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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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08MUSCAT262OMAN REVEALS LOW-PROFILE INITIATIVE ON
[...] (C) Summary: Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told me that he has begun a "low-profile" effort to bring the Syrians and Lebanese together and help resolve the Lebanese leadership stalemate. The Omani effort, reportedly in cooperation with Qatar, is focused on g [...]
2008-04-07 12:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL LE MU
08MUSCAT295OMANI COMMERCE MINISTER TARGETS JUNE FOR FTA
[...] (C) On April 17, the Ambassador discussed the status of pending U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) action items with Commerce and Industry Minister Maqbool bin Ali Sultan. The Ambassador urged that, given the current debate in Washington over free trade, Oman quickly complete work on all out [...]
2008-04-21 09:22:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PREL MU
08MUSCAT3SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to Oman. We look forward to your arrival on January 7 to tour the Port of Salalah and discuss international trade security in the context of our overall bilateral relationship with Oman. In order to fulfill the objectives of y [...]
2008-01-02 12:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL PTER MU
08MUSCAT303OMAN REMAINS IN THE HUNT FOR GAS
[...] (SBU) On April 22, Omani media outlets carried front-page stories on the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) regarding the "joint development" of the Kish gas field with Iran and the exporting of Iranian gas to Oman. The MoU was reportedly signed by the Iranian Deputy Minister of Oi [...]
2008-04-23 08:07:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG EPET IR MU
08MUSCAT309SULTAN QABOOS PROMISES TO INVESTIGATE FTA TELECOM
[...] (C) In his meeting with Sultan Qaboos on Wednesday, April 23 (see septel),the Ambassador conveyed USG concern with Oman's apparent approach to telecom licensing, pointing out that Oman's actions may be in conflict with both its FTA and WTO obligations. 2. (C) As also communicated in US [...]
2008-04-25 07:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALETRD ECPS PGOV MU
08MUSCAT310IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - OMAN
[...] (SBU) The Omani government is grappling with soaring inflation, with the price of some food products reportedly rising by as much as 47% over the past year. Responding to public pressure, the government has augmented public sector wages, capped rental increases, and warned wholesalers about h [...]
2008-04-26 07:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAGR EAID ECON ETRD MU
08MUSCAT313OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT ON TRIP TO TEHRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, recently returned from Iran, downplayed Iranian press reports of three bilateral agreements signed during the visit of a senior Omani delegation to Tehran. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the joint development of the Kish [...]
2008-04-26 12:53:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG IR MU
08MUSCAT333EMBASSY MUSCAT NOMINATION OF BRIAN GRIMM FOR HERBERT
[...] Economic/Commercial Officer Brian Grimm significantly advanced U.S. policy and objectives in the economic field over the last year. His outstanding work on the Free Trade Agreement deserves the highest praise. In conjunction with his other accomplishments, I am pleased to nominate Brian for [...]
2008-04-30 15:04:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ECON BEXP ETRD MU
08MUSCAT35OMAN FY08 BFIF REQUEST
[...] Continued Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) assistance will be essential in helping the Embassy promote the soon-to-be-implemented U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Post requests $6,807 in BFIF program funds for outreach to the local community on the benefits of the FTA, strengt [...]
2008-01-14 12:37:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ECON MU
08MUSCAT352OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] SUMMARY: Private Arabic daily "Al-Watan" lamented the Lebanese violence, morbidly predicting unalterable changes to Lebanon's very nature. State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" on May 11 called on Arab nations to play positive, unbiased roles, then, on May 12, backed the Lebanese Army and Suleiman [...]
2008-05-12 12:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT357MINISTER OF MANPOWER RESPONDS TO ANXIETY ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through often direct exchanges with Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al-Juma at a recent conference, oil and gas company executives expressed sharp concerns about a shortage of skilled labor in Oman's labor market. Juma, while acknowledging immediate problems of labor supply [...]
2008-05-14 09:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT359LOOKING FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH IN OMAN'S INTERIOR
[...] (C) Business officials in the Omani interior towns of Buraimi (located on the border with the United Arab Emirates) and Ibri are optimistic about the economic growth potential of their respective areas, in spite of the obstacles facing them. Improved road access and availability of natural gas [...]
2008-05-14 10:39:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EINV MU
08MUSCAT36OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS PEACE PROCESS, IRAN
[...] (SBU) In a January 8 meeting with a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation, Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs praised close U.S.-Oman ties and the two countries' "strategic" relationship. He applauded President Bush's renewed push to help create a Palestinian state, but feared [...]
2008-01-14 13:55:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IR MU
08MUSCAT360MINISTER OF MANPOWER RESPONDS TO ANXIETY ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Through often direct exchanges with Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al-Juma at a recent conference, oil and gas company executives expressed sharp concerns about a shortage of skilled labor in Oman's labor market. Juma, while acknowledging immediate problems of labor supply [...]
2008-05-14 10:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ELAB ETRD KMPI MU
08MUSCAT361SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALGOUE
[...] (U) In preparation for the next round of the U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialogue in Washington, D.C., Embassy Muscat provides the following updated information on the main subject areas scheduled for discussion. The final composition of the Omani delegation for the GSD has yet to be determined, [...]
2008-05-14 11:05:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS MNUC MOPS KNNP MU
08MUSCAT376OMANI SUPPORT FOR ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS TO RESOLVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Secretary General of the Omani Foreign Ministry told the Ambassador on May 18 that Oman firmly supported ongoing Arab League efforts to help mediate an agreement among the various factions to end the crisis in Lebanon. While acknowledging the need for Hizballah to pledge to [...]
2008-05-19 13:52:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE IR MU
08MUSCAT379SULTAN QABOOS GRANTS RARE PRESS INTERVIEW
[...] (C) A rare interview given by Sultan Qaboos to a Kuwaiti newspaper painted a predictably rosy picture of the Sultanate that pushed, if not exceeded, the bounds of credibility. According to the Sultan, who was treated to fawning praise by the interviewer (also the paper's chief editor and, rep [...]
2008-05-21 13:53:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON KDEM KPAO MU
08MUSCAT385OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NEW LEBANESE PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: News of the Doha Agreement and the election of General Michel Suleiman as Lebanese president preoccupied both the State-owned Arabic daily "Oman" and private Arabic daily "Al-Watan", with editorials describing it as new chapter after lengthy political disturbance, which threatened the [...]
2008-05-26 12:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT397DOHA ACCORD BEST CHANCE FOR MARCH 14 TO REGAIN
[...] (C) Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador June 1 that albeit a far-from-perfect solution, the Doha agreement offers the March 14 coalition its best chance for regaining the political advantage in Lebanon. He urged the U.S. to continue its support for P [...]
2008-06-01 11:45:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL LE MU
08MUSCAT404OMAN MEDIA REACTION: ISRAELI CHALLENGE TO PEACE IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: Commentaries this week focused on the scandal surrounding Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, presenting it as a diversion, likely intentionally created, to stall peace talks and progress on a Golan deal. State Arabic daily "Oman" called on Israel to initiate a prisoner exchange with Hamas [...]
2008-06-02 12:51:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT418OMAN MEDIA REACTION: Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] SUMMARY: While the number of Omani papers responding to date to the release of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is to date limited (to wire service material in on English private daily and more targeted coverage in a pair of Arabic and English sister papers),one paper has made the [...]
2008-06-09 04:53:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT425OMAN INDIGNANT OVER 2008 TIP REPORT; SUSPENDS TIP
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8 below. 2. (C) Summary: Sayyid Badr al-Busaidy, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told me June 9 that the government of Oman does not accept Oman's placement on Tier 3 of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) re [...]
2008-06-09 14:56:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT426OMAN TAKES ITS CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIP REPORT TO THE
[...] (C) During a June 9 meeting on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (reftel),Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, informed the Ambassador that Oman planned to raise its ire with our report at the June 9 meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council [...]
2008-06-10 13:40:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT436OMAN: MEPI REPORT CARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Many of the major projects funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) over the past years are now, in one way or another, at a crossroads. With the 2007-08 program season winding down, Muscat's MEPI team, under the guidance of the Ambassador, offers this review of ME [...]
2008-06-14 12:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMPI KDEM KWMN ECON ELAB SCUL MU
08MUSCAT437MISSION EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE GREATER OMANI
[...] Over the past two years, Embassy Muscat's Public Affairs and Consular Sections, with strong and consistent Front Office guidance and broader Mission support, have collaborated on a range of efforts aimed at demystifying the consular process, dispelling myths about U.S. visas, and reducing stil [...]
2008-06-15 02:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV MU CVIS
08MUSCAT443FUELED BY MEDIA, POPULAR RESENTMENT GROWS OVER TIP
[...] (SBU) Local media have stepped up coverage of the Omani government's strong reaction to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, with an increasing number of government officials and offices publicly adding their statements to those made initially by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). [...]
2008-06-15 12:28:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KPAO OIIP SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT444OMAN'S MAJLIS AL-SHURA CONDEMNS TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) On June 14, the Majlis al-Shura, the elected lower house of Oman's bicameral advisory body, issued a statement condemning the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, specifically accusing the U.S. State Department of issuing "false allegations" about Oman's record on TIP. The Shura's [...]
2008-06-15 12:29:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT463OMAN'S SME SECTOR TO BENEFIT FROM MEPI ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) With funding from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),a consulting team from Booz Allen Hamilton is advising the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Directorate General of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) on both developing an internal organizational workplan for the off [...]
2008-06-17 12:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON BEXP KMPI PREL MU
08MUSCAT464OMANI PUBLIC ANGER CONTINUES OVER TIP
[...] (C) Summary: Widespread press coverage of Oman's anger over its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report continued June 16 and 17, with articles increasingly linking the TIP Report to critiques of broader U.S. policy in the region. The media paid particular attention to [...]
2008-06-17 12:35:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT474ROYAL OMAN POLICE, MAJLIS AL-SHURA SUSPEND AREAS
[...] (C) Summary: The dispute over Oman's Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is beginning to affect Post's relations with some government and non-governmental entities in Oman. The Royal Oman Police's (ROP) Criminal Investigation Division informed Post that due to Oman' [...]
2008-06-23 10:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT500MINISTER OF MANPOWER ISSUES NEW OCCUPATIONAL
[...] (U) In a step that a Ministry of Manpower (MOM) official told poloff was "directly related to stopping trafficking in persons (TIP)," Minister of Manpower Juma bin Ali al Juma issued new occupational health and safety regulations on July 1 that cover all private sector companies operating in Om [...]
2008-07-02 13:04:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB KMPI MU
08MUSCAT524OMAN FY08 BFIF PROGRAM INTERIM RESULTS
[...] Per ref A request, Embassy Muscat reports that $1,252 has been spent from its FY 2008 Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) account for the training of its Commercial Assistant at its Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) partnership post in Dubai. On January 28-30, the Commercial Assistant [...]
2008-07-14 05:40:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM MU
08MUSCAT540SHI'A ISLAM IN OMAN
[...] (C) Despite its small size, Oman's population of well-integrated Shi'a Muslims plays an influential role in Oman's economy and politics. Most Shi'a strongly identify themselves as Omanis, but remain distinct in religious matters. The government provides broad autonomy to Omani Shi'a in condu [...]
2008-07-22 08:15:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL OPRC KIRF MU
08MUSCAT558OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Editorials and commentaries in Oman's dailies focused on the negative effect of Israeli Prime Minister Olmert's resignation and the U.S. elections on the peace process, and on violence between Palestinian groups. Articles in private daily "Al Watan" called Israel's negotiations with [...]
2008-08-04 12:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT565OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM
[...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...]
2008-08-07 07:43:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM IR MU
08MUSCAT582OMAN MOVING FORWARD AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Despite the absence of many senior officials and the slow pace of the Omani bureaucracy during the hot summer months, the government has demonstrated over the past 90 days its commitment to take new measures against trafficking-in-persons (TIP). As reported previously, on July 1 the Mi [...]
2008-08-17 13:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT599OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" commented on the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners, it was surprising that there were Palestinian personalities revealed their identities and ideological belonging. "Oman" also stressed the importance of Iraqi stability for the region. Private daily "Al-Watan" h [...]
2008-08-25 12:29:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT625MINISTER OUTLINES OMAN'S PLANS TO COMBAT
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister of Manpower reaffirmed Oman's determination to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in a meeting with the Ambassador on September 2. During a conversation discussing a variety of topics, Minister Juma Ali Juma outlined immediate steps underway by the Omani governm [...]
2008-09-02 13:19:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MU
08MUSCAT661OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Arabic daily "Al Watan" wrote twice on the crisis in Darfur, calling for the establishment of an Arab mechanism for conflict resolution and praising the Arab Foreign Ministers' intent to seize initiative. Government daily "Oman" blamed conspirators for creating regional instability w [...]
2008-09-15 12:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT682OMAN TAKES HARD LINE STANCE ON TELECOM LICENSES;
[...] (C) Summary: In a letter received by post on September 21, Oman's Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (TRA) defended its recent bid process to award a single, integrated telecommunications license package for multiple services (including fixed-line service) despite U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agree [...]
2008-09-23 13:27:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN EINT EINV ETRD MU
08MUSCAT721OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continued writing on the global financial crisis. Private daily "Al Watan" predicted the rise of a multi-polar world as a result of economic shifts. Private daily "Al Shabiba" said the economic crisis is another failure of the U.S. administration, causing allies to ree [...]
2008-10-14 12:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT722OMAN WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (C) Despite public assurances from officials that Oman's economy has not been affected by the global financial crisis, the Sultanate's stock market dropped by almost 40% over the last five months while its banking system, formerly flush with cash, now suffers from a lack of liquidity. Local [...]
2008-10-14 14:18:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ENRG MU
08MUSCAT728UNDERSTANDING AND MOVING ON FROM OMAN'S HARSH
[...] (C) There are likely several reasons behind Oman's hypersensitivity and reaction to its Tier 3 ranking in the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: its unspoken past involvement in the slave trade, its strong desire to protect and shape its national image, and its devotion to the principl [...]
2008-10-16 14:19:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL SMIG MASS ECON ETRD ELAB MU
08MUSCAT729SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Mr. Deputy Secretary: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" ),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty [...]
2008-10-16 14:24:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER ECON ENRG ETRD KNNP KPAL KTIP SMIG
08MUSCAT738SCENESETTER FOR U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE SCHWAB'S
[...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," [...]
2008-10-22 13:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN ETRD MU
08MUSCAT744DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH OMANI SULTAN
[...] (C) The Deputy Secretary of State and the Ambassador met on October 19 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi to discuss bilateral relations and regional issues. Bin Alawi welcomed Oman's upgrade from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watch List in the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) [...]
2008-10-28 06:37:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KTIP MNUC ECON ETRD SMIG IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT747SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT748SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY SPELLINGS TRIP TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Embassy Muscat, my wife and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region (the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic"),the Sultanate remains a trusted U.S. partner. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "T [...]
2008-10-29 13:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC OVIP KPAO MU
08MUSCAT749OMANI OFFICIALS DISCUSS IMPACT OF GLOBAL CREDIT
[...] (C) Summary: The Executive President of the Central Bank of Oman (CBO),Hamoud bin Sangour al-Zadjali, told the Ambassador that Oman had no direct exposure to the global financial crisis as its banks had not invested in mortgage-backed securities. While contending that liquidity in local ba [...]
2008-10-29 13:42:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL MU
08MUSCAT784DEPUTY USTR VISIT CLEARS WAY FOR FTA IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (SBU) Building upon the progress towards implementation of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) achieved by the visit of U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab to Oman on October 24-26 (reftel),a team of USTR experts and negotiators arrived in Muscat on November 7 for a week-long seri [...]
2008-11-17 10:42:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD MU
08MUSCAT789OMAN'S BIN ALAWI DISCUSSES U.S.-GCC SECURITY,
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador November 17, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi reviewed Oman's idea for developing U.S.-GCC security cooperation, which will be presented for discussion at the December GCC summit, his thoughts on Mideast peace, Iraq and t [...]
2008-11-18 11:49:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAL GCC PK IN IZ MU
08MUSCAT796MAINTAINING FORWARD MOVEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) On November 16, the DCM and Pol-Econ Chief paid an introductory call to Ambassador Lyutha bint Sultan bin Ahmad al-Mughairy, the new director of the office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi. (Note: As Sayyid Badr is post's senior Omani interlocu [...]
2008-11-19 13:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KTIP KWMN MU
08MUSCAT802OMAN FINANCIAL CRISIS UPDATE: NEW FUND TO BOLSTER
[...] (SBU) To help shore up local equity values, Oman will establish a $390 million fund with capital from the government, private sector and pension funds to buy shares in the Muscat Securities Market (MSM). While the government claims that local banking institutions have passed on Central Bank [...]
2008-11-24 07:02:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN MU
08MUSCAT812BACKGROUND ON OMAN FOR CENTCOM ASSESSMENT TEAM
[...] (C) One of our oldest and most dependable friends in the region, Oman remains a valued ally. This year marks the 175th anniversary of the U.S.-Oman "Treaty of Amity and Commerce," second oldest in the Middle East and North Africa. In 2009, we will begin negotiations on renewal of our bilate [...]
2008-11-24 14:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PGOV PREL PTER ECON EFIN ETRD MASS MOPS
08MUSCAT829JOINT DEMARCHE TO OMAN ON INCREASING FINANCIAL
[...] (C) The ambassadors of the E3 and the U.S. - the Italian was unavailable to participate - called on Ambassador Ahmed al Harthy, Chief of Middle East Affairs of the Omani MFA, and Lyeutha al Mughairy, Director of the MFA Secretary General's Office, to deliver reftel demarche. 2. (C) In o [...]
2008-12-03 12:11:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN MNUC KNNP IR MU
08MUSCAT843OMAN MEDIA REACTION
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies focused this week on the Mumbai attacks and transition of administrations. Government daily "Oman" signaled that the Mumbai attacks require a united, international response to the evolving threat of terrorism. Private Arabic daily "Al Watan" commented that American pol [...]
2008-12-14 05:17:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
08MUSCAT852NOVEMBER 30 MEETING BETWEEN U.S. CENTCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) On November 30, General David Petraeus, U.S. CENTCOM Commander, and the Ambassador met over dinner with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. Bin Alawi was joined by Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, as well as Mohammed al-Hassan, P [...]
2008-12-17 05:51:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER AF IR IZ MU
08MUSCAT856GOVERNMENT EXPANDS LAND GRANTS TO WOMEN
[...] (U) In some countries you get the right to vote or to purchase alcohol when you become an adult, in Oman, the government also gives you land. Until recently, Omani law provided that all Omani men 23 years of age or older (21 years or older if married) were eligible to receive 600 square mete [...]
2008-12-17 13:23:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM KWMN MU
08MUSCAT88CLDP CONFERENCE, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE EFFORTS BEAR
[...] On January 27, the Department of Commerce's Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),in association with the Omani Ministry of Justice, brought together over 75 delegates from the U.S. and the Middle East to participate in a two-day "Commercial Law and Company Regulation" conference in Muscat [...]
2008-02-03 11:48:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL KMPI MU
08MUSCAT992008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART I
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-05 13:23:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU
08NAGOYA15BOEING 787 PRODUCTION DELAYS AND RESPONSE IN NAGOYA
[...] (SBU) The recently announced delay for the Boeing 787 results from global supply chain and production issues. A recent visit to the Fuji Heavy Industries factory making the 787's center wing section and discussions with Fuji and Boeing 787 program executives indicate that those problems conti [...]
2008-04-10 09:03:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PREL JA
08NAGOYA28FOREIGN WORKERS CHANGE THE FACE OF CENTRAL JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Despite stereotypes of Japan as a homogeneous nation, long-term foreign resident workers now play a crucial role in the Central Japan economy. Owing to labor shortages and the continuing strength of the regional manufacturing sector (even in the face of rapidly rising fuel and raw mater [...]
2008-07-23 04:07:00Consulate NagoyaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL CVIS JA BR CH PE
08NAHA132POTENTIAL FORUM SHOPPING: OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor is planning to visit Washington D.C. between January 7-11 and again in May or June of 2009 to seek meetings with USG officials. He intends to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa, the return of [...]
2008-12-11 08:32:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL JA PINS PGOV
08NAHA25APPEASEMENT STRATEGY BEHIND REPUTED FRF ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (C) Summary: At the March 6 meeting of the Alliance Transformation Agreement Working Group for Okinawa, GOJ representatives raised the possibility that environmental procedures related to the landfill portions of the replacement facility for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma would be extended [...]
2008-03-11 08:47:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA43CONSERVATIVES MAY LOSE MAJORITY IN OKINAWA PREFECTURAL
[...] (C) Summary: Our local political contacts echo private media views that the balance of power in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (OPA) may shift from the conservatives to the opposition reformists in the upcoming June 8 election. Although most of the five parties who comprise the reformist gr [...]
2008-06-03 05:44:00Consulate NahaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA8SOME INTEREST IN, BUT NO LOCAL DEMAND FOR, EXPANDED RETURN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 02:53:00Consulate NahaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR JA
08NAIROBI10KENYA ELECTIONS: COMMONWEALTH OBSERVER GROUP PRESS RELEASE
[...] The Commonwealth Observer Group issued the following Statement by Chairperson of teh Commonwealth Observer Group on December 31, 2007. Begin text: Commonwealth Observer Group Kenya General Elections, 27 December 2007 News Release Statement by HE Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President [...]
2008-01-02 15:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1010Somalia President Previews Washington Visit
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Somalia Transition Federal President Abdullahi Ahmed Yusuf at his residence April 12 to preview the President's April 15-24 visit to New York and Washington. Yusuf confirmed that his agenda was our agenda - strengthening the TFG, working to achieve UNSC support for pe [...]
2008-04-16 07:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALUNSC PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1013Scenesetter for Somalia President Yusuf Visit
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Changed circumstances with respect to Somalia provide an important opportunity to achieve relative stability and move forward toward a democratic transition in 2009. There is a new Prime Minister who is committed to achieving reconciliation; a divergence between violent extremists [...]
2008-04-16 07:46:00Embassy NairobiSECRETOTRA PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1019KENYA'S MUSLIM GROUPS COMPETE FOR INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the dust is starting to settle from December's presidential election, Muslim advocacy groups in Kenya are trying to maximize their influence with the new coalition government and with Kenya's traditionally fractured Muslim community. The upstart National Muslim Leaders' [...]
2008-04-16 13:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1041KENYA'S CABINET SWORN IN: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Ending weeks of contentious in-fighting between President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM),Kenya's expanded cabinet was sworn in today, April 17, with much pomp and ceremony. As announced by the President on April 13 (see [...]
2008-04-18 10:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1045TEXT OF PRESIDENT KIBAKI'S SPEECH ON SWEARING IN
[...] President Mwai Kibaki delivered an address on the swearing in of the new grand coalition cabinet on April 17. The message stressed reconciliation and unity. The text of the speech follows. 2. Begin Text. Your Excellency Yoweri Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda, Your Excell [...]
2008-04-21 06:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1101KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S OPEN LETTER TO U.S. BUSINESS AND
[...] On April 24, the U.S. Mission disseminated an open letter from the Ambassador to the American business community and U.S. tourists. Wide dissemination was achieved by providing the letter electronically to the Kenya Tourism Board and to the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service's Office of Marketin [...]
2008-04-28 07:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV PREL KE
08NAIROBI1122RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for Mission Kenya's analysis on how rising food and agricultural commodity prices are affecting Kenyan society. As instructed, it also lists post's recent cables on this matter. ------------------------------ CONTEXT OF KENYA'S FOOD CRISIS ------ [...]
2008-04-29 10:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV KE
08NAIROBI1176CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA - KENYA RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's engagement with Kenya is primarily a private sector-led effort, focused on trade generally, and the supply of goods and services in key infrastructure sectors like roads, info-tech, and energy. The Chinese government appears not heavily involved in those areas where the [...]
2008-05-07 09:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ENRG EFIN PREL PGOV KE CH
08NAIROBI1183Somalia Prime Minister Briefs Ambassador and Special Envoy
[...] (C) Somalia Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein briefed the Ambassador and Special Envoy on preparations for direct talks with the opposition in Djibouti, current security and governance concerns and challenges, and ongoing efforts at reconciliation. End Summary. ------------------------ A Gri [...]
2008-05-07 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1257Somalia - Meeting With President Yusuf
[...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf met with the Ambassador and Special Envoy to discuss his trip to the United States and next steps for the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to take advantage of this momentum. Yusuf highlighted the deteriorating security environment and urged us to pre [...]
2008-05-14 12:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1271Somalia - TFG Loses Key Advisors
[...] (C) Somalia President Abdullahi Yusuf has lost one of his key advisors with the May 10 resignation of Mohamed Abdirizak, Permanent Secretary of the Office of the President. Post has also lost one of its primary interlocutors within the TFG. Abdirizak's resignation comes at a time when other T [...]
2008-05-16 10:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI1294KENYA'S YOUTH BULGE: A TICKING TIME BOMB
[...] (U) Summary: Other valid explanations aside, one of the key under-appreciated drivers of the unrest and violence that gripped Kenya in early 2008 was the country's "youth bulge," a potentially destabilizing demographic phenomenon that in Kenya has generated a large pool of disaffected young men [...]
2008-05-20 12:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI PGOV KE
08NAIROBI13KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...]
2008-01-02 21:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI1320 PM ODINGA RECEIVES HERO'S WELCOME IN HOMECOMING - BUT
[...] Prime Minister Raila Odinga received a hero's welcome from a crowd of over 300,000 at a home coming in his native Nyanza province. American flags were spotted amidst the excited crowd. He had a difficult time convincing his supporters that his Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party was an equal [...]
2008-05-23 05:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1354JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON
[...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]
2008-05-30 09:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08NAIROBI1363Somalia -- Ayrow's Demise
[...] (S/NF) The death of Aden Hashi Ayrow (Hawiye/Haber Gedir/Ayer) on May 1 will have several positive impacts: short-term disruption of terrorist operations of the Shabaab, set back efforts at reconciliation between the Shabaab and Islamic Court militias, and potentially improve prospects for Soma [...]
2008-06-03 14:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC MOPS SO
08NAIROBI1365SECOND FRIENDS OF EASBRIG MEETING SHOWS CONTINUED
[...] This is an action message. Action request at para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Eastern African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) hosted its second "Friends of EASBRIG" meeting on May 22 (ref B described the first). The meeting was notable for its increased participation and the level of [...]
2008-06-03 15:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PREL KEAI XW
08NAIROBI1373KENYA CORRUPTION UPDATE - LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: The bad news on the corruption front in Kenya is that the new coalition government has given some of the country's most egregious thieves a new lease on life and strengthened their already strong sense of impunity. Meanwhile, Kenya's legal system continues to stymie vs. deliver j [...]
2008-06-04 12:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCOR PREL ECON EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1384KENYA BRACES FOR PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS ON
[...] (C) Kenya will hold parliamentary by-elections on June 11 to fill five of six vacant parliamentary seats. The largest parliamentary blocs, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),hope to gain seats, but each of the races is tight. The results are unlikely [...]
2008-06-05 15:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1449 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SMALL ARMS FOREIGN
[...] The Government of Kenya has been a close partner for the U.S. in many areas, including in military cooperation. They have provided important support in the Global War on Terror in spite of the risk they face, and it is in our interest to help them modernize their military forces to better prov [...]
2008-06-12 14:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MASS PARM PREL KE XW
08NAIROBI1456KENYA INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE
[...] Summary: Forced labor is insignificant in Kenya in the production of manufactured goods. There is virtually no child labor in the formal manufacturing sector. The number of child workers in Kenya dropped by over 47% in five years, from 1.9 million in 1999 to 1 million in December 2005. Over [...]
2008-06-16 04:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
08NAIROBI1461KENYA: SCENESETTER FOR PM ODINGA'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The June 16-19 visit of Prime Minister Odinga will highlight U.S. support for the coalition government, bolster the authority of the office of the Prime Minister to supervise and coordinate the government, and provide us an important opportunity to press for results on institutiona [...]
2008-06-16 07:51:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KE US
08NAIROBI1520KENYA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP (GMP) INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Nairobi is already implementing several maritime security initiatives with GOK agencies that would appear to fit under the GMP initiative, and uses the coastal security subcommittee of the CT Working Group to coordinate across the various Mission agencies. However, th [...]
2008-06-23 12:19:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP
08NAIROBI1579SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]
2008-06-27 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1593INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ACCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kenyan Government and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are now engaged in a public debate over the ICTR's criticism of what they see as a lack of substantive cooperation in the search for fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga. While the ICTR [...]
2008-06-30 07:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW
08NAIROBI1658SENATOR BILL NELSON (D-FL) MEETS WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) met on June 30 with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga. The two discussed continuing USG-GOK cooperation in combating terrorism and security threats to Kenya presented by ongoing lawlessness in Somalia. Odinga discussed his recent trip to Washington and the nee [...]
2008-07-07 14:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1659KENYA TAKES STRONG STAND AGAINST ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) In early June during a visit to South Africa, Prime Minister Raila Odinga denounced the deteriorating political situation in Zimbabwe after the March 29 elections. He was the first Kenyan official to do so publicly. He continued to speak out in public events and meetings with senior USG [...]
2008-07-07 14:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE ZI
08NAIROBI1725Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy
[...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...]
2008-07-14 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE ZI
08NAIROBI1726Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech
[...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...]
2008-07-14 14:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI1776SOMALIA - TFG COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) On July 18, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) nominated its representatives for the committees outlined in the June 9 Djibouti Agreement (Ref A) reached between the TFG and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS). Article 9 of the Agreement called for a High Lev [...]
2008-07-22 14:39:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SO
08NAIROBI1815PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER TELL CODEL PRICE
[...] (U) CODEL Price has cleared on this cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) In separate meetings held on July 3, CODEL Price heard from both President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga that constitutional reform is one of the Grand Coalition Government's top priorities. Prime M [...]
2008-07-28 13:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KBIO KE ZI
08NAIROBI1821KENYAN ELEPHANT EXPERTS REGRET CITES DECISION ON
[...] (C) Summary: On July 15, the CITES Standing Committee granted China permission to import ivory from stockpiles held by Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe despite opposition from members of the African Elephant Coalition (AEC) and Australia. In the face of arguments from Kenya, Mal [...]
2008-07-29 08:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKE PGOV PREL SENV
08NAIROBI184KENYA: JANUARY 16, 2008 STATUS REPORT
[...] AS OF 01/16 1800 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: HEAVY RAIN AND ODM'S SUCCESS YESTERDAY IN ELECTING ITS CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT MAY HAVE TAKEN SOME STEAM OUT OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS TODAY. IN NAIROBI, DEMONSTRATORS BEGAN TO MOBILIZE AROUND 1400; POL [...]
2008-01-16 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC KE PGOV PREF
08NAIROBI185PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA
[...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...]
2008-01-17 04:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1851Tapping Water in Kenya's Arid North Eastern
[...] In Kenya's arid North Eastern Province, livelihoods have centered on pastoralism (the practice of herding livestock) for hundreds of years. The traditionally lucrative and relatively stable pastoralist lifestyle which relies on a nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyle came under severe threat at [...]
2008-07-30 11:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDMASS SENV EAGR EAID ECON PGOV PREF SOCI KE
08NAIROBI186PARLIAMENT ELECTS SPEAKER--A GOOD DAY FOR KENYA
[...] On January 15 Kenya's Tenth Parliament sat for its first session. In a boisterous but mostly civil session, Parliament elected the Orange Democratic Movement's (ODM) Kenneth Marende as Speaker. ODM's candidate for Deputy Speaker was also elected, again beating a PNU candidate. This event has [...]
2008-01-17 04:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KE
08NAIROBI1886SOMALIA - UNEASINESS AT PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of telephone calls from President Yusuf, reinforced by multifarious other reports and rumors July 31, suggest a shaken Villa Somalia unnerved by and uncertain of Ethiopian intentions. The ongoing rift between Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, with the latter [...]
2008-08-01 12:29:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI1906SOMALIA - A POLITICAL STALEMATE
[...] (C) Days after several ministers supporting President Abdulahi Yusuf resigned in protest from Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein's cabinet (reftels A and B),our contacts tell us the political fight between the Prime Minister and President Yusuf has evolved into a resentful, but less bellicose [...]
2008-08-06 14:18:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI192KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES
[...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...]
2008-01-17 12:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1961SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]
2008-08-14 12:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI199KENYA: DID KIBAKI REALLY STEAL THE ELECTION?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's hotly contested December 27 presidential election has been controversial on a number of levels, and many observers still question who actually won. When we looked at any and all available data to try to answer that question, we found evidence of rigging on both sides an [...]
2008-01-17 17:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCOR PREL KE
08NAIROBI2032Somalia - Clan Militias Battle to Control Kismayo
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, a loose coalition of clan militias, cooperating with remnants of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and some al-Shabaab elements drove warlord and Member of Parliament Barre "Hirale" out of Kismayo, southern Somalia's major port city. Upwards of 100 fighters a [...]
2008-08-26 14:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2041KENYA HITS TURBULENCE ON APPROACH TO "SAFE SKIES"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) must immediately hire at least three qualified aviation inspectors if Kenya is to potentially achieve FAA Category One status within 12-18 months. Despite the high salaries demanded by these inspectors, Prime Minister Odinga and Transpor [...]
2008-08-28 06:38:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2053SOMALIA - President and Prime Minister Face Hostile
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After signing an August 26 agreement in Addis Ababa to reconcile internal political conflicts, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein returned to Baidoa to brief parliament on the accord. While the two senior officials convinced their respective camps to support the [...]
2008-09-02 11:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI211KENYA STATUS REPORT: JANUARY 18, 2008
[...] (SBU) AS OF 01/18/08 1700 HOURS (NAIROBI TIME): SECURITY SITUATION: POCKETS OF CONFRONTATION CONTINUED IN NAIROBI (KIBERA AND MATHARE) AND KISUMU (AND OUTSKIRTS) BETWEEN POLICE AND CIVILIANS, CHARACTERIZED IN LARGE PART BY GROUPS OF YOUNG MALES BURNING TIRES, VEHICLES AND RUBBISH AND SETTI [...]
2008-01-18 14:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KE PGOV
08NAIROBI2140PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]
2008-09-10 16:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2158Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]
2008-09-12 08:48:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2164 Somalia - Youth Enrichment Program on the Border
[...] Following on the success of the inaugural Somalia Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) in April (reftel),the Somalia Unit, including the embedded MIST team, conducted a second YEP in the border town of Mandera from August 25-28. Forty-five mostly Marehan clan Somali youth came across the border to [...]
2008-09-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO SO
08NAIROBI2182Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting
[...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...]
2008-09-17 10:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
08NAIROBI2200KENYA'S REFORM CHALLENGE
[...] (U) On September 17, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga received the final report from the commission investigating the conduct of Kenya's 2007 elections. Kofi Annan was scheduled to arrive in Nairobi on September 18 to receive the report as well. This report is the first to em [...]
2008-09-18 11:25:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2231SOMALIA - PUNTLAND RESPONSE TO A/S FRAZER'S PIRACY
[...] Post forwarded A/S Frazer's reftel letter urging more be done on piracy to Mohamed Muse Hersi, President of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Hersi's response follows in paragraph 3. 2. Separately, poloff shared A/S Frazer's letter with Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign relatio [...]
2008-09-22 13:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EWWT FR PGOV PINS PREL SO
08NAIROBI2247AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi September 3-4 to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...]
2008-09-23 13:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETRD ETTC MASS PREL KE
08NAIROBI2253MT. ELGON: STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] (C) In late July, the international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) issued a second, more detailed report alleging security forces' involvement in serious human rights violations during the joint military-police operation against the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF) in Mt. Elgon in March-April 200 [...]
2008-09-24 15:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS MASS KPKO KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2256AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi 3-4 September to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...]
2008-09-25 09:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDMASS KE
08NAIROBI2290WHITHER M/V FAINA'S TANKS?
[...] (S-NF) A shipment of 33 Ukrainian T-72 tanks and other ammunition and equipment aboard the M/V Faina, currently under the control of pirates off the coast of Somalia, has raised questions and controversy in Kenya about their final destination. It is a poorly kept secret that the tanks are boun [...]
