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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG 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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 09MOSCOW2722 | MOSCOW'S CHINESE DIASPORA A WIN-WIN FOR RUSSIA AND [...] 4 (b). Â [...] | 2009-11-03 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KCOR SMIG TIP RS |
| 09MOSCOW2731 | MEDVEDEV'S TEAM REMAINS SMALL, CONSIDERING RISKY [...] (C) Summary: President Medvedev's recent reorganization of the Presidential Administration (PA) was a tiny step toward strengthening his team, but the possible creation of a separate, presidentially-controlled "parallel vertical of power" risked damaging the established balance of power betw [...] | 2009-11-05 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW2734 | RUSSIA: MOVING BEYOND BILATERAL ISSUES, MILIBAND [...] (C) During Foreign Secretary Miliband's November 1-2 visit, he put an end to the "period of standoff," but had little concrete to show for his visit. In pushing a new framework for cooperation, he set aside the most contentious issues and focused primarily on the international agenda during his mee [...] | 2009-11-05 17:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD SENV IR AF UK RS |
| 09MOSCOW2737 | RUSSIA-GEORGIA: FAILED BORDER CROSSING TALKS, [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Charge Shugarov said the Russia-Georgia talks on opening the Qazbegi-Larsi border post between Russia and Georgia failed because Russia insisted all legal documents governing Georgian border traffic had to be redone because Georgia had departed the CIS. Shugarov could [...] | 2009-11-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG RS AM |
| 09MOSCOW2747 | RUSSIA: POLISH PM SIKORSKI REOPENS OLD FIGHTS [...] (SBU) Russian media and officials are concerned with Polish FM Radoslaw Sikorski's November 4 comments to the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington. In particular, they noted Sikorski's request for U.S. forces on the ground in Poland to "protect against Russian aggression" a [...] | 2009-11-06 14:36:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PL RS |
| 09MOSCOW2749 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER TO [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service officials is a tangible sign that U.S.-Russian relations are improving markedly after hitting bottom in the summer of 2008. Recent visits by President Obama and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated [...] | 2009-11-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINS PREL PTER SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW2751 | EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER [...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: EXBS has been approached by Russian Central Customs Administration (Moscow) to support an IVP to US ports of entry. EXBS is working with CBP and ICE on this visit. A new Russian federal agency, Rosgranitsa, has also asked [...] | 2009-11-09 13:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS |
| 09MOSCOW2754 | INFORMATION ON SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) The USG and GOR have four existing, formal mechanisms for conducting security dialogues with the Russian Federation; all four are scheduled yearly. 1) Joint Staff Talks (JSTs): This event is hosted annually by U.S. Joint Staff J-5 or the GOR Chief of the Main OPS Directorate on a rotational [...] | 2009-11-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR |
| 09MOSCOW2756 | EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: NII PM, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, NII PM (The Research Institute of Applied Mechanics named after Academ [...] | 2009-11-10 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
| 09MOSCOW2765 | DESPITE USD 6 BILLION 2Q09 PROFITS, GAZPROM FACES [...] (C) Gazprom announced a doubling of its profits in the second quarter of 2009 following anemic first quarter earnings. However, falling demand as well as rising operational costs and debt pose longer-term challenges to the company's competitiveness. Experts warn that more efficient companies [...] | 2009-11-10 14:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW2778 | CRIME(FIGHTING) DOESN'T PAY FOR BLOGGING POLICEMAN [...] (C) Summary: Novorossisk police Major Aleksey Dymovskiy's November 5 and 10 online video postings, where he accused local police chiefs of illegal and immoral actions, has touched a raw nerve in Russia, where trust in police is already low. Police officials, human rights activists, and journ [...] | 2009-11-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOG KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW278 | RUSSIA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA BUT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia will not change its foreign policy goals because of the financial crisis or difficulties in relations with the West and neighbors, according to FM Lavrov in his annual press conference on January 16. Blaming the conflicts in 2008 mostly on the West, Lavrov nonetheless e [...] | 2009-02-05 14:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW2784 | "NO TANGIBLE RESULTS" ON SOUTH STREAM DURING [...] (SBU) Following Prime Minister Putin's meeting with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann, media reports cited Austrian "backing" of the proposed South Stream gas pipeline project. As is often the case, however, the reports appear to have been overblown. The visit did not produce any f [...] | 2009-11-13 10:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS AU |
| 09MOSCOW2788 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Ambassador Holbrooke, your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to gain buy-in on our Afghan strategy with a key partner with both close-in experience and wide-ranging interests in Afghanistan. The GOR is looking for genuine consultations on regional strategy and needs to be convinced [...] | 2009-11-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID AF RS |
| 09MOSCOW2800 | RUSSIA SECURITY COUNCIL OFFICIAL ON IRAN, [...] (C) Deputy Russian Security Council Secretary Vladimir Nazarov told NSC Russia Director Solomon November 5 the Russian leadership is committed to concluding the START follow-on negotiations before the treaty expires in December. On Iran, Nazarov believes the U.S. and Russia have a "common la [...] | 2009-11-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PARM PGOV PREL MNUC IS RS IR |
| 09MOSCOW2834 | RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT, [...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...] | 2009-11-20 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN |
| 09MOSCOW285 | GOR CONCERNED ABOUT UNLICENSED KALASHNIKOVS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) On February 2 MFA DVBR Third Secretary Aleksey Chumichev passed us a nonpaper that alleged a Nevada-based subsidiary of the Bulgarian company Arsenal Inc. was manufacturing Kalashnikov automatic rifles without a valid Russian li [...] | 2009-02-06 12:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETTC ETRD MASS RS |
| 09MOSCOW2874 | PUTIN-TYMOSHENKO GAS AGREEMENT SHOULD HELP PREVENT [...] (C) PM Putin said in a joint November 20 press conference with PM Tymoshenko in Ukraine that Russia will not penalize Ukraine for having taken less gas than contracted. He also confirmed that Gazprom and Ukraine will sign new contracts for 2010 that will call for lower Ukrainian purchase volum [...] | 2009-11-24 11:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
| 09MOSCOW2878 | GOR NOT INTERESTED IN "TAKING THE NRC FORWARD" [...] (C) Summary: The MFA European Cooperation Desk told us the GOR remains interested in improving the NATO-Russia Council, but believes strategic-level agreement should precede reform of NRC structures, hence Russia's decision to disengage from the "Taking the NATO-Russia Council Forward" paper. [...] | 2009-11-24 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR MARR NATO RS |
| 09MOSCOW2886 | BELYKH WANTS TO REFORM KIROV [...] (C) Summary: Kirov Oblast Governor Nikita Belykh met with Ambassador Beyrle November 18 to provide a review of his first year in office and discuss the road ahead. A former member of the opposition, Belykh declared, "I did not want power, and still do not want power, but power must be made to [...] | 2009-11-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM EAID ECON EFIN EMIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW2903 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY ROBERT [...] (C) Your visit to Moscow provides an opportunity to strengthen bilateral economic relations at a time when both our economies are beginning to show signs of recovery following an extremely difficult year. Because our economic relations with Russia were relatively stable even prior to the polit [...] | 2009-11-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV RS |
| 09MOSCOW291 | AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH DFM [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Alexey Borodavkin told Ambassador February 6 that Russia was prepared to cooperate with the U.S. to "assure American success" in Afghanistan, citing economic and humanitarian assistance, the NATO transit agreement, planned SCO conference in March, infrastructure pr [...] | 2009-02-06 16:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG AF IR KS KN RS |
| 09MOSCOW2918 | DFM KARASIN ON GEORGIA, N-K, MOLDOVA AND UKRAINE: [...] (C) In a November 26 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, DFM Karasin sounded alarm bells about Saakashvili's "irresponsible" escalation of Russia-Georgia tensions, warning the situation could lead to renewed conflict, partly because the U.S. is sending signals of support -- and, he claimed, weapon [...] | 2009-12-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG |
| 09MOSCOW2932 | U.S. SCIENCE ADVISOR AND RUSSIAN SCIENCE MINISTER AGREE [...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. John Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and Joan Rolf, Assistant Director for International Relations in OSTP, met Ru [...] | 2009-12-03 04:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPL TNGD SENV KNNP PGOV TBIO CVIS KRVC |
| 09MOSCOW2935 | RUSSIA'S THOUGHTS ON THE DPRK'S RETURN TO SIX [...] (S) In a December 1 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexeksey Borodavkin spoke about his recent trip to North Korea where he met with North Korean DFM Kung Sok-un. Borodavkin predicted that it would be difficult to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table; he c [...] | 2009-12-03 06:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PGOV PREL RS KN |
| 09MOSCOW2946 | PUTIN EXUDES LEADERSHIP DURING FOUR HOUR Q AND A [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin displayed thorough knowledge of the issues facing Russia during a live, televised question and answer session which highlighted his role as Russia's dominant political figure. Most of the questions were focused on the economic situation and socio-economi [...] | 2009-12-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW295 | RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER KIRILL A [...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 4 ecumenical lunch hosted by Ambassador and Appeal of Conscience Foundation Director Rabbi Arthur Schneier, high level officials in Russia's Orthodox (ROC),Muslim, Protestant, and Jewish communities gathered to discuss religious freedom in Russia and honor Patri [...] | 2009-02-09 08:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI |
| 09MOSCOW2957 | RUSSIAN VIEWS OF ELECTIONS IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Experts do not see a strong Russian influence in the election campaign in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This is due to Russia's negative experience from getting too involved in the 2005 elections, the dominance of domestic issues in the campaign, and a virtual agreement among [...] | 2009-12-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR RS GG |
| 09MOSCOW2958 | SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION TALKS TRAINS, PLANES, [...] (U) November 18-20, Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood led the USG delegation to the First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety. Officials from the Department of Transportation's (DOT) National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA),U.S. Centers for Disease Control a [...] | 2009-12-08 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN ECON PREL ETRD RS |
| 09MOSCOW3 | DEPUTY SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY NAZAROV MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CODEL Tauscher, Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov called the lack of trust the main obstacle for U.S. and Russian cooperation, followed by ineffective mechanisms to guarantee security. Nazarov claimed that U.S. assistance t [...] | 2009-01-01 07:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR KNNP OREP RS |
| 09MOSCOW3002 | RESPONSE TO IRAN SANCTIONS ACT INQUIRY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we notified MFA Head of U.S.-Russia Bilateral Desk Alexander Zakharov of our inquiry regarding the ISA. Zakharov said he would pass on the information to his superiors but otherwise did not provide any substantive reaction. ------- GAZPROM ------- 2. (SBU) Per reftel [...] | 2009-12-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL ETTC RS IR |
| 09MOSCOW3009 | CUSTOMS VALUATION CHALLENGES IN RUSSIA, AND NOW [...] (SBU) Over the course of the last twelve months, U.S. exporters have been experiencing increasing difficulties with customs valuations on their exports to Russia. Following several months of effort, Emboffs were able to schedule a meeting with officials from the Russian Federal Customs Servi [...] | 2009-12-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR ECON RS |
| 09MOSCOW3010 | MOSCOW'S INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH TEHRAN [...] (C) Summary: Official GOR reports and media have pronounced the Russian-Iranian relationship healthy and Minister of Energy's Shmatko's recent visit to Tehran as a success. Privately, GOR officials and Russian analysts agree that there are serious tensions in the bilateral relationship suc [...] | 2009-12-14 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KNNP IAEA RS IR |
| 09MOSCOW3012 | U/S TAUSCHER-ROSATOM DEP DIR SPASSKIY DECEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 7 discussion, RosAtom Deputy Director Nikolay Spasskiy thanked Under Secretary Ellen Tauscher for her sustained support for the Angarsk fuel bank initiative, conveyed his thoughts for the way ahead on the Tehran Research Reactor impasse, stated his desire to re-ad [...] | 2009-12-15 08:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL RS IR |
| 09MOSCOW3013 | RUSSIA SLOW TO MOBILIZE ON ENVIRONMENT WORKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Russian working-level coordinator of the Environment Working Group under the Bilateral Presidential Commission told us on December 11 that the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MNRE) would likely be interested in working with the United States under the Working [...] | 2009-12-15 08:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV EAID KCRM KGHG EFIS RS |
| 09MOSCOW3018 | MFA AIRS UNSCR 1540 CONCERNS AT EXBS MEETING [...] Begin summary: On Tuesday, December 8, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Assistant met with representatives of the export controls section within the Security and Disarmament Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry. During this meeting, MFA took the opportunity to raise concerns about issues rela [...] | 2009-12-16 11:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS |
| 09MOSCOW3022 | GOR ON UKRAINE ELECTIONS, SECURITY ASSURANCES [...] (C) On December 15, MFA 2nd CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin reiterated that the GOR did not favor any candidate in the upcoming elections in Ukraine. He stated that the current political crisis in Ukraine was the result of problems in the governmental system caused by President Yushc [...] | 2009-12-16 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS UP |
| 09MOSCOW3033 | ANTI-SEMITISM ON THE WANE IN RUSSIA REF: MOSCOW 2586 [...] (C) Summary: Russia has recently shown clear signs of throwing off its long and tragic history of anti-Semitism. In the past several years, official GOR policy has involved an aggressive campaign against anti-Semitism, coupled with positive official statements towards the Jewish community. Societal [...] | 2009-12-17 15:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KREL SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW3034 | SAKHAROV'S PRAGMATIC LEGACY [...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after his death, at a December 14-15 conference in Moscow, approximately 100 human rights leaders discussed the legacy of activist and Nobel Laureate Andrey Sakharov. Given the numerous blows dealt the Russian human rights community during the past several years, many [...] | 2009-12-17 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW3035 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S STRATEGIC DIALOGUE IN RUSSIA [...] (C) In meetings with Russia's Foreign Ministry and Security Council, SRAP Holbrooke stated that "history and destiny" have given the United States and Russia the common problem of Afghanistan and it is time to use the new relationship between Washington and Moscow to cooperate more closely in [...] | 2009-12-18 05:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MCAP PTER AG RS |
| 09MOSCOW3037 | OPPOSITION LEADER KASPAROV OPTIMISTICALLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting with Ambassador Beyrle, opposition leader Garry Kasparov gave an upbeat assessment of how his Solidarity political movement is positioned to exploit the "inevitable chaos" that will arise from the current government's course. He argued that authoritarian [...] | 2009-12-18 09:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS |
