 3 to meet with key financial, sovereign wealth, and Chinese government leaders. Responding to entreaties to open an office in New York, China's sovereign we [...]
2009-09-11 08:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH ECON EFIN EINV ETRD OREP
09BEIJING2612MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S.-CHINA MILITARY
[...] 9/11 ANNIVERSARY "9/11 incident still bothers U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/11)(pg 7): "Chinese scholar Geng Xin said that the U.S. initially had the support and sympathy of the world after 9/11, but after launching two [...]
2009-09-11 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2615CHINA/INDIA: TENSIONS OVER ADB DISPUTE SUBSIDE AS
[...] (C) Summary: The India-China border dispute and their recent skirmish at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over a proposed project in Arunachal Pradesh (AP) "will not get in the way" of bilateral economic relations, according to an Indian diplomat. He said both sides were focused on increasing [...]
2009-09-11 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL PGOV CH IN
09BEIJING2617BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON JAPANESE
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing on September 11, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto stated that while the recent elections in Japan were "significant," he does not expect major changes in Japan's foreign policy. British Ambassador William Ehrman said the United Kingdom was " [...]
2009-09-11 11:57:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING2618China's Response to USDOL Child/Forced Labor Lists
[...] (U) Embassy Beijing Labor Officer delivered reftel demarche points and advanced copies of the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and Executive Order 13126 (Prohibition of Acquisition of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor) lists to China's Ministry of H [...]
2009-09-13 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING2626MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Special protective case puts Obama in an embarrassing situation" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(09/1 [...]
2009-09-14 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2645MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS "Let trade retaliation become China's weapon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/15)(pg 15): "The Chinese people support China's retaliatory measures against the U.S., and believe China has the [...]
2009-09-15 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2646SEPTEMBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK TRIPS, TIBET ISSUE,
[...] Key points at the September 15 MFA press briefing: -- The spokesperson had no information about reported trips to the DPRK by either State Councilor Dai Bingguo or Premier Wen Jiabao. -- China firmly opposed foreign officials meeting with the Dalai Lama and opposed the Dalai Lama's engageme [...]
2009-09-15 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN IR IN JP AF
09BEIJING265CHINA INFORMED OF 2008 CANBERRA MTCR PLENARY
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper describing the results of the November 2008 Canberra Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Plenary to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Liu Wei on February 4, stressing the important contribution China could ma [...]
2009-02-04 09:10:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA CH
09BEIJING2651DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRC TO REFRAIN FROM STATEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: China will avoid making any pronouncement on the outcome of Afghanistan's August 20 presidential election until after the Independent Election Commission (IEC) releases final certified results, according to an MFA official. China would like the next Afghan government to make pro [...]
2009-09-16 06:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF PK CH
09BEIJING2653SENATOR CANTWELL SEP 4-5 VISIT TO BEIJING
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Cantwell (D-WA) visited Beijing September 4-5, 2009, meeting with State Council Vice Premier Wang Qishan and NDRC Vice Chairman Xie Zhenhua. The Senator's key message to policy makers here was that although the U.S. and China together created 40 percent of the world's g [...]
2009-09-16 07:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING2657MEDIA REACTION: U.S. TARIFFS ON CHINESE TIRE IMPORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 09:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2660AMBASSADOR BADER AND FM YANG DISCUSS THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs Ambassador Jeffrey Bader, Foreign Minister Yang was upbeat on the overall trend in U.S.-China relations. Ambassador Bader outlined his expectations for the planned November travel of President Obama to China, o [...]
2009-09-16 15:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EFIN MARR SENV CH KN IR
09BEIJING2670SEPTEMBER 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NIS REPORT, NORTH
[...] Key points at the September 17 MFA press briefing: -- Regarding the 2009 National Intelligence Strategy report, China urged the United States to drop its "Cold War mentality," which could undermine mutual trust and mislead the American public. -- On North Korea, China remained committed to [...]
2009-09-17 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS MNUC CH KN KS IR JP AF RS SF
09BEIJING2671TIRE SAFEGUARD CASE: PRC RELEASES AD/CVD PETITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) formally notified Embassy late the afternoon of September 16 of its considertaion of an anti-dumping/countervailing duty (AD/CVD) petition on imports of chicken products from the U.S. Based on the product categories listed in the petition, th [...]
2009-09-17 23:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING268MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "Financial crisis leads to a reduction in the U.S. military budget---this is a bonus in the crisis" 21 Century Business Heral (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (02/04): "During this financial downturn, America, Russia and several othe [...]
2009-02-04 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING2688MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE, U.S.-NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE "U.S. pressures China and India on emissions reduction before the G20" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/18)(pg 11): "China and India have made significant progress on environmental protection and economic devel [...]
2009-09-18 07:45:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2693SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mister Deputy Secretary, your trip to Beijing comes as a simultaneously prosperous and stable yet anxious and brittle China prepares for its 60th birthday October 1. Thirty years of double-digit economic growth have brought a measure of stability and prosperity to many, yet numerous politi [...]
2009-09-18 12:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH KN AF PK TW
09BEIJING2697MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, G20 SUMMIT
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China should be more active in managing bilateral crises" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/21)(pg 14): "The recent meeting between U.S. officials and the Dalai Lama and the U.S. special protecti [...]
2009-09-21 09:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2699PRC FOCUSED ON ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: China's primary interests in the South China Sea (SCS) are to defend its claimed territorial boundaries, protect and develop its claims to natural resources, and maintain freedom of navigation, according to an Embassy contact. Scholars and officials suggest China prefers to addr [...]
2009-09-21 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHSA MARR PHUM PGOV VN CH
09BEIJING2718MEDIA REACTION: U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, AFGHANISTAN
[...] U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM "Obama's new policy receives unprecedented criticism" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/22)(pg 1): "Obama's plan to reduce the U.S. nuclear arsenal will surprise the world even more than his decision to [...]
2009-09-22 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2720SEPTEMBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UIGHUR LEADER, JOURNALITS
[...] Key points at the September 22 MFA press briefing: -- Dolkun Isa, the Uighur leader recently refused entry into South Korea, was suspected of various crimes and wanted by Chinese and international police -- The MFA passed along the concerns of Kyodo journalists who said they had been beate [...]
2009-09-22 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM SENV CH KN KS JP RS
09BEIJING2724MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS,
[...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...]
2009-09-23 06:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS
09BEIJING2728MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] G20 SUMMIT "U.S. and UK propose 'global economic rebalancing'" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(09/23)(pg A4): "With the G20 summit in Pittsburgh drawing nearer, G20 countries are accelerating efforts to lay out their respective [...]
2009-09-23 08:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2733PRE-ANNIVERSARY TIGHTENING OF CONTROLS ON NGOS
[...] (C) Summary: In the run-up to the October 1 sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese authorities have tightened control over civil society groups, according to contacts. In recent months, many NGOs have encountered official harassment, ranging from off [...]
2009-09-24 06:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING2734CHINA: RURAL LAND AND RELIGIOUS DISPUTES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rural land, corruption among local officials, and conflicts between different sects of Sunni Islam are equally important causes of unrest in rural Ningxia, though contacts downplayed the overall risks of instability. Disputes over rural land are largely limited to land confiscati [...]
2009-09-24 06:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL SOCI CH
09BEIJING2746MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, TIRE TRADE, U.S.-CHINA
[...] NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT "The U.S. and UK actively promote 'a world free of nuclear weapons'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/24)(pg 16): "According to a recent poll, the Chinese people have serious doubts about the attitudes of the [...]
2009-09-24 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2770CHINA/PAKISTAN: PAKISTANI OFFICIALS PRAISE PRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's model of economic assistance benefits Pakistan and generates goodwill for China, according to a Beijing-based Pakistani diplomat. He praised China's focus on "bricks and mortar" development and use of concessionary loans and criticized USAID and other donors' for wasting [...]
2009-09-25 09:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV CH PK
09BEIJING2771MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S SECURITY, G20 SUMMIT, GLOBAL
[...] CHINA'S SECURITY "Hu Jintao explained China's new security concepts at the UN General Assembly" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(09/25)(pg A2): "Wang Yizhou, a professor at Beijing University's Institute of International Relati [...]
2009-09-25 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2773POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...]
2009-09-25 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH
09BEIJING2785MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SOUTHEAST ASIA POLICY, NUCLEAR
[...] U.S. SOUTHEAST ASIA POLICY "U.S. strategy for returning to Southeast Asia is gradually becoming clear" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(09/28)(pg 12): "At the G20 summit, President Obama said he wanted to hold the first ASEAN-U.S. summit in Singapore [...]
2009-09-28 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2792MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EAST ASIA, CHINA TRADE POLICY
[...] IRAN "China could take more initiative on the Iran issue" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(09/29)(pg 14): "In the past, China could, together with Russia, oppose U.S., UK, and French proposals on Iran. However, now that the U.S. ha [...]
2009-09-29 08:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2793PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR COVERT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While state-run media in China question the motives of Western-led efforts to deal with the Iranian nuclear issue and stress that dialogue is the only way forward, two of China's leading Iran experts are doubtful the P5-plus-1 engagement with Iran will bear fruit. They echoed co [...]
2009-09-29 13:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2794SEPTEMBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, NORTH KOREA, BURMA,
[...] Key points at the September 29 MFA press briefing: -- China supported the maintenance of the nuclear nonproliferation program and resolving the Iran issue through negotiation. -- During his visit to North Korea, Premier Wen Jiabao would exchange ideas on bilateral and regional issues of mut [...]
2009-09-29 23:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MNUC PARM CH KS KN RS IR ZK BM AF
09BEIJING280ROKS BRIEFED ON CCP OFFICIAL WANG JIARUI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Director Wang Jiarui met with North Korean leader Kim Jong-il for five hours during his January 21-24 visit to Pyongyang and reports Kim appeared well, according to ROK Embassy contacts who wer [...]
2009-02-05 08:06:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH KN KS
09BEIJING2802TIBET: CHINA URGES CANCELATION OF SPEAKER PELOSI'S
[...] (C) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei called in the Ambassador September 30 to urge cancellation of House Speaker Pelosi's planned meeting and joint press conference with the Dalai Lama. Tibet, VFM He said, is a "core interest," and such a meeting would impinge upon China's sovereignt [...]
2009-09-30 07:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING2806MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, IRAN, CHINA'S FUTURE
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "U.S. politics will hinder efforts to counter global warming" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(09/30)(pg 2): "The Democratic Party in the United States has prepared for the worst: when n [...]
2009-09-30 08:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2810AF/PAK: PRC VIEWS ON COOPERATION WITH U.S.,
[...] (C) Summary: PRC distrust in U.S. strategic intentions in South Asia and the PRC's stove-piped bureaucracy impede China's willingness to coordinate efforts with the United States on Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Chinese scholars at two government-affiliated think tanks. To overcome [...]
2009-09-30 10:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MARR KDEM AF IN PK CH BM
09BEIJING2812NORTH KOREA: UPDATE ON UNDP AND WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] (C) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is preparing to restart its program in North Korea, a World Food Program (WFP) official in Beijing told Econoffs (the UNDP office here declined to confirm this report),and Chinese officials have, for the first time ever, asked WFP for briefing [...]
2009-10-03 00:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR ECON PREL KN CH
09BEIJING2813AUSPICIOUS JCM: MARKING THIRTY YEARS OF U.S.-CHINA SCIENCE
[...] (SBU) Senior Chinese government officials from across China's science and technology (S&T) establishment are eagerly looking forward to engaging their U.S. government counterparts at the upcoming 13th Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) on Science and Technology, set to take place in Washington, DC [...]
2009-10-03 00:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG TSPA TPHY TBIO CH
09BEIJING2814 U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]
2009-10-06 23:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING2824MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL, U.S.-CHINA
[...] CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT MODEL "China's rise ends the unilateral world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/02)(pg 15): "China's implementation of the opening up and reform policy and its rapid economic development after 1978 has frustra [...]
2009-10-07 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2825MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Obama plays 'hurry scurry' with the Dalai Lama" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(10/08)(pg 3): "Obama does not want the Dalai Lama making trouble at a critical time when the U.S. needs Ch [...]
2009-10-08 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2836PRC/AFRICA: KENYAN AMBASSADOR SEES PRACTICAL AID
[...] (C) Summary: While the United States and other Western countries focus on human rights and capacity building in Africa, China takes a more pragmatic and realistic approach to African aid, according to Kenya's Ambassador to the PRC. Kenyans feel that their positive attitudes toward the United [...]
2009-10-09 09:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM KE CH
09BEIJING2837MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA, NATIONAL ENDOWMENT
[...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA "Obama will visit China for four days during his eight-day trip to Asia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/09)(pg 16): "According to a Global Times poll on October 8, Chinese netizens are not very enthusiast [...]
2009-10-09 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2847OCTOBER 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, NOBEL PRIZE,
[...] Key points at the October 13 MFA press briefing: -- North Korea's recent short-range missile test would not affect the improving situation on the Korean Peninsula. -- China congratulated President Obama on being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. -- During his visit to China, A/S Campbell wo [...]
2009-10-13 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2849APEC: U.S. SENIOR OFFICIAL FOR APEC TONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting in Beijing September 29, U.S. Senior Official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Affairs Kurt Tong reviewed a range of U.S. priorities in APEC with China's Senior Official for APEC (SOM) Lu Kang, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two highlighted the shared int [...]
2009-10-13 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON PGOV ETRD APECO CH
09BEIJING285PRO-REFORM BLOGGER DESCRIBES PRC DEMOCRACY GROUPS,
[...] (C) The main model for the December-released "Charter 08" manifesto calling for democratic reforms in China (ref B) was "Formosa Magazine," the former journal of the Taiwan democratic opposition, according to well-known Chinese liberal blogger and media commentator Zhao Jin (aka "Michael Anti, [...]
2009-02-05 10:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KDEM TW CH
09BEIJING2850MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, U.S.-CHINA TRADE
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE a. "Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize and Shocks the World" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/10)(pg 1): "Jin Canrong, professor of the People's University of China, commented that giving the Prize to Obama is [...]
2009-10-14 02:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING286TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]
2009-02-05 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING2863MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, NORTH KOREA, CHINA-JAPAN
[...] U.S. POLICY "Looking into the hidden truth about Obama's first Asia trip" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated with the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/13)(pg 14): "On Obama's first trip to Asia, his attendance at the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Singapo [...]
2009-10-14 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2864SUBJECT: EAP A/S CAMPBELL AND MFA DG ZHENG
[...] (C) Summary: The international community's engagement strategy and overall policy of sanctions against Burma have failed, said MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang in an October 13 working lunch with EAP A/S Campbell. A/S Campbell called for incre [...]
2009-10-14 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM PGOV CASC SENV CH TW BM
09BEIJING2866SUBJECT: SCHOLAR SAYS PRC EFFORTS TO CURB OVERSEAS
[...] (C) Summary: PRC efforts to curb Chinese dissident activities abroad are directly proportional to PRC perceptions of influence of the countries involved, according to a Chinese scholar. For example, China will take some action should its demands that no "controversial" figures attend the Oct [...]
2009-10-14 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH EZ LO GE SCUL
09BEIJING2867PRC EDUCATION VICE MINISTER SUPPORTS PROPOSAL TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: PRC Education Vice Minister Hao Ping embraced a U.S. proposal to double the projected number of U.S. students studying in China to 100,000 over the next four years. During an October 13 meeting with EAP A/S Campbell, Vice Minister Hao expressed hope to reach agreement on the p [...]
2009-10-14 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL PGOV CVIS SOCI CASC CH ED
09BEIJING2870PRC: A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH VFM HE YAFEI
[...] (S) Summary: China appreciates that President Obama plans to spend three days in China and hopes the visit will produce concrete results, China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei told EAP A/S Campbell October 13. China also hopes for a joint statement that will send a positive message that the [...]
2009-10-14 11:14:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PGOV MARR KNNP MNUC SENV APEC KN KS CH
09BEIJING2872A/S CAMPBELL'S DINNER WITH CHINESE ACADEMICS:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an October 13 dinner with EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell, three leading Chinese international affairs experts urged the United States to start bilateral talks with North Korea. China had done its part by keeping pressure on the DPRK, they said, but now it was up to the [...]
2009-10-14 11:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV NK SK JP RU IN CH
09BEIJING288PROMOTING CHINESE INVESTMENT IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) In recent meetings with three key semi-official and private Chinese organizations that promote Chinese investment in Africa, all three stressed that they are paying more attention to political and economic risk, environmental protection, and China's reputation in Africa and around the wo [...]
2009-02-06 01:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EAID ECON ETRD UNDP CH
09BEIJING2884OCTOBER 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-IRAN RELATIONS, SCO
[...] Key points at the October 15 MFA press briefing: -- PM Wen Jiabao met with Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi at the October 14 SCO Prime Minister's meeting. The MFA spokesperson stated that "China values its relationship with Iran," seeks to advance "cooperation and coordinat [...]
2009-10-15 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PARM CH IR AF UK
09BEIJING2897READOUT OF PRC-JAPAN-ROK TRILAT SUMMIT
[...] (C) The Second PRC-Japan-ROK trilateral summit held in Beijing on October 10 focused primarily on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and a pledge to work towards a successful Copenhagen climate change conference, according to our contacts at the Japanese and ROK embassies in Beijing. [...]
2009-10-16 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV ECON MNUC SENV CH JA KN KS
09BEIJING2904MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "It is hard for the U.S. Congress to change its view on China" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao) (10/19)(pg 4): "On October 16, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China issued a 'Hum [...]
2009-10-19 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2910MEDIA REACTION: CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, OBAMA
[...] CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT "Chinese Foreign Minister asks the U.S. to stop interfering in China's internal affairs" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (10/20) (pg 1): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesper [...]
2009-10-20 10:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2912OCTOBER 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, NORTH
[...] Key points at the October 20 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government attached great importance to the safety of the Chinese crew members taken hostage on their cargo ship, the Dexinhai. -- China-India relations had enjoyed "good momentum" and Chinese efforts to obtain resources from [...]
2009-10-20 23:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH KS KN RS IR AF IN PK UK
09BEIJING2914EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH MND/FAO MG QIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of China's Ministry of Defense, responded positively, if cautiously, to EAP A/S Campbell's urging of improved military-to-military relations within a broader, inter-agency strategic dialogue, but complained that res [...]
2009-10-21 06:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PHUM PBTS PHSA PINS TW CH
09BEIJING2919MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN
[...] CHINA POLICY "Issues for economic growth model" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (10/21)(pg 8): "China should look at the emerging global economic rebalancing in the context of an unprecedented world economic recession and expedite adjustment of its economic structure a [...]
2009-10-21 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2923DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; PRC 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff [...]
2009-10-22 00:14:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ETRD ECON
09BEIJING2924DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 4:45 pm; Great Hall of the People; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...]
2009-10-22 03:13:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MNUC CH KN
09BEIJING2930MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL, "G2," U.S. POLICY IN SOUTHEAST
[...] U.S.-ISRAEL "U.S. reassuring Israel" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(10/22)(page A28): "Zhu Zhaoyi, an expert on Israeli issues, said tha [...]
2009-10-22 08:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2932PRC/IRAN: PREMIER WEN PUSHES RAHIMI ON DIALOGUE;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of Shanghai Cooperation Organization high-level meetings October 15, PRC Premier Wen Jiabao urged Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Reza Rahimi to move forward with direct talks with the United States and offered PRC support to do so, according to an MFA offici [...]
2009-10-22 12:03:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2933PRC/IRAN: SCHOLARS ON TEHRAN'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Middle East specialist at a well-connected think-tank reported that Iranian diplomats in Beijing were seeking ways to push Tehran to negotiate with the P5-plus-1 but want to do so through cutouts, such as scholars. Beijing-based Iranian diplomats hoped that China would [...]
2009-10-22 12:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING2934OCTOBER 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, CHINA-INDIA, REBIYA
[...] Key points at the October 22 MFA press briefing: -- The Chinese Government remained concerned about the security of the 25 member crew of the De Xin Hai and an "all-out rescue effort" was ongoing. -- China and India were both emerging countries and had common interests that would benefit f [...]
2009-10-22 00:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2945MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SUDAN POLICY, JCCT,
[...] U.S. SUDAN POLICY "Subtle changes" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(10/23)(pg 3): "The Obama administration's new strategy on Sudan signifies that the U.S. government has subtly changed its attitude towards the government in Sudan from one of 'sanctions' to one o [...]
2009-10-22 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2951MFA OFFICIAL ON ILLICIT FINANCING COOPERATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: China was willing to enhance its cooperation with the United States to combat illicit financing and terrorism, MFA Department of Asian Affairs Deputy Director General Sun Weidong told Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser October 19. Sun said the Chinese government was still going throug [...]
2009-10-22 10:20:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV PTER AF CH PK
09BEIJING2958MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA,
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "Increasing trust, eliminating doubts, and friendly cooperation" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (10/24)(pg 3): "Major General Qian Lihua, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office at the Ministry of National Defense, said that since P [...]
2009-10-25 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2963DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI, SEPTEMBER 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 00:14:00Embassy BeijingSECRETECON PARM PGOV PREL OVIP
09BEIJING2964DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S XXXXXXXXXXXX MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (SBU)xxxxx 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. Joseph DeTrani, Mission Manager for North Korea, DNI Amb. xxxxx De [...]
2009-10-26 00:23:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC SN CH KN
09BEIJING2965PRC: DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG’S SEPTEMBER 29,
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 3:00 p.m.; Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of Staff Amb. [...]
2009-10-26 00:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES B. PREL PGOV PARM MNUC
09BEIJING2968DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPT 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 29, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing Joseph Donovan, EAP Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rear Admiral Charles Leidig, Joint Chiefs of S [...]
2009-10-26 00:42:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL MNUC ECON KS KN
09BEIJING2979MEDIA REACTION: REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH, MYANMAR,
[...] REACTION TO STEINBERG CNAS SPEECH "Seizing the opportunity of U.S.-China 'strategic reassurance'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/26)(pg 14): "U.S. Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg recently (September 24 in a speech at t [...]
2009-10-26 10:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2980OCTOBER 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA-AFRICA COOPERATION,
[...] Key points at the October 27 MFA press briefing: -- China would deepen ties with Egypt and promote China-Africa and China-Arab ties at the early November Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- China hoped relevant parties would q [...]
2009-10-26 22:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM EAID CH IR IS AF IN JA
09BEIJING2982PRC/SUDAN: MFA WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY; CONCERNED
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC welcomed the new U.S. strategy on Sudan, concurring that the situation in Darfur and implementation of Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) must be addressed simultaneously to achieve sustainable long-term success, according to an MFA official. Western government statemen [...]
2009-10-27 09:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SU CH
09BEIJING2984MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. SPACE
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S. and Chinese military shake hands at the Pentagon" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/28)(pg 1): "During the visit of Chinese military leaders to the U.S., the U.S. opened up rarely-seen, secret m [...]
2009-10-27 09:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING299PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE UNSCR 1267 LISTING
[...] (S) On February 5, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yin Yin told PolOff "upon instruction" that China "attached great importance" to the U.S. UNSCR 1267 listing request (Ref A),based on China's support of anti-terrorism efforts and U. [...]
2009-02-06 10:35:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PTER EFIN ETTC KTFN PINR UN CH IN PK
09BEIJING2994MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS, STRATEGIC
[...] U.S.-CHINA TRADE RELATIONS "U.S. intentions behind playing the 'steel card'" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(10/29)(pg 2): "On October 26 while in Guangzhou, the new U.S. Ambassador to China, Jon Hunt [...]
2009-10-29 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING2995PRC/LATIN AMERICA: CHINESE ECONOMIC INTERESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Politics, economics, Taiwan and common interests in social development drive China's interest in Latin America, according to a PRC scholar. Notwithstanding China's deepening relationship with Latin America, China will not develop its Latin America connections at the expense of i [...]
2009-10-29 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ECON ETRD ENRG EINV AR XM CH
09BEIJING2997OCTOBER 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PIRATES, FLU, BAGHDAD
[...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- Efforts aimed at the rescue of the crew of the Chinese cargo ship the De Xin Hai were "underway." -- The Chinese Government would step up efforts and adjust its methods in order to deal with the spread of the flu this season. -- The ter [...]
2009-10-29 23:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK NK UK IR IZ CA
09BEIJING3000NSC'S BADER AND ROSS TALK IRAN, DPRK, MIL-MIL WITH
[...] (C) Communist Party International Department Vice Minister Liu Jieyi, in an October 26 meeting with NSC Senior Directors Jeffrey Bader and Dennis Ross, stressed China's efforts to support a dual track approach to Iran. Responding to Ross' calls for the P5-plus-1 to maintain unity and keep pre [...]
2009-10-30 09:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC OVIP PGOV MARR CH KN IR
09BEIJING3001CHINESE SPECIAL ENVOY TALKS IRAN, MIDDLE EAST WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 26 meeting with PRC Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike, Senior Director for the Central Region Dennis Ross underscored the high priority that the United States placed on the pursuit of peace in the Middle East and on resolution of the Iran nuclear issue. Both [...]
2009-10-30 10:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC OVIP ENRG PGOV CH IR IS
09BEIJING3003MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN, TAIWAN, U.S.
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON IN PAKISTAN "Secretary Clinton acts as 'director' at speech in Pakistan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(10/30)(pg 2): "Secretary Clinton's visit sparked a wave of 'Hillary fever' (positive connotation) in Pakista [...]
2009-10-30 10:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3005PRC/INDIA: CORDIAL HIGH-LEVEL TALKS VEIL
[...] (C) Summary: Contrary to recent media reports, the October 24 meeting between Indian PM Manmohan Singh and PRC Premier Wen Jiabao on the sidelines of the East Asian Summit were cordial and addressed the ongoing bilateral border dispute without acrimony, according to an Indian diplomat who att [...]
2009-10-30 11:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ETRD PREL CH IN
09BEIJING3018MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC RELATIONS, EAST
[...] TAIWAN "Taiwan suspects U.S. arms sales tricks" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(11/02)(pg 3): "Hou Xiaohe, an associate professor at China's National Defense University, argued that in order to avoid angering [...]
2009-11-02 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3037NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS,
[...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...]
2009-11-03 11:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY
09BEIJING3046WHEN HU JINTAO COMES FOR DINNER: LOCAL PARTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 28 meeting with PolOffs, Shi Jing (protect),a former municipal party secretary in Gansu Province, described a 2007 Chinese New Year visit by CCP General Secretary Hu Jintao to his district and offered insights into how Hu's domestic trips are organized. Much of wh [...]
2009-11-04 11:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR SOCI CH
09BEIJING3052FROM A TRICKLE TO A FLOOD: CHINA'S AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES
[...] (SBU) Production and input subsidies have multiplied rapidly and the value of support has risen exponentially since the watershed moment in 2006 when China eliminated its centuries-old agricultural tax. Agricultural subsidies now play an increasingly important role in guiding production decisi [...]
2009-11-05 05:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV EAGR CH
09BEIJING3056MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Poll shows Americans both love and hate China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/05)(pg 3): "Experts said that the [Thomson Reuters/Ipsos] poll, which was conducted right before Obama's visit to China, aga [...]
2009-11-05 08:30:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3059PRC: FAITHFUL FLOCK TO OFFICIAL CHRISTIAN CHURCHES
[...] (C) Summary: Regular worshippers at two official Protestant churches in Hebei Province and the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region regularly exceed 3,000. Growth in attendance poses new challenges for the official church, particularly in the areas of clergy training and social services. In re [...]
2009-11-05 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3060SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Mr. President, China's leaders view your upcoming travel to Shanghai and Beijing as the single most important visit to China by a foreign leader this year. As we have heard repeatedly, President Hu Jintao and the senior leadership are committed, as are we, to making your meetings and prog [...]
2009-11-05 11:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CH ECON IR KN MARR MNUC OVIP PARM PHUM
09BEIJING3061NOVEMBER 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARIZATION OF SPACE,
[...] Key points at the November 5 MFA press briefing: -- China's position on the militarization of outer space remains unchanged. China opposes the militarization of outer space and will not engage in any arms race in outer space. -- China will continue to take "effective measures" to combat c [...]
2009-11-05 23:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PARM MOPS KGHG TSPA CN CI SO KN
09BEIJING3066MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI OIL CONTRACT, AFRICA, AFGHANISTAN
[...] IRAQI OIL CONTRACT "The West attacks China for 'reaping without sowing'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/06)(pg 1): "The sentiment of jealousy over the big order signed between Petro China Company Limited and BP (British Petroleu [...]
2009-11-06 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3071MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S SPACE POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Barack Obama's visit to China cannot avoid the 'trade protection' embarrassment" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/09)(pg A4): "The U.S. recently launched a series of attacks against products 'Made-in-C [...]
2009-11-09 08:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3072PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...]
2009-11-09 11:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR
09BEIJING3076 NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING:
[...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...]
2009-11-10 03:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAPECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN
09BEIJING3077 NOVEMBER 6 MFA/MOFCOM PRESS BRIEFING:
[...] Key points at the November 6 joint press briefing with MFA spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu and senior MOFCOM and MFA officials: -- President Hu's upcoming visit to Malaysia on November 10, China's first state visit there in 15 years, is intended to further mutual friendship and cooperation. Hu then [...]
2009-11-10 03:46:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDAPECO ECON ECIN PGOV PREL ETRD OVIP CN
09BEIJING3082MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY,
[...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "A look at Obama's Asia trip" The official Communist Party People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(11/10)(pg 6): "Obama's decision to visit East Asia at a time when the U.S. economy is in recession, various domestic reforms are facing obstacles, and [...]