2008-10-02 15:46:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNMASS PTER PHSA KE UP SO SU
08NAIROBI232PRESIDENT YUSUF'S CONCERN OVER RIYALE'S U.S. VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abullahi Yusuf dispatched an envoy from London to express his strong concern to Ambassador Ranneberger and Special Envoy Yates over the visit of Somaliland President Riyale to Washington. Yusuf considers the visit's timin [...]
2008-01-22 15:19:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALAU PREL PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2326KENYA'S FLIGHT TOWARDS FAA "CATEGORY-1" STALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A plan by Prime Minister Odinga to provide the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) with resources to quickly hire and retain inspectors to certify Kenya Airways' (KQ) fleet is languishing in Cabinet. KCAA needs these inspectors onboard now to certify KQ's Boeing 737s, 767s, a [...]
2008-10-09 10:44:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC PTER KCRM KE
08NAIROBI2333TARGETED ATTACKS IN BAIDOA
[...] (SBU) The last three months have seen the number of armed attacks targeting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarians or their perceived allies increase in Baidoa, the seat of the TFG's parliament, and in Mogadishu. There have been high-profile attacks in the southern coastal town [...]
2008-10-10 12:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PTER SOCI SO
08NAIROBI234ELECTION CRISIS -- ANTI-U.S. GOVERNMENT
[...] (U) Throughout last week, the government,s office of public communications placed prominent advertisements in the print and broadcast media accusing the U.S. and others of contributing to violence. The advertisements varied in text, but evoked similar themes. All were entitled "Setting the R [...]
2008-01-22 16:41:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2368Somalia - Puntland Success in Anti-Piracy Operation
[...] On October 14, security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland Region completed a successful operation against pirates operating off Somalia's coast. On October 9, pirates seized the Panamanian-flagged vessel "The Wail" while it was en route from Oman to the Bossaso port in Puntland. [...]
2008-10-15 15:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EWWT PTER PREL SO
08NAIROBI2369SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...]
2008-10-15 15:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI240KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - THE ROLE OF THE
[...] (U) With the election crisis taking an ever greater toll on business interests (see reftel),the business community has become increasingly engaged in lobbying for a political solution. While it is hard to determine precisely what impact this will have, the voice of the business community is [...]
2008-01-22 19:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2441SOMALIA - REFUGEES SWELL DADAAB CAMPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of 45,000 new Somali refugees since January 2008 to the three Dadaab refugee camps in Eastern Kenya has exacerbated tensions between the local community and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) over jobs, service contracts and the environmental [...]
2008-10-28 08:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PREF EAID SO KE
08NAIROBI2468SOMALIA - INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CANDIDATE
[...] As requested reftel, we asked our contacts about Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf, candidate for the International Court of Justice. Yusuf, a lawyer, left Somalia in the 1960s. He joined the UN and reportedly worked for many years in the United States. He is now retired, but has continued to work as [...]
2008-10-28 15:03:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC UNGA SO
08NAIROBI2520SOMALIA: IGAD SUMMIT ISSUES TIMELINE IN EFFORT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Like day one (reftel),the October 29 closing session of the IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia featured protracted, closed-door negotiations, and pointed criticism of the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG). The Summit communique (para 9),established a timeline fo [...]
2008-10-30 15:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI SO ET
08NAIROBI2522 The "One-Two" Punch to Kenya's Economy
[...] (SBU) Still recovering from the blow of post-election violence, the Kenyan economy is now being hit by the global financial crisis. This "one-two" punch spells trouble for Kenya's economic prospects at least over the short-term. Indicators of less than optimal growth include declining remitta [...]
2008-10-31 08:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR KE
08NAIROBI2551POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE COMMISSION REPORT:
[...] (U) Two weeks after release of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV) report (refs A and B),Kenya's political leaders continue to publicly grapple with fallout. Of particular contention is whether to implement the report's recommendations for a special tribunal to try [...]
2008-11-04 14:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2553SOMALIA - Business and Investment Council Shares U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 26 the chairman and members of the Djibouti-based Somali Business and Investment Council (SBIC) told us that key business leaders are ready to support the peace process in Somalia and begin a new chapter in relations with the U.S. Government. The businessmen welcome [...]
2008-11-05 11:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID SO
08NAIROBI2579SOMALIA - Deputy Prime Minister Questions TFG Future
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the margins of the IGAD summit in Nairobi, A/S Frazer met with TFG Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Abdisalam Adan. Abdisalam noted the fragility of the TFG and the ARS and the importance of strengthening both institutions and the Djibouti process that binds them. The DPM emphasi [...]
2008-11-13 04:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2580SOMALIA - A/S Frazer Meeting with ARS Leaders
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed the importance of a political solution as the foundation for increasing security and addressing Somalia's humanitarian crisis with leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia. ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif indicated [...]
2008-11-13 05:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SO
08NAIROBI2581SOMALIA: MELES'S POST-IGAD EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: Immediately on the heels of the October 28 - 29 IGAD Extraordinary Summit on Somalia, Assistant Secretary Frazer discussed with Prime Minister Meles the way forward with the faltering Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and its merger with the Alliance for the Reliberatio [...]
2008-11-13 05:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SO ET
08NAIROBI2600 SOMALIA - MERKA, OTHER LOWER SHABELLE TOWNS CHANGE HANDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 05:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PGOV SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2602SOMALIA - ARS LEADERS READY FOR RADICAL CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) seek to consolidate support from their recent mission in Somalia and are committed to the Djibouti Process and a unity government, even as internal strife threatens to implode the Transitional Federal Government (TFG [...]
2008-11-17 13:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS SO
08NAIROBI2605 KENYA ECONOMIC NOTES
[...] (SBU) GOK MOVES APACE ON AGOA FORUM PREPARATIONS 2. (SBU) CIVAIR AUTHORITY RAMPING UP FOR FAA CATEGORY 1 3. (SBU) ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CONCEDES WEAKNESSES 4. (SBU) KENYA RAILWAYS: STRUGGLING TO GET BACK ON TRACK 5. (SBU) MACRO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS SUGGEST SLUGGISH GROWTH 6. (SB [...]
2008-11-18 06:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR EAIR ASEC
08NAIROBI2610A TALE OF TWO EL WAKS
[...] (SBU) El Wak, Kenya lies just across the border from El Wak, Somalia. Both towns are dominated by the Garre clan, which is now engulfed in a violent struggle for dominance over the Murulle clan. The conflict has spread into Somalia and has exacerbated relations between the Garre and Marehan, [...]
2008-11-18 13:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KCRM KE SO
08NAIROBI2612SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8
[...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...]
2008-11-18 14:45:00Embassy NairobiSECRETEWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2613MARTHA KARUA ELECTED AS NARC-KENYA PARTY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14, a convention of 2,000 delegates of the National Rainbow Coalition - Kenya (NARC-Kenya) elected current Minister of Justice, National Cohesion, and Constitutional Affairs Martha Karua as its Chairperson. Karua has made no secret of her desire to contest the 2012 K [...]
2008-11-19 08:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2618SOMALIA - Diaspora Business Thrives in Dubai
[...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is the first of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora. Though Somalia remains mired in conflict, the country's private sector boasts successful operations in a variety of sectors including livestock, telecommunications, shipping, transportation, import and exports of [...]
2008-11-20 07:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2619SOMALIA - Political Perspectives from Dubai
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the second of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora (Reftel). The Somali community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drives Somalia's economy, and is intimately involved in its political landscape. Commercial ties within the Dubai business community are cross-cl [...]
2008-11-20 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2643SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF: I AM A DEMOCRAT, NOT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, Special Envoy Yates met with an intractable President Yusuf, who made it clear that he was unable to work with Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein and was more interested in assigning blame than moving forward on a peace process. Yusuf termed the Prime Minister's [...]
2008-11-21 16:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2652SOMALIA - PM and President Disagree on Cabinet
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 16 press conference, Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Hassan Hussein "Nur Adde" announced the new cabinet members he submitted to President Yusuf (see paragraphs 6-8). President Yusuf has rejected the Prime Minister's cabinet on legal grounds. [...]
2008-11-24 14:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2660EL WAK RESIDENTS ACCUSE KENYAN SECURITY FORCES OF
[...] (C) Summary. 34 residents of El Wak, North Eastern Province, interviewed by Embassy Officers have alleged that Kenyan security forces, primarily police, engaged in human rights abuses as part of an operation in late October to confiscate illegal arms. The pattern of operations -- and allega [...]
2008-11-25 12:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2679SOMALIA - PM Installs New Banadir Government
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 23, a Transitional Federal Government-appointed committee elected a new Banadir administration, in accordance with an IGAD-imposed deadline and more than two months after Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein dissolved the former administration on September 12 in a bitter [...]
2008-11-28 03:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2681SOMALIA - Agreement to Structure Unity Government and
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the latest round of Djibouti Agreement talks on November 25, the moderate islamist Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) agreed on plans for a unity government. The text of their communique is in paragraph 5. The parti [...]
2008-11-28 07:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SO DJ
08NAIROBI2710GOK EFFORT TO PRESERVE VITAL FOREST HITS POLITICAL
[...] The Kenyan government's (GOK) attempt to preserve and restore the environmentally and economically important Mau Forest Complex (the Mau Forest) by evicting legal and illegal settlers (reftel) has caused political problems within Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) p [...]
2008-12-04 06:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG SENV SOCI KE
08NAIROBI2715 KENYA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: LATE NOV/EARLY DEC '08
[...] (SBU) CENTRAL BANK PREPS FOR ECONOMIC HEADWINDS 2. (SBU) DEMAND FOR KENYAN TEA FALLS SHARPLY 3. (SBU) TEA WORKERS GET PAY HIKE; GOK FORMS LABOR BOARD 4. (SBU) INTERPOL-KWS MAKE PROGRESS ON POACHING 5. (SBU) PM CONTINUES PRIVATE SECTOR ENGAGEMENT 6. (SBU) CORRUPTION: FORMER FINANCE [...]
2008-12-04 12:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV EAGR ELAB EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR
08NAIROBI2716 KENYA ASPIRES TO BUILD A NUCLEAR PLANT BY 2015
[...] As reported in ref B, although it has no known fissionable material, Kenya aspires to build its first medium-sized 1,000 MW nuclear plant by 2015 as part of a multifaceted strategy to boost power production. The Government of Kenya (GOK) will appeal to the private sector to finance the plant' [...]
2008-12-04 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY EINV SENV BEXP BTIO KE
08NAIROBI2718SOMALIA - Somaliland: "Terror Attacks Will Not Deter Us"
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale and Minister of Planning Ali Ibrahim Mohamed told us that despite the recent terror attacks, Somaliland will not veer from its democratic path. Ministers Duale and Mohamed said that Somaliland author [...]
2008-12-04 15:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PNAT SOCI ECON SO
08NAIROBI2721PROMOTING PEACE IN KENYA'S UPPER EASTERN PROVINCE
[...] Kenya's remote upper Eastern Province is caught in a cycle of violence driven by competition over scarce resources and characterized by inter-tribal revenge killings and livestock raiding. Local politicians have a history of quietly supporting these activities, which has made grassroots effor [...]
2008-12-05 05:52:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM ASEC PHUM SENV KE ET
08NAIROBI2738EMBASSY CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF AFRICA
[...] (U) Embassy Nairobi has reviewed and supports S/CT's proposal to provide training in Best Practices and Lessons Learned in Counterinsurgency Operations to Kenya to help this nation build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. 2. (C) The [...]
2008-12-08 14:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKTIA MARR MASS PTER KE SO
08NAIROBI2755SOMALIA - AL-SHABAAB GAINS BUT BATTLES CONTINUE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite partnering with the moderate Islamist Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) to create a unity government, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has been unable to influence security on the ground. TFG control in Somalia is limited to pockets of Mog [...]
2008-12-11 09:08:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV EAID PINR PHUM SOCI MOPS MARR SO ET
08NAIROBI2759SOMALIA - ARS Delegation Arrives in Mogadishu, Rallies
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, ARS Chairman Sheikh Sharif Ahmed and more than twenty other ARS leaders arrived in Mogadishu. This is expected to be a permanent relocation. Sheikh Sharif was encouraged to make the journey by supporters, who urged immediate action on the ground in light of re [...]
2008-12-11 12:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2769SOMALIA - Humanitarian Response
[...] (SBU) Summary. As conditions in Somalia continue to deteriorate, aid agencies are grappling with fundamental humanitarian dilemmas. Although the crisis has worsened it is not, nor will it likely become, a famine. Nevertheless, the latitude to operate in Somalia is shrinking, blurring the lin [...]
2008-12-11 22:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SO
08NAIROBI2780SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...]
2008-12-15 16:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO
08NAIROBI2781SOMALIA - SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S DECEMBER 18-20
[...] Your December 18-20 meetings with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives come at a time when some progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peace Process is being undercut by continued feuding among the Tran [...]
2008-12-15 16:17:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO
08NAIROBI2782SOMALIA - December 16 International Contact Group Meeting
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The December 16 International Contact Group (ICG) session comes at a critical time in the history of the TFG. A protracted fight between President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hussein took a further nosedive December 14, when Yusuf attempted to dismiss the Prime Minister. The Par [...]
2008-12-16 04:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO
08NAIROBI2790AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO GARISSA ELICITS CANDID
[...] The Ambassador recently travelled to Garissa, the provincial center of Kenya's predominantly Muslim North Eastern Province, to talk to the community about a range of issues. Feedback from the (mostly) Kenyan Somali community was generally positive toward the United States. There was great ap [...]
2008-12-16 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM SOCI PHUM KE SO ET
08NAIROBI2793GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS
[...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]
2008-12-16 12:15:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NAIROBI2806SOMALIA - Ambassador Hosts Humanitarian Roundtable
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Ranneberger hosted a roundtable meeting at Embassy Nairobi on December 10 with some of USAID's Somalia implementing partners. The discussion focused on the increasingly challenging operating environment in which aid assistance is being delivered in Somalia and the r [...]
2008-12-16 15:37:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI2839KENYA -- 2009 AGOA FORUM UPDATE
[...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. Pending confirmation from the Office of the President, Kenya is now likely to propose hosting the 2009 AGOA Forum in Nairobi during the August 3-7 timeframe versus the originally proposed timeframe of August 9-14. The preferred [...]
2008-12-18 13:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI2842LACEY AMENDMENTS WILL HELP KENYA PROTECT ITS DWINDLING
[...] (U) As instructed ref A, upon receipt, post provided Lacey Act amendments to the Kenyan Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, National Environment Management Authority, and Forest Service, pointing out that the new regulations will help backstop Ken [...]
2008-12-19 05:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD KCRM EINV BTIO ENRG KGHG ECON KE
08NAIROBI2850PROTESTS OVER RESTRICTIVE MEDIA BILL
[...] Parliament passed a Media Bill on December 10 which, if signed by President Mwai Kibaki, would potentially subject the independent media to intrusive government interference. The Media Bill was presented to Parliament and the public as a series of amendments to the Communications Act of 1998. [...]
2008-12-19 13:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2864INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS MARRED BY POLICE
[...] Celebrations of Kenya's 45th Jamhuri (Independence) Day in Nairobi on December 12 turned slightly chaotic when police cracked down on protesters who disrupted President Mwai Kibaki's speech. Civil society aimed to use the event to highlight widespread discontent about skyrocketing food price [...]
2008-12-23 08:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI2865PRESIDENT, PM SIGN PACT TO FORM POST-ELECTION
[...] President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga signed on December 17 an agreement to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Post-Election Violence (CIPEV),also known as the Waki Commission (Reftels). The agreement tasks a Cabinet sub-committee to draft legisl [...]
2008-12-23 08:04:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2867NADR-FUNDED PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL PORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 08:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KY
08NAIROBI2869UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI
[...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...]
2008-12-23 12:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA
08NAIROBI2883SOMALIA - URGENT NEED FOR A UNPKO
[...] (C) Summary: A decision to deploy a United Nations peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Somalia offers the best, and probably only, opportunity to preserve and advance the important and hard-won gains our policy has made in Somalia. Specifically, the Djibouti Process is making serious steps towa [...]
2008-12-29 16:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID SOCI USUN SO ET
08NAIROBI2899Somalia - A Primer on the Puntland Elections
[...] (SBU) Summary: The semi-autonomous region of Puntland will hold presidential elections on January 8, 2009. The President will be elected by the Parliament. Following the disputed elections of 2001/2002 and the departure of then Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf for the Transitional Federal [...]
2008-12-31 11:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2901SOMALIA - A/S FRAZER TELLS PRESIDENT YUSUF TO GET
[...] (C) Summary: In two brief meetings while transiting Nairobi December 22, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Frazer told Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Yusuf that she did not disagree with his dire portrayal of worsening security in Somalia, and agreed that Alliance for t [...]
2008-12-31 15:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR MOPS SO ET
08NAIROBI310KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: EXPLAINING RIFT VALLEY
[...] The central region of Kenya's Rift Valley Province, known as "Kalenjin land" after its indigenous inhabitants, is the scene of the worst violence since the election crisis began in late December. Kenya's history of ethnic politics, land pressures, and shifting political alliances explain the [...]
2008-01-29 13:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI311KENYA ELECTORAL CRISIS: VIOLENCE FLARES IN
[...] (SBU) Late on January 24, a fresh round of violence erupted in Nakuru, Naivasha, and Tomboroa -- all Rift Valley Province towns near the border of Kikuyu-dominated Central Province. The highest death toll was in Nakuru, where clashes between rival armed gangs armed with machetes, spears, bows [...]
2008-01-29 14:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC PGOV KE
08NAIROBI312KENYA: A/S FRAZER,S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT KIBAKI
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer, joined by Ambassador Ranneberger, met with President Mwai Kibaki on January 5 and January 7 to seek a path towards ending the political crisis stemming from the disputed December 27 presidential election results. She carried with her Secretary Rice's [...]
2008-01-29 14:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI354KENYA - FEBRUARY 1 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: The talks continue, but there are signs that the PNU continues to search for means of peeling away ODM members of parliament, encouraging ODM schisms and otherwise finding a way out that does not involve actual power sharing with Raila Odinga. The ODM tried unsuc [...]
2008-02-01 13:06:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI357KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - PROCESS OF DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenyans welcomed the political dialogue launched by Kofi Annan on January 29 as a desperately needed step towards ending violence and achieving a resolution of the crisis. Annan has chosen Cyril Ramaphosa as his chief mediator. The visit of Ban Ki-moon provided support for the m [...]
2008-02-01 19:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI380KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - STATE OF PLAY AND NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary. Having reached agreements regarding violence and humanitarian issues, the Annan-mediated talks between the government and ODM today started focusing on elements of a political solution. Annan wants to achieve this by February 13. The two sides start this discussion with diamet [...]
2008-02-05 19:25:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KE
08NAIROBI383KENYAN CEOS CALL FOR PEACE, RECONCILIATION, REFORMS, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 300 CEOs from firms employing 12 million Kenyans met on February 5 to issue a strong statement on the need for peace, security, reconciliation, reconstruction, and reform for Kofi Annan to deliver to Government-ODM negotiators. Although the final text (para 8) of the CEO su [...]
2008-02-06 12:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KE
08NAIROBI419KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: NEARING THE CRUNCH POINT
[...] (C) Summary. Now that Kenya's peace talks have begun to focus on political issues, they are expected to rapidly reach the crunch point regarding power-sharing. There are constructive developments that mitigate in favor of progress, but also indications that achieving this will be extremely d [...]
2008-02-08 13:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI446Somalia - Tour d'Horizon with the Prime Minister
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Somalia's Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein offered his perspectives on establishing security in Mogadishu, reconciliation, training troops, selecting ministers, and focusing on transitional tasks during a February 8 lunch meeting. The Prime Minister reviewed many of the same [...]
2008-02-11 12:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN EAID SO
08NAIROBI493 KENYA: PARTNERSHIP PRESENTATION
[...] The text of the U.S.-Kenya Partnership Presentation was first reported via reftel in January 2007. It is repeated below for your information. In preparing the Secretary for her trip to Nairobi on Monday, the presentation serves as a reminder that, the current political crisis notwithstandin [...]
2008-02-15 10:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON ETRD EFIN KE
08NAIROBI514KENYA - FEBRUARY 20 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: On the heels of the Secretary's successful visit, which is being reported in septels, the Kofi Annan-led negotiations in Nairobi resumed in earnest on February 19. Annan says that the parties are close to a deal on political power-sharing and we are optimistic t [...]
2008-02-20 12:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI516Somalia -- Former PM Gedi Concerned about Debt, Reputation
[...] (C) SE Yates met with former Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi February 12 to review current developments in Somalia and the status of Gedi's asylum request. Gedi spent considerable time spinning self-serving refutations of allegations that while Prime Minister he engaged in corrupt practices an [...]
2008-02-20 14:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO ET
08NAIROBI521 BEEF, BREAD, AND BUTTER GETTING SCARCER AND PRICIER IN
[...] (U) Summary. Agricultural analysts predict that Kenya may suffer food shortages by late 2008 if post-election violence does not stop. Government stockpiles of corn will suffice for the next seven months, but observers note that many farmers in the upper Rift Valley have been unable to work t [...]
2008-02-21 12:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ETRD ELAB PGOV KE
08NAIROBI531CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...]
2008-02-23 13:14:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR EFIN KE
08NAIROBI532CHARTERHOUSE BANK SCANDAL: THE BAD GUYS ARE STRIKING BACK
[...] (C) Summary: Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) officials believe Chief Justice Evans Gicheru's sudden decision to give priority to hearing appeals by the money laundering Charterhouse Bank to remove the statutory manager, rather than hearing the CBK's appeals, indicates that Gicheru has been compromi [...]
2008-02-24 08:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR EFIN KE
08NAIROBI547KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS - KOFI ANNAN'S FEBRUARY
[...] On February 25, Kofi Annan issued the following press statement after meeting with both Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga and President Mwai Kibaki. Begin Text. KENYA NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND RECONCILIATION Press Statement By Kofi Annan After four hours of intense negoti [...]
2008-02-26 05:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI566Somalia -- TFG Divided at the Top
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Differences between President Abdullahi Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein threaten to halt the recent progress made by Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The primary issue is how to pursue the process of reconciliation while at the same time addressing the thre [...]
2008-02-26 15:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI574KENYA: BEHIND A CALM FACADE, HARDLINERS PREPARE FOR MORE VIOLENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Kenya has been tense but remarkably calm since the end of January, thanks in large part to the progress being made in the Kofi Annan-mediated peace talks and the visit of the Secretary. Tensions remain very high, however, and behind this calm facade lurks the potential for more fer [...]
2008-02-27 10:32:00Embassy NairobiSECRETASEC PGOV KE
08NAIROBI601KENYA'S POLITICAL CRISIS: TEXT OF FEBRUARY 28
[...] On February 28, President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga signed a much awaited power-sharing agreement in Nairobi, paving the way for a coalition government. The text of the agreement and its proposed companion legislation, which will be considered by Parliament when it conve [...]
2008-02-28 18:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI656KENYA CHANGES ITS BUDGET PRIORITIES AND TIGHTENS ITS BELT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Kenya (GOK) is appropriately making plans to shift its budget focus to reconstruction and recovery in the wake of the post-electoral political crisis and resulting civil unrest. Enormous resources will be required, with over $14.3 million already set aside initi [...]
2008-03-06 12:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV SOCI KE
08NAIROBI680Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society
[...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2008-03-10 14:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI693TEXT OF NATIONAL ACCORD AND RECONCILIATION BILL
[...] On March 6, the Kenya Gazette Supplement published the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill of 2008. This Bill will be debated by Parliament at its next session on March 11. Begin text. A Bill for An Act of Parliament to give effect to the Agreement on the Principles of Partnership of [...]
2008-03-11 10:37:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI734Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf
[...] (S) Summary: President Yusuf confirmed that he had endorsed the draft TFG Reconciliation Strategy prepared by the Prime Minister and Cabinet during meeting with Special Envoy March 10. He asked again for our support to assist the TFG to accomplish the tasks stipulated in the Transitional Fede [...]
2008-03-14 10:21:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI76KENYA: JANUARY 8 STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) As of 01/08 1700 hours (Nairobi time): Security: Nation-wide, calm but tense. No skirmishes reported. ODM "postponed" planned rally for today and has indicated it may hold one on Thursday, pending outcome of international mediation of a political settlement. Police remain in force in w [...]
2008-01-08 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KE PREF
08NAIROBI762KENYA: SAFARICOM IPO GETS GREEN LIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: With all elements of the new Kenyan coalition government in agreement, Kenya's Minister of Finance has given the green light for the launch on March 28 of the largest initial public offering (IPO) in the country's history. The government will sell to the public $770 million in [...]
2008-03-18 13:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KE
08NAIROBI786KENYA'S PARLIAMENT AMENDS CONSTITUTION AND ADOPTS
[...] Kenya's grand coalition government is now a legal reality. On March 18, Kenya's parliament adopted the Constitutional Amendment Bill and the National Accord and Reconciliation Bill (reftels a and c),which create a prime minister position and further secure the power-sharing agreement betwee [...]
2008-03-19 15:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI796Somalia -- Conversation with TFG President Yusuf
[...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy Yates met with President Yusuf to discuss reconciliation efforts, the humanitarian situation, the fight against terrorism, and security concerns. The President agreed to take action on appointing a single point-of-contact in the TFG on humanitarian issues, a lo [...]
2008-03-20 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC PREL SO
08NAIROBI8KENYA ELECTIONS: INTERIM REPORT OF PAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 15:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI803 Kenya After the Crisis: The Ambassador's Visit
[...] (U) Summary. On March 1-2 the Ambassador visited several areas of Rift Valley which were hit hard by the post-election violence. While all these areas were calm in the wake of the signing of the February 28 political accord, they remain traumatized by what happened. People are hopeful that [...]
2008-03-20 16:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ASEC PHUM KE US
08NAIROBI804MT. ELGON MILITARY OPERATION CONTINUES, CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary: Kenyan military forces continue to support police attempts in the Mt. Elgon region to eliminate the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF),an informal militia drawn from the Soy subclan of the Kalenjin tribe that may number in the thousands. As of March 18, Kenyan security forces had [...]
2008-03-20 16:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMOPS ASEC PGOV PHUM KE TZ SU
08NAIROBI878Somalia Prime Minister and President at Odds
[...] (C) Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein confided in SE Yates that he believes President Yusuf is organizing to have him removed from office. He asked for our support and advice on how to handle what he termed as "increasingly aggressive attacks" aga [...]
2008-04-01 15:05:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO ET
08NAIROBI893COALITION CABINET STILL NOT FORMED
[...] (C) Summary. The failure of the two sides thus far to reach agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet threatens momentum to resolve the Kenya post-elections crisis. We have been working intensively with both sides to press for rapid agreement (see ref A which lays out U.S. engagement) [...]
2008-04-03 09:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI896DEAL REACHED ON COALITION CABINET
[...] (C) Per reftel, President Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate) Odinga met on April 3 to discuss the composition of a coalition cabinet. Odinga told me that the meeting resulted in an "agreement in principle." Kibaki and Odinga agreed that there will be 40 ministries. Kibaki's side will ke [...]
2008-04-03 13:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI902Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia
[...] (C) Ambassador and Special Envoy met in Nairobi the week of March 31-April 4 with senior members of the Asmara-based Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS),including Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Executive Committee Chairman, and Sharif Hassan Sheikh Adan, Central Committee Chairman. [...]
2008-04-04 16:09:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO
08NAIROBI960RESOLVING KENYA'S CABINET IMBROGLIO
[...] (C) Summary. President Kibaki and PM-designate Odinga have still not reached agreement on composition of a coalition cabinet. The difference between them is over 2-3 ministries. The impasse has heightened tensions. There was sporadic violence April 8 and 9, but the country is now calm. H [...]
2008-04-09 18:11:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI989 KENYA'S GRAND COALITION CABINET UNVEILED
[...] President Mwai Kibaki unveiled a 40 member grand coalition cabinet on April 13, 2008 in a televised speech to the nation. The text of the speech, containing the list of Ministries, Ministers, and Assistant Ministers, follows. An analysis of the cabinet and challenges ahead will follow septel. [...]
2008-04-14 11:40:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI999CABINET DEAL REACHED
[...] (C) Summary. Intervention by the Secretary and strong support from A/S Frazer were decisive in persuading President Kibaki and Prime Minister-designate Odinga to reach agreement on the cabinet, which was announced April 13. Kibaki and Odinga both saw the U.S. as the only party who could work [...]
2008-04-15 12:25:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAPLES36ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This is the first of a three-part series; this message offers some background on organized crime in Southern Italy and examines its political dimensions. Organized crime is one of Southern Italy's greatest challenges to economic growth and political stability, [...]
2008-06-04 15:34:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NAPLES37ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY II: HOW ORGANIZED CRIME DISTORTS
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second of a three-part series; this message examines the economic dimension of organized crime in Southern Italy. According to a recent study, organized crime is the biggest individual segment of the Italian economy, accounting for seven percent of GDP. Wherever it occurs, [...]
2008-06-06 10:50:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM SENV SNAR EFIN PGOV KCOR IT
08NAPLES38ORGANIZED CRIME III: CONFRONTING ORGANIZED CRIME IN
[...] (C) Summary: This is the third of a three-part series (see reftels A-B for parts I and II); this message offers views on how to combat organized crime in Italy. The USG has a significant stake in the fight against organized crime in Italy. The Italian crime syndicates help support terrorist groups [...]
2008-06-06 17:20:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NAPLES79SOUTHERN ITALY'S GROWING ENERGY SECTOR
[...] Summary: While Italy continues to import up to 90 percent of its energy needs, increasing production in southern Italy has the potential to slightly reduce the country's dependence on oil and gas from Russia and North Africa. Ironically, the growing production in the South has not prevented [...]
2008-10-31 15:59:00Consulate NaplesUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY BEXP KGHG SENV IT RS
08NAPLES96CAN CALABRIA BE SAVED?
[...] (SBU) Summary: If it were not part of Italy, Calabria would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta organized crime syndicate controls vast portions of its territory and economy, and accounts for at least three percent of Italy's GDP (probably much more) through drug trafficking, extortion and usury. La [...]
2008-12-02 15:02:00Consulate NaplesCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL BEXP SENV SOCI KCRM KCOR IT
08NASSAU126 2008 BAHAMAS BUSINESS OUTLOOK
[...] SUMMARY: Presenters at the 17th Annual Bahamas Business Outlook Conference discussed substantial challenges to the Bahamian economy, including the need to: upgrade the infrastructure on New Providence, conclude investment deals quickly, and develop new ways to appeal to tourists. They painted [...]
2008-02-08 20:24:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR BEXP ETRD BF
08NASSAU146ELECTION COURT CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT WIN AFTER
[...] (U) The first of three legal challenges to results of the May 2007 elections was decided January 21 with a recount confirming the victory of the governing FNM party's candidate. The decision leaves the Ingraham government with an unassailable majority and scuppers any hopes the opposition PL [...]
2008-02-15 21:37:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BF
08NASSAU160COAST GUARD STOPS HAITIAN MIGRANT SURGE, BUT LONG
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A U.S. Coast Guard cutter overtook a sailboat packed with 73 Haitian migrants on February 7, in the latest of four significant interdictions in the Windward Passage over a span of three weeks. The recent surge in migrants saw 447 Haitians rescued at sea by the USCG cutter, with [...]
2008-02-21 22:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SMIG HA BF
08NASSAU191U.S.-BAHAMAS COUNTER-DRUG TASK FORCE REVIEWS TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counternarcotics/Illegal Migration Task Force Meeting (JTF) between the United States, The Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands on December 14, 2007. The parties discussed trafficking trends, reviewed year-to- [...]
2008-03-03 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU193THE BAHAMAS -- EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (U) As requested in reftel, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. --------------------------------- Para 27 -- OVERVIEW OF ACTIVITIES --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A: Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or desti [...]
2008-03-04 14:20:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BF
08NASSAU206PM INGRAHAM OUTLINES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Ingraham recently delivered an upbeat assessment of his government's accomplishments in 2007 against the background of negative economic conditions in the wider world and worries over crime and economic uncertainty at home. Ingraham put a brave face on "a difficult year" [...]
2008-03-10 17:54:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON SMIG BF
08NASSAU228CARICOM LEADERS ADDRESS CRIME, TOURISM, ECONOMIC
[...] (U) CARICOM heads of government gathered in Nassau March 7-8 for an inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting that focused on preventing crime, lowering the cost of living, and improving domestic economic links with their important tourism sectors. Reflecting mounting concerns throughout th [...]
2008-03-19 15:51:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD BF XL
08NASSAU398SECOND TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE DISCUSSES DRUG AND MIGRANT TRAFFICKING AND ASSISTANCE FOR HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-21 18:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL TK UK BF DR HA
08NASSAU56MP'S SURPRISE RESIGNATION UPSETS POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) The opposition PLP lost a seat in parliament January 9 as a Nassau MP resigned suddenly and declared himself an independent. The MP's defection undermines the PLP leadership's post-election strategy of contesting three races in election court in hopes of overturning the governing FNM's [...]
2008-01-22 22:51:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU62BAHAMAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO DEPORTEE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Top Bahamian government officials remain committed to implementing IOM's State Department-funded Deportee Reintegration Pilot Project, voicing no regional reservations or caveats. The Bahamian position indicates that there is no "CARICOM consensus" to decline U.S. aid on depo [...]
2008-01-23 22:38:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM BF EAID
08NASSAU657PM'S OFFICE FOCUSED ON TRAVEL, PORT SECURITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's Permanent Secretary focused on domestic issues that impact the tourism sector, the bedrock of the national economy, such as consular and travel issues, air and seaport security, and U.S. investment during a wide-ranging discussion with DCM September 15. They [...]
2008-09-17 16:01:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALCASC EAIR ECON EINV PGOV PREL BF
08NASSAU711HAITIAN AMBASSADOR OPPOSES SLOOP BAN, SEEKS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Haitian Ambassador told Charge he seeks to better organize the Haitian-Bahamian community in order to more effectively lobby the GCOB on issues of concern. He also expressed opposition to a new GCOB ban on wooden-hulled commercial sailing sloops citing its negative economic [...]
2008-10-07 21:14:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR BF HA
08NASSAU764AFTER SUMMER RESHUFFLE, NEW GCOB INITIATIVES AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ingraham consolidated his government after a cabinet reshuffle in July and launched several new initiatives in the first hundred days since. The new Ministry of Environment has energetically pushed renewable energy options, while the new Minister of Tourism has u [...]
2008-10-30 14:17:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ECON BF
08NASSAU856NOVEMBER TSA ASSESSMENT REPORTS MAJOR IMPROVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: A TSA assessment team visited Nassau November 17 ) 26 to conduct a follow-up inspection of airport security procedures at Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA). The team noted &tremendous amounts of improvement8 to security procedures since their last visit in September [...]
2008-12-04 22:16:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON PREL PGOV BF
08NASSAU863TOP IMMIGRATION STAFF OUT AFTER SHAKE-UP
[...] (C) Six top administrators, including the deputy director, in the Department of Immigration were unexpectedly offered retirement packages in apparent response to long-standing allegations of inefficiency and corruption by the Minister of Immigration appointed after the cabinet reshuffle in Ju [...]
2008-12-09 21:04:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ELAB BF
08NASSAU897TRIP REPORT FOR FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS DECEMBER 10-11, 2008
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Pol/Econ/PD Chief traveled to Freeport, The Bahamas December 10-11 to attend the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Stakeholders Consultation and meet with local Island Administrators, representatives of the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, the CEO of Hutchinson Container Port, and [...]
2008-12-18 21:57:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EFIN EAIR ECON BF
08NDJAMENA106FRENCH READY FOR ONE LAST CHAD EVACUATION, ACTIVE IN PROMOTING POLITICAL REFORM PROCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French Charge D'Aaffaires, a reprise of the February 2-3 attack on N'Djamena is less likely, particularly in view of the thinning Zaghawa forces Timan Erdimi's RFC. France is ready to perform another evacuation if need be, but a second evacuation would trigger t [...]
2008-03-20 13:44:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CD SU CASC
08NDJAMENA108EASTERN CHAD: EUFOR OUTPACING MINURCAT, IMPROVING SECURITY
[...] SUMMARY. Despite earlier delays, the European Mission in eastern Chad has now leapfrogged impressively ahead of the UN police training mission which provides the raison d'etre for its presence. Hopes are pinned on the recent arrival of UN Special Representative Victor Angelo to speed up MINUR [...]