| 09MOSCOW3049 | MFA SAYS RUSSIA-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS STRONG; GAS [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to emphasize Russia's stable political relations and growing economic and cultural ties with Turkmenistan, despite the recent impasse over gas shipments. Eager to maintain influence in the region despite Gazprom's gas glut, President Medvedev has agreed with T [...] | 2009-12-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG TX RS |
| 09MOSCOW3050 | U/S HORMATS MEETINGS ON RUSSIAN BILATERAL ECONOMIC [...] (C) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry offic [...] | 2009-12-18 15:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW3051 | U/S HORMATS'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Gazprom's Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev told U/S Hormats that he welcomes better relations with the U.S. and that Gazprom seeks to expand its presence in North America. He blamed last year's gas crisis on President Yushchenko and claimed Russia does not want to politicize the gas trade. He conf [...] | 2009-12-18 15:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW3052 | ENERGY MINISTER WELCOMES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Minister of Energy Shmatko and Transneft President Tokarev met with Ambassador Beyrle on December 16 to discuss prospects for the Bilateral Presidential Commission's (BPC) Energy working group, particularly opportunities for information exchange and technology transfer on energy efficiency [...] | 2009-12-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW3053 | UNDER SECRETARY HORMATS MEETINGS WITH RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert Hormats visited Moscow from 1-3 December, conducting meetings with a wide variety of audiences, including the Russian Presidential Administration, Russian Foreign Ministry and Economic Development Ministry off [...] | 2009-12-18 16:03:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW3056 | MEDVEDEV'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY: HOW [...] (C) After considerable build-up, President Medvedev unexpectedly released a draft European Security Treaty on November 29 and Russia introduced a parallel draft NATO-Russia treaty at the December 4 NATO ministerial (collectively the ESTs -- European Security Treaties). The ESTs seek to redre [...] | 2009-12-21 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PMIL PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS |
| 09MOSCOW3072 | Russia's Chief Medical Officer Wants to Expand Cooperation [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, Ambassador Beyrle met with Dr. Gennadiy Onishchenko, Russia's Chief Medical Officer and Director of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Consumer Protection and Human Well-Being (Rospotrebnadzor). The almost 90-minute meeting was cordial [...] | 2009-12-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD EAGR ECON PARM |
| 09MOSCOW3078 | EX-IM BANK SUPPORT OF BOEING'S BID FOR ROSAVIA [...] (C) On December 16, Ex-Im Bank Board Member Bijan Kian met with Rostechnologiya Director General Sergei Chemezov to discuss the possibility of U.S.-backed financing for the possible sale of Boeing aircraft to Rostechnologiya's aviation holding, RosAvia. Chemezov said the purchase decision w [...] | 2009-12-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR EINV ETRD RS |
| 09MOSCOW308 | MFA'S SPECIAL REP ON BIH, KOSOVO, EULEX [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 7. Summary ------- 2. (C) The MFA Special Representative Botsan-Kharchenko told us February 5 that Russia would be satisfied with a technocratic replacement to Office of High Representative (OHR) Lacjak to oversee what it expects will be the [...] | 2009-02-09 15:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BH KV UN RS |
| 09MOSCOW3081 | RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...] | 2009-12-22 14:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW3082 | WHAT RUSSIA'S TRADE NEGOTIATORS ACCOMPLISHED IN [...] (U) Introduction: This cable is the first in a three-part series presenting major features of the Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan Customs Union (RBKCU),which was finalized on November 27 with the signing of most binding agreements. This cable covers the major structure and decision-making proces [...] | 2009-12-23 04:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS WTO KZ BO |
| 09MOSCOW3090 | KREMLIN-CREATED RIGHT CAUSE PARTY'S INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: The triumvirate leadership of Right Cause has been in conflict since its establishment, with all three struggling to define the future of the party. Right Cause Co-Chair Boris Titov remains doubtful about the viability of his party in future elections, and confirmed that he is co [...] | 2009-12-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW3091 | ENGAGING MUSLIM POPULATION ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) In response to ref A request, Post has produced a plan of action for engaging both the GOR and Russia's Muslim population with the goal of ending support for the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s "defamation of religion" resolutions in the United Nations. During our October [...] | 2009-12-23 14:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW3103 | MFA SUGGESTS AFGHANISTAN AS A BACK-DOOR MEANS OF [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to U/S Burns, Stephen Mull, met in Moscow with Zamir Kabulov, Director of the MFA's Second Asia Division, to discuss developments in Iran. Kabulov welcomed the change in American tactics to use both dialogue and pressure, but was downbeat on the prospects for succ [...] | 2009-12-24 08:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS AF IR |
| 09MOSCOW3104 | CONSTITUTION'S 15TH BIRTHDAY MORE OF A FUNERAL [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Constitution's fifteenth anniversary passed on December 12 with little fanfare. A VTsIOM poll showed that only 16 percent of respondents had read the Constitution and knew its contents. Many of the Constitution's authors feel disillusioned, noting that its provision [...] | 2009-12-24 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW3105 | LIEBERMAN DISCUSSES TRADE AND IRAN IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: In Moscow for the Russia-Israel Intergovernmental Commission's first session in three years, FM Lieberman had discussions with Russian counterparts on economic and trade issues. This meeting is further evidence that the bilateral relationship continues its upward trend. Most an [...] | 2009-12-24 08:09:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS IS |
| 09MOSCOW3109 | SYSTEMIC REFORMS UNLIKELY WITHIN MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary: President Dmitriy Medvedev's high-profile campaign to modernize Russia appears designed to give Russia modest, mostly long-term, economic benefits without altering the basic economic and political structures that Medvedev inherited from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. To the chagrin of [...] | 2009-12-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW3122 | U/S TAUSCHER-DFM RYABKOV DECEMBER 7 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U/S Ellen Tauscher met with DFM Sergey Ryabkov in Moscow on December 7, 2009 to address P-5 coordination in advance of the NPT Review Conference and missile defense cooperation. They also discussed how to establish a political framework that would allow practical steps in strateg [...] | 2009-12-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP KACT PARM PREL START MCAP RS IR |
| 09MOSCOW3123 | CHANGING ROLES IN THE TANDEM LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Recent changes in the public messages and actions of President Medvedev have led to increased uncertainty among regional authorities and bureaucrats. Medvedev's recent decisions to dismiss officials in response to public outcries over the Perm nightclub tragedy and remove prison officials [...] | 2009-12-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW3125 | MEDVEDEV'S 2009 YEAR-IN-REVIEW EMPHASIZES ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev assessed on December 24 the most important achievements of 2009 during an interview in which he cited Russia's social and financial stability as the nation's key successes. He used the nationally-televised, live interview to push his economic modernization [...] | 2009-12-28 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW313 | MFA REJECTS CLAIMS OF ARMS TRANSFERS TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian Minsk Group co-chair Yuri Merzlyakov February 6 dismissed charges of recent Russian arms deliveries to Armenia, claiming the supporting documents were forged. Experts agree with that assessment, and join the MFA's January 21 statement that it would not be in Russia's int [...] | 2009-02-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS AJ AM MARR |
| 09MOSCOW3139 | EUR/RPM DIRECTOR TURNER DEC 16-18 MOSCOW VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner visited Moscow December 16-18 to discuss NATO-Russia relations, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the OSCE's Corfu Process, and Russia's proposed European Security and NATO-Russia Council (NRC) treaties. MFA officials played up th [...] | 2009-12-29 14:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KACT KCFE PARM PREL RS AF |
| 09MOSCOW3151 | ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES WORKING [...] (SBU) Amid continued uncertainty over its future, the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) held Coordinating Committee (CC) and Governing Board (GB) meetings, and celebrated its fifteen-year anniversary December 7-10, 2009 in Moscow. The GB agreed to establish a working group, to [...] | 2009-12-30 15:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM TSPL RS |
| 09MOSCOW333 | RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...] | 2009-02-11 15:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS |
| 09MOSCOW355 | DFM GRUSHKO ON GEORGIA, ENERGY SECURITY, AND [...] (C) In a wide-ranging meeting February 10, Deputy Foreign Minister Grushko told the Ambassador the GOR had concluded that the only way to guarantee security in Georgia was through the presence of Russian troops. He said a renewed OSCE mandate would have to take into account South Ossetian vi [...] | 2009-02-13 08:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL ENRG EU GG RS |
| 09MOSCOW36 | RUSSIA-EU GAS UPDATE -- UKRAINE TO "DETACH" [...] (SBU) The EC Delegation in Moscow and Gazprom told us independently on January 12 that they expect a new trilateral agreement (refs A, B, C),without the supplemental "declaration" attached by Ukraine, to be signed as early as the end of the day. Once signed and once monitors are in place, Ru [...] | 2009-01-12 12:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UK |
| 09MOSCOW361 | RUSSIAN XENOPHOBIA HAS ROOTS DEEPER THAN CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. The recent wave of high-profile xenophobic violence gripping Russia has raised concerns within Russia's migrant community, second in size only to that of the United States. While diaspora leaders lobbied to protect the interests of their citizens, labor migrants have endured in [...] | 2009-02-13 12:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI |
| 09MOSCOW364 | KUDRIN URGES COORDINATED U.S.-RUSSIAN EFFORTS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a February 11 meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns, the Ambassador, and NSC Senior Director for Russian Affairs Michael McFaul, Finance Minister Aleksey Kudrin gave a general outline of the GOR's efforts to remedy the crisis domestically, including [...] | 2009-02-13 13:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON ETRD RS |
| 09MOSCOW365 | LITTLE MOVEMENT ON EU-RUSSIA TRADE ISSUES [...] (C) The European Commission delegation visit to Moscow February 5-6, headed by EC President Barroso and nine EC Commissioners, made little progress on trade issues with Russia. EC Trade Commissioner Ashton and Transportation Commissioner Tajani raised with Russian Economic Development Ministe [...] | 2009-02-13 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON WTO EU RS |
| 09MOSCOW396 | AG MINISTER SENT TO PASTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian President Medvedev recently removed long-serving Minister of Agriculture Aleksey Gordeyev from his post, nominating him to be governor of Voronezh Oblast as part of a larger shake-up of regional governors. While this action represents a significant demotion for Gordeye [...] | 2009-02-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ETRD ECON WTO RS |
| 09MOSCOW397 | CASTRO VISITS MOSCOW TO REJUVENATE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cuban President Raul Castro visited Moscow from January 28 to February 4 in an effort to boost trade ties and rejuvenate relations with Russia. Despite some exercises in Communist-era nostalgia, experts were quick to downplay any anti-U.S. angle to the trip. Medvedev and Castr [...] | 2009-02-18 12:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS XM |
| 09MOSCOW4 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...] | 2009-01-01 07:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS |
| 09MOSCOW403 | CEO MILLER TELLS AMBASSADOR GAZPROM HAS NO FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS; ACCUSES UKRAINE OF "THEFT" WHILE DENYING ANY REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE TO GAZPROM [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller acknowledged the difficult economic environment but said his company thought the downturn would last no more than six months and had no intention of altering its long-term plans, including the building of the Nord Stream an [...] | 2009-02-18 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW405 | RUSSIA DELAYS DELIVERY OF S-300S TO IRAN? [...] (S) In response to media reports surrounding the visit of Iranian Defense Minister Najar to Moscow February 16-18 that Russia would move ahead with the delivery of the S-300 air defense missile system to Iran, Ambassador expressed strong concern to DFM Ryabkov February 17 (ref A). Ryabkov repl [...] | 2009-02-18 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC MCAP MARR MOPS PARM PINR PTER |
| 09MOSCOW413 | DAS MOON'S FEBRUARY 11 MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (C) Summary. MFA 2nd Asia Director Aleksandr Maryasov reiterated Russia's interest in strengthening cooperation with the U.S. on Afghanistan during a February 11 meeting with SCA DAS for Afghanistan Patrick Moon. Maryasov said the situation in Afghanistan required "drastic changes," and prais [...] | 2009-02-19 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR SNAR AF IR RS |
| 09MOSCOW414 | POLITICAL OPPOSITION ROUNDUP: PLAYERS AND [...] (C) Summary: Political opposition forces in Russia continue to hold little influence and do not pose any challenge to the ruling regime. In 2008, the number of nationally registered political parties in Russia decreased from 14 to 6, with only one liberal democratic party (Yabloko) among them [...] | 2009-02-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS |
| 09MOSCOW416 | U.S.-RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia expressed strong support for U.S. and NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and offered practical steps to expand Russian assistance during the February 10-11 U.S.-Russia consultations on Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation, headed by SCA DAS Moon and accompanied by the Amba [...] | 2009-02-19 13:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ETRD MARR SNAR NATO AF RS |
| 09MOSCOW419 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...] | 2009-02-19 14:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
| 09MOSCOW423 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NPT BACKGROUND INFO AND RUSSIAN POC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 we delivered ref A demarche to MFA DVBR Division Head and NPT point of contact Aleksey Karpov, who said the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was a major priority for the GOR and Russia wanted to see it strengthened. For the current review cycle, he said Russia wou [...] | 2009-02-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA IAEA |
| 09MOSCOW454 | RUSSIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY PROPOSES MEETING WITH NEW EPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Director of International Cooperation at the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) praised past U.S.-Russian environmental cooperation and suggested an initial meeting between EPA Administrator Jackson and MNRE Minister Trutnev this spring. [...] | 2009-02-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW457 | RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE ON AFGHANISTAN: LETHAL TRANSIT, [...] (C) Summary. Russia has repeatedly signaled its openness to considering additional transit agreements to Afghanistan, with the implication these could include lethal equipment. As we begin shipments of non-lethal supplies through the Northern Dimension Network (NDN),and with the future of U [...] | 2009-02-25 06:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KG RS |
| 09MOSCOW465 | MFA ON UKRAINE AND BELARUS [...] (C) In a February 17 meeting, MFA Director for Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine Sorokin told us Russia remained prepared to continue discussions on a USD 5 billion loan to Ukraine, which he said had stalled due to Ukrainian internal divisions. He said that Ukraine's Soviet-era external debt cou [...] | 2009-02-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR ECON BO UP EU RS |
| 09MOSCOW473 | EU TROIKA TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During the Russia-EU Troika dialogue on February 11, Lavrov charged that Georgian troops were massing on the boundaries with South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The MFA later called the EU's reports dismissing these claims as a "snapshot" that did not measure "true" Georgian intentions. Lavrov j [...] | 2009-02-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU RS |