2009-11-11 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3083NOVEMBER 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, EXCHANGE RATE,
[...] Key points at the November 10 MFA press briefing: -- The visit of U.S. President Obama will have a great influence on the future development of bilateral relations. -- China will follow a proactive and transparent policy to improve the Renminbi (RMB) exchange mechanism and give full play to [...]
2009-11-11 23:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PHSA ABUD IN XA TW SY
09BEIJING3090U/S HORMATS MEETS VICE FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Under Secretary Hormats during their November 9 meeting that the United States and China could make climate change a "highlight" of the bilateral relationship, beginning with the President's visit to Beijing early next week. He [...]
2009-11-12 08:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV OVIP ETRD ECON PREL APEC CH
09BEIJING3091NOVEMBER 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OBAMA VISIT, OBAMA-DALAI
[...] Key points at the November 12 MFA press briefing: --The U.S. President will have the opportunity to speak with youth in Shanghai -- China and the United States are "consulting on the specific arrangements" about media coverage. --China's opposition to foreign leaders meeting with the Dalai [...]
2009-11-12 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH
09BEIJING3092MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, JAPAN
[...] OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Barack Obama must make a clear statement on his trade policy" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/12)(pg A4): "Aside from climate change and promoting global economic recovery, setting a positive tone f [...]
2009-11-12 08:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3097TRACK-1.5 CHINA-U.S. STRATEGIC NUCLEAR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent bilateral track-1.5 discussions on strategic nuclear issues, several themes emerged, particularly with respect to PRC concerns regarding the direction of U.S. nuclear strategy and policy: (1) China wants "strategic reassurance" from the United States that ballistic m [...]
2009-11-13 01:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL PGOV MARR MNUC MASS CH
09BEIJING3102Under Secretary Hormats Meets with NDRC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 9 lunch meeting in Beijing, Under Secretary Robert Hormats and NDRC Executive Vice Chairman Zhu Zhixin agreed that the State Department-National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Dialogue should focus on long-term global strategic issues. The two discussed [...]
2009-11-13 03:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL CH
09BEIJING3113NATO DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL IN BEIJING
[...] (C) Summary: In Beijing November 9-12 for the NATO-China dialogue, NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero briefed the Chinese on NATO's New Strategic Concept effort, operations in Afghanistan, and relations with Russia, Central Asia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization [...]
2009-11-13 09:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS MNUC PHSA MOPS AF PK IR
09BEIJING3117ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ON PRC-ISRAEL MILITARY TIES
[...] (S) During a November 12 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),Israeli Ambassador to China Amos Nadai briefed on Israeli-Chinese bilateral military relations and appealed for relaxing USG oversight of Israeli military exports to the PRC. Military relations had been important in Israel [...]
2009-11-13 11:00:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MASS MARR PARM CH IS
09BEIJING3118MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.-CHINA
[...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA "Obama steps onto the big Asian stage" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/13)(pg 1): "According to U.S. media, a new world order has arrived. Professor Jin Canrong at People's University of China sa [...]
2009-11-13 11:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3121MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO JAPAN AND CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3122U/S HORMATS’ MEETINGS WITH BEIJING ECONOMISTS:
[...] (C) Summary. Vice Minister Liu He of the Central Leading Group on Financial and Economic Affairs (CLGFEA) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Hormats on November 9 that the small number of bilateral trade conflicts generates disproportionate political and social impa [...]
2009-11-16 09:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP ECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3126PRC NERVOUSNESS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts confirm press reports of increased restrictions on and detention of activists and dissidents in the lead-up to the President's November 15-18 visit to China. The MFA demarched the DCM November 14 to convey concerns over alleged plans for a meeting between the Pr [...]
2009-11-16 11:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING3128PORTRAIT OF VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING: "AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) According to a well connected Embassy contact, Politburo Standing Committee Member and Vice President Xi Jinping is "exceptionally ambitious," confident and focused, and has had his "eye on the prize" from early adulthood. Unlike many youth who "made up for lost time by having fun" after t [...]
2009-11-16 12:20:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL CH TW
09BEIJING3130MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 10:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3132MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 09:47:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3137MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 09:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3138NOVEMBER 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OPPOSITION TO JEWISH
[...] Key points at the November 19 MFA press briefing: -- China opposes Israel's plans to build new Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem, viewing the move as likely to undermine trust and security in the region. -- The decision not to accept journalist questions following the meeting between P [...]
2009-11-19 11:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PHSA CH IS KN AF IN VM JA
09BEIJING315MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, U.S. POLICY,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "The order of the visits gives clues to Clinton's diplomacy goals" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/09): "Secretary Clinton has carefully arranged her Asia trip. She is creating a b [...]
2009-02-09 08:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3150TIBET: STAFFDEL JANNUZI DISCUSSES POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 9 meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Frank Jannuzi, Tibetan poet and blogger Woeser decried the environmental degradation of the Tibetan plateau caused by unregulated mining, which she accused of both polluting rivers and increasing ethnic [...]
2009-11-20 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM SENV PGOV PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING3152MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA, CHINA-U.S.
[...] PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO ASIA a. "Obama's strategic concerns in focusing on Asia" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(11/20)(pg A02): "Obam [...]
2009-11-22 23:15:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3159MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS, TAIWAN
[...] CHINA-U.S. RELATIONS a. "China should show the United States the direction of its military development" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(11/23)(pg 14): "Obama's recent visit to China will finally decide the United States' China pol [...]
2009-11-23 09:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3160THE NETWORKING PARTY: CAREER ADVANCEMENT,
[...] (C) Chinese youth associated with Peking University pointed to career advancement and networking opportunities, rather than ideology, as primary reasons to join the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In addition to advantages in securing government positions, CCP membership now also helps recent grad [...]
2009-11-23 11:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
09BEIJING3162MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 09:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3172SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' TRIP TO CHINA
[...] (C) Undersecretary Burns, the President's November 15-18 visit to Beijing and Shanghai advanced the conversation with the Chinese on issues of high priority to the United States, particularly global economic recovery, North Korea, Iran and Afghanistan, climate change and proliferation. Your vi [...]
2009-11-25 08:26:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MNUC PARM PHUM CH AF PK IR
09BEIJING3174MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S.
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "One third of the United States' latest report devoted to the Chinese Navy" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (11/25) (pg 06): "A report issued by a special U.S. Congressional co [...]
2009-11-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3180DOE SECRETARY CHU AND CHINA SCIENCE MINISTER CO-CHAIR FIRST
[...] (SBU) On the eve of the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, China's Minister of Science and Technology WAN Gang, and National Energy Administration (NEA) Deputy Administrator LIU Qi (acting for Administrator Zhang Guobao) convened the first stee [...]
2009-11-27 08:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3182ENERGY AND COMMERCE SECRETARIES CHU AND LOCKE LEAD
[...] (U) In an effort to promote clean energy cooperation during the U.S. President's first visit to Beijing, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke led a senior-level U.S.-China roundtable discussion on clean energy on November 16. The roundtable included distinguished [...]
2009-11-27 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3186BILATERAL WITH VICE PREMIER LI KEQIANG - COOPERATION AND
[...] (SBU) Commerce Secretary Locke, Energy Secretary Chu, U.S. Trade Representative Kirk and U.S. Trade Development Administrator Zak met with Vice Premier Li Keqiang on November 18, 2009 at the Great Hall of the People, to discuss a broad range of bilateral issues including energy cooperation and [...]
2009-11-30 04:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR SENV ENRG KGHG CH
09BEIJING3192MEDIA REACTION: RMB EXCHANGE RATE, CHINA'S TRADING
[...] RMB EXCHANGE RATE "Wen Jiabao: I hope the world's major reserve currencies remain stable" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(11/30)(pg A4): "At present, each country's macroeconomic policy should continue to focus on dealing with [...]
2009-11-30 10:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3205MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE SUMMIT, CHINA MODEL
[...] CLIMATE SUMMIT a. "From 'black cat' to 'green cat:' China's emission reduction roadmap" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/01)(pg 21): "As 2012 nears and as the deadline for the Kyoto Protocol's first [...]
2009-12-01 09:07:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3211DECEMBER 1, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN
[...] Key points at the December 1 MFA press briefing were: -- At the 12th China-EU Summit in Nanjing, President Hu met with EC President Jose Manuel Barroso and other EU leaders and discussed climate change, sustainable development, and joint responses to the financial crisis. -- China believes [...]
2009-12-01 11:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV PHSA CH EUN KN RP XK
09BEIJING3214CHINA TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 2009
[...] (U) China has made progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Chinese government is implementing the National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Women and Children (2008-2012) and has issued regulations and directives to strengthen its response to sex trafficki [...]
2009-12-01 15:49:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING3223Read-out from Beijing on the
[...] (SBU) Qiu Bohua, China's Ambassador for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held November 6- 9 in Egypt, told Emboffs November 23 that China pledged USD 10 billion in new concessional loans to Africa, to be distributed via bilateral channels. For Africa's least developed countries (L [...]
2009-12-02 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV EAID PREL
09BEIJING3226CHINESE WATCHING U.S. NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC hopes the ongoing U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) will foster significant disarmament as a reflection of President Obama's "Prague vision" of a nuclear weapons-free world, which in turn would "positively" impact China's nuclear policy, several academics told PolOff in r [...]
2009-12-03 04:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PGOV MARR CH
09BEIJING3234MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3235LABOR NGO COMMUNITY OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SETBACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Participants in a mid-November grassroots Chinese labor NGO conference noted that labor NGOs, like all civil society groups in China, continue to face difficulties, including registering their organizations and obtaining legal status. However, they emphasized, their organizatio [...]
2009-12-03 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDCH ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3250MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH, CLIMATE
[...] PRESIDENTIAL AFGHANISTAN SPEECH "American experts say that the Taliban will once again return to power" Elite Reference (Qingnian Cankao),a newspaper affiliated to the official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (12/04)(pg 06): "Obama's plan to increase troops did not gain the suppo [...]
2009-12-04 09:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3252PRC SCHOLAR ON IRAN, RUSSIA, CENTRAL ASIA, SCO,
[...] (C) Summary: A well-connected scholar of Russian and Central Asian studies argued that China would not alter its basic position on the Iran nuclear issue in response to an apparent Russian shift in approach, because PRC leadership understands that Russia's change is in tone only, Russia's und [...]
2009-12-04 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET MARR CH AF IR
09BEIJING3272ASSISTANT FINMIN ZHU GUANGYAO SUGGESTS FORMAT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: At a December 4 meeting with DCM, Assistant Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao said there is broad consensus in the PRC that the United States and China must move beyond purely bilateral concerns to focus on regional and global issues. He proposed the S&ED II economic track discuss [...]
2009-12-08 09:01:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD EINV PREL CN
09BEIJING3276DECEMBER 8, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMBASSADOR BOSWORTH
[...] Key points at the December 8 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports U.S.-DPRK dialogue and hopes Ambassador Bosworth's talks with the DPRK lead to the resumption of the Six-Party Talks. -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao will attend the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen at the invit [...]
2009-12-08 23:09:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH CB RS KN DA
09BEIJING3287COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...]
2009-12-09 14:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER
09BEIJING3288PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...]
2009-12-09 15:08:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF
09BEIJING3290DIALOGUE ON TRADE REMEDIES: USTR GENERAL COUNSEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 08:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
09BEIJING330MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S. POLICY, JAPAN
[...] IRAN "Why was the U.S.-Iran Badminton Diplomacy abolished?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (02/10): "The U.S.-Iran Badminton diplomacy, amid high expectations, has failed. This has disappointed Obama, as he is dedicated to improving [...]
2009-02-10 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING3306VPP EXPANDS U.S. COOPERATION IN SHANDONG PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a Virtual Presence Post (VPP) outreach trip, Ambassador Huntsman traveled to Jinan, capital of China's Shandong Province, to open the Shandong American Week, donate books to the Shandong University law library, draw attention to an exhibition celebrating 30 years of U. [...]
2009-12-11 06:26:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND EFIN KPAO SCUL CH
09BEIJING3311MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE, COPENHAGEN, ARMS
[...] OBAMA'S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE "In receiving the peace prize, Obama defends war" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/11)(pg 1): "When receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, President Obama said that although wars have led to tragedies, militar [...]
2009-12-11 09:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3312UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' DECEMBER 9, 2009
[...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 3:45 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns Amb. Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Embassy Beijing David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Laura Rosenberger, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary [...]
2009-12-11 10:07:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MNUC SENV PARM CASC
09BEIJING3313UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETING WITH CCID DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Director of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Wang Jiarui December 9 to discuss U.S.-China cooperation on North Korea and Iran. Wang said that the "ideal outcome" of Special Representative for North Korea Polic [...]
2009-12-11 10:22:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PGOV KN IR CH
09BEIJING3315XINJIANG'S URUMQI STILL TENSE, BUT LESS SO
[...] (C) Summary: The visit of PolOff to Xinjiang in early December revealed that the security posture in the capital city of Urumqi has relaxed somewhat but armed personnel from the People's Armed Police (PAP) continue to patrol the Uighur sector and other sensitive areas. While some residents e [...]
2009-12-11 11:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING332FEBRUARY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY VISIT, MIDDLE
[...] Key points at the February 10 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes Secretary Clinton's visit will "strengthen dialogue, increase mutual trust, broaden cooperation and push China-U.S. relations on a track of healthy and stable development." -- China "hopes U.S. Middle East policy can help ease [...]
2009-02-10 23:11:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH CA FR IR XF IT SA
09BEIJING3325MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, CLIMATE CHANGE, NEW
[...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN "Chinese military issues warning about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/14)(pg 16): "A Chinese Ministry of Defense official said that if the U.S. sells arms to Taiwan it will not onl [...]
2009-12-14 09:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3331AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL
[...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]
2009-12-15 03:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3335CHINA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Below is China's submission for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The Embassy POC is Donna Gorman, who can be reached via email at GormanDX@state.gov. 2. (U) China continued its counterterrorism cooperation with the United States and other nations throughout the year. In [...]
2009-12-15 06:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASCE CH
09BEIJING3336CHINA MANNED SPACE ENGINEERING OFFICE (CMSE) WELCOMES
[...] (SBU) On December 8, ESTH Offs met with representatives from China's Man Space Engineering Office (CMSE) to discuss next steps for initiating bilateral discussions on cooperation in human spaceflight, as stipulated in the Joint Statement released during President Obama's visit to Beijing in m [...]
2009-12-15 07:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING3337MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, CHINA MODEL, TAIWAN
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "China's high-profile criticism demonstrates skillful diplomacy" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(12/15)(pg 2): "China's high-profile criticism of developed countries will help China gain control in the climate negotiat [...]
2009-12-15 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3338DECEMBER 15, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA CARGO
[...] Key points at the December 15 MFA press briefing were: -- It is up to the UN Security Council to consider the cargo plane detained in Thailand for suspected arms smuggling. -- Western criticism of China's persecution of Charter 08 signer Liu Xiaobo is "unacceptable." -- The 22 Uighurs se [...]
2009-12-15 08:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH KN CB TH JP CA
09BEIJING3347AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3351PRC/MONGOLIA: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES STILL
[...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Econoffs, Mongolian Commercial and Economic Counselor Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan noted that Chinese-Mongolian trade was increasing "quite well," and that generally the bilateral relationship had progressed quickly over the past 60 years. For instance, bilateral t [...]
2009-12-16 03:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCH EAID ECON EMIN ETRD MG PREL
09BEIJING3357ACADEMIC FREEDOM IN CHINA STILL ELUSIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 08:23:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALCH PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BEIJING3361MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, WAR ON TERROR
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The final stand-off in Copenhagen: China has resisted Anglo-American pressure" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(12/16)(pg A4): "By now, developing countries and developed countries don't give in to each other's [...]
2009-12-16 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3380DECEMBER 17, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: COPENHAGEN TALKS, XI
[...] Key points at the December 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China supports cooperative efforts to reach a "fair, reasonable, balanced, and achievable" result at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. -- During a visit to South Korea, Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping met with Presid [...]
2009-12-17 11:12:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SENV ETRD CH KS KN CB
09BEIJING3392U/S BURNS MEETS WITH CHINESE SCHOLARS, DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) December 9, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Beijing 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- Under Secretary Burns David Shear, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary of State William Weinstein, Economic Minister-Counselor, Embassy Beijing Laura Stone, Economic Officer, Embassy Beijing (notetaker) CHINA [...]
2009-12-18 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON
09BEIJING33946th U.S.-China Technical Working Group Meeting in Beijing
[...] (SBU) On September 15, officials and technical experts from the United States and China convened the Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-China Biotechnology Technical Working Group on Food and Environmental Safety (TWG). Discussion focused on scientific and regulatory issues relevant to genetically engi [...]
2009-12-18 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING3396DAS HOLT'S NOVEMBER 20 MEETING WITH DDG LI JUNHUA
[...] (C) Summary: The PRC remains committed to UN Peacekeeping Operations (UNPKOs) and supports efforts to establish achievable mandates and to promote political processes that will complement UNPKO activities, MFA International Organizations and Conference Deputy Director General Li Junhua told B [...]
2009-12-18 09:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPKO CH
09BEIJING3397TENSE RELATIONS BETWEEN UNHCR BEIJING AND THE PRC:
[...] (C) UNHCR Beijing's already delicate relationship with the MFA was "stretched to its limit" due to incidents involving asylum seekers unrelated to UNHCR Beijing, according to a UNHCR Beijing official. The MFA strongly objected to what it perceived was UNHCR Beijing's direct involvement in effo [...]
2009-12-18 09:31:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CH KN KS CB
09BEIJING3398MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, CHINA-CENTRAL
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE a. "Climate change poses a threat to global security" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(12/18)(pg 10): "Climate change poses a greater threat to the world than terrorism. This is not just an alarmist view since climate change wil [...]
2009-12-18 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3411MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-21 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3414SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MURRAY
[...] (SBU) Senator Murray, your delegation will arrive in Beijing and Shanghai two months after President Obama's November 15-18 visit to China. Overall, the Chinese leadership is pleased with the direction of U.S.-China relations and your hosts will likely frame this session of U.S.-China Interpa [...]
2009-12-21 10:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH TW IR NK
09BEIJING3416PRC DEMARCHE ON AMBASSADOR'S LIU XIAOBO LETTER,
[...] (C) On December 21, MFA Americas Department Deputy Director General Ding Xiaowen summoned Acting PolMinCouns to receive a formal response to a December 10 letter from Ambassador Huntsman to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi raising USG concerns about the detention of Charter 08 drafter Liu Xiaobo a [...]
2009-12-21 11:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CH
09BEIJING3421CHINA REBALANCING: HOW MUCH, HOW SOON, AND HOW?
[...] (C) Summary. Recent senior leadership meetings in Beijing indicate that with 2009 GDP growth in excess of eight percent assured, the Chinese Government has turned its attention to rebalancing the economy for more sustainable development. Most observers believe the government is serious about [...]
2009-12-22 09:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING3422DECEMBER 22, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Key points at the December 22 MFA press briefing were: -- China took positive measures in Copenhagen during the Climate Change Conference. -- UK citizen Akmal Shaikh was sentenced to death for drug smuggling despite claims that he suffers from mental disorders. -- No deal was made with C [...]
2009-12-22 09:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MNUC KNNP SENV CH EUN JA NP CB
09BEIJING3425MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, AFGHANISTAN, JAPAN, CHINA
[...] CLIMATE CHANGE "The Copenhagen Conference did not fail" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/22)(pg 2): "The principles of a 'dual climate change responsibilities' have been maintained and the terms rela [...]
2009-12-22 09:44:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3441MEDIA REACTION: FINANCE, KOREAN PENINSULA, CHINA AND
[...] FINANCE "U.S. political whip wounds Sino-U.S. trade" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/23)(pg 14): "Growing Sino-U.S. economic and trade ties seem to have been beaten by a whip. This whip is in fact the American people's 'politica [...]
2009-12-23 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3442CHINA SHOWS ASSERTIVENESS AT EU SUMMIT AS LISBON
[...] (C) In contrast to MFA claims that the November 30 EU-China Summit held in Nanjing was a positive event with "no points of contention," European diplomats stated that the PRC showed "new assertiveness" with Europe during the summit and noted that discussions calling for increased flexibility i [...]
2009-12-23 09:11:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
09BEIJING3443CHARGE'S DEMARCHE ON LIU XIAOBO TRIAL, UIGHUR
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge raised the December 23 trial of activist Liu Xiaobo and the forced return of Uighur asylum seekers from Cambodia with MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director General Zheng Zeguang. The Charge expressed strong disappointment that Liu's trial had alr [...]
2009-12-23 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH CB
09BEIJING3467CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER VISIT TO CHINA POSITIVE,
[...] (C) The December 2-6 visit of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to China, his first ever, was positive, productive and "set the right tone" in Canadian-Chinese relations, according to Canadian diplomats. While MFA officials concurred on the positive assessment of the visit, a PRC schola [...]
2009-12-28 06:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EMIN EINV PHUM CH CA HK KS
09BEIJING3473MEDIA REACTION: U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. MILITARY
[...] U.S. - CHINA RELATIONS "We should not allow the United States' Medicare to drag down China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(12/28)(pg 14): "No health care reform in the world can evade this question: where does the money come from [...]
2009-12-28 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3476CHINA INFORMED OF CHINESE FIRM'S ACTIONS TO
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper notifying China of Malaysian-based Iranian front company Electronic Component Limited's (ECL) efforts to buy controlled gyroscopes from the Beijing-based Vibtel Industrial Co. Inc to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Chemical and Biol [...]
2009-12-28 10:57:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM MTCR PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA IR CH MY
09BEIJING3487MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA POLICY
[...] U.S. POLICY A. "New breakthroughs in U.S. healthcare reform: towards a managed competition" Guangdong 21st Century Publishing Company Ltd.'s business newspaper 21st Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao)(12/29)(pg 2): "Because the Democratic Party is the majority party in both th [...]
2009-12-29 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
09BEIJING3488PRC: U.S. TENSIONS WITH IRAN MAKE SOLVING AMCIT
[...] (C) Tensions between the United States and Iran complicate efforts to resolve the cases of six American citizens currently detained in Iran, MFA West Asian Affairs Department Iran Division Deputy Director Ni Ruchi told PolOff December 29. PolOff delivered reftel points requesting China to urg [...]
2009-12-29 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PHUM PINR PROP PREL PARM PTER IR CH
09BEIJING3489DECEMBER 29, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AMCIT IN NORTH KOREA,
[...] Key points at the December 29 MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes the U.S. will uphold the larger issue of stability on the Korean Peninsula when addressing US citizen Robert Park's detention in North Korea. -- The execution of UK citizen Akmal Shaikh for drug smuggling, despite claims [...]
2009-12-29 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM PHSA PTER CH BM KN IS
09BEIJING3490MONITORING G/TIP FY 08 GRANT PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 01:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
09BEIJING350SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA,
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]
2009-02-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING3507PRC: VICE PRESIDENT XI JINPING STRENGTHENS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cambodian and Chinese official sources told EmbOffs that no connection exists between Cambodia's December 19 forced repatriation to China of 20 Uighur asylum-seekers and the PRC's announcement of USD 1.2 billion in bilateral assistance during Vice President Xi Jinping's December 2 [...]
2009-12-31 05:12:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG EAID ECON CH CB
09BEIJING351MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICY, CHINA'S ROLE
[...] U.S. POLICY a. "American supervision only considers white people" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/11): "The recent crash of a tour bus has directed all of the blame on travel agencies operated by Chinese Americans. However why w [...]
2009-02-11 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING354U.S.-CHINA EXCHANGE RATE STABLE, NO CHANGE OF
[...] (C) Summary. After three years of steady appreciation, the Chinese renminbi (RMB) has been relatively stable against the USD since July 2008; since January 6, the RMB effectively has been pegged to the USD. In recent weeks senior Chinese leaders, including Premier Wen Jiabao and People's Bank [...]
2009-02-11 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD PREL CH
09BEIJING365MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY, HUMAN
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "New American Treasury Secretary changes the tone of his comments on China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (02/12): "Geithner recently stated that the U.S. needs to cautiously judge China on its RMB exchange [...]
2009-02-12 09:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING376MFA URGED TO INVESTIGATE IRANIAN MISSILE
[...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper urging China to investigate the activities of a three-person Iranian delegation traveling in China that might be engaged in the illegal procurement of missile technology to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Second Secretary Zhang [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPARM PREL MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CH IR
09BEIJING380MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA, U.S.
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA "Why does Secretary Clinton visit Japan first?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao) (02/13): "Secretary Clinton has decided to visit Japan first because it is a continuation of the Bush administrations di [...]
2009-02-13 10:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING381Talking Points Delivered: CNSA Response to Satellite
[...] (SBU) On February 13, ESTHOFF conveyed points in REFTEL regarding the collision of a U.S. and Russian satellite and discussed the issue directly by phone with Mr. XU Yansong of the China National Space Agency's (CNSA) International Cooperation Department. Post also transmitted points in writin [...]
2009-02-13 10:28:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL KSCA CH
09BEIJING382CHINA HAD NO SAY IN MANAS CLOSURE ISSUE, SHARES
[...] (C) Summary: China did not discuss the possibility of closing Manas Air Base with the Kyrgyz Government, either before or after President Bakiyev's February 3 announcement, and only learned about it from press reports, according to an MFA official. China and the United States "share common g [...]
2009-02-13 10:30:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PGOV PTER CH KG
09BEIJING397CHINESE BUSINESSMAN ON CIC IN THE U.S., HONG KONG
[...] (C) Summary. The China Investment Corporation (CIC),China's sovereign wealth fund, remains interested in pursuing additional investments in the U.S., although not in the financial sector, according to Charles Liu, a well-connected Chinese private equity firm manager in Beijing. CIC Chairman [...]
2009-02-17 08:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PREL CH HK
09BEIJING398FEBRUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT,
[...] Key points at the February 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- China hopes to "increase mutual trust" and promote "the sound and stable development" of relations "in the new era" during the Secretary of State's visit. -- China hopes that North and South Korea will "increase mutual trust" and "solve [...]
2009-02-17 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN IN PK CB VM VT
09BEIJING401MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA,
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO ASIA "Secretary Clinton calls for 'When you are in a common boat, you need to cross the river peacefully together' between the U.S. and China" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/17): "Secretary Clinton h [...]
2009-02-17 09:58:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING41MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DISPUTES, CHINA'S
[...] RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS DISPUTES a. "A prolonged delay is not beneficial and a compromise is hard to make" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (01/07): "This is the third time that Russia has cut off the gas supply to Ukraine. This cut-off has had a smaller impact on Euro [...]
2009-01-07 09:33:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING416MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN, U.S.-CHINA
[...] ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN a. "The U.S.' selfish bill makes the world feel cold" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/18): "Along with the approval of the U.S.' economic stimulus plan, 787$ billion, the disputable 'buy American' bill has [...]
2009-02-18 08:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING419TIBET: SITUATION "FAR FROM NORMAL," BUT REPEAT OF
[...] (C) A repeat of the spring 2008 unrest in Tibetan areas of China is unlikely this year given the extremely tight security blanketing Lhasa and other Tibetan communities, according to several Beijing- based observers. Tensions in Tibetan areas, however, remain high as the 50th anniversary of t [...]
2009-02-18 12:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF IN CH
09BEIJING429MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA MILITARY RELATIONS "U.S.-China military discussions will not avoid speaking about the arms sales to Taiwan" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/19): "A Chinese military official has recently said that China will request th [...]
2009-02-19 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING431FEBRUARY 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CLIMATE CHANGE, SECRETARY'S
[...] Key points at the February 19 MFA Press Briefing: -- China "takes a positive attitude towards strengthening cooperation" on climate change and would "like to work with the United States." -- Good relations between the United States and China are "conducive to peace and stability" and in th [...]
2009-02-19 10:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SENV CH KS PK
09BEIJING434HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA RESPONDS ON WANG BINGZHANG CASE
[...] (C) In response to U.S. expressions of concern about imprisoned democracy activist Wang Bingzhang on February 17 (reftel),an MFA Human Rights Division official on February 19 provided information about Wang's case, noting that MFA hopes the United States will view China's quick response as a [...]
2009-02-19 10:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CH
09BEIJING440MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, JAPAN, FIANNCIAL
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT "Secretary Clinton comes to China to talk" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/20): "Secretary Clinton will arrive in Beijing today. During her visit to Japan, Indonesia and South Korea, global media seems n [...]
2009-02-20 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING448Graduate Unemployment in China: Financial Crisis
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Chinese government blames rising unemployment on the global financial crisis, but in the case of college graduates the crisis has only exacerbated a preexisting problem. Graduate unemployment began to rise in 2003, as a result of policies to expand enrollment, while reform [...]
2009-02-23 05:25:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PGOV SOCI CH
09BEIJING458MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, TAIWAN
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "The bottom line and the height of Secretary Clinton's 'trial' visit" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(02/23): "In view of the continuous efforts by the Bush administration on these [...]
2009-02-23 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING460CHARGE DELIVERS REVISED COCA II AGREEMENT TO CHINESE MFA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with MFA Department of Administration Director General Li Chao, the Charge delivered the revised COCA II agreement, walked the MFA through the talking points and left a non-paper detailing changes to the draft agreement received in ref A. The Charge tol [...]
2009-02-23 22:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT CH
09BEIJING467MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT, FINANCIAL
[...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT a. "One sentence of Secretary Clinton's is worth further contemplation" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(02/24): "Secretary Clinton said, during her trip to Japan that 'through strengthening relations with our [...]