2008-03-20 16:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV ASEC CD SU
08NDJAMENA111NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This is an action message: See para 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) New MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo briefed ambassador 3/21 on progress since he arrived two weeks ago, especially signing a Status of Mission Agreement with the GOC, after having successfully for now resisted GO [...]
2008-03-25 10:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA117HAVING DEFENDED DEBY, JEM/CL MOVES TO SOLIDIFY NEW UMBRELLA
[...] (SBU) Summary. JEM/Collective Leadership fought on behalf of President Deby's government during the February rebel offensive in order to prevent Sudan from using Deby's collapse to "finish off" the Darfur conflict, JEM/CL Chairman Bahar Idriss Abu Gharda told Poloffs on March 25. Abu Gharda cl [...]
2008-03-27 12:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA119CHAD FOREIGN MINISTER: GIVE BORDER MONITORING MORE
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide ranging meeting with Chad Foreign Minister Allam-mi the Ambassador broached the topic of what messages the United States might usefully convey to Chadian rebels that approached us. Allam-mi urged commitment to the Sirte accords and asked for U.S. assistance in putting [...]
2008-03-28 12:42:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NDJAMENA122JAMOUS: DEBY STRONG, ABDELWAHID AL NUR WEAK, AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to recent defections within two of the major Chadian opposition movements, President Idriss Deby's Government "faces no major danger" in the next year, SLA/Unity leader Suleiman Jamous told Poloffs on March 25. He nonetheless warned that Deby's overthrow at the instigation o [...]
2008-03-28 12:44:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA123DARFUR: TENSIONS MOUNT BETWEEN JEM AND URF REBELS
[...] (C) Two Darfur rebel movements--JEM and the URF--are on the verge of "war" and conflict has erupted between their forces in Chad in recent weeks, according to the chief URF commander. While JEM's military strength is declining as a result of a recent Sudanese offensive and widespread defectio [...]
2008-03-28 14:47:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID CD SU
08NDJAMENA126CHADIAN INSIDER CONFIRMS RIFT WITH JEM, UNITY
[...] (C) A rift has emerged between the Chadian Government and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a businessman with close ties to President Deby and a prominent SLA/Unity commander, told Poloff. Verifying previous reports that SLA/Unity's leadership has ceased its infighting and coalesced a [...]
2008-03-31 17:57:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRETPREL PGOV UN AU CD
08NDJAMENA127DAUSA DEBY IMPLIES MORE DIRECT CHADIAN ROLE IN
[...] (C) The international community is ill-suited to mediate the Darfur conflict without the assistance of the Chadian Government, Dausa Deby, the influential half brother of President Idriss Deby and long-time interlocutor with Darfur's rebel movements, told Poloff. Recalling Chad's success in b [...]
2008-04-01 09:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA134JEM DEVELOPS FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR TALKS AS UN/AU
[...] (SBU) Viewing the UN/AU mediation for Darfur as "paralyzed," JEM is crafting a "framework agreement" that outlines its conditions for adherence to a cessation of hostilities and participation in negotiations with the Sudanese Government. If Sudan then rejects negotiations, JEM will return to a [...]
2008-04-03 09:25:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN AU CD SU
08NDJAMENA149PRESIDENT DEBY ON TALKING TO REBELS, THREAT
[...] (C) President Deby told Ambassador April 8 that he welcomed U.S. interest in engaging with Chadian rebel factions to encourage them to lay down weapons and seek a peaceful solution to their grievances. Deby asked the United States to support ongoing regional efforts to reduce tensions between [...]
2008-04-09 15:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS SU CD
08NDJAMENA162Petroleum in Chad: Business as Usual
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the Government's full attention focused on security, representatives of the Esso (ExxonMobil)led Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline consortium, report "business as usual" in the petroleum sector with minimal friction with governmental authorities. Both Chinese and Taiwanese oil sec [...]
2008-04-16 17:43:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CD
08NDJAMENA166CHAD: LOGISTICS CHALLENGES AS RAINY SEASON LOOMS, AND PORT
[...] Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) Dan Suther visited Chad 9-18 April to assess WFP's logistical operation for eastern Chad. WFP/Chad has a difficult task ahead providing seven months of food for over 400,000 refugees and IDPs before the end of June: distributing May-June rations as well a [...]
2008-04-18 18:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV CD CT LY SU
08NDJAMENA171CHAD PRIME MINISTER ASKS U.S. HELP IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: New Prime Minister Youssouf Saleh Abbas urgently asked for U.S. assistance in requesting the postponement of what he fears may be a World Bank decision to terminate activities in Chad. We agree that the new government should be g [...]
2008-04-21 17:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EAID CD
08NDJAMENA18ESCALATING TENSIONS AS A CONFIDENT DEBY ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary: On January 5, Chadian President Deby delivered a blunt and confrontational speech to a pro-government rally accusing Sudan of trying to destabilize Chad by backing Chad's rebel groups. Meanwhile, news media reported on January 7 that Chadian forces bombed rebel bases along the Dar [...]
2008-01-08 14:18:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL CD SU
08NDJAMENA228NEW SRSG FOR MINURCAT/EAST CHAD GIVES AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) The PRM Chad Program Officer met with UN Mission to the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT) Police Commissioner Antero Lopes to discuss the status of MINURCAT,s deployment. The deployment has been delayed several months but seems to be finally picking up speed under the current [...]
2008-05-22 09:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MARR EAID UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA238CHAD RESPONSE: CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since reopening its embassy in N'djamena in 2006, China's engagement with Chad has focused on responding to a variety of needs expressed by the Chadian government. Among the focus areas of Sino-Chadian cooperation are social services, energy, infrastructure, and military assistan [...]
2008-05-29 17:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG PREL CD
08NDJAMENA288 HARD TIMES: CHAD NEEDS USG HELP TO MEND FENCES
[...] (U) This is an action message: See para 15. ------------ Summary: ------------ 2. (SBU) Chad's new Prime Minister believes that the World Bank already has unfairly and unilaterally decided at the highest level to end its relationship with Chad in the petroleum sector, which would be [...]
2008-07-14 13:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN IMF IBRD EPET ETRD CD
08NDJAMENA292FORMIN FAKI SAYS GOC SEEKS BIGGER UN
[...] (C) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador July 14 that although Chad was committed to the Dakar Accord process, the GOC was becoming less confident in the "practicability" of implementation of the process's key piece -- military observers along the Chad-Sudan borders to identify violations by governmen [...]
2008-07-15 15:05:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MARR KPKO UN EU
08NDJAMENA334LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI'S "TRILATERAL
[...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya,s recent &Trilateral Initiative8 to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...]
2008-08-06 10:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF UNAUS EU SU LY FR CD
08NDJAMENA336LIBYAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS ON TRIPOLI?S
[...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback briefed me on Libya?s recent ?Trilateral Initiative? to bring peace between Chad and Sudan August 5. Shlback said that Qaddafi believed that the time was now ripe to try to bring the two feuding leaders back to the more productive relationship they once [...]
2008-08-06 15:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF UN EU SU LY FR CD
08NDJAMENA381CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008
[...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...]
2008-09-02 17:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD
08NDJAMENA396 THERE WILL BE BLOOD: A RAINY-SEASON
[...] (C) Chadian rebels nearly took the capital last February and attacked in force again in the east in June. The rebellion's order of battle has changed since then, with the Zaghawa RFC suffering major defections and a new "Quadruple Alliance" of UFDD, FSR, UFCD, and UFDD/F replacing the old "Tri [...]
2008-09-05 11:45:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PREF ASEC
08NDJAMENA40 CHAD: UPDATE ON EUFOR/MINURCAT IN CHAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. Chadian Foreign Minister Allam-mi told diplomats January 16 that Chad welcomed EUFOR/MINURCAT for the development dividend that the force was expected to bring and stressed that the force had "no hidden agenda to destabilize a neighbor." Although Allam-mi assured diplomats that [...]
2008-01-18 14:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSCR CD CT SU PREF PREL
08NDJAMENA411CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 8-12, 2008
[...] FOLLOWING SIGNATURE ON AUGUST 18, 2008 OF A PROTOCOL ANNEXED TO THE SIRTE ACCORD, 22 OFFICERS FROM THE REBEL "RASSEMBLEMENT DES FORCES DE CHANGEMENT" (RFC) ARRIVED IN NDJAMENA TO BEGIN REINTEGRATION INTO GOVERNMENT SERVICE. THE DELEGATION WAS LED BY COLONEL ISAACK BACHAR TOGOU, RFC'S DEFENSE CO [...]
2008-09-15 09:44:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA431CHAD'S CONFUSED FINANCES
[...] (C) Summary. IMF and Chad are on the verge of agreeing to an interim program that should lead back to a regular formal monitoring program in 2009. IMF rep Karangwa said new Finance Minister Ngoulou has the talent for the job, but is unproven in the rough and tumble politics of Chad's money mana [...]
2008-09-23 08:06:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL ECON CD
08NDJAMENA441CHAD CHRONICLE: SEPT 15-26, 2008
[...] THERE WAS MUCH PRESS DISCUSSSION DURING THE WEEK REGARDING REPLACEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE BY AN EXPANDED UNITED NATIONS PRESENCE. DESPITE GIVING SPACE TO OXFAM CRITICISMS SAYING THAT NO IMPROVEMENT OF THE SECURITY SITUATION HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS OXFAM'S ALLE [...]
2008-09-26 11:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA461EUFOR - POISE AND PROMISE IN CHAD'S TROUBLED EAST
[...] (C) Summary. The European Peace Keeping Force (EUFOR) in eastern Chad is operational and robust. Well equipped with APCs, tracked vehicles and helicopters, but even resorting to horses during te height of the rains, EUFOR patrols circulate egularly throughout the operational zone. Troopsassure [...]
2008-10-10 08:22:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF EU UN KPKO CD CT SU
08NDJAMENA508LIBYAN TO FLY CHAD AND SUDANESE AMBASSADORS TO
[...] (C) Libyan Ambassador Emhemmed Shlback told Ambassador October 30 that the GOL would facilitate the return of a Chadian Ambasador to Khartoum and a Sudanese Ambassador to Ndjamena by bringing a special plane from Libya to Chad November 4. The plane, with Amb Shlback on board if necessary tak [...]
2008-10-31 11:30:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF LY SU CD
08NDJAMENA510EU WORKING TO KEEP CHAD ON TRACK FOR 2009
[...] (C) The Chief European Union Representative in Chad believes that the electoral reform process that he is spearheading can result as planned in communal/legislative elections in 2009, but that success is by no means assured at this point. The EU Ambassador believes that enough momentum has de [...]
2008-10-31 11:30:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PREF EU PINR IBRD EIB CD
08NDJAMENA514 GTMO DETAINEE RETURN TO CHAD?
[...] (S/NF). Summary. Post believes that the question of returning a Chadian from GTMO to Ndjamena needs to be fully coordinated inter-agency and with some thought for the consequences in terms expanding the terrorist threat aimed at Americans in Chad. On the basis of information available to us no [...]
2008-11-07 08:46:00Embassy NdjamenaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA517CHADIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES COMPLAIN GOC NOT
[...] (SBU) The main association of Chadian opposition parties, the CPDC, complained to the Ambassador that the GoC is not implementing the August 13 Accord (the electoral reform agreement signed in August 2007) in good faith, and that therefore credible elections could not be held in 2009. They m [...]
2008-11-07 11:29:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF EU FR AU UN CD
08NDJAMENA519 WORLD BANK ENDS CHAD VISIT ON HIGH NOTE, POINTING TOWARD
[...] (SBU) The World Bank delegation finished its visit to Chad on a high note, if not the highest possible note, this week. In a presentation to the diplomatic corps November 7 by the GOC Ministers of Finance and Economy and the Bank delegation head, the visit was portrayed as "positive" and "co [...]
2008-11-10 13:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL EPET IBRD UN IMF PGOV FR CD
08NDJAMENA524EU READOUT OF FIRST DAY OF DAKAR ACCORD TECHNICAL TALKS IN
[...] (SBU) The EU Special Envoy for Sudan and Eastern Chad, AMB Torben Brylle, gave us NOV 13 a readout on the first day of the technical military experts talks that took place on NOV 12. We inform addressees of its content in paras 2-5, below. 2. (SBU) The NOV 12 meeting was cut short and s [...]
2008-11-13 10:23:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LY SU KPKO UN AU EU CD
08NDJAMENA530CHAD OPPOSITION, PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ELECTION
[...] (C) The leaders of the main opposition parties told AMB November 12 that they are increasingly pessimistic that legislative and communal elections will be held in 2009, primarily because, absent external pressure, they say that President Deby has no real interest in electoral reform or the ho [...]
2008-11-17 13:36:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF UN EU SU CD
08NDJAMENA531AMB BECHIR SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR "HIS"
[...] (C) Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir told AMB and DCM November 14 that the opportunity was ripe for the incoming Obama administration to engage President Deby at a senior level to craft an end to the Darfur/Chad crisis. Bechir described his own role as Chad interlocutor for dialogue with [...]
2008-11-17 13:36:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU LY US CD
08NDJAMENA534IMF DELEGATION IN NDJAMENA TO PURSUE THE FUND'S
[...] (SBU) The head of the current visiting IMF delegation told the Ambassador Nov 12 that the visit was aimed at helping Chad get to the budgetary performance point at which the IMF could hope to put a Staff-Monitored Program in place. The IMF wanted to help Chad's public finance team craft a re [...]
2008-11-17 15:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN IMF PGOV PREL US IBRD MASS CD
08NDJAMENA541SUDAN REBEL RECRUITMENT SURGE IN REFUGEE CAMPS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-19 11:51:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PGOV PREL MARR KPKO KTIP UNAUS CD
08NDJAMENA546 FOREIGN MINISTER CITES CHADIAN DIPLOMATIC AND
[...] (C) Chadian Foreign Minister Faki told Ambassador and DCM November 19 that he attributed last week's Dakar Contact Group meeting's success to incremental steps taken during the past six months to repair Chad's relations with Sudan, but cautioned that more needed to be done, especially de-fangin [...]
2008-11-20 11:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08NDJAMENA567CHAD - THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] This message responds to Ref A request for an update on measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. 2. MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad, now has 863 personnel, of whic [...]
2008-12-03 16:38:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL PHUM UN CD CT
08NDJAMENA571CHAD AMB UPBEAT ON REBEL THREAT AND CHAD-SUDAN
[...] (C) Chad Ambassador to the U.S. Adam Bachir told Ambassador and DCM December 1 that he would carry a letter from President Deby to President-Elect Obama's Chicago Transition Office proposing a meeting in DC between the two Presidents after January 20, 2009, to discuss regional security issues. [...]
2008-12-04 15:26:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR LY SU PREF CD
08NDJAMENA582JEM "FOREIGN SECRETARY" COMMENTS ON ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 14, the Justice and Equality Movement's "Foreign Secretary" Bushara Suliman Nour, based in Ndjamena, labeled recent JEM military movements in Darfur as "routine" and "strictly within our areas," but later asserted that JEM could easily attack and control all three st [...]
2008-12-16 12:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM MARR KPKO PINR PGOV AU UN SU
08NDJAMENA66SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY
[...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...]
2008-01-31 20:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NEWDELHI1013GREYBEARDS AND INSIDERS GIVE DAS FEIGENBAUM THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During three days of meetings in Delhi, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum heard from Indian academics, politicians and former top bureaucrats gave varying views on the bilateral relationship, Indian domestic politics, and regional affairs. Former Ambassador to the U. [...]
2008-04-08 07:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BM CH CE NP
08NEWDELHI1026NEW PRO-DEAL VOICES EMERGE IN NUCLEAR LULL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of forward movement on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative in recent weeks, political, business and religious proponents have emerged in India, revealing that the issue remains alive. Previously quiet Congress Party politicians have spoken in fav [...]
2008-04-09 11:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1044 INDIA DOUBLES ITS ANTE IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Amid positive press reporting and official press statements, Indian and African leaders concluded the two-day New Delhi based India-Africa Summit by unanimously accepting drafts of the Delhi Declaration and the India-Africa Framework for Cooperation. Nations agreed in principle [...]
2008-04-11 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID ECIN ETRD KECF IN
08NEWDELHI1065IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT INDIA APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for SCA and NEA. Please see paragraph six. 2. (S/NF) A senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) official notified PolCouns on April 15 that Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit India on April 29. The official said she was providing the Embassy with this inf [...]
2008-04-15 11:31:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IR IN
08NEWDELHI1092NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of APRIL 7-11, 2008, including the following items: -- FOREIGN TRADE POLICY ANNUAL REVIEW FOCUSES ON FIGHTING INFLATION -- PM SKEPTICAL OF DEVELOPING BIOFUELS IN INDIA -- 787 DREAMLINER ORDER DELAYS IMPA [...]
2008-04-17 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1096INDIA COMES TO GRIPS WITH MAOIST VICTORY IN NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary. Official India welcomed Nepal's relatively free and fair election, saying in public statements that it was satisfied with the results and looked forward to working with the Maoist goernment. Foreign Minister Mukherjee has called Pushpa Dahal ("Prachanda") to offer official congr [...]
2008-04-17 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1101EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On April 09, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-license Check (PLC) at the Central Institute of Plastic [...]
2008-04-21 07:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI1136NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 21-25, 2008, including the following items: -- INDIA SIGNS ON TO TAPI NATURAL GAS PIPELINE -- TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES CLEAN TECHNOLOGY FUND WITH POWER SECRETARY RAZDAN -- FDI HITS RECOR [...]
2008-04-25 10:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1142AHMADINEJAD VISIT TO INDIA SEEN AS PURE POLITICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's National Security Advisor MK Narayanan publicly confirmed that Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit India for seven hours on April 29 following a trip to Sri Lanka and prior to arriving in Pakistan. Post conveyed to senior Ministry of External Affairs officia [...]
2008-04-25 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KNNP PARM PINR ECON ENRG EPET IR IN
08NEWDELHI1193MENON CAUTIOUS AND ADVANI SKEPTICAL ABOUT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 1 that the Indian government would seek approval to submit the safeguards agreement to the IAEA in the May 6 UPA-Left committee meeting. Although he did not divulge any specifics, Menon believed that External Affairs Min [...]
2008-05-01 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1194MENON SAYS AHMADINEJAD PLAYED TO MASSES DURING
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon related to the Ambassador May 1 that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the Prime Minister during his April 29 stop in Delhi that the world is changing in Iran's favor. When asked for specifics, Menon noted, Ahmadinejad voiced more mild opini [...]
2008-05-01 11:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP EPET KISL ENRG ECON ETRD IR IN
08NEWDELHI1209NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 28 - May 2, 2008, including the following items: -- A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS? -- ADDITIONAL GOI 'ANTI-INFLATION' MEASURES INCLUDE EXPORT -- KV KAMATH IS NEW PRESIDENT OF CII FOR 20 [...]
2008-05-02 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1210SHIPPING MINISTER HIT BY CORRUPTION ALLEGATION
[...] (C) Summary: On April 28 and 30, Parliament erupted in chaos when BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) members staged a walk-out to highlight Minister for Shipping, Transport, and Highways T.R. Baalu,s alleged abuse of his position to seek favorable GOI terms for supply of natural gas to [...]
2008-05-02 12:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1214 WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN INDIA'S GUJARAT STATE YIELDS
[...] SUMMARY: In a recent trip covering the length and breadth of Gujarat State, EmbOffs met with state wildlife officials to discuss lessons learned from the 2007 poaching of Asiatic lions in Gir National Park, as well as the current state of wildlife conservation in India's westernmost state. E [...]
2008-05-05 04:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV IN
08NEWDELHI1218MEA AMERICAS DIVISION ASSURES DASD CLAD MIL-MIL
[...] (S) Summary. In a private meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad, Ministry of External Affairs SIPDIS (MEA) Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar: -- assured DASD Clad that the military-to-military relationship was a top priority of her ministry; -- warned that the ""reopening"" o [...]
2008-05-05 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR IN
08NEWDELHI1224 UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY ENGAGES INDIA'S SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Global Issues Forum held April 24, 2008 in New Delhi, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky led a delegation consisting of OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Dr. Robert Dixon, NSC-CEQ Senior Coordinato [...]
2008-05-05 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI1248INDIA'S UPA-LEFT NUCLEAR COMMITTEE STALLS AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The UPA government and its Left allies agreed May 6 to hold a ninth committee meeting on May 28 to continue discussion about implementing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. Although press reports indicated that External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee gave a pessimistic [...]
2008-05-07 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1275NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 5-9, 2008, including the following items: -- GOVT MOVES ON DIVESTMENT PLANS -- GOVT BANS SOME MORE FUTURES TRADING -- CONTROVERSY OVER BIOTECH CROPS AND FOOD -- INDIA INCREASES FOOD GRAIN STOCKS - [...]
2008-05-09 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1277DELHI DIARY, APRIL 28-MAY 09
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 28-May 09, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India and Pakistan Trade Tit-for-Tat Missile Tests -- Lok Sabha Speaker Withdraws Action Taken Against Unruly MPs -- Indian Custodia [...]
2008-05-09 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM SOCI
08NEWDELHI1279INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TO CALL BURMESE
[...] (C) Ambassador called Foreign Secretary Menon on May 10 to follow up on the Secretary's call to Foreign Minister Mukherjee, and to urge India to use its influence with the Burmese government to allow"international aid to reach Cyclone Nargis disaster areas. Menon noted FM Mukherjee had promis [...]
2008-05-10 06:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL BM IN
08NEWDELHI1296BURMESE FM TELLS MUKHERJEE ALL COUNTRIES CAN SEND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-12 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID PREL PGOV BM IN
08NEWDELHI130MAYAWATI THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM UPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 7 press conference, notoriously mercurial Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Mayawati threatened to withdraw support from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and claimed that certain Congress members were trying to kill her. Congress waved off the claims an [...]
2008-01-15 05:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1321MENON INDICATES FLEXIBILITY IN END-USE ISSUES FOR VVIP AIRCRAFT
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador May 14 that, after reading and having his people analyze note 1 in Amendment 1 of the Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the Boeing VVIP Aircraft Self-Protection Suite (SPS),provided to Menon by the Ambassador the previous [...]
2008-05-14 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1330INDIAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGING CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 13 meeting with PolCouns, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury: -- said the Maoists won the Nepalese election because they turned out to be the most pragmatic, mature and best organized of any of the competing parties; -- reported that he h [...]
2008-05-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1336SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...]
2008-05-14 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08NEWDELHI1345INDIAN POLITICAL PARTIES CYNICALLY WOO WOMEN VOTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6, amid chaos in the Rajya Sabha, the UPA government introduced the Women's Reservation Bill, which would reserve 33 percent of all seats for women in Parliament and the state assemblies. In an effort to appeal to women voters before a slew of state elections and nationa [...]
2008-05-15 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWMN KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF IN
08NEWDELHI1353AMBASSADOR MEETS L.K. ADVANI TO URGE BJP TO BACK NUKE DEAL
[...] (C) The Ambassador on May 8 again urged BJP leader L.K. Advani in a private meeting to exhibit statesmanship and either back the nuclear deal or withdraw opposition to it. Advani did not alter his argument, but I sensed that he is much less comfortable than he was a month ago. Advani informed the [...]
2008-05-16 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI1354NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 12-16, 2008, including the following items: -- EXIM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEW INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING FACILITY -- EXIM MEETS WITH INDIA INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCE CO. -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH MODERATES IN F [...]
2008-05-16 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1356DELHI DIARY, MAY 12-16
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for May 12-16, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Akali-BJP Deadly Clash During Local Polls in Punjab -- Child Laborers Wake Up Parliamentarians -- Reservation Policy Hits a Snag Akali- [...]
2008-05-16 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL IN
08NEWDELHI1372AFTER BOMBS, RAJASTHAN THREATENS ACTION AGAINST
[...] (SBU) On May 16, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)-led Rajasthan government asked its district magistrates to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants living in the state over the next 30 days. In the aftermath of the bombings which rocked Jaipur on May 13 to which the Indian government has link [...]
2008-05-20 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1383NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: MAY 2008 THIR@ WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes the Defense Research and Development Organization's successful testing of the Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile - Agni-III, re-organization of defense research, possible visit of S&T Minister Kapil Sibal to the National Ignit [...]
2008-05-21 08:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1405NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 19-23, 2008, including the following items: -- CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA -- RUPEE'S RECENT DEPRECIATION -- INTERNET NETIZENS IN INDIA CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA ---------------------- [...]
2008-05-23 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1429CONGRESS SETBACK PROMPTS POSTPONEMENT OF INDIA'S
[...] (SBU) Bruised by election losses in Karnataka (septel) and blocked by the intransigent Left, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government postponed the UPA-Left nuclear committee meeting originally scheduled May 28. According to May 27 press reports, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukhe [...]
2008-05-27 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1432SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT
[...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...]
2008-05-27 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI144VHP DEMANDS EXPULSION OF "FOREIGN" CHRISTIAN
[...] (U) Vote bank politics, along with opposition to Christian missionary activity in the name of national security continue to percolate in the Indian media as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders met Indian President Pratibha Patil on January 8. The VHP accused the Christian community of startin [...]
2008-01-15 14:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL PTER SNAR SOCI PINS IN
08NEWDELHI1440INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...]
2008-05-28 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN
08NEWDELHI1475CODEL FEINGOLD DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran told Senator Russ Feingold May 29 that India hoped to use its relative economic prosperity to promote the integration of South Asia. Saran expressed hope that the Indian government would soon submit the safeguards agreement to the I [...]
2008-05-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1503SENATORS FEINGOLD AND CASEY MEETING WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 30 meeting with Senators Feingold and Casey, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee noted that the key to stability in the region lies in addressing extremism in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border regions. He expressed concern over increasing cross-border infiltration attempts o [...]
2008-06-03 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM ENRG KISL PHUM PREL TRGY TSPL AF
08NEWDELHI1514DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL AND NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Minister of Defense A.K. Antony discussed with Senator Feingold on May 30 regional issues including Pakistan, Burma, and Afghanistan, nuclear issues in the context of the U.S. presidential election and Iranian proliferation, and the U.S.-India defense relationship. Antony said that India [...]
2008-06-04 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1515INDIAN MUSLIMS RALLY AGAINST TERRORISM, AGAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Indian Muslim clerics denounced terrorism as un-Islamic at two separate, very different events over the May 31-June 1 weekend. Seizing the political upper hand, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) publicly welcomed the events and focused on their anti-government [...]
2008-06-04 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1549STAFFDEL ANDERSON DISCUSES REGIONAL ISSUES,
[...] (SBU) Staffdel Anderson discussed a wide range of regional and domestic issues with government officials and non-governmental commentators during a visit to Delhi on June 1-4. A Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary justified India's relationship with Iran, emphasized its commitment to [...]
2008-06-06 08:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KNNP ENRG IN
08NEWDELHI156UTTAR PRADESH: NEW TERRORIST HUB
[...] (C) Summary: In the last eight weeks, terrorists struck twice in Uttar Pradesh (UP) killing twenty-one people: seven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officers and fourteen civilians (reftels). Analysts as well as Embassy contacts fear that jihadi terrorists who have traditionally focused [...]
2008-01-16 10:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI1561NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 2-June 6, 2008, including the following items: -- ECB NORMS FOR SERVICES SECTOR LIBERALIZED -- ANTI-DUMPING DUTY REVIEW WORRIES SHRIMP EXPORTERS -- TRENDS IN INDIAN EXPORTS -- INDIA'S FY 2007-08 G [...]
2008-06-06 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1563NUCLEAR DEAL REMAINS HOT POLITICAL ISSUE AS
[...] (C) Despite the domestic policy challenges of rising gas prices and Gujjar community unrest, the nuclear deal remains very much on the political agenda in Delhi as political factions pre-position themselves for upcoming state and ultimately national elections. The Congress Party is distracted [...]
2008-06-06 12:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1599NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: JUNE 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes details about increased U.S. investment in India in High-tech ventures, demand for setting up 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and a successful trial of indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. T [...]
2008-06-11 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1638NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 9 to June 13, 2008, including the following items: -- RANBAXY FOUNDING FAMILY SELLS INTEREST TO DAIICHI SANKYO -- INDIA FACES HIGHER FERTILIZER COSTS AND SUBSIDIES AS GOI ANNOUNCES NEW POLICY - [...]
2008-06-13 12:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1674JAMMU AND KASHMIR: DELICATELY POISED AHEAD OF
[...] (C) Summary: The political, economic and security environment in Jammu and Kashmir appears to have improved significantly during the last year. During a May visit to the state, Poloff/PolFSN found that violence and the public's fear of it has declined, the economy is booming and tourism is a [...]
2008-06-18 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1683 POST RECOMMENDS MODIFIED IPR STRATEGY FOR INDIA
[...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. Summary: Despite some impressive advancements on certain aspects of intellectual property rights (IPR) and the GOI's continued willingness to engage, India remained on the U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR's) 2008 Spec [...]
2008-06-18 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD ECON EINV IN
08NEWDELHI1691NUCLEAR DEAL END-GAME: CONGRESS PARTY TO DECIDE
[...] (C) The Congress Party, at the request of Prime Minister Singh, abruptly postponed the June 18 United Progressive Alliance-Left committee meeting to prepare to move forward with the next crucial step toward completion of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative without the support o [...]
2008-06-19 10:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1712NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 16 to June 20, 2008, including the following items: -- INFLATION CROSSES DOUBLE-DIGIT MARK -- UPDATE ON THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR -- NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS OFF WITH ROBUST TAX REVENUES -- [...]
2008-06-20 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1721DELHI DIARY, JUNE 13-20
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for June 13-20, 2008, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Congress and JDS Team Up Against the BJP in Karnataka -- Jammu and Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra Begins -- Presumed "Dead" Former Bonded Labor [...]
2008-06-23 07:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI1726INDIA IN COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: NOT SATISFIED
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, A/PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on India's role in the Community of Democracies (CD) to Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora. On June 20 Arora contacted A/PolCouns to provide India's position on the withdrawal of Indian support for the Diplomat's Handboo [...]
2008-06-23 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA ZI SF PO CA IN
08NEWDELHI1756SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]
2008-06-25 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1765RAJASTHAN RESOLVES STATE GUJJAR DILEMMA, PUNTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, with the announcement of a new state reservation/quota policy, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje brought an end to the 27-day agitation launched by the Gujjar community who were demanding classification as a Scheduled Tribe (ST) in order to access greater emp [...]
2008-06-26 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1818INDIA UNVEILS ITS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
[...] Summary. A week before the G-8 Summit in Japan, India's Prime Minister (PM) and Union Minister of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Dr. Manmohan Singh launched the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30, 2008 in New Delhi. The plan has been eagerly awaited by environmental act [...]
2008-07-01 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1832BHUTAN STRATEGIZES ON ENERGY, PRIVATE-SECTOR GROWTH, AND
[...] (U) Summary: Econoff met with a number of contacts in Thimphu on June 24 and 25 to discuss telecommunications, energy, tourism, unemployment, and broader issues of economic planning. Public-sector meetings focused on the problem of rising unemployment and the overall challenge of improving Gro [...]
2008-07-02 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINV ENRG ETRD BT IN
08NEWDELHI1843NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: JULY 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes information about establishment of research base in the Arctic region by India. The environment section covers information about the visit of U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) analysts to discuss Clean Development Mech [...]
2008-07-03 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1845NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 30 to July 3, 2008, including the following: -- INDIA AND JAPAN INK CURRENCY SWAP DEAL -- DRAFT CCI REGULATIONS EXCLUDE SMALL MERGERS -- INDIAN DOMESTIC CARRIERS FORCED TO INCREASE AIR FARES -- NEW [...]
2008-07-03 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1894JAMMU AND KASHMIR'S CONGRESS-LED GOVERNMENT FALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Congress Party Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned on July 7, thereby ending the rule of his Congress-led coalition government in the state. Azad's coalition government lost its majority when its key ally, the People's Democratic Party (PDP),pulled [...]
2008-07-08 12:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI1895CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]
2008-07-08 14:36:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1921PAKISTANI HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSSION UNDERSCORES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's call on him to explain next steps needed to bring the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement to fruition, Pakistani High Commissioner Shadid Malik focused on the need for the Nuclear Suppliers Group to follow a "criteria-based approach,"specifying, "We can onl [...]
2008-07-10 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY PK IN
08NEWDELHI1922SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...]
2008-07-10 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI193NRI CONFERENCE CONNECTS INDIA TO ITS DIASPORA
[...] (U) Summary: Critics called the sixth Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, an annual gathering of overseas Indians, nothing more than a talk shop. However, the event draws a large crowd and more press coverage every year and participants appeared content engaging informally with old friends and making n [...]
2008-01-18 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI EINV ECON IN
08NEWDELHI1944MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, MIDDLE
[...] "NO MORE DELAY," editorial in the July 14 independent Kolkata Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "At the end of his rule, the Prime Minister has taken the first bold step on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal by prioritizing national interests and ignoring nonsense opposition by the Leftists... If th [...]
2008-07-14 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI1959MENON HOSTS NSG AND IAEA REPRESENTATIVES TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 14, Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon hosted more than fifty representatives from countries represented on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). Menon described the benefits "for India, for the IAEA and fo [...]
2008-07-15 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN PARM PK PREL TRGY TSPL
08NEWDELHI1972POLITICAL BARGAINING CONTINUES PRIOR TO KEY VOTE IN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1985JULY 22 CONFIDENCE VOTE RESULT FAR FROM ASSURED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As of July 18, the last business day before the special session of parliament begins on July 21 and culminates in the confidence vote on July 22, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's victory is far from assured, with the future of the U.S.-India C [...]
2008-07-18 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2012INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE --
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]
2008-07-22 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2019INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...]
2008-07-23 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2021IPI GAS PIPELINE ON BACK BURNER; RETAIL REFINED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MPNG) Secretary M.S. Srinivasan met with Econ Counselor Minister on July 22. Srinivasan said that IPI negotiations are "completely on the back burner." Concerning the proposed Turkmenistan- Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas [...]
2008-07-24 05:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EFIN EINV EWWT EAGR PGOV PREL IN IR
08NEWDELHI2036 INDIAN TIGERS RETURN TO SARISKA AMIDST CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As of July 2008, Sariska Tiger Reserve, the only designated tiger reserve in India to lose its entire population of tigers to poachers (Ref A),once again has wild tigers roaming its environs. In an unprecedented and well coordinated operation initiated by the Rajasthan Forest D [...]
2008-07-25 09:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV IN
08NEWDELHI2038INDIA'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL LANDSCAPE AFTER THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following a dramatic July 22 confidence vote (Ref A),the political fallout has produced an emboldened United Progressive Alliance (UPA),a demoralized National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and somewhere in between, a regional party amalgam "Third Front," struggling to achieve nat [...]
2008-07-25 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2078SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST
[...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...]
2008-07-30 09:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD
08NEWDELHI2109OPTIMISM REPLACE BY TENSION IN KASHMIR, BUT
[...] Summary: (SBU)"Tension" is the new byword in Kashmir, replacing the optimism that seemed to be cautiously growing prior to the June outbreak of rioting related to the transfer of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board. An ongoing "bandh" (work stoppage) has been in place in Hindu-dominated [...]
2008-08-01 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KDEM PK IN
08NEWDELHI2111KARZAI TO VISIT INDIA, TO BE GREETED WITH OPEN ARMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within weeks of the July 7 suicide attack on the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghan President Hamid Karzai will visit New Delhi August 3-5. According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Karzai will meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, President Pratibha Patil, Vice P [...]
2008-08-01 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI2126MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "A BIG SUCCESS," editorial in August 3 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "India's government and its diplomats should be given credit for the green signal given to the India- specific safeguards agreement by the IAEA board of governors. The next step is to secure the vital 45-member NSG's approval, w [...]
2008-08-04 10:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2146JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Jammu and Kashmir remained on edge as violence sparked by the Amarnath land transfer controversy (reftels) continued into its second month. Over 50 people were injured on August 5 and rail and road traffic remained disrupted. The Prime Minister called an all-parties meeting on [...]