| 09MOSCOW474 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO RUSSIA [...] (C) On February 6, EC President Barroso led a delegation of nine EC commissioners and vice presidents for meetings with counterparts in Russia. This visit was part of an intergovernmental framework delayed since 2005, due to a series of crises in the EU-Russia relationship. Human rights wa [...] | 2009-02-26 15:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EU RS |
| 09MOSCOW488 | RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary: MFA CIS Fourth Department Conflicts Division Chief Aleksey Dvinyanin February 26 characterized the incident response and prevention mechanism as the first concrete result of the February 17-18 Geneva process. He expressed disappointment that the humanitarian working group did no [...] | 2009-02-27 11:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS GG OSCE UN |
| 09MOSCOW496 | RUSSIA SET ON A MOSCOW MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lavrov's February 15-19 visit to the Middle East reinforced Russia's intention to convene a Moscow Middle East conference (and ward off Sarkozy's entry into the race for MEPP summitry). The GOR now aims to hold an April or May meeting that Russian officials argu [...] | 2009-02-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL LE IR IS SY RS XF |
| 09MOSCOW500 | LUZHKOV TALKS BIG ON U.S.-RUSSIAN COOPERATION TO [...] (C) Summary: During his introductory call on Moscow Mayor Luzkhov February 26, Ambassador was treated to a tour d'horizon of global challenges - from the Mayor's lofty perspective - confronting Russia: the rise of China and its aspirations for regional power, the potential for conflict arising [...] | 2009-02-27 16:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON RS CH |
| 09MOSCOW502 | SUBJECT: DVORKOVICH AND A CRISIS OF "PLANETRAY [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting with the Ambassador, President Medvedev's Economic Assistant, Arkadiy Dvorkovich, said he predicts the downturn in Russia will be deeper and longer than the GOR had originally thought. He said the GOR would cover a large deficit this year out of the Reserve Fund b [...] | 2009-03-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW508 | HIGH-LEVEL GOR PERSONNEL MOVES: SHELL GAME OR [...] (C) Summary: Blessed by the Kremlin, a list of 100 names of potential presidential appointees reflects compromises between elite groups loyal to Medvedev and Putin. While the list pleased some interested in greater transparency in personnel policy, the revised version that includes the son of [...] | 2009-03-02 15:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW511 | RUSSIA AND NATO AFTER GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: As the Alliance debates the nature and future of the NATO-Russia relationship, and with the more positive approach by the U.S. and Russia, we have an opportunity now to set NATO-Russia relations on a new path that acknowledges our common commitment to strengthening transatlantic [...] | 2009-03-03 15:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
| 09MOSCOW533 | RUSSIAN ANALYSTS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 11 roundtable with visiting SCA DAS Patrick Moon, Russian experts on Afghanistan and Central Asia observed that Russia needed the U.S. to succeed in Afghanistan as it lacked the psychological capacity and the financial and military resources to get directly in [...] | 2009-03-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL RS AF |
| 09MOSCOW535 | INFORMATION REQUST IN ADVANCE OF G-20 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Russia's economic downturn appears to be accelerating. Oil and gas revenues have plummeted; industrial production has fallen by 16 percent. Growth is forecast at negative 2.2 percent his year but will likely be even worse as the economy has been contracting at close to 10 percent in re [...] | 2009-03-04 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN RS |
| 09MOSCOW543 | GOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATOR TALKS DOWN 5 PLUS 2 [...] (C) Summary: Russian Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin told us Russia is still working on setting a date and agenda for planned "2 plus 1" talks in March between Moldovan President Voronin, Transnistrian leader Smirnov, and President Medvedev, as discussed during Foreign M [...] | 2009-03-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS MD |
| 09MOSCOW544 | RUSSIA SYMPATHIZES WITH PROPOSED MORATORIUM ON [...] The Russian government has criticized the ICC's issuance of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, which the GOR contends could negatively impact the chances for reaching a peaceful settlement to the conflict in Darfur. According to a MFA statement, Russia "understands" the position [...] | 2009-03-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL UNSC SU RS |
| 09MOSCOW546 | JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, two regional courts have charged the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) of Russia with distributing extremist literature, and the Russian General Prosecutor has ordered a full investigation of JW religious activity, in coordination with the FSB. Local police [...] | 2009-03-05 15:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW547 | PAMFILOVA EXPECTS GREATER RESONANCE WITH MEDVEDEV ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Ella Pamfilova, recently re-appointed by Medvedev as the head of the Presidential Council on Promoting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, admitted on March 4 that the Council had not been very successful during the last year of Putin's presidency, but was optimis [...] | 2009-03-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS PGOV |
| 09MOSCOW554 | RUSSIA PLAYS DOWN CHERNOMYRDIN FLAP [...] (C) Summary: MFA Ukraine Office Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that Russia considered Ukraine's threat to declare Russian Ambassador to Ukraine Viktor Chernomyrdin a PNG to be an attempt by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko to improve his dismal approval ratings, while President Med [...] | 2009-03-06 13:11:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS UP |
| 09MOSCOW555 | YAROSLAVL: AUTHORITIES CONTAIN SOCIAL UNREST IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite massive layoffs and public sentiment worries in one of the economic crisis' hardest hit areas, for now, authorities in Yaroslavl have managed to defuse the potential for social unrest in the region. Prime Minister Putin's December visit to the area to promote job deve [...] | 2009-03-06 13:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ELAB SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW572 | THE RUSSIAN MFA: AN ANACHRONISM CREEPING TOWARD [...] (C) Summary: Dealing with the MFA, the bread and butter of any embassy, takes on peculiar characteristics in Moscow, where the congenial relationships we may develop with individual Russian diplomats are tempered by a hierarchical bureaucracy whose predilection to maintain control of its staf [...] | 2009-03-10 14:04:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR OFDP RS |
| 09MOSCOW575 | HIGH-LEVEL RUSSIAN BUSINESS DELEGATION TO [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Russian businessman Viktor Vekselberg, who is heading a high-level Russian business delegation to Washington this week, said the GOR had attached great importance to the delegation and its reception. The Ambassador responded that the timing was i [...] | 2009-03-11 08:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD RS |
| 09MOSCOW587 | IRANIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: MFA UNCERTAIN OF [...] (C) Russian MFA Iran desk chief Maxim Baranov, who recently returned from Tehran, told us that the Iranian political situation remained unclear, with too many potential candidates to predict the outcome of the June 12 Presidential election. Baranov thought that the large number of potential p [...] | 2009-03-11 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR RS |
| 09MOSCOW620 | RUSSIA TRADES LOANS FOR PRESTIGE IN THE CIS AMID [...] (C) Summary. Despite its own increasing financial woes, the Russian government has recently pledged economic assistance to Kyrgyzstan, Belarus and Armenia, as well as $7.5 billion to a new Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEc) anti-crisis fund. Discussions with Ukraine and Tajikistan on fin [...] | 2009-03-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN RS ZK |
| 09MOSCOW635 | GOR PREOCCUPIED BY TENSIONS WITH SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary: At a time when tensions near the administrative borders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are on the rise, Duma officials and well-connected Russian experts do not see signs of a spring offensive between Russia and Georgia. What has generated greater interest are the public signs of [...] | 2009-03-16 14:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS GG |
| 09MOSCOW642 | RUSSIA'S MIXED REACTIONS TO THE EU'S EASTERN [...] (C) When the EU first tabled the Eastern Partnership Initiative (EPI) in December 2008, the GOR called for transparency on the proposal, while FM Lavrov privately likened it to NATO expansion. To some in Russia, the EU had joined the competition over the post-Soviet space, an assessment that [...] | 2009-03-17 08:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EU RS |
| 09MOSCOW645 | GEORGIAN REPRESENTATION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Georgian Charge d'Affaires Givi Shugarov told us March 13 that the new Georgian interest section in the Swiss embassy opened March 5 was running smoothly (see also ref A.) Echoing DFM Karasin's March 6 statement in Izvestia that the GOR hoped the interest sections in Moscow and Tbilisi wo [...] | 2009-03-17 10:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SW SZ RS GG |
| 09MOSCOW653 | DFM DENISOV: RUSSIA OPEN TO INCREASED ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) In a March 13 meeting, First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Denisov and the Ambassador agreed that we should look for an early resumption and eventual expansion of bilateral economic dialogues. The Ambassador stressed the importance of Russia's WTO accession as a focal point of the dialogu [...] | 2009-03-17 15:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV RS |
| 09MOSCOW659 | GOR WALKS A FINE LINE ON POSSIBLE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. The possible test firing of a North Korean long range missile has put the GOR in a delicate position. On the one hand, Moscow appears to be providing North Korea breathing room by urging all parties to exercise restraint and to provide Pyongyang the benefit of the doubt. It has [...] | 2009-03-18 15:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KS KN |
| 09MOSCOW677 | EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: MOSCOW STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Moscow State University, Computational Mathematics and Cybern [...] | 2009-03-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ETRD ETTC RS |
| 09MOSCOW68 | SECURITY DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS, MOSCOW, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary. Acting U/S Rood and DFM Ryabkov led U.S. and Russian delegation security discussions in Moscow December 15. The discussion focused heavily on the proposed U.S. missile defense (MD) deployment in eastern Europe and the Transparency and Confidence Building Measures (TCBMs) offered [...] | 2009-01-14 14:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV KACT PARM MARR RS |
| 09MOSCOW684 | MARCH 11-12 LAVROV VISIT TO BAKU [...] (C) Summary: MFA Azerbaijan Office Director Yevgeniy Borisov told us that FM Lavrov's March 11-12 visit to Baku was "long scheduled," but hinted it was geared to control the recent damage done to bilateral relations by the allegations of Russian arms sales to Armenia and the creation of a CST [...] | 2009-03-20 10:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON RS AJ AM |
| 09MOSCOW686 | RUSSIA KEEPS RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN ON THE CHEAP [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche, accompanied by a colleague from the Japanese Embassy, on March 19 to MFA Pakistan desk chief Andrey Starkov, who said that Russia would send a representative to the Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo. He could not say at what level the GOR would be represent [...] | 2009-03-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK RS |
| 09MOSCOW689 | MEDVEDEV ASKS RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO HELP RUSSIA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 11, Medvedev convened a joint meeting of the State Council and the Presidential Council for Cooperation with Religious Associations in Tula, focusing on the moral development and civic education of Russia's youth. Medvedev, coordinating the meeting himself, asked the h [...] | 2009-03-20 13:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW708 | NEW PATRIARCH SOUNDS PRO-AMERICAN AFTER RETURN OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle attended a ceremony on March 17 to commemorate the return of 18 bells from Harvard University to the Russian Orthodox Danilovskiy Monastery. Patriarch Kirill shared his appreciation for the U.S. Government's role in the process, proclaiming the ceremony as a [...] | 2009-03-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW747 | RUSSIA'S "TRUST BUSTER" EXERCISES ITS AUTHORITY [...] (C) In a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, the Chief of the Russian Federal Antimonopoly (FAS) Service Igor Artemyev said the FAS had made signifcant headway in implementing Russian antitrust legislation. The second antimonoply package, recently passed by the Duma, further expanded the FAS [...] | 2009-03-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EPET RS |
| 09MOSCOW755 | GOR BLASTS EU/UKRAINE DECLARATION ON GAS [...] (C) The GOR blasted the March 23 joint EU-Ukraine declaration on the modernization of Ukraine's gas infrastructure, angry that Russia was "excluded" from the declaration and the process producing it. As a result, President Medvedev cancelled intergovernmental talks with Ukraine planned for ne [...] | 2009-03-26 15:50:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS UP |
| 09MOSCOW756 | ROSTECHNOLOGII DIRECTOR CHEMEZOV SEEKS MORE STATE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Director General of Rostechnologii, Sergei Chemezov, stated that many of the conglomerate's constituent corporations would likely close owing to the economic crisis. Thirty percent of Rostechnologii's defense plants were on the verge of bankrup [...] | 2009-03-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON EINV PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW766 | SMOLENSK: CONTESTED MAYOR ELECTION, LIMITED [...] (C) In a March 18-19 visit to the city of Smolensk, journalists, political parties, business people, and local officials told us the economic crisis has had limited effect on the region, but it had hindered future growth and hurt small businesses. Few companies have declared bankruptcy, but [...] | 2009-03-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON RS |
| 09MOSCOW774 | AMBASSADOR KENNEDY VISITS MOSCOW IN ADVANCE OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy visited Moscow from March 22 to 25 to meet with Russian counterparts in advance of the June 2009 Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets. Ambassador Kennedy liaised with GOR representatives, NGO activists, Je [...] | 2009-03-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS |
| 09MOSCOW797 | RUSSIA MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF NATO ACTIONS IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Russia marked the tenth anniversary of NATO's 1999 NATO bombardment of FRY with an official statement, a State Duma special resolution, political rallies, and extensive media coverage. The MFA called for an assessment of NATO's actions and called for the adoption of Medved [...] | 2009-03-31 07:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV YI BK SR KV RS |
| 09MOSCOW812 | ENCOURAGING U.S. SHIP VISITS TO RUSSIA [...] Resetting relations with Russia is a key foreign policy objective for the Obama administration. We need to reduce levels of tension and mistrust, and refocus the relationship on ways to integrate Russia into regional and global institutions as a responsible player that can dramatically affect [...] | 2009-04-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV RS |
| 09MOSCOW819 | AFGHAN FM SPANTA ON RUSSIA, PAKISTAN AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 27 meeting with SCA DAS Moon, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta, who was in Moscow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan, expressed concern with the proposal made by the organization to establish a "security belt" around Afghanista [...] | 2009-04-01 12:54:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER AF PK RS |
| 09MOSCOW833 | SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) Special Conference on Afghanistan convened in Moscow March 27 to discuss the impact of terrorism and narcotics trafficking in Afghanistan on the country's neighbors, and intensifying international efforts to address these challenges. [...] | 2009-04-02 08:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR UN AF RS ZK |
| 09MOSCOW834 | RUSSIA-TURKEY IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS: NO ZERO-SUM [...] (C) Summary: Russia has shown little concern about Turkey's recent diplomatic push in the South Caucasus, including the GOT's rapprochement with Armenia, offer to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and proposal for a Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Russian officials to [...] | 2009-04-02 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS TU AJ AM |
| 09MOSCOW835 | RUSSIAN EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL ASIA AND THE CIS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and is not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. In conversations with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland March 23-24, Russian experts on the CIS listed maintaining dominance in the region, protecting Russia's ec [...] | 2009-04-02 09:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL RS CH AF KZ ZK |