2009-02-24 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING469February 24 MFA Press Briefing: Clinton Visit, DPRK Missile
[...] Key points at the February 24 MFA press briefing: -- Secretary Clinton's first visit to China achieved "positive results." The two sides reaffirmed their desire to "maintain their close dialogue" and will expand areas of common interest in this "new era." -- China "takes note" of a possib [...]
2009-02-24 10:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING470RUSSIA SEEKS TO DEFUSE TENSIONS WITH CHINA AFTER
[...] (C) The Russian military's February 15 sinking of the Chinese cargo ship "The New Star" has caused tension between Russia and China but will not have a long-term impact on bilateral relations, a Russian Embassy contact in Beijing told PolOff February 24. Our contact reported that the MFA summ [...]
2009-02-24 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EWWT ETRD MARR PBTS CH RS
09BEIJING471ChinaQs NDRC Urges Expanded Fiscal Stimulus,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rapidly increasing government spending and a decline in tax revenue caused by the economic slowdown will drive ChinaQs central and local government fiscal deficits to about 2.5 percent of GDP in 2009, compared to about 0.5 percent in 2008 and the highest level since 2002. Nati [...]
2009-02-25 00:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CH
09BEIJING477BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing February 20, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that a sequence of events is being taken to repair Sino-French relations and that several visits are planned in the near future to that end but no apologies would be forthcoming. The [...]
2009-02-25 06:18:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING484PRESERVING JOBS TAKES PRECENDENCE
[...] (SBU) Spurred by concern over social instability, the Chinese government has responded rapidly to a deteriorating job market, and has made "stabilizing employment" a top economic priority. The main thrust of central and local government measures is to keep people on the job, even if it means [...]
2009-02-26 01:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING498MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NORTH KOREA
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Shelving stereotypes a must for cooperation" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/06): "...Concerted cooperation between China and the U.S. depends fundamentally on whether the two countries can transcend the stereotypes mentally of international re [...]
2009-02-26 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING499February 26 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights Report,
[...] Key points at the February 26 MFA press briefing: -- Responding to a question on the U.S. Department of State Human Rights Report, the MFA spokesman said China "attached great importance" to human rights, had made "constant progress" on human rights and "fully protected religious freedom." C [...]
2009-02-26 09:48:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KS KN EU RS JA SW PK IN CH
09BEIJING514MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS, GARY LOCKE, U.S.-CHINA
[...] HUMAN RIGHTS a. "Human rights report decried" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/27): "China yesterday denounced U.S. criticism of its human rights record in an annual report, saying Washington should first put its own house in order. 'We urge the U.S. to examine its o [...]
2009-02-27 09:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING517PRC LEADERS KEEN TO FORGE CLOSE TIES WITH U.S.; HU
[...] (C) The PRC leadership is determined to forge close ties with the new U.S. Administration, viewing relations with Washington as the key to China´s engagement with the world, according to an Embassy contact with access to the Chinese leadership. Though China has long viewed its relationship with [...]
2009-02-27 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING518HUI SAID XI SAID: CHINESE LEADERS VISIT LATIN
[...] (C) Summary: The overlapping visits of two of China's top leaders to Latin America and the Caribbean February 7-22 were marked by numerous investment and aid agreements. While some of the agreements lacked substance or were rehashed from previous visits, our contacts say China has begun to i [...]
2009-02-27 10:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ENRG CH XM XL
09BEIJING519ZARDARI VISIT HIGHLIGHTS CLOSE CHINA-PAKISTAN TIES
[...] (C) Pakistani President Asif Zardari's February 20-24 visit to Hubei Province and Shanghai was aimed at expanding bilateral economic cooperation and promoting investment, especially in the financial, agricultural, hydroelectric, and water conservation sectors. The two sides inked a Pakistan-C [...]
2009-02-27 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH PK AF IN
09BEIJING526AFM LIU JIEYI PRESSES TIMING CONCERNS ON 2009 PRC
[...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney noted the positive direction in U.S.-China relations, and said the just-concluded Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCTs) were a good beginning. Both agreed on the impo [...]
2009-03-02 07:07:00Embassy BeijingSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM PTER CH
09BEIJING527PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]
2009-03-02 07:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING530MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE TALKS, WTO, U.S.-JAPAN-CHINA
[...] DEFENSE TALKS "No barriers to U.S.-China military exchanges have been removed" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(3/02): "In the military exchanges, the U.S. is more interested in obtaining specific military info [...]
2009-03-02 09:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING55MEDIA REACTION: ISRAEL, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] ISRAEL "Chinese people are sympathetic to the miserable Gaza strip" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/08): "China is paying close attention to the Israel-Palestine conflict. This conflict arises much more attention from ordinary Ch [...]
2009-01-08 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING557CHINA/G-20: OBJECTIVES AND CONSTRAINTS
[...] (C) Summary: In the lead-up to the London G-20 Summit, China has clarified that its objectives include: deterring trade and investment protectionism; promoting real economic growth; deflecting public blame for the crisis; protecting its investments; and expanding China's international role. [...]
2009-03-04 10:15:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN CH
09BEIJING559PRESS BRIEFING: DEFENSE SPENDING, FISCAL STIMULUS
[...] (SBU) At a March 4 press conference designed to preview the March 5 opening session of the National People's Congress (NPC),NPC Spokesman Li Zhaoxing commented on the following issues: -- Defense Spending: China's defense spending in 2009 will increase by 62.4 billion RMB (approximately 9.2 [...]
2009-03-04 12:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH TW
09BEIJING560PRC/IRAN: CHINA SEEKS CLARITY ON U.S. IRAN POLICY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is keen to understand the direction of U.S. policy toward the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and is willing to facilitate dialogue between the two sides, according to an MFA official. China remains committed to the P5-plus-1 process but values its bilateral engagement with [...]
2009-03-04 12:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
09BEIJING57DASD SEDNEY'S MEETING WITH COMMUNIST PARTY
[...] (C) Vice Minister of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Department (CCID) Zhang Zhijun told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) David Sedney December 18 that China "treasures" its relationship with the United States and considers the U.S.-China relations [...]
2009-01-08 09:44:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS CH AF XD SO RS TW KN IZ XA
09BEIJING575March 5 MFA Press Briefing: Sudan, Afghanistan, Tibet
[...] Key points at the March 5 MFA press briefing: -- China regrets the International Criminal Court (ICC) decision to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir and wishes the relevant parties would consider the possible "repercussions" of their actions. -- China, as a permanent memb [...]
2009-03-05 09:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SU AF CH
09BEIJING576MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, RUSSIA, GAZA, TIBET
[...] CHINA'S DIPLOMACY "What concepts does China have that would change the world?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/05): "Recently, 'the summit on Chinese and western intellectuals' to discuss China's model and its international influ [...]
2009-03-05 09:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING579PRC: COW'S TONGUE CLAIM NOT LICKED, DESPITE
[...] (C) China expects the South China Sea (SCS) sovereignty dispute arising from a maritime baselines bill recently passed in the Philippines Congress will not ratchet up tension in the region and will not affect China's SCS claim, according to an MFA official. China will continue its "shelve dif [...]
2009-03-05 09:55:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
09BEIJING58PRC: DASD SEDNEY DISCUSSES MIL-MIL, IRAN, TAIWAN
[...] (S) In a December 19 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense David Sedney emphasized the need for improving U.S.-China military-to-military relations and stressed that single issues should not interfere with dialogue between the United States an [...]
2009-01-08 09:49:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL MARR MASS PARM PTER CH TW IR PK IN KN
09BEIJING580PREMIER CONFIDENT CHINA CAN OVERCOME GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao said China is confident it can overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis in presenting his annual "Government Work Report" to the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5. In China's equivalent of the State of the Union addres [...]
2009-03-05 15:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL CH TW
09BEIJING588MEDIA REACTION: CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES, U.S. POLICY,
[...] CHINA'S MILITARY EXPENSES "China's military officer talks about China's defense budget" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/06): "Recently, China announced that it will increase its defense budget by 14.9%. This arouses great suspici [...]
2009-03-06 09:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING589NPC PRESS BRIEFING ON CHINA'S ECONOMY BY PBOC,
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a March 6 press conference held in conjunction with the ongoing National People's Congress annual meeting (refs),People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Zhou Xiaochuan, Minister of Finance (MOF) Xie Xuren, and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Chairman Zhang [...]
2009-03-06 10:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK TW
09BEIJING592CHINA/AUSTRALIA: CHINALCO,S RIO TINTO BID: A
[...] (C) The state-owned Aluminum Corporation of China (Chinalco) announced February 12 a USD 19.5 billion bid for a bigger stake in select assets of Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, in which it is already the largest shareholder (Refs A and B). If approved, the deal would be the largest-e [...]
2009-03-09 02:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALAS CH ECON EINV EIND EMIN ETRD PGOV
09BEIJING601SAO DELAYS LOSE SALES AND COST AMERICAN JOBS FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. aviation companies point to current SAO processing times of 16 weeks or longer as an unreasonable threat to U.S. exports, U.S. jobs, and the chances of recovery for their communities in the U.S. The industry has grown remarkably over the past 5 years in China, and has succe [...]
2009-03-09 09:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS OEXC ECON EAIR CH
09BEIJING602MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CHINA'S MILITARY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The U.S. and China should grasp the second strategic cooperation opportunity" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/09): "Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs will visit the U.S. from March 9 [...]
2009-03-09 09:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING606CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]
2009-03-09 11:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING607FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI HOLDS NPC PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined China's foreign policy priorities in a March 7 press conference held on the margins of the ongoing National People's Congress (NPC). U.S.-China relations are "off to a good start" under the new Obama administration, Yang said, noting there currently is an [...]
2009-03-09 12:32:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ETRD EFIN PHUM ENRG CH TW XA RS KN KS
09BEIJING612MEDIA REACTION: DIAOYU ISLAND, CHINA'S DIPLOMACY, FINANCIAL
[...] DIAOYU ISLAND "Diaoyu Island issue, why is the U.S. ambiguous on this issue?" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(03/09): "For the U.S. government, their ambiguity on Diaoyu Island is in their own interests. But now, the U.S. government i [...]
2009-03-10 09:41:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING613BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SINO-FRENCH
[...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 Ambassadors in Beijing March 6, French Ambassador Herve Ladsous reported that Sino-French talks are "still in the doldrums." France suspects that the Chinese government is behind the Chinese antique collector who bid on the Chinese cultural relics at a Paris [...]
2009-03-10 10:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON CH FR JA GM UK
09BEIJING614JILIN GOVERNOR FOCUSES ON THE ECONOMY AND U.S.
[...] (C) Jilin Governor Han Changfu focused on his province's plans for coping with the global financial crisis and attracting U.S. investment during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires on the margins of the National People's Congress (NPC). Jilin was experiencing an economic downturn [...]
2009-03-10 11:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI CH
09BEIJING615March 10 MFA Press Briefing: U.S. Naval Vessel Incident, FM
[...] Key points at the March 10 MFA press briefing: -- "The USNS Impeccable violated international and Chinese law and conducted activities in China's special economic zone in the South China Sea without China's permission." -- The "open policy of Tibet has not changed" but it is "up to the loc [...]
2009-03-10 23:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MASS PHUM SU ZI CH
09BEIJING623CHINA/RUSSIA: LOANS-FOR-OIL DEAL STILL IN THE PIPELINE
[...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]
2009-03-11 07:19:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EINV EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING625CHINA/RUSSIA: OIL-FOR-LOANS DEAL STILL IN THE
[...] (C) After months of negotiations, China and Russia appear closer to reaching an agreement on the expansion of the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) Pipeline to northeast China. A USD 25 billion oil-for-loans agreement announced in mid-February will, if finalized, provide much-needed liquidity [...]
2009-03-11 07:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET EFIN CH RS
09BEIJING628MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, CHINA POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. companies' moves to export helicopter engines to China, receives doubts" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/11): "American company, Honeywell, recently said that it will export engines to a Chinese manufac [...]
2009-03-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING632TIBET: MFA COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 11 meeting with A/DCM, the MFA protested a recently introduced House of Representatives resolution on Tibet and urged the administration to prevent its passage. Noting that the U.S. Congress is a separate branch of government, A/DCM replied that the United States is [...]
2009-03-11 12:25:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
09BEIJING633CHINA WILL NOT "MECHANICALLY ADOPT" WESTERN
[...] (C) National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on March 9 emphasized the differences between China's NPC system and foreign legislatures, declaring that China would not "mechanically adopt" Western models, in delivering his annual report on the nominal legislature's accomplishments a [...]
2009-03-11 13:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KCUL CH
09BEIJING644MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. DIPLOMACY,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. to offer more carrots, fewer sticks abroad" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/12): "Smart power replaces the lineal trade-off model of hard power, or the threat of actual use of bullets or other armed military force, with soft power, or t [...]
2009-03-12 09:34:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING645CHINESE MFA ON IMPECCABLE INCIDENT
[...] (C) The Charge d'Affaires spoke with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi March 12 to underline the importance of the U.S.-proposed telcon between Chief of Naval Operations ADM Roughead and his PLA Navy counterpart ADM Wu Shengli to discuss the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chi [...]
2009-03-12 09:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PBTS MOPS MARR KTIA CH
09BEIJING649ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL: PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Demonstrating the universality of the axiom, "all politics is local," National People's Congress deputies this past week used "provincial discussion sessions," many of which were open to the media and EmbOffs, to push parochial agendas and projects, denounce separatism, support government [...]
2009-03-12 13:52:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI ELAB PREL KIRF CH
09BEIJING662MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, NAVAL DISPUTES,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The Foreign Minister's meeting tests the patience of China and the U.S." The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/13): "At this sensitive moment in the U.S.-China relationship, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi's [...]
2009-03-13 09:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING666PREMIER ADDRESSES FINANCIAL CRISIS, TIBET, TAIWAN,
[...] (SBU) Premier Wen Jiabao set the tone for his annual press conference at the conclusion of the National People's Congress (NPC) by noting on March 13 that this year's NPC session had been convened in the midst of the global financial crisis and therefore had focused on China's financial stimul [...]
2009-03-13 18:14:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL EFIN CH TW KN KS FR
09BEIJING67MEDIA REACTION: NEGROPONTE'S VISIT, PAULSON'S COMMENTS,
[...] NEGROPONTE'S VISIT "Bush sends an envoy to China for a farewell tour: Negroponte says: U.S.-China relations is the legacy of the Bush administration" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/09): "Eight years ago, no one could imagine tha [...]
2009-01-09 08:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING671China's Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application
[...] (SBU) Officials from the China Center for Resources Satellite Data and Application (CRESDA)--operators of the China-Brazil Earth Resource Satellites (CBERS)--met with ESTHCOUNS and ESTHOFFS on March 10 to discuss areas of potential cooperation with USG organizations. CRESDA proposals for colla [...]
2009-03-16 05:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPA TSPL TPHY PREL CH
09BEIJING677MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, TIBET, ASIAN
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "U.S. and China talk about cooperation amid noises" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/16): "On March 15th, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi ended his visit to Washington. He received [...]
2009-03-16 09:22:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING68PRC VFM HE YAFEI IN INDIA: STILL SEEKING TO REDUCE
[...] (C) Summary: PRC Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's January 5-6 trip to India focused on encouraging India to ease tensions with Pakistan, MFA Asian Affairs Department DDG Sun Weidong told PolMinCouns January 9. Given Pakistan's willingness to cooperate on counter-terrorism efforts, China hope [...]
2009-01-09 08:54:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER AF PK IN CH
09BEIJING682LABOR ISSUES AT THE NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS
[...] Summary: Labor issues, especially unemployment, were a major theme of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and National People's Congress (NPC) meetings that began on March 3. Senior government officials cited a severe unemployment problem, with over 20 million rur [...]
2009-03-17 05:24:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EFIN PGOV CH
09BEIJING684CHINA CEMENTS TIES WITH COSTA RICA THROUGH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Costa Rica is reaping economic benefits from China for its 2007 decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, including talks on a bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) announced during President Hu's 2008 visit and the planned construction of a new soccer stadium. Cos [...]
2009-03-17 08:56:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV CH CR
09BEIJING686Mantis 2008 (1 of 2): More Workload, More Waiting in
[...] Summary: This cable summarizes Beijing's 2008 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) review. In 2008, overall SAO Mantis volume increased by 10 percent, and wait times quadrupled to 16 weeks for SAO clearance. End Summary. ------------------------------- 2008 in Review: By the Numbers - [...]
2009-03-17 09:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING687Mantis 2009 (2 of 2): Unpredictable Delays Harm Business,
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable draws preliminary conclusions on 2009 Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing trends, based on the first 5 months of the fiscal year. Current lengthy SAO processing delays undermine Consular Section public outreach efforts. Expediting 2009 student and scho [...]
2009-03-17 09:03:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING689MEDIA REACTION: TIBET, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES, U.S.-CHINA
[...] TIBET "Misrepresenting Tibet a disingenuous strategy" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (03/17): "More and more young Chinese people have paid attention to the vast and sacred land of Tibet. Unblocked access to the Internet, television and newspaper coverage about the aut [...]
2009-03-17 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING691PRC SCHOLARS ON CROSS-STRAIT FREE TRADE.
[...] (C) Summary. Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou is anxious to conclude an Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with China in advance of the establishment of the China-ASEAN free trade zone in January 2010, local Taiwan experts told Emboffs. Should an agreement not be reached, Taiwanese [...]
2009-03-17 09:36:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD CH
09BEIJING692MARCH 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREAN PREMIER VISIT,
[...] Key points at the March 17 MFA press briefing: -- North Korean Premier Kim Yong-il arrived in Beijing today, March 17, for an official visit. -- China is "concerned" about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which is "complicated with an increasing number of uncertain factors." China h [...]
2009-03-17 12:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PHSA PBTS PREL PARM SU PG ES BU PK JP
09BEIJING698CHINA MAINTAINS "CONSISTENT POSITION"; WILL NOT
[...] (C) China maintains its "consistent position" of not recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, MFA European and Central Asian Affairs Department Caucasus Division Deputy Director Zhang Hongjian told PolOff March 18 in response to reftel points urging China to reject and conde [...]
2009-03-18 08:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS UNGA CH GG RS
09BEIJING701MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTE
[...] PAKISTAN "Chaotic Pakistan worries the world" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/18): "The Pakistani government has recently resumed the position of the Chief Judge. The former Premier, Sharif, has requested that the protesting ceas [...]
2009-03-18 08:43:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING712MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN, TIBET, U.S. TREASURY BONDS
[...] TAIWAN "U.S. media suggest the 'crack down' on export of Chinese weapons" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/19): "Recently the U.S. media's 'World Politics Review' issued an article talking about the world economic crisis further p [...]
2009-03-19 09:31:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING713March 19 MFA Press Briefing: The Impeccable, AmCits on the
[...] Key points at the March 19 MFA press briefing: -- The United States violated Chinese and International Law by conducting activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone. -- China is investigating the incident involving American Citizens on the DPRK border. -- Ambassador Wu Sike, the Chines [...]
2009-03-19 23:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN MARR MASS PHUM CH KS KN FR JA ES
09BEIJING727MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, COCA-COLA'S
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Gates suddenly weakens the threat of China and Russia" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(03/20): "The U.S. Defense Secretary Gates has suddenly suggested that there is no reason to send more war ships as escor [...]
2009-03-20 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING755U.S.HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE PRESSES 60TH ANNIVERSARY
[...] (C) Well-known human rights advocate and Dui Hua Foundation head John Kamm (AmCit, please protect) is urging China to implement a special pardon to mark the 60th anniversary of the PRC's founding, Kamm told human rights officials from 16 foreign missions in Beijing in a March 12 meeting. Kamm [...]
2009-03-23 10:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH NO
09BEIJING762TAIWAN: PRC CONTACTS DISCUSS BEIJING'S "SOFTER"
[...] (C) The "softer" language on Taiwan used in Beijing during the recently-ended "two meetings" by PRC leaders, who made no reference to opposing Taiwan "independence," suggested a conclusion to a period of cross-Strait confrontation and was "extremely significant," according to Beijing-based Taiw [...]
2009-03-24 08:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW
09BEIJING765JAPANESE DEFENSE TALKS WITH CHINA
[...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Beijing expressed satisfaction with the March 20-21 visit to China by Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada, even though the visit "accomplished little of substance." According to a Japanese Embassy readout, Hamada urged China to show greater transparency in i [...]
2009-03-24 09:29:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV CH KN JA
09BEIJING766RETIRED CADRES AIM TO SUPPORT PREMIER WEN THROUGH
[...] (C) A group of prominent retired cadres submitted a political reform proposal to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) in January designed to support Premier Wen Jiabao, according to the daughter of the document's primary author, Li Rui, who was Mao Zedong's private secretary. Premier Wen, [...]
2009-03-24 11:02:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM CH
09BEIJING767MARCH 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILES, AMCITS IN DPRK,
[...] Key points at the March 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is "very concerned about the situation on the Korean Peninsula," and "hopes that all parties will be restrained and calm so as not to complicate the situation." -- Regarding the U.S. citizens detained by North Korea, Qin said that "th [...]
2009-03-24 23:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA PE RP RS AF
09BEIJING776MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC STIMULUS PLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 08:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING778SARKOZY-HU MEETING AT G-20 STILL A POSSIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: A meeting between the Chinese and French Presidents at the London G-20 summit is still a possibility despite press reports to the contrary, according to a French Embassy contact. However, Chinese insistence on France taking "concrete steps" to resolve the continuing contretemps [...]
2009-03-25 09:27:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KIRF CH FR SF
09BEIJING781CHINA SEEKS REDUCTION IN SURVEILLANCE SHIP
[...] (C) Summary: Asking the United States to focus on the importance of a successful G-20 meeting in London and the overall bilateral relationship, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested a perceived increase in U.S. Navy surveillance activity in China's Ex [...]
2009-03-25 12:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV CH
09BEIJING801MEDIA REACTION: G20 SUMMIT, NORTH KOREA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-26 08:37:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING807MARCH 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY POWER REPORT, TIBET,
[...] Key points at the March 26 MFA press briefing: -- The recently released China Military Power Report "contains gross distortions of fact" and China has expressed its "resolute opposition" and "made representations" to the United States. -- The "Dalai Clique premeditated and coordinated" the [...]
2009-03-26 10:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA RS AF FR TW
09BEIJING809PRC PROTESTS DOD CHINA MILITARY POWER REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Reading unenthusiastically from prepared remarks, MFA DG for North American and Oceanian Affairs Zheng Zeguang formally protested to the A/DCM DOD's annual report to Congress on China's military power. Zheng criticized the report as containing "erroneous and unfounded" accusations [...]
2009-03-26 23:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PM PREL CH
09BEIJING817SAOs: U.S. Companies Highlight Harm to U.S. Exports; Jobs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents and CEOs of U.S. high-tech exporters met with the CDA to express their concern that four-month-long waits for visa issuances are having a serious negative impact on American exports, and to discuss possible solutions. A delegation of former American Chamber of Commerc [...]
2009-03-27 06:50:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCMGT CVIS ETTC OEXC ECON ENRG EINV TRGY KNNP KSCA
09BEIJING820MEDIA REACTION: CURRENCY, CHINA'S MILITARY STRENGTH
[...] CURRENCY a. "Enlarge the influences of the RMB and promote China's RMB internationally " 21 Century Business Herald (21Shiji Jingji Baodao) under Guangdong 21 century publishing company Ltd. (03/27): "While the U.S. dollar crisis it is a good time to reform the international currency syst [...]
2009-03-27 08:52:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING827PRC: "RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS" HAVE NOT MISTREATED
[...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Official Wang Gang, responding to the Embassy's representations expressing grave concern for the well-being of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, told PolOff March 27 that "relevant departments" have "never mistreated" Gao. Wang said Gao is a confessed "criminal" who [...]
2009-03-27 10:17:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL CH
09BEIJING834COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]
2009-03-30 04:36:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING841COLOMBIAN VIEWS ON TRADE RELATIONS WITH CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Chinese investor interest in Colombia has risen rapidly since the November 2008 publication of China's white paper on Latin America, Colombian diplomats told Emboff. Colombia is wary of Chinese motives and what it sees as lax Chinese environmental and labor standards. Howeve [...]
2009-03-30 08:21:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL PHUM ELAB CH CO
09BEIJING843MEDIA REACTION; G20, MILITARY POWER REPORT
[...] G20 a. "China shouldn't sing too loudly at the G20" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication International Herald Leader (Guoji Xianqu Daobao)(03/30): "China should become the strength supporting the reform and reconstruction of the international financial system. But thi [...]
2009-03-30 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING847MEDIA REACTION: G-20
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 06:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING855EAP DAS NORRIS AT MFA: G20, DPRK, HUMAN RIGHTS,
[...] (S) It is important that our two Presidents show consensus on combating the global economic crisis following their April 1 meeting on the margins of the London G20 summit, MFA Director General for North American Affairs Zheng Zeguang told EAP DAS John Norris March 31. China continues to "work [...]
2009-03-31 11:33:00Embassy BeijingSECRETPREL PARM ECON KGHG MARR PHUM CH KN KS SU AF
09BEIJING858MARCH 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HACKING, NORTH KOREAN ROCKET,
[...] Key points at the March 31 MFA press briefing: -- China "resolutely opposes the damaging of computer networks including through hacking." -- "Relevant parties should stay calm, exercise restraint and do more to ensure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in East Asia." -- Afg [...]
2009-03-31 23:05:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM EINT CH KS KN JA AF FR IN AS NZ VE
09BEIJING87MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, FINANCIAL CRISIS,
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "U.S. and China enter a new era of balance" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/12): "In the 21st century, the balance and strength of the U.S.-China relationship has gradually been built. In the past two cent [...]
2009-01-12 09:17:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING870CHINA ASKED SOUTH AFRICA TO BAR DALAI LAMA FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China had appealed to South Africa to bar the Dalai Lama from attending a peace conference at "this particularly sensitive time," a South African diplomat in Beijing told PolOff March 31. While acknowledging the backlash had been more severe than expected, our contact said South [...]
2009-04-01 09:46:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KTEX ETRD CH SF SU ZI
09BEIJING871MEDIA REACTION: G-20 Summit, U.S.-China relations,
[...] G-20 Summit "The London Summit should be active as well as practical-- Commentary by Professor Shi Jianxun" The official Xinhua News Agency international news publication People's Daily Overseas Edition (Renmin Ribao Haiwaiban)(04/01): It is very selfish and irresponsible of U.S. to misuse the [...]
2009-04-01 10:02:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING885APRIL 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT, DPRK
[...] Key points at the April 2 MFA press briefing: -- President Hu Jintao "explained China's principled position" on the March 8 USNS Impeccable incident in the South China Sea to President Barack Obama. Both sides were committed to promoting continued development of bilateral military-to-militar [...]
2009-04-03 00:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH KS KN JA FR IN VE
09BEIJING886MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S. Military
[...] G-20 "The focus of the G20 should not only be on how to handle the financial crisis" a. Shanghai based News Agency under Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication China Business News (Diyi Caijing) (04/02): While we are paying so much attention to the solutions to the financial crisis at the G- [...]
2009-04-03 00:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING895CHINA DONE BIDING ITS TIME? PRC SCHOLARS WRESTLE
[...] (C) As China considers its broader role in addressing the global economic crisis and reflects with lingering pride on the 2008 Summer Olympics, it also grapples with the relevance and desirability of maintaining its traditional "low-key approach" to foreign policy matters and its oft-stated (an [...]
2009-04-03 07:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH
09BEIJING896MEDIA REACTION: G-20, U.S.-Russia relations, U.S. dollar
[...] G-20 a. "The outcomes of the G-20 are beyond all expectations" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/03): Many agreements were reached in London. The global stock markets consequently rose. Senior journalist Ding Gang from People's Dail [...]
2009-04-03 07:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING904LEADING DEMOCRACY THEORIST YU KEPING EXPOUNDS ON
[...] (C) Political reform in China was continuing despite recent economic setbacks, prominent Communist Party democracy theorist Yu Keping (protect) told A/DCM March 26. Chinese-style democracy should eventually include competitive elections, rule of law, and checks and balances, Yu said. Democrati [...]
2009-04-03 10:33:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CH
09BEIJING905NEW PRC "AL-JAZEERA-LIKE" NEWS CHANNEL AIMS TO
[...] (C) Still smarting from the public relations bloody nose they received in the international media during 2008's Tibet riots and the Olympic torch run, Communist Party leaders hope to improve China's image overseas by spending large sums of money on state media outlets' international operations [...]
2009-04-03 10:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPROP PGOV PREL PHUM CH HK
09BEIJING908SINO-BURMESE ECONOMIC RELATIONS - PIPELINES NOT
[...] (SBU0 Chinese scholars seemed unconcerned with the political situation in Burma and focused primarily on the economic relationship between the two countries during recent meetings with EmbOffs. The high cost of food and energy in Burma is inflaming the country's volatile political situation a [...]
2009-04-07 01:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG BM CH
09BEIJING913NORTH AFRICAN DIPLOMATS ANGRY ABOUT "CHINA INC."
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North African diplomats based in Beijing told EconOff that China's relations with the region are under stress caused by explosive growth in China's exports to the region. China's trade with the five countries in the region grew by 590 percent from 2001 to 2007. North African cou [...]