2008-08-06 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2159EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NICKUNJ EXIMP ENTERPRISES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On July 30, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Nickunj Eximp Enterprises (NEE) in Mu [...]
2008-08-07 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2160EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NIKUNJ EXIMP ENTERPRISES
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On July 30, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Pre-License Check (PLC) at Nickunj Eximp Enterprises Pvt. Limite [...]
2008-08-07 09:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI22SCENESETTER PART III: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on government authorities that exist and are being created for regulation of drugs, food, medical devices, and biotechnology. This is a long cable and our intent is to provide "complete picture" for yo [...]
2008-01-03 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI2223JAMMU AND KASHMIR: VIOLENCE AND PROTESTS PEAK
[...] (C) Summary: Following two days of increasing tension and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, the situation improved on August 13. There were fewer protests and confrontations, with only one reported incident of police firing on protestors. Curfew was relaxed for most of the day and truck traff [...]
2008-08-13 14:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI223MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...]
2008-01-23 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2264PM'S INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS: INDIA'S MOMENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: While giving prominent attention to issues that most directly involve U.S. interests -- U.S.-India Civil Nuclear initiative, Jammu and Kashmir, terrorism and regional security -- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's traditional Independence Day address on August 15 focused primaril [...]
2008-08-21 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2266INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]
2008-08-21 13:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2278 PROSPECTS FOR COLLABORATION ON SOLAR ENERGY
[...] (U) Summary. The recently announced National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) envisages solar energy as a key element to India's energy security and climate change strategy. It calls for the formation of a new National Solar Mission (NSM),which is expected to lead to more integrated Go [...]
2008-08-22 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2289JAMMU AND KASHMIR: THE GOI CRACKS DOWN
[...] (C) Summary: Indian security forces cracked down forcefully in the Kashmir valley to prevent a protest march in Srinagar on August 25. They arrested prominent separatist leaders and imposed a complete curfew in the entire valley. The police and paramilitary aggressively enforced the curfew [...]
2008-08-25 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2295NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: AUGUST 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes an S&T section update on the new Indo-US collaboration in Engineering Education, exploring opportunities for US-India collaboration in space and solar energy, India's plans to set up its largest solar telescope and a report on [...]
2008-08-26 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2319AMBASSADOR ALERTS "GROUP OF SIX" ENVOYS THAT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Mulford told the heads of mission of the "Group of Six" members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) at a lunch on August 28 that the amendments to India's exception that their delegations proposed at the August 21-22 Plenary could cause India to walk away, leading to [...]
2008-08-28 12:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2322INDIA TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY FOR DEVOLUTION OF POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 03:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER KTIA MOPS IN CE
08NEWDELHI2334NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of August 25 to August 29, 2008, including the following: -- TAMIL NADU'S WIND POWER WOES CONTINUE -- FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES DECLINE -- ...AND ITS IMPACT ON EXPORTERS -- MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS HITTING NEW H [...]
2008-08-29 09:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2378JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CALM AND VIOLENCE-FREE WEEK
[...] (C) Summary: The Kashmir valley and the Jammu region have been calm this week, with few reports of violence or police-protester clashes. Security forces lifted curfew around the state. Everyday life returned to normal with government offices, markets, businesses and schools reopening. The [...]
2008-09-04 13:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2393NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 1 to September 5, 2008, including the following: -- NEW ROUND OF EU/INDIA FTA TALKS -- U.S.-INDIA COOPERATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR CONTINUES -- INVESTMENTS CONTINUE TO POUR INTO TAMIL NADU -- [...]
2008-09-05 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2399ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TELLS INDIAN MEA: WE
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Indian External Affairs State Minister Sharma, Assistant Secretary Boucher stressed the importance of political engagement in Nuclear Supplier Group members' capitals to make clear what was at stake at the upcoming NSG plenary in Vienna. Boucher a [...]
2008-09-05 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2401GOI OFFICIALS TELL AMBASSADOR PATTERSON POLITICAL PROGRESS CONTINGENT ON CT PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-06 05:37:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PINR PK PREL
08NEWDELHI2402 PLASTIC BAGS - A GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CONCERN
[...] (U) Summary. The ubiquitous plastic bag, the common man's source of inexpensive and hygienic storage in India, is increasingly becoming a cause of grave concern to the environment and the health of both human beings and animals. The Government of India (GOI) and the state governments are real [...]
2008-09-08 02:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND ENRG TRGY KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI2418NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: SEPTEMBER 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes updates on the University Grants Commission's plans to open 735 new universities, a report on a workshop on nanotechnology, and problems that India will likely face in land acquisitions for large-scale solar power projects. The se [...]
2008-09-09 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2446YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...]
2008-09-11 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN
08NEWDELHI2457BRAJESH MISHRA SAYS BJP LOOKING TO MODIFY NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra told the Ambassador on September 12 that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders recognize that their continuing opposition to the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Initiative is not likely to pay off in the next elections. BJP chiefs are considering at [...]
2008-09-12 13:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI248EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KYOCERA WIRELESS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 27, 2007, Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (P [...]
2008-01-25 07:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI2498ORISSA VIOLENCE: CALM RESTORED BUT TENSION REMAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Orissa state government, aided by the central government which provided additional security forces, has stopped the unrest in riot torn areas following the violence that shook the state when a prominent Hindu leader was assassinated on August 23. The peak of the violence w [...]
2008-09-17 12:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KIRF SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI2526COMMERCE A/S BOHIGIAN MEETS WITH MINISTRIES OF FINANCE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Market Access David Bohigian met on September 8 with Ministry of Finance Revenue Secretary Bhide and Ministry of Commerce Joint Secretary Mukim to discuss US industry concerns on tariff and non-tariff barriers to US exports to India. B [...]
2008-09-19 08:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2532INDIA RECEPTIVE TO NEW PAKISTAN TRADE POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry has responded appreciatively to the expanded positive list of permissible trade with India that Pakistan announced in July, while Indian industry has also indicated receptivity to new trade opportunities, seeing a "new breed" of Pakistani [...]
2008-09-19 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2533NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 15 to September 19, 2008, including the following: -- INDUSTRIAL GROWTH BACK UP IN JULY -- NORMAL MONSOON GOOD FOR AGRICULTURE -- FOREIGN FIRMS NEEDED FOR MEGA POWER -- AHEAD OF US VISIT, PM [...]
2008-09-19 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2535DASD CLAD MEETING WITH INDIA'S DEFENSE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 17, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia and the Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) New Delhi, met with India's Defense Secretary, Vijay Singh. The purpose of the meeting was to reiterate to the senior most permanent official [...]
2008-09-19 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2541INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2542INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2543INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2544INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2545INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities [...]
2008-09-22 06:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2552INDIAN HOME MINISTRY SECRETARY GUPTA RECEPTIVE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Home Ministry Secretary Madhukar Gupta on September 19 to give condolences for the September 13 terrorist attacks, offer the GOI a look into the USG's model of counterterrorism, and express U.S. concerns about recent violence directed at religious minorities in [...]
2008-09-22 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KWRF
08NEWDELHI2553NEW CHAPTER IN INDO-NEPAL RELATIONS? REACTION TO
[...] (C) Summary: On his first official visit to India, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal declared that a new chapter in Indo-Nepal relations had begun. Press coverage of the visit was positive, filled with talk of change and hope for renewed, strengthened relations and cooperation. Inte [...]
2008-09-22 12:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2554MOBILE BANKING PROMISES FINANCIAL INCLUSION BUT REGULATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two means to financial inclusion in India -- business correspondents and mobile banking -- have been slow to take hold, hampered by rules from India's cautious central bank (see reftel). Though the central bank allowed the business correspondents model -- where intermediaries [...]
2008-09-22 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2567GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-24 02:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN
08NEWDELHI2575NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of September 22 to September 25, 2008, including the following: -- RBI EASES ECB NORMS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE -- RBI EASES FOREIGN FUND RAISING RULES -- GOI CLEARS 18 NEW SEZ PROPOSALS -- ITALIAN FIRM EXECUTI [...]
2008-09-25 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2599NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT SEPTEMBER (II) 2008
[...] SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes an update on the new Biofuel policy released by the Government of India (GOI) on September 11, and the recent visit of senior US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) officials to explore areas of technical assistance. The report inc [...]
2008-09-29 07:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI26NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 2008
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 4, 2008. CENTER APPEARS TO WAFFLE ON GOA SEZ BAN --------------- 2. (U) In the face of protests that threatened tourism-dependent Goa, Congress-ruled Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat announ [...]
2008-01-04 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI2604RAILROADS AND REFUGEES: GOI'S TAKE ON DAHAL'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI was favorably impressed by the new Nepalese PM Dahal, according to Joint Secretary Preeti Saran, who reviewed the highlights of Dahal's September 13-18 visit to New Delhi. Saran called him "a statesman with political dexterity" and said that he was reassuringly mindful of [...]
2008-09-29 15:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM IN
08NEWDELHI2606INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]
2008-09-30 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2613MEDIA REACTION: INDO-U.S. NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "JUST A STEP AWAY," editorial in the September 29 AMAR UJLA Hindi daily: "The U.S.-India nuclear deal is just a step away from its conclusion after the approval by the U.S. House of Representatives. Now there will be a discussion on the deal in the senate. The U.S. Congress' clearance is just [...]
2008-09-30 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2629MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, IRAN:
[...] "NUCLEAR AGREEMENT: WHAT TO LOSE, WHAT TO GAIN?" editorial in the September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "As desired by Manmohan Singh, the final seal on the Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement is just a matter of formality now. Very soon, the agreement would see the light of day [...]
2008-10-01 11:54:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN SIPDIS
08NEWDELHI264BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 12:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT
08NEWDELHI2641WITH THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF "CHANDRAYAAN I" MOON MISSION,
[...] (U) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised to take on many ambitious projects with the aim of establishing broader international collaborations, developing novel technologies to meet social and economic development needs, and attracting and harnessing India's young ta [...]
2008-10-03 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI2643MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "INDIA DID IT" editorial in October 3 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "... As if ridiculing those of his allies...who regard the agreement as America's imperialist design, Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear deal with the French President... That Manmohan could come back with a d [...]
2008-10-03 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2653MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN SENATE APPROVES DEAL", editorial in theM October 4 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "At last, the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal has been given the green signal by the American Senate by a huge margin. It was an extremely vital stage of the entire process, concluding in the de [...]
2008-10-06 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2665MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] "AFTER THE NUCLEAR DEAL," editorial in the October 5 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily: "The US-India civil nuclear agreement has ensured that India's emergence as a global power has now been formally certified. The U.S.- India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Ac [...]
2008-10-07 09:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2666RAJASTHAN GETTING BACK TO BASICS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An economic reporting trip to Jaipur and Udaipur Rajasthan the week of September 23-25 revealed a high level of dynamism and engagement in the state bureaucracy surrounding a number of programs geared to "get the basics right" in infrastructure, education, and service delivery. [...]
2008-10-07 11:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2671U.S. TREASURY AND GOI DISCUSS PROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9-11, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Finance and Financial Crimes Patrick O'Brien met with GOI and banking officials in Delhi and Mumbai to discuss the following: (a) international efforts to counter the illicit financial and commercial activities of Iran [...]
2008-10-07 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETKTFN ECON EFIN PREL PINR PTER IR IN
08NEWDELHI2673RESOLVING END USE MONITORING WITH INDIA
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee handed Secretary Rice proposed text (paragraph 7) on End Use Monitoring (EUM) during their 4 October 08 meeting in New Delhi. Post believes the involvement of Muk [...]
2008-10-08 01:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MASS ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2678MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, INDIA-
[...] NUCLEAR DEAL A TRIBUTE TO INDIA'S INTERNATIONAL STATURE," op-ed in the October 7 centrist DAINIK HINDUSTAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Pranay Sharma: "The nuclear deal with the U.S. is a big triumph for the UPA government, although it may not translate into votes for the Congress par [...]
2008-10-08 10:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2681BJP LEADER NAIDU DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Venkaiah Naidu told PolCouns that he expects inflation, terrorism and the crisis in agriculture to be the main issues in the upcoming national elections. He was confident of the BJP winning state assembly elections due in four states this Nove [...]
2008-10-08 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KIRF CVIS IN
08NEWDELHI269DAS FEIGENBAUM PRESSES POSSIBILITIES FOR SYNERGIES
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 24 meeting with Ministry of Defense Director General (Acquisitions) S.K. Sharma, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum: -- pressed for defense cooperation to be one impetus for moving the broader bilateral relationship forward; -- stressed that India has w [...]
2008-01-28 05:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2690NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 6 to October 10, 2008, including the following: -- India Drafts Legislation to Protect Trade Secrets -- Foreign Workers Now Face Obligatory Pension Contributions -- Trading Commerce, Not Fire At [...]
2008-10-10 07:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2692MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, U.S.
[...] "ONE-SIDED LAW," op-ed in the October 9 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist Brahma Chellaney: "The U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement lacks even the basic elements. India has no assured fuel-supply guarantee. It is certain that if the U.S. disrupts its nu [...]
2008-10-10 10:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI27NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 4, 2008
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 4, 2008. CENTER APPEARS TO WAFFLE ON GOA SEZ BAN --------------- 2. (U) In the face of protests that threatened tourism-dependent Goa, Congress-ruled Goa Chief Minister Digambar Kamat announ [...]
2008-01-04 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI270DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS BRAJESH MISHRA AND M.K.
[...] (U) Summary: Two of Delhi's top foreign policy experts, former National Security Advisor Brajesh Mishra and former Foreign Secretary M.K. Rasgotra, told visiting SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum that the civil nuclear initiative is may yet move through the governing coalition bu [...]
2008-01-28 06:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PTER TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY
08NEWDELHI2709MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL
[...] "GEORGE BUSH'S GIFT," op-ed in the October 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by political commentator and Congress party leader Rajiv Shukla: "President Bush's gesture of signing the nuclear agreement on the Indian Dasshera festival day is significant in that it is a unique and unprecedented agreem [...]
2008-10-14 12:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2713MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL,
[...] "PRANAB'S REQUEST," editorial in the October 14 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "After signing the India- U.S. civilian nuclear agreement with the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's remarks in Washington were significant. He urged Pakistan not to be app [...]
2008-10-15 10:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2721MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL ECONOMY / FINANCIAL
[...] "SELF-CREATED CRISIS", editorial in the October 15 right-of-center Urdu daily "HAMARA SAMAJ", New Delhi: "The President of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, termed the present world financial crisis as man-made "catastrophe". His statement needs no comment. Need not to explain the reason behind [...]
2008-10-16 11:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2725ABBAS VISIT TO INDIA REAFFIRMS INDIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. President Mahmoud Abbas' October 6-9 visit to India was highlighted by: -- an explicit Indian reaffirmation of support to the Palestinian cause for a sovereign, independent, viable and united state; -- $20 million in aid, including $10 million for budgetary support and $10 mil [...]
2008-10-16 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2732INDIAN AMBASSADOR IN SEOUL TO PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (SBU) In an October 17 meeting with MEA Under Secretary Vishwesh Negi and Korean Embassy Counselor Lee Jeongkyu, Policy Planning Staffer Daniel Twining urged the MEA to consider sending a Joint Secretary level official to the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) senior officials meeting i [...]
2008-10-17 09:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2735NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 13 to October 17, 2008, including the following: -- Chidambaram Still Eager for Reforms as Parliament Opens -- Industrial Production Index Drops, Other Data Positive -- Eastern India Feeling Pinc [...]
2008-10-17 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2736MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "ZARDARI REKINDLES HOPES," op-ed in October 16 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "Asif Ali Zardari was never taken seriously in India. People either knew him as Benazir Bhutto's husband or Mr. 10 per cent. But his pronouncements after assuming charg [...]
2008-10-17 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2742JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ELECTION COMMISSION STILL
[...] (C) Summary: Several weeks of peace and quiet in Kashmir have reignited discussion of whether or not state assembly elections should be held as scheduled before January 8 or whether they ought to be postponed to some time after spring next year. No decision has been made as of the afternoon [...]
2008-10-20 01:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2749MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, U.S.
[...] "AMERICAN ATTACK ON PAKISTAN", editorial in October 18 right-of-center Urdu daily "MUNSIF", Hyderabad: "For the last few months, Pakistan is paying the price of friendship and cooperation with America. America sought no permission from Pakistan for air attacks within its territory. Either Amer [...]
2008-10-21 03:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2759MEDIA REACTION: U.S-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT,
[...] "GOVERNMENT OF HOLLOW PROMISES," op-ed in October 20 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst Brahma Chellaney: "After concluding the flawed nuclear deal with the US, PM Manmohan Singh should now be reminded of his assurance to allow a parliamentary probe into the deal. Not only has the [...]
2008-10-21 11:48:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2768MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] THIS YEARS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN AMERICA, editorial-page article in the October 22, 2008 CPI (M) Organ GANASHAKTI Bengali daily, Kolkata by senior columnist Dr. Dilip Ghosh Roy. Those who take interests on the issues of social justice and equality will certainly understand the significance [...]
2008-10-22 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2780MEDIA REACTION: WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "EASY SOLUTION TO ECONOMIC CRISIS," op-ed in October 22 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by former diplomat and parliamentarian Kuldip Nayar: "When you are hard up you reach for the money you have hidden. India or, for that matter, the entire South Asia, is facing the crisis of liquid [...]
2008-10-23 10:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2781RESURGENT RAJASTHAN: EFFORTS TO PUT THE STATE ON INVESTMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: An economic reporting trip to bellwether state, Rajasthan, in late September, indicated strong government implementation of infrastructural and educational improvements (reftel A). The trip also demonstrated that the Government of Rajasthan's efforts to attract new manufacturing [...]
2008-10-23 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI2783MAYAWATI: PORTRAIT OF A LADY
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff traveled to three cities in Uttar Pradesh (UP) during the week of October 13-17 to gauge the political state of play. A wide range of business, political, academic and media contacts generally agreed that Chief Minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) have done [...]
2008-10-23 12:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2786MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "PAKISTAN BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE," op-ed in the October 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by senior journalist Kuldip Talwar: "Pakistan is facing a serious threat to its security and sovereignty. The army is struggling with the Taliban in Swat and Bajaur areas. On the other hand, U.S. forces [...]
2008-10-24 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2795NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 20 to October 24, 2008, including the following: -- MOF SECRETARY ON FINANCIAL CRISIS -- CHIDAMBARAM PRAISES USAID FISCAL REFORM PROGRAM -- SHIPPING INDUSTRY BRAVES THE SLOW DOWN -- TRADE OPENS [...]
2008-10-24 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2800MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION,
[...] "BRIGHT PROSPECTS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY TRADE," commentary in October 24 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily by Jayantilal Bhandari: "The picture of nuclear energy, which has emerged in India after the conclusion of the U.S.-India civilian nuclear deal, promotes new possibilities for economic [...]
2008-10-27 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2803SRI LANKA EVENTS CREATE "TSUNAMI" IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary. The recent uptick in violence and the plight of Tamils in Sri Lanka has created a political firestorm in India, with a potential faceoff between the ruling Congress Party and its coalition DMK partners in Tamil Nadu. However, a political crisis appears to have been avoided, as th [...]
2008-10-27 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE IN
08NEWDELHI2824MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "MANMOHAN ON RECESSION," editorial in the October 27 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh clearly said in the 7th Beijing Asia-Europe summit that this economic crisis is a result of developed countries' economic policies and the developing countries are paying the price. He s [...]
2008-10-31 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2826NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of October 27 to October 31, 2008, including the following: -- CHINESE SLOWDOWN HITS KARNATAKA -- JBIC TO FUND THE WESTERN DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR CHINESE SLOWDOWN HITS KARNATAKA ----------------- [...]
2008-10-31 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2829PUNJAB: BELLWETHER STATE CAUGHT BETWEEN CONSUMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Punjab remains the richest state in India with its historically strong agricultural sector, and nascent real estate and industrial sectors. However, there are signs of decline in Punjab as other states surge ahead. Its long-held claim to highest per capita income in India has [...]
2008-10-31 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI2830REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...]
2008-10-31 13:15:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2835MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...]
2008-11-03 10:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2838AMBASSADOR URGES NSA NARAYANAN TO CONSIDER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador sought to bolster U.S.-Indian counter-terrorism cooperation in a November 3 meeting with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan. Pointing to the string of terrorist attacks in India this past year, the Ambassador said that they were intensifying and increasingl [...]
2008-11-04 08:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER PINR PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI2849MEDIA REACTION: ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.
[...] "U.S. PREDICTION," editorial in the November 4 RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Western countries, which dominate the world, have started showing signs of collapsing. According to the U.S. intelligence report if the current trend continues, China will emerge as the world's largest economy and to [...]
2008-11-05 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2852SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "YES, HE CAN," editorial in the November 6 centrist THE TIMES OF INDIA. "Obama campaigned consistently as the candidate for change by handing a landslide victory to its first ever African-American president, America already is a different country ... With Obama's election America has come cl [...]
2008-11-06 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2874INDIA,S CONTRIBUTION TO AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for South and Central Asia Michael Delaney, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) T.C.A. Raghavan discussed India,s involvement in reconstruction and development efforts in Afg [...]
2008-11-07 09:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV AF PK SA IN
08NEWDELHI2878SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "SOMETHING THAT WON'T CHANGE," editorial in the November 7 nationalist English daily HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "Does the departure of Mr. Bush change the amplitude of India-U.S. ties? The answer is a resounding no for two significant reasons. Mr. Obama is a man who is clear a [...]
2008-11-07 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2879NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 3 to November 7, 2008, including the following: -- IMF Lowers World, Indian Growth -- Jet Airways Serves Notice to Expat Pilots -- GE Commercial Air Services Files for Repossession of Kingfisher [...]
2008-11-07 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD BEXP
08NEWDELHI2884DHARAMSALA DISQUIET: AS EIGHTH ROUND FAILS,
[...] (C) Summary: During meetings over the past two weeks, Tempa Tsering, Representative of the Dalai Lama, updated PolOff on recent developments that have catapulted Tibet into the international headlines. Tsering stressed that the Dalai Lama's renewal of his demanding travel schedule proves his [...]
2008-11-07 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF IN CH
08NEWDELHI2889INDIANS EXCITED, GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT OBAMA VICTORY
[...] (U) Summary: The Indian public and the media heralded Barack Obama's presidential victory with joy, amazement and admiration. Indians from all social strata had followed the election with more interest than any previous U.S. presidential election. Many of the national dailies devoted several [...]
2008-11-07 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI289GORDON BROWN IN INDIA: "PARTNERSHIP OF EQUALS"
[...] (C) Summary. Gordon Brown's first trip to India as Prime Minister brought nearly unanimous positive public reaction, despite "deliverables" being mostly reiterations of previous policy declarations and confirmations of the potential for a more prosperous future. The UK High Commission emphasi [...]
2008-01-29 10:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UNSC IN
08NEWDELHI2895MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; NEW
[...] "CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR OBAMA" Sunday supplement special article in the November 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left- of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. "The American media which is going gaga over Barack Obama's electoral victory is soon going to show its true colors. It will shower praises on Obam [...]
2008-11-10 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI29PUT THE ONUS ON INDIA FOR UNSC SEAT
[...] (C) Summary. As we look to engage with India on greater cooperation within the United Nations (reftels),concurrent with a possible completion of the civil-nuclear deal in sight and inter-governmental negotiations on United Nations Security Council expansion, the time may be near when the USG [...]
2008-01-04 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KUNR USUN IN
08NEWDELHI2904MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION,
[...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]
2008-11-12 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2905INDIAN GOVERNMENT UNWILLING TO AGREE TO END-USE
[...] (C) Summary: While Indian National Security Advisor M. K. Narayanan and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh stated their urgent interest on reaching agreement on end-use monitoring, talks led by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Asian and Pacific Security Affairs) Mitchell Shivers [...]
2008-11-12 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PROV MASS KOMC IN
08NEWDELHI2906MENON OUTLINES VIEWS ON CIVIL NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Foreign Secretary Menon in a November 10 meeting about India's timetable for next steps in implementing the civil nuclear agreement. Menon said that a GOI legal review of the draft texts of diplomatic notes that would bring the agreement into force would be [...]
2008-11-12 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP ENRG EFIN IN
08NEWDELHI2909INDIA G-20 SUMMIT GOALS: SECURING A VOICE IN GO-SLOW REFORM
[...] (SBU) Since President Bush's invitation to participate in the G-20 Summit on November 15, India has gone into idea gathering mode - soliciting input from industrialists and think tanks, but mainly looking to a core set of government economic advisers, including summit Sherpa Montek Singh Ahluw [...]
2008-11-12 13:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI291ITC'S GRADUAL, BACK-END RETAIL MODEL WORKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the recent backlash against organized retailers and subsequent re-evaluation of business models for some players in the industry (reftels),established players such as the conglomerate Indian Tobacco Company (ITC) are more optimistic about their prospects in the fresh pr [...]
2008-01-29 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PGOV
08NEWDELHI2911BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]
2008-11-13 07:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALBH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2918MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION-
[...] "OBAMA AND INDIA: OBAMA'S NAIVE VIEW ON KASHMIR" op-ed article by guest columnist and retired air vice marshall P.L. Purohit in the November 13, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Unfortunately, Barack Obama's understanding of the Kashmir issue is based on some half-truths [...]
2008-11-14 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2921EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: BLUE DART AVIATION
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 3, 2008, Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and FSN Shailendra Srivastava conducted a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) at Blue Dart Aviation Limite [...]
2008-11-14 12:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC IN
08NEWDELHI2924NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 10 to November 14, 2008, including the following: -- PM Singh Comments on His Plans for G-20 Summit -- Inflation Rate Drops to Single Digits -- Private Carriers Protest Their Exclusion Under GOI [...]
2008-11-14 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI2930MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS, U.S.-
[...] "FIGHT AGAINST RECESSION," editorial in the November 16 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The situation calls for such a global regulatory system, which warns the world in advance of a crisis. The two renowned U.S.-led financial institutions-- IMF and the World Bank --should realize that their negli [...]
2008-11-17 10:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2936NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 FIRST WEEK
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes updates on the upcoming visit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delegation visit to India, the management of professional education in India and the opening of the UK Research Council's office in India and poaching incidents [...]
2008-11-18 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2941MEDIA REACTION: GLOBAL WARMING / ENVIRONMENT, G-20
[...] "CLOUDS OF DANGER," editorial in November 17 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the winters' starting in the Asian countries the air turns into a thick layer of pollution. This atmospheric brown cloud hanging over major Asian cities is a serious threat to the environment. These [...]
2008-11-18 10:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2942ADDITIONAL RESOURCES NEEDED TO COVER THE BIGGEST
[...] (U) Action Request -- Paragraph 1. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (U) Mission India urges the Department to make available approximately $72,000 in additional travel funds as well as four to six additional TDY reporting officers for a period of two to four month [...]
2008-11-18 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV AMGT HR OIG IN
08NEWDELHI2944INITIAL POST-SUMMIT GOI REMARKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh and Finance Minister Chidambaram have made positive remarks in their early days back from the G-20 Summit held November 14-15, while Commerce Minister Nath has made some unhelpful - but not uncharacteristic - protectionist references. Singh and Chidambaram [...]
2008-11-18 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI2946JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOI PULLS OFF A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite bad weather, aggressive calls from separatists to stay home, and tight security, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 17 in the first phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 55 [...]
2008-11-18 13:14:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2953MEDIA REACTION: WORLD ECONOMIC CRISIS / G-20
[...] "INDIA'S CONVICTION," editorial in November 18 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The tables have turned as the G-20 summit on the financial crisis concluded in Washington. This time, it is the developed countries that are under the scanner, while countries like India, China and Brazil have the [...]
2008-11-19 10:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2960GOI OFFICIALS SHARE VISIONS OF NUCLEAR NEXT STEPS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings, Prime Minister's Special Envoy Shyam Saran, Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Kapil Sibal, and Principal Scientific Advisor to GOI Dr. R. Chidambaram shared their thoughts on the way forward for the civil nuclear industry with Nuclear Reg [...]
2008-11-19 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG TRGY ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TSPL IN
08NEWDELHI2962MUMBAI ASSESSES THE MARKETS, EXPECTS MORE RBI MOVES
[...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings in Mumbai on November 14-15, Mumbai financial and market analysts shared their views on liquidity conditions and their expectations for further monetary actions with Econoffs from New Delhi and Mumbai. They also conveyed a "wait and see" approach to re-entering Ind [...]
2008-11-20 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI296425 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]
2008-11-21 03:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI2969DID DIKSHIT DELIVER? DELHI DECIDES
[...] (U) Summary: Delhi Assembly elections, to be held November 29, are heading to a tight finish between the sitting Congress Party government of popular, two-term Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, and her Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent V.K. Malhotra. Adding drama, and national significance, t [...]
2008-11-21 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2970MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] "OBAMA'S NEW ECONOMICS!" op-ed article by columnist Girish Jakhotia in the November 21, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "President-elect Obama should realize that America's economic woes stem from many of its own counterproductive and self-serving polici [...]
2008-11-21 10:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2983MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ELECTIONS/OBAMA PRESIDENCY,
[...] "HOW BENEFICIAL IS THE OBAMA WIN TO THE ISLAMIC WORLD?" editorial in the November 24, 2008, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "The world knows that neither the U.S. Presidential elections nor the elections to the House of Representatives make any difference to the U.S. p [...]
2008-11-24 10:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2987JAMMU AND KASHMIR: SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS TOPS
[...] (C) Summary: For the second time in less than a week, Jammu and Kashmir voters went to the polls in larger than expected numbers on November 23 in the second phase of elections for the state legislature. The voter turnout was estimated at 65 percent for the six seats contested. Each contes [...]
2008-11-24 13:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI2993MEDIA REACTION: US-INDIA RELATIONS, WORLD
[...] "HURDLES OF EMERGING NATION," editorial in the November 24 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. Directorate of National Intelligence assessment is in line with the expectations of many Indians that India will emerge as a major world power by 2025. Hopefully, this U.S. assessment will inspire t [...]
2008-11-25 11:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3000MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "HOW SERIOUSLY CAN WE TAKE ZARDARI'S COMMENT?" op-ed article in November 25 centrist DAINIK BHASKAR Hindi daily by foreign affairs writer Ved Pratap Vaidik: "What's the similarity between Rajiv Gandhi (former Indian prime minister) and Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari? Both got the PM's thr [...]
2008-11-26 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3002ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN
[...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...]
2008-11-26 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI3006TIGERS 40; HUMANS 1: PROTECTING BOTH SPECIES IN INDIA'S
[...] SUMMARY: India's Sundarbans National Park is famous for its man-eating tigers which on average kill approximately 40 people per year. The tables turn on the protected species when they stray into local villages or are targeted by poachers. ESTHOff visited the Sundarbans and met with forest [...]
2008-11-27 09:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI3013SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] "IT'S WAR," editorial in the November 28 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "This nation is under attack ... India is effectively at war and it has deadly enemies in its midst ... The government should immediately work on an internal security doctrine that de [...]
2008-11-28 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3016SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN DECEMBER 2008 VISIT
[...] (U) Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham: On behalf of Ambassador Mulford and the Country Team, I warmly welcome you to Bhutan. Your visit comes at the end of a historic year for the small Himalayan nation, marked by the successful transition to a constitutional monarchy and the coronation [...]
2008-11-28 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDBH CH IN KNNP PGOV PREF PREL
08NEWDELHI3018MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIAN PUBLIC'S ANGER AND
[...] (C) Summary: Indians across the country reacted with anger and outrage at the Mumbai terrorist attacks. They were jolted by the brazenness of the attacks and the level of sophistication involved. They are furious at the country's political leadership for its failure to protect them. They [...]
2008-11-28 13:26:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
08NEWDELHI3023MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist at4acks in Mumbai were ""on a whole new level"" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the ""silver lining"" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3024MENON FAVORS CLOSER COOPERATION FOLLOWING MUMBAI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told Ambassador Mulford November 29 the terrorist attacks in Mumbai were "on a whole new level" and that he looked forward to closer cooperation with the U.S. as the "silver lining" of the tragedy. Menon confirmed the FBI team had been cleared [...]
2008-11-30 14:35:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3025MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: GOI HEADS BEGIN TO ROLL
[...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister began to take some initial steps to respond to the anger and fury of the Indian public at GOI failures that made the Mumbai attacks possible. Home Minister Shivraj Patil resigned on November 30. Finance Minister P.C. Chidambaram takes over from him while the Prime M [...]
2008-11-30 16:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3031MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: POLITICAL FALLOUT CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: A day after the Home Minister was sacked, the impact of the Mumbai tragedy continued to play out domestically and in the Indo-Pakistan relationship. There is likely to be a shakeup in the Maharashtra state government today. At an all-party meeting, the Prime Minister unveiled a number [...]
2008-12-01 13:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3032INDIA CAREFULLY CONSIDERING ANTI-PIRACY PLANS,
[...] (C) Summary. While media reports begin to surface that the INS Tabar sunk a pirated fishing boat with hostages -- and not a pirate "mothership," as the Indian Navy had first claimed -- Indian officials are struggling to come up with a policy for Indian involvement in anti-piracy operations i [...]
2008-12-01 16:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA MARR PTER EWWT KPKO IN
08NEWDELHI3035SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "GO TO THE SOURCE," editorial in the December 1 centrist English Daily THE TIMES OF INDIA (Circulation: 2.1 million). "It's also time for New Delhi to work together with the US, the UK and other concerned governments to evolve a common approach towards Pakistan, which is the world's central t [...]
2008-12-02 01:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3037NSA NARAYANAN TELLS AMBASSADOR INDIA HAS NO INTENTION OF ACTING MILITARILY AGAINST PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 06:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETIN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI3041SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION (CONTINUED): MUMBAI
[...] "DEALING WITH THE NEIGHBOR," editorial in the December 2 nationalist English Daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES (Circulation: 1.6 million). "There is little doubt that the origins of the Mumbai terror attack lie within the borders of Pakistan. India could consider severing the peace process and rolling [...]
2008-12-02 11:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3044MUMBAI ATTACKS UPDATE: DIPLOMATS IN DELHI DELIVER
[...] (C) Summary: Diplomatic missions in Delhi have agreed to offer a more sympathetic message to the Indians rather than pound on the government for its massive intelligence failure. Evidence that Pakistani-based extremist group Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) was the culprit is still not out in the open, alt [...]
2008-12-02 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3050MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "THE STRENGTH OF THE NATION," editorial in the December 2 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Terrorist organizations have miserably failed to play the Islam card and influence India's Muslims. Terrorists have tried many times, but each time they failed. A sign if this is that Muslims in Kashmir def [...]
2008-12-03 09:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3052MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: CODEL MCCAIN TOLD THAT
[...] (C) Summary: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham that India expected Pakistan to respond directly and promptly to New Delhi's demands for the return of accused terrorists provided refuge in Pakistan. In a December 2 meeting, Mukherjee said [...]
2008-12-03 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
08NEWDELHI3059MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS; NEW
[...] "LET PAKISTAN BE DECLARED A TERRORIST STATE," editorial in the November 29 Leftist Agartala (Tripura) Bengali daily, TRIPURA DARPAN. "Pakistan should immediately be declared a terrorist state. All sorts of relations should be snapped with this country. Merely pointing fingers toward Pakistan [...]
2008-12-04 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3062MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: MUKHERJEE-ZARDARI CALL DID NOT TAKE PLACE
[...] (C) Post now believes that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee did not in fact phone Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari November 28 despite conflicting reports from the Indian Government. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar had originally told P [...]
2008-12-04 11:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN KCRM
08NEWDELHI3064SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT
[...] SUMMARY: The highly positive media coverage of Secretary Condoleezza Rice's visit to New Delhi on December 3 has left behind the lasting image of America being India's First Friend in the time of need. In creating that image, the Secretary's visit was supplemented by other significant American [...]
2008-12-04 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3066RAJASTHAN STATE ELECTIONS: IT'S ANYONE'S GAME
[...] (SBU) Summary: As Rajasthan votes to elect a new assembly on December 4, it is unclear as to which of the two state's main parties - the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or the Congress Party - would get the nod of the voters to form the next state government. Both these parties have had t [...]