| 09MOSCOW839 | MFA DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, AND [...] (C) Summary. In a March 24 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan Richard Hoagland, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin reaffirmed GOR readiness to cooperate with the U.S. on Afghanistan but stressed the need for transparency and openness, particularly with regard to U.S. conversati [...] | 2009-04-02 09:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KZ AF ZK |
| 09MOSCOW842 | Engaging Russia on Climate Change - Untapped Opportunities [...] In response to State, USAID, and DOE discussions over the future direction of the Global Climate Change (GCC) and Clean Energy Initiative programs in the Europe and Eurasia region, Post's Assistance Coordination Working Group has reviewed potential approaches to engage Russia. As the country w [...] | 2009-04-02 12:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ENRG KGHG KSCA OSCI RS SENV TSPL |
| 09MOSCOW850 | MOSCOW REACTS POSITIVELY TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Moscow reacted positively to the first meeting of President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1. While cautioning that issues such as missile defense and NATO enlargement remained divisive, most officials and press commentators noted a new, "positive spirit," and [...] | 2009-04-02 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC PARM ENRG NPT RS |
| 09MOSCOW854 | LONG-FEARED GAS CRUNCH GIVES WAY TO GAS GLUT [...] (SBU) The long-feared Russian "gas crunch" -- an inability to meet domestic and export gas commitments (ref C) -- has given way to a veritable "gas glut" as European and domestic gas demand plummets. As a consequence of the sharp recession in Russia, domestic demand over the next several years [...] | 2009-04-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW861 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...] | 2009-04-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS |
| 09MOSCOW873 | AUSTR WILSON VISIT OPENS DIALOGUE ON IPR AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Europe and the Middle East, Christopher Wilson, co-chaired the first meeting in more than a year of the U.S.-Russia IPR Working Group during a visit to Moscow March 21-28. In a welcome sign of renewed interest in the IPR Working Group, the [...] | 2009-04-06 07:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD KIPR EAGR ECON WTO RS |
| 09MOSCOW879 | RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HOLDS ALL CARDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the Russian "Golden Ring" cities of Sergiyev Posad, Suzdal, and Vladimir indicated that despite the existence of four official Russian religions (Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism),the country's traditional religious center is firmly Russian Orthodox. Whil [...] | 2009-04-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS |
| 09MOSCOW884 | RUSNANO'S CHUBAYS SEEKS "NEW LEVEL" OF BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Rusnanotech head Anatoliy Chubays spoke optimistically of a "new window of possibility in bilateral economic relations" that he intends to cultivate during his upcoming May visit to the U.S. Goals for the trip will include learning more a [...] | 2009-04-07 07:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI TNGD ETRD ECON RS IS |
| 09MOSCOW888 | ROSTOV'S TROUBLED ECONOMY: IS DIVERSIFICATION THE [...] (C) Rostov-on-Don, a predominantly agricultural region, has a relatively diversified industrial base dominated by the Soviet-era combine manufacturer, Rostselmash. The economic crisis has increased regional unemployment, and many local government officials long for the days of a more autarkic [...] | 2009-04-07 13:12:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV EAGR RS BEXP |
| 09MOSCOW889 | RUSSIA-UKRAINE: HIGH-LEVEL BARBS, LOW-LEVEL [...] (C) Summary: Russia has continued its high-level criticism of the EU-Ukraine gas pipeline modernization agreement, as evidenced in Prime Minister Putin's April 6 Duma address and FM Lavrov's Rossiskaya Gazeta interview from the same day. However, businesslike discussions of bilateral issues [...] | 2009-04-07 13:59:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP |
| 09MOSCOW895 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW, [...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...] | 2009-04-08 07:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS |
| 09MOSCOW896 | DFM SALTANOV ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, NEW [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Beyrle on April 8 conveyed to Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Saltanov and North Americas Department Director Igor Neverov Washington's preference not to link the proposed Moscow conference on the Middle East with President Obama's July visit to Russia. Saltanov in [...] | 2009-04-08 14:13:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS IS |
| 09MOSCOW897 | GOR CONCERNED ABOUT MOLDOVA RIOTS; DUMA COMPARES [...] (SBU) Summary: While the GOR is concerned about the unrest in Moldova, and the MFA alluded to possible Romanian connections of the protesters, it has not made as direct accusations as Duma members have, who freely compared the riots to a new "color revolution." Experts do not think the West [...] | 2009-04-08 14:22:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV RS MD |
| 09MOSCOW898 | DEPUTY ECONOMIC MINISTER WEIGHS IN ON ST. [...] (C) In an April 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Economic Development Minister Stanislav Voskresensky urged U.S. Cabinet-level participation in the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum to be held on June 4-6. Voskresensky said the GOR was very pleased with the President Obama-Presi [...] | 2009-04-08 14:32:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KIPR EINV ECON WTO RS |
| 09MOSCOW907 | (C) EXXONMOBIL CREDITS "RESET" WITH PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Zeljko Runje, ExxonMobil's local Vice President in charge of Sakhalin 1, confirmed to us April 9 that the project's budget, after months of delays (reftels),has been approved by the GOR. According to Runje, field development that had been put on hold would be resumed and that about 2000 [...] | 2009-04-09 12:08:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW925 | INDEPENDENT UNIONS FACE PRESSURE AND VIOLENCE FROM [...] (C) Two of Russia's major, independent labor confederations will merge this summer to strengthen their position in terms of resources and membership. Independent labor unions face aggressive opposition from local authorities and employers in attempting to protect workers' rights. Independent [...] | 2009-04-10 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON EIND PHUM PGOV SOCI RS |
| 09MOSCOW926 | GEORGIA: DFM KARASIN ON RUSSIAN FORCE BUILD-UP, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called DFM Karasin April 8 to express concern about the build-up of Russian forces in Akhalgori, Gori, and Gali in advance of the planned April 9 demonstrations in Tbilisi (ref A). Karasin responded that Russia's force buildup was "purely defensive/deterrent in c [...] | 2009-04-13 03:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE RS GG |
| 09MOSCOW970 | CONOCOPHILLIPS CEO BEING WOOED BY SECHIN, GAZPROM [...] (C) In an April 14 meeting with the Ambassador, ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO Jim Mulva (strictly protect) said his company's alliance with Lukoil is going well and that ConocoPhillips is likely to join Lukoil in bidding on the West Qurna field in Iraq. He said ConocoPhillips is interested [...] | 2009-04-16 08:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS |
| 09MOSCOW971 | GAZPROM ON TURKMENISTAN PIPELINE EXPLOSION: [...] (C) On April 13, Gazprom Director of Foreign Relations Ivan Zolotov told us that Gazprom did nothing unusual that could have resulted in the gas pipeline explosion in Turkmenistan. He dismissed Turkmen accusations to the contrary, and said Gazprom had given Turkmenistan sufficient notice of r [...] | 2009-04-16 08:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS |
| 09MOSCOW976 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS AFRICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN [...] (C) Summary: African Ambassadors assembled for an April 15 roundtable hosted by the Ambassador argued that despite Russia's limited diplomatic activity in Africa, Moscow's support for the African position in international fora, and African solutions to resolving the region's problems, accorde [...] | 2009-04-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON RS XA |
| 09MOSCOW980 | C-RE8-02308 LUZHKOV’S FOREIGN POLICY: PERSONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moscow City government has cultivated its influence in far-flung Russian regions as well as in foreign countries, ostensibly for the benefit of its citizens but to a greater extent for the city's well-connected business elites. Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov's personal oversight of t [...] | 2009-04-17 10:42:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCOR KDEM ECON ETRD RS |
| 09MOSCOW985 | PRESSING RUSSIA TO ASSIST US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Significant Russian assistance to stabilize Afghanistan remains a possibility that will require continued engagement by the U.S. Our dialogue with Russia has produced some positive results, with the GOR allowing the transit of non-military material to ISAF and offering to expand t [...] | 2009-04-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF RU |
| 09MOSCOW990 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MOSCOW [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Since the financial crisis hit in September 2008, uncertainty about the banking sector, the value of the ruble, and the price of oil have prompted investors to withdraw significant amounts of capital from the Russian economy. The higher cost of credit that ensued, in [...] | 2009-04-17 14:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC RU |
| 09MUMBAI134 | WOMEN IN INDIA: CHALLENGES FOR GIRLS [...] (U) Summary: The challenges for many females in India come long before entering the workforce: female feticide, female infanticide, and high school-drop-out rate all inhibit the creation of a healthy, educated cohort of women in modern India. In Western India, NGOs and state governments ar [...] | 2009-03-31 04:21:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09MUMBAI140 | WOMEN IN INDIA: BREAKING THROUGH THE GLASS CEILING [...] Summary: Traditional views of the proper role of women in society create the largest barrier to women's success in business, according to some of Mumbai's top female executives. In a roundtable discussion with women leaders from Mumbai hosted by the Consul General, they explained that break [...] | 2009-04-01 10:12:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09MUMBAI142 | WOMEN IN INDIA: CHALLENGES FOR GIRLS [...] (U) Summary: The challenges for many females in India come long before entering the workforce: female feticide, female infanticide, and high school-drop-out rate all inhibit the creation of a healthy, educated cohort of women in modern India. In Western India, NGOs and state governments ar [...] | 2009-04-01 12:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09MUMBAI186 | INDIA'S "INTERNATIONAL WORKER" PROVISION FOR PENSION FUNDS [...] Summary: (SBU) Social security in India is most closely approximated by provident funds (PF),an employment-based retirement fund, similar to a U.S. 401(K) plan. In October 2008, the Indian Ministry of Labor and Employment created a new category of mandatory coverage for "international work [...] | 2009-05-11 11:56:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ELAB IN |
| 09MUMBAI265 | TWENTY-FIVE YEARS LATER, BHOPAL DISASTER NOW HAUNTS DOW [...] (U) Summary. In December 1984, a massive chemical leak at the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh killed thousands, leaving a legacy of suffering, continued health and environmental concerns, and political controversy. As the twenty-fifth anniversary of this traged [...] | 2009-06-22 06:34:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV ECON PGOV ASEC ELAB IN |
| 09MUMBAI272 | IRAN WINNING THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF MUMBAI'S MUSLIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (GoIRI) is making a concerted effort to increase its outreach towards Mumbai's Sunni Muslim intellectual community. On June 12 and June 24, ConGenOff met with a group of Mumbai's Muslim intellectuals (strictly protect),mostly Sunni, [...] | 2009-06-29 03:59:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL IN IR |
| 09MUMBAI294 | SHALOM AND NAMASTE: ISRAEL AND INDIA'S BURGEONING BUSINESS [...] (U) Summary. Following more than forty years of diplomatic estrangement, the last fifteen years has witnessed India and Israel embarking on a new, multidimensional strategic partnership. The two states have expanded cooperation in a number of key areas, with counterterrorism and the sale of [...] | 2009-07-15 08:22:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND EINV EAGR ETRD PTER PREL IS IN |
| 09MUMBAI311 | MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH [...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...] | 2009-07-28 08:32:00 | Consulate Mumbai | SECRET | EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS |
| 09MUMBAI363 | AUTO COMPONENT & JEWELRY INDUSTRY DISCUSS U.S. TRADE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-04 10:08:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EIND EINV ELAB ETRD SOCI IN |
| 09MUMBAI403 | MAHARASHTRA OFFICIALS WELCOME TRAINING TO PREVENT ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary: Maharashtra state Home Secretary Chandra Iyengar and senior police officials discussed security enhancements since the November 2008 Mumbai attacks and expressed interest in pursuing in-country USG training, during a recent meeting with visiting Embassy Political Counselor and C [...] | 2009-10-20 10:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PGOV PINR IN |
| 09MUMBAI439 | PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS IN INDIA BELIEVE BETTER TIMES AHEAD [...] SUMMARY: Fund managers at private equity (PE) firms are expressing renewed confidence in high-growth opportunities in India, after a long hiatus. While the market for private equity dried up from a high of $17.3 billion in FY2007 to $3 billion in year-to-date FY2009, PE investors report that [...] | 2009-11-19 09:09:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ELTN IN |
| 09MUMBAI440 | 26/11 ONE YEAR LATER: CAN MUMBAI BE MADE SAFE? [...] (SBU) Summary: One year after the tragic terrorist attacks of November 26, 2008, Maharashtra's leaders have introduced modest improvements in Mumbai's security. Maharashtra's administration and security officials appear sincere in their desire to make Mumbai and Maharashtra safer, and to pro [...] | 2009-11-23 13:19:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL PTER ASEC IN |
| 09MUMBAI443 | MUMBAI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY - SECURITY A NEW CONCERN A YEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the 26/11 terrorist attacks, security awareness has risen within the dwindling Indian Jewish community. The attacks drew unwelcome attention to the community, and while no specific security threats have emerged, some Jewish leaders have requested increased police security [...] | 2009-11-25 11:52:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV ASEC PTER KIRF IN |
| 09MUMBAI444 | GOLDEN" MAHARASHTRA'S ECONOMY IS STILL INDIA'S BIGGEST, BUT [...] (U) Summary: The state of Maharashtra has historically been the seat of economic and financial power in India. State government officials, members of the business community, and investors told Congenoffs that Maharashtra's historical status as the top investment destination is also driven by [...] | 2009-11-25 12:14:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB ENRG ETRD IN |
| 09MUMBAI85 | MUMBAI BUSINESS COMMUNITY RAISES CHALLENGES TO IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Mumbai-based business executives and corporate governance experts, CongenOff heard that corporate governance is still at a nascent stage in India. While most acknowledged that the size of the Satyam Computer scandal was exceptional, interlocutors also believe t [...] | 2009-03-02 05:53:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EAGR IN |
| 09MUNICH19 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW (FEBRUARY 6-8, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The mood at the end of the 45th Munich Security Conference (MSC) was upbeat, welcoming that the U.S. is "back at the table." Vice President Biden took the stage to extended, warm applause. Reflecting the content and tone of President Obama's inauguration speech, the Vice Preside [...] | 2009-02-10 15:20:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
| 09MUNICH21 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Participants wondered until the last moment which Russian Federation official would speak for Russia (there was speculation that Prime Minister Putin would appear) and what he would bring to the podium at this year's Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8. It was Russian [...] | 2009-02-10 15:56:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
| 09MUNICH22 | MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE - FOCUS ON IRAN [...] (U) In remarks at the Munich Security Conference (MSC),February 6-8, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani repeatedly emphasized that the West -- and the U.S. in particular -- has been applying a double standard towards Iran since the Iranian revolution. He argued that it is up to th [...] | 2009-02-10 16:36:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO GM |
| 09MUNICH273 | GERMAN ELECTIONS: BAVARIA WINS BIG INFLUENCE IN [...] (SBU) The Christian Social Union (CSU) in Bavaria has celebrated the outcome of the federal coalition negotiations, which awarded the party with three ministries and several state secretary positions. The outcome appears to have reinvigorated Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister President and he [...] | 2009-11-06 08:21:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EUN GM |