2009-04-07 06:58:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV EAID PREL CH AU
09BEIJING922MEDIA REACTION: Obama's Nuclear Speech, North Korea,
[...] Obama's Nuclear Speech "Obama's 'nuclear weapon-free world' is easier said than done" The official Communist Party international news publication Guangming Daily(Guangming Ribao) (04/07): Calls for a nuclear-free world existed for a long time before President Obama talked about it in his [...]
2009-04-07 08:57:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING938MEDIA REACTION: Global financial crisis, Obama in Turkey,
[...] Global financial crisis a. "West moots China-U.S. 'co-governance' concept to woo China" The China Radio International-sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(04/08) opined: Hu Jintao's meeting with President Obama in London caused another G-2 rush. In fact, the G-2 concept w [...]
2009-04-08 09:01:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH
09BEIJING950MEDIA REACTION: Obama in Iraq, Shanghai 2010 World Expo,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 08:27:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING951CHINESE ACADEMICS DISCUSS DPRK LAUNCH, MILITARY
[...] (C) Senior Chinese foreign policy scholars March 31 predicted to visiting EAP DAS John Norris that the PRC would be unable to support a UN Security Council resolution condemning North Korea's "satellite" launch. Based on the "surprising" timing of the USNS Impeccable incident in the South Chin [...]
2009-04-09 09:16:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL ECON EFIN CH KN
09BEIJING953APRIL 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK LAUNCH, IRAN DIALOGUE,
[...] Key points at the April 9 MFA press briefing: -- China believes "pressure will not help" the situation in North Korea, "diplomatic efforts" need to be continued and all parties should "exercise calmness, restraint and caution." -- China "takes note of" North Korea's announcement of having [...]
2009-04-09 23:08:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PARM EFIN KNNP KCRM CH KS KN FR IR
09BEIJING955CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS
[...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]
2009-04-10 00:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BEIJING960MEDIA REACTION: McCain Visit, President Obama, Ren Min Bi
[...] McCain Visit "McCain said that China has become a "superpower" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/10): McCain arrived in Beijing on 8th for his Asian "survey trip". He indicated during a press conference on April 9th that China had [...]
2009-04-10 09:40:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING97CHINA-JAPAN DISPUTE OVER EAST CHINA SEA UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Although Japan disputes China's assertion of its right to develop the Tianwaitian gas field in the East China Sea and has raised concerns at the highest level, the dispute is unlikely to derail Sino-Japanese relations, according to a Japanese Embassy contact in Beijing. Our sour [...]
2009-01-13 06:41:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ECON CH KN KS JA
09BEIJING970MEDIA REACTION: U.S. Policy, ASEAN Summit & Protests in
[...] U.S. POLICY "For the first time, the U.S. simulates an Economic World War" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/13): The Pentagon simulated a military drill on the theme of economic security. Many economic experts were involved in th [...]
2009-04-13 09:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING973CHINESE OFFICIAL ON DPRK, AF/PAK, SNED
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official claimed the UNSC's Presidential Statement responding to the DPRK's missile launch as a win for Sino-U.S. cooperation and said China would play up the fact that it was not a resolution in discussions with the North Koreans on the need to rejoin the Six-Party T [...]
2009-04-13 10:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UNSC PTER KN KS JA AF PK CH
09BEIJING980MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, U.S. POLICY
[...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "American media sensationalized the so called Chinese 'toxic construction materials'" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(04/14): "Since the American media reported about the "toxic, made-in-China, drywall", the re [...]
2009-04-14 09:04:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING982FM YANG AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (C) PRC Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told CODEL McCain April 9 that U.S.-China relations were enjoying a "new spirit" of positive relations anchored by cooperation on global and regional concerns of mutual interest, and sought assurances that Congress would show "understanding" on Taiwan, Tibe [...]
2009-04-14 09:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV ETRD PBTS PHUM MNUC EWWT CH
09BEIJING989Latin Diplomats on China-Argentine Currency Swap,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In recent separate meetings with Emboffs, Beijing-based diplomats from Argentina, Uruguay and Mexico discussed recent developments in their respective countries' economic relations with China. Argentine diplomats claimed to have no technical details on Argentina's recently-announc [...]
2009-04-15 05:23:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV PREL EFIN CH AR UY MX
09BEIJING991NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO AND CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Senator John McCain (R-AZ) emphasized the importance of free trade and bilateral cooperation to resolving the global economic crisis during an April 8 meeting with Wu Bangguo, Chairman of China's National People's Congress (NPC) and Politburo Standing Committee member. Wu noted [...]
2009-04-15 05:38:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PTER EFIN ECON ETRD TRGY
09BEIJING992CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with CODEL McCain, Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie observed that military-to-military ties lagged behind other aspects of the bilateral relationship. Liang attributed the shortcoming to three "barriers": U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; the National Defe [...]
2009-04-15 05:53:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PARM MNUC PBTS PTER PGOV CH
09BEIJING995MEDIA REACTION: CHINA POLICY, DPRK
[...] CHINA POLICY "China's [effort] to improve their human rights is not a show for the west" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (04/15): "Human rights related issues always touch a sensitive nerve in communications between China and wester [...]
2009-04-15 09:06:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR CH PREL ECON
09BEIJING996PRC/DPRK: AMBASSADOR YANG HOULAN DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Ambassador for Korean Peninsula Issues Yang Houlan told Staffdel Jannuzi April 15 that China was happy with its close coordination with Washington in the UN Security Council and the Six-Party Talks. Beijing sent several messages to Pyongyang trying to dissuade North Korea from conducting a [...]
2009-04-15 10:47:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN KS CH
09BEIRT96LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 18:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1021HARIRI ROUND 2: WHO STANDS WHERE, AND WHY
[...] (C) Although Saad Hariri has, for the second time, won majority support as prime minister-designate, Lebanon's government formation process is expected to remain protracted as political tensions escalate. Hariri and the opposition have traded accusations of blame since the failure of the firs [...]
2009-09-16 13:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1045LAF COMMANDER KAHWAJI CONFIDENT OF MURR'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Caretaker Defense Minister Elias Murr will be re-appointed to the same position in the next cabinet, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwaji told visiting LTG William Webster and the Ambassador on September 18. Kahwaji continued to be concerned that the current delay [...]
2009-09-24 05:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR MOPS MARR KPKO MCAP IS LE
09BEIRUT1059HARIRI KICKS OFF CABINET CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The unexpected visit of Syrian President al-Asad to Saudi Arabia and his meeting with Saudi King Abdullah was a "positive development," Nader Hariri, advisor to Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, said September 25. MP Marwan Hamadeh observed that Saad Hariri is focused on aski [...]
2009-09-25 14:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS LE
09BEIRUT106LEBANON: MIKATI EXPECTS TO RUN WITH HARIRI
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati said his talks with Saad Hariri on an electoral alliance in Tripoli were going well, and he expected he and Hariri would run jointly in the upcoming parliamentary elections. He believed the National Dialogue w [...]
2009-01-27 15:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR SY SA
09BEIRUT1079SLEIMAN SEEKS TO PROVIDE EXIT TO A CORNERED HARIRI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sleiman's confidants report that the is taking controversial positions in the press in an attempt to open an escape hatch for Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri in the stalled cabinet negotiations. Abi Assi defended the president against recent press attacks and floa [...]
2009-10-01 14:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT108LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR SAYS MARCH 14
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr stressed his "purely UNSCR 1701" agenda for his planned January 28 visit to Damascus. He again expressed concern about the lack of March 14 organization for the upcoming parliamentary elections and said he continues t [...]
2009-01-27 15:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1081ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL
[...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]
2009-10-02 10:31:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT1088HARIRI AWAITS REGIONAL EVENTS BEFORE NEGOTIATING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanon's political atmosphere appears improved following a week of talks with parliamentary blocs, but progress still awaits the expected Saudi-Syria rapprochement, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told the Ambassador on October 2. Hariri reported that he had sought to draw [...]
2009-10-05 15:08:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS SY SA LE
09BEIRUT1104NAHR AL-BARID REMAINS CALM AWAITING DECISION ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Relief and Works Agency Director (UNRWA) Salvatore Lombardo and Ambassador Khalil Makkawi, Director of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC),remain cautiously optimistic that the State Shura Council will decide on October 13 to permit resumption of reconstruction [...]
2009-10-07 13:07:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KPAL PHUM JO IS LE UN
09BEIRUT111LEBANON: ASSESSMENT OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS' FIELD
[...] (SBU) This is a response to reftel requesting Post's assessment of the efficacy of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) field office in Beirut. 2. (SBU) According to Fateh Azzam, regional representative for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the Be [...]
2009-01-27 16:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1131MAJORITY AND OPPOSITION AGREE GOVERNMENT TO FORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese cabinet could be formed within days, sources from the majority and minority agree, though all note that several imporant details remain unresolved. In the wake of the Syrian-Saudi summit last week, negotiations have progressed considerably and the opposition has back [...]
2009-10-14 15:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LE
09BEIRUT1147LEBANON CALLS FOR INTER-ARAB COOPERATION ON INTELLECTUAL
[...] (SBU) Lebanon hosted the Fifth Regional Coordination Meeting industrial property and copyright officers in Arab countries on October 12-14, in Beirut. The workshop was organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Arab League, in cooperation with the Lebanese ministr [...]
2009-10-19 13:40:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI LE
09BEIRUT1153RECENT SECURITY INCIDENTS IN SOUTH LEBANON REMAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security incidents in southern Lebanon have dominated the press for the last week, obscured by a haze of rumors, contradictory information and propaganda. On the evening of October 12, a mysterious incident occurred in or near the house of an alleged Hizballah official in the vi [...]
2009-10-20 16:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KPKO UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1169HARIRI DESCRIBES CHALLENGES FACING LEBANESE ARMED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) had made "impressive" progress, it still requires training and equipment in order to undermine non-state actors, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri told visiting DASD Colin Kahl and delegation on October 22. Kahl pushed for development [...]
2009-10-23 15:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE SY
09BEIRUT117LEBANON: TALKING TO SYRIA IS A REDLINE FOR JUMBLATT
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt lamented to the Ambassador in a January 28 meeting that the March 14 alliance was still struggling to agree on which candidates will run in each district. Insisting that his relationship with Druze rival Talal Arslan was "good," Jumblatt revealed that Arslan had [...]
2009-01-28 16:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1176LAF OFFICERS DESCRIBE CHALLENGES IN SOUTH LEBANON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A formal strategy paper would be a critical tool to maintain Congressional support for the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),DASD Colin Kahl explained to LAF commander General Jean Kahwagi on October 22. Kahwagi portrayed the October 12 Tayr Felsayh incident as perplexing, but reporte [...]
2009-10-27 08:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC IS LE
09BEIRUT1183BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY"
[...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]
2009-10-28 16:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT1186HEADS OR TAILS? GOERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]
2009-10-30 14:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PINS PREL
09BEIRUT1188HEADS OR TAILS? GOVERNMENT OR NO GOVERNMENT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The positive atmosphere engendered by the Syrian-Saudi rapprochement in mid-October is dissipating as negotiations about the details of cabinet formation drag on, sources say. Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's allies are beginning to question the wisdom of his negotiating t [...]
2009-10-30 14:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS SY LE
09BEIRUT1195DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE BIG SCREEN (ECONOMIC WEEK
[...] (SBU) On October 24, an Lebanese environmental NGO, the League of Independent Activists (IndyAct),hosted a screening of the drama documentary, "The Age of Stupid," highlighting the dangers of climate change, in collaboration with the British Embassy, the American Lebanese Chamber of Commerce, [...]
2009-11-03 06:03:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN ECON EFIN PGOV SENV LE
09BEIRUT1201ISF POLICE STATION OPENED IN NAHR AL-BARID CAMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Lebanese government intends to begin policing inside Palestinian refugee camps for the first time since 1969, starting with the Nahr al-Barid camp, thanks to a USG pledge to fund the construction of a police station and train the Internal Security Forces (ISF) in community pol [...]
2009-11-04 13:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PTER KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1205LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...]
2009-11-06 12:04:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NAS LE
09BEIRUT1207REFUGEES FACE ARBITRARY DETENTION AND A BROKEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Christians form a rapidly growing proportion of Lebanon's refugee population, according to UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representatives in Beirut. Iraqis are registering more quickly with the UNHCR, but they face bureaucratic obstacles to processing them for r [...]
2009-11-06 15:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG EAID IZ LE
09BEIRUT1214NEW LEBANESE CABINET ANNOUNCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly five months of negotiations, Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri formed a cabinet on November 9. The cabinet held its initial meeting on November 10 and selected the committee that will negotiate the ministerial statement, which must be approved by parliament within [...]
2009-11-10 17:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT1225KATAEB AND MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT COMPLAIN OF NEGLECT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Saad Hariri provoked a crisis in the Kataeb party by allotting it the social affairs ministry instead of the education ministry, Kataeb Vice President Salim el Sayegh told us. Kataeb will remain in the majority but not in the March 14 secretariat, he added. El Sayegh alleged tha [...]
2009-11-16 16:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1231NEW MINISTERIAL STATEMENT LIKELY TO BE RETREAD OF
[...] (C) Ministers working on the committee drafting the new ministerial statement tell us that the final document will most likely resemble the text of the previous statement, accepted in 2008 following the Doha agreement. "There is a kind of understanding among all parties to use the same formul [...]
2009-11-17 16:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM PINS LE SY SA
09BEIRUT1238THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]
2009-11-18 15:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1239UNIFIL WANTS TO APPLY GHAJAR MODEL TO SHEBAA FARMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: July's explosion of a Hizballah arms depot in Khirbet Selim raised questions about the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) attitude, but the LAF has applied the lessons learned from the incident, according to UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Director of Political and Civil Affairs Mi [...]
2009-11-19 07:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER MOPS KPKO MCAP UNSC PBTS LE IS
09BEIRUT124LEBANON: AOUN SETTING THE STAGE TO CHALLENGE
[...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun complained that Sunni Future Movement leader Saad Hariri planned to pay to fly in expatriate Christian voters to vote against Aoun in the June parliamentary elections. Aoun dismissed the idea tha [...]
2009-01-29 15:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN LE SY
09BEIRUT1249EDUCATION LEADS TO DEMOCRACY, MPS TELL CODEL PRICE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lebanese parliamentarians from all sides of the political spectrum told visiting Codel Price November 10 and 11 that they welcomed the United States Congress' support for the Lebanese parliament. They suggested that technical assistance, particularly through a staff resource cen [...]
2009-11-24 11:19:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER OREP LE
09BEIRUT1250MONITORING OF 2009 G/TIP FUND GRANTED TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, emboffs conducted a site visit with G/TIP visitor Rachel Yousey to the Caritas Safe House, which is part of the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC) and Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center's "Protection and Assistance for Victims of Trafficking" USG-fund [...]
2009-11-25 16:18:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM LE
09BEIRUT1280MINISTERIAL STATEMENT GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) The Lebanese Arabic-language daily newspaper An-Nahar printed today the full Arabic text of the ministerial statement text that will be debated by parliament beginning December 8. Following is the Embassy's informal translation of Articles 5-8, which deal with UN Security Council Resolu [...]
2009-12-04 16:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PTER UNSC LE IS
09BEIRUT1289PROPOSAL FOR EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON STATUS OF U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: For over a year, U.S. military engagement activities in Lebanon have been expanding rapidly in number and scope. In addition to the growing list of short-term engagements, in early 2010 the Embassy's Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) will inaugurate a compreh [...]
2009-12-09 17:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL OPDC LE
09BEIRUT129LEBANON: WITH CODEL SMITH, D.M MURR SAYS SYRIA
[...] (C) CODEL Smith, accompanied by Ambassador and PolEconOff met with Defense Minister Elias Murr at his residence January 30. CODEL members were House Armed Service Committee members Adam Smith (D-WA),Susan Davis (D-CA),Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ),Glynn Nye (D-VA),Frank Kravotil (D-MD); C.A. [...]
2009-02-02 07:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT1290MARCH 14'S WINTER OF DISCONTENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Disillusionment among March 14 Christians is expanding. March 14 Secretary General Fares Souaid recently expressed deep concern about the direction of the movement, fearing Syrian pressure on March 14 leader and Prime Minister Saad Hariri would lead to its disbandment. Publicly [...]
2009-12-09 18:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SA SY LE
09BEIRUT130LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS CODEL SMITH USG SHOULD DEAL
[...] (C) In a January 30 meeting with CODEL Smith, President Michel Sleiman urged the U.S. to find a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Solving the conflict, he said, would benefit Lebanon greatly because of the significant Palestinian refugee population in Lebanon. Lebanon's relations [...]
2009-02-02 08:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR LE SY IS
09BEIRUT1318HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...]
2009-12-14 16:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY
09BEIRUT134LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL SMITH
[...] (C) Highlighting the fight against Islamic extremists, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told Codel Smith that the LAF had "changed the game" in its fight against terrorism in Lebanon by taking a more offensive approach. Kahwagi stressed that Islamic extremists had ga [...]
2009-02-02 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT1347LAF AND UNSCOL DESCRIBE PREPARATIONS FOR GHAJAR
[...] (C) Summary: Preparations for the handover of Ghajar village were very sensitive to the GOL, General Abdulruhman Shehaitly, LAF representative to the tripartite, reported, and the LAF planned to deploy a unit of four in the village, along with UNIFIL forces, after its return from Israeli contr [...]
2009-12-23 16:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PBTS MARR KPKO LE IS
09BEIRUT135 Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back
[...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]
2009-02-03 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT1351HARIRI'S DAMASCUS VISIT HERALDS NEW "PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Prior to his December 19-20 visit to Damascus, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that he "must go to Damascus to better relations," and he cast the visit as "a new form of achieving sovereignty and independence." Following the visit, the PM's chief of staff [...]
2009-12-28 12:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC PBTS PINR KPAL LE SY
09BEIRUT1353MENAFATF NOVEMBER 2009 BEIRUT LEBANON PLENARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (MENAFATF) held a plenary session (MENAFATF X) and working group meetings from November 8-12 at the Riviera Hotel in Beirut. Treasury Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Director for Global Affairs Brian Grant he [...]
2009-12-28 15:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PTER PGOV LE
09BEIRUT1359GEAGEA COMPLAINS OF MARCH 14 ISOLATION
[...] (C) Summary: Syria is pushing hard to annul UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1559, and the U.S. should publicly reiterate its support for all resolutions relating to Lebanon, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador. Geagea also complained that Saudi Arabia was pushing Pr [...]
2009-12-29 16:09:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SY UNSC SA LE
09BEIRUT137LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS
[...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]
2009-02-03 13:00:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BEIRUT139LEBANON: SAUDI AMBASSADOR ON SYRIA, HIZBALLAH, SAAD
[...] (C) Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon Abdulaziz Khoja told the Ambassador that Saudi King Abdullah's outreach to Syrian President Bashar Asad was necessary to limit Iran's influence in the Arab world. Bashar, for his part, is playing all sides off each other, but that strategy would only be viable [...]
2009-02-03 16:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT140LEBANON: MARONITE CHRISTIAN MP HARB ASSAILS UNITY
[...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Christian MP Boutros Harb acknowledged security threats against him serious enough to warrant a self-imposed confinement at home. He cautioned that Free Patriotic Movement leader (FPM) Michel Aoun "courts emotion" as a populist candida [...]
2009-02-03 18:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT141LEBANON: CHATAH FRUSTRATED WITH BUDGET IMPASSE IN
[...] (C) In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said he would formally ask the IMF to certify the GOL's fulfillment of the USG gas excise subsidy benchmark, and hoped the USG would use its USD 50 milion disbursement to pay off Central Bank of Lebano Eurobond [...]
2009-02-04 16:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER MCAP LE SY IS
09BEIRUT147 Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting
[...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]
2009-02-05 14:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT155LEBANON: RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: COSMETIC CHANGES
[...] (C) Six months after the August 13-14 summit in Damascus between President Michel Sleiman and Syrian President Bashar Asad (Ref H),there has been little substantive progress, from the Lebanese point of view, on any of the key bilateral issues: exchange of Ambassadors, border security coopera [...]
2009-02-10 09:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT170LEBANON: GAZA CONFLICT EXPOSES CHALLENGES FOR
[...] (C) Hizballah successfully used the Gaza conflict to reinforce its own standing by talking tough against Israel but not drawing Lebanon into a second, and probably unpopular, war (reftel). However, the conflict exposed several challenges Hizballah faces, as it seeks to consolidate its strengt [...]
2009-02-12 15:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS KPAL
09BEIRUT185LEBANON: ARMENIAN TASHNAQ PARTY WANTS ITS OWN
[...] (C) In a February 15 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff member Perry Cammack and the Ambassador, Armenian Tashnaq party leaders stressed that their primary goal was the establishment of an independent Armenian bloc in parliament, an objective which would be facilita [...]
2009-02-17 16:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE SY IS SA
09BEIRUT196LEBANON: MICHAEL WILLIAMS SAYS SYRIANS "COCKY"
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, UNSCOL Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh February 17 provided the Ambassador and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member Perry Cammack with a readout of Williams' February 12 trip to Damascus. Will [...]
2009-02-19 16:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT197LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS SENATOR KERRY ON-TIME
[...] (C) Saad Hariri told visiting U.S. Senator and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry that it was most important for Lebanon's parliamentary elections to occur as scheduled June 7. Meeting with the Senator on February 18, Hariri was confident his March 14 coalition could [...]
2009-02-19 16:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT198LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY ENGAGES PRESIDENT SLEIMAN
[...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry, President Michel Sleiman called upon Kerry to "take care of the Lebanese people," to support Arab reconciliation, and to press Israel to accept the Arab Initiative for Palestinian-Israeli [...]
2009-02-19 16:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT201 LEBANON: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: WEST BEKAA-RASHAYA
[...] (U) This is the sixth in a series of snapshots we are producing on key electoral districts ("quda") in the run-up to the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. 2. (SBU) West Bekaa-Rashaya is the agricultural heartland of Lebanon. No single confessional group dominates this district, which l [...]
2009-02-20 10:54:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT203LEBANON: SENATOR KERRY AND PM SINIORA DISCUSS
[...] (C) In a February 18 luncheon with Senator John Kerry, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed Lebanon's desire for engagement with Syria, and support for U.S. engagement, on the condition that Syria recognize Lebanon's sovereignty and deliver on previous promises. He assessed that the Iranian [...]
2009-02-20 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IR SY IS WE
09BEIRUT204LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK ON
[...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he was "very satisfied" with the military-to-military relationship with the U.S. At the same time, he lamented the slowness with which U.S. equipment assi [...]
2009-02-20 15:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP PTER PINR MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT205LEBANON: AOUN'S ALLIES DEFEND HIS VISION, PLEAD
[...] (C) In a series of meetings with the Embassy in recent weeks, opposition Christian MPs from Michel Aoun's Change and Reform parliamentary bloc were calm, focused, and confident about their prospects in the June parliamentary elections. They rejected the concept of "independent" or "centrist" c [...]
2009-02-20 16:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT207LEBANON: AOUN WITH STAFFDEL CAMMACK -- WE'LL SEEK
[...] (C) Opposition Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun told visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer Perry Cammack that he believed the bilateral relationship between Lebanon and Syria was on the right path. However, finding a resolution to other regional issues, including [...]
2009-02-23 09:31:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
09BEIRUT231LEBANON: SLEIMAN PLEASED BY CT COOPERATION, US
[...] (C) President Sleiman discussed recent US-Lebanese cooperation on counter terrorism and was pleased that the U.S. had approved the provision of Raven UAVs to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Embassy renews our suggestion that, if possible, Sleiman be invited to Washington before the June 7 Lebanese [...]
2009-02-26 15:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT233LEBANON: MARCH 14 LOOKING STRONGER; OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) Following the very successful February 14 rally commemorating former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri's assassination, March 14 leaders have expressed confidence about March 14's prospects for winning the June 7, 2009 parliamentary elections. The widely attended February 14 rally, a major succ [...]
2009-02-26 17:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT24LEBANON: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Since 2005 there have been numerous assassinations and assassination attempts of prominent Lebanese figures, including former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The attacks targeted Lebanese political and military figures and journalists, many of whom were critical of Syrian interference in Lebanon. [...]
2009-01-07 15:47:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER LE
09BEIRUT240LEBANON: THREE SUSPECTS RELEASED FOUR DAYS BEFORE
[...] (C) Examining Magistrate Saqr Saqr released on bail three suspects in the Hariri assassination case on February 25. They had been incarcerated since late 2005 and early 2006. All three could still be charged and prosecuted by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),scheduled to begin March  [...]
2009-02-27 17:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT249LEBANON: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT WTO WORKING PARTY, BUT
[...] (SBU) On March 1, Zouha Sakr, head of the MEPI-funded WTO accession project at the Ministry of Economy and Trade (MOET),told EconOff Lebanon's February 27 working party meeting in Geneva had gone reasonably well, considering Lebanon had little new information to report. She described the comm [...]
2009-03-03 07:12:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT25LEBANON: HIZBALLAH NOT INCLINED TO STRIKE ISRAEL
[...] (C) Could the current confrontation between Israel and Hamas in Gaza motivate Hizballah to provoke a second conflict against Israel on the Israeli-Lebanese border? The consensus of several observers we have spoken to in recent days is no. Domestically, Hizballah benefits from its current stron [...]
2009-01-07 17:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT266LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN OFFERS NEA ACTING A/S
[...] (C) In a March 6 meeting at Baabda Palace with President Michel Sleiman, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro stressed the Obama Administration's urgency for action on regional issues. They asked Sleiman his views on dealing with Syri [...]
2009-03-08 09:36:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS IR SY LE
09BEIRUT267LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH AND NEA ACTING A/S FELTMAN
[...] (C) Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador that support for Lebanon's sovereignty and independence was most important for [...]
2009-03-08 09:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT268LEBANON: HARIRI TO NEA A A/S FELTMAN AND NSC
[...] (C) On March 5, Saad Hariri told visiting NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro that if the June 2009 parliamentary elections were held on time, he was certain that his March 14 coalition would win. Asked why, Hariri pointed to March 14 can [...]
2009-03-08 09:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IR IS
09BEIRUT270LEBANON: GEMAYEL PROPOSES TO NEA ACTING A/S
[...] (C) On March 6, former President Amine Gemayel described to visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro the influence Iran and Syria, through its proxy Hizballah, wield in Lebanon. A A/S Feltman assured Gemaye [...]
2009-03-08 09:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
09BEIRUT277LEBANON: SHIA AND SUNNI MUFTIS WITH AA/S FELTMAN
[...] (C) In separate meetings March 8, Lebanese Shia Mufti and head of the Higher Shia Council Sheikh Abdel-Amir Qabalan and Sunni Grand Mufti Sheikh Mohammad Rashid Qabbani told visiting Near Eastern Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and No [...]
2009-03-11 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT278LEBANON: HIZBALLAH AND AOUN ARE CONCERNS,
[...] (C) In a March 8 meeting with Greek Orthodox Archbishop Ilias Audi, NEA Acting A/S Feltman, NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro, and the Ambassador heard Audi express his wish for an independent and sovereign Lebanon, but also his significant doubts about the f [...]
2009-03-11 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT279LEBANON: GEAGEA STATES CONCERN ABOUT VIOLENCE TO
[...] (C) One day after meetings with top Syrian officials in Damascus, NEA Acting A/S Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Shapiro returned to Beirut on March 8 to continue meetings with top Lebanese religious and political leaders. In a meeting with March 14 and Le [...]
2009-03-11 16:03:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT281LEBANON: LEADER CLOSE TO SYRIA COMMENDS FELTMAN
[...] (C) Former prime minister Najib Mikati, who once had (and whose family still has) a close relationship with Syrian president Bashar Asad, commended visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman and NSC Senior Director for the Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro on March 6 for planning t [...]
2009-03-12 08:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT283LEBANON: JUMBLATT, WITH FELTMAN AND SHAPIRO,
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt thanked visiting NEA Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman, NSC Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Daniel Shapiro, and the Ambassador for continued U.S. support for Lebanon. Acting A/S Feltman reaffirmed the U.S. position that Lebanon's sovere [...]
2009-03-12 08:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC LE SY IR RS
09BEIRUT29LEBANON: PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S TRIP TO LEBANON
[...] (C) According to a diplomat from the French Embassy, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's January 6 visit to Lebanon was bogged down by the events in Gaza. Little attention was given to Lebanese-specific issues, including Ghajar and Sheba'a Farms. Sarkozy met with government officials, but did [...]
2009-01-08 16:11:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC FR LE SY
09BEIRUT303LEBANON: FRANCE TO PRESSURE LEBANON ON TELECOM
[...] (SBU) Frederic Kaplan, French Embassy economic officer, and Chris de Clercq, UNDP Program Manager at the Finance Ministry, told us separately that a French team will be in Beirut in May to review and assess Paris III reforms and apply pressure on the GOL to move forward on mobile telecom privat [...]
2009-03-16 11:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
09BEIRUT305LEBANON: DESPITE FRICTION, MARCH 14 UNITES TO
[...] (C) The March 14 coalition publicly launched its political platform for the June 7 parliamentary elections at its second annual convention on Saturday, March 14. Entitled "Towards A Strong Viable State," the platform stressed the importance of adhering to the Taif agreement and the 2002 Arab P [...]
2009-03-16 18:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KPAL LE SY IS
09BEIRUT306LEBANON: CHURCHES LAUNCH POLITICAL CONDUCT CHARTER
[...] (U) On March 5, a group of church leaders in Lebanon released a charter for political conduct in advance of the June 7 parliamentary elections. The charter calls for support for the sovereignty of the state, regulating relations with Syria and the Palestinian Authority, and the separation of [...]