2008-12-04 15:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL SOCI PINR IN
08NEWDELHI3067MUMBAI TERROR ATTACKS: INDIA REELS UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) Summary: A week after the Mumbai attacks, the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, the Indian security bureaucracy and the Indian public continued to struggle to make sense of how the attacks occurred and what form a proper response should take, both internally a [...]
2008-12-04 15:54:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3068SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY
[...] SUMMARY: For the second day today, the focus of the Indian media stayed on Secretary RiceQs South Asia visit. Her visit to Islamabad and her meetings with the Pakistani leadership received extensive play in the print and electronic media. The mediaQs interpretation of the outcome of her India- [...]
2008-12-05 09:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3071MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY RICE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-05 11:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3072NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 1 to December 5, 2008, including the following: -- India's Fiscal Deficit Set to Worsen -- GOI Set to Announce a Fiscal Stimulus Package -- Mumbai Terror Attack Slows IT Business -- Macro Updat [...]
2008-12-05 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI3076NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 THIRD WEEK
[...] (U) Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly report on science and technology includes an update on the recent Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman and delegation's visit to India, the commencing of the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandrayaan I experiments, [...]
2008-12-08 04:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI3079KAIGE NUCLEAR POWER STATION AT HALF CAPACITY BUT HIGH
[...] Summary: (SBU) On 21 November U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Chairman (NRC) Chairman Klein and delegation, accompanied by Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) Director of Operations Mr. G. Nageswara Rao, toured the Kaiga Generating Station located in North Karnataka State. Kaiga supplies po [...]
2008-12-08 07:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG TRGY EFIN EINV PREL BEXP SENV KGHG PARM KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI3084MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HYPOCRISY," editorial in the December 7 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's asking for concrete evidence of Pakistani involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks is nothing but a ploy to distract India. Pakistan always declares the eviden [...]
2008-12-08 10:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3088SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - INDIAN MUSLIMS CONDEMN
[...] SUMMARY: Prior to the Eid-ul-Zuha holiday (December 9),Muslims across the country demonstrated or spoke out in condemnation of terrorism, asserting that it has no place in Islam. Thousands demonstrated in the streets of Mumbai. Celebrities joined other Muslim community members in denouncing [...]
2008-12-08 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3091INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY TELLS AMBASSADOR "NEVER
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon on December 8 to discuss the Secretary's trip to the region (Menon was out of the country during on December 4) and to follow up on the latest developments in Indo-Pak relations. Referring to the reaction to the M [...]
2008-12-08 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PROV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3113MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "THE ACTION AGAINST LASHKAR-E-TOIBA," editorial in the December 9, 2008, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily MAHARASHTRA TIMES. "Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari who until recently maintained that Pakistan had no connection with the Mumbai terror attacks, has suddenly woken up t [...]
2008-12-10 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3123MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS IN WAKE
[...] "PAKISTAN'S HELPLESSNESS," editorial in the December 10 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan, for the first time, has really acted against terrorists, but under pressure. If the Pakistani rulers really want to eradicate terrorism their actions should match their words. They should stop the diploma [...]
2008-12-11 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3124CONGRESS BRACES FOR STORMY POST-MUMBAI PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The fallout from Mumbai terror attacks will dominate debate in the Indian Parliament, which reconvened on December 10. The political opposition will seek to lay the blame squarely on the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and accuse it of being soft on terrorism. [...]
2008-12-11 11:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
08NEWDELHI3125INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (C) India is grappling with its worst crisis of political confidence in recent memory. The Mumbai terrorist attacks deeply demoralized and angered the Indian public. Indians have directed their fury at the political establishment, which they feel failed to protect them and responded in a hap [...]
2008-12-11 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI3127INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY
[...] (C) Senator Kerry, as you know your visit comes at a time of new tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. The U.S. has encouraged the GOI to pursue a measured action. Both Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Negroponte have traveled to the region to meet with leaders in [...]
2008-12-11 13:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI3128CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN
[...] (U) Summary: Technical education in India is expected to expand rapidly from its current level of 600,000 engineering graduates per year to about 800,000 in three years. It is also projected that India will experience shortage of skilled human resources to meet its developmental needs. Hence [...]
2008-12-12 05:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI3138NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 8 to December 12, 2008, including the following: -- Macro Update -- Speculation on New Finance Minister -- World Bank to Address Infrastructure and Poverty -- India's Infrastructure Registers S [...]
2008-12-12 10:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI314CONTRACT FARMING HAS LIMITED USE THUS FAR FOR ORGANIZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Contract farming offers farmers a stable and profitable way to sell to agro-businesses, and is gaining popularity as a means of cutting out middlemen in the agricultural supply chain. A number of companies are successfully sourcing agricultural products directly from farmers f [...]
2008-01-31 05:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL
08NEWDELHI3144MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE," editorial in December 11 HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "The Pakistan government is caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. If it defends Jamaat-ud-Dawa it will have to face an even stronger global opposition. At the same time, it is incapable of acting tough against [...]
2008-12-12 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3152MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GLOBAL
[...] "PAKISTAN AT ITS DECEIVING BEST," op-ed article in December 14 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by security affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "In the name of action, Pakistan has rounded up a handful of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. This is out of fear that U.S. may declare Pakistan terrorist-sponso [...]
2008-12-15 11:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3157NARAYANAN AND MENON TO DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan told Deputy Secretary Negroponte December 12 that Pakistan's actions so far in response to the Mumbai terrorist attacks have been inadequate and were reminiscent of the insufficient efforts Pakistan [...]
2008-12-15 14:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3158INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY:
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 meeting between Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee, the Deputy Secretary provided Mukherjee with a readout of his meetings with Pakistani officials and urged India to consider the Pakistani proposal to send a high-level delegation [...]
2008-12-15 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3161MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "ZARDARI'S EXCUSES," editorial in December 15 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan is refusing to hand over the terrorists wanted by India and denying that the sole terrorist captured in the Mumbai terror attacks is a Pakistani national. Despite the international pressure, it [...]
2008-12-16 10:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3163EAM MUKHERJEE TELLS CODEL KERRY HE DOUBTS PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On December 15 External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated to Senator Kerry his demands for the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to bring the ISI under civilian control, destroy terrorist training camps, turn over wanted criminals, and end infiltration of India by Pakistani [...]
2008-12-16 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PK IN
08NEWDELHI3164PAKISTAN MUST ACT: SENATOR KERRY HEARS FROM HOME
[...] (C) Summary: Senator Kerry and Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram discussed the state of Indo-Pak relations at a 30 minute December 15 meeting. The Home Minister stated that recent GOP actions against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and other terrorist groups in Pakistan were not sufficient in the GOI' [...]
2008-12-16 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
08NEWDELHI3165PM SINGH TELLS CODEL KERRY RE PAKISTAN: ENOUGH IS
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told Senator Kerry in a December 15 meeting that India had exercised tremendous restraint in responding to the Mumbai terror attacks but that India had reached its limit. He called on the U.S. to make clear to Pakistan that it must take ser [...]
2008-12-16 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER SENV AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI3166INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TELLS SENATOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with Indian National Security Adviser MK Narayanan, Senator John Kerry: -- urged Narayanan to consider which Pakistani actions could be considered as sincere confidence building measures in responding to the Mumbai terrorist attacks, cautioning agains [...]
2008-12-16 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PK IN
08NEWDELHI3167ADVANI SAYS ISI MUST HAVE KNOWN OF MUMBAI
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on December 15, Senator Kerry extended his condolences for the Mumbai terror attacks and said he would deliver a strong message to the Pakistani leadership. Advani demanded immediate action from Pakistan on dismantling the i [...]
2008-12-16 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV SENV AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI3175MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ,
[...] "PAKISTAN'S STALEMATE" editorial in the December 17, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "For the first time in recent history, the international community has taken strong open cognizance of the presence of terrorist outfits in Pakistan. In this context, the Mumbai terror [...]
2008-12-17 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3177INDIA STIMULUS PACKAGE AND MORE MONETARY EASING: CONTINUING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The government on December 7 announced a fiscal stimulus package, in step with global calls for boosting consumer demand, while the central bank announced lower interest rates and other steps aimed at helping those sectors hardest hit by the financial crunch. The stimulus pack [...]
2008-12-17 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
08NEWDELHI3181MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS, IRAQ,
[...] "LETS RID OURSELVES OF THE FEAR PSYCHOSIS OVER PAKISTAN'S NUCLEAR ARMS" op-ed article by retired air marshal P L Purohit in the December 18, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Pakistan is acting under international pressure as of now. But once the pressure recedes, the no [...]
2008-12-18 11:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3184AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN ASSAM AND WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of India has confirmed outbreaks of H5N1 Avian Influenza in the states of Assam and West Bengal. State and Central Government response has been quick and effective with culling operations underway in all locations. There are currently no confirmed cases of H5N1 i [...]
2008-12-18 12:58:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV TSPL
08NEWDELHI3187LAND OF THE THUNDER DRAGON IMPRESSES CODEL MCCAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 3-5 visit to Bhutan of Senators McCain, Lieberman, and Graham demonstrated strong U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom as this historic year draws to a close. The delegation met with the current and former Kings, the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the [...]
2008-12-19 06:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM KNNP BH IN CH
08NEWDELHI3191MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-19 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3195NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of December 15 to December 19, 2008, including the following: -- GOI Banking on Infrastructure Projects to Revive Faltering Economy -- Telecom Regulator Seeks Clarity on 3G Policy -- Bail-out Package for A [...]
2008-12-19 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAIR ECON ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08NEWDELHI3197GOI'S SWIFT COUNTERTERRORISM STEPS HELP LIMIT
[...] (C) To respond to the public outcry following the Mumbai terror attacks, the GOI moved quickly to limit the political damage and demonstrate that it is serious about combating terrorism. It forced through a bill to create a new crime fighting federal agency that will concentrate on terrorism [...]
2008-12-19 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PREL PINR KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI3204MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "PAKISTAN UP TO ITS GAMES," op-ed article in the December 21 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic columnist K. Subrahmanyam: "With its statements, Pakistan is trying hard to provoke India to take military action. Its objective is to blackmail the U.S. Pakistan wants to use it [...]
2008-12-22 10:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3217INDIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is New Delhi's submission for the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for India. 2. (U) Begin Text: India continued to rank among the world,s most terror-afflicted countries in 2008. In a pivotal moment that is now called "26/11", terrorists struck at a variety of locations in [...]
2008-12-22 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC IN
08NEWDELHI322AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER URGES U.S. TO KEEP UP
[...] (C) Summary: Australian High Commissioner John McCarthy urged Ambassador David Mulford January 30 to ensure that the U.S. continue pressuring the new Australian leadership to support an Indian exception in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). "It is important to continue to have the nuclear iss [...]
2008-01-31 12:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI3234MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "IT IS BETTER TO EVADE WAR", editorial in the December 22, 2008 right-of-center Urdu daily "URDU TIMES", Mumbai: "The most worrisome aspect of Indo-Pak imbroglio is that both countries are nuclear states. Both of them will be destroyed in the event of a nuclear war. India's economy was growin [...]
2008-12-24 07:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3242December
[...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]
2008-12-29 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3244MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "STUMBLING BLOCK IN THE PATH OF U.S.," op-ed in December 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "What Pakistan is doing is nothing but a ploy to make the U.S. continue the struggle on Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a long time. U.S. troop [...]
2008-12-29 10:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3253MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "WHO WANTS WAR?" op-ed article by columnist Anant Bagaitkar in the December 29, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "As tempers ran high after the Mumbai terror attacks, almost everyone was putting forth the idea of a conventional war with Pakistan, the notorious neighbor w [...]
2008-12-30 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI3259MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "INDIA IN SEARCH OF A STANCE VIS-A-VIS PAKISTAN" editorial in the December 31, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "China's Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei's visit to Pakistan seems to have eased considerable tension between India and Pakistan. If Pakistan's mellowed politica [...]
2008-12-31 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI332GOI WARNS POWELL OF GROWING UML-MAOIST ALLIANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for North (Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran told SIPDIS Ambassador Nancy Powell she thought the United Marxist-Leninist (UML) Party and the Maoists were forming an alliance ahead of Nepali elections. Saran expressed concern th [...]
2008-02-01 09:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI333NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 28 - February 1, 2008. CARREFOUR COMING TO INDIA -------------------- 2. (U) French retail giant Carrefour, after several abortive attempts to reach a deal with an Indian partner over the pa [...]
2008-02-01 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI338SARKOZY'S VISIT TO INDIA LONG ON DRAMA, SHORT ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy made a two-day stop in India amid a whirlwind of media speculation regarding whether his famous girlfriend, supermodel Carla Bruni, would accompany him. Sarkozy's visit stimulated both governments to officially confirm that they have finalized their civil nuc [...]
2008-02-01 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS KNNP KOMC KUNR FR IN
08NEWDELHI343DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- New HP Government Gets Moving -- Prime Minister Singh to Visit Indo-Chinese Border Areas -- French President's Visit Raises Turban Is [...]
2008-02-01 13:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PBTS SOCI KWMN CH IN FR
08NEWDELHI353GAMBARI TELLS INDIA TO USE ITS INFLUENCE ON BURMA
[...] (C) Summary. UN Special Envoy for Burma Ibrahim Gambari's late January visit to India delivered the message that India should use its influence to do more to help the democratization and reconciliation process in Burma. Gambari told British and Canadian missions privately that India reiterate [...]
2008-02-04 12:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM IN
08NEWDELHI423EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: KYOCERA WIRELESS
[...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. On November 27, 2007, Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS) Export Control Officer (ECO) Paul Cushman and BIS FSN Prem Narayan conducted a Post-shipment Verification (P [...]
2008-02-08 12:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC ETRD BEXP IN
08NEWDELHI425NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 4-8, 2008. WTO SIDES WITH INDIA ON WINE TAXES ------------- 2. (U) The Business Standard reported Thursday that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute-settlement panel dismissed the Unit [...]
2008-02-08 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI431DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]
2008-02-08 13:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI433GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LAUNCHES THE NANOTECHNOLOGY MISSION IN
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of India (GOI) in its recent National Development Council (NDC) meeting has approved a Science and Technology (S&T) budget of approximately USD 18.7 billion in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007-2012). This is a three-fold increase over its Tenth Plan allocation of [...]
2008-02-11 05:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV TSPL SENV TBIO TRGY TNGD
08NEWDELHI442NEPALI MAOIST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF "PEOPLE'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting to news reports that the Maoists in Nepal had decided to re-establish its parallel "People's Governments" under the direction of the United Revolutionary People's Council, Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Nepal Manish Gupta told Poloff that India views [...]
2008-02-11 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR NP CH IN
08NEWDELHI444MENON SAYS MUNICH MEETING HAS "CLEARED UP" INDIA'S
[...] (C) Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador February 11 that the February 9 meeting in Munich between Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) Secretary Anil Kakodkar and IAEA Director General (DG) Mohammad ElBaradei has allowed India t [...]
2008-02-11 14:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI474KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA
[...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]
2008-02-13 11:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI478TERROR (AND TERRORISM) ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani cancelled a dozen campaign events scheduled for the coming month after National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan warned him about terror threats to his personal safety. The BJP did, however, hold its kick-off rally, [...]
2008-02-13 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV CASC PREL KISL KCRM IN
08NEWDELHI483SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...]
2008-02-14 10:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI499NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 11-15, 2008. FURTHER DE-RESERVATION OF SMALL-SCALE INDUSTRY ITEMS ----------------- 2. (U) Continuing its steady reform process to increase the competitiveness of the Indian industry, the [...]
2008-02-15 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI501NEW DELHI EXPECTS INDIA-AUSTRALIA RELATIONS TO
[...] (C) Summary: India-Australia relations under Prime Minister Rudd should continue to move forward on the positive path set by the Howard administration, according to the Ministry of External Affairs, the Australian High Commission and contacts in Delhi. However, while greater engagement in b [...]
2008-02-15 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AS IN
08NEWDELHI503 DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FOCUSES ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS),held February 7 - 9, 2008, attracted a wide range of world leaders but proved to be more of a coup for it's organizers, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) than for the theme of sustainable development and climate change with few [...]
2008-02-15 13:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI506CONGRESS TRIES TO BREATHE LIFE INTO THE PARTY WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The rattled Congress high command is exploring several moves ) cabinet reshuffle, populist budget, changing alliance partners, promotion of Rahul Gandhi - to recover from its trouncing by the Bharatiya Janata Party in recent state assembly elections. Public bullying by the Le [...]
2008-02-15 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PINR IN
08NEWDELHI524SARAN AND KAKODKAR SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Summary: While Special Envoy Shyam Saran underlined February 18 the importance of completing the civil nuclear cooperation initiative as soon as possible, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Anil Kakodkar downplayed the urgency during a press interaction February 18. Speaking at an Institut [...]
2008-02-19 12:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI525DELHI DIARY, FEB 11-15
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 11-15, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Notice Issued to Sonia Gandhi over Belgian Honor -- Renegade Politician Finally Breaks Ties with Congress -- Supreme Court Seeks Stay [...]
2008-02-19 12:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CASC IN BE
08NEWDELHI541INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]
2008-02-21 05:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI542INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-21 08:47:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALIN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI558SENATORS' NUCLEAR DEADLINE BRINGS (MOSTLY)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The setting of a June deadline by Senators Kerry, Biden and Hagel during their February 20 visit to Delhi has sparked a tepid reaction from the Congress Party and, strangely, the Communists, while media supporters have used the opportunity to remind the Indian government of its [...]
2008-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI560CODEL BIDEN MEETING WITH NSA NARAYANAN
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with Codel Biden (consisting of Senators Joe Biden, John Kerry and Chuck Hagel),National Security Advisor M.K.A. Narayanan disclosed that GOI negotiations with the IAEA on the India-specific safeguards agreement are going well and he expects the agreemen [...]
2008-02-22 09:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM KDEM KNNP ENRG SOCI IS
08NEWDELHI574DELHI DIARY, FEB 18-22
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 18-22, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Darul Uloom in Deoband says Terrorism is Anti-Islamic -- BJP Targets Women's Vote -- US Presence Overwhelms DEFEXPO -- India and Pakistan Expan [...]
2008-02-22 13:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL MASS BEXP PK IN
08NEWDELHI59WEAKENED UPA AND LEFT MULL MIDDLE WAY TO COMPLETE
[...] (C) Summary: While the Indian government prolongs the safeguards talks to a fourth round, the Congress Party and Left appear to have reacted to the Gujarat election loss by reaffirming that the UPA government will last its full term, which complicates the completion of the nuclear initiative in [...]
2008-01-08 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI606INDIAN PARLIAMENT BEGINS WITH NUCLEAR BANG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Building on the unexpected extension of Ambassador Ronen Sen's tenure in the U.S., President Patil's expression of hope for the completion of the nuclear deal during her first address to Parliament February 25 has injected life back into the civil nuclear cooperation initiative. [...]
2008-02-26 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI614 INDIAN TIGER IN A STATE OF TERMINAL EMERGENCY MADE WORSE
[...] SUMMARY. The much awaited Tiger Census Report and the State of the Forest Report were released by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MOEF) recently. Although the Tiger census made headlines by officially recognizing the massive decline in the tiger population, it did not come as a surpr [...]
2008-02-27 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV IN
08NEWDELHI623INFLUENTIAL DEOBAND MADRASSA GATHERING DECLARES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a February 25 conference at the influential and conservative Darul Uloom madrassa in Deoband, Uttar Pradesh, approximately 10,000 - 15,000 Islamic clerics declared terrorism un-Islamic. In equal measure, the declaration by clerics of the madrassa regarded as the ideologica [...]
2008-02-27 13:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL SCUL ASEC CASC PREL KTFN KCRM KIRF
08NEWDELHI638DEFENSE SECRETARY SINGH EMPHASIZES POSITIVE
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 27 meeting between Under Secretary of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security, Mario SIPDIS Mancuso, and Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, Mancuso: -- stressed the importance of the U.S.-India relationship; -- expressed appreciation for Singh's contribution to b [...]
2008-02-28 13:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL MARR KNNP PGOV IN
08NEWDELHI644NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of February 25-29, 2008. ANOTHER BUDGET THAT PROMISES MUCH, BUT FUNDS LITTLE, POPULISM ---------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Finance Minister Chidambaram presented to Parliament on February 29 t [...]
2008-02-29 12:05:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI645COMMERCE UNDER SECRETARY MANCUSO DISCUSSES TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In their February 28 meeting, Commerce Minister Nath stressed to Under Secretary Mancuso the importance of progress on all of the U.S.-India economic dilaogues, including the HTCG, to ensure continued interest in the government-to-government engagement and forward progress in [...]
2008-02-29 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MTCR PARM PREL IN
08NEWDELHI690SAFEGUARDS TALKS DONE, INDIA WILL SOON MAKE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon and Special Envoy to the Prime Minister Shyam Saran confirmed to Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher March 4 that India and the SIPDIS International Atomic Energy Agency had finally completed their negotiations on a safeguards agreement. Menon discounte [...]
2008-03-05 11:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI701HARYANA BELLWETHER: A PROSPEROUS STATE WITH STRONG
[...] (C) Summary: January 20-22, Emboffs traveled to Haryana to gauge the political, economic, and social climate of the state. Journalists and politicians alike described the pace of development as constant and fast in Haryana regardless of which political party leads the state, leading to overall [...]
2008-03-06 12:22:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV KDEM SENV IN
08NEWDELHI721NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 3-7, 2008. REACTIONS TO GOI BUDGET MIXED AMONG AMERICAN COMPANIES IN SOUTH INDIA ------------- 2. (SBU) The announcement of the GOI's budget on February 29 drew mixed reactions from some U.S [...]
2008-03-07 10:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI722ELECTIONS VS. ELECTRONS: POLITICAL DETAILS LOOM
[...] (C) Summary: With the resurgence of the civil nuclear political debate during the budget session of Parliament, observers have analyzed the minutiae to try to determine whether the UPA government calls the Left's bluff soon, waits until after the monsoon, or sits on the initiative altogether. [...]
2008-03-07 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI731INDIA LAUNCHES A NEW SALVO IN ASIAN MISSILE RACE
[...] (S/NF) (NOTE: This cable is intended in part to fulfill reporting requirements outlined in SECSTATE 20964. END NOTE.) SUMMARY: India successfully test-fired an indigenously-designed submerged ballistic missile on February 26, signaling its intent and eventual capability to launch submarine-b [...]
2008-03-10 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KPRP MCAP MNUC PARM XD XF XE IN CH PK
08NEWDELHI734INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...]
2008-03-11 08:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN
08NEWDELHI735ELECTION YEAR BUDGET: MINORITIES GET THEIR SHARE
[...] (SBU) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) budget announced last week doubled government spending on minorities (read Muslims) from roughly USD 125M to over USD 250M (reftel) for fiscal year 2008-2009. The Muslim vote bank used to be one of the most reliable in the Congress Party's tradition [...]
2008-03-11 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KISL ECON EFIN IN
08NEWDELHI763SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI
[...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...]
2008-03-13 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI776NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 10-14, 2008. AIRPORT STRIKE ENDS --- 2. (U) What started two days back as a non-cooperation movement by Airport Authority of India (AAI) workers to protest against closure of the Hyderabad and [...]
2008-03-14 09:33:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI790DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...]
2008-03-14 13:32:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS
08NEWDELHI795COMMUNISTS AND BJP/RSS TAKE THEIR KERALA STREET
[...] (C) Summary The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM) battled each other last week in parliament, on the Delhi street and in Kerala over who was to blame for violence between the CPM and the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) in Kerala. BJP members of [...]
2008-03-17 09:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR IN
08NEWDELHI8SCENESETTER PART II: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) Mr. Secretary, this is the second scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on U.S.-India collaborations in life sciences, health sciences, and public health. The third companion cable will provide information on the regulatory environment for drugs, vacc [...]
2008-01-02 12:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI808DALAI LAMA'S REPRESENTATIVE PREDICTS CONTINUED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 09:05:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP CH IN
08NEWDELHI857CODEL PELOSI DISCUSSES CIV-NUKE AND OTHER ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20 Speaker Pelosi and her delegation, and Ambassador Mulford and the DCM, held discussions with Indian Members of Parliament (MP) from across the political spectrum. The civil nuclear initiative dominated the 45 minute meeting but Tibet, Burma and the Doha trade talks wer [...]
2008-03-25 06:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY ECON
08NEWDELHI888INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]
2008-03-27 11:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI895WITH ELECTIONS ON THE HORIZON, RAJASTHAN WRESTLES
[...] (C) Summary: On a March 11-14 trip to Rajasthan, Poloffs met journalists, politicians, and academicians to gauge the political and social pulse of the state before elections there in November 2008. Currently under the leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),Chief Minister Vasundhara R [...]
2008-03-28 10:24:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM SOCI IN
08NEWDELHI902NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 24-28, 2008. UNSEASONABLE RAIN LEAVES SOUTH REELING ------------------ 2. (U) A spate of unseasonable rains from March 19 to 24 caused 79 deaths and significant economic damage across South Ind [...]
2008-03-28 12:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NEWDELHI906DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...]
2008-03-28 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN
08NEWDELHI932DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...]
2008-03-31 13:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS
08NEWDELHI934FS MENON PESSIMISTIC ON TIBET AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon told the Ambassador March 31 that he expected elements of the Tibetan community to become more independent of the Dalai Lama's moderate line the longer they reside in India's "free and open society." He asserted that India would have no problem [...]
2008-04-01 01:27:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD EINV MNUC PARM IN CH PK
08NEWDELHI942 CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...]
2008-04-01 10:22:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI95RELIANCE SLOWING DOWN ITS RETAIL ROLLOUT?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliance has ambitious plans to develop a comprehensive "farm to fork" supply chain that will support its front-end organized retail venture, but establishing solid backward linkages to the agricultural sector will take time and recent protests against it may require the compan [...]
2008-01-11 11:00:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBTIO EAGR ECON EINV IN ETRD EFIN PREL
08NEWDELHI950DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH MEA'S GAITRI KUMAR,
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 31 meeting, Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar provided SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum with a positive Indian assessment of External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's March 24 visit to Washington, saying it had helped to bring clarity on many outstanding is [...]
2008-04-01 13:06:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAGR ETRD EINV MARR TSPA AMGT OFDP
08NEWDELHI965 CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES INDIAN ENERGY EXPERTS ON CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI),Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Chairman Dr. R.K. Pachauri's powerful NGO, brought out its leading experts to brief CODEL Pelosi on climate change and answer questions in a roundtable meeting held at the TERI Gram Campus in [...]
2008-04-02 09:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI967 S&T ADVISER TO SECSTATE ENGAGES PRINCIPAL SCIENTIFIC
[...] SUMMARY: Dr. Nina Fedoroff, S&T Adviser to the US Secretary of State and the AID Administrator, met with Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India (GOI) during her recent visit to India and discussed the scope and status of Indo - U.S. S&T colla [...]
2008-04-02 11:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
08NEWDELHI98950-50 CHANCE AT BEST FOR NUCLEAR DEAL AFTER MAY 9,
[...] (C) Summary: In light of the continuing political debate in Delhi, Indian observers have counseled that the central government will wait at least until Parliament approves the budget on May 9, after which the Congress Party may decide to move forward with the nuclear deal by submitting the saf [...]
2008-04-04 09:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI992CONGRESS TURNS UP HEAT ON MAYAWATI, SOFTENS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 30-31 Congress Party Uttar Pradesh (UP) state unit conference, party leaders including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi fiercely criticized the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) government of Chief Minister Mayawati. The gloves came off as Congress Party leaders accused the BSP and [...]
2008-04-04 10:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI KISL IN
08NIAMEY1007Charges Stick, but Kaka Granted Provisional Release
[...] (U) On October 7, the Nigerien High Court of Appeals affirmed new charges against RFI affiliate director Moussa Kaka at the request of state prosecutors, but granted him "immediate, provisional release" from prison. No trial date has been set. 2. (U) Kaka was arrested on September 20, 2007, [...]
2008-10-07 13:48:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
08NIAMEY113NIGER: AMBASSADOR JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH GON
[...] (U) Summary. On January 24, I met with Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Seini Oumarou to discuss the status of Niger,s MCA Threshold Program, human rights issues (including reports of military/police abuse of civilians and whether the GON or independent organizations were invest [...]
2008-01-25 11:30:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL EAID NG
08NIAMEY1133NIGER: NOVEMBER 25-27, 2008 REGIONAL SEMINAR ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON),in cooperation with the Government of France (GOF),hosted in Niamey a regional seminar on terrorism and trafficking from November 25-27, 2008. The GON Minister of Justice (MOJ) and French Ambassador delivered opening and closing remarks at the seminar, [...]
2008-12-03 11:28:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SMIG SNAR PHUM ASEC MCAP KTFN NG XY
08NIAMEY1135 NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 15 - 30, 2008
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for the second half of November 2008 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Travel Warning Extended for the North -- Prison Letter from Former PM Hama Amadou [...]
2008-12-03 16:44:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SCUL EAGR EAID NG
08NIAMEY1139 NIGER: GON EXPANDS HIGHER ED TO NIGER'S INTERIOR
[...] SUMMARY: On October 28-30, 2008 the GON opened three new University Institutes of Technology (IUTs) in the interior cities of Zinder, Maradi, and Tahoua. This represents the largest expansion of the national university system since 1985. According to GON officials, the purpose of the IUTs is [...]
2008-12-04 14:03:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL EAGR EAID NG
08NIAMEY115NIGER: TUAREG MINISTER'S VIEWS ON CURRENT EVENTS
[...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with the Embassy Development Coordinator, Environment Minister Mohamed Akotey offered the following observations on recent developments. 2. (C) Akotey said that it is definitely NOT the MNJ which is laying mines in urban areas. He said that "they" are laying min [...]
2008-01-29 11:24:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS SNAR ASEC KPAO NG
08NIAMEY1166NIGER: DETAILS AND UPDATE ON MISSING UNITED
[...] (S/NF) Summary. The unexplained disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay and their unidentified driver remains a mystery. The Government of Niger (GON) initial reaction generally has been one of anger, placing blame on the SE for allegedl [...]
2008-12-16 15:20:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC PGOV PREL UN NG
08NIAMEY1176 NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR DECEMBER 1 - 21, 2008
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for the first three weeks of December 2008 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- PNA Convenes; Jackou Declares Presidential Candidacy; -- SONITEL Employees D [...]
2008-12-24 07:23:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SCUL EAGR EAID NG
08NIAMEY1179 Niger: 4th Anniversary of Pres. Tandja's 2nd Term;
[...] Summary: Immediately after the festivities marking the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Niger, the fourth anniversary of President Tandja's second term was celebrated on December 21. Traditionally a commemorative event, this year's celebration was transformed into a political rally, wherein [...]
2008-12-29 05:22:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SOCI NG
08NIAMEY1183(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL
[...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...]
2008-12-30 13:58:00Embassy NiameySECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY
08NIAMEY226NIGER: ALLEGATIONS OF TORTURE
[...] (U) The Newspaper "Le Republicain" carried a front page article in its February 14-20 edition reporting the torture of a number of civilians by the security forces in Agadez. It recounts two specific cases. 2. (U) The first involves three cattle sellers who were detained on January 18. They [...]
2008-02-22 12:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NG
08NIAMEY407TUAREG PARLIAMENTARIAN ON THE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: A Tuareg National Assemblyman sees negotiations as the only way to end the conflict in the north. The GON cannot defeat the MNJ militarily, and its gross human rights violations are only making matters worse, he stressed. End Summary. 2. (C) Tuareg National Assemblyman Bridji [...]
2008-04-08 15:03:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MOPS PINR NG
08NIAMEY408NIGER: FIGHTING IN THE NORTH AND EAST
[...] (U) The GON's long awaited offensive against the MNJ has apparently begun. There have been reports of fighting in several locations in the north. As is usually the case, the GON and MNJ provide contradictory reports of events, particularly regarding casualties. Much has been made of the MNJ [...]
2008-04-08 15:26:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS NG
08NIAMEY433NIGER: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR RECONCILIATION ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: The GON official responsible for implementing the 1995 peace accord is disappointed that there had not been any GON follow-up to the MNJ's release of hostages. He thought the President's April 24 speech marking the end of the 1990s rebellion and the Communication Minister's state [...]
2008-04-17 11:40:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF NG
08NIAMEY446RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) As one of the poorest countries in the world, Niger will be among the hardest hit by rising food prices. Post has reported on food developments (refs b, c, and especially d),and will continue to do as the situation evolves. Much will depend on the fall harvest, which will in turn depend [...]
2008-04-23 09:41:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NG
08NIAMEY447RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) As one of the poorest countries in the world, Niger will be among the hardest hit by rising food prices. Post has reported on food developments (refs b, c, and especially d),and will continue to do as the situation evolves. Much will depend on the fall harvest, which will in turn depend [...]
2008-04-23 09:41:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NG
08NIAMEY460NIGERIEN BAR ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) In an April 30 meeting with the DCM, Nigerien Bar Association president Moussa Coulibaly reviewed the status of the case against two journalists (ref A) and the December 9 incident in the north (ref B). Coulibaly is the lawyer defending the journalists, and he represents the families of t [...]
2008-04-30 13:52:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPHUM NG
08NIAMEY470ADDENDUM: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) Following up on reftel report on the impact of rising food prices on Niger, and after consultation with local WFP and FEWSNET personnel, Embassy estimates that Niger will need approximately 120,000 mt of food to tide the country over until next fall's harvest. The 120,000 mt should be a c [...]
2008-05-05 13:49:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID PGOV NG
08NIAMEY487NIGER: RELEASED DETAINEE TELLS HIS STORY
[...] (SBU) Aziz Ameyagi was released from Niger's high security Kutokalle Prison on May 5 after eight months of detainment On May 8 he recounted his saga to the Embassy Development Coordinator. 2. (SBU) Aziz was a senior person in Africare,s Agadez office. He was arrested by gendarmes last Augu [...]
2008-05-09 06:55:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM NG
08NIAMEY534THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...]
2008-05-20 15:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP
08NIAMEY608NIGER: AF DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY MOSS VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. ------------------------- On June 1, 2008, Department of State Bureau for African Affairs (AF) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Todd Moss met with several Government of Niger (GON) officials (including President Mamadou Tandja) and a human rights organization, participated in [...]
2008-06-16 15:01:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAGR EAID NG
08NIAMEY624NIGER: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES PROSECUTION OF
[...] (U) Late in the evening of Monday, June 23, the National Assembly approved the prosecution of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou on charges related to the misuse of funds appropriated for support of the media (reftels). The secret ballot vote was 72 for and 28 against, with one abstention. [...]
2008-06-24 06:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ASEC NG
08NIAMEY689NIGER: UNITED NATIONS (UN) SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] Summary. UN Secretary General SA on Conflict Prevention, Jan Egeland, made a June 5-6 visit to Niger to investigate the nexus between climate change issues and conflict. UN Development Program (UNDP) Senior Representative Khardiata Lo N'Diaye (concurrently the senior UN system official in Nige [...]
2008-07-10 09:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS SOCI EAID PREF NG UN
08NIAMEY809NIGER: RADIO AND TV DOUNIA SUSPENDED FOR ONE
[...] High Council for Communication (CSC) Director Daouda Diallo notified Radio and TV Dounia that its operation has been suspended for one month. The official reason given for RTV Dounia's suspension was "failure to meet the specifications for which it is authorized." CSC is the Government of Ni [...]
2008-08-20 05:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO NG
08NIAMEY815NIGER: MNJ LEADERSHIP CONTRADICTS GON
[...] (C) Summary. Following August 18 media reports that Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) leader Aghali Alambo had agreed to Libyan leader Mouamar Khaddafi's call for rebels to lay down their arms to faciliate planning for peace talks, the MNJ leadership alleged that Government of Ni [...]
2008-08-21 14:28:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL CASC NG LY ML
08NICOSIA106POSSIBILITY OF PAPADOPOULOS RE-ELECTION WEIGHS
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot leader "President" Mehmet Ali Talat expressed doubt that substantive Cyprus Problem negotiations would resume in the event of a Papadopoulos re-election February 24, but assured that Turkish Cypriots were ready to start talks regardless of which Greek Cypriot prev [...]