| 09MUNICH307 | GERMANY/MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE: SCENE SETTER [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. The 46th annual Munich Security Conference (MSC) runs from Friday afternoon, February 5, 2010 to mid-day Sunday, February 7, 2010, at the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich. The draft agenda, which follows at paragraph 9 (NOTE: please [...] | 2009-12-17 06:53:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO EUN PARM PGOV ASEC RS AF ZL |
| 09MUNICH328 | GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: IS THE CSU THE WEAKEST LINK [...] (C) Support within Chancellor Merkel,s partner Christian Social Union (CSU) for sending more German troops to Afghanistan is not a sure thing. CSU chief and Bavarian Minister President Seehofer, rattled German policy makers nationwide when he told Bild on December 7 that he had "little sym [...] | 2009-12-22 14:42:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EUN GM AF |
| 09MUNICH68 | BAVARIAN HOME PARTY FIGHTS FOR LOCAL SUPPORT, [...] (SBU) Christian Social Union (CSU) party chief Horst Seehofer must prove to voters that his weakened party is still standard bearer for Bavaria in order to make the five percent hurdle in the June 7 European Parliamentary elections. He is casting his party as an indispensible faction repre [...] | 2009-03-27 16:11:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GM |
| 09MUSCAT1000 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-29 09:38:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC |
| 09MUSCAT1001 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you on your return to Oman. Below is an update on events since your last visit. 2. (C) Base Access Agreement: The renewal negotiations, in scheduling stage during your last visit, are now set to begin in Muscat in mid-December 2009. We do not see signi [...] | 2009-11-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS MU |
| 09MUSCAT1007 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON ZAWAWI: IRAN, ISRAEL-PALESTINE, IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the Sultan's Foreign Affairs Adviser and Omani oligarch Dr. Omar Zawawi at his seaside compound November 3. The two discussed many regional issues but the main focus was Middle East Peace and Iran. Zawawi made clear that the Sultan was a strong [...] | 2009-11-08 05:47:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU KPAL IR IS PK |
| 09MUSCAT1035 | OMAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A. Answers are keyed to section G of Ref A. 2. (SBU) Please summarize the progress the Government of Oman has made in the following areas: (a) increasing investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes and convictions and punishment of traffic [...] | 2009-11-18 14:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP MU |
| 09MUSCAT1059 | (C) Omanis Engage with Gen. Petraeus: A Snapshot of Omani [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Ambassador Richard Schmierer hosted a dinner in honor of visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus with six leading Omani intellectuals, four men and two women, from different walks of life. The lively and candid dinner conversation provided insight into Omani [...] | 2009-12-02 14:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI MU |
| 09MUSCAT1063 | Omani "Cyber Rage": Alleged Omani-Israeli Discussions Spark [...] (SBU) During, and immediately following, the fall session of the bi-annual meeting of the Middle East Desalination Research Center (MEDRC) in Muscat, news outlets in Israel and international wire services reported that senior Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials including Director Gene [...] | 2009-12-02 14:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MU KPAO |
| 09MUSCAT1075 | INTERVIEW OF IRAN'S DEPARTING AMBASSADOR TO OMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In his farewell interview with the Omani press, Iran's ambassador to Oman discussed the Sultan's visit to Iran, the nuclear issue, U.S.-Iranian relations, and the Houthi rebellion in Yemen. In one statement he perhaps includes himself in a grouping of Iranian officials who could [...] | 2009-12-09 14:56:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT1077 | OMAN - FM'S BLAND INTERVIEW NONETHELESS IRRITATES YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla (YbA) gave a lengthy interview to the London-based Arabic-language daily al Hayat. In it, YbA did not break new ground; instead, he did tour a large segment of the Omani horizon. Although he apparentl [...] | 2009-12-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV GCC IR YM MU |
| 09MUSCAT1079 | OMAN: THE DHOFARI TAKE ON YEMEN AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A week after the Ambassador presented his credentials to the Sultan he visited Oman's second largest city, Salalah, and the near-by Omani air force base, Thumrait. During meetings with various local officials several topics were discussed including Yemen, economic and cultural de [...] | 2009-12-12 13:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SCUL MARR CASC MU |
| 09MUSCAT11 | OMAN HAILS FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) The U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) officially entered into force on January 1, 2009 after an exchange of diplomatic notes in Washington, D.C. and the signing of a corresponding proclamation by the President. Ratified in 2006, the agreement has been hailed by Oman's public and priva [...] | 2009-01-05 15:46:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN MU |
| 09MUSCAT1162 | Oman Media Reaction: [...] SUMMARY: Omani editorials this week lament the UK's "double standard" toward Israel, look with cautious hope on the outcome of the Copenhagen climate-change summit, and praise the prospect of a rapprochement between Lebanon and Syria. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------- [...] | 2009-12-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT12 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF GCC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Oman's foreign minister stated that Gulf leaders at the GCC Summit in Muscat agreed to move ahead with plans for a common currency - without Omani participation - despite the bleak global financial environment. Due to intense competitio [...] | 2009-01-05 15:57:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER EFIN IN IR PK MU |
| 09MUSCAT157 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In this week's Omani papers, government daily "Oman" praised Secretary Clinton's trip to Egypt, saying it signals that the Middle East is at the "forefront" of the Obama administration's foreign policy, adding that the Secretary's presence will "multiply the effect of the Donor's Con [...] | 2009-03-03 10:53:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT185 | REGIONAL INTEGRATION OF IRAQ: OMAN [...] (C) Oman maintains cordial, but limited relations with the government of Iraq. Although there are no divisive issues separating the two countries, neither are there bilateral ties or common interests strong enough at this time to prompt Muscat to seek to expand its relationship with Baghdad. [...] | 2009-03-16 14:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MU IZ |
| 09MUSCAT213 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: As of March 23, two Arabic dailies ran lead commentaries on the President's Nawruz message. Private daily "Al Watan" said the world sighed in relief, then urged the administration to "prove its intentions are good". Government daily "Oman" said the President's message is a "step in [...] | 2009-03-23 13:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT235 | FRAUD SUMMARY - MUSCAT, SEPTEMBER 2008-FEBRUARY 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-28 03:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MU |
| 09MUSCAT251 | EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR REVIEWS PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S MARCH 18-22 [...] (C) Summary: In his March 18-22 visit to Muscat, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and Sultan Qaboos: -- shared their optimism about the new U.S. administration; -- agreed that continuing divisions among the Palestinians, compounded by Iranian interference and unhelpful Qatari and [...] | 2009-03-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EG QA IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT261 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO MUSCAT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and the Charge d'Affaires met March 18 with Sayyid Badr bin Hamad bin Humoud al-Busaidi, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General, to deliver ref A letter from the Secretary. The Secretary General stated unequivocal [...] | 2009-03-30 14:33:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PHUM PREL PTER OPDC MU |
| 09MUSCAT27 | OMANI PROTESTS AGAINST EVENTS IN GAZA TAKE [...] (C) Summary: More demonstrations against Israeli actions in Gaza took place in three separate Omani cities the afternoon of January 9. While remaining peaceful, protesters - some of whom displayed signs of support for Hamas and/or Hizballah - burned Israeli flags and increasingly turned thei [...] | 2009-01-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL KPAL KPAO KWBG MU |
| 09MUSCAT273 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S.-OMAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION [...] (C) Security and military cooperation between the U.S. and Oman, as well as the overall bilateral relationship, remains strong. Oman's strategic location makes it a highly valued partner for the support of U.S. military operations across a wide area. While sharing U.S. concerns on Iran's nucl [...] | 2009-04-01 14:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PTER MASS MOPS MU |
| 09MUSCAT289 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani newspapers, government daily "Oman" questioned the role of NATO, claiming that it may lead the world into a new Cold War. On April 5, "Oman" praised the Sultanate's record on human trafficking on the occasion of the first meeting of the National Commission to comb [...] | 2009-04-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT345 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Senator Mitchell: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman, one of our oldest friends in the region. Sultan Qaboos is looking forward to your visit and to meeting with you. You will find the Sultan an engaging interlocutor. He is an intellectual whose interests range from sustai [...] | 2009-04-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KPAL KWBG IR IS MU |
| 09MUSCAT35 | OMANI AND CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE END [...] (U) The Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, arrived in Muscat January 12 for a brief overnight visit to the Sultanate. According to local media, Jiechi met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Bu [...] | 2009-01-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG CH MU |
| 09MUSCAT361 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week in Omani dailies, state "Oman" praised President Obama's speech in Istanbul, saying it discredited the argument of a clash of civilizations. On April 18, private "Al Watan" called on Arab states to take decisive steps towards peace with Israel, warning against reliance on [...] | 2009-04-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT4 | SULTAN'S MESSAGE TO IRAN: INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) Oman's Special Advisor to the Sultan for Cultural, Affairs Abdul 'Aziz al-Rowas, was dispatched by Sultan Qaboos to Tehran on December 15, 2008 (reftel) to deliver a surprisingly blunt message to the Iranian leadership. In a meeting with the Ambassador January 3, the once powerful Infor [...] | 2009-01-04 12:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT441 | CORRECTED COPY: IRAN AND OMAN: SUBSTANCE OR SHOW? [...] (C) Oman News Agency reported on May 13 the arrival in Oman of a delegation of 50 Iranian officials, led by Speaker Ali Larijani, for a two-day visit. An embassy source at the Consultative Council in Oman tells us that the delegation of parliamentarians and businesspeople have a "packed" sched [...] | 2009-05-13 13:50:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR KTIP MU |
| 09MUSCAT455 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani public and private dailies alike looked forward with a mix of skepticism and guarded optimism to the President's meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. Private youth-oriented daily "Al Shabiba" carried a surprisingly forthright, if pessimistic, column on the futur [...] | 2009-05-19 07:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT473 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In a highly unusual press appearance, H.E. Yousuf bin Alawi, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, gave a broad overview of Omani foreign policy to two local dailies on May 23. The Minister reiterated Oman's longstanding policy strategy of non-confrontation, then touched on issu [...] | 2009-05-25 12:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT485 | OMANI FM SUMMARIZES FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a rare interview, Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousuf bin Alawi bin Abdallah (YBA),gave an uncharacteristically frank and wide-ranging prC)cis of foreign policy issues facing the Sultanate. Possibly spurred by recent coverage in The New York Times (itself a [...] | 2009-05-27 08:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS IR EG MU |
| 09MUSCAT533 | FIGHTER AIRCRAFT SALE NOT FINAL [...] (C) Oman apparently continues to assess whether to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s or Eurofighter Typhoons made by BAE, but in this case being marketed by the UK. Press reports suggest that Oman has been offered 18 Eurofighters for 1.6 billion pounds sterling (about $2.4 billion). Separately, [...] | 2009-06-01 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EINT ECIN PREL MASS MU |
| 09MUSCAT55 | ASSESSMENT OF OMANI GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO LOCAL IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: The Omani government's response to events in Gaza indicates an increasing awareness of and concern about public opinion. By permitting numerous demonstrations and media content outside the bounds of official positions on Egypt and Hamas, the government has given freer rein to po [...] | 2009-01-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO KWBG MU |
| 09MUSCAT567 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Special Representative Holbrooke: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman, one of our oldest friends in the region. We have requested a meeting with Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said. You will find the Sultan is an engaging interlocutor. He is an intellectual whose interests range [...] | 2009-06-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PK AF MU |
| 09MUSCAT579 | OMAN - PRAISE, CONCERNS GREET CAIRO SPEECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo has generated significant positive response in Oman. In the press, online, and in person, Omanis have been forthright in discussing the speech (a potential fourth avenue for expression, through the mosques, is unavailable, as content fo [...] | 2009-06-06 12:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO MU |
| 09MUSCAT585 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: CAIRO SPEECH "A MESSAGE OF LOVE AND [...] SUMMARY: Following initial reaction in its immediate wake (reftel),the President's Cairo speech continues to draw comment from Oman's dailies. On June 7, The editor-in-Chief of sister dailies "Times of Oman" and "Al Shabiba" headlined his weekly column "A Message of Love and Peace" (his fir [...] | 2009-06-08 11:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT597 | (C) GCC CUSTOMS UNION HINDERS FTA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary: In an effort to respond to both Oman and U.S. business concerns that tariffs are being charged on goods considered duty-free per the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA),the Embassy contacted its Omani counterparts to clarify the terms of the agreement. While Oman's membership [...] | 2009-06-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV ECIN MU |
| 09MUSCAT621 | SULTAN CABLES CONGRATULATIONS TO AHMADINEJAD [...] (SBU) On June 15, all Omani English and Arabic daily papers carried an official news agency (Oman News Agency) article stating that H.M. Sultan Qaboos congratulates Ahmadinejad on his re-election. News of the Sultan's cable of congratulations appeared front page above the fold, standard place [...] | 2009-06-15 07:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT623 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: In anticipation of the release of the Trafficking in Persons report, commentary on June 10 in private daily "Al Watan" called labor relations in the Sultanate "balanced". The article raised last year's TIP report, blaming "political gains" as the U.S.'s motivation for the low-ranking [...] | 2009-06-15 12:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT633 | OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS TO VISIT IRAN [...] (C) The Omani MFA summoned U.S., UK, and French Chiefs of Mission to a June 16 meeting. At this meeting, MFA number two, SecGen Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al-Humud Al Busaidi revealed that the Royal Diwan would announce shortly that Sultan Qaboos bin Said Al Said would visit Iran June 28-30. He ad [...] | 2009-06-16 08:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU IR |