2009-03-17 09:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT318LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]
2009-03-18 14:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT321LEBANON: FINMIN CHATAH ON 1701, PRE-ELECTION ANTICS
[...] (C) In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Mohammad Chatah lamented the fact that Lebanon had not presented its case to the international community better on the illegality of the Israeli occupation of Ghajar village. He said UN reports on UNSCR 1701 had fallen short f [...]
2009-03-19 14:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN PINR ENRG LE
09BEIRUT322 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:44:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT359LEBANON: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE UPBEAT ON IRAQI
[...] (C) Ambassador and Emboffs met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative Stephane Jaquemet on March 25, who described the current condition of Iraqi refugees in Lebanon. Jaquemet reported that he hoped to work with the Government of Lebanon (GOL) to amend its immigration l [...]
2009-03-27 17:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF LE SY SU IR ICJ
09BEIRUT368LEBANON: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Presidential advisor Naji Abi Assi did not expect major results from the March 30 Arab League Summit in Doha, except for a united position in favor of the Arab Peace Initiative. He predicted Arab relations with Iran would be a major, and potentially divisive, topic. He welcomed U.S. over [...]
2009-03-30 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKPAL KPKO KWBG MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL AL SU XF
09BEIRUT373LEBANON: WE SHOULD MAINTAIN THE U.S. SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) In all but the most pessimistic post-election scenarios, a robust program of U.S. assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will serve to further our policy goals in Lebanon and the region. Without continued support, the LAF will be unable to address the challenges of terrorism, bord [...]
2009-03-31 15:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMCAP PBTS PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT396LEBANON: SUGGESTED USG MESSAGING IN THE RUN-UP TO
[...] (C) With two months to go before the June 7 parliamentary elections, the race remains too close to call. Both the majority March 14 coalition and the Hizballah-led opposition express confidence that they will win. In the key Christian swing districts, nervous voters are looking to see who ca [...]
2009-04-06 08:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT416LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S ELECTORAL PLATFORM: "RESIST
[...] (C) Under the theme of "Resist with your vote," Hizballah formally launched its electoral campaign on April 6. Hizballah MP Mohammed Raad pledged economic, judicial, and political reforms and called for fighting corruption and abolishing political sectarianism. Raad credited Hizballah's Memor [...]
2009-04-08 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR LE
09BEIRUT422LEBANON: GOL SIGNS 45 MILLION EURO LOAN WITH
[...] (U) The GOL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) March 12 with the Export Development Bank of Iran for the reactivation of a 45 million euro loan signed in 2003. The Ambassador queried Finance Minister Chatah on this development April 7. End summary. 2. (SBU) The visit of Lebanese P [...]
2009-04-09 17:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PGOV PTER LE IR
09BEIRUT426LEBANON: JUMBLATT WEARY, BUT STILL WITH MARCH 14
[...] (C) March 14 coalition leader Walid Jumblatt confirmed to the Ambassador April 9 that he was unhappy about "abandoning" two Christian candidates in Aley and Baabda districts, in favor of ones supported by fellow March 14 Christian leaders Samir Geagea and Amine Gemayel. Geagea and Gemayel wer [...]
2009-04-13 13:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR LE
09BEIRUT427LEBANON: TRIPOLI: HARIRI'S CANDIDATE LIST NEARLY
[...] (C) March 14 coalition-allied Tripoli MPs Moustafa Allouch and Mosbah al Ahdab, in separate meetings, told the Ambassador that Saad Hariri's candidate list for the district was nearly complete. Allouch, with good grace and laughter, called himself "a victim," but said he was not upset to be d [...]
2009-04-13 13:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT438LEBANON: PM SINIORA TELLS CODEL CARNAHAN JUNE 7
[...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Congressional members Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA) that Lebanon was committed to hold "completely transparent" parliamentary elections on June 7. He [...]
2009-04-16 09:46:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS IR
09BEIRUT440LEBANON: SLEIMAN OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ARAB PEACE WITH
[...] (C) Meeting with President Sleiman April 9, visiting Congressional Representatives Russ Carnahan (D-MO),Mazie Hirono (D-HI),Jim McDermott (D-WA),Ben Chandler (D-KY),and Diane Watson (D-CA),accompanied by the Ambassador and Poloff, stressed U.S. support for Lebanon's independence and sover [...]
2009-04-16 09:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT441 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL
09BEIRUT443LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...]
2009-04-16 14:31:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG
09BEIRUT470LEBANON: HARIRI DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS "MISTER FIX
[...] (C) March 14 Sunni leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador and DCM April 23 that although relations within the March 14 leadership currently were not at their best, Hariri and his allies would find a solution. Referring to himself as "Mister Fix-it," Hariri said disgruntlement with Druze leade [...]
2009-04-24 14:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV LE
09BEIRUT472LEBANON: FEW SHIA ALTERNATIVES TO HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) The Arabic Islamic Council (AIC) emerged in 2006 as a self-declared Arab alternative to Hizballah. AIC attracted the attention of Lebanese and Arab media because of its claims of "promoting a culture of peace and Arab unity" as opposed to Hizballah's culture of "armed resistance" and ties [...]
2009-04-24 14:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR LE
09BEIRUT479LEBANON: NO PROGRESS ON ISSUE OF LEBANESE
[...] (C) In August 2008, we reported on the situation of the reported 600-plus Lebanese detainees in Syria and noted the possibility that there might be progress on this issue with the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria, among other factors (Ref B). However, eight m [...]
2009-04-27 13:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM LE SY
09BEIRUT482LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI ON ELECTIONS, JUMBLATT,
[...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said he had come to agreement with Majority Leader Saad Hariri on a way forward in the Beirut 2 electoral district, but was still at an impasse with his opposition Christian ally Michel Aoun on candidates in Jezzine [...]
2009-04-28 11:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT518LEBANON: WITH NEA DAS HALE, FM SALLOUKH SAYS
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh and visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed Middle East peace and the Administration's commitment to working toward comprehensive peace with a sense of urgency. Salloukh dismissed Israeli comments about the need for "economic peace" befor [...]
2009-05-11 07:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF UNSC MARR MOPS IS
09BEIRUT523LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR U/S STUART LEVEY'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) You arrive three weeks before Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, in which the current moderate March 14 majority faces a tough battle against the Hizballah-led opposition. The race is still too close to call, but the outcome will hinge on the electoral results in a few key Christ [...]
2009-05-11 15:27:00Embassy BeirutSECRETEFIN ETTC PARM KNNP EAID PTER LE
09BEIRUT525FY10 IVLP CANDIDATES FOR LEBANON
[...] The following is the mission's FY10 slate of 21 candidates for multi-regional (MRP) and regional projects (RP),including one nomination for the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists. Nominees have Country Team approval and Front Office clearance. 2. Nominees by program: -Combating Tr [...]
2009-05-12 08:01:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL OEXC KPAO LE
09BEIRUT530LEBANON: MARCH 14 MP HARB FEARS IRANIAN
[...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, March 14 MP Boutros Harb told Ambassador that the Iranian presence, through Hizballah, created a situation in Lebanon worse than when Syria was in control. He warned that Lebanon could not survive in this present state of affairs. Harb called Free Patriotic Movement [...]
2009-05-12 14:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SY IS IR LE
09BEIRUT531LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER WANTS SAAD HARIRI AS THE
[...] (C) Economy and Trade Minister and MP Mohammed Safadi declared that current majority leader Saad Hariri should be the next PM, regardless of whether Hariri's March 14 coalition or opposition March 8 holds the majority after the June 7 parliamentary elections. Safadi, who is allied with Hariri [...]
2009-05-12 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT535LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) In his May 8 meeting with March 14 coalition leader Saad Hariri, visiting NEA DAS David Hale assured Hariri that the U.S. has not and will not sacrifice Lebanese sovereignty as it engages Syria. Hariri expressed confidence in the March 14 coalition's election prospects. Complaining that h [...]
2009-05-14 08:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT536LEBANON: ELECTIONS: GEMAYEL TELLS NEA DAS HALE
[...] (C) In a May 9 meeting, visiting NEA DAS David Hale discussed with former President Amine Gemayel the June 7 parliamentary elections and the possible consequences of a Hizballah-controlled government. Gemayel's son Sami assessed the election as a "tough race," and claimed Hizballah had "limit [...]
2009-05-14 08:21:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT537LEBANON: JUMBLATT SAYS HE RECEIVED "ENOUGH" FUNDS
[...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that he and Sunni leader Saad Hariri had "very good" meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, Prince Mukrin, and other Saudi officials during a brief visit to the Kingdom May 9-10. Jumblatt said the Saudis had recently given cash injectio [...]
2009-05-14 08:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT541LEBANON: UNSCOL DOWNBEAT ON MARCH 14'S CHANCES
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams raised with NEA DAS Hale and Ambassador the idea of delaying any possible Israeli withdrawal from Ghajar village until after the Lebanese election on June 7, so as to avoid opponents of the Siniora government using the charge that Israel is t [...]
2009-05-14 11:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT547LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIRMS MARCH 14 HAS WHAT IT
[...] (C) March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri told the Ambassador that the members of the coalition's leadership were now all "satisfied" that they would receive adequate financing for their electoral campaigns after his May 9-10 visit to Saudi Arabia. Hariri said his March 14 colleagues would hav [...]
2009-05-14 16:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT550LEBANON: UNSCOL SAYS ISRAELI HANDOVER OF STRIKE
[...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams, and UNSCOL Poloff Rami Shehadeh briefed the Ambassador about the recent Israeli hand over of cluster bomb strike data to the GOL and provided a readout of Williams' May 8 - 10 trips to Israel and Turkey. Williams said issue number one f [...]
2009-05-15 12:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IR IS LE
09BEIRUT558LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR AND LAF KAHWAJI UNWORRIED
[...] (C) In separate meetings with visiting U.S. Special Operations Commander Admiral Eric Olson and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr and LAF Commander Jean Kahwaji expressed appreciation for U.S. military aid to Lebanon, calling it crucial to the continued improvement of Lebanon's armed [...]
2009-05-19 13:10:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT570LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN: ONE YEAR IN OFFICE
[...] (C) During his first year in office, President Michel Sleiman has emerged as a popular leader who has sought a "middle road" to defuse Lebanon's confessional tensions. Since his May 25, 2008 swearing in, Sleiman has worked to polish Lebanon's international stature. Lebanon and Syria establish [...]
2009-05-20 17:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IS SY LE
09BEIRUT577LEBANON: NASRALLAH DEFENDS HIMSELF, PRAISES
[...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah delivered two speeches on May 22 and May 25 to mark the ninth anniversary of Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. His speeches attempted to respond to critics of his recent comments praising Hizballah's actions in May 7, 2008 events and calling for the [...]
2009-05-26 16:26:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA
09BEIRUT580LEBANON: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST,
[...] (C) Russian FM Sergei Lavrov made a one-day visit to Lebanon May 25. Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Alexander Chvykov told the DCM on May 27 that the trip had three purposes: discuss bilateral relations, express support for Lebanon's stability ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections and [...]
2009-05-27 15:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PINR PREL SA RU
09BEIRUT584LEBANON:HIZBALLAH DOES NOT WANT WAR, LAF CHIEF
[...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed disarming Hizballah was not simply an internal Lebanese problem, but a regional and international problem, dealt with best through political and diplomatic efforts. Israel's continued occu [...]
2009-05-28 12:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT590LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, SINIORA PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) In a discussion May 27 with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora blamed Israel for many of the region's problems and pushed for U.S. support for an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional problems, including I [...]
2009-05-29 11:19:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPAL IR LE SY
09BEIRUT592LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN MEETS MARCH 14
[...] (C) Meeting with visiting Vice President Joe Biden, senior March 14 leaders thanked the United States for its continuing strong support for Lebanese sovereignty and institutions, especially the Lebanese Armed Forces. They welcomed U.S. efforts to stem the flow of weapons to Hizballah and sai [...]
2009-05-29 14:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY IS IR
09BEIRUT593LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN ASSURE SLEIMAN: NO
[...] (C) Vice President Joe Biden visited Lebanon on May 22, the first visit by a U.S vice president since 1983. Regional peace talks topped the agenda of his meeting with President Michel Sleiman, including the issue of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the roles of both Syria and Iran. Biden [...]
2009-05-29 15:06:00Embassy BeirutSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IRLE
09BEIRUT595LEBANON: WITH CODEL ACKERMAN, MARCH 14 FIGURES
[...] (C) March 14 figures Amine Gemayel, Samir Geagea, Mohammed Chatah, and Marwan Hamadeh stressed to Codel Ackerman on May 27 the importance of the June 7 parliamentary elections in determining Lebanon's sovereignty. Concerned about the period after the elections, the four agreed that if it reta [...]
2009-05-29 15:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS KPAL SY LE
09BEIRUT596LEBANON: VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN WITH PM SINIORA
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with Vice President Joe Biden, PM Siniora thanked the United States for its support for Lebanon's institutions, sovereignty and independence. He added that Lebanon supports Israeli-Palestinian peace, but not if the ultimate solution involves permanent resettlement of [...]
2009-05-29 15:33:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAL UNSC IR IS LE
09BEIRUT598LEBANON: TREASURY U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH,
[...] (C) Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey, accompanied by the Ambassador, reaffirmed to Lebanese interlocutors at the Central Bank of Lebanon, the Banking ControlCommission, Ministry of Finance, and private sectr bankers that the U.S. valued its coopera [...]
2009-06-01 10:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETTC PREL PGOV PTER PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT605LEBANON: NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAYS HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) The new Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon, Ali Saeed Awadh Asseri, told the Ambassador June 1 that Hizballah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem was worried that if the Hizballah-led March 8 alliance won the majority in Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections, the March 14 coalition would not [...]
2009-06-02 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA PK
09BEIRUT624LEBANON: CAMPAIGN ISSUE: THE ELECTIONS AND THE
[...] (C) Both the March 14 coalition and the opposition are seeking to capitalize on the possible economic impact of the international community's reactions to the June 7 parliamentary elections to gain votes. March 14 leaders have floated the idea that an opposition-led Lebanese government would [...]
2009-06-05 12:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN MARR LE SY
09BEIRUT627LEBANON: OPINION-MAKER REACTION: "PRESIDENT
[...] (C) The Ambassador gathered a group of eight influential opinion-makers June 4 for a roundtable discussion following President Obama's speech from Cairo University. The group agreed that the speech was "culturally sensitive" and a positive first step to engagement with the Arab world. However [...]
2009-06-05 14:39:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LE IS
09BEIRUT643LEBANON: PM SINIORA CALLS FOR EXTENDING HAND TO
[...] (C) In a June 8 meeting with visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador, Prime Minister and Sidon MP-elect Fouad Siniora hailed March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel) as the "end of an era" that firmly established the majority's political legi [...]
2009-06-10 10:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT644LEBANON: HARIRI SAYS HE'LL BE PRIME MINISTER,
[...] (C) March 14 coalition and Future party leader Saad Hariri told visiting Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the Ambassador on June 8 that he would be Lebanon's next Prime Minister following March 14's victory in the June 7 parliamentary elections (reftel). One of his priorities as Pri [...]
2009-06-10 10:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KPAL SY IS IR
09BEIRUT646LEBANON: AFTER "IDEAS ELECTION", ANALYSTS URGE USG
[...] (C) Discussing the June 7 election results at a June 9 dinner hosted by the DCM, political analysts reached mixed conclusions on whether Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun "won or lost" the elections. While Aoun received a majority of Christian votes, he won by slimmer margins than in [...]
2009-06-10 14:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
09BEIRUT647LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR S/E GEORGE MITCHELL'S
[...] (C) Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit, which comes just five days after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections in which the pro-western March 14 coalition won the majority by an unexpected margin. Lebanese officials have eagerly anticipated your trip to Beirut since your appointment was an [...]
2009-06-10 15:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS LE IS SY IR
09BEIRUT659LEBANON: AOUN RE-EMERGES, DEMANDING PROPORTIONAL
[...] (C) Following his Change and Reform parliamentary bloc's June 10 meeting and in his first public appearance since the June 7 parliamentary elections, MP Michel Aoun announced that if there is a national unity government, his parliamentary bloc would expect a share of seats proportional to its [...]
2009-06-12 14:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
09BEIRUT670LEBANON: TOYING WITH NABIH BERRI OVER SPEAKER
[...] (C) There have been calls by some in March 14 for Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri not to be reelected to his post unless he commits to conditions, such as promising not to close the Parliament arbitrarily as he did for 18 months pre-Doha. Senior March 14 leaders like Hariri and Jumblatt app [...]
2009-06-17 13:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PINR PREL SY
09BEIRUT674LEBANON: BERRI SAYS SPEAKER ELECTION AT END OF JUNE
[...] (C) In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, a relaxed Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri expressed satisfaction regarding the recent legislative elections and predicted cabinet formation would occur smoothly and quickly. Berri has made clear publicly and privately that he supports Saad Harir [...]
2009-06-17 15:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE IR
09BEIRUT679LEBANON: NASRALLAH CRITIQUES LEBANESE ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah gave a lengthy speech the evening of June 17 in which he critiqued Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. While Nasrallah accepted the defeat of the Hizballah-led opposition, he claimed the opposition had maintained the largest share of popular, moral and [...]
2009-06-19 12:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV LE IR
09BEIRUT687LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR PREDICTS HE'LL KEEP DEFENSE
[...] Lebanese Minister of Defense Elias Murr told the Ambassador and Poloff June 19 he predicted the upcoming cabinet formation process would be quick. Murr believes he will remain as Defense Minister. Looking ahead, Murr said his priority was to ensure the Lebanese Armed Forces were prepared for [...]
2009-06-22 15:47:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MARR LE
09BEIRUT702LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL DAVID
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Beirut welcomes your visit which comes three weeks after Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Saad Hariri's March 14 coalition retained the parliamentary majority by an unexpected margin, and has a 71-57 edge over the opposition in the new parliament. The g [...]
2009-06-25 12:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT715LEBANON: HARIRI PREPARED TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Presumptive PM-designate Saad Hariri confirmed to the Ambassador June 26 that he had met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah the previous day. Nasrallah did not request any "guarantees" from the new government, and Hariri did not offer any, Hariri said. Although mandatory bl [...]
2009-06-26 15:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR LE IR
09BEIRUT716LEBANON: INDUSTRIALISTS LOBBY TO INCLUDE ALL LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) As part of the USTR's evaluations of ongoing country practices for the general system of preferences (GSP),the Association of Lebanese Industrialists (ALI) submitted a petition to include all Lebanese exports to the U.S. under the GSP program. In 2008, Lebanese exports to the U.S. were [...]
2009-06-29 07:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND PGOV ETRD KFLU SY LE
09BEIRUT733 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 07:15:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT746LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS TO MEET IN DAMASCUS ONLY
[...] (C) PM-designate Saad Hariri has been under (well-intentioned) pressure from the Saudi leadership for a week to agree to participate in an as-yet unscheduled Saudi-Syria summit in Damascus. He told the Ambassador July 6 that he is willing to do so, along with President Sliman, to support Saud [...]
2009-07-06 17:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT758LEBANON: SOVEREIGNTY, STABILITY, AND SELF-INTEREST
[...] (C) Most Lebanese observers tell us they are confident Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri will be able to form a government, though the process may take time. As Saudi-Syrian negotiations on the formation of Lebanon's government continue, however, the question posed in Ref B has become incr [...]
2009-07-08 16:05:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE SY SA
09BEIRUT77LEBANON: SLEIMAN UNDER PRESSURE ON GAZA;
[...] (C) In a January 16 meeting with Charge, Minister of Education and Sidon native Bahia Hariri described the situation in the southern Palestinian camp of Ain el-Hilweh as tense, but "contained" as the Gaza crisis continues. She said the strong stance in support of Gaza by President Michel Slei [...]
2009-01-16 16:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT771LEBANON: CHRISTIAN MINISTERS REJECT SAUDI
[...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar and Information Minister Tarek Mitri, in separate meetings with the Ambassador on July 9, criticized the Saudis for involving the Syrians in the Lebanese political process. Mitri said he believed the Saudis realized they made a mistake and that they would s [...]
2009-07-10 14:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA SY LE
09BEIRUT786LEBANON: GERMAN AND FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Lebanese reaction to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's July 7 visit to Beirut, followed by a July 10-11 visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner was muted. Lebanese contacts asserted that while the show of support was appreciated, the visits amounted to little mor [...]
2009-07-14 14:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE GM FR
09BEIRUT805LEBANON: HARIRI TELLS PETRAEUS ASSISTANCE FOR LAF
[...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with Commanding General U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus, Prime Minister-Designate Saad Hariri said he had begun consultations on government formation, and though the opposition and the Syrians would make the process difficult, he was confident he [...]
2009-07-17 06:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON OVIP MASS MCAP LE SY SA
09BEIRUT809LEBANON: MARCH 14 FIGURES STILL CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (C) March 14 contacts this week were cautiously optimistic that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and opposition Christian leader Michel Aoun on the formation of a government. However, they said, it was unrealistic to expect a new cabinet be [...]
2009-07-17 16:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT818LEBANON: PM SINIORA TO PETRAEUS: PUSH SYRIA TO GET
[...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Commander General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) General David Petraeus and the Ambassador June 30 that he was "quite satisfied" with the outcome of Lebanon's June 7 parliamentary elections. Siniora said that the Lebanese had voted fo [...]
2009-07-20 14:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MASS MARR MOPPS LE SY IR
09BEIRUT819LEBANON: DISCOVERY OF HIZBALLAH ARMS CACHE, SOUTH
[...] (C) In a July 17 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr provided an account of the July 14 explosion in the south, saying that a small munitions warehouse, containing material stored by Hizballah since the July 2006 war, had caught on fire due to a cooking incident. He reported that the Lebanes [...]
2009-07-20 15:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE
09BEIRUT820LEBANON: SLEIMAN TELLS PETRAEUS CABINET WILL BE
[...] (C) In a June 30 meeting with David Petraeus, Commanding General of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),President Michel Sleiman noted that he was relatively optimistic and said he expected cabinet formation to last somewhere between ten days and two weeks. Sleiman remarked that Lebanon faced a n [...]
2009-07-20 15:50:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
09BEIRUT821LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS NEW
[...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr affirmed to visiting CENTCOM Commanding General David Petraeus in a June 30 meeting that the strong U.S.-Lebanese military partnership will grow stronger under the new Lebanese government. Murr said the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) work on a Five Year Plan would [...]
2009-07-20 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MCAP MOPS IS SA SY LE
09BEIRUT838LEBANON: MARCH 14 LEADERS UNFAZED BY DRAWN-OUT
[...] (C/NF) March 14 leaders in separate meetings grumbled about coalition dynamics but reiterated their belief that Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri would ultimately come to agreement with Hizballah and its allies on the formation of a government. All admitted, however, that recent incidents in [...]
2009-07-24 18:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT859LEBANON: SOME GOL OFFICIALS ADMIT 1701 VIOLATION
[...] (C) Several GOL officials expressed their confidence July 24-25 to visiting National Security Council Senior Director for Middle East and North Africa Dan Shapiro that the opposition would drop its demand for a blocking third and that the cabinet would be formed, though no one could commit to [...]
2009-07-29 08:37:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
09BEIRUT867LEBANON: YET ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) March 14 (Kataeb) MP Sami Gemayel and opposition-aligned MP Suleiman Franjieh initiated yet another attempt at Christian reconciliation with a July 29 luncheon. Gemayel (Amine's son) reportedly hopes to engineer reconciliation between Franjieh and Patriarch Sfeir, who have been at odds sin [...]
2009-07-30 13:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT88LEBANON: RIVALRY WITHIN THE PLO, PM'S LIAISON SAYS
[...] (C) Highlighting that the Palestinian camps in Lebanon are "calm for now," the GOL's chief liaison for Palestinian issues, President of the Lebanese-Palestinian Dialogue Committee (LPDC) Khalil Makkawi, stressed that PM Sinoria had done a good job communicating with Palestinians during the Isr [...]
2009-01-21 17:32:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
09BEIRUT898MARADA LIEUTENANTS DEFEND MEMBERSHIP IN MARCH 8
[...] (C) The Marada Party's alliance with Hizballah in the March 8 Coalition is based on the premise that the Shia party cannot be disarmed by force and must be dealt with in the context of the root causes that feed it, asserted Marada party figures Raymond (Rony) Arayji and Richard (Richy) Haykal. [...]
2009-08-10 14:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT903UNIFIL'S FC GRAZIANO CALLS FOR STRONGER GOL
[...] (C) In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano dismissed recent criticism of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF),emphasizing that it did not have the political "umbrella" to act decisively during last mont [...]
2009-08-12 15:57:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PTER UNSC PINR PREL IS LE
09BEIRUT904JUMBLATT ASSURES HARIRI HE WILL SUPPORT THE
[...] (C) Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt on August 12 confirmed that his bloc remains within the "15" (majority) in the 15-10-5 Cabinet formula, reiterating what he told Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri the night before. Both Siniora and caretaker Minister of State Nassib Lah [...]
2009-08-12 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE IS SA
09BEIRUT909APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT
[...] (U) The following are Post's comments in response to reftel. 2. (SBU) The American University of Beirut (AUB),one of the most reputable universities in Lebanon and the region, is a private, independent, non-sectarian institution, with over 7,000 students currently enrolled. Many of Leban [...]
2009-08-13 12:58:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV LE
09BEIRUT910MARCH 14 TAKES ON WATER AS THE CREW AWAITS THE
[...] (C) Kataeb Party leader Amine Gemayel is pushing hard for two (unspecified) ministerial seats, according to the Hariri camp. His unhappiness with the cabinet formation process thus far has led to rumors that he may withdraw from March 14. Meanwhile, March 14 secretariat officials insist it i [...]
2009-08-13 17:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SA SY
09BEIRUT911WILL THE REAL SYRIAN AMBASSADOR PLEASE STAND UP?
[...] (C) Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim has been essentially absent from the political scene since his March 2009 appointment, supplanted by various informal interlocutors, most recently Lebanese Druze opposition leader Wiam Wahhab. Damascus' use of such intermediaries increases its [...]
2009-08-14 07:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT913DRUZE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK: ARSLAN ADVISOR ON
[...] (C) Opposition Druze leader Talal Arslan was not surprised by majority Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's apparent move away from the majority March 14 coalition in recent days, according to Arslan advisor Saleem Hamadeh, although he added that Jumblatt was still supporting Saad Hariri. Jumblatt wa [...]
2009-08-14 12:27:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT918LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER SAYS BUDGET TRANSPARENCY IS A TOP
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref B demarche encouraging central government budget transparency to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah on August 7. Chatah declared that budget transparency was one of his ministry's top priorities, as evidenced by its commitment to a $4 million World Ba [...]
2009-08-17 12:02:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV LE SOCI
09BEIRUT92LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH HIZBALLAH: MAJOR
[...] (C) In his January 21 meeting with Hizballah MP Mohamad Raad, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt reportedly expressed his fundamental disagreement with Hizballah over Hizballah's relationship with Syria, Hizballah's arms, and the Special Tribunal. As such, he was not interested in a political relati [...]
2009-01-22 15:58:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
09BEIRUT921AOUN REJECTS HARIRI'S INVITATION, GEMAYEL
[...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun dismissed charges that he was obstructing progress on government formation and declared he would not accept Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's lunch invitation if the latter does not put an end to attacks by his allies on the FPM leader. Aoun [...]
2009-08-17 13:56:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE SY
09BEIRUT944SLEIMAN: LAF/UNIFIL COORDINATION ESSENTIAL TO
[...] (C) Although the situation in south Lebanon has cooled, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) must coordinate effectively with UNIFIL to prevent Hizballah from using future disturbances as a pretext to launch a strike against Israel, President Michel Sleiman emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM. S [...]
2009-08-21 15:48:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALLE PGOV PINR PREL SA SY
09BEIRUT96LEBANON: SINIORA URGES U.S. TO ENCOURAGE SYRIA TO
[...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora in a January 23 meeting with Ambassador urged the new U.S. administration to take a strong role in Middle East peace negotiations. Specifically, he advocated U.S. direct or indirect efforts to encourage the Syrians to "realize it was in their best interests" [...]
2009-01-23 18:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
09BEIRUT962PHILANTHROPY AND POLITICAL GAIN MIX IN TRIPOLI
[...] (C) The August 20 celebration of the opening of the municipal palace in Mina -- a small, mainly Orthodox town in Tripoli -- was an over-the-top homage to Sunni billionaire, former prime minister, and current MP Najib Mikati. While some have noted Mikati's "philanthropic intelligence" in his [...]
2009-08-27 12:18:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON LE
09BEIRUT967LEGAL CHALLENGE ADDS DELAYS TO NAHR AL-BARID
[...] (C) Two years after the near-complete destruction of the Nahr al-Barid Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli, reconstruction efforts by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) are being thwarted by a legal challenge from Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun. On August 26, a Lebanes [...]
2009-08-27 14:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV KPAL UN LE
09BEIRUT972JUMBLATT OBSESSED WITH AVERTING DRUZE-SHIA
[...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt's close advisors, as well as his Druze competition, believe that Jumblatt is obsessed with averting a Druze-Shia conflict. Contacts suggest that one-third of the Druze "like" Jumblatt personally and will follow (some say "obey") his lead; one-third support Jumbl [...]