2008-02-13 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPRGOV PREL TU SR CY
08NICOSIA114ROUND TWO DEALS TO DETERMINE ULTIMATE VICTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The February 17 first round of Cypriot elections will narrow to two the list of contenders but simultaneously make the third-place party a potential kingmaker. Current polling on second round scenarios is next to worthless, since the final result will depend more on party lead [...]
2008-02-15 14:00:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA123CHRISTOFIAS SEEMINGLY WINNING BATTLE FOR VANQUISHED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following incumbent Tassos Papadopoulos's failure to advance past the February 17 first round of presidential elections, the major parties supporting his candidacy, the Democratic Party (DIKO) and Socialist EDEK announced their decisions to support Communist AKEL leader Dimitri [...]
2008-02-20 16:23:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA125G/TIP VISITOR SEES FIRST-HAND CYPRIOT EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP Official Jennifer Donnelly visited Cyprus January 31 - February 2 to evaluate RoC efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) on the island. In her meetings, Donnelly acknowledged government successes, such as the recent passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislation an [...]
2008-02-22 07:14:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TIP KCRM KWMN CY
08NICOSIA126CYPRUS: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2008 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...]
2008-02-22 08:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY
08NICOSIA128TURKISH CYPRIOTS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC OVER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-22 13:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA134PRESIDENT-ELECT CHRISTOFIAS PROMISES TO REVIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Cypriots on February 24 elected their first-ever Communist president, AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias. The Soviet-educated Christofias defeated Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed challenger Ioannis Kasoulides by nearly seven points, 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. [...]
2008-02-26 09:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA144CHRISTOFIAS SEEKS EARLY ENGAGEMENT WITH TALAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "If Mehmet Ali (Talat) and I cannot solve the Cyprus Problem, who can?" pondered RoC President-elect Dimitris Christofias in his February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, their first gathering since the February 24 election. Greek Cypriots had selected Christofias due primarily [...]
2008-02-28 13:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY
08NICOSIA153NEW CYPRIOT CABINET NAMED; FEW SURPRISES
[...] Summary: After four days of difficult deliberations with the parties that supported his candidacy, RoC President-elect Demetris Christofias on February 28 announced the members of his cabinet. Filling the 11-member body are four ministers from Christofias's AKEL party, three from DIKO, two fr [...]
2008-02-29 15:10:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA216CYPRUS: POLICE STEP UP IPR ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) As reported Reftel, police enforcement action against IPR piracy seems to be on the rise. During 2007, the police launched 188 raids on suspected pirates, seizing 188,516 pirated items (mostly of DVDs and CDs),compared to 114 raids and 77,763 seized items in 2006. Thus far, this trend [...]
2008-04-02 11:28:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY
08NICOSIA224CYPRUS: WATER SUPPLY APPROACHING CRITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus is in for a long, hot, and, worst of all, very dry summer. On March 24, the GOC announced emergency measures to deal with a dwindling water supply. A shortfall of around 16.7 million tons of water over the next year is expected to be made up through a combination of me [...]
2008-04-07 12:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON ETRD SENV CY
08NICOSIA23FIFTH CANDIDATE ENTERS RACE, DISMISSIVE OF FEDERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ending weeks of speculation, firebrand European Parliamentarian (MEP) and former Cypriot MP Marios Matsakis announced December 28 his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the February presidential elections. Matsakis, notorious for his anti-British and anti-Turk hi [...]
2008-01-09 15:02:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU
08NICOSIA270ECHR ENDORSES PROPERTY SWAP BUT SIDESTEPS THE TURKISH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The April 22 decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) approving a property swap between Greek Cypriot refugee Michael Tymvios and Turkey fell short of declaring the Turkish Cypriot "Property Commission" an effective local remedy, a finding that the Republic of Cypr [...]
2008-04-29 14:05:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA273OPPOSITION LEADER PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Cypriot President Demetris Christofias could count on DISY supporting his Cyprus reunification strategy "as long he shoots straight and doesn't play games with us," DISY leader Nikos Anastassiades told the Ambassador April 22. Being in opposition did not mean opposing every [...]
2008-04-30 14:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08NICOSIA277EMBASSY NICOSIA THOUGHTS ON "DAY OF SOLIDARITY
[...] (SBU) In promoting the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People," the Embassy intends to place an Ambassador-drafted op-ed in prominent Greek Cypriot daily newspapers. The article will attempt to draw attention to the plight of Cuba's prisoners of conscience, call for a legitimate pol [...]
2008-05-05 13:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL CY
08NICOSIA287HOW VIRGIN MUST THE BIRTH OF A NEW, POST-SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Just two weeks into long-delayed preparatory discussions at the working group/technical committee level, Turkish and Greek Cypriots already are hotly debating (albeit indirectly) one of the prickliest components of a final settlement: the origin and sovereignty of a reunified Cy [...]
2008-05-09 04:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY TU
08NICOSIA292EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS INITIAL EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: In response to recent developments in Lebanon and a message from the Department ExecSec (Ref A),Ambassador Schlicher chaired a meeting of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 9 at 1000 hrs local to discuss contingency plans for supporting Embassy Beirut as well as a p [...]
2008-05-09 14:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU
08NICOSIA293EMBASSY NICOSIA HOLDS SECOND EAC ON LEBANON CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: At 1630 hrs local on May 9, Ambassador Schlicher held an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to assess the latest developments concerning the Beirut crisis and review progress on Embassy Nicosia contingency planning. The meeting was a follow-up to the initial EAC meeting con [...]
2008-05-09 15:40:00Embassy NicosiaSECRETASEC CASC PREL PGOV CY LE TU
08NICOSIA32CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]
2008-01-14 10:19:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA322MISSING PERSONS EFFORT STILL A BRIGHT SPOT, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Returning the skeletal remains of 2-3 victims per week to grateful family members, the UN Committee on Missing Persons (CMP) remains a bright example of sustained bi-communal cooperation in Cyprus. The pace of returns likely will spike during the summer, once the Nicosia gene [...]
2008-05-22 13:33:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM UNFICYP CY
08NICOSIA324T/C NEGOTIATOR CLAIMS "ENOUGH" PROGRESS IN CURRENT
[...] (C) Summary: "When will (Cypriot President Demetris) Christofias ever leave the harbor that (former President and famous hard-liner) Papadopoulos built?" complained Turkish Cypriot negotiator Ozdil Nami in a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador. Nami, without noting his own side's unhelpful pu [...]
2008-05-23 11:45:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA336EMBASSY NICOSIA SEIZES THE MOMENT TO PROMOTE TRAVEL TO THE
[...] Summary: Cypriots love to travel. Specifically, on the Government Controlled part of the island with a total population of approximately 800,000 there were 1,080,512 trips recorded of Cypriots who traveled abroad in 2007. However, less than 15,000 recorded trips were to the USA. Taking into a [...]
2008-05-28 07:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT BEXP ETRD ECON CY
08NICOSIA348MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...]
2008-06-02 04:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA354CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP)
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...]
2008-06-02 08:24:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS
08NICOSIA42TURKISH CYPRIOTS DIVIDED OVER GREEK CYPRIOT
[...] (C) Summary: Although closely watched by Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politicos, February 2008 presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus do not engender in the north widespread hope for a future settlement. Of those we polled in the "ruling," pro-solution Republican Turkish Party (CTP),a ma [...]
2008-01-17 15:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA426GREEK CYPRIOTS DROP EU ASSISTANCE LAWSUITS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Citing its satisfaction with a compromise reached days earlier, the Republic of Cyprus on June 3 announced the withdrawal of eight appeals to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over tenders originating in the European Union's 259-million euro financial aid package for Turkish Cyp [...]
2008-06-05 14:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON CY TU
08NICOSIA434TALAT ANGRY AT TWO ESSENTIAL PLAYERS -- THE UN AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-06 15:04:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TY CY
08NICOSIA447CYPRUS: Global Economic Turmoil Takes its Toll
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rising oil and food prices and the global economic turmoil is finally taking its toll on Cyprus. Cyprus is going to have to live with slower growth rates (albeit, still double that of the EU average),and to forget about fiscal surpluses. However, the main threat is inflation, [...]
2008-06-13 08:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CY
08NICOSIA465VISITING ANALYST HEARS MIXED REVIEWS OF CHRISTOFIAS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with officials and academics, visiting INR biographical analyst Zayda Madriz heard both praise and skepticism of RoC President Demetris Christofias, in office four months. Though Greek Cypriots praised the "change in climate" that accompanied Christofias's election [...]
2008-06-24 08:13:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR CY
08NICOSIA479PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF LISBON TREATY CALLS INTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus likely will ratify the Treaty of Lisbon on July 3, becoming the 20th European Union member state (M-S) to accept Brussels's latest effort at bureaucratic streamlining. In spite of its redefining of M-S relations with Brussels, the matter has generated little substantive [...]
2008-06-26 10:46:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA495CYPRUS ASYLUM SERVICES STRUGGLING TO COPE WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cyprus enjoys the highest per capita rate of asylum seekers in the European Union and is struggling with a backlog of nearly 8,000 asylum applications. RoC migration officials claim the majority pass through Turkey and the northern part of Cyprus en route to the government-con [...]
2008-07-02 11:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM CY
08NICOSIA529GOC PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS PREPARES THE GROUND FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 8 press conference, President Christofias stated that his three meetings with Turkish Cypriot leader Talat have fully clarified the basis for full-fledged negotiations - a lingering concern for the G/C leader. He also argued that the Working Groups and Technical Comm [...]
2008-07-11 12:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA559G/C ENCLAVED IN KARPAS ARE ENDURING, BUT DWINDLING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-23 06:36:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY TU ECON
08NICOSIA567DENIAL OF EXPORT LICENSE MAY HAVE NEGATIVE
[...] (SBU) On July 22, Post learned from Bell Helicopter Corporation that PM/DDTC had denied the company an export license for the sale of two helicopters to the Cypriot Ministry of Justice (Police) for use largely for search-and-rescue purposes. As Post stated in ref e-mail, "We strongly support [...]
2008-07-24 10:29:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKOMC ECON CY
08NICOSIA628CHRISTOFIAS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC REGARDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: If he and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat could not reunite Cyprus, then who could? RoC President Demetris Christofias told the Ambassador during the latter's farewell call July 31. President Christofias, while pleased with the outcome of the March-July preparatory phase [...]
2008-08-01 13:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA649TALAT STILL TROUBLED BY GREEK CYPRIOT MOTIVATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "I believe Christofias sincerely desires a solution," Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat informed the Ambassador at his farewell call August 6, "but I doubt his ability to manage the process and control Greek Cypriot hard-liners." Formal negotiations would commence on Sept [...]
2008-08-07 13:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA650TURKISH CYPRIOTS DIVIDED ON EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 13:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TU CY
08NICOSIA67FATE OF "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY DEPENDS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-28 15:18:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA675ON EVE OF NEGOTIATIONS, TURKISH-CYPRIOT ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary. The economy of north Cyprus continues its year-long decline exacerbated by the "government's" lack of cash in the wake of higher than anticipated expenses. "Government" creditors are not being paid on time and the ripple effects are felt throughout the economy and the banking syst [...]
2008-08-20 11:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV CY
08NICOSIA682NEW ARRIVALS CHANGING CYPRUS'S BI-COMMUNAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: An island long accustomed to exporting human capital, Cyprus has witnessed an unprecedented wave of immigration in the last ten years, altering the historically bi-communal (Turkish- and Greek-Cypriot) demographic balance and potentially affecting the Republic's political landsc [...]
2008-08-22 08:50:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ECON CY
08NICOSIA731CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...]
2008-09-12 15:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE
08NICOSIA744CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT HOPEFUL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-17 12:11:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
08NICOSIA763CYPRIOT BANKS REDUCING US RISK EXPOSURE
[...] (SBU) In response to the upheaval in US markets, Cypriot financial institutions are taking a very conservative approach to risk management and reassessing their financial exposure to US financial firms. Most seriously, on September 17 the Bank of Cyprus, the country's largest bank, issued inst [...]
2008-09-24 13:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL CY
08NICOSIA777CYPRUS TO OPEN EMBASSY IN HAVANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the only surprise in the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's September 24 declaration that it would open an embassy in Havana was that the government had waited so long. Cuba holds a fond spot in the heart of Demetris Christofias, the communist AKEL party chairman elected RoC pr [...]
2008-09-30 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY CU
08NICOSIA80KOSOVO: CYPRIOTS AGREE ON ESDP CONOPS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot Political Director Euripides Evriaviades claimed victory in seeing the Kosovo ESDP Concept of Operations document stripped of text "dangerous" to the Republic of Cyprus, leaving instead acceptable, "status-neutral" language. Cyprus has not yet agreed to support the depl [...]
2008-02-01 10:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KO SE CY
08NICOSIA811CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE
[...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]
2008-10-10 11:13:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA813CYPRUS TO ANNOUNCE TENDERS FOR OFFSHORE
[...] (C) The Cypriot Department of Energy is planning to announce the next round of bidding for offshore oil and gas exploration in Cypriot-claimed waters this November. During the first round of bidding in August, 2007, only three of the eleven blocs on offer received bids. Subsequently, only Nob [...]
2008-10-10 12:15:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EPET CY
08NICOSIA814CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger losses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country's economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, f [...]
2008-10-10 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL RU CY
08NICOSIA815CYPRUS: PARLIAMENT GRILLS FM ON PLANNED EMBASSY IN
[...] (U) Members of the Cypriot House of Representatives' Foreign Affairs committee voiced displeasure over the RoC's recent decision to open an embassy in Cuba (Reftel),local media reported on October 10. Committee Chairman Averoff Neophytou (DISY, center-right),speaking at the conclusion of a [...]
2008-10-10 14:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY CU
08NICOSIA816CYPRUS: CARTER, "ELDERS" OPTIMISTIC OVER TALKS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: "I'm overwhelmingly encouraged at prospects for Cyprus's reunification," asserted U.S. President Jimmy Carter on October 9 in Nicosia. Carter, along with fellow "Elders" Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Algerian Foreign Minister Lakhdar Brahimi, had come to Cyprus "to commend th [...]
2008-10-14 14:38:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA836CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR URGES GREATER U.S. ROLE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-23 14:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
08NICOSIA874CYPRUS SHORES-UP CONFIDENCE IN BANKS, RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Although the Cyprus Stock Exchange has experienced larger loses than most global exchanges, local banks remain solid and confidence in the country,s economic future among consumers and businesspeople remains high. This is due to a lack of Cypriot exposure to stock and bonds, fo [...]
2008-11-04 09:56:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL RU CY
08NICOSIA877CYPRUS: VISITING IO A/S HEARS BOTH SIDES OF STORY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook visited Cyprus October 22-24 to meet Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders and witness firsthand peacekeeping operations of the UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). UNFICYP military, police, and civil affairs [...]
2008-11-05 15:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA879CYPRIOT VIEWS ON NEW EU APPROACH IN BOSNIA
[...] (C) On November 3, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche concerning USG views on the deteriorating situation in Bosnia to MFA Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations attache Doros Venizis. Venezis stated that Cyprus and the broader EU share the same concerns as the USG a [...]
2008-11-06 13:12:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK CY
08NICOSIA88CYPRUS' SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO EURO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. By all accounts, Cyprus has managed the transition to the Euro quite successfully. The smooth changeover is being used by the incumbent government in the current presidential election campaign as an example of its sound economic governance. The only problem, covered extensivel [...]
2008-02-07 09:16:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EUN CY
08NICOSIA880CYPRUS: "RULING" TURKISH CYPRIOT PARTY GROWING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-06 15:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TR CY
08NICOSIA881PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BEHIND CYPRUS'S CONDEMNATION
[...] (C) The Cypriot Foreign Ministry on October 31 condemned the alleged October 26 U.S. raid on Al Qaeda Iraq targets in eastern Syria via a press release and website posting (Reftel). In a November 4 meeting with PolChief, Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou explained MFA thinking in a [...]
2008-11-07 05:03:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CY SY TU
08NICOSIA932CYPRUS: DEALING WITH THE FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus continues to enjoy economic stability, even in the face of ongoing global financial turmoil. This prosperity will come under pressure in 2009, as construction and tourism slow in the face of reduced foreign demand. Against this background, the GOC announced an assistan [...]
2008-11-26 13:15:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD CY
08NICOSIA935CYPRUS: ROC POSITION UNCHANGED ON ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] (C) The Embassy on November 21 shared Ref A points regarding anti-Israel UN General Assembly resolutions with Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou. In a follow-up call on November 24, PolChief reviewed the overarching U.S. objective for the Middle East peace process -- to [...]
2008-11-26 14:31:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA MEPP CY IS
08NICOSIA938CYPRIOTS SUPPORT DISCUSSION OF RUSSIAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of RoC President Demetris Christofias's diplomatic office, Leonidas Pantelides, met the DCM on November 25 to brief on Christofias's November 19-20 trip to Moscow. Pantelides had accompanied Christofias and was privy to discussions on Russia's European security proposa [...]
2008-12-01 14:47:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OSCE CY RU
08NICOSIA940CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]
2008-12-02 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CY
08NICOSIA961LATEST UNFICYP THINKING ON DEMINING, REPORTING TO
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador on December 4 met with Wlodek Cibor, UNFICYP Senior Adviser and deputy to Taye-Brook Zerihoun, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Cyprus. Cibor was acting mission chief, as Zerihoun was in New York to brief the Security Council on UNFICYP operations and t [...]
2008-12-08 14:33:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP MOPS CY TU
08NICOSIA963CYPRUS: LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to Reftel questionnaire (answers keyed to questions). -- Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No, the ROC has not worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights [...]
2008-12-09 13:46:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ETTC PREL CU CY
08NICOSIA985ECJ ADVOCATE GENERAL'S OPINION FAVORS GREEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a property-related lawsuit with potentially great precedent value, European Court of Justice Advocate General Julianne Kokott on December 18 opined that a judgment of a court in the Republic of Cyprus must be recognized and enforced in other EU member states, even where it re [...]
2008-12-22 12:28:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CY TU
08NICOSIA992CYPRUS: BARROSO TO TALAT - "CONCENTRATE ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat's December 9-11 visit to Brussels was not particularly productive, according to two Turkish Cypriot (T/C) contacts who accompanied him. European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso largely had turned a deaf ear to T/C entreaties for e [...]
2008-12-29 06:21:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EU CY TU
08NOUAKCHOTT113MAURITANIAN AUTHORITIES IDENTIFY A SUSPECT IN
[...] (SBU) On February 25 the Public Prosecutor officially accused one Al Khadim Ould Semane of participating in the February 1 attack on the Israeli embassy. Semane is a known activist for Al Qaeda who escaped from Nouakchott central prison in 2005 and fled the country immediately afterward. The [...]
2008-02-26 16:26:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETPTER PREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT252MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN
[...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...]
2008-05-28 13:57:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT323POLITICAL STORM SEASON IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Over the past several weeks, Mauritanian media has been rife with political intrigue. President Abdallahi is said to have had a falling out with his security head General Aziz leading to rumors of impending coups. The opposition is trying to pull together the one-third majority of the Na [...]
2008-06-25 18:38:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT365EMERGING MAURITANIAN "SOFT" COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Both the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) and the U.S. have chosen similar paths to fight the root causes of terrorism in Mauritania. In April 2008, the GIRM developed an draft Action Plan addressing &Social and Economic Aspects of the National Strategy Against T [...]
2008-07-13 14:42:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT405ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE CORPORATION GIVES $40
[...] Summary. The Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) signed a $40 million agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) to improve food security, agricultural productivity, and land management. Of the $40 million package, $14 million will be for increasing food [...]
2008-08-03 16:18:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECIN PREL
08NOUAKCHOTT413SIT REP 3: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) UNDP Res Rep Maria Ribeiro invited COMs from the US, French, Spanish and German embassies as well as the EU Commission to discuss today's developments. Ambassador Boulware discussed his conversation earlier in the day with General Aziz. Counterparts reported similar discussions with vari [...]
2008-08-06 20:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT414SIT REP 4: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Nouakchott was calm overnight and activity was reduced in town but relatively normal. Post has received reports are that General Aziz moved from BASEP headquarters to the Presidency yesterday evening. He has not been seen in public since the coup took place. The perimeter established by [...]
2008-08-07 14:19:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR MOPS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT421SITREP 6: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) Ambassador received a message from Presidential protocol the afternoon of August 9, inviting him to meet with individually with General Aziz. Once US and EU Ambassadors determined that General Aziz preferred meeting with us individually rather than to receive the joint demarche, the ambas [...]
2008-08-11 09:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ASEC CASC EAID MR
08NOUAKCHOTT431SITREP 7: COUP IN MAURITANIA
[...] (SBU) The National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD),a coalition of six political parties opposed to the military coup, held a two-hour rally at the old stadium in Nouakchott. FSNs report a peaceful gathering of 3000-3500 attendees, with police present only to direct traffic. FNDD bus [...]
2008-08-12 20:46:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC CASC MR
08NOUAKCHOTT439SITREP 10 - VISIT OF U.S. ENVOYS TO MAURITANIA
[...] (C) General Aziz, accompanied by his Director of Cabinet, Cheyakh Ould Ely, and Presidential Diplomatic and Security Advisor, Ould Michel, received visiting AF DAS Todd Moss and DoD Principal Director for African Affairs, Michael Dumont as well as Ambassador and DATT. DAS Moss underscored that [...]
2008-08-17 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT478AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JUNTA'S "FOREIGN
[...] (C) Ambassador met on September 2 with the junta's "Foreign Minister," Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou at the latter's request. Noting the historically good relations between the United States and Mauritania, Ould Mohamedou hoped that these could continue even under the current "difficult circu [...]
2008-09-04 12:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CPAS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT488INSPECTOR GENERAL SEES MILITARY CORRUPTION AS
[...] (C) DCM met September 8 with Mauritanian National Inspector General Mohamed Abba Ould Sidi Ould Jeilany at the IG's request. A clearly disgusted Jeilany (strictly protect) told DCM that he was convinced the generals had gone after President Abdallahi because they were afraid they would be pro [...]
2008-09-09 16:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT503PARLIAMENT ENDORSES CALL FOR NEW ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Parliamentary Resolution: On September 14 the Emergency Session of the National Assembly, with 56 of its 95 members present, adopted a resolution supporting the report of a Special Commission established to review the causes of the political crisis and laying out recommendations for an e [...]
2008-09-15 16:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT505AEP 15 MEETING WITH AU PEACE AND SECURITY
[...] (C) AU Peace and Security Commissioner Lamamra asked UN Resident Coordinator Maria Ribeiro to invite repesentatives of the international community to meet with him on September 15 prior to his meeting with various Mauritanian figures. Commissioner Lamamra noted that he had asked to meet to d [...]
2008-09-15 17:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT578A BIT OF JUNTA BLOVIATING ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) What was supposed to be a simple technical-level working October 6 meeting for 2008 Human Rights Report preparation between the AID Rep and a mid-level government civil servant, turned into an unanticipated meeting with the minister-level Commissioner of Human Rights, Humanitarian Action [...]
2008-10-08 14:00:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT582MORE POLITICAL MOMENTUM
[...] (C) Summary: The French share Mission view that slow movement towards a political resolution is underway. General Aziz, while ever stubborn on key points, has shown most flexibility to date in meeting with the French Ambassador. The EU Article 96 process is key leverage while the Mauritania [...]
2008-10-09 19:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT590OTHER MAURITANIAN VOICES
[...] (C) Charge met October 14 with President of the Senate Ba Mamadou who would constitutionally be designated interim president under the proposal put forward by President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir whereby President Abdallahi would return to office only to resign. Ba said [...]
2008-10-14 18:54:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT616REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]
2008-10-22 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT620REMINISCING WITH ABDALLAHI'S MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge met with two Abdallahi Ministers, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock through all three Addallahi governments Correa Issagha and Minister of Economy and Finance during the first two governments Abderrahmane Ould Hama Vezzaz, for their political assessment. Both were co [...]
2008-10-22 18:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT624FOLLOW-UP MEDIA REVIEW: 3 MONTHS POST-COUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months into what initially appeared a quickly consummated coup, Mauritanian media leaders see the country either no closer to finding a solution to the August 6th coup d'etat or on the brink of another one, depending upon who you talk to. The PAO sat down with media who in [...]
2008-10-23 13:36:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT629THE MAYOR OF TIDJIKJA
[...] (C) Summary: The anti-coup mayor of Tidjikja, the isolated capital of Tagant Province, says his city council increasingly against the coup despite a "culture of submission." He notes continued pressure on him as an anti-coup mayor. He doubts the seriousness of the recent arrest of "AQIM el [...]
2008-10-27 17:50:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT633MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONSHIP SAFE -- FOR NOW
[...] (SBU) Articles in the Mauritanian Arab press on October 28 suggested that General Aziz was on the verge of severing relations with Israel in response to "the will of the people." Rumors within the diplomatic community suggested that the Israeli Ambassador had been convoked by Aziz to get the [...]
2008-10-30 12:20:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT636MEETING WITH AHMED OULD DADDAH'S VICE-PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary. On October 29, AID Rep met with opposition parliamentarian and RFD Vice-President Dr. Hamidou Kane to discuss Mauritania's current political situation. The meeting was at Kane's request. Immediately after the August 6 coup, Kane expressed his ardent support for the junta's "rec [...]
2008-10-31 12:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT639EXPANDING MINING OPERATIONS THREATENED BY THE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: EconOff recently visited SNIM's iron ore mining operations in northern Mauritania. After many years of low prices for iron ore, higher prices in recent years have led SNIM to develop new projects to increase production. SNIM has two projects that it is developing on its own as w [...]
2008-11-03 10:27:00Embassy NouakchottSECRETECON EFIN PGOV PTER EMIN MR
08NOUAKCHOTT659MEETING WITH THE REGIME'S "FOREIGN MINISTER"
[...] (C) Summary: Regime "Foreign Minister" Ould Mohamedou claims the High State Council wants to find a solution that will restore constitutionality and maintain stability. The Regime will "put something concrete on the table" at the November 10 African Union meeting in Addis Ababa. The regime [...]
2008-11-09 18:59:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT666THE POST-COUP AL QAEDA THREAT IN MAURITANIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The military regime has highlighted an increased terrorist threat as one argument the international community should accept their coup -- raising some questions whether the terrorist threat has substantially changed or whether it is being played up by the regime for political pu [...]
2008-11-13 14:47:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT668PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TRANSFERRED TO NATIVE VILLAGE
[...] (C) Local media outlets have reported that President Abdallahi was transferred from Nouakchott during the night of November 12-13 to his native village of Lemden and placed under house arrest. LES contacts have independently confirmed the reports through indirect communication with Abdallahi's [...]
2008-11-13 14:47:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT676ISRAELIS TAKING SOFTER LINE ON MAURITANIAN COUP
[...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel briefed Charge November 16 on a senior-level Israeli delegation that had met with the regime the week earlier. Arbel said the Israeli delegation included a senior diplomat for the peace process, the MFA Maghreb Director, and the Israeli head of Diplomatic [...]
2008-11-16 19:09:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS MR
08NOUAKCHOTT677FNDD STRATEGY FOLLOWING PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI'S
[...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees President Abdallahi's transfer as "20% good news." The President's increased access to political leaders and the media are a plus, but his physical and communications isolation and an apparent regime effort to combat the FNDD directly off-set the benefits. The Pr [...]
2008-11-16 19:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT681A DAY WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-17 21:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT683A BARREN HOMECOMING: THE REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE
[...] (C) Summary: Living conditions of the approximately 5,000 Mauritanians who returned to their homeland in 2008 after ethnic-based fighting in the country,s 1989-1992 "Passif Humanitaire" remains sub-standard with little hope for improvement. Despite claims of the opposite by junta leaders -- [...]
2008-11-18 19:04:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT688NEIGHBORING VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: Following the November 10 Addis Ababa Communique and the transfer of President Abdallahi to Lemden, Charge checked with embassies of Mauritanias neighbors Algeria, Mali, Morocco and Senegal to discuss their views on the situation. As could be predicted, Algeria and Mali line up [...]
2008-11-20 14:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AG ML MO SG MR
08NOUAKCHOTT693MAURITANIA AIRWAYS: IF IT CAN SUCCEED IN
[...] (C) Summary: Mauritania Airways recently celebrated its first anniversary, marking the end of a difficult year for the company. Its first year of operations has been extremely difficult and the company is struggling to stay afloat. It continues to be hampered by the reputation of the now defu [...]
2008-11-24 09:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALECON EAIR EINV ELTN PGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT699GENERAL AZIZ SETS HIS SIGHTS ON FORMER PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) General Aziz, President of the High State Council (military junta),visited Rosso November 23. As expected, the trip was carefully staged theater full of praise for Aziz and his "rectification," while state-run TV Mauritania showed endless clips of enthusiastic crowds greeting him. Bey [...]
2008-11-26 10:53:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT702EUROPEANS HOPE AU TRIP WILL PRESSURE ABDALLAHI TO
[...] (C) Summary: Strong divisions remain between U.S. and European views of the way forward following the November 21 Addis Ababa meeting. The Europeans believe the high level AU/UN/EU/Arab League/OIC/Francophonie visit of December 5-7 needs to seek negotiation and encourage realism by President [...]
2008-11-26 19:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT707GENERAL AZIZ ADDRESSES THE NATION, PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: General Aziz made a televised speech to the nation on Mauritanian National Day (November 28),but he offered no new proposals or changes in the High State Council's policy. Meanwhile, President Abdallahi was reportedly forbidden from meeting with journalists in his native villag [...]
2008-11-30 17:21:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT717MEETING WITH COL. VALL - "BETTER OFF WITH
[...] (C) Summary -- While still looking for a quick transition to new elections, Vall is taking a tougher line on Aziz seeing the current efforts to attack political enemies leading inevitably to a counter-coup with all its inherent risks for civil war. Vall believes serious targeted sanctions mi [...]
2008-12-04 13:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT723MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI -- A VERY LONG
[...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi has restated his absolute rejection of negotiations with the Mauritanian military but expressed a realistic view of American capacity to bring others around to the U.S. policy approach -- a "standard" for others to compare themselves to. Abdallahi also recog [...]
2008-12-10 19:16:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT730ABDALLAHI'S CHIEF OF STAFF DOUBTS RELEASE
[...] (C) Charge met December 13 with President Abdallahi's Chief of Staff Mohamed Kaber Ould Hammoudi at Ould Hammoudi's request. Ould Hammoudi said the President had asked him to pass on his disappointment with the AU-led Brussels meeting on the 12th even though he was not surprised by the result [...]
2008-12-14 11:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT740AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...]
2008-12-17 15:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT741AHMED OULD DADDAH SEES POLITICAL LETHARGY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Leader of the Opposition Ahmed Ould Daddah continues to try to stake out a middle option between the military and President Abdallahi. Ould Daddah sees little chance of political movement in the near future but sees the economic cards stacked against General Aziz. While disag [...]
2008-12-17 15:15:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MR
08NOUAKCHOTT744"COUP D'ETAT" IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AVERTED --
[...] (C) Summary: Pro-coup parliamentarians submitted a motion December 4 to amend the internal procedures of the National Assembly. The motion was a clear attempt to force the dismissal of National Assembly President (and fierce coup opponent) Messaoud Ould Boulkheir and four other FNDD anti-co [...]
2008-12-17 16:54:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
08NOUAKCHOTT745FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador sees no movement towards a resolution with General Aziz proceeding with a transparently manipulated "democratic transition" and President Abdallahi offering no political alternative. With no prospects for an early resolution, the French are re-engaging on [...]
2008-12-18 13:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR MR
08NOUAKCHOTT757FNDD: EMPTY PROMISES FROM AZIZ AND CONCERN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Anti-coup FNDD coalition leaders see General Aziz's supposed promise to release President Abdallahi "without conditions" as empty, and the upcoming "National Dialogue on Democracy" equally devoid of substance. They are also concerned for Abdallahi's personal safety, and see int [...]
2008-12-21 11:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MR
08NOUAKCHOTT759SPIES LIKE US: THE MEDIA'S TENDENCY TO SEE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A December 14th allegation of spying on the part of the US Embassy brought to light an increasing tendency in the local media towards personal attacks, sensationalism and an erosian in journalistic integrity. Since the August 6th coup it has become commonplace to use bold titles [...]
2008-12-21 16:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKPAO PROP MR
08NOUAKCHOTT760CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL STICKS TO ITS LIMITED GUNS
[...] (C) Summary: The High Constitutional Council exercised its limited oversight role in rejecting some of the National Assembly changes designed to kick out Assembly President Messaoud Ould Boulkheir. The Council exercises "pragmatic legalism" under the "exceptional" constitutional circumstanc [...]
2008-12-22 07:56:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08NOUAKCHOTT765REASON FOR SENEGALESE VISIT STILL UNCLEAR
[...] (C) Charge met December 22 with Senegalese Ambassador Mahmoudou Cheikh Kane to follow up on the December 15-16 visit to Mauritania of Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio (REFTEL). Kane said President Wade had sent his Foreign Minister to assess the political situation on the eve of President A [...]
2008-12-22 18:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SG MR
08NOUAKCHOTT779A PENSIVE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
[...] (C) Summary: The President of the National Assembly Messaoud Ould Boulkheir is pleased with the results of his extensive round of African contacts leading to a tough policy line by the Peace and Security Council. He praises the U.S. position while he worries about the Europeans. Ould Boulk [...]
2008-12-31 17:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MR
08OSAKAKOBE110KANSAI ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: CONCERNS OF FLAGGING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The impact of rising commodity prices on consumer sentiment is the biggest threat facing the Kansai economy, according to a top official at the Osaka branch of the Bank of Japan. Meeting with EMIN May 23, BOJ Osaka Branch Deputy Director Kunio Matsuda said his greatest anxiety [...]
2008-05-30 04:29:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV JA
08OSAKAKOBE33GREEN PASSPORTS, RED HEARTS? KOREANS IN JAPAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ethnic Korean permanent residents in Japan are increasingly switching from GOJ-issued travel documents to ROK passports. The ease with which ethnic Koreans can change nationality makes it difficult to assess ties to the DPRK and apply visa clearance requirements. As this tren [...]
2008-02-12 07:27:00Consulate Osaka KobeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PREL KN KS JA
08OSLO119NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS
[...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...]
2008-03-04 09:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO
08OSLO123NORWAY'S 2008 AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Norway's Minister of Defense told Ambassador Whitney on February 28th that Norway had little more to give on Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains Norway's largest military commitment and with the 50 percent increase in aid for 2008 Afghanistan will become its leading aid recipient. No new mi [...]
2008-03-05 14:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF NO
08OSLO128NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-06 14:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO139NORWAY'S ENERGY PART II: STATOILHYDRO'S SAGA FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-12 07:16:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO154NORWAY: GROWING AWARENESS OF TERRORISM THREAT
[...] (C) Summary: In a significant shift we have long advocated, the GON has strengthened its counter terrorism awareness, capabilities and planning. This includes a revised law on terrorism, an increased threat perception, arrests of terrorist financiers and new physical and electronic secur [...]
2008-03-14 14:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC KTER PGOV PREL ABLD NO
08OSLO20NORWAY AND IRAQ: QUIETLY CONSIDERING INCREASED AID
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-10 07:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREF PREL IZ NO
08OSLO207NORWAY'S CHALLENGES WITH SOMALI INTEGRATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Norway's newest and arguably least successful wave of immigrants comes from Somalia, with over 20,000 settled in Norway. Both this year and in 2001, Norwegian authorities have arrested Somalis for suspicion of financing terrorist groups in Somalia. Most Somalis [...]
2008-04-15 06:00:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF SO NO
08OSLO302NORWAY: CHANGING DIRECTION IN LATIN AMERICA AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry underscored the growing GON interest in engagement with Latin America. Much of this interest comes from the "Super Minister" of Development and Environment, Erik Solheim, who has taken the lead in South America as FM J [...]