| 09MUSCAT637 | SULTAN ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL VISIT TO IRAN THIS MONTH [...] (SBU) On June 17, all Omani English and Arabic daily papers carried an official news agency (Oman News Agency) article announcing that H.M. Sultan Qaboos will make a three-day official visit to Iran at the end of June. The article announced the delegation, which includes seven ministers, the [...] | 2009-06-17 05:17:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT651 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: Of note this week in Omani media is the almost total lack of coverage of Oman's Tier 2 ranking in the TIP report, issued June 16. Only Arabic daily "Al Zaman" broke rank by running a statement by the Charge d'Affaires verbatim. No editorial or commentary has emerged since the relea [...] | 2009-06-22 13:14:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT671 | RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] (C) Embassy contacted the Royal Army of Oman and Hayut International in response to Blue Lantern pre-license end-use check for M-60 tank component parts (Reftel.) While Hayut International initially confirmed that it has distributed these parts to the Royal Army of Oman (RAO),the RAO denied [...] | 2009-06-28 13:06:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KOMC MU |
| 09MUSCAT675 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY This week in Omani dailies, private "Al Shabiba" ran the first local commentary on Iran's elections, describing protesters as a generation having grown up with poverty and unemployment now looking for change. No outlet made mention of the Sultan's trip to Iran, which had been announce [...] | 2009-06-29 12:22:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT7 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, DISUNITY, AND AGGRESSION [...] SUMMARY: This week, Omani dailies remained fixed on the Gaza crisis, condemning Israel and calling for Arab unity. Columnists used the beginning of 2009 to reflect on general factors leading to the current violence. Government daily "Oman" said 2008 saw an important decline in Arab unity, af [...] | 2009-01-05 12:23:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT737 | OMAN-IRAN: HM/YBA VISITS; SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-13 08:26:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MU IR |
| 09MUSCAT759 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MULLEN'S VISIT TO OMAN (JULY 18) [...] (C) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you to Oman for your visit. You have a brief meeting with the Chief of Staff of the Sultan's Armed Forces (COSSAF),H.E. Lt. Gen. (Fareeq in Arabic) Ahmed bin Harith al Nabhani, which is primarily a courtesy call. Nabhani is unlikely to broach significant iss [...] | 2009-07-14 10:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL MASS MOPS IR PK AF MU |
| 09MUSCAT779 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION [...] SUMMARY: This week, the state-owned Arabic daily issued an uncharacteristic endorsement of the work of civil-society organizations, at least insofar as they "support existing institutions. As always, hopes for a Palestinian state loom large, especially in the private Arabic press. Finally, a [...] | 2009-07-21 10:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT78 | OMAN'S ENVOY TO IRAN ADVISES POSTPONING U.S. DIALOG WITH [...] (C) Sultan Qaboos' Special Envoy to Iran and Advisor for Cultural Affairs, Abdul 'Aziz al Rowas, advises against U.S. dialog with Tehran until after the Iranian presidential elections. Speaking with the Ambassador January 27, Al Rowas suggested that proposing direct talks now would make the U [...] | 2009-01-28 12:13:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT797 | Scenesetter for General Petraeus' Visit to Oman (July 26 - [...] (S) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you back to Oman. As noted at that time, Oman is an old and dependable friend of the United States. Even when Omani perceptions differ from ours, they are frank and businesslike about issues and are open to discussion. Omanis were warmly receptive to Preside [...] | 2009-07-22 15:41:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM MASS IR PK MU |
| 09MUSCAT799 | OMAN - BUILDING ON THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPECH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In Oman, President Obama's Cairo speech has generated both good will and expectations for enhanced cooperation. Embassy contacts, especially key players in MSP-critical areas including civil society, education, and the empowerment of women, are looking to the Embassy and the USG [...] | 2009-07-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ECON OEXC KPAO KMPI SOCI XF MU |
| 09MUSCAT823 | OMAN - IRAN: WITHER THE SULTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT827 | ABA SHOULD MAINTAIN IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: Over the past two years, MEPI-funded programs implemented by the American Bar Association (ABA) have significantly advanced U.S. objectives regarding rule of law and judicial reform in Oman, in areas including Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). ABA' [...] | 2009-08-03 11:03:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP ELAB MU |
| 09MUSCAT833 | OMAN/IRAN: SULTAN'S VISIT ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: As discussed reftel, Sultan Qaboos's deferred visit to Iran is under way. The trip has now been announced in local and regional media. In the Omani media, coverage is cautious and generic, focusing on how the visit reinforces the Sultanate's steadfast policy of cordiality with [...] | 2009-08-04 08:12:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT835 | OMAN/IRAN: QABOOS IN TEHRAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sultan's visit to Iran (Ref A) dominated local media on Wednesday, August 5 and appears to have been featured prominently in Iran. Coverage of meetings with Iran's president and supreme leader (referred to variously by that title or as "leader of the revolution"),along with [...] | 2009-08-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT84 | FTA HIGH ON OMANI AGENDA, BUT MORE U.S. ASSISTANCE NEEDED [...] (SBU) Since its January 1 implementation, the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA) continues to capture the attention of the regional business community as well as the Omani government. Post has experienced a significant increase in outside inquiries and comments regarding both the FTA and ne [...] | 2009-02-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KMPI MU |
| 09MUSCAT847 | SULTAN QABOOS IN IRAN: WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT DIDN'T [...] (S) Summary: Oman's Sultan Qaboos visited Tehran August 4-6 without extensive international or regional press coverage. Strategically, the Sultan wanted to encourage Iranian leadership to accept U.S. overtures, while at a practical level, he achieved his primary goal of securing Iranian coopera [...] | 2009-08-11 13:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EPET IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT851 | OMAN, INC.: BUSINESS OLIGARCHS AND GOVERNMENT IN OMAN'S [...] (C) Oman's business landscape remains dominated by a handful of local families who work either in tandem with, or in the shadow of, government-run enterprises. As the Sultanate's economy diversifies away from petroleum into fields such as industrial production and tourism, these families have [...] | 2009-08-16 11:37:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD PINR MU |
| 09MUSCAT856 | OMAN/IRAN: A "GOLDEN CHAPTER" ENDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Domestic coverage of the Sultan's visit to Iran (Refs A and B) continued through his departure from Tehran, but has largely ended, with minimal commentary or other follow-on coverage. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On Thursday, August 6, all Arabic and English dailies prominently featu [...] | 2009-08-09 12:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KMDR IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT86 | OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER LASHES OUT AT "DESTRUCTIVE U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi, strongly criticized the U.S. for interfering in the affairs of other nations during a January 13 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber. Using uncharacteris [...] | 2009-02-02 13:29:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL MU |
| 09MUSCAT902 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: [...] SUMMARY: The relative influence and overall credibility of the United States on the world stage was prominent in the Omani papers this week, with the Government Arabic daily "Oman" casting doubt about US mediation efforts on Israeli-Palestinian issues, the Arabic language "Al Watan" questioni [...] | 2009-08-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT903 | DIFFERENCES IN FTA INTERPRETATION OVERSHADOW SUCESSES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) does not appear to share the U.S. interpretation of qualification for national treatment by U.S. companies and its interpretation of transshipment treatment under the FTA. It is aware of the U.S. position on transshipments, but the MOCI [...] | 2009-09-13 12:04:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECIN EINV PREL MU |
| 09MUSCAT916 | OMAN MEDIA REACTION: DIPLOMACY, DEMOCRACY, AND EXTREMISM [...] SUMMARY: Omani papers focused on diplomacy, democracy, and the futility of dealing with terrorist organizations this week. Private daily "Al Watan" praised U.S. diplomacy with Sudan while also calling for the lifting of sanctions. Youth-oriented daily "Al Shabiba" extolled the caring and resp [...] | 2009-08-31 12:54:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KPAO KMDR MU |
| 09MUSCAT925 | OMAN - QUALIFIED BUT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR UNHRC [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post deems Oman a suitable candidate for the UNHRC from a human rights record perspective; however, Oman's overall foreign policy and particularly, the way it manages its relationship with Iran would likely preclude running for a seat on the UNHRC. The British Embass [...] | 2009-09-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL IR MU |
| 09MUSCAT945 | FUNDING LEGAL REFORM IN OMAN [...] (C) Summary: The USG expends tremendous time, energy, and money to encourage countries to enact laws - to improve human rights, to free trade, or to protect intellectual property; however, without an objective basis of legal interpretation, these laws will not be reflected in actual court jud [...] | 2009-10-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KTIP PHUM MU |
| 09MUSCAT971 | COMMERCIAL ADVOCACY: RAYTHEON VIES FOR AIR TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) On October 18 the Ambassador and EconOff met with the Undersecretary for Transport and Communications Nu'aimi, the Director General of Metrology and Air Navigation (DGMAN),and representatives from the consulting firms COWI - Larsen and Aeroports De Paris Ingenierie (ADPI). The meeting is [...] | 2009-10-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | ECIN ECON BEXP MARR MU |
| 09MUSCAT993 | USTR/LABOR VISIT TO OMAN FOCUSES ON UNIONS, TIP [...] (C) Summary: A delegation led by USTR representatives visited Oman for a series of public and private sector meetings to follow-up on the labor aspects of the U.S./Oman Free Trade Agreement (FTA). At each meeting the delegation consistently emphasized the importance of labor issues to trade a [...] | 2009-11-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD PHUM ELAB KTIP MU |
| 09MUSCAT997 | OMAN MINISTER OF MANPOWER COMMITTED TO REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Omani Minister of Manpower remains committed to combating labor abuses in the Sultanate and is encouraging the further development of trade unions. His ministry has a deep understanding of labor and trafficking issues, due in large part to its ongoing engagement with the Inte [...] | 2009-11-03 09:34:00 | Embassy Muscat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIP PHUM ELAB MU |
| 09NAHA67 | DPJ SENSES USG FLEXIBILITY ON FRF RENEGOTIATION [...] (C) Summary: The Hatoyama administration is working towards an early decision over implementation of the 2006 Futenma Replacement Facility (FRF) plan, but deep rifts remain between the Defense and Foreign Ministry leadership. Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa's September 25-26 visit to Okinawa [...] | 2009-10-05 09:30:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA |
| 09NAHA77 | TOKYO'S INDECISION FUELS OKINAWAN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 8 rally to oppose the Futenma Relocation Facility (FRF) was directed as much at Tokyo's inability to take a clear policy position on Okinawa as it was on the merits of the realignment plan. Beyond the normal politics of Futenma relocation, the rally showcased growin [...] | 2009-11-12 10:29:00 | Consulate Naha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA |
| 09NAIROBI100 | UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR FOR THE 2008 TDA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE |
| 09NAIROBI1002 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON (MAY 23-31) [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes 18 months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyans. Over th [...] | 2009-05-18 09:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OREP AMGT AFIN GH IT PGOV PREL RW SU |
| 09NAIROBI1032 | SOMALIA - OPPORTUNITIES FOR PD ENGAGEMENT WITH DADAAB [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, demonstrated a wide range of activities aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation among Somalis in Dadaab and in Somalia at large. These worthy projects certainly merit support, and offer gr [...] | 2009-05-21 12:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1033 | SOMALIA - DADAAB REFUGEES' VIEWS ON U.S. POLICY [...] (SBU) The residents of Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp, home to more than 270,000 mostly Somali refugees, espoused a wide range of both positive and negative views on the U.S. government's involvement in Somalia. In general, most were grateful for U.S. aid to the camp, but many felt the United Sta [...] | 2009-05-21 13:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1038 | SOMALIA - PD ACTIVITIES UPDATE, MAY 22 [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of May 2009. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activities since the la [...] | 2009-05-22 13:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KPAO PTER EAID MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI107 | SOMALIA - Precarious Calm in Mogadishu Following Ethiopian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following the eagerly awaited withdrawal by Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) from Mogadishu, to date, there has been no intense fighting in Mogadishu by al-Shabaab or among rival armed groups. The calm is attributable to Mogadishu's complex clan dynamic, public pressure [...] | 2009-01-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI1080 | A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with President Mwai Kibaki and several high-ranking GOK officials on May 12. A/S Carson told Kibaki that his visit was meant to underscore the en [...] | 2009-06-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1083 | A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with Minister of Agriculture and senior Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader William Ruto on May 12. A/S Carson and Gavin expressed de [...] | 2009-06-03 04:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1101 | KENYA: THE DYNAMICS OF CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Kenya is poised at an historic transition point as the struggle between pro and anti-reform elements intensifies. This message discusses the dynamics of change underway in Kenya and its emerging, potentially positive, impact in exerting pressure on the leaders of the coalition g [...] | 2009-06-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL KE PINR |
| 09NAIROBI1112 | SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES TFG OPPONENTS, [...] (C) Summary: At a June 2 evening meeting with acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff and Ambassadors Yamamoto and Swan, TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke described recent battlefield successes in Mogadishu where fighting continues, the state of negotiations with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a, and the st [...] | 2009-06-05 06:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS MARR EAID PINR SOCI SO ET |
| 09NAIROBI116 | SOMALIA - Community Resistance Against Al-Shabaab [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local residents and militias in Galgaduud Region are bracing for an al-Shabaab reprisal attack to recapture the towns of Guriel and Dhusamareb. Between December 27 and 30, a community-based resistance movement defeated al-Shabaab in battles that killed several top commanders of [...] | 2009-01-21 13:57:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI1167 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW: PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. This cable provides an overview of police structure and leadership, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two will summarize our recent and planned engagement with and assi [...] | 2009-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC KCRM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1172 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART TWO: U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: This cable is the second in a three-part series on the Kenyan police forces. This cable summarizes our recent and planned engagement with and assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agencies. Part three will discuss challenges facing those agencies, progress to date on police reform, and [...] | 2009-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI1173 | SOMALIA - UAE Government Will Support the TFG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On June 4, visiting Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs (DAS) Karl Wycoff met with Ambassador Mohamed Sultan Saif Al Sowaidi, Director of the Department of Arabic Affairs at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Accompanied by A [...] | 2009-06-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER AE SO |