2009-08-28 15:04:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR LE
09BEIRUT980BERRI SUPPORTS NEW SHIA RELIGIOUS GROUP WHILE
[...] (C) Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri supported the launch of a new, "moderate" Shia clerical establishment, the Independent Clerical Gathering, on August 20. Subsequently, on August 31, in his annual address on the anniversary of the disappearance of Shia cleric Imam Musa al-Sadr, Berri calle [...]
2009-09-02 13:17:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR LE IS
09BEIRUT995UNIFIL-LED CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS TRAINING A
[...] (C) The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Civil-Military Cooperation (CIMIC) training program aims to develop the Lebanese Armed Forces' (LAF) "soft power" in the form of better community relations and services. COL John Molloy, who heads the program, believes the optimal long-term goal of [...]
2009-09-04 14:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PREL MARR KPKO UN IS LE
09BELFAST79FRAUD SUMMARY - BELFAST - MARCH- AUGUST 2009
[...] Country Conditions: As part of the United Kingdom, Northern Ireland is a developed industrialized country with a well-established infrastructure. Like the rest of the UK, Northern Ireland is suffering as a result of the global credit crunch and economic downturn. The unemployment rate in N [...]
2009-09-30 14:05:00Consulate BelfastUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CMGT CPAS ASEC UK
09BELFAST9ENSURING THE PEACE IN NORHTERN IRELAND: KEY USG OBJECTIVES
[...] (C/NF) Summary. This is a joint message from Embassies Dublin, London, and Consulate Belfast. It outlines key objectives for continuing USG involvement in Northern Ireland in order to ensure the completion of the successful peace process that began with the Good Friday Agreement. Finalizing t [...]
2009-02-20 18:25:00Consulate BelfastCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON UK EI
09BELGRADE1030SERBIA: KRUPANJ A NATIONALIST VESTIGE OF CONTRADICTION AND
[...] (SBU) Serbia's small western municipality of Krupanj highlights how economic destitution and the lack of a national vision have spawned a muddled relationship between citizens and nationalist parties in local government. All roads literally end in Krupanj as does, apparently, all logic. Thou [...]
2009-09-14 14:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1094SERBIA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITY
[...] (U) The Serbian diaspora community in the United States is geographically disparate and not unified on policy issues. The community has not yet made substantial investment in Serbia or been successful in interacting with the host country on political issues. End Summary. SERBIAN DIASPORA C [...]
2009-09-23 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREF PREL SCUL SMIG SR
09BELGRADE1112SERBIA: UPDATE ON DEFENSE AND SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As the Serbian government begins its second year in office, it is inching closer to NATO at an almost imperceptible rate - naming an ambassador after months of delay and slowly implementing the Security Agreement - while searching for ways to increase its involvement in regional grouping [...]
2009-09-25 17:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PREL SR
09BELGRADE1136SERBIA: JAT STRIKE ENDS, FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Flights of JAT Airways, the Serbian flag carrier, were grounded between September 30 and October 2 due to a strike by mechanics at JAT Tehnika, the former maintenance arm of the effectively bankrupt national airline. The cause of the strike was unpaid debts between the two state companie [...]
2009-10-05 07:23:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE1166THE SHIFT IN PUBLIC DISCOURSE: IS SERBIA BECOMING MORE
[...] (SBU) A series of traumatic events in Serbia in recent weeks, including the cancellation of a Pride Parade and the brutal murder of a French tourist, has prompted a new level of introspection among the Serbian public regarding shared values and the country's Euro-Atlantic orientation. Despite [...]
2009-10-09 10:45:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL PGOV KPAO SR
09BELGRADE1168SOUTH SERBIA: A POLITICAL PRIMER
[...] (SBU) South Serbia, an economically depressed and politically charged portion of the country that borders Kosovo and Macedonia, is home to 60,000-80,000 ethnic Albanians. The region continues to bear scars from armed conflict between Serbian security forces and the Liberation Army of Presevo [...]
2009-10-09 11:17:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE125ANOTHER FACE OF SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 9 meeting with Prime Minister Cvetkovic, the Ambassador underscored U.S. frustration with the Serbian the government's inflexible approach to Kosovo issues and proposed a new emphasis on economic issues in our bilateral relations. Cvetkovic expressed interest in me [...]
2009-02-10 12:45:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE1258SERBIA SURVIVES MEDVEDEV VISIT, BUT MUST DEAL WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 10:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ENRG ECON SR RS
09BELGRADE1314SERBIA AND ELECTRICITY: KEEPING NORTH OF KOSOVO IN THE DARK
[...] (SBU) In response to demarche points on electricity in Kosovo (ref A),Serbia will continue discussing a future energy services company (ESCO) for the north of Kosovo, but is not inclined to permit KEK to provide power to the north while talks are ongoing. Serbia is determined to leverage the [...]
2009-11-06 11:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG PGOV KV SR
09BELGRADE137SERBIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Serbia's TIP Situation -------------------------- A. Both the office of the National Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Persons and the Agency for Coordination of Protection of Trafficking Victims, as well as other government ministries and agencies, provide information about traffic [...]
2009-02-13 15:18:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR
09BELGRADE138SERBIA: FRESH CONTROVERSY OVER DRAFT VOJVODINA STATUTE
[...] (SBU) The draft Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation of the autonomous province, remains the subject of controversy and political manipulation. The Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians have accused President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) of stalling due to internal divisions, bringing the [...]
2009-02-13 16:16:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1512SERBIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) The Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) is the largest and most influential religious institution in Serbia. It also is the most privileged of the seven "traditional" religious communities recognized by the 2006 law on religion. Public opinion polls consistently demonstrate that the Church i [...]
2009-12-18 16:01:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SR
09BELGRADE1534FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...]
2009-12-22 13:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS SNAR SR
09BELGRADE154SOUTH SERBIA: SEVEN MONTHS LOST
[...] (SBU) Two months into 2009 and seven months following the formation of mono-ethnic local governments in the South Serbian municipalities of Bujanovac and Presevo, the political process in the region is at a virtual standstill and the future of economic development remains hostage to petty polit [...]
2009-02-23 07:18:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE157SERBIAN PARLIAMENT TAKES SMALL STEP TOWARD EFFICIENCY
[...] (SBU) The ruling majority approved changes to Parliament's Rules of Procedure on February 17 that will limit the opposition's ability to block the legislative process by capping debate time and otherwise restricting members' ability to diverge from the agenda. Members of Parliament from Presid [...]
2009-02-23 07:36:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE1604SERBIA ASSUMES CEFTA PRESIDENCY, BUT KOSOVO POLICY LIKELY TO
[...] (U) Two years after ratifying the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA),the 30 million person free trade market is a key Serbian market, with which Serbia has a trade surplus and a trade volume second only to the EU. For it to further prosper as a market, CEFTA needs to address addit [...]
2009-12-31 12:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE173SERBIA'S YEAR OF UNREALIZED FEARS AND UNFULFILLED
[...] (SBU) One year after Boris Tadic's reelection as president of Serbia, the country has achieved several notable successes. Rather than succumbing to nationalism in the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its citizens elected a new government that declared European Union membership it [...]
2009-03-01 11:39:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE199SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE SPRING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 12:44:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
09BELGRADE208SERBIA: COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WOES
[...] (U) After intense negotiations and threat of worker protest, on February 11, the government, labor unions, and employers' union decided to postpone doling out $1.7 to $2.6 billion in allowances to workers during the economic crisis. In November, the three parties signed annexes to Serbia's new [...]
2009-03-12 11:04:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EFIN SR
09BELGRADE210SERBIA: Serbia: How the Economic Crisis could Lead to a
[...] (SBU) Politicians in Serbia are facing the increasingly sober reality that the global economic crisis will hit Serbia hard this year. After initially trying to duck under the economic crisis wave, the political leadership is now resigned to the fact that Serbia must address the economic challe [...]
2009-03-12 13:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL EFIN EINV PGOV SR
09BELGRADE251SERBIA: UNCERTAIN RELATIONSHIP WITH GAZPROM
[...] (SBU) Serbia's energy marriage with Gazprom centered on the sale of state oil firm NIS at the beginning of this year had a rocky start and Serbs are increasingly unsure how Gazprom's interests fit with Serbia's. Gazprom's initial actions since taking over NIS raise questions about the company' [...]
2009-03-24 06:30:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EFIN SR
09BELGRADE254SERBIA/SLOVENIA: TURNING THE PAGE IN BILATERAL
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ljubljana. Summary ------- 2. (C) The early March visit of Slovenian PM Pahor to Belgrade marked a new step forward in the bilateral relationship. Sidestepping Kosovo, Pahor's meetings with Serbian President Tadic and PM Cvetkovic resulted in [...]
2009-03-24 10:18:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SI SR
09BELGRADE258SERBIA: DELIVERY OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING MILADIN
[...] (SBU) We delivered diplomatic note numbered 037/09 per Ref A instructions on March 24 to MFA Political Director Borko Stefanovic. 2. (SBU) In response, Stefanovic presented a diplomatic note in English numbered 963 and dated March 24, 2009. (A scanned copy of both notes has been forwarded [...]
2009-03-25 15:07:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL OPDC EAID SR
09BELGRADE275VOJVODINA SERBIAN ORTHODOX BISHOP SAYS CHURCH NEEDS TO
[...] (SBU) Bishop Irinej Bulovic, Serbian Orthodox Bishop of Novi Sad and Backa in Vojvodina, spoke to the Ambassador March 25 about the future of the Serbian Orthodox Church. Irinej highlighted the importance of electing a new Patriarch and reaching out to other religious communities. Irinej's w [...]
2009-03-30 11:31:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SR
09BELGRADE276SERBIA CONTINUES TO DELAY ADOPTION OF VOJVODINA STATUTE
[...] (SBU) The Vojvodina Statute, the governing legislation for the Serbia's only remaining autonomous province (and one of the most prosperous parts of the country),remains off the National Assembly's agenda. The statute is foreseen in Serbia's Constitution, but nationalist groups continue to cr [...]
2009-03-30 15:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SR
09BELGRADE280SERBIA: KOSOVO MINISTER BOGDANOVIC CALLS FOR DIALOGUE AND
[...] (SBU) Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told Ambassador March 27 that dialogue is the only way to address and eventually resolve everyday problems faced by Kosovo Serbs, singling out his recent talks with EULEX Head Yves de Kermabon and Kosovo Electric Company representatives. Bogd [...]
2009-03-31 15:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KV SR
09BELGRADE292SOUTH SERBIA: ALBANIANS, GOVERNMENT AGREE TO ETHNIC BALANCE
[...] (SBU) Following several months of on-again, off-again discussions, representatives of the Serbian government and the South Serbia Albanians on March 27 signed an OSCE-mediated agreement on reconfiguration of the Coordinating Body for South Serbia, a government institution formed in the aftermat [...]
2009-04-03 14:56:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE304SERBIA: ECONOMIC CRISIS COULD UNDERMINE STABILITY
[...] (C) Serbia,s Sandzak, the ethnically mixed region of Serbs and Bosniaks in the southwest part of the country, could face political instability as Serbia's economic situation grows darker. These days, observers find the region calmer than it has been for years. But that calm could be illusory [...]
2009-04-09 10:37:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE31SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER STRIKES CONCILIATORY NOTE, BUT REPEATS SAME MESSAGE
[...] (SBU) In an address to Serbian ambassadors gathered in Belgrade, Foreign Minister Jeremic called for cooperation based on international law during a time of shifting balances of power. He identified Kosovo, European integration, and the Western Balkans as Serbia's top foreign policy prioritie [...]
2009-01-12 15:26:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE325SERBIA/ROMANIA: TADIC VISIT SHOWCASES "MODEL
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly with Embassy Bucharest. Summary ------- 2. (C) Serbian President Tadic's recent visit to Bucharest highlighted Serbia's bilateral relationship with Romania as the most positive of Belgrade's relationships with its neighbors. Romania's position aga [...]
2009-04-14 12:38:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON RO SR
09BELGRADE34SERBIA NOT FANNING INSTABILITY IN BOSNIA
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Belgrade and Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) Despite close relations between Belgrade and Banja Luka, in recent months President Boris Tadic has been publicly taking a strong stand to encourage all parties to respect the territorial int [...]
2009-01-13 08:13:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK SR
09BELGRADE352SERBIA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CLOSE THE BUDGET GAP
[...] (SBU) The Serbian government revised downward the budget to reflect the stark economic contraction and the requirements of the IMF to move ahead with an expanded $4 billion program. At its April 16 session the government adopted a rebalanced 2009 budget which included deep expenditure cuts in [...]
2009-04-24 13:25:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EFIN SR
09BELGRADE379SERBIAN WAR CRIMES PROSECUTOR WANTS MORE REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic told the Ambassador on April 27 that there is good cooperation with Croatia and Montenegro, but he would like more cooperation with others -- particularly Bosnia -- in order to solve and prosecute war crimes cases more effectively. End Summ [...]
2009-04-30 14:41:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWAC SR
09BELGRADE380SERBIA: MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS FEELING POLITICAL, ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) A recent series of changes in local government highlight the fragility of narrowly divided local governing coalitions, as well as efforts by the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) and Democratic Party (DS) to exploit these divisions for political gain. Changes in governments in Kraljevo, L [...]
2009-04-30 17:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE402SCENESETTER FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. Vice President: We eagerly anticipate your May 20 visit to Belgrade as an opportunity to refocus Serbia's leadership on the key tasks of Euro-Atlantic integration and economic development. The Serbian government has the potential to be a constructive partner and a force for regional [...]
2009-05-07 15:04:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE420 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH,
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]
2009-05-14 16:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE436MEDIA REACTION TO VPOTUS VISIT TO SERBIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-22 06:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL KPAO SR BK MW YI
09BELGRADE467SERBIA: PATRIARCH REMAINS BUT SYNOD REVAMPED
[...] (SBU) During its annual spring session from May 14-22, the Holy Assembly of Bishops (Sabor) of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) stood firm in its stance that ailing Patriarch Pavle should fulfill his lifetime appointment. The Sabor also confirmed that Metropolitan Amfilohije of Montenegro and [...]
2009-06-01 11:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
09BELGRADE480SERBIA/BOSNIA: INZKO VISIT UNDERSCORES OBSTACLES
[...] (U) This cable was cleared with Embassy Sarajevo. Summary ------- 2. (C) High Representative Inzko,s visit to Belgrade in early May refocused current challenges in bilateral relations between Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. In meetings with top Serbian officials, Inzko elicited Ser [...]
2009-06-04 16:34:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BK SR
09BELGRADE497 SERBIA MODIFIES LAW TO PERMIT EXTRADITION OF NATIONALS
[...] (SBU) A recent change to Serbian law necessitated by the European integration process has made the extradition of Serbian citizens possible under bilateral or multilateral treaties. Post recommends that we seize this opportunity to update or replace the existing 1901 extradition treaty with S [...]
2009-06-11 11:10:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN PREL PGOV ODIP EAID SR
09BELGRADE50SERBIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTS AMBASSADORS TO UNITED STATES,
[...] The Serbian government appointed a new Ambassador to the United States, current deputy chief of mission Vladimir Petrovic and a new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Feodor Starcevic. Both are close associates of Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, an indication of his personal interes [...]
2009-01-16 15:37:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE507SERBIA: PRESEVO VALLEY ISLAMIC COMMUNITY RETAINS KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Despite strained relations between Belgrade and Pristina following Kosovo's February 2008 declaration of independence, the Islamic community in the South Serbian region of the Presevo Valley has been able to maintain its historically strong ties with the Kosovo Islamic Community. Accord [...]
2009-06-12 14:57:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF KV SR
09BELGRADE509SOUTH SERBIA: POLITICAL ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES AS
[...] (SBU) The Coordinating Body for South Serbia is treading water just two months after the Serbian government and South Serbia Albanians pledged to work together to reanimate the body. Fallout from an OSCE-mediated agreement signed in March triggered the collapse of the Albanian ruling coalition [...]
2009-06-12 15:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE51Serbia: Gas Deliveries from Germany and Hungary Continue
[...] Hungary and Germany continue to deliver gas to Serbia as the Ukraine-Russia gas dispute went unresolved. The government took proactive action and decided to allow for more fuel oil imports and an increase of its reserves in the event of a protracted dispute. Serbian officials continued to bla [...]
2009-01-20 06:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG ETRD SR
09BELGRADE536 SERBIA RATIFIES WMD AGREEMENT
[...] On May 29, the Serbian parliament passed legislation ratifying the Agreement between the Government of Serbia and Montenegro and the Government of the United States of America Concerning Cooperation in the Area of the Prevention of Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and the Promotion [...]
2009-06-19 07:17:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PREL PARM SR
09BELGRADE63SERBIA: FRAGILE CALM IN NOVI PAZAR BELIES ENDURING
[...] (SBU) The city leadership of Novi Pazar, situated in the heart of Serbia's southwestern predominantly Muslim Sandzak region, is actively confronting budget issues, encouraging religious conciliation, and seeking the attention of the government in Belgrade. The city's dueling Islamic communiti [...]
2009-01-22 10:00:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE645SERBIA: REGIONAL SUMMIT TRUMPETS CQERATION BUT YIELDS
[...] (C) Serbia hosted over a dozen Central European presidents at a June 19-21 summit focusing on regional cooperation in the realms of energy, economics and European integration. Though hailed as a success for Serbia's regional policy, the summit yielded little beyond symbolism and rhetoric. T [...]
2009-07-07 09:21:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV AL AU BK BU EZ HR IT KV LO MD MK MW PL
09BELGRADE667SERBIA: PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) PDAS Thomas Countryman's July 8 visit was the first high-level visit following Vice President Biden's May visit to Belgrade. Though initial plans were for two meetings, the one day visit morphed into four ministerial level meetings, a TV interview in Serbian, and a small reception with [...]
2009-07-13 13:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR SR
09BELGRADE683SOUTH SERBIA: TWO ATTACKS PLACE REGION ON EDGE
[...] (SBU) Two armed attacks against Serbian and Albanian police targets in South Serbia in recent days have threatened to exacerbate the tenuous relationship between the ethnic groups. Unknown assailants attacked a Serbian Gendarmerie vehicle on July 9 and a police apartment building housing Alba [...]
2009-07-15 16:51:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SR
09BELGRADE699SERBIA: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Serbia's leadership expressed pleasure with the results of the U.S.-Russia presidential summit and defended Belgrade's partnership with Moscow as a high-minded exercise of placating Serbia's Russophile population while moving towards Europe. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The Charge [...]
2009-07-17 12:41:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RS SR
09BELGRADE713SOUTH SERBIA: RHETORIC RISES FOLLOWING ATTACKS BUT SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the South Serbian municipalities of Presevo and Bujanovac was calm following July 9 and 14 attacks on police targets in the region. However, local Albanian leaders have voiced strong objections to what they describe as heavy-handed police actions in the af [...]
2009-07-21 16:35:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
09BELGRADE719SERBIA: JAGODINA MAYOR PALMA RAISES PROFILE ON NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Over the past year, Dragan Markovic "Palma," founder and president of United Serbia (JS),has emerged as an increasingly prominent voice on the national scene. Leveraging his success as mayor of Jagodina and developing his friendship with Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) President Ivica [...]
2009-07-22 14:36:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE725SERBIA: PROPOSED LAW ON PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION TO IMPACT
[...] (SBU) A draft law on Planning and Construction currently under debate in Parliament could significantly impact future restitution claims. Although there are several necessary positive elements in the legislation, including streamlining the construction permitting procedure and rationalizing th [...]
2009-07-23 12:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIDE KPRV CASC SR
09BELGRADE751SERBIA: CIVIL AVIATION REFORM NOT TAKING OFF
[...] (SBU) The Serbian Government's inability to pass key civil aviation legislation continues to stall the progress of Serbia's aviation industry. Without this legislation, the FAA Category 1 rating necessary for direct flights to the United States is still out of reach. Serbia's national carrier [...]
2009-07-27 09:48:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR EINV SR
09BELGRADE765SERBIA IN THE WAKE OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN’S VISIT
[...] (C) Vice President Biden's May 20 visit to Belgrade, during which he met with President Tadic, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, and Defense Minister Sutanovac, marked a "new beginning" in the bilateral relationship thanks to the core message that the United States recognized Serbia as an important regiona [...]
2009-07-29 13:51:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SR MARR PGOV
09BELGRADE817SERBIA/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI VISIT TO BELGRADE REJUVENATES
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Skopje. Summary ------- 2. (C) The visit of Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski to Belgrade in late July signaled the end to the diplomatic freeze between the two countries and opened avenues for further cooperation. Just ov [...]
2009-08-13 12:44:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MK SR
09BELGRADE823SERBIA/MONTENEGRO: SOME PROGRESS, CORE DISAGREEMENTS
[...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Podgorica and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Although historic, linguistic, familial, and other ties closely intertwine the peoples of Montenegro and Serbia, relations between the governments remain clouded by disagreements [...]
2009-08-18 16:04:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MW SR
09BELGRADE825SERBIA: BELGRADE MAYOR DJILAS REFLECTS ON FIRST YEAR IN
[...] (SBU) In an August 13 meeting with the Charge, Belgrade Mayor Dragan Djilas discussed his first year in office, his views on Serbia's relations with Russia and the upcoming visit of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev, his opinion of local elections in the Belgrade municipality of Vozdovac, as [...]
2009-08-21 14:47:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON RS SR
09BELGRADE841SERBIA GRAPPLES WITH RUSSIA RELATIONS IN ADVANCE OF MEDVEDEV
[...] (C) As Serbia seeks to overcome mounting economic difficulties and move forward toward its primary goal of European Union membership, the government is struggling to strike the right tone in the bilateral relationship with Russia: President Tadic and his close advisors appear intent on giving the R [...]
2009-09-03 13:41:00Embassy BelgradeSECRETPGOV PREL EINT MASS RS SR
09BELGRADE842EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The initial set of technical systems definition requirements for the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package has been submitted for the further development of an RFQ. This system should provide a "fu [...]
2009-08-11 14:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE845SERBIA/TURKEY: TURKISH FM'S BELGRADE VISIT HERALDS NEW ERA
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Ankara. Summary ------- 2. (C) The late July visit of Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu to Belgrade marked a significant step forward in the bilateral relationship between Serbia and Turkey. Amid agreements on deeper economic co [...]
2009-09-15 11:29:00Embassy BelgradeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL TU SR
09BELGRADE847SERBIAN MFA SEES IRAN THROUGH KOSOVO PRISM
[...] (C) Summary: According to the Serbian MFA, until the International Court of Justice issues its advisory opinion Serbia will use its ties with Iran to seek continued support on Kosovo rather than pushing for engagement with the P5+1 on nuclear issues or condemning gross violations of human rig [...]
2009-09-24 12:07:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SR IR
09BELGRADE851Serbia and China: Strengthening Relations, but Little
[...] (C) Serbia is seeking closer ties to China as part of its recent emphasis on "four pillars" of foreign policy: the EU, U.S., Russia, and China. Other than China's support for Serbia on Kosovo, the relationship remains greatly imbalanced in China's favor. To highlight the importance of the rel [...]
2009-10-05 06:17:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ETRD EINV CH SR
09BELGRADE867TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA-NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia's nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of traditio [...]
2009-08-14 08:27:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE872TRIUMPH OVER NEGATIVE IMAGES IN ULTRA- NATIONALIST HEARTLAND
[...] (SBU) In a "tactical strike" on anti-American sentiment, the Embassy brought in a U.S. Navy band to play at the annual brass band festival in Guca, in Serbia?s nationalist-leaning heartland. While the appearance of the band in the rowdy, beer-lubricated environment of this festival of tradit [...]
2009-08-14 12:05:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO SR
09BELGRADE934SERBIA: WITNESS RELUCTANCE LEADS TO SLOW PROGRESS ON BYTYQI
[...] (SBU) The trial of two Serbian police officers for illegal detention that led to the killings of three American citizens is nearing its end. The long-awaited testimony of the most senior police official still alive from that time gave weight to the defendants' argument that they were just followin [...]
2009-08-21 18:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE98SERBS AND RUSSIANS
[...] (SBU) Serbia,s recent rhetoric about apparently strengthening their relationship with Russia is worrisome both for the harm it can do to Serbia itself, as well as for its destabilizing effect on Balkan integration into trans-Atlantic alliances. Serbian gratitude for Russia,s support for Serb [...]
2009-02-03 15:46:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SR
09BELGRADE988BACK TO SCHOOL: SERBIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION STRUGGLES TO
[...] Serbia's higher education system is academically diverse and decentralized, with institutions varying significantly in terms of enrollment numbers, tuition costs, graduation rates, and overall adaptability. While the reforms of the European Bologna Declaration facilitated greater student mobi [...]
2009-09-02 11:12:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OEXC OIIP SR
09BELMOPAN119 WHA/CEN DIRECTOR WEBSTER'S MEETINGS IN BELIZE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: WHA/CEN Office Director Christopher Webster met with Belize government officials, a Hand in Hand Ministries official, and American Chamber of Commerce board members on March 5 and 6 to discuss bilateral and regional issues including security and the Merida Initiative, the Guatemal [...]
2009-03-25 22:22:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON OAS BH
09BELMOPAN120 TOWARD MEANINGFUL REHABILITATION: HATTIEVILLE PRISON IN
[...] (U) Summary. Hattieville Prison (also known as Belize Central Prison and the Kolbe Foundation) is Belize's only prison. With an inmate population of approximately 1,470--including men, women and youth, the prison provides on-site medical care, dental care via referrals, and mental health assess [...]
2009-03-26 14:18:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN258BELIZE CONDEMNS THE REMOVAL OF HONDURAS' PRESIDENT ZELAYA
[...] The GoB on 29 June 2009 issued a press release condemning the actions of the military in Honduras, which led to the forceful removal of Honduras' President Jose Manuel Zelaya. In so doing, the Government of Belize also refused to accept the installation of Roberto Micheletti by the Congress as [...]
2009-06-30 22:00:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL KDEM HO BH
09BELMOPAN332GOB ASSUMES CONTROL OF BELIZE TELEMEDIA LIMITED
[...] On August 24, Prime Minister Dean Barrow first introduced the Belize Telecommunications Amendment Bill to the House of Representatives. The Bill was passed and certified by the Governor General August 25th. This Bill allows the Government of Belize to nationalize one of the largest private en [...]
2009-09-04 20:17:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV BH
09BELMOPAN348 BELIZE FM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR
[...] AMB and DCM called on FM Wilfred Elrington on September 17, immediately in advance of AMB's presentation of credentials to the Governor General, Sir Colville Young. Ambassador Adalbert Tucker, Director for Foreign Trade and Alfonso Gahona, Office Director for the Americas were also present. [...]
2009-09-18 22:28:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BH
09BELMOPAN349 BELIZE PM MEETS WITH NEW AMBASSADOR
[...] AMB and DCM met with Prime Minister Dean Barrow immediately after AMB presented his credentials to the Governor General on September 17. Barrow said the bilateral relationship is good and he has no complaints. On the business side, our relations are proceeding well. He very much appreciates [...]
2009-09-22 22:08:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL BH
09BELMOPAN370 THE BELIZE MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM
[...] Summary. In Belize, mental health services are provided to citizens and residents through the Belize Mental Health Program (BMHP),which is coordinated and supervised by the Ministry of Health. The system is newly emerging, serves approximately 15,000 patients, and had its own approved, gover [...]
2009-10-06 17:22:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN400 FRAUD SUMMARY - BELMOPAN
[...] Per Reftel B, U.S. Embassy Belmopan provides the following information for the period March, 2009 - September, 2009: a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Fraud encountered during visa and American Citizen Services interviews remains at moderately low levels. Post saw a slight increase in NIV fraud. Be [...]
2009-10-30 21:35:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM BH
09BELMOPAN407 SHAKE UP IN THE PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY
[...] John Briceo, leader of the People's United Party (PUP) has recently proposed changes to Senators representing the opposition and to the party's executive committee. The expanded membership has been justified as a measure to bridge the division that has permeated the party since his assumption [...]
2009-11-05 16:25:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BH
09BELMOPAN45 BELIZE: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] Per reftel, Post submits its updated report on child labor information for Belize for USDOL's use in preparing its congressionally-mandated report on child labor as required by the Trade Development Act of 2000. ------- Summary ------- 2. Child labor does exist in Belize but is not co [...]
2009-01-30 20:46:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI BH
09BELMOPAN486AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GOB ABOUT BTL NATIONALIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15 the Ambassador, DCM, and Econoff met with Financial Secretary Joseph Waight and Belize Telemedia Limited (BTL) board member Alan Slusher. Waight and Slusher provided valuable information about the state of the economy, as well as information about the lead up to t [...]
2009-12-22 22:39:00Embassy BelmopanCONFIDENTIALECON EINV BH
09BELMOPAN49BELIZE: COURTESY CALL ON FM WILFRED ELRINGTON
[...] The CDA and PolOff met with FM Wilfred Elrington on January 27 to assure him that despite the expected gap between Ambassadors, there would be no diminution in the relationship or the range of exchanges between the GOB and the USG. Elrington said he understood and expected to carry on business [...]
2009-02-02 17:44:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR BH
09BELMOPAN66BELIZE - NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Responses are keyed to reporting questions in (paras 23-25) in ref A. --------------------------- The Country's TIP Situation --------------------------- 23A. (SBU) Belize is a transit and destination country for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. Trafficking oc [...]
2009-02-19 21:39:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG BH
09BELMOPAN83BELIZE: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Belize was removed from the Special 301 Watchlist in 2008, but concerns remain in enforcement of IPR laws and prosecution of offenders. 2. (U) Belize and IPR Laws and Conventions: Belize has fulfilled its obligation under the World Trade Organization (WTO) to implement the Agreement o [...]