2008-06-03 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM WHA AF NO
08OSLO308NORWAY,S FIRST TERROR TRIAL: INNOCENT ON TERROR,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-04 14:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM PREL PTER NO
08OSLO326NORWAY'S INTEREST IN IRAQ PRIMARILY BASED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-13 11:36:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALABLD EAID ECON EPET PGOV PREL IZ NO
08OSLO351NORWAY: A LONG WAY TO GO ON TERRORISM AND HSPD-6
[...] (C) In reviewing the Bhatti terrorist case (REFTEL A) with the Ambassador on June 18, Police Security Service (PST) Director General Jorn Holme said he was disappointed the synagogue shooting was not classified as terrorism, but pleased at the long sentence Bhatti received. He felt the recent [...]
2008-06-23 14:54:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER NO
08OSLO387NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-07-10 13:32:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO406NORWAY'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE, ESPEN BARTH EIDE, POWER IN NORWAY'S MOD AND RISING STAR IN THE LABOR PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense State Secretary, Espen Barth Eide is one of the more powerful politicians in the current GON despite his deputy minister portfolio. His ties to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, think tanks, NGOs and the UN as well as his influential current position likely will resu [...]
2008-07-21 09:53:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALCIA INRA INRO PGOV PINR PREL NO
08OSLO428NORWAY: STATOILHYDRO AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-01 12:48:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO436CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA, WASTE, AND SECURITY DURING
[...] (C) Summary: On his recent visit to Norway, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale Klein was approached by Russian nuclear regulators extremely concerned about their vanishing authority. Norwegian officials also appear to be frustrated about Russia,s limited cooperation in cleanup [...]
2008-08-05 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP NRC ENRG DOE TRGY SENV OVIP MX PARM RU
08OSLO460NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...]
2008-08-15 13:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO
08OSLO488NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A
[...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...]
2008-09-02 13:06:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO
08OSLO503NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HR STRATEGY
[...] (C) Poloff met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor in the MFA Section for Human Rights and Democracy, to discuss reftel points. Norway shares all of our human rights concerns, but urges caution with respect to some of our initiatives. Merchant with attend two weeks of the Third Committee meeti [...]
2008-09-12 07:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN
08OSLO513NORWAY, RUSSIA AND GEORGIA; OPPORTUNITY TO
[...] (C) Summary. The GON is coming to terms with the changing nature of the West's relations with Russia after Georgia. Publicly, the GON has been critical of Russia's (and Georgia's) actions while stressing the need to continue close and productive bilateral relations with Russia. Privately, of [...]
2008-09-16 09:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET MARR PREL RS NO
08OSLO522NORWAY FIGHTER PURCHASE: HIGH-LEVEL ADVOCACY NEEDED NOW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 13:59:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OSLO561ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN IN OSLO: IRAN, EITI,
[...] (C) Summary. EEB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan's recent Oslo visit stressed US views on Iranian investments, focused on EITI's achievements, and reviewed the current US financial state in meetings with StatoilHydro executives, regional managers of the Extractive Industries Transparency I [...]
2008-10-15 08:51:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
08OSLO567NORWAY'S ECONOMY STANDS STEADY
[...] Summary: Energy-rich Norway continues to weather the international financial storm. The banking sector remains stable, with the GON cutting interest rates and instituting a bail-out package stressing credit guarantees. The GON is also assisting Iceland with a loan of up to 500 million euros [...]
2008-10-22 14:31:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
08OSLO57NOT YOUR FATHER'S NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-31 13:23:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR NO
08OSLO578NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-10-28 13:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO581NORWEGIAN ENERGY: IRAN, NEW MINISTER, STATE
[...] (C) Summary. The current focus on StatoilHydro's Iranian investments comes at a moment when the Norwegian petroleum industry has been shaken up in a series of recent events. Citing health reasons, while mired in a series of scandals, Petroleum Minister Haga stepped down, replaced by fellow [...]
2008-10-29 07:20:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV IR NO
08OSLO585TURNING THE TIDE WITH NORWAY ON JSF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-30 12:55:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OSLO587PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S OCTOBER 29 VISIT TO NORWAY
[...] (U) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Oslo on October 29, meeting with PM Stoltenberg, and holding a public address at the Nobel Institute. Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili accompanied him and met with FM Stoere. In his remarks Saakashvili firmly blamed Russia for the conf [...]
2008-10-30 15:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO GG NO
08OSLO594NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST
[...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...]
2008-11-03 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO
08OSLO597LENDIN' COUSINS: NORWAY SUPPORTS CASH-STRAPPED
[...] Summary. On November 3, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere met with Icelandic PM Geir Haarde and FM Ingibjorg Gisladottir in Reykyavik. Pending parliamentary approval, the GON will extend the duration of its existing 500 million euro revolving loan (Reftel) until late 2009. A second 500 millio [...]
2008-11-04 11:24:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET ENRG EINV NO
08OSLO629NORWAY CHOOSES THE F-35
[...] (C) On November 20, PM Stoltenberg and Defense Minister Strom-Erichsen announced that the GON recommends the purchase of the F-35 to replace Norway's aging F-16 fleet. The timing of the announcement was a surprise, coming earlier than expected, as was the exceptionally strong endorsement of the F-3 [...]
2008-11-25 10:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OSLO634NORWAY'S GOALS FOR POZNAN
[...] Summary: Norway's chief climate negotiator, Hanne Inger Bjurstrom, speaking with Emboffs, outlined Norway's priorities for the upcoming climate negotiations at the UN conference in Poznan, December 1-12. Bjurstrom welcomed signs of increased U.S. leadership in climate change and clearly expec [...]
2008-11-28 07:43:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG NO
08OSLO654 TURNING THE TIDE ON EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE:
[...] Summary: Faced with a dramatic decline in student numbers over the past 15 years, Embassy Oslo made student mobility and the promotion of U.S. education a top Mission-wide priority. By building partnerships with interested organizations; outreach efforts to alumni, advisors, teachers and stud [...]
2008-12-08 12:57:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC PREL NO
08OSLO666NORWEGIANS HESITANT TO COMMIT ON PAKISTAN DONORS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, a former ambassador to Pakistan, was unwilling to commit at this stage to high-level Norwegian participation or any promise of money for the Pakistan donors' conference we are proposing for January. Post believes [...]
2008-12-12 14:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN NO
08OSLO670LESSON LEARNED FROM NORWEGIAN DECISION TO BUY JSF
[...] (C) Summary. After an extensive, coordinated USG effort, the Norwegian Government decided to buy F-35s in the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program, instead of the Saab Gripen. This first foreign JSF sale is an important step for the program as it will likely have a domino effect on other potential pu [...]
2008-12-16 13:24:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV NO
08OTTAWA1CANADA'S POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2008
[...] (C) Summary: The government of Prime Minister Harper intends to maintain a steady course in implementing the policy priorities of the October 2007 ""Speech from the Throne"" (reftels),while the Conservative Party's minority status in both Houses of Parliament makes demonstrable progress prob [...]
2008-01-02 17:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA1006NEW BY-ELECTIONS A TEST FOR FALL ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three federal by-elections for members of Parliament will take place on September 8 to fill two formerly Liberal seats and one Bloc Quebecois seat. As in the March 17 by-elections (ref a),the Liberals would need to win big to boost their confidence about bringing down the gove [...]
2008-07-29 12:19:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA101DFAIT APOLOGIZES OVER TORTURE ALLEGATION
[...] (C) Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Mulroney called Ambassador on January 18 to offer DFAIT's "real apology" that a Canadian consular training module on "Torture and Abuse Awareness" had included the U.S. on a list with Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Saudi [...]
2008-01-18 17:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CA
08OTTAWA1024CANADIAN AIR FORCE EMBRACES, RUSHES TRANSFORMATION
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan is a "transformation driver" that has obliged the Canadian Air Force (CAF) to develop a new Air Expeditionary Wing. The current deployment of about 350 airmen to the Afghan theater will grow to about [...]
2008-07-31 17:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR NATO CA
08OTTAWA1028EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE OAS AND THE SUMMIT OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. In meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on July 18, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States Hector E. Morales, Jr. emphasized his hopes of maintaining strong coordination and collaboration with Canada on hemi [...]
2008-08-01 11:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL XL XM CA
08OTTAWA1059THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Canadian provincial human rights commissions and tribunals administer provincial human rights law, with varying provisions, procedures, and jurisdictions. While the public has traditionally viewed these commissions and tribunals as defenders of human rights, they are coming under [...]
2008-08-08 20:55:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1068CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...]
2008-08-12 11:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA1099MANITOBA: A CANADIAN ELECTION BELLWEATHER?
[...] (SBU) Summary: Manitoba voters appear relatively satisfied with the federal and provincial political status quo, including a federal minority government, although the city of Winnipeg will see some hard-fought races in a federal election that could come as early as this fall. Public reaction [...]
2008-08-15 20:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CA
08OTTAWA1113NEW MOMENTUM TOWARD A FALL ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary. Chances for a fall federal election in Canada are suddenly improving, with both the Conservatives and the Liberals now seemingly campaign-ready as well as already upping up the rhetoric while gauging the best possible timing in terms of economic news and the U.S. Presidential r [...]
2008-08-20 19:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1122CANADA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (C//Rel Can) Summary: Canada has shared with Embassy a draft of the Dubai Process's yet-to-be approved Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Action Plan (PACAP) to improve security and efficiency along the two countries' shared borders and legal crossing points. After the final Dubai Process meet [...]
2008-08-21 15:50:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA1123CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]
2008-08-22 13:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1162GREEN PARTY MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MP
[...] The Green Party landed its first Member of Parliament on August 30. Sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson formally joined the party and said he will run under the Green banner in a Canadian federal election that local analysts expect to be called within days. Wilson's recruitment marks a first [...]
2008-09-03 15:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1165TORIES POISED FOR MODEST GAINS IN QUEBEC
[...] (SBU) Summary: With a fall federal election all but certain, our English and French-speaking contacts in Montreal told us that the Conservatives are well-positioned to add to their eleven seats in Quebec. They downplayed the possibility of a major breakthrough, however, and said that seat chan [...]
2008-09-04 11:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SENV CA
08OTTAWA1171CANADA TO CALL FEDERAL ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 7
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will trigger a Canadian federal election on September 7 with voting day on October 14. The Conservatives are well-positioned to win a second minority government and late August polls suggested they will gain seats in key provinces. However, tight [...]
2008-09-05 21:14:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SENV CA
08OTTAWA1198NSPD/HSPD ON ARCTIC POLICY - REQUEST CONSIDERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy strongly believes release of the new Arctic Policy National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive during Canada's federal election campaign has the potential to insert the United States as an issue in the campaign and negatively impact [...]
2008-09-12 19:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EWWT PBTS TPHY TSPL CA
08OTTAWA1216CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary. The most likely outcome of the October 14 Canadian federal election is another Conservative victory, with the real question being whether Prime Minister Harper's party wins only a stronger minority or an actual majority. Neither result would likely cause any significant shift of [...]
2008-09-16 20:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1234U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...]
2008-09-17 21:05:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA124OPPOSITION REACTION TO MANLEY REPORT PREDICTABLE
[...] (U) Summary: The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Quebecois moved quickly, and predictably, on January 22 to reject the central recommendation of the Manley panel to extend Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. Their decision puts the onus on the official opposition Liberals to clarify [...]
2008-01-24 21:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1242MEETING BETWEEN U.S. NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN AND
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale E. Klein traveled to Ottawa from July 17-19, 2008. On July 18 Klein discussed reactor licensing and medical isotope production issues recently appointed Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) President Michael Binder; an [...]
2008-09-18 21:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG TRGY SENV CA
08OTTAWA1247CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]
2008-09-19 18:41:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1251CANADA SUPPORTS RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel told pol/mil officer on September 19 that Canada would vote for the U.S.-sponsored UNGA First Committee Resolution on Compliance with Non-Pr [...]
2008-09-19 20:13:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1254CANADIANS WORKING ON RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on September 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Advisor for Defense and Security Sarah Robertson said that Canadian officials were now consulting internally on whether they could extend the HMCS Ville de Quebec's current depl [...]
2008-09-19 20:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS MCAP XW CA
08OTTAWA1257CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT.
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-22 12:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU
08OTTAWA1258THE U.S. IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION -- NOT!
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the overwhelming importance of the U.S. to Canada for its economy and security, bilateral relations remain the proverbial 900 pound gorilla that no one wants to talk about in the 2008 Canadian federal election campaigns. This likely reflects an almost inherent inferiority c [...]
2008-09-22 18:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1293ELECTION 2008: VISITS TO THE "WAR ROOMS"
[...] (C) Summary. The contrast between the state-of-the-art Conservative Party campaign "war room" and its rather ramshackle Liberal Party equivalent helps to explain why Conservatives are at least 11 percentage points in the polls about whom electors would vote for if the federal election were [...]
2008-10-02 14:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1300CONSERVATIVES STILL AHEAD FOLLOWING DEBATES
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives emerged from the federal election campaign's two national debates having preserved their comfortable lead in the polls. Despite facing a constant barrage of criticism from the four main opposition parties, PM Harper seems to have come through relatively unscath [...]
2008-10-03 21:38:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1303(S) CANADA CONSIDERING SPACE LAUNCH ALTERNATIVES
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S/RelCan) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Phillip Baines raised U.S.-India safeguards on October 3, asking whether the United States intends to broaden its bilateral safegua [...]
2008-10-06 21:07:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM ETTC CA
08OTTAWA1314ELECTION 2008: WHAT IF...
[...] (C) Summary. A Liberal victory in the federal election, while still not likely, has suddenly become a possibility in the wake of widespread concerns about the world financial situation. Improved prospects for the Liberals in Ontario and for the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec have substantially ea [...]
2008-10-09 21:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1316ELECTION 2008: WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis has made the economy the defining issue in the 2008 election campaign, with the environment, healthcare, and crime tacking a distinct backseat. Afghanistan and foreign policy are not under real discussion. Polls continue to fluctuate, but the Conserva [...]
2008-10-10 20:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1318CANADIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON ISSUES OF
[...] (C) Summary: Canada at the 2008 UNGA First Committee will most likely abstain on the resolutions related to "de-alerting" and depleted uranium munitions. Canada likely will vote for the resolution on telecommunications in the context of international security, but will not repeat its co-spo [...]
2008-10-14 20:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC UNGA NATO CA
08OTTAWA1341LIBERAL PARTY WOES
[...] (C) Summary. The predicted resignation of Liberal leader Stephane Dion, perhaps very soon, will not solve the party's problems, which are financial, geographic, substantive, and perhaps generational. The likely continued disarray within the party -- even with possible a new leader -- must [...]
2008-10-17 20:56:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA135ELECTRIC POWER FROM CANADA: TRADE DWINDLES AS CONTINENT'S NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS UNBUILT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-25 21:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1362CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT
[...] (sbu) Summary: Canada fully supports the November 15 Financial Markets and World Economy Summit, and is committed to market-based financial systems and liberalized trading markets, according to senior Canadian financial officials. Canada will work closely with the United States and the G-7 co [...]
2008-10-23 15:04:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA ECON EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA1372PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...]
2008-10-28 14:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08OTTAWA1394NEW CANADIAN CABINET: "CERTAINTY, STABILITY, AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Cabinet of the second government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office on October 29. Its expanded size includes more women and rewarded some new MPs from key geographic areas. As expected, former Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon succeeded David Emerson as Mini [...]
2008-10-30 19:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA141PM HARPER SEEKS AFGHAN EXTENSION, WITH CAVEATS
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper publicly voiced his agreement with the Manley panel's call for an extension of Canada's mission in Kandahar after February 2009 - as long as NATO provides additional troops and equipment to help out (ref a). He pledged personally to take the lead to press Canada's alli [...]
2008-01-28 21:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1426NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LAWRENCE CANNON
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Lawrence Cannon became Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's second Conservative government (reftel). Cannon is an experienced and competent administrator who is likely to provide stability to a department that has had four minist [...]
2008-11-07 17:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1430FINAL RESULTS of THE 2008 CANADIAN ELECTION
[...] (U) Elections Canada has now validated all results of the 2008 federal election on October 14 (reftel and previous). The results are not technically official until the Chief Electoral Officer publishes them in a formal report on or before January 14, 2009 (within 90 days of the return of the w [...]
2008-11-07 20:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1437CANADA - ORGANIZING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY WORK
[...] (U) This message responds to ref a's request for information on how the government of Canada has organized itself to prepare for negotiations for a post-2012 climate framework and to develop and implement domestic climate programs. Organizing for Domestic Climate Work ---------------------- [...]
2008-11-13 16:39:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KCHG CA
08OTTAWA1441CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING
[...] (C) In response to November 12 ref a demarche, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) voiced Canada's full support, while expressing concern that the meeting now appears to be turning into more of a donors' meeting, des [...]
2008-11-13 22:03:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA
08OTTAWA1452BLEAK WINTER AHEAD FOR THE LIBERAL PARTY
[...] (C) Summary. The opposition Liberal Party faces at least six months of virtual support for the second minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, given the necessity of ensuring Parliament deals constructively with the ongoing world financial crisis and domestic economic and emplo [...]
2008-11-17 22:20:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1453CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...]
2008-11-18 15:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1455CONSERVATIVES TO PURSUE NARROW AGENDA IN 40TH
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservative agenda that the government will lay out in detail on November 19 in the "Throne Speech" will almost exclusively focus on domestic remedies for the international economic crisis, according to senior Conservative staffers. It will -- of political necessity -- a [...]
2008-11-18 18:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1468TWO NEW CONVICTIONS UNDER CANADA'S SEX TOURISM LAW
[...] (U) Summary. Canada secured two new sex tourism convictions in November under Criminal Code amendments that now permit police to charge Canadians for sex crimes against children overseas. At least one other case in is the works for alleged abuses in Cambodia, Colombia, and the Philippines. E [...]
2008-11-19 18:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV HA CA
08OTTAWA147CANADA KEEN TO COOPERATE ON COUNTERNARCOTICS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 22:28:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA1493CANADA SUPPORTS BROADENING ANA TRUST FUND MANDATE,
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador, DCM spoke to David Mulroney, Deputy Minister and Afghanistan Coordinator in the Privy Council Office, regarding the U.S.-led initiative to broaden the mandate of NATO,s ANA Trust Fund (ref a). Mulron [...]
2008-11-26 18:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1495NEW POLITICAL BRINKMANSHIP BY THE CONSERVATIVES
[...] (C) Summary. Unexpectedly early in the 40th Parliament, the Conservatives have called the bluff of the opposition parties by announcing an end to the federal funding for political parties, which basically keeps the opposition parties functioning. (The Conservatives' own successful fundrais [...]
2008-11-28 16:27:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1496CANADA IN KANDAHAR; MODEST PROGRESS, LITTLE PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The government's second quarterly report on progress toward Canada's benchmarks through 2011 in Afghanistan's Kandahar province claimed slight gains on the capabilities of Afghan army battalions in Kandahar, infrastructure projects, education and literary training, [...]
2008-11-28 19:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA1504MISSION CANADA ASSESS CURRENT POLITICAL TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on December 1 that Prime Minister Harper appears to have badly miscalculated by introducing a divisive political issue (the elimination of public financing for political parties) in the fall economic statement (reftel),when the public expe [...]
2008-12-01 22:06:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1507OTTAWA'S UNEXPECTED POLITICAL TURMOIL; NEW
[...] (C) Summary and comment. Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces a new and rather unexpected political challenge in the wake of the Conservatives' miscalculations in the Economic and Fiscal Statement (reftels). The Liberals and New Democratic Party on December 1 formalized an agreement to try [...]
2008-12-02 20:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA151 CANADIAN MONETARY POLICY:
[...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Mark Carney begins a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada on Friday, February 1 (ref B). Carney, who gained his first degree at Harvard, is not a career central banker. He worked for merchant bank Goldman Sachs in various assignments for thirteen years p [...]
2008-01-30 21:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN CA
08OTTAWA1512PM TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the nation at 7 p.m. EST on December 3, with speculation including a possible announcement of a new federal election in late January, prorogation of Parliament until it returns o/a January 26 to deal with the 2009 budget bill, or a conciliatory [...]
2008-12-03 21:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1536LIBERALS BEGIN THE HEALING PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. Michael Ignatieff is the only remaining candidate to replace Stephane Dion as the interim leader of the Official Opposition Liberal Party. A new party mechanism should confirm him in this role o/a December 17. Liberals hope that the members will now be able to concentrate on t [...]
2008-12-09 21:09:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1543LIBERALS RALLYING BEHIND MICHAEL IGNATIEFF AS
[...] (C) Summary. With unexpected speed, the Liberal Party has crowned Michael Ignatieff as its new interim leader. This will position the Liberals better to face the next session of Parliament beginning January 26, including debates over the 2009 budget as well as even a possible election soone [...]
2008-12-10 21:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA1552US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU
[...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]
2008-12-12 21:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA1558CANADA STUDYING SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION
[...] (C) Canada is well aware of the currently circulating SHAPE estimate of force contributions required for Election Support Forces (ESF) in Afghanistan, and is now actively studying the "realm of the possible" to enhance security in the run up to the 2009 Afghan elections, according to Departmen [...]
2008-12-16 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA156CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...]
2008-01-31 18:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA
08OTTAWA1560CANADA STRIVING TO COMBAT TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has an active inter-agency working group to combat trafficking in persons, as well as a variety of NGO efforts. More comprehensive research and statistics, a national action plan, greater co-ordination among national and provincial government agencies and NGOs, and great [...]
2008-12-16 22:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
08OTTAWA1569CANADA SEEKS INFORMATION ON INDIAN SEA SPARROW SALE
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Canada requests releasable intelligence assessments and policy analysis by U.S. agencies on the proposed sale of Sea Sparrow missiles by the U.S. to India. Canadian naval forces rely exclusively on this missile, and are seeking [...]
2008-12-18 19:39:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL MASS MOPS ETTC MCAP IN CA
08OTTAWA1574CANADA'S SHRINKING POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2009
[...] 1. (C) Summary. For the Canadian government, only three true policy priorities remain for 2009: rescuing the economy (or, more accurately, creating a public perception that it is earnestly trying to do so); remaining in power in face of new threats from the opposition parties; and, buildi [...]
2008-12-19 21:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL CA
08OTTAWA1576CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...]
2008-12-22 21:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO IZ CA
08OTTAWA1577ABOUT FACE: PM HARPER STACKS SENATE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 21:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR CA
08OTTAWA173MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-04 17:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA211INCHING TOWARD A SPRING ELECTION?
[...] (C) Summary. Chances of a spring election are on the upswing, with upcoming confidence votes on Afghanistan, the crime bill, and the budget. Polling numbers do not look like either major party would have any realistic hope of forming a majority government any time soon, however, and the res [...]
2008-02-08 22:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA216CONSERVATIVE PARTY EAGER FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives appear ready and eager for spring elections, although even they do not hope for more than a strengthened minority. They see the Liberals as deeply divided and heavily in debt, under a weak leader whose image will not appeal to voters. The Conservatives, while [...]
2008-02-11 21:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA217SENATE MOVING TOWARD ON TERRORISM LEGISLATION
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, Senator David Smith, chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism, and committee member Senator Joyce Fairbairn (one-time leader of the Government in the Senate under the Liberals) expressed optimism on the future of two key pie [...]
2008-02-12 17:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CA
08OTTAWA221GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION NEGOTIATING A WAY AHEAD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVES AND THE OPPOSITION PARTIES APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER ON A WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, WITH A NEW LIBERAL AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION. THERE REMAIN SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES OVER WHETHER THE TARGET DATE FOR THE E [...]
2008-02-12 23:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA246CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET
[...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...]
2008-02-19 19:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA
08OTTAWA257MOMENTUM TOWARD SPRING ELECTION DECLINES FURTHER
[...] (C) Summary. The government will face four or possibly five confidence motions in the House of Commons in the coming weeks, beginning as early as February 28. However, it now appears increasingly likely that the Liberals will not swallow the bait of bringing down the government over Afghani [...]
2008-02-20 18:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA KV
08OTTAWA270COMPROMISE AFGHAN MOTION SETS END DATE IN 2011
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a new compromise motion, PM Harper acceded to the Liberals' call for a firm end date to the Afghan mission of Canadian Forces in Kandahar, with pull-outs beginning in July 2011 and ending by December 2011. The new language apparently draws heavily from the Liberals' amendmen [...]
2008-02-21 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA279CANADA TO MEET IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE
[...] (SBU) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada is well on track to provide the CAD 300 million (approximately USD 295.39 million, at the current exchange rate) it pledged in 2003 to provide for Iraq reconstruction through 2010. As of September 2007, Canada [...]
2008-02-22 22:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID IZ CA
08OTTAWA280LIBERALS CLARIFY AFGHANISTAN NO TRIGGER FOR
[...] (U) In remarks to reporters in Winnipeg on February 22, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion explicitly stated that his party "prefers" that the future mission of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan not be the trigger for a federal election. He indicated that the Liberals welcome the debate on the [...]
2008-02-22 22:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA303CANADA'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES AFGHANISTAN MISSION
[...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary debate on the future of the Afghan mission has reflected a new consensus between the Conservatives and Liberals to extend the mission until 2011, as long as there are additional troops and support. The government has voiced optimism about finding 1,000 more troop [...]
2008-02-28 16:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA310CANADIAN FORCES RESUME DETAINEE TRANSFERS IN
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Adviser Cory Anderson confirmed to pol/miloff on February 29 that Canadian Forces (CF) operating under ISAF in Kandahar had decided to resume the transfer of Canadian-captured detainees to Afghan A [...]
2008-02-29 17:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA311CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2008 SPECIAL 301
[...] (sbu) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Ottawa remains frustrated by the Government of Canada,s continuing failure to introduce - let alone pass - major copyright reform legislation that would, inter alia, implement and ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet tre [...]
2008-02-29 18:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCA ECON ETRD KIPR
08OTTAWA312CANADIAN AID TO KOSOVO (AND BALKANS) TO END BY 2010
[...] (C) Acting Director General for Europe of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Sean Boyd confirmed to PolMinCouns on February 29 that Canada was in the processing of "wrapping up" all of its assistance programs in the Balkans, including Kosovo, with an end date of 2010. He n [...]
2008-02-29 19:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EU KV CA
08OTTAWA319 CANADA PASSES KEY NEW CRIME BILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' comprehensive crime legislation became law on February 28 after the Liberal-dominated Senate met a government-set March 1 deadline and passed the omnibus bill without amendment from the House of Commons' version. The new Act fulfills a 2006 election promise [...]
2008-03-03 22:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM CA
08OTTAWA331CANADA'S VIEWS ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada generally supports the aims of the resolution on Screening and Briefing intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) that the U.S. will present at the March 10-14 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting. However, as tr [...]
2008-03-04 20:29:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC SNAR UN CA
08OTTAWA333INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-04 22:02:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA
08OTTAWA334CANADA TO FLAG ITS CONCERNS ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG
[...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht, Canada agreed with ref a points on Iran and the IAEA, and is particularly concerned about alleged Iranian studies that could point to weaponization. He added that I [...]
2008-03-04 22:34:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR CA
08OTTAWA346CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]
2008-03-07 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA360 CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM
[...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...]
2008-03-11 21:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA
08OTTAWA372CANADA: DISCORD OVER OSLO PROCESS AND NATO
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy discussions with Canadian officials March 11-12 regarding cluster munitions (CM) inter-operability revealed a worrisome lack of interagency coordination. It appears that the delegation head may be attempting more to burnish his own credentials with anti-landmine and [...]
2008-03-14 14:23:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL NATO MOPS CA
08OTTAWA373CANADA EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Canada's House of Commons on March 13 adopted by a vote of 198 to 77 a government motion to extend the mandate of the Canadian Forces (CF) in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kandahar through 2011, contingent upon NATO's provision of 1,000 more troops as well as adequate [...]
2008-03-14 14:42:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA378CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX?
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-14 15:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA
08OTTAWA39CANADIAN SUPPORT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST DEMARCHE
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 8, Director General for East Asia Gordon Houlden of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada had raised the January 2007 anti-satellite test numerous times with the Chinese, both in Beijing an [...]
2008-01-09 13:03:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC MARR CH CA
08OTTAWA395 CANADIAN RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO
[...] (U) In a statement on March 18, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier announced Canada's recognition that Kosovo's independence was now an "international reality," without being a precedent (reftel). Full statement in para 3. 2. (U) The Serbian Ambassador to Ottawa told the media on March 18 [...]
2008-03-18 19:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EU KV CA
08OTTAWA420CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT
[...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...]
2008-03-26 14:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA444CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum March 18 (septel),Canadian Justice Minister Nicholson said that with its initial law and order agenda of strengthened gun laws, changes to the special advocate system for non-citizen terro [...]
2008-03-31 21:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KCRM PTER SNAR CA
08OTTAWA452UNLIKELY SPRING FEDERAL ELECTION IN CANADA
[...] (C) Summary. The Liberal Party is disinclined to pursue a federal election in the spring, and possibly not even in fall 2008. Organization and finances remain problems, as does the weak popularity of its leader, Stephane Dion. Three new Liberal Members of Parliament from the March 17 by-e [...]
2008-04-02 20:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CA
08OTTAWA467HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]
2008-04-07 17:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA470CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP
[...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...]
2008-04-07 21:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL CA
08OTTAWA491CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA
[...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]
2008-04-10 14:39:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA497RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA
[...] (U) Summary. On April 9, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada released its 2007 "Audit of Antisemitic Incidents." According to the audit, 1,042 incidents of anti-Semitism took place in Canada in 2007, the highest figure since B'nai Brith released its first audit 26 years ago, an [...]
2008-04-10 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV CA
08OTTAWA498CANADA BLOCKS SALE OF ICONIC SPACE ASSETS TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government has decided to block the acquisition by an American company of the space business assets from MDA Corporation, including its space-based imaging satellite, Radarsat 2. The decision follows broad public concern over the sale, particularly over the potent [...]
2008-04-10 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA
08OTTAWA521CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF'S DEPARTURE; ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary. General Hillier will step down as Canada's Chief of Defence Staff in July 2008. Despite long-time media speculation about bad blood between Hillier and the government (or at least about Conservative frustration related to his recurrent outspokenness),Hillier has been an unusu [...]
2008-04-16 16:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA529TORY "BRAND" SUFFERS ETHICAL BLOW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers executed a search warrant at federal Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa on April 15, apparently related to an ongoing legal case involving possible Conservative election spending violations in the 2006 federal election. The in [...]
2008-04-16 19:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA536DESPITE CONTROVERSY, USEFUL FM VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Apart from unfortunate remarks to the media by FM Bernier suggesting replacement of Kandahar's governor -- which Bernier quickly retracted -- his visit to Afghanistan along with his French counterpart was useful, with a special focus on policing and health. Canada's next st [...]
2008-04-17 21:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA538Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient 'Toxic'
[...] (SBU) Summary - As early as April 18 Canada may declare the chemical bisphenol A (BPA),widely used in plastics, toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This is likely to precipitate additional widespread public concern in both Canada and the United States. We understand that [...]
2008-04-18 14:50:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA
08OTTAWA549MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-21 11:52:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA553MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH
[...] This message originates from U.S. Consulate Winnipeg. 2. Summary. Following hard on the heels of a February 2008 deal to sell 250 megawatts of electricity to Minnesota Power, Manitoba Hydro announced on April 17 that it had reached agreement with Wisconsin to sell up to 500 megawatts of p [...]
2008-04-21 15:25:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV CA
08OTTAWA590CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR
[...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...]
2008-04-25 15:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA
08OTTAWA593CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...]
2008-04-25 18:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA594CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH
[...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...]
2008-04-25 21:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS CA
08OTTAWA595EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]
2008-04-28 14:51:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA621CANADA CONTINUES PRESSURE ON BURMA; SENDS CYCLONE
[...] (C) Summary: Canada shares U.S. concern about the imposition on the Burmese people of a non-representative constitution, and has been publicly pressuring Burma to bring an end to the country's environment of fear and repression. On May 5, Foreign Minister Bernier conferred honorary Canadian c [...]
2008-05-06 19:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BM CA
08OTTAWA628CANADA TO CONSIDER "DAY OF SOLIDARY WITH CUBA"
[...] (C) In separate conversations with PolMinCouns, senior policy advisor to the Foreign Minister Ross O'Connor and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed Canada's willingness to consider o [...]
2008-05-07 17:40:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM CU CA
08OTTAWA632PREPARING FOR AN ELECTION THAT JUST WON'T COME
[...] (C) Summary. While the chances for a spring or summer election remain almost zero, the Conservatives seem fully prepared to start their next campaign at a moment's notice. The Liberals admit to more dire funding problems, and have launched a new fundraising drive. A fall 2008 election rema [...]
2008-05-07 20:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CA
08OTTAWA635THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]
2008-05-08 11:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA636SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...]
2008-05-08 13:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA645CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST"
[...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...]
2008-05-09 18:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PTER PGOV CA
08OTTAWA646CANADA'S RESPONSE TO CYCLONE NARGIS
[...] (sbu) Canada is committed to providing emergency aid to Burma, but remains stymied by the Burmese regime's actions blocking humanitarian relief, Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Disasters Response Group Leslie Hope told Econcouns on May 9. Joined [...]
2008-05-09 20:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL BM CA
08OTTAWA651U.S.- CANADA BILATERAL AT REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Regional Command-South meeting (reftel),Canadian representatives provided an overview of their security, reconstruction, and rule of law efforts in Kandahar Province. The Canadians emphasized the need for close U.S.-Canada cooperation in the transition to a [...]
2008-05-13 15:07:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA653CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...]
2008-05-13 18:06:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA
08OTTAWA657 Direct investment in Canada: Window closes for ATK to
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 30-day period (ref A) has ended during which U.S. defense firm Alliant Tech Systems (ATK) could have convinced Canada's Industry Ministry with additional information or proposals to approve its proposed acquisition of Canadian firm MDA's space business. As no appeal is allo [...]
2008-05-14 14:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA
08OTTAWA673CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: AECL SCRAPS ISOTOPE REACTOR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-16 20:58:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTRGY TBIO PGOV ENRG CA
08OTTAWA683ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-20 21:37:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA684PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...]
2008-05-20 21:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA685ITAR: PM DAS RUGGIERO, CANADIANS DISCUSS EXPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials welcomed PM DAS Frank Ruggiero to Ottawa on May 9 to discuss Canada's export control systems. The visit was meant to build U.S. confidence in Canada's will and ability to execute the May and June 2007 U.S.-Canada Exchange of Letters (EOLs) that guide the imple [...]
2008-05-21 12:14:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA700CANADIAN VIEWS ON UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) In response to May 15 demarche (reftel) by PolMinCouns to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for International Organizations Ferry de Kerckhove, Senior Policy Advisor Shannon-Marie Soni on May 23 provided the following comments, which she said h [...]
2008-05-23 17:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA AORC APER CA
08OTTAWA702PRIMER ON CANADIAN POLITICAL PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: The struggle to form Canada's next government will be between the Conservative and Liberal parties in a federal election that will take place possibly in fall 2008, but increasingly more likely in 2009. Whether the vote results in a minority or majority share o [...]
2008-05-23 20:29:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
08OTTAWA704CANADA TO PRESS G8 TO FUND AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian-led Afghanistan-Pakistan Dubai Cooperation Workshop will publish a five-part border area action plan on June 16. Foreign Minister Bernier will urge G8 members to join Canada in funding the action plan at the June 26-27 G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Kyoto. End [...]
2008-05-23 20:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SNAR MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA707FOREIGN MINISTER'S RESIGNATION A BLOW TO
[...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on May 26 submitted his resignation as minister, effective immediately, to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who accepted it and appointed Minister of International Trade David Emerson to the additional post "on an interim basis." In his letter, Bernier admi [...]
2008-05-27 19:44:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA720BIOGRAPHY OF HELENA GUERGIS, CANADIAN SECRETARY OF STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Stephen Harper promoted Helena Guergis to Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade in January 2007 after she had served as Parliamentary Secretary for International Trade from February 2006. The 39 year-old Conservative Member of Parliament [...]
2008-05-29 20:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA725SNAPSHOTS OF DIFFERING POLITICAL PRIORITIES IN MAY
[...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Bernier's sudden resignation on May 26 intensified the political pot-shooting in Parliament as it wraps up its spring session. It provided a gleeful Opposition with a welcome counter-message to Prime Minister Harper's May 27-29 four capital visit to Europe, or [...]