| 09NAIROBI1179 | SOMALIA - SOMALILAND DEMOCRACY AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democracy in Somaliland is at a critical juncture. After being delayed four times, presidential elections are scheduled for September 27. However, negotiations are still under way between the three political parties regarding a Code of Conduct that attempts to level the playin [...] | 2009-06-11 14:56:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PREF KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI1183 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. Part one provided an overview of police structure and leadership, and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two summarized our current assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agen [...] | 2009-06-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
| 09NAIROBI1211 | SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER ON MARGINS OF JUNE 9 - 10 [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Africa Wykoff on the margins of the Rome International Contact Group (ICG),TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke attempted to portray progress on the ground in Somalia, disputed suggestions that his government was gettin [...] | 2009-06-15 14:51:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PINR KDEM EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI1236 | SOMALIA - RENEWED FIGHTING INFLICTS HEAVY TFG [...] (C) Summary: On June 16, renewed fighting erupted in Mogadishu after almost two weeks of tenuous calm. Al-Shabaab launched the first attack in Galgalato, on the outskirts to Mogadishu which ended in a stalemate. In a public statement, al-Shabaab claimed it launched the attack to fight extor [...] | 2009-06-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1256 | COALITION AGREES ON NEW MEMBERSHIP OF [...] On June 17 Parliament finally agreed on new membership to 27 parliamentary committees. The decision had been held up by a conflict between the main coalition parties, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Party of National Unity (PNU),over each party's share of membership and the le [...] | 2009-06-23 09:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI13 | SOMALIA - SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETINGS ON SOMALIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. From December 19-21 Senator Feingold met in Djibouti with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives. The meetings occurred at a critical juncture as progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peac [...] | 2009-01-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI133 | EMBASSY NAIROBI CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 HORN OF [...] (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 the Kenyan government build its capacity to perform these operations in an effective manner that respects human rights. Missi [...] | 2009-01-27 05:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI1348 | SOMALIA - Constitution Drafting Process Re-Energized [...] On June 4, a consortium of partners supporting Somalia's constitutional process met with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Constitutional and Federal Affairs Madobe Nunow Mohamed to discuss priorities and outstanding needs in the constitutional development process. Ministe [...] | 2009-07-01 08:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1371 | SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES HIS [...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) armed forces commander Yusuf Hussein Osman "Dhumaal," who is recovering in Nairobi from a bullet wound sustained in Mogadishu fighting, traced his government's lack of success on the battlefield in a July 3 conversation to well-trained and mo [...] | 2009-07-03 16:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MOPS MARR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1395 | SOMALIA - THE TFG, AL-SHABAAB, AND AL QAEDA [...] (S//NF) Summary: In his recent speech at the AU Summit in Sirte, President Sharif echoed others in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG),like Prime Minister Sharmarke, in holding al-Qaeda responsible for some of the TFG's current problems in Mogadishu and elsewhere in Somalia. Recent end [...] | 2009-07-06 16:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PINR MARR PGOV SO |
| 09NAIROBI1398 | President's Cairo Speech -- Adding Zest to Muslim Outreach [...] Summary. Muslim outreach has been one of the Mission's priorities. Reaching out to Muslim academies in Nairobi and regular contact work in Kenya's Muslim areas -- the coast and northeast particularly -- has been central to the Mission's public diplomacy efforts. The Embassy amplified the imp [...] | 2009-07-07 05:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KPAO KMDR KE |
| 09NAIROBI1424 | JULY 4 RECEPTION USED TO PUSH REFORM AGENDA AND ADDRESS [...] Consistent with Washington guidance, the Mission held a scaled back reception on July 2 to mark Independence Day. We used the reception to focus on three urgent issues in Kenya: the need to accelerate implementation of the reform agenda, the importance of promoting national reconciliation, an [...] | 2009-07-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL ECON KE |
| 09NAIROBI1427 | 6TH CONFERENCE OF THE EAST AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: Ambassadors from missions of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI),along with interagency U.S. and UK government representatives, reviewed the status of counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the East Africa region and recommended specific measures to improve t [...] | 2009-07-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PTER XW |
| 09NAIROBI1444 | SOMALIA - JUBA RESISTANCE MOVEMENT WANTS TO [...] (C) On July 7 we met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) parliamentarian and Juba Resistance Movement (JRM) leader Mohammed Amin Osman. (Note:The JRM is a loose alliance of local leaders in the Jubas who advocate for the creation of a local Jubaland administration and claim to be able [...] | 2009-07-08 15:50:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PTER PMAR SO |
| 09NAIROBI1547 | HUMANITARIAN IMPLICATIONS OF DELAYED USG [...] USG humanitarian funds for assistance to Somalia are frozen at a critical time when humanitarian conditions are deteriorating, humanitarian funding is not keeping pace with rising needs, and donors forecast decreased funding on the horizon. Lack of resolution within the USG regarding funding [...] | 2009-07-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EAGR TBIO SOCI PHUM PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI1567 | COAST POLICE SHOOTING HIGHLIGHTS TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The bold daytime shooting of two senior Administration Police (AP) inspectors by two Kenya Police Service (KPS) officers in Mombasa has escalated tensions between the two police services and their commanders, and has also highlighted the extent to which drug trafficking and drug a [...] | 2009-07-22 07:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM SNAR KE |
| 09NAIROBI1599 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes at a time when Kenya,s progress on critical reforms is not moving quickly enough, and when the country continues to struggle with the social, political, and economic aftermath of the crisis following the disputed December 2007 general elections. [...] | 2009-07-27 12:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD OVIP OTRA KE |
| 09NAIROBI1604 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," during a July 23 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, remained noncommittal about a possible meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and repeatedly signaled his intention to work toward greater Puntlan [...] | 2009-07-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR MARR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1627 | SOMALIA - Shabelle Details Intimidation, Problems [...] (SBU) Shabelle Media Network's CEO and his Deputy on July 23 claimed their station was more actively targeted than others, but noted that all media in Somalia have experienced difficulties. Citing the deaths of two of their directors in the past two years (reftel) and the shrinking space for in [...] | 2009-07-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI1629 | SOMALIA - TFG INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IN LIMBO AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Following the TFG's July 21 decision to fire TFG Director of National Security Mohammed Sheikh, and energetic efforts to reverse the decision by the SRSG, the French Ambassador, and Assistant Secretary Carson, Sheikh confirmed to the Somalia Unit July 27 that he had not been sack [...] | 2009-07-28 15:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ASEC PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1669 | SOMALIA - TFG PREVIEWS OUTREACH TO ABGAL AND TO [...] (C) Summary: The TFG Prime Minister, Somalia's Envoy to Kenya Ambassador Nur "Americo," and the TFG Minister for Women and Family Affairs Fauziya Mohammed Sheikh shared their impressions of the functioning of the Transitional Federal Government as a result of their recent interactions in Moga [...] | 2009-08-03 14:01:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PROV PINR SOCI KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1691 | SOMALIA - GALCAIO ASSASSINATION LIKELY RESULT OF [...] Summary. (C//NF) Despite a government statement to the contrary, our contacts tell us the August 5 assassination of the Information Minister of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland was most likely an act of clan retribution. Long-standing intra-Majerteen tensions escalated in recent days wi [...] | 2009-08-10 14:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI1698 | SOMALIA - BUOYANT TFG PRESIDENT DESCRIBES OUTREACH [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, just before returning to Mogadishu following his meeting with the Secretary (septel),a buoyant Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sharif provided more detail to the Ambassador on some of the TFG's efforts to make progress on the ground in Somalia. Shari [...] | 2009-08-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV EAID MARR PINR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1709 | SOMALIA - Somaliland Political Crisis Deepens [...] (SBU) Since the July 27 announcement by the National Electoral Committee (NEC) that it will throw out the voter registration list and proceed with elections in a traditional manner, Somaliland's political crisis has deepened. The two opposition parties Kulmiye and UCID announced they would bo [...] | 2009-08-12 16:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI172 | SOMALIA - Sheikh Sharif Elected President [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 31, Sheikh Sharif Ahmed was elected President of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. The first round of voting by the newly- enlarged parliament ended the night of January 30, with Sharif garnering significantly more votes than the other ten contenders. Prime M [...] | 2009-02-02 09:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI1732 | SOMALIA - JUBA OFFENSIVE MOVING FORWARD; POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary A TFG-backed Juba offensive, aimed at pushing al-Shabaab out of Kismayo, appears to be moving forward, but competing Ethiopian and/or Marehan clan interests could complicate matters. TFG Minister of Defense "Gandi" reports that the TFG is in contact with local players in Juba, incl [...] | 2009-08-18 05:33:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV MOPS PINR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI1771 | SOMALIA - NEWLY-ENERGIZED TFG BUILDS BRIDGES IN [...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) appears to be newly energized following President Sharif's August 6 meeting with the Secretary (septel) and months of drift in the wake of an extended al-Shabaab offensive in Mogadishu that began May 7. Recent developments: an apparent [...] | 2009-08-20 14:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS PINR SOCI EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI1794 | SOMALIA - MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSS PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: From August 18 - 20, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a three day parliamentary training seminar in Nairobi, Kenya for over 30 Somali Members of Parliament (MPs). On the margins of this seminar, we were able to conduct a number of insightful conversations with a cr [...] | 2009-08-24 14:39:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1795 | SOMALIA - TFG-PUNTLAND AGREEMENT SIGNALS FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-24 14:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1799 | SOMALIA - POTENTIAL SECURITY RISKS AT DADAAB [...] (S) Summary: Dadaab Refugee Camp complex, made up of three camps, located about 48 miles from the Kenya-Somalia border, houses over 290,000 refugees - primarily Somalis - and is growing daily. The camp was built for 50,000. While no hotbed of extremism, the camps' large pool of idle youth h [...] | 2009-08-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI1811 | Pushing the Reform Process - Follow-up to the Secretary's [...] (S/NF) Summary. In the wake of the Secretary's high impact visit, we are moving quickly to sustain pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. In concert with Washington, we are engaging intensively with key political leaders, while working to energize civil society, the private sector, [...] | 2009-08-26 12:36:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM US KE |
| 09NAIROBI1818 | SOMALIA - MIXED REACTIONS TO CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: Since TFG Ambassador to Kenya Mohammed Nur notified us of cabinet changes on August 17 (ref a),the TFG has appointed one additional state minister and created a new ministry of militia demobilization, signaling efforts to address clan grievances. Somali reactions to the cabinet r [...] | 2009-08-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT APER PREL DJ SO |
| 09NAIROBI1860 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF ON THE GULF, [...] (C) On September 2, Ambassador Ranneberger and the Mission's Somalia Unit met with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, and four TFG ministers in Nairobi. Sharif said on his visit to Qatar and Dubai he made progress toward achieving his goal of ensuring [...] | 2009-09-04 14:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER SO AE QA |
| 09NAIROBI1885 | KENYA BACK TO THE FUTURE: CHARTERHOUSE BANK LOOKS [...] (C) Ambassador met with Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Governor Njuguna Ndung'u at the latter's request on September 2. Ndung'u provided Ambassador with a heads-up that Charterhouse Bank (reftel a),which has been closed by order of the Ministry of Finance and supervised by the CBK for the last [...] | 2009-09-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN KCRM KE PGOV PREF KCOR |
| 09NAIROBI1886 | POLICE COMMISSIONER OUSTED, POTENTIAL OPENING FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Office of the President announced the reassignment of former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali and new appointments in a number of senior positions within the Kenya Police Service (KPS),effective immediately. We have long advocated for the removal of Al [...] | 2009-09-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC KJUS KCRM PGOV PTER KE |
| 09NAIROBI1887 | SOMALIA - PRIME MINISTER ON REGIONAL OUTREACH AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke and the Ministers of Defense and Planning met with members of the Somalia Affairs Unit on September 5. The Prime Minister had just visited Libya which has now confirmed it is politically supportive of the TFG, including favoring sanction [...] | 2009-09-09 10:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO LY ER |
| 09NAIROBI1966 | SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY RECRUIT TRAINING IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Summary: During the week that ended on September 11, 463 Somali military recruits concluded eight weeks of basic training by the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD)at Djibouti's primary military education center. One hundred fifty Somali military recruits (including 10 officers) also concluded si [...] | 2009-09-18 15:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI2 | 2009 INCSR [...] Following please find Kenya's submission for the 2009 INCSR: 2. QUOTE: KENYA I. Summary Kenya remains a significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe and the United States. Quantities of heroin and hashish transiting Kenya, mostly from Southwest Asia bound for Eu [...] | 2009-01-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM SOCI PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI2024 | A "STEP BACKWARD" ON LAND IN DADAAB [...] Summary. This is an action request. See paragraph 7. The Government of Kenya (GOK) has yet to authorize the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to construct a fourth refugee camp in Dadaab to relieve severe overcrowding. UNHCR Africa Region Head George Okoth-Obbo said the de [...] | 2009-09-25 10:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KE OPDC PGOV PREF PREL |
| 09NAIROBI2027 | AMBASSADOR ANNOUNCES STEPS TO PRESS FOR REFORM [...] (U) Summary. This message reports steps announced to increase pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. End summary. 2. (SBU) As instructed by Washington, on September 24, the Ambassador announced three USG steps to increase pressure for implementation of the reform agenda. Firs [...] | 2009-09-28 08:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR KE CVIS KPAO KMDR |