2009-03-03 17:48:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD KIPR BH
09BERLIN1015GERMANY BACK ON TRACK TO RATIFY THE EU LISBON TREATY BY THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany's Grand Coalition government should be able to revise the implementing legislation for the EU Lisbon Treaty as mandated by the German Constitutional Court before the September 27 Bundestag election. However, even if this happens, Germany may still not be in a position to [...]
2009-08-20 16:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EUN GM
09BERLIN1054MEDIA REACTION: JAPAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GERMANY
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Japan) Outcome of Parliamentary Elections 3. (UN) Climate Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process 5. (Germany) Outcome of State Parliament Elections  [...]
2009-08-31 11:37:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1066NETANYAHU FEELS SOME HEAT IN BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu August 27, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier both stressed the importance of a freeze on settlement construction to achieve a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. This, despite attempts b [...]
2009-09-02 13:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS GM IR
09BERLIN1069GERMANY SOLICITS U.S. VIEWS ON G8 GLOBAL
[...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (C) While meeting with MFA desk officers Dr. Bernd Rinnert and Dr. Joerg Polster on Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) matters (Ref A),they raised a series of points with Econoff related to the G8 Global Partner [...]
2009-09-03 12:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER KGIC GM
09BERLIN1093MERKEL PAINTS HERSELF INTO A CORNER: WHY THE OPEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. No one could have predicted that the Opel rescue would take this long. The parties in the Grand Coalition government, the CDU/CSU and SPD alike, all had a strong interest in resolving the matter and preserving jobs well before the national elections on September 27. Opel itse [...]
2009-09-04 16:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB ETRD GM
09BERLIN1105FDP CHAIRMAN WESTERWELLE'S LITE AND DARK CAMPAIGN
[...] (U) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman and Foreign Minister hopeful Guido Westerwelle used a September 7 political forum in Essen to criticize the poor quality of political discourse during Germany's election campaign. He stated that Germany deserved a higher quality debate about its futur [...]
2009-09-09 15:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1106CHANCELLOR ANGELA "TEFLON" MERKEL TAKES LIMELIGHT
[...] (C) Less than two weeks after her party suffered losses in two state elections, CDU Chancellor Angela Merkel found her fighting spirit before 8,000 party faithful at a September 6 election rally in Duesseldorf launching the "hot phase" of the CDU/CSU electoral campaign. The CDU has been shifting pa [...]
2009-09-09 16:57:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PREL PGOV
09BERLIN1118AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S INITIAL MEETING WITH GERMAN FM
[...] (C) During a September 13 introductory call by Ambassador Murphy, Steinmeier emphasized his frustration at being unable to distance himself from Merkel in the election campaign. He stated his support for the Magna deal on Opel. He expressed his strong support for President Obama, and underli [...]
2009-09-10 16:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1129GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...]
2009-09-11 16:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM
09BERLIN1130GERMAN OPTICAL SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING: THE PATH FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 16:21:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA IT KS FR GM
09BERLIN1132GERMAN VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares the U.S. assessment of the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka and the need to act quickly, but notes that the EU Council is currently not on track to take action until October. While agreeing that the EU should enhance its trade and investment with Georgia, Armenia a [...]
2009-09-11 19:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN EAID PHUM ETRD AF PK GM CE ZJ
09BERLIN1133WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE GERMAN ELECTIONS?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany could see a change in government after the September 27 Bundestag election, and even if the result is another Grand Coalition of Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union and sister Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU) party with Foreign Minister Steinmeier's Social [...]
2009-09-14 10:49:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDGM PGOV
09BERLIN1138ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE GERMANY'S 2009 GENERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As they head to the polls on September 27, German voters have one major worry on their minds: the economy. Well aware of this reality, the five viable political parties -- the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)-Christian Social Union (CSU),Social Democratic Party (SPD),Free Demo [...]
2009-09-15 12:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1151MERKEL TARGETS BANKERS IN RUN-UP TO G-20 SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Days before national elections in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to the other side of the Atlantic to attend the G-20 Summit in Pittsburgh. This is a decision taken by a leader confident not only in her re-election prospects, but also in her mission to push through G [...]
2009-09-17 14:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN1157FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S.
[...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...]
2009-09-18 10:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN1158MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Missile Defense 3. (Afghanistan) Aftermath of Elections 4. (Lebanon) Formation of New Government  [...]
2009-09-18 12:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR PK IN IC
09BERLIN1162GERMANY'S NEXT FOREIGN MINISTER?: THE WORLD
[...] (C//NF) Free Democratic Party (FDP) Chairman Guido Westerwelle may be on the verge of becoming Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor in a Christian Democratic Union (CDU)/Christian Social Union (CSU)-FDP government after the parliamentary elections on September 27. He has a strong craving for politi [...]
2009-09-18 16:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1164GERMANS MOSTLY POSITIVE ON MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. German reaction to the President's September 17 announcement has been mostly positive, with both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier issuing public statements welcoming the new U.S. approach on European missile defense and hoping this paves the way for greater cooperation on MD w [...]
2009-09-18 16:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRETMARR PREL NATO RU GM
09BERLIN117MEDIA REACTION: RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, IRAN, DAVOS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Russia Suspends Kaliningrad Missile Plan 3. U.S. Policy on Afghanistan 4. Envoy Mitchell in the Mideast 5. Davos World Economic Forum 6. U.S.-Iranian Relations 7. Clashes Between Sri Lankan Government And Rebels  [...]
2009-01-29 12:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS XF XH CE IR
09BERLIN1173MEDIA REACTION: Missile Defense, G20, Climate, UN, Mideast
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Missile Defense 3. G20 4. Climate Change 5. UN General Assembly 6. Mideast Peace Process 7. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 05:09:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1174MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Missile Defense, G20, Climate
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. Climate Change 4. G20 Summit 5. Missile Defense 6. UN-U.S. Relations 7. Mideast Peace Process 8. Travel Promotion Act 9. German Elections  [...]
2009-09-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US RS IR IS XF
09BERLIN1176MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN
[...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...]
2009-09-22 13:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL
09BERLIN1180MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, G20, UN CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghanistan 3. UN Climate Change Summit 4. Mideast Trilateral Summit 5. Obama Presidency 6. G20 Summit  [...]
2009-09-23 15:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US IS XF
09BERLIN1185MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-UN, ECONOMIC, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-UN) President Obama's Speech 3. (Economic) G-20 Summit 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Ahmadinejad 5. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 6. (Mideast) Summit Meeting 7. (U.S.-UK) Relations 8. (Honduras) Zelaya in Brazilian Embassy [...]
2009-09-24 14:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR HO UK AF XF
09BERLIN1192MEDIA REACTION: G-20, UNGA, CHINA, HONDURAS, U.S.-TRAVEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) G-20 Summit 3. (UNGA) Reaction to Obama Speech, Iran 4. (China) Climate Protection Proposals 5. (Honduras) Power Struggle 6. (U.S.) Travel Alert 7. (Germany) Bundestag Elections/Afghanistan  [...]
2009-09-25 11:35:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US HO CH
09BERLIN1197WESTERWELLE'S SURGE CLINCHES BLACK-YELLOW IN
[...] (C) Chancellor Merkel achieved her goal of a solid parliamentary majority for her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) with its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),and the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP),but will have to contend with a self-confident FDP that is lik [...]
2009-09-28 11:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN120IRAN: HERMES PROGRAM CUTS MAKE WAVES
[...] (C) Summary: Media reports claiming a sudden, dramatic decision to reduce Hermes export guarantees for trade with Iran are overstated, German government officials tell us. Instead, the program has been wound down, with a 94% reduction since 2004, as part of Germany,s ongoing efforts to incre [...]
2009-01-30 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD GM IR
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1228MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GEORGIA-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Resumption of Talks 3. (Georgia-Russia) EU Report 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy  [...]
2009-10-01 11:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR GG RS AF
09BERLIN125MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, DAVOS, TURKEY-ISRAEL, FINANCE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Elections 3. Davos Global Economic Forum 4. Turkish PM Erdogan Clashes With Israel 5. Financial Markets 6. Protests in Russia  [...]
2009-02-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IS RS IZ TU XF
09BERLIN1251MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU, ECONOMIC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 3. (Pakistan) Islamabad Bomb Attack 4. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 5. (EU) Future of Lisbon Treaty 6. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting 7. (U.S.) Economic Policy 8. (U.S.) No Obama-Dalai Lama Meeting  [...]
2009-10-06 11:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR PK AF EU US
09BERLIN1258MEDIA REACTION: DPRK, AFGHANISTAN, IMF, ECONOMIC, HONDURAS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (DPRK) U.S. Relations 3. (Afghanistan) Future U.S. Strategy 4. (Economic) IMF/World Bank Meeting in Istanbul 5. (Economic) U.S. Labor Market Policy 6. (Honduras) Power Struggle 7. (Economic) Weakness of The Dollar 8. (U.S.) Obama A [...]
2009-10-07 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KN AF EFIN ELAB HO US EU
09BERLIN1259DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...]
2009-10-07 15:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR GM
09BERLIN1271WESTERWELLE FIRM ON REMOVAL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
[...] (C//NF) Summary: A well-placed FDP source said that on the first day of coalition negotiations (October 5) between the CDU, CSU and the FDP, FDP leader Westerwelle argued for the removal of the remaining non-strategic nuclear weapons from German soil. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU) asserte [...]
2009-10-09 12:48:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MNUC MARR GM
09BERLIN1274MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, RUSSIA-U.S.,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Bomb Attack 3. (Afghanistan) New U.S. Strategy 4. (Russia-U.S.) Clinton Visit 5. (Mideast) Aftermath of Goldstone Report 6. (U.S.) Nobel Peace Prize for Obama 7. (Turkey-Armenia) Rapprochement 8. (EU) Future of Lisbon Tr [...]
2009-10-13 15:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AF RS XF US AM EU
09BERLIN1280MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, EU, U.S.; Berlin
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 3. (Afghanistan) Secret Increase in U.S. Forces 4. (EU) Ratification of Lisbon Treaty 5. (U.S.) Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-14 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US AF EU
09BERLIN1285MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, EU-TURKEY, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) British Role 3. (U.S.-Russia) Secretary Clinton in Moscow 4. (EU-Turkey) Progress Report 5. (EU) Future President 6. (U.S.) Future Role in the World 7. (China-Russia) Natural Resources Agreement  [...]
2009-10-15 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US EU TK RS
09BERLIN1292MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TURKEY-ISRAEL, UNHRC,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Pakistan) Series of Bomb Attacks 3. (Turkey-Israel) Relations 4. (UNHRC) Goldstone Report 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (EU-U.S.) Dollar, SWIFT Â [...]
2009-10-16 12:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK TK UN EV EU
09BERLIN1300MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Clinton Interview 3. (Iran) Bombings 4. (Sudan) New U.S. Strategy 5. (Afghanistan) Future Strategy 6. (Pakistan) Government Offensive 7. (Environment) Copenhagen Climate Talks  [...]
2009-10-20 06:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO US IR SU AF PK
09BERLIN1315MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Afghan Runoff Elections 3. VP Biden in Europe, Missile Defense Policy Shift 4. Iranian Nuclear Program 5. Climate Protection  [...]
2009-10-21 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IR EZ PL
09BERLIN1320MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, VP BIDEN IN EUROPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Nuclear Program 3. VP Biden in New Europe 4. Guantanamo 5. Climate Protection 6. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-10-22 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF US PL IR GM
09BERLIN1327MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAN-ISRAEL, NATO MINISTERIAL, VP
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Secret Meeting between Iran and Israel 3. Afghanistan/NATO Ministerial 4. Taliban in Pakistan 5. Biden in Europe  [...]
2009-10-23 12:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PK AK IR IS GM RO EZ PL
09BERLIN1337GERMANY'S COALITION AGREEMENT STRESSES PRIORITY OF
[...] (U) Summary: The Christian Democratic Union (CDU),Christian Social Union (CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) signed a coalition agreement in the early morning of October 24, laying the groundwork for their next four years of cooperation as the country's governing coalition. The agreem [...]
2009-10-26 15:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MNUC PHUM GM
09BERLIN1358MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear 3. (Afghanistan) New Strategy 4. (Environment) Climate Change 5. (EU) Future Presidency 6. (Middle East) Conflict Over Water Resources  [...]
2009-10-28 14:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF EU XF
09BERLIN1360THE NEW GERMAN CABINET - AN OVERVIEW
[...] (SBU) Chancellor Merkel's new Cabinet emerged early on October 24 after a month of intense media speculation about its make-up; it contained several surprises. Perhaps the most unexpected announcements were that of former Interior Minister Schaeuble as Finance Minister and former Economics Min [...]
2009-10-29 06:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR GM
09BERLIN1361EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM
09BERLIN1364MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, AFGHANISTAN MIDEAST, IRAN, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Bomb Attack, U.S. Strategy 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Brother on CIA Payroll 4. (Mideast) Clinton Visit 5. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 6. (EU) Future President 7. (U.S.-Germany) Relations 8. (Environment) Climate Talks [...]
2009-10-29 13:15:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR EU GM KGHG
09BERLIN1373SCENESETTER: CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: This meeting will be an opportunity to engage Merkel on achieving several common goals: success in Afghanistan, preventing a nuclear weaponized Iran, and dealing with climate change. You may also wish to discuss the closing of Guantanamo, engaging Russia productively, and advan [...]
2009-10-30 17:16:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON MNUC GM
09BERLIN1381MEDIA REACTION: GERMAN CHANCELLOR IN THE US, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. US-Germany/Climate 3. Afghan Presidential Elections 4. Secretary Clinton in the Mideast  [...]
2009-11-02 13:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF XF
09BERLIN1387MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mideast) Clinton Visit 3. (Afghanistan) Karzai Winner of Elections 4. (U.S.-Germany) Chancellor Merkel to Address Congress 5. (Environment) Climate Change 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (Economic) CIT Collapse 8. (U.S.) Presid [...]
2009-11-03 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AG GM KGHG IR EFIN US
09BERLIN1392SCENESETTER: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER WESTERWELLE'S
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Washington on the heels of Chancellor Merkel and one week after assuming his cabinet position. He is painfully conscious of being inexperienced; out of his element, he has clung to his scripts. However, his staff assured us that Wes [...]
2009-11-03 17:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL KWBG MNUC AF GM IR RS
09BERLIN1393GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...]
2009-11-04 12:15:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM
09BERLIN1400MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, GENERAL MOTORS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GMQs U-turn 3. Chancellor Merkel in the US 4. President Obama Q One year after the elections 5. Lisbon Treaty 6. CIA Q Italian Court 7. Climate Change 8. Iranian Protests 9. Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-05 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG IR EU GM US IT
09BERLIN1403SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Berlin warmly welcomes you to Germany for the historic 20th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Berlin is hosting all four-powers and EU leaders at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate to mark this occasion. Your visit includes meetings with Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister [...]
2009-11-05 16:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MNUC AF RS IR KPAL KWBG GM
09BERLIN1409MEDIA REACTION: GENERAL MOTORS, AFGHANISTAN, GERMANY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. GM's U-turn 3. UN staff in Afghanistan relocated 4. German Foreign Policy 5. Fall of the Wall 6. Mideast Peace Process  [...]
2009-11-06 13:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF AF GM US
09BERLIN1415NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...]
2009-11-09 07:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV
09BERLIN142SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN/LIEBERMAN TO MUNICH,
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1429MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, ARMISTICE DAY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. Armistice Day 5. Muslims in Germany  [...]
2009-11-12 11:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF CH JA FR EU GM
09BERLIN143SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY, CHAIRMAN OF
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you to Munich for the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC). The high profile U.S. delegation is eliciting extreme interest from the MSC's international participants, among them more than 70 heads of state or government, and foreign and defense min [...]
2009-02-04 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN1435ACTING MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR HABER ON BOSNIA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting MFA Political Director Emily Haber, who is the MFA's Special Envoy for Southeast Europe and Turkey, discussed follow-up to the Butmir Talks and the future of the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia with EUR A/S Gordon during a November 10 meeting in Berlin. Haber w [...]
2009-11-12 17:55:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM EUN PHUM GM TU BK
09BERLIN1436MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, SWIFT, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama in Asia 3. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. US-EU SWIFT Agreement 5. President Medvedev's address to the nation 6. Turkish-Kurdish Conflict  [...]
2009-11-13 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO JP CH AF GM XG US
09BERLIN144MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CLINTON, PROTECTIONISM, MUSLIMS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iran Launches Satellite 3. Transatlantic Relations 4. Danger Of Protectionism 5. Muslim World/Guantnamo 6. Financial Crisis Hits Russia 7. Turkish-Israeli Relations 9. Controversy over Pope Benedict  [...]
2009-02-04 12:21:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM RS IR US ID TU VT
09BERLIN1442GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...]
2009-11-13 16:35:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG
09BERLIN1449MEDIA REACTION: POTUS IN CHINA, BURMA, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S.-Chinese Relations 3. U.S.-Burmese Relations 4. APEC--Climate Protection 5. Iranian Nuclear Conflict 6. Future of Guant namo Prisoners 7. Strategy on Afghanistan  [...]
2009-11-16 13:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG GM US AF BM CH IR
09BERLIN1458MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, FAO-SUMMIT,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Obama Visit 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 4. (Mideast) Peace Process, Palestinian State 5. (Environment) FAO Summit Meeting 6. (EU) Future President  [...]
2009-11-17 12:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF GM US XG
09BERLIN1467EUROPEANS TRACK U.S. ON EAST AFRICA BUT REMAIN
[...] (C) Summary: During a German MFA experts level meeting in Berlin to discuss the challenges facing East Africa, it was clear the Europeans saw eye to eye with the United States on most Horn issues but differed on the advisability of sanctions against Eritrea. We agreed Ethiopia's role in the region [...]
2009-11-18 09:20:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER PHSA SENV DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN1476OHB-SYSTEM TO BUILD GERMAN OPTICAL SPY SATELLITE; LOOKING AT U.S. MARKET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: OHB-System, Germanys top satellite manufacturer and third largest in Europe, will be the prime contractor on Germanys planned High Resolution Optical Satellite (HiROS) reconnaissance system -- a system that France would like to see not happen because it would directly compete with its [...]
2009-11-20 15:34:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA CH FR GM
09BERLIN1481MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE, MIDEAST, GUANTANAMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Environment) Copenhagen Summit 4. (Mideast) Israeli Settlements 5. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo 6. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 7. (U.S.-Asia) Future Relations 8. (EU) Top Jobs 9. (Economic) [...]
2009-11-23 07:10:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF KGHG XF US IR EU ETRD
09BERLIN1483MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, DPRK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) President Karzai's Inauguration 3. (Middle East) Israeli Settlement Policy 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (DPRK) Obama Warning 6. (U.S.-Asia) Obama Trip 7. (EU) EU Top Jobs 8. (Environment) Copenhagen Conference à [...]
2009-11-23 07:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF XF IR KN US EU KGHG
09BERLIN1487MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, U.S., AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories 2. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Maneuvers 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 4. (Afghanistan) U.S. Arming Local Militias 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (Climate) Copenhagen Conference 7. (EU) Future Leadership  [...]
2009-11-23 12:07:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR US AF KGHG EU
09BERLIN1499MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE, MIDEAST, IRAN U.S.-INDIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 3. (Mideast) Israel-Palestinian Conflict 4. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 5. (U.S.-India) Singh in Washington 6. (Economic) Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-11-24 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG XF IR IN ECON
09BERLIN1503MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, U.S.-INDIA, CLIMATE, BRAZIL-
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Decision Time Approaching 3. (U.S.-India) PM Singh in Washington 4. (Copenhagen) Climate Summit 5. (Brazil-Iran) Lula-Ahmadinejad Meeting 6. (Iraq) Elections 7. (Philippines) Emergency After Killings 8. (Israel/Palestin [...]
2009-11-25 11:44:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF IN KGHG BR IR IZ PH XF
09BERLIN1515MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, EU, CLIMATE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Afghanistan Strategy 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU) Lisbon Treaty 5. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 6. (Honduras) Elections 7. (U.S.-Germany) Swift Agreement 8. (Switzerland) Swiss Ban on New Minarets [...]
2009-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AF IR EU KGHG HO GM SZ
09BERLIN1539MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, CLIMATE OBAMA, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Reaction To President Obama's Address 3. (Climate) Copenhagen Summit 4. (U.S.) Obama Administration 5. (Russia) Putin Comments 6. (Economic) WTO Talks  [...]
2009-12-04 12:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO AG KGHG US RS ETRD
09BERLIN1548GERMANY RENEWS CONSIDERATION OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate December 1 meetings with Ambassador Dan Fried, Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility (S/GC),the Ministry of the Interior, Foreign Ministry and Chancellery expressed a willingness to consider seven new cases of Guantanamo detainees for [...]
2009-12-07 07:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER GM
09BERLIN155MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ, GUANTANAMO, MSC, ISRAEL, ECONOMY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iraqi Reconstruction 3. Fate Of Guantnamo Detainees 4. Munich Security Conference 5. Upcoming Israeli Elections 6. U.S. Economy -- Protectionism 7. Sarkozy Speech 8. Nuclear Energy 9. U.S. Healthcare Insurance 10. Vatican Controversy [...]
2009-02-06 11:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM IZ US IS XF FR VT
09BERLIN1553MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, COP15, GENERAL MOTORS;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories 2. Climate Change 3. Afghanistan 4. GM Plans to Restructure Opel  [...]
2009-12-07 12:52:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR AF GM KGHG
09BERLIN1556GERMAN VIEWS ON DECEMBER 8 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany shares our views on the way ahead in Bosnia, but does not want to rule out the possibility (albeit small) of a breakthrough by the time of the March PIC meeting that would allow the OHR to close and EUFOR Althea to be withdrawn on a more accelerated basis. Germany blames [...]
2009-12-07 16:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN MARR GM BK MK SR IR
09BERLIN1559MEDIA REACTION: COP15, German Strategy on Afghanistan,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Climate Change Conference 3. Afghanistan 4. Iranian Protests 5. U.S.-Turkish Relations  [...]
2009-12-08 13:14:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO KGHG IR AF GM US TU
09BERLIN1569GERMAN-HOSTED CFE SEMINAR FORESHADOWS MAJOR PUSH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA hosted on November 25-26 a seminar on conventional arms control in Europe (CFE),continuing a series of Berlin seminars that are ostensibly designed to stimulate creative thinking about how to overcome the current CFE stalemate. This seminar drew representatives fr [...]
2009-12-10 10:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL MARR NATO GM RU
09BERLIN1570GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...]
2009-12-10 12:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL
09BERLIN1577NOW FOR THE HARD PART: MERKEL,S TEAM EXAMINES NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellor Merkel set the German agenda on Iran with her early November statement before the U.S. Congress on "zero tolerance" for a nuclear armed Iran and the need for tougher sanctions should engagement not work. During a private roundtable hosted by Ambassador Murphy, however [...]
2009-12-14 07:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KNNP ETTC EFIN IR GM
09BERLIN1593MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, NATO-RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Missile Test 4. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow 5. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Impact of September 4 Airstrikes 7. (U.S.) Closure of Guant namo Prison Camp 8. (Greece) Economic [...]
2009-12-17 11:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR AF GR GM US
09BERLIN1602GERMAN-RUSSIAN BUSINESS: RIDING THE BEAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: German firms are riding the Russian bear, but nobody wants to get off. Meanwhile, Russian firms are increasingly investing in Germany to gain access to German technology. Germany accepts this, even in seemingly sensitive sectors, as helpful to economic recovery. Germans see Ru [...]
2009-12-18 13:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL GM RS
09BERLIN1604GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING?
[...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...]
2009-12-18 15:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON
09BERLIN1609GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...]
2009-12-21 16:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN161MEDIA REACTION: MSC, U.S. ECONOMY, EU-RUSSIA, GERMAN ECON
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Munich Security Conference 3. U.S. Economic Package 4. Russia-EU Meeting 5. German Economic Minister Resigns  [...]
2009-02-09 12:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US EU RS AF IR
09BERLIN1629MEDIA REACTION: U.S., IRAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, CHINA-UK,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Aftermath of Failed Terrorist Attack, Debate in Germany 3. (Iran) Protests, Ahmadinejad Remarks 4. (U.S.-Russia) START talks, Putin Remarks 5. (China) Execution of British National 6. (Germany-Afghanistan) Afghanistan Conference à [...]
2009-12-31 13:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR US IR RS UK AF
09BERLIN1633Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New
[...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...]
2009-12-31 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
09BERLIN1634Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New
[...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...]
2009-12-31 13:58:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
09BERLIN1635Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New
[...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...]
2009-12-31 14:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
09BERLIN1636Lame Duck German Governor Kicked Upstairs as New
[...] (SBU) Chancellor Angela Merkel nominated Baden- Wuerttemberg (BW) Minister President Guenther Oettinger as EU Energy Commissioner primarily to remove an unloved lame duck from an important CDU bastion. The move was not the promotion of a valued colleague as Merkel's allies sought to portray it [...]
2009-12-31 14:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
09BERLIN184MEDIA REACTION: Afghanistan, Obama, Economic Pakistan-India
[...] Lead Stories Summary Editorials focused on today's Bundestag meeting on the government's economic stimulus package, on protectionist tendencies in the EU, and on reports that people use drugs to improve their performance on the job. ZDF-TV's early evening newscast Heute opened with the Co [...]
2009-02-13 11:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
09BERLIN187GERMANY: 2010 NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE MUST SUCCEED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a great deal of interest in Germany -- in the government, the Bundestag, the press, and among the NGO and think tank community -- about the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) and Review Conference (RevCon). Interlocutors insist the 20 [...]
2009-02-13 15:00:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERLIN193(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]
2009-02-17 05:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BERLIN209A REVITALIZED NUCLEAR INDUSTRY MAKES A STRONG CASE FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's current policy to phase out nuclear power by 2021 is coming under fire from leaders of the CDU/CSU and FDP, while Germany's nuclear industry is increasingly confident of winning an indefinite reprieve from the ban should a conservative/liberal coalition form the next go [...]
2009-02-19 15:57:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET ETRD PREL GM RS TU UP
09BERLIN216GERMAN VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 23-24 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Afghanistan discussion at the February 23-24 GAERC is supposed to be limited to just 30 minutes, Germany says EU foreign ministers will have a greater opportunity to address this issue at the March GAERC meeting and at a dinner on the margins of the March 19 EU Summit. [...]
2009-02-20 20:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN XF ZL SU CE IZ AF GM
09BERLIN217THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...]
2009-02-20 20:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM
09BERLIN218MEDIA REACTION: G20, CLINTON, GUANTANAMO, NATO, ECONOMICS,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. G-20 Preparatory Meeting 3. Secretary Clinton's Trip to Asia 4. Guantnamo 5. France's Return to NATO's Structures 6. U.S. Budget Deficit, Efforts to Fight Financial Crisis 7. Former Chancellor Schroeder's meeting with President Ahmadinejad 8. Fo [...]
2009-02-23 15:25:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CH FR IR IS XG
09BERLIN220IRAN: FORMER CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-Chancellor and former SPD Chief Gerhard Schroeder's February 19-22 visit to Iran has come under fire not only from rival parties and Germany's Jewish community, but also from a senior SPD Bundestag member. The MFA (and with it, FM Steinmeier) has also distanced itself from t [...]
2009-02-23 15:52:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL GM IR
09BERLIN226(C) GERMANY OPEN TO NGA WAIVER REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Economics Ministry (BMWi) officials are optimistic that Germany will approve a National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) request to waive a provision of their Satellite Data Security Law (Satellitendatensicherheitsgesetz) for the USG. This NGA request asked for a special pro [...]
2009-02-24 12:30:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA UK CA GM
09BERLIN235STEINMEIER'S VISIT "TIMELY" AND "A SUCCESS."
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's February 17-18 visit to Iraq -- the first by a German FM in 22 years -- focused strictly on bilateral relations and particularly on economic and cultural ties. He was joined by three Bundestag (Parliament) members, seven business leaders, th [...]
2009-02-25 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON ETRD
09BERLIN245EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...]
2009-02-27 14:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER
09BERLIN256GERMANY - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are David Fisher (email: fisherdl@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2439) and Jacqueline Dadswel [...]
2009-03-04 11:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GM
09BERLIN257MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE, IRAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S.-Russian Relations, Iran 3. Clinton Trip to Mideast 4. U.S.-Cuban Relations 5. Future Strategy on Afghanistan 6. Attack On Sri Lankan Cricket Team 7. ECB's Reaction to Financial Crisis  [...]
2009-03-04 12:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS CU AF CE XG IS SY GZ
09BERLIN264GERMANY'S THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO RETURNING HEU
[...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Germany is exploring the mechanics of returning Russian-origin Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) that is currently stored at the Rossendorf Research Reactor in the German state of Saxony to Russia. German Foreign Ministry [...]
2009-03-05 16:46:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKNNP TRGY IAEA RS GM
09BERLIN276MEDIA REACTION: KOREA, AFGHANISTAN, NORTHERN IRELAND, HUMAN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korea 3. Western Strategy on Afghanistan, Elections 4. Northern Ireland Attacks 5. Human Rights 6. Financial Crisis 7. Stem Cell Research 8. Iran  [...]
2009-03-10 12:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM KN AF UK IR
09BERLIN280CHANCELLOR MERKEL TURNS INWARD TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC
[...] (C) Summary. Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) remains the odds-on favorite to prevail as chancellor in the national parliamentary elections on September 27, 2009, but her poll numbers are dropping and the contest looks increasingly open. Nagging problems with rivals inside her party and a dou [...]