2008-05-30 19:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA737SOMALI DIASPORA HIGHLIGHTS THE CHALLENGES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a well-attended conference on May 22 with keynote speeches by Somali Transitional Federal Government Foreign Minister Jangeli, former Prime Minister of Canada Joe Clark, and AF DAS Jim Swan, the Canadian Friends of Somalia attempted to raise awareness of the "problems and cha [...]
2008-06-03 15:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CA SO
08OTTAWA753CANADA: NATYNCZYK NEXT CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF
[...] (U) Defence Minister Peter MacKay on June 6 introduced Lieutenant-General Walter Natynczyk to the media as Canada's next Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS),succeeding General Rick Hillier (reftel),who will retire on July 4. (Text of the Prime Minister's statement on the appointment in para 4. [...]
2008-06-06 15:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR CA AF
08OTTAWA755G-8 COMMITMENT AND DARFUR KEEPS CANADA FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has made Latin America, U.S. relations, Afghanistan, and major emerging markets Canada's prime foreign policy themes, leading to concern that Africa would "fall off the map." Africa nonetheless has maintained its spot on Canada's radar screen, in large meas [...]
2008-06-06 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM EAID XA SU CA CH
08OTTAWA773P/DAS VOLKER CONSULTS WITH CANADIANS ON NATO
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials emphasized to visiting EUR P/DAS Volker the similarity of views held by Washington and Ottawa on NATO issues. On ISAF, the Canadians were pleased by the Bucharest Summit outcomes, but they are worried about the weak commitment and focus of some key Eur [...]
2008-06-09 16:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA774ASYLUM CLAIMS FROM THE AMERICAS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexican citizens are now the largest single nationality claiming asylum in Canada, increasingly citing narco-violence instead of sexual discrimination. Haiti, Colombia, and the United States follow as source countries; the four countries account for 50% of asylum claims in Cana [...]
2008-06-09 17:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL CO MX HA CA
08OTTAWA781CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE
[...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...]
2008-06-10 16:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA
08OTTAWA789CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR ARF STATEMENT ON REGIONAL
[...] (C) Deputy Director for Regional Security Elizabeth Baldwin Jones of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Defence and Security Relations Division confirmed to PolMinCouns on June 11 Canada's support generally for an ARF statement on Regional Disaster Preparedne [...]
2008-06-11 19:26:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ARF EAID ASEAN CA
08OTTAWA790CANADA FURTHER INCREASES AFGHANISTAN AID, WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government on June 10 announced an increase of C$600 million in its assistance package to Afghanistan, taking the total from C$1.3 billion to C$1.9 billion through 2011. Also marking a shift favoring some "signature projects" and increasing its diplomatic presence [...]
2008-06-11 21:53:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA803CANADIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS CALL ON CHINA TO
[...] (U) Senator Consiglio Di Nino, chairman of the Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade as well as head of the "Parliamentary Friends of Tibet" group, on June 13 shared with PolMinCouns a copy of a letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao calling for "earn [...]
2008-06-13 19:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CH CA
08OTTAWA808CANADA CONFRONTS RADICALIZATION ABROAD AND AT HOME
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Canada has long struggled with how to avoid or reduce radicalization in one of the most diverse societies in the world, while also supporting global efforts to counter extremism. Its still evolving strategy involves multiple agencies working on various levels of forei [...]
2008-06-16 13:55:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL SOCI CA
08OTTAWA833LIBERALS LAUNCH "GREEN SHIFT" CARBON TAX
[...] (U) Summary. Liberal leader Stephane Dion rolled-out his long-awaited carbon tax in a splashy launch on Parliament Hill on June 19 to a cheering, and highly partisan, crowd, kicking off a summer campaign to sell the plan to Canadians. The "Green Shift" Plan will be the centerpiece of the Libe [...]
2008-06-20 16:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SENV ENERG CA
08OTTAWA85CANADA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (u) Per reftel instructions, post has updated the Investment Climate Statement for the 2008 Country Commercial Guide. 2. (u) Begin Text of ICS Update Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment General Attitude Strong economic fundamentals, proximity to the U.S. marke [...]
2008-01-15 22:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR
08OTTAWA878FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KHADR INTERROGATION
[...] (U) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has ordered the government to release sensitive information, including U.S. documents previously shared with Canadian authorities, to lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. The order derives from a recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC [...]
2008-06-27 13:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL KJUS CA
08OTTAWA889CANADA TO OPEN NEW TRADE OFFICES IN CHINA, MEXICO
[...] (U) Summary: In a June 19 speech, International Trade Minister Emerson announced that Canada is establishing 10 new trade offices in China, Mexico, and Brazil as part of Canada's "aggressive" trade policy. This is in addition to new trade offices in India and Mongolia announced in April. The [...]
2008-06-30 19:43:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV CA EFTA CH BR IN
08OTTAWA907CANADA UPDATES 1267 COMMITTEE ON ABDELRAZIK
[...] (S) Acting Senior Coordinator for International Crime and Terrorism Evelyn Puxley at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade informed PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada had advised the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee that Canada was now providing limited in-kind assista [...]
2008-07-07 19:03:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPTER PINR PINS CA
08OTTAWA918COUNSELOR, CSIS DIRECTOR DISCUSS CT THREATS,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) Director Judd discussed domestic and foreign terror threats with Counselor of the State Department Cohen in Ottawa on July 2. Judd admitted that CSIS was increasingly distracted from its mission by legal challenges that could endanger fo [...]
2008-07-09 18:49:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA94CANADIAN FISHERIES LEGISLATION -- THIRD TIME CHARM?
[...] Summary: On November 29th, 2006, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn introduced a new bill to Parliament to modernize Canada's 139-year-old Fisheries Act. While there is unanimous agreement that the Act must be updated, there are differences among stakeholders regarding changes that [...]
2008-01-17 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS SENV PREL CA
08OTTAWA960OMAR KHADR INTERROGATION DVD RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Omar Khadr's Canadian lawyers on July 15 released DVDs containing the 2003 interrogation of their client by Canadian Security and Intelligence Service (CSIS) agents at Guantanamo Bay. Khadr's lawyers and friendly media characterized the content as "disturbing" and hoped the mater [...]
2008-07-15 20:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PREL ASEC AF
08OTTAWA976KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC
[...] (C) In meetings with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert in Ottawa on July 18 (septel),U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States and PolMinCouns conveyed reftel talking points, ex [...]
2008-07-18 20:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL VE CO CA
08OTTAWA977CANADIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE HORN OF AFRICA
[...] (U) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on June 30 to Director General for Africa David Angell of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, DFAIT's Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer confirmed on July 18 that Canada "shares the United States' [...]
2008-07-18 22:01:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PREF DJ ER ET KE SO CA
08OTTAWA982PROPOSED LNG RECEIVING TERMINALS IN CANADA
[...] (U) Although Canada currently does not have any liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving and regassification terminals, there are many projects under development. Canada has four fully approved LNG import facilities, one of which is under construction, and three proposed terminals. One additiona [...]
2008-07-21 20:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG SENV CA
08OUAGADOUGOU261GOBF APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY RELATIONS;
[...] (U) On March 23, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo adjusted his cabinet, starting with the removal from the Government of powerful Minister of Agriculture and Minister of State Salif Diallo, and ending with an addition to government of one newcomer (reftel). The former Minister of Environment, Laur [...]
2008-04-07 07:33:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR EAGR EFIN KDEM UV
08OUAGADOUGOU272French DCM on Cote d'Ivoire Peace Process
[...] (C) Summary: The French DCM told us April 8 that progress at the latest round of Cote d'Ivoire peace talks held March 21 in Ouagadougou was modest, with good results in issuing almost 500,000 birth certificates to identify Ivorian citizens, but little success in disarming northern Cote d'Ivoir [...]
2008-04-10 14:57:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KDEM UV IV
08OUAGADOUGOU348 BURKINA FASO: UNIONS PLAN MAY 1 MARCH; MORE STRIKES MAY
[...] (U) Key Points: -- On May 1, national union leaders in Ouagadougou and across the country will hold a march, followed by meetings and rallies, to commemorate International Labor Day and reinforce their protests against the rising cost of living and perceived Government (GOBF) inaction. -- [...]
2008-04-30 14:35:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB ECON PHUM EFIN UV
08OUAGADOUGOU373A VIEW FROM BURKINA: FIRST AFRICA-INDIA SUMMIT REFLECTS
[...] (U) Key Points: -- India hosted the first India-Africa Forum Summit April 8-9 in New Delhi, with 12 African heads of state or government in attendance, including Burkina Faso's Prime Minister. The African leaders represented the African Union (AU) and regional integration bodies or initiati [...]
2008-05-05 07:31:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECIN ETRD EFIN UV XA IN CH
08OUAGADOUGOU427BURKINA FASO: ESTH DEVELOPMENTS IN MINING, WILDLIFE
[...] SUMMARY: During a May 9-14 mission to Burkina Faso, the Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with Government of Burkina Faso (GOBF) officials (Bureau of Mines and Geology, Ministry of Environment, National Tourism Board) and the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineerin [...]
2008-05-20 17:06:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR EMIN SENV GH UV CH TW
08OUAGADOUGOU432SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor
[...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]
2008-05-22 14:49:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08OUAGADOUGOU438BURKINA FASO: SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 3-4 VISIT OF AF DAS TODD
[...] Introduction: In his 20th year in power, President Blaise Compaore is taking Burkina Faso, a country wracked by extreme poverty, in the right direction: moving forward on the process of democratization, working with donors and others to ensure the nation's economic stability, turning away fro [...]
2008-05-29 07:19:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL UV
08OUAGADOUGOU490Burkina Faso: AF DAS Moss Meeting with Prime Minister Zongo
[...] This is an action request for IO Bureau. Please see para 17. 2. (U) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with AF DAS Todd Moss, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo explained his government's efforts to promote good governance, fight corruption, improve Burkina Faso's business climate, and boost agricultu [...]
2008-06-09 16:03:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID UNSC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU547Burkina Faso President Compaore's Relations With Libya's
[...] (U) Summary. The once strong relations between President Blaise Compaore and Muammar Quaddafi have deteriorated recently. President' Compaore's trip to Israel, his lack of support for Quaddafi's vision of a "United States of Africa" and of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States, and his comme [...]
2008-06-23 09:43:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN EINV ETRD UNSC UV LY IS
08OUAGADOUGOU596BURKINA FASO SEEKS TO WIN BACK TITLE AS AFRICA'S TOP COTTON
[...] Summary: During the 2007/2008 growing season, drought and localized flooding, coupled with a softening of world cotton prices, led to widespread dissatisfaction among cotton farmers and the subsequent defection of many producers to cereal production. To encourage cotton production, farmers are [...]
2008-07-03 17:16:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON EAID EFIN PREL UV
08OUAGADOUGOU679MALIAN TUAREGS WILL REMAIN IN BURKINA FASO UNTIL GOBF
[...] (U) Summary: As of late July, around 1,990 Malian Tuareg seeking refugee asylum were living at various locations around Burkina Faso, the majority of them in a refugee camp in Djibo, in Northern Burkina Faso. These asylum seekers are currently living off donations from local and international [...]
2008-07-23 16:16:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM ML UV
08OUAGADOUGOU733BURKINA FASO: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FUEL PRICE INCREASE
[...] (U) Summary: On July 11, the Ministry of Commerce and SONABHY, the national oil company, announced increases in the retail price of gas by an average of nine percent. Local labor unions denounced the price hikes as "unbearable." Average consumers complained to reporters on the street, but se [...]
2008-08-08 09:59:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND ELTN ENRG EPET PGOV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU734BURKINA FASO: IVOIRIAN PRESIDENT MAKES HISTORIC VISIT AND
[...] (U) Summary: On July 27-29, President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire visited Ouagadougou for his first official visit to Burkina Faso since he took power in 2002. The trip was intended to normalize relations between the two countries and was crowned with the signing of a formal friendship an [...]
2008-08-08 10:26:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN IV UV
08OUAGADOUGOU827 BURKINA FASO: HOPE AND CHALLENGES NEAR THE COTE D'IVOIRE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Officials in Western Burkina Faso are depending on the successful implementation of the Ouagadougou Peace Accords for their region's economic survival and long-term stability. The flashpoint of the February food price riots, Bobo-Dioulasso, still bears the scars seven months lat [...]
2008-09-22 11:40:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SCUL KPAO PHUM CASC UV
08OUAGADOUGOU894BURKINA FASO: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE REACTION TO U.S. AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-07 16:42:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL MAR UV
08PANAMA103*PANAMA: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CALLS FOR
[...] (C) Asserting that Panama need "reinvention," Panamenista presidential nomination contender Marco Ameglio said he would call for a constitutional assembly (constituyente) during the first 18 months of his presidency to "redefine the republic." "Today, I am issuing a 20-month plan, not a 60-mon [...]
2008-01-31 22:14:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON ENRG ELAB SNAR KCRM PM
08PANAMA119PANAMA POST: 5TH EDITION -- THE POST-CARNIVAL
[...] (C) Panama's four-day Carnival celebration may have turned most of Panama City into a ghost town as Panamanians headed to the interior, the beaches, or Transismica, one of the city's main thoroughfares, to celebrate, but politics did not stop. The Panama Post was able to button hole one Pan [...]
2008-02-08 18:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA125PANAMA: SUPPORT LEBANON NOW DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 18:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY PM
08PANAMA14PANAMA: FIRST VP AND FM SAMUEL LEWIS' FIRST 2008
[...] (C) Panamanian First VP and FM Samuel Lewis touched up: -- President Martin Torrijos' impending trip to Cuba and perceived Cuba-Venezuela tensions; -- his exasperation at Chavez's ability to rise like a phoenix; -- his February travel to New York during Panama's UNSC Presidency; and -- Tor [...]
2008-01-04 16:21:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC VE CU PM
08PANAMA157PANAMA POST: 6TH EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) The February 14 and 15 disturbances, vandalism, and clashes with the police led by radical construction union SUNTRACS and efforts to respond to these outbursts largely pushed political activity off the public's radar scope. The Torrijos Administration, caught flat-footed by scope of the [...]
2008-02-22 15:13:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA169PANAMA: KOSOVO STATEMENT RELEASED BY COUNCIL ON
[...] (C) Panama "imposes upon itself a position of neutrality that favors dialogue between the parties," Panama's National Council on Foreign Relations (CONAREX) in its press release on February 25. First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador February 21 that he would convene this advisory council [...]
2008-02-27 00:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNMIK UN UNSC YI EU PM
08PANAMA18PANAMA POST: 1ST EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this year's first edition, the Panama Post includes the following stories: -- Panamamenista Party President Juan Carlos Varela launches presidential campaign; -- Team Martin player disillusioned as President Torrijos backs challenger to his seat on the governing Democratic Revoluti [...]
2008-01-04 22:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA181PANAMA POST: 7TH EDITION -- SPECIAL POLLING
[...] (C) Panama City broad sheet daily La Prensa stirred the political pot with the release of its latest installment of its "Pulse of Nation" poll series on February 22. Democratic Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli extended and even increased somewhat his lead as the opposition's [...]
2008-02-28 20:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA206PANAMA POST: 8TH EDITION; VOLUME II
[...] (C) The first week of March was a busy one for the Panama post. As the PRD wound down its congressillos in advance of its March 9 convention, Ambassador engaged the Panamenista Party's leading candidates for its presidential nomination, the knife was stuck in a CID Gallup poll, and one mutual [...]
2008-03-07 21:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA220PANAMA: IN WAKE OF PRD CONVENTION, PRIMARIES BEGIN
[...] (C) In the wake of the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) March 9 convention, Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro acted quickly to launch his campaign to win the PRD's presidential nomination on March 12. The convention left Torrijos in control of the party, though leftist or "t [...]
2008-03-13 22:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
08PANAMA284PANAMA: U.S. REP. GENE TAYLOR'S MEETING WITH GOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 24, 2008, U.S. Representative Gene Taylor (Mississippi) met GOP Vice President and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis. During the wide ranging 90-minute meeting, they discussed the Panama Canal expansion project, Manta relocation, 2009 Panamanian elections, the Colombia-Ecu [...]
2008-04-09 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG NAS PM
08PANAMA324PANAMA POST: THE PANAMA WATCHERS' SPECIAL EDITION,
[...] (S/NF) The April 18 to 25 visit by two seasoned USG Panama watchers provided a welcome opportunity to do a "deep dive" on Panama's domestic political scene. Meeting with political leaders and advisors from across the political spectrum, these analysts not only had an opportunity to ascertai [...]
2008-04-23 20:53:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA329NEW TRADE MINISTER FOCUSED ON TPA AND CONTINUITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Commerce & Industry Carmen Gisela Vergara is focused on securing U.S. ratification of the U.S. Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). She was confident that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) will exit as Panama's National Assembly President in September and expects the [...]
2008-04-25 16:27:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ENRG EWWT PGOV PM
08PANAMA330PANAMA: SUPPRESSED POLL SURFACES
[...] (C) Newly elected governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) National Executive Committee (CEN) Fifth Sub-Secretary Rodrigo "Rod" Diaz provided POLCOUNS with a bootleg copy of the PSM-SIGMA DOS April poll. In the wake of the Dichter and Neira April poll, portions of which have been publish [...]
2008-04-25 18:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA336PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) President Martin Torrijos will meet with you on May 6 at the White House in the hopes of revitalizing his administration's initiatives in which our bilateral relationship plays a significant role. Panama's primary season is now in full swing, Torrijos cannot run for re-election, and Panam [...]
2008-04-28 20:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD ECON KCRM MASS MARR
08PANAMA34PANAMA POST: 2ND EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this addition of the Panama Post, our headlines are: -- Alberto Vallarino, declaring "Enough already!" launches campaign for Panamenista Party nomination; -- Cambio Democratic presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli celebrates the Feast of the Epiphany with four rallies; -- Panam [...]
2008-01-11 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA355PANAMA: PMG TELLS PRD LEADERSHIP WON'T RUN FOR
[...] (C) Panamanian National Assembly President Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) informed President Martin Torrijos in writing on May 4 of his "irrevocable decision to decline any aspiration on his part to preside over the National Assembly as of September 1." (Note: PMG remains under U.S. federal ind [...]
2008-05-05 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ECON PM
08PANAMA433PANAMA POST: 9TH EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) New polling data revealing a horse race in the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) and a run-away lead by Panamenista presidential candidate Juan Carlos Varela in his party's race were the Panama Post's big scoop. Though available for the past couple of weeks, this new polling [...]
2008-05-27 21:35:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA460PANAMA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST REPORT CARD
[...] (SBU) A major drug-transit country, Panama continues to be a strong ally of the U.S. in the fight against trafficking and related crimes. This cable provides key examples of our excellent bilateral law enforcement cooperation, and one area of concern. 2. (SBU) In our FY 2007 Letter of Agr [...]
2008-06-03 20:59:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PM
08PANAMA461PANAMA: SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT GREENLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Panamanian Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell secured unanimous approval for three of eleven elements of a long-pending USG-GOP anti-corruption program funded by USAID, Mitchell informed USAID Director on April 25, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ----- Mitchel [...]
2008-06-03 21:00:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS PM
08PANAMA467IMPORTANCE OF USG AVIATION ASSISTANCE TO PANAMA
[...] (C) In the wake of the deadly crash of Panama's sole operational National Air Service (SAN) helicopter (see reftels),and following on President Torrijos' visit to Washington in early May, the time is now for consideration of greater USG aviation assistance to Panama. As a major logistics c [...]
2008-06-05 14:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALEAIR SNAR PARM MASS PREL PM
08PANAMA469PANAMA POST: EDITION 10, VOLUME II
[...] (C) In this edition of the Panama Post, our top stories include: -- Former President Ernesto "El Toro" Perez Balladares announces that he will endorse Panama City Mayor Juan Carlos Navarro in the race to secure the governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) presidential nomination; -- P [...]
2008-06-06 17:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM
08PANAMA493PANAMA POST: EDITION 11; VOLUME II
[...] (C) Our headlines in this edition of the Panama Post are: -- Panama's leading pollster says "basic political dynamic remains unchanged;" -- Tearing a page from PRD presidential nomination candidate Juan Carlos Navarro's play book, Panamenista presidential nomination candidate Alberto Valla [...]
2008-06-16 16:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA51PANAMA POST: 3RD EDITION, VOLUME II
[...] (C) The Panama Post is coming to you a few days early this week. State's Director for Central American Affairs hits the ground January 17 for a few days of scrounging around the Panamanian political scene as well as to follow up on the Regional Healthcare Training Center, attend the Omar Moren [...]
2008-01-17 22:00:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA510PANAMA: JUNE 23 MEETING ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) "Panama fully supports (UK PM) Gordon Brown's recent statement regarding the violence in Zimbabwe," Panamanian MFA UNSC Advisor Janio Tunon told POL Fellow on June 23. Now that the opposition had pulled out of the upcoming elections, MFA UNSC Team ExecSec Thays Noriega told POLCOUNS that i [...]
2008-06-23 18:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI PM
08PANAMA532PANAMA: KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Ambassador presented reftel demarche to First VP and FM Samuel Lewis on June 30 on the margins of President Torrijos' farewell lunch in honor of the Ambassador. In addition to raising reftel points, Ambassador noted that Panama had previously indicated it would recognize Panama "soon, but [...]
2008-07-01 14:48:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNMIK UN YI EU PM
08PANAMA534PANAMA: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Panama's input for the congressionally mandated annual report on investment disputes as contemplated in Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorizations Act. The United States is aware of one case in which United States citizens have an outstanding claim again [...]
2008-07-01 16:30:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ECON EFIN ENIV KIDE PGOV PM OPIC
08PANAMA542PANAMA: LUIS POSADA'S PARDON REVOKED BY SUPREME
[...] (U) The Panamanian Supreme Court unanimously revoked the 2004 pardon of Luis Posada Carriles (accused of plotting to assassinate ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro during the 2000 Ibero-American summit in Panama),three of Posada's accomplices, and 179 other individuals on June 30. This retroactiv [...]
2008-07-03 19:43:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM PTER KCRM VE CU
08PANAMA545PANAMA: JULY VISIT OF MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) Following up on Panamanian President Martin Torrijos' May 7-8 visit to Washington and meetings with the President and the Secretaries of State and Defense, Panamanian Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado will travel to Washington July 7-10 to continue security-related discussi [...]
2008-07-03 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR MASS PM
08PANAMA550PANAMA: VARELA WINS PANAMENISTA PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) "I want to issue a call not only for party unity, but also for a coalition to win the elections in 2009," exclaimed Juan Carlos Varela late in the evening on July 6, in declaring victory in the Panamenista Party presidential primary. On July 7, Alberto Vallarino, Varela's main opponent, a [...]
2008-07-07 21:18:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PM
08PANAMA563PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR UNSC RESOLUTION ON
[...] (C) "Panama will be with the United States", Panamanian MFA Senior Advisor for UNSC matters Nils Castro reaffirmed to POLCOUNS on July 9th in response to reftel demarche on Zimbabwe. Furthermore, he stated that Panama supported a UNSC Chapter VII Resolution and did not want to debate the "co [...]
2008-07-09 19:03:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU
08PANAMA574PANAMA POST: EDITION 12; VOLUME II
[...] (C) Juan Carlos Varela's landslide victory in the Panamenista primary on July 6, defeating Alberto Vallarino by over 20 points, was the defining political development for the week. The focus quickly turned to Varela's efforts to unify Panama's largest opposition party and to renewed discussi [...]
2008-07-11 20:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PM
08PANAMA623GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...]
2008-07-28 20:50:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALKTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR
08PANAMA624UPDATE ON OPERATIONS AND EXPANSION OF PANAMA CANAL
[...] (U) Summary. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has not yet determined the exact financing method for the third set of locks for the Panama Canal. However, a recent agreement with the Andean Development Corporation could provide 500 million USD of the 5.25 billion USD needed. The deadline for th [...]
2008-07-29 12:22:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT MARR PM EINV AA
08PANAMA652PANAMA: A VIEW FROM THE LEFT -- NO PLACE FOR
[...] (C) Recent meetings with prominent left wing leaders Juan Jovane and Olmedo Beluche focused on the threat to social stability posed by rising prices and the surprising small impact of the crisis on the political campaign. Jovane concluded that the increase in the price of staple goods was caus [...]
2008-08-05 21:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA669PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS
[...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...]
2008-08-12 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR
08PANAMA682PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL, AUG. 27-28
[...] (SBU) You will be arriving in Panama in the middle of a long election campaign, due to take place amidst record economic growth, but growing economic uncertainty. Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America for the last few years (11.2% growth in 2007),and there are [...]
2008-08-15 19:21:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA697PANAMA POST: EDITION 13, VOLUME II
[...] (C) Panama's opposition panorama is beginning to clarify as two opposition coalitions are emerging. Presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli announced recently that his Democratic Change (CD) had reached an alliance agreement with Patriotic Union (UP),an alliance that UP is expected to rati [...]
2008-08-21 19:52:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA704PANAMANIAN SECURITY COOPERATION: IRREPLACEABLE?
[...] (S/NF) Panama is one of the USG's most important law enforcement and security partners in the Western Hemisphere. Its importance is based on a combination of its strategic location astride one of the world's most important lines of communication, an enormous Panamanian flagged shipping fleet, [...]
2008-08-26 17:50:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA714CODEL HAGEL WHIRLWIND TOUR OF PANAMA
[...] (U) CODEL Hagel met in Panama on August 28 with President Martin Torrijos to discuss the strong bilateral relationship and Panama's economic future. In a meeting with Vice-president and Foreign Minister Samuel Lewis, CODEL Hagel discussed the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) and the Panama Ca [...]
2008-08-29 20:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EWWT ETRD OVIP PM EINV EAIR
08PANAMA724PANAMA PATIENTLY WAITING FOR TPA APPROVAL
[...] (C) Minister of Trade and Industries Carmen Gisela Vergara told the Ambassador that the government of Panama (GOP) is willing to take direction from the U.S. Government (USG) in promoting the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) in order to improve the chances for Congressional approval. The GOP is [...]
2008-09-04 23:36:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ECIN EINV ETRD
08PANAMA725PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION
[...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]
2008-09-05 12:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA726SCENESETTER: PANAMANIAN PRESIDENT TORRIJOS
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington in mid-September for meetings with the Secretary of State and the President. These meetings will take place about ten days after the ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) will have selected its presidential candidate. The PR [...]
2008-09-05 19:57:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM ETRD ECON PINR PM
08PANAMA737PANAMA: BALBINA WINS PRD PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION,
[...] (U) Balbina Herrera won the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) primary election September 7, becoming the official presidential candidate for the largest party in the country. Once Juan Carlos Navarro and Laurentino Cortizo conceded, all the candidates met and joined President Martin Torri [...]
2008-09-09 20:03:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA74PANAMA: NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) Recognizing that Panama's judiciary has "a corruption problem" and believing that he has limited powers to sway the opinion of the court's other magistrates, newly installed Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell told Ambassador on January 14 that he planned to use his authority and bul [...]
2008-01-25 14:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID ECON PM
08PANAMA749PANAMA: DETAILS OF PARDON REVOCATION FOR POSADA
[...] (U) Post acquired a copy of the June 30 Supreme Court ruling that revoked the pardon of Luis Posada Carriles - who is accused of plotting the assassination of Fidel Castro - as well as three of Posada's accomplices and 178 others. The Panamanian Supreme Court acted to overturn what they saw as [...]
2008-09-17 16:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM PREL PTER VE
08PANAMA77PANAMA POST: 4TH EDITION -- THE DIRECTOR'S CUT --
[...] (C) The January 17-21 visit of State's Director for Central American Affairs John Feeley provided the Panama Post an excellent opportunity to touch base with numerous political heavy hitters. Feeley met with all the "presidenciables," except for Panamanista aspirant Alberto Vallarino who was [...]
2008-01-25 21:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA780PANAMA: THE LATEST ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) "Panama will recognize Kosovo. We will recognize Kosovo after our term on the Security Council ends and before the new U.S. President is sworn in," 1st VP and FM Vice Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on September 30. Lewis reiterated the he believed that Panama could be more helpful on Georg [...]
2008-10-02 19:17:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA PM KV
08PANAMA782PANAMA: FM "VERY HAPPY" WITH PROGRESS ON PERSEUS V
[...] (C) "I am very happy about the progress we are making resolving the Perseus V case," 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis told the Ambassador and PolCouns on September 30. Lewis was referring to the case of the eight Panamanian sailors from the Perseus V now serving prison terms in the U.S. for drug s [...]
2008-10-02 20:31:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA789PANAMA: SECURITY LAWS CONTINUE TO GENERATE INTENSE
[...] (C) Over a month after President Martin Torrijos issued five decrees that reformed the Panamanian security services (see reftel),the security sector reform debate continues to occupy newspaper headlines and op-eds. The stage is now set for the laws, and the U.S.-Panamanian security relations [...]
2008-10-06 13:05:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA793PANAMA: A SPEED BUMP AT THE MFA
[...] (C) Next week Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs in the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),is scheduled to be in Washington to discuss the Perseus V case with U.S. officials. This cable is meant to help Washington officials prepare for this visit, and to [...]
2008-10-06 21:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA813PANAMA: PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE, ASK FOR HELP
[...] (C) Panamanian Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez told the Ambassador October 10 that she wanted to create an infrastructure to facilitate prosecutorial collaboration among Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and the U.S. to send a strong message to international criminal organizations that they we [...]
2008-10-17 16:22:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR PM
08PANAMA818PANAMA: DDD TAKES LEAVE OF ABSENCE AFTER MURDER
[...] (C) President Martin Torrijos accepted Minister of Government and Justice Daniel Delgado Diamante's (DDD) request for 30 days unpaid leave, at DDD's request, following newspaper revelations about a killing the Minister committed 38 years ago. DDD admitted he was responsible for the killing, [...]
2008-10-24 23:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA819PANAMA: RUSSIAN WARSHIP TO CROSS CANAL
[...] (C) 1st VP and FM Samuel Lewis Navarro told the Ambassador October 9 that the Russian nuclear-powered russian crusier Petr Velikiy (Peter the Great) will cross the Canal in December, and make a two-day port call at the Vasco Nunez de Balboa navel base (former Rodman Naval Station) on Decembe [...]
2008-10-24 23:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA820CANAL BIDDING PROCESS DELAYED AGAIN
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive proprietary business information concerning on-going negotiations. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced on October 24 that the deadline for submission of bids on the contract for the third set of lo [...]
2008-10-24 23:37:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA827PANAMA,S BANKING SECTOR WEATHERS GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Panamanian bankers widely agree that Panama's financial sector, one of the largest in Latin America with 90 banks licensed and $63 billion in assets as of September 2008, has avoided the core cause of the global financial crisis - subprime mortgage instruments. Liquidity remai [...]
2008-10-27 20:49:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PM EINV
08PANAMA851ROUGH WATER FOR CANAL EXPANSION
[...] (C) After multiple extensions to the bid deadline (now at March 3, 2009) and soon-to-be 19 amendments fo the contract for the third set of locks of the Panama Canal expansion, Bechtel and ACS, a Spanish led consortium, have expressed concern about the Panama Canal Authority's (ACP) ability to compl [...]
2008-11-06 23:28:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD MARR PM EWWT
08PANAMA872PANAMA: DEALING WITH THE DARIEN
[...] (S//NF) The Darien, Panama's forgotten frontier, is under pressure from drug traffickers and remnants of the FARC. The FARC do not present a serious military threat to Panama or Colombia, but they do threaten to degenerate into banditry, as the organization implodes. While the U.S. is helpin [...]
2008-11-17 22:59:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA897PANAMA POST: THE FIRST OPEN SOURCE CENTER
[...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the revamped Panama Post,a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC). POL and OSC are cooperating to highlight the most salient story lines in recent OSC reporting, incorporate key insights garnered from POL' [...]
2008-12-03 19:32:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA930PANAMA: ASVAT LAYS OUT SECURITY PLAN; MARTINELLI TOUTS HIM AS FUTURE MINISTER
[...] (C) Ebrahim Asvat, President of La Estrella newspaper, former director of the Panamanian National Police, and possible candidate for Minister of Government and Justice told PolOff that Panama needed to reorient its security resources away from trying to interdict drugs on the seas and border [...]
2008-12-19 20:53:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MASS PM SNAR
08PANAMA933PANAMA: GOP "PROFOUNDLY SATISFIED" WITH RESULTS OF
[...] (C) Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs at the Panamanian MFA, declared himself "profoundly satisfied" with the results of two days of bilateral meetings on the Salas-Becker Agreement (SBA) December 17. The agreement, a corner stone of U.S. counter-drug operations i [...]
2008-12-22 15:39:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA944PANAMA POST: THE WATER COOLER REPORTS
[...] (SBU/NF) Welcome to the second edition of the revamped Panama Post, a new collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section (POL) and the Open Source Center (OSC),that we are going to call "The Report from the Water Cooler." OSC provides POL a steady stream of current news, the [...]
2008-12-24 17:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PM
08PARAMARIBO118OLD CAMPAIGN PROMISES HAUNT GOVERNMENT COALITION
[...] (SBU) Summary. A 2004 agreement between the Government of Suriname (GOS) and a Chinese company to set up a palm oil plantation in the eastern District of Marowijne still has not been implemented due to the GOS's inability to overcome local villagers' opposition to key aspects of the plan. The [...]
2008-03-20 18:11:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO120LEADING UP TO SURINAMESE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS IN 2010,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Jules Wijdenbosch and Desi Bouterse agreed to re-unite their two political parties, the Democratic National Platform 2000 (DNP 2000) and the National Democratic Party (NDP),according to reports. A union of Bouterse and Wijdenbosch, who went from party colleagues and close persona [...]
2008-03-26 13:08:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO128CORRUPTION IN SURINAME: A HOW-TO-MANUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable details methods of small-scale, endemic corruption in Suriname. While large scale corruption is common and makes the news, small scale corruption is pervasive (ref A). Current rejection by Government of Suriname (GOS) officials of corruption allegations in the U.S. Inte [...]
2008-03-28 10:54:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV NS
08PARAMARIBO180SURINAME CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR TELTING ON GSM-102
[...] (SBU) Summary. Central Bank Governor Andre Telting told the Ambassador he understands the U.S. government position is not to reduce or forgive portions of the outstanding GSM-102 debt. Given U.S. "inflexibility" on this issue, he will proceed first on negotiations on Brazilian debt, the only [...]
2008-05-02 20:00:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO190EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF RABINDRE PARMESSAR IN FY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Mr. Rabindre Parmessar, opposition Member of Parliament from Suriname, participated as an international visitor in the FY 2008 Multi-Regional program "U.S Foreign Policy" from February 28 to March 20, 2008. Parmessar was overwhelmingly positive upon his return, and said visitin [...]
2008-05-07 22:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL NS
08PARAMARIBO200 SURINAME INTRODUCES RICE REGULATING MEASURES
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Suriname implemented a new export license requirement on rice exports. Border inspections will include a search for rice being smuggled out of the country. Local rice producers and exporters have criticized these new measures, stating local demand is only proje [...]
2008-05-12 21:33:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD ECON BTIO NS
08PARAMARIBO301BOUTERSE UNITES OPPOSITION, TARGETS 2010 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 5, former military strongman and current murder defendant Desi Bouterse's National Democratic Party (NDP) officially formed a so-called mammoth bloc uniting five opposition political parties. An audience of several thousand attended the lively mass meeting where they were [...]
2008-07-25 19:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
08PARAMARIBO305SURINAME: BANANA PARASTATAL TO PRIVATIZE
[...] (U) Summary. The week of July 21, the Foundation for the Preservation of the Banana Sector in Suriname (SBBS) announced a public call for interest in the international open tender for the privatization of the parastatal banana company Surland N.V. SBBS restructured Surland N.V. with the assis [...]
2008-07-29 19:44:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR ECON EINV ETRD NS
08PARAMARIBO335 OPEN SKIES AGREEMENT A "STRONG POSSIBILITY"
[...] (U) Summary. Terence Craig, Head of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there is a "strong possibility" the Government of Suriname (GOS) would sign a bilateral Open Skies agreement. Craig, a long-time fan of an Open Skies agreement, may not reflect a consolidated p [...]
2008-08-20 17:47:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR KTIA XL NS
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