| 09NAIROBI2042 | SOMALIA - MADOBE DISPLACES AL-SHABAAB IN KISMAYO; [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to Ahmed Madobe and Ibrahim Shukri, aligned with Darod/Kabalah/Absame/Ogaden and Darod/Kabalah/Harti clan militia on September 25 moved into Kismayo town, displacing al-Shabaab militia from all but a few checkpoint locations. (Note: Madobe and Shukri in recent [...] | 2009-09-28 13:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI2066 | SOMALIA - Ambassador Speaks With Somaliland President [...] (SBU) On September 29, Ambassador Ranneberger spoke by phone with Somaliland President Dahir Riyale Kahin. The Ambassador underscored the U.S.-Somaliland partnership and emphasized that by throwing out the voter registration list and the allowing violence to escalate, including the killing of [...] | 2009-09-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI209 | PRESIDENT SUPPORTS COORDINATION CENTER ON PIRACY [...] During the Ambassador's meeting with President Kibaki on January 27, the President expressed strong interest in having a coordination center established in Kenya as a "headquarters unit" for the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). Post understands the concept of a coordination center was ad [...] | 2009-02-06 05:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHSA PGOV KE SO |
| 09NAIROBI2103 | SOMALIA - KISMAYO ACCORDING TO MADOBE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 telecon from Kismayo, Ahmed Madobe told Somalia Unit Poloff that his alliance, after having been largely expelled from Kismayo on October 1 (ref a),remained determined to fight al-Shabaab and would accept help from any forces offering to support his regional alli [...] | 2009-10-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PTER PGOV PINR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI2133 | ISIOLO SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kenya's ongoing drought has exacerbated tribal and political tensions between pastoralists in Kenya's Isiolo District. The situation recently presented problems for the tourism industry in Kenya's northern corridor when armed livestock herders moved into wildlife conservation lan [...] | 2009-10-08 04:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS EAID EIND PHUM SENV KCRM KE |
| 09NAIROBI2184 | KENYA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2010 [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Country: Kenya 3. Current Status: Eligible 4. Country Background Summary: The population of Kenya is 38.6 million (mid 2008 estimate),estimated 2008 GDP is $30.4 billion, and per capita income is $770. An estimated 54% of the [...] | 2009-10-16 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB AGOA PGOV PREL |
| 09NAIROBI2199 | SOMALIA - TFG MILITARY RECRUIT GRADUATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, 463 Somali military recruits trained by the Djiboutian Armed Forces (FAD) and 152 (including 8 officers) trained by the French Forces in Djibouti (FFDJ) participated in a graduation ceremony at Djibouti's primary military education center. The Djiboutian Prime Mini [...] | 2009-10-20 12:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MASS PHUM PREL DJ SO FR |
| 09NAIROBI2214 | SOMALIA-LOCAL INITIATIVES OFFER TFG OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary: Increasing momentum behind local and regional governance initiatives in south-central Somalia offers the TFG an opportunity to broaden its support base and further marginalize al-Shabaab. Multiple contacts tell us efforts are underway in the regions to confront al-Shabaab and bol [...] | 2009-10-23 05:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI2243 | SOMALIA - GALCAIO DEVELOPMENTS MAY STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: The warming relationship between administrations in the town of Galcaio is likely to reinforce ties between Puntland and south-central Somalia, despite the secessionist leanings of some within Puntland President "Faroole's" inner circle. (Note: Predominately Darod-clan led north G [...] | 2009-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI2252 | MINISTER MAPS OUT POLICE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of former Police Commissioner Ali and a major reshuffle in the senior ranks of the Kenya Police Service (see ref A),Ambassador Ranneberger, accompanied by a mission team, called on Minister of State for Internal Security and Provincial Administration George [...] | 2009-10-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS KE |
| 09NAIROBI2342 | Ambassador's Speech on the Reform Process [...] Summary. On October 30 the Ambassador gave the keynote speech at the Law Society of Kenya's luncheon. The speech, which was cleared by Washington, focused on the reform process. The speech was extensively covered by the media, was distributed to thousands of key actors through the Mission da [...] | 2009-11-12 06:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL US KE |
| 09NAIROBI2344 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT SEEKS INCREASED U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Despite some willingness in recent months to cooperate with TFG President Sharif, Puntland President "Faroole" continues to seek equal status with the TFG President and probably believes that stepped-up political engagement with Sharif can be parlayed into increased internationa [...] | 2009-11-12 11:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI2369 | POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE PREVIEWS ITS [...] On November 11, three members of the Police Reform Task Force (PRTF) briefed members of the diplomatic corps on the Task Force's unanimous recommendations to the Government of Kenya. Carrying an estimated price tag of 81.4 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately $1.1 billion) over the next th [...] | 2009-11-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
| 09NAIROBI2383 | EAST AFRICA REGIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM OFFICERS [...] (U) Counterterrorism action offices from nine East African posts plus the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) the USAID and the Office of the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) met in Nairobi, Kenya on September 29 for in depth discussion [...] | 2009-11-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PREL PGOV ER ET KE SU TZ UG YM PTER DJ |
| 09NAIROBI2384 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT BACKS AWAY FROM TFG - [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole", in a likely effort to undercut the TFG and deter his political rivals in Puntland, has backed away from a TFG - Puntland cooperation agreement (reftel) that he had signed with TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke in August. President "Faroole" appeared to atte [...] | 2009-11-20 10:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO |
| 09NAIROBI24 | Cultural Programs Keep Embassy Nairobi Busy in 1st Qtr [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-06 13:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL KPAO |
| 09NAIROBI2400 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF CRITICIZES ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Donald Payne met with President Sharif in Nairobi on November 13. Sharif said he feared an upcoming IGAD conference would force the TFG into closer cooperation with Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ),an organization he thought might be positioning itself to challenge th [...] | 2009-11-25 04:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR PTER SO ET |
| 09NAIROBI2401 | POLICE REFORM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUEST [...] Summary: This cable is an action request. Please see para 5. Following high-level discussions with the leadership of Kenya's law enforcement agencies (see ref B) and our review of the Police Reform Task Force's recommendations (see ref A),post's inter-agency team on police reform has identifi [...] | 2009-11-25 04:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KJUS KCRM EAID PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI2422 | SOMALIA - Recent Threats to Freedom of the Press [...] (SBU) Since the temporary ban of VOA's Somali Service by Puntland authorities in early October (reftel),Somali media have encountered a series of additional hardships. Independent media outlets have experienced closures, arrests, and violence. Among the most notable incidents was the shootin [...] | 2009-11-30 11:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO KE |
| 09NAIROBI2429 | KENYA'S NOMINEES AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PLAN FOR THE [...] Ms. Summaiya Athman, Legal Manager, Sitara Investment Ms. Athman holds a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Commercial Law from the University of Bristol United Kingdom. She is the head of the legal department of a State-owned oil corporation which is engaged in both the Petroleum upstream (explorati [...] | 2009-12-01 11:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PREL SOCI KE |
| 09NAIROBI2443 | KENYAN RECRUITMENT FOR SOMALIA CONTINUES, [...] (S/NF) As the fight for control over Somalia's Kismayo and Lower Juba region drags on, the Government of Kenya appears determined to send 2,000-4,000 newly trained recruits into Somalia, reportedly in December. Recent discussions indicate that many if not most of these recruits are in fact Ken [...] | 2009-12-03 09:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PINR PREL PTER KE SO |
| 09NAIROBI2456 | SOMALIA - Media Reaction to Suicide Bombing [...] (U) Somali media outlets have uniformly expressed revulsion at the December 3 suicide bombing in Mogadishu that took the lives of three TFG ministers, seriously injured a fourth, and killed more than a dozen others attending a medical school graduation. Some of the Media are suggesting that th [...] | 2009-12-04 11:34:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI2477 | Former Members of Congress engage the Reform Agenda [...] (U) Summary: From November 23 to 28, Embassy Nairobi hosted Kenya's first-ever "EXDEL," a delegation of former Members of Congress who spent a week representing the Congressional House Democracy Partnership as they engaged political leaders and civil society to advance the reform agenda. End S [...] | 2009-12-10 13:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP OREP KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI2497 | Kenya responds to Sudan tank demarche [...] On December 15, Ambassador Ranneberger discussed the tank transfer issue with Prime Minister Odinga, who said that the GOK was committed to assisting the GOSS and that there was "intense pressure" from the GOSS to deliver the tanks. He hinted that the GOK might instead transfer the tanks to Uganda [...] | 2009-12-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MCAP MOPS MASS PARM PINR PTER PREL KE UG UP SU |
| 09NAIROBI2503 | SOMALIA - POLITICAL DISCONTENT A KEY FACTOR IN INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The recent up tic in violence in Puntland appears to be due, in part, to al-Shabaab's ability to exploit political grievances against Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud "Faroole". On December 13 the Puntland Vice-President survived an IED attack on his convoy and [...] | 2009-12-17 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI2514 | Draft Constitution Includes Powerful Prime Minister, [...] Summary: The Harmonized Draft Constitution proposes significant changes to executive powers, installs accountability mechanisms throughout government, ushers in a new house of parliament, reshapes the judiciary, and devolves power and some budgetary control to local governments. The document s [...] | 2009-12-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KISL KDEM PHUM KE |
| 09NAIROBI2517 | Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...] | 2009-12-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO |
| 09NAIROBI2519 | Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...] | 2009-12-21 15:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO |
| 09NAIROBI2521 | PREPARATIONS FOR AFRICA REGIONAL UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP ON [...] This is an action message. Please see paras. 14 and 15. 2. Summary: Officials from the Department of State's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) visited Nairobi November 16-19 to perform a site survey in preparation for the Afr [...] | 2009-12-21 20:09:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE |
| 09NAIROBI2545 | Somalia - December 3 Suicide Attack Deepens Long-Standing [...] (C) Summary: Long-standing intra-Shabaab tensions, apparently exacerbated by the December 3 suicide bombing in Mogadishu, were brought to the surface in late December when al-Shabaab faction leaders began to publicly voice their internal disagreements about the way forward in Somalia. Our [...] | 2009-12-24 09:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV SO PTER PINR MARR |
| 09NAIROBI2656 | Kenya's Media: Part III- Media Houses and Cross Ownership [...] (U) Summary. This is the third part of a four-part report on the state of the Kenyan Media. The parts are: 1) Overview and the new media law; 2) Radio Stations; 3) Media Houses and Cross Ownership; and 4) Role of the media and New Trends. A handful of media houses dominate and even manipula [...] | 2009-12-22 10:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPRC KPAO KMDR KE |
| 09NAIROBI270 | SOMALIA - UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the efficacy of the field offices of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). As noted in reftel, OHCHR maintains involvement in Somalia through human rights advisors to the United Political Office for Soma [...] | 2009-02-11 14:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SO |
| 09NAIROBI2702 | HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN KENYA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Same sex relationships in Kenya are criminalized as felonies, and individuals in such relationships face strong public attitudes which stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships as "un-African" and "against the order of nature." However, the Kenyan go [...] | 2009-12-31 06:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM KE HURI PHUM |
| 09NAIROBI342 | IRANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS KENYA [...] (U) Iranian President Ahmadinejad arrives in Kenya on February 24th at the head of a delegation of over 100 government officials and private businessmen. Ahmadinejad's visit follows a flurry of reciprocal visits between high level Kenyan officials and their Iranian counterparts over the past [...] | 2009-02-23 13:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR KE PINR PREL EINV |
| 09NAIROBI346 | SOMALIA - DOUBLE SUICIDE ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22 two suicide bombers struck inside AMISOM's Burundian battalion base at the former Somali National University (SNU) compound. Eleven Burundian soldiers were killed and 15 wounded. Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack through spokesman Mukhtar Robow. T [...] | 2009-02-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI347 | SOMALIA - CAPITALIZING ON TFG'S MOVE TO MOGADISHU [...] (C) The February 21 confirmation of a clan-sensitive cabinet by the transitional Parliament in Djibouti (septel) and the near-immediate, February 22 move of President Sheikh Sharif and his government to Mogadishu offer an important opportunity for the USG to cement its relationship with the ne [...] | 2009-02-23 16:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PGOV MARR SO |
| 09NAIROBI348 | SOMALIA - Cabinet Nominated and Sworn In [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 20, Prime Minister Sharmarke nominated a 36-member cabinet to lead the new unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG). In composing the cabinet, each of the ministries was first allocated to a specific clan and sub-clan and then the ministers were chosen from thes [...] | 2009-02-24 04:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO |
| 09NAIROBI357 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER III [...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes just over one year after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Mwai Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 500,000 Kenyan [...] | 2009-02-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL ECON IN KE LO PA SA CY |
| 09NAIROBI373 | TOURIST NUMBERS DEPRESSED WHILE POACHING OF WILDIFE, [...] SUMMARY: Kenya Wildlife Service, Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife, and Ministry of Tourism officials are concerned by a sudden spike in the numbers of elephants, especially in Amboseli and Tsavo East National Parks, apparently poached for their tusks. At the same time, they along with count [...] | 2009-02-26 12:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ETRD KCRM KSCA ECON KE |
| 09NAIROBI391 | The Watershed Crisis and Fundamental Reform [...] (U) NOTE: This cable was prepared by the Ambassador in mid-November 2008 but was inadvertently not/not transmitted. However, we are sending it now for the record because it should be read in conjunction with Septel, which follows on U.S. policy and the current status of Kenya's reform efforts. [...] | 2009-02-26 13:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI40 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ELECTION UPDATE: FRONT-RUNNERS, [...] (U) Summary: On the eve of the presidential election in Puntland, observers tell us that General Abdullahi Ahmed Jama is the front-runner. The electoral commission very belatedly announced on January 6 a series of registration criteria for candidates. The electioneering, it is rumored, has be [...] | 2009-01-08 04:10:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO |
| 09NAIROBI421 | KENYA PROVIDES FULL THREE-DAY AGOA PROGRAM [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary. During the February 26 meeting of the Government of Kenya's (GOK) AGOA Preparatory Committee, the Technical Sub-committee provided a full three-day AGOA Forum program (see para 7 below). It also announced a separate pre-meeting [...] | 2009-03-02 12:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 09NAIROBI450 | USRAP EXPLORES POSSIBILITY OF INITIATING REFUGEE [...] (SBU) UNHCR-Djibouti anticipates submitting between 400-450 Priority 1 referrals to the USRAP (US Refugee Admissions Program) should USRAP reinitiate refugee resettlement in Djibouti. Embassy Djibouti, while neutral about USRAP re-initiating resettlement activities, is concerned that USRAP [...] | 2009-03-06 07:24:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DJ ET PREF PREL SMIG SO XA |
| 09