2009-03-11 08:33:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON GM PGOV PINR PREL
09BERLIN282GERMANS SUPPORT NEW POLICY IN IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post discussed the new Iraq policy with MFA contacts who responded positively to the President's announcement and the decision to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq. While noting concern about future stability in Iraq, MFA reps indicated possible future German support for NTM-I. [...]
2009-03-11 15:40:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON
09BERLIN286MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, NATO, MIDEAST, IRAN, SYRIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. New Strategy on Afghanistan 3. France's Return to NATO Command Structure 4. Mideast and Iran Policy 5. Financial Crisis 6. Relaxation of U.S.-Cuban Relations 7. ICC Arrest Warrant for Bashir 8. Eastern European Economic Problems  [...]
2009-03-12 11:46:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM AF US FR IR XF XH SU CU SY
09BERLIN301GERMANY: NOT PUSHING FOR LUKASHENKA INVITE TO EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German Chancellery and MFA contacts agree that inviting Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 EU Summit launching the Eastern Partnership (EaP)would be a mistake, although they support continuing the suspension of EU sanctions for another six months and allowing Belarus to [...]
2009-03-13 15:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM BO RS EU
09BERLIN303GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MARCH 16-17 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects a full agenda at the EU General Affairs and External Relations (GAERC) next week, with extensive discussion of the implications of the economic crisis on the eastern neighbors, recent developments in Sudan, Belarus, and the Western Balkans. Germany is highly conc [...]
2009-03-13 15:56:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL IR PGOV GM BO UP MD SU GZ IS
09BERLIN305GERMAN BUSINESSES "DUSTING OFF IRAQ FILE"
[...] (C) Summary: German Cabinet level efforts to resurrect Germany's historically strong business ties with Iraq, recent political and security developments in Iraq, and declining export opportunities elsewhere have boosted German businesses' interest in re-entering the Iraqi market. In a March [...]
2009-03-13 17:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EINV EFIN GM IZ
09BERLIN312GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON FINANCIAL CRISIS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a discussion of G-20 themes with Ministry of Finance contacts, Embassy learned that the German government still believes strengthening financial sector regulation is the best way to restore confidence in the markets, and should thus be the primary focus of the April 2 London S [...]
2009-03-16 18:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ELAB PREL GM
09BERLIN328MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, EU SUMMIT, FED, FRANCE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. President Obama's Video Message to Iran 3. New U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. EU Summit, Financial Crisis, G-20 5. Fed Policy 6. General Strike in France 7. Papal Visit to Africa 8. Iraqi Refugees in Germany  [...]
2009-03-20 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR AF XG FR VT IZ
09BERLIN335GERMANY TO DONATE ADDITIONAL 1 MILLION EUROS TO
[...] (SBU) Post followed up with MFA Pakistan Desk Officer Tobias Grothe on March 19 to see if Germany, as requested reftel A, would be able to contribute additional funds to one or more of the UN agencies involved in assisting internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Pakistan, or to help meet the Bu [...]
2009-03-20 15:28:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM PREF PK GM
09BERLIN34STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...]
2009-01-12 16:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDAFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BERLIN340GERMAN GOVERNMENT, IRANIAN-GERMAN COMMUNITY REACTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The German government, senior Bundestag members, and prominent members of Germany's Iranian community have responded positively to President Obama's Now Ruz message to the Iranian people and government. Chancellor Merkel noted that the message reflected a European desire for a [...]
2009-03-23 15:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KNNP GM IR
09BERLIN344MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMY, AFGHANISTAN, ISRAEL, IRAQ-TURKEY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Bailout Plan 3. U.S. Strategy on Afghanistan 4. U.S. Budget Draft 5. Obama on AIG Bonuses 6. New Israeli Government 7. Turkish President Gul Visits Iraq 8. 10th Anniversary of NATO Intervention 9. Future NATO Secretary General 10. R [...]
2009-03-24 12:27:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US AF IS IZ TU RS SF DA CH
09BERLIN345SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL MEETING
[...] (S/NF) Chancellor Merkel will be focused on a productive, substantive meeting when you visit Baden-Baden April 3. Germany holds the greatest untapped potential in Europe for our transatlantic agenda; unlocking it will take sustained effort by the Administration, and the payoff will not be imm [...]
2009-03-24 12:51:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN379GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...]
2009-03-31 15:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN382GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...]
2009-03-31 19:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN384MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISIT, G20, U.S.-RUSSIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS Visit to Europe 3. G20 Summit 4. Obama-Medvedev Meeting 5. The Hague Conference on Afghanistan 6. New Israeli Government 7. Arab League Summit 8. Chodorkovsky Trial  [...]
2009-04-01 12:53:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US RS AF IR IS QA XG
09BERLIN390Chancellor Merkel Clarifies Her Stance on the
[...] Summary. Chancellor Merkel confounded critics and pledged to stand by Opel in a speech at the firm's Ruesselsheim plant on March 31. Her remarks were greeted by a standing ovation from the workers and widespread positive comment by the media. While ruling out direct government investment, t [...]
2009-04-02 05:39:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB GM
09BERLIN403German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: March 2009
[...] (SBU) As of March 24, Germany had a total of 7,304 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions, up from 7,200 in December (ref A). More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs of this cable: Mission Personnel [...]
2009-04-03 14:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN418MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CUBA, SOUTH AFRICA, PENTAGON,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Obama Visit to Turkey 3. Obama Visit Wrap Up 4. Obama Visit to Iraq 5. US Congressional Delegation in Cuba 6. Secretary Gates on Pentagon Budget 7. South Africa 8. Fujimori Trial in Peru 9. Guantanamo 10. Nuclear Weapons in Germany [...]
2009-04-08 13:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US TU IZ CU SF PE
09BERLIN431NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...]
2009-04-10 10:25:00Embassy BerlinSECRETPREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM
09BERLIN443MEDIA REACTION: GMOs, Bagram, DPRK, Iran, Cuba, Thailand
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Germany) Ban on GMOs 3. (U.S.) Bagram Prisoners 4. (North Korea) Six-Party Talks 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (U.S.-Cuba) Relaxation of Sanctions 7. (Thailand) Revolution Cancelled  [...]
2009-04-15 12:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN448MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-Mexico, U.S.-Pakistan, Mideast,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Mexico) Obama Trip 3. (U.S.-Pakistan) Criticism of Zardari 4. (Mideast) Mitchell Trip, Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Obama's Disarmament Proposals 6. (Russia) Medvedev Interview 7. (Africa) Anti-Piracy Efforts  [...]
2009-04-16 12:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN470GERMAN VIEWS ON THE APRIL 27-28 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany regrets the confusion that the Czech EU Presidency has caused over the status of Belarus President Lukashenka's invitation to the May 7 Eastern Partnership Summit, and agrees that it is important to ensure that he does not attend. The German MFA says it favors inviting R [...]
2009-04-22 16:53:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV RU BM MD UP XF EZ IR TU GM
09BERLIN473GERMAN GAS COMPANY WILL REVIEW IRAN PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: Bayerngas is reviewing its project to help build natural gas vehicle fueling stations in Iran. Reacting to German and Israeli newspapers reporting Bayerngas' intent to set up such stations in Iran, the German Ministry of Economics contacted Bayerngas. While company representati [...]
2009-04-24 06:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALENRG ETRD IS IR GM
09BERLIN478GERMAN MOD AND MFA SHARE OUR CONCERN ABOUT CHINA'S
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel to MOD and MFA counterparts, who shared our concerns about the Chinese military,s lack of transparency. Poloff and DAO officer on April 8 delivered reftel to MOD East Asia Desk Officer Lt. Col. Stefan Klenz. Klenz stated that transparency is always an issue when meet [...]
2009-04-24 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALCH PREL PGOV PHUM GM
09BERLIN48MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, RUSSIA, CLINTON, EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israel-Hamas Conflict 3. Russian-Ukrainian Gas Dispute 4. Secretary-designate Clinton Hearing 5. EU Monetary Union  [...]
2009-01-14 12:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDXF IS GZ RS UP US EU
09BERLIN514A/S FRIED INITIATES GERMAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In separate meetings April 29, A/S Fried presented MFA State Secretary Silberberg and Chancellery National Security Advisor Heusgen with information on nine Uighur detainees and requested that the German government review the cases as a prelude to a formal U.S. request to rese [...]
2009-05-05 13:00:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM EUN GM
09BERLIN520 SCENESETTER FOR GERMAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER AIGNER'S VISIT
[...] SUMMARY. (SBU) German Agricultural Minister Ilse Aigner's trip to New York and Washington, D.C. during the week of May 12-16, will be her first official visit to the United States since assuming her position in November 2008. Aigner is new to the international arena and this visit is billed as [...]
2009-05-06 09:01:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD GM TBIO
09BERLIN561(S) GERMANY EXPANDING OVERHEAD RECONNAISSANCE PROGRAMS AND EYE CLOSER USG PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 16:24:00Embassy BerlinSECRETETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
09BERLIN566GERMAN GOVERNMENT SNUBS IRANIAN OIL MINISTER'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of press coverage of Iranian Oil Minister Nozari,s visit to Berlin to encourage Germany industry participation in Iran,s energy sector, the German Ministry of Economics is taking a firm position on German business on exports to Iran. The Ministry of Econom [...]
2009-05-15 11:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG ETRD IR GM
09BERLIN567MEDIA REACTION: COUNTERTERRORISM, TALIBAN, BURMA, POPE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary. 1 2. Detainee Photos and Military Tribunals. 1 3. Pakistani Fight against the Taliban.. 2 4. Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Arrest 3 5. Papal Visit 4 to the Mideast 6. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Aqaba. 4 7. U.S.-German Efforts to Save Opel 5 Â [...]
2009-05-15 12:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US PK BM IS XF
09BERLIN569Turmoil in the German Auto Industry - Opel's Fate Hangs in
[...] (SBU) Summary. GM subsidiary Opel is in danger of going under, and is desperately looking for a new investor. Six potential investors have submitted proposals, including Fiat, and Canadian parts maker Magna and its Russian partners. It is difficult to envisage Opel's survival without German [...]
2009-05-18 05:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ELAB GM
09BERLIN576GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN577GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN578GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN579GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...]
2009-05-18 12:23:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK
09BERLIN589MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, GITMO, BALKANS, SRI LANKA, BURMA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Israeli PM Netanyahu in Washington 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. VP Biden in Bosnia and Herzegovina 5. End of Sri Lankan Civil War 6. Burmese Trial against Aung San Suu Kyi 7. U.S.-Russian Disarmament Talks  [...]
2009-05-19 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS BK CE BM RS
09BERLIN594FDP AND WESTERWELLE CAN ALMOST TASTE POWER AFTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The liberal Free Democratic (FDP) Party overwhelmingly re-elected Guido Westerwelle as party chair during its May 15-17 party convention on a platform aimed to return the FDP to power after eleven years in the opposition. In his speech, Westerwelle appealed to the middle class wit [...]
2009-05-20 08:22:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL ECON
09BERLIN599MIXED GERMAN VIEWS ON TURKISH EU MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. support for Turkish entry into the EU has drawn ire from the CDU/CSU in recent months, but the importance of binding Turkey to the West and rewarding the significant reforms Turkey has enacted does not escape most German politicians. However, even those politicians most sy [...]
2009-05-20 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV TU EUN GM
09BERLIN621GERMAN VIEWS ON FRENCH REINTEGRATION INTO NATO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Germans say they welcome French reintegration into the NATO military command structure as an historic event and a symbolically important political accomplishment. They also hope it will lead to some concrete benefits, like improved NATO-EU relations. When pressed, however, t [...]
2009-05-22 13:24:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO EUN FR GM
09BERLIN624SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY
[...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...]
2009-05-22 15:21:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNGM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BERLIN631MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR TEST, GITMO, AFPAK, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. North Korean Nuclear Test 3. Guantnamo Detainees 4. Pakistan, Afghanistan 5. Iran and the Middle East 6. EU-Russia Meeting 7. New French Base in UAE Â [...]
2009-05-26 11:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US KN PK AF IR XF RS FR AE
09BERLIN664OPEL RESCUE: MERKEL CREDITS PRESIDENT OBAMA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After a deal on the rescue of General Motors subsidiary Opel/Vauxhall was reached in the early hours of May 30, Chancellor Merkel underlined the important role played by President Obama. The Canadian firm Magna International, along with the Russian bank Sberbank and Russian auto [...]
2009-06-03 15:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV GM
09BERLIN665MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CAIRO SPEECH, GITMO,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS in Riyadh 3. Presidential Speech in Cairo 4. POTUS Visit to Germany 5. Guantnamo Prisoners 6. Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre 7. European Parliament Elections 8. UK Government Crisis  [...]
2009-06-04 13:19:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM SA EG XF US CH XG UK
09BERLIN708GERMAN VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany believes that the recent successful elections in Lebanon, which appear to have been conducted without undue Syrian influence, open the door to the signing of the updated EU-Syria Association Agreement (AA),perhaps as early as September. According to the German MFA, only [...]
2009-06-12 16:45:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN XF CU AF PK ZL BM GM
09BERLIN713MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GITMO, NORTH KOREA, ISRAEL,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Iranian Presidential Elections 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. New North Korean Threats 5. Israeli PM Netanyahu Address 6. Troop Re-enforcements in Afghanistan 7. Zimbabwe  [...]
2009-06-15 15:40:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN IS AF ZI
09BERLIN729GERMANY'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE EXPORTS TO IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. Statistics from the first quarter indicate that Germany's efforts to discourage business with Iran are hammering German exports to that country. The German government, however, is under increasing pressure from German industry for its efforts and faces criticism in the press as [...]
2009-06-18 15:11:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG IR GM
09BERLIN752IRAN ELECTION AFTERMATH: GERMAN MFA QUESTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Iranian ambassador to Berlin on June 22, a senior German MFA official raised Germany's concerns about accusatory comments made by Iranian officials against Western embassies in Tehran earlier that day. According to an MFA contact, the Iranian ambassador sta [...]
2009-06-23 15:19:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GM IR
09BERLIN758MERKEL'S CHARTER GETS GREEN LIGHT FROM G-20 SHERPAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One of Chancellor Merkel's highest priority global economic initiatives got a boost from G-20 Sherpas at a meeting in Berlin on June 12, 2009. The Chancellor's top economic advisors presented her vision for a Charter for Sustainable Activity, which is Merkel's contribution to [...]
2009-06-24 10:30:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN GM OECD PREL WTRO IO
09BERLIN759GERMANY'S LEFT PARTY CONTINUES TO MARGINALIZE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's radical Left Party launched its electoral campaign manifesto at its June 20-21 national party convention in Berlin with a palette of predictable pacifist foreign policy and anti-capitalist domestic appeals that almost guarantee it will continue to remain on the political [...]
2009-06-24 14:17:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN777MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE BILL, OBAMA-MERKEL MEETING,
[...] Lead Stories 2. U.S. Climate Policy 3. Chancellor Merkel In Washington 4. NATO-Russia Council 5. Iranian Protests 5. U.S. Troop Withdrawal from Iraq Lead Stories All major media led with stories on the CDU/CSU election platform. Most weekend media focused on the death of Michae [...]
2009-06-29 12:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR RS IZ
09BERLIN784MEDIA REACTION:
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Withdrawal of U.S. Forces from Iraqi Cities 3. Partial Recount of Iranian Votes 4. Honduras Coup 5. Outcome of Argentinean Elections 6. IRENA 7. Madoff Trial  [...]
2009-06-30 13:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IZ IR HO AR
09BERLIN793CDU AND CSU RALLY AROUND MERKEL, ELECTION PLATFORM
[...] (C) The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) rallied behind Chancellor Merkel (CDU) as their lead candidate and showed strong unity in their joint "election platform" at their June 29 congress in Berlin. In her speech, Chancellor Merk [...]
2009-07-01 12:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL GM
09BERLIN803MEDIA REACTION:NORTH KOREA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. UNSC Sanctions on North Korea 3. Iranian Protests 4. Afghanistan 5. Mideast Settlement Policy 6. Aftermath of Coup in Honduras 7. Run-Up to Obama-Medvedev Meeting 8. EU Presidency, Constitutional Court on Lisbon Treaty 9. Croatian Premier St [...]
2009-07-02 13:13:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IR KN AF XF HO XG
09BERLIN806GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...]
2009-07-02 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP
09BERLIN807USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...]
2009-07-03 16:18:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO GM
09BERLIN838GERMANY SUPPORTS EUMM BUT SEEKS REALISTIC GOALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany fully expects the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) mandate in Georgia to be extended for a year, despite some EU members' concerns that the mission was never envisioned as the sole international mission in the country. Although Germany supports extending the EUMM, some within [...]
2009-07-10 15:54:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
09BERLIN845ISLAM CONFERENCE ENDS WITH HIGH MARKS FROM
[...] (C) The Islam Conference ended with its fourth and final meeting on June 25 with supporters and critics of the conference representing a diverse Muslim community calling for its continuation, citing the importance of the dialogue that was begun. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU),who initiat [...]
2009-07-13 16:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL
09BERLIN847ROBERT-KOCH-INSTITUTE DESCRIBES FLU SITUATION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, ECON Berlin met with officials from the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) to discuss the current H1N1 outbreak in Germany. RKI experts believe there could be ten times the number of confirmed cases (691) in Germany due to the often mild symptoms experienced by many of thos [...]
2009-07-14 09:54:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU ECON PREL SOCI CASC EAGR MX GM
09BERLIN851FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES U.S. MESSAGES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Steinmeier reinforced U.S. messages on the need for Israel to halt settlement construction and for Syria to play a constructive role in the region during his July 6-7 Middle East visit to Jerusalem, Damascus and Beirut. According to the MFA, Steinmeier also high [...]
2009-07-14 15:58:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KWBG IS GM LE SY
09BERLIN859GERMANY UPBEAT ABOUT U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The German Chancellery and MFA view President Obama's trip to Moscow as successful, especially given how poor U.S.-Russian relations were at the beginning of the year. MFA Head of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus Division Ernst Reichel and Chancellery Head of Former Soviet Union an [...]
2009-07-16 08:29:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALRS PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN881German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN882German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: July 2009
[...] (SBU) As of July 7, Germany had approximately 7,100 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions. More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs: ISAF: 4,143 (paras 5-17) KFOR: 2,031 (para 18) OEF: 87 (paras 19-22) UNFIL: 22 [...]
2009-07-21 20:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
09BERLIN886GERMANY'S VIEWS OF THE JULY 27-28 GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany expects significant discussion of Iran before and during next week's EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC),in addition to discussions of Somalia and Georgia. However, the EU plans to wait until September to begin a regular review of which Iranian in [...]
2009-07-22 15:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EUN SO MOPS OSCE PHUM UN GG RS GM
09BERLIN887GERMANS SHARE U.S. CONCERNS OVER HUMANITARIAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Berlin A/DCM conveyed U.S. concerns over the urgent humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya to State Secretary Peter Ammon of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He urged Germany to join the United States in stepping up contributions to avoid a further deterioratio [...]
2009-07-22 16:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PREL PHUM PREF DJ ER ET GM KE SO
09BERLIN89GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]
2009-01-23 19:34:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN891GERMANY: REACTIONS TO CAIRO SPEECH AND PLANS FOR ONGOING
[...] (U) Summary: Mission Germany conducted a range of activities to highlight President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech and to solicit feedback from local Muslim communities. Per reftel request, post provides preliminary feedback on our ongoing outreach efforts within Germany, including feedback from [...]
2009-07-23 14:23:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PREL SCUL GM
09BERLIN895BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK
[...] (SBU) We assess BHV Aviation Consultants GmbH is in compliance with USML controls and a reliable recipient/handler of USML items in regards to Blue Lantern end-use check 050171972; the export of aviation equipment for use with Mi117 helicopters to the Czech Republic. BHV Aviation Consultants [...]
2009-07-24 14:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC GM
09BERLIN90GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 26-27 EU GAERC MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany favors only a general EU statement of support for the closing of Guantanamo, which would leave specific actions -- like accepting detainees -- up to member states to decide. Given the differing views within the German government on accepting detainees, Chancellor Merkel h [...]
2009-01-26 05:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN PGOV ZL ZI RU UP GM
09BERLIN905MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-ISRAEL U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, RUSSIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-Israel) Netanyahu-Mitchell Meeting 3. (U.S.-China) Washington Summit 4. (Iran) Western Reaction 5. (Russia) Influence on Central Asian Neighbors 6. (Moldova) Re-Election  [...]
2009-07-29 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN909MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA, U.S.-IRAQ, IRAQ, NIGERIA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Summit in Washington 3. (U.S.-Iraq) Gates on Troop Withdrawal 4. (Iraq) Storming of Camp Ashraf 5. (Nigeria) Islamic Militants 6. (Spain) ETA Bomb Attack  [...]
2009-07-30 11:43:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US CU MD SO IT RS UP GG KG
09BERLIN927GERMANY HAS FAR-REACHING SOCIAL AND LEGAL
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is in response to reftel regarding initiatives to prevent torture. Germany has a variety of mechanisms in place to prevent torture domestically and abroad, as well as to assist victims of torture. Domestic laws regulate the immigration of torture victims and give Ge [...]
2009-08-03 15:29:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM GM UN
09BERLIN935RETHINKING U.S. FORCES REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE:
[...] (S/NF) Mission Germany strongly endorses the call by USNATO (reftel) to give careful reconsideration to the planned continued draw-down of U.S. forces in Europe. If the draw-down continues as scheduled, two of the three remaining U.S. Army brigade combat teams in Germany will be withdrawn by [...]
2009-08-04 10:47:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM
09BERLIN94MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, GITMO, MIDEAST, CHINA,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. U.S. Foreign Policy 3. Guantnamo Prisoners 4. U.S. Policy on Middle East 5. U.S.-China Relations 6. U.S. Economic Policy 7. Aftermath Of Markelov trial 8. U.S. Stem Cell Research: Â [...]
2009-01-26 14:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM US IS RS CH
09BERLIN967GERMANY,S RIGHT WING NPD AND DVU FACE POOR
[...] (C) Crippled by financial scandals, leadership problems and right-wing political rivalries, the National Democratic Party (NPD) and German People's Union (DVU) have little chance of securing the five percent necessary to enter the next Bundestag after the parliamentary elections on September [...]
2009-08-07 14:36:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM PGOV PREL
09BERLIN978GERMANY REASSURES THE BALTS TO INCREASE MANEUVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany continues to regard proposed NATO contingency planning to defend the Balts against possible Russian aggression as counterproductive and unnecessary, but it has gone out of its way in recent months to take other measures to reassure the Balts that it takes their security co [...]
2009-08-11 10:03:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALGM MARR MOPS NATO PREL RU ZB
09BERLIN985CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...]
2009-08-11 14:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM
09BERLIN988CONTROVERSIAL COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION ENTERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 4, significant amendments to the German Criminal Code entered into force that criminalize a range of terrorism-related preparatory actions such as participating in terrorist training or acquiring weapons/bombs with the intent to commit attacks that endanger the German st [...]
2009-08-13 07:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL KCRM GM
09BERN104SWISS-LIBYAN RELATIONS: SWITZERLAND IN REBUFF
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 10 meeting, the Swiss MFA Director for Security Policy, Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud, updated Charge on the status of the ongoing crisis in Swiss-Libyan relations triggered last July when Geneva cantonal police temporarily arrested Hannibal Gaddafi, son of Libyan lead [...]
2009-03-11 11:50:00Embassy BernSECRETPHUM PREL PGOV SZ
09BERN109BERN SEPQ MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) The following are responses to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire for political violence and terrorism for the U.S. Embassy in Bern, and are keyed to the reftel. 2. (SBU) Political Violence -------------------------- I. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or [...]
2009-03-11 16:38:00Embassy BernSECRETASEC PTER SV
09BERN124GICNT: SEOUL WORKSHOP AND EPG (APRIL 14-16)
[...] (SBU) On March 19, poloff delivered reftel messages to Andreas Friedrich, Head of the Arms Control and Disarmament Section of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. Friedrich is the Swiss national point-of-contact for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT). Poloff [...]
2009-03-19 16:58:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC PARM PTER PREL KGIC SZ
09BERN127NATO KFOR MISSION: SWISS NOT PLANNING ANY CHANGES \
[...] (C) Acting POL-ECON Counselor and DAO representative \ delivered the reftel message on March 19 to Marlene Odermatt, \ Policy Advisor for International Relations and Strategy at \ the Swiss Federal Ministry of Defense. Odermatt said that \ Switzerland has no plans to change its current force \ con [...]
2009-03-20 16:40:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO KPKO KV SZ
09BERN129TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NESTLE: FORGET THE GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Nestle, the world's largest food company, worries more about the planet's growing fresh water shortage than the current financial crisis, which it sees as only a bump in the road in the firm's long-term development. Nestle estimates the upper limit on sustainable global fresh water withd [...]
2009-03-24 16:29:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SZ TBIO
09BERN136CONCLUSIONS OF AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC
[...] (SBU) Poloff provided a copy of the White Paper in reftel A on March 27 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Regional Coordinator for Southern Asia at the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Fux appreciated the information, which he said was timely, not only with regard to the upcoming intern [...]
2009-03-27 17:05:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS EAID PTER PGOV PK AF SZ
09BERN175MADAGASCAR: SWISS AGREE WITH USG POINTS ON URGING
[...] (C) Poloff delivered the message in reftel on April 15 to Anja Zobrist Rentenaar, Regional Coordinator for Southern Africa in the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA). Rentenaar mentioned that the FDFA (at least not in Bern) thus far had not been approached by the EU to discuss Madagasc [...]
2009-04-15 16:49:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID MA SZ
09BERN249A/USTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH SWISS OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Europe and the Middle East Chris Wilson and Swiss Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) Head of Bilateral Economic Relations Ambassador Monika Ruehl co-chaired a Trade and Investment Cooperation Forum ("Forum") meeting on June 2. [...]
2009-06-10 14:56:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD SZ
09BERN281UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES
[...] (S) On July 2, Swiss Department of Economic Affairs (SECO) Deputy Head of Sanctions Thomas Graf informed econoff in response to reftel non-paper that Lloyds TSB Bank in Geneva does not maintain commercial relations with Tanchon Commercial Bank nor does it hold Tanchon Commercial Bank funds. G [...]
2009-07-07 13:41:00Embassy BernSECRETEFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM SZ
09BERN350SWISS REACTION TO UBS AGREEMENT \
[...] (C) Summary. President and Finance Minister Hans-Rudolf \ Merz, Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, and Foreign \ Affairs Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in an August 19 press \ conference praised the UBS agreement as the only possible \ solution and a "Peace Treaty." The Ministers were quick [...]
2009-08-20 15:10:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL SZ
09BERN351SWISS PRESIDENT MERZ APOLOGIZES TO LIBYA FOR \
[...] (S/NF) In a bid to win the freedom of two Swiss citizens \ who have not been permitted to leave Libya for over a year, \ Swiss President Hans-Rudolf Merz traveled to Tripoli August \ 20 and met with Libyan Prime Minister ElBaghdadi Mahmudi. \ The unannounced visit culminated with Merz making a publ [...]
2009-08-24 05:53:00Embassy BernSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM ETRD SZ
09BERN362NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Swiss government strongly supports entry into force of the CTBT, negotiations on a verifiable FMCT, and efforts to reinforce the NPT, particularly with regard to disarmament and arms control issues. The Swiss welcome U.S.-Russian nuclear disarmament negotiations, and are con [...]
2009-08-31 22:38:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09BERN363SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN COMMENTS ON ASSISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Leu emphasized that Switzerland, in its capacity as Protecting Power for the USG in Iran, continues to press for access and information about U.S. citizens detained or missing in Iran. Regarding the recent case of the three U.S. hikers (Shane Bauer, Joshua Fattal, and [...]
2009-09-01 09:37:00Embassy BernSECRETCASC PREL PHUM PGOV KNNP SZ IR
09BERN364DEMARCHE ON FOOD SECURITY: SWISS RESPONSE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to Swiss Agency for Development and Corporation (SDC) Deputy Head of Global Food Security Lillian Ortega and Department of Agriculture (DOA) Head Director for Global Sustainable Agriculture Francois Pythoud. Ortega noted that SDC instituted a new global pro [...]
2009-09-01 12:08:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ETRD SZ
09BERN389NEW SWISS FEDERAL COUNCILOR DIDIER BURKHALTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A joint session of the Swiss Parliament on September 16 elected Council of States (Upper House) Member Didier Burkhalter to replace Pascal Couchepin on the Federal Council (Swiss Executive Cabinet). The special mid-term election was scheduled after Couchepin announced earlier t [...]
2009-09-16 16:19:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SZ
09BERN432SCENESETTER: YOUR OCTOBER 10 VISIT TO ZURICH
[...] (S) I and the rest of the Embassy Bern team are looking forward to your visit with great anticipation in what promises to be a landmark event in Armenian-Turkish relations with lasting benefits for Euro-Atlantic security. Foreign Minister Calmy-Rey is riding high on a series of foreign policy succe [...]
2009-10-08 10:33:00Embassy BernSECRETPREL OVIP SZ
09BERN513SWISS VOTERS STUN GOVERNMENT BY APPROVING "MINARET
[...] (SBU) In a November 29 nationwide vote, Swiss voters stunned the Swiss government by approving an initiative by rightwing politicians to ban the construction of new minarets in Switzerland (reftel). Subsequent analysis by Swiss commentators suggests that polling data prior to the vote was sk [...]
2009-11-30 15:19:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM SZ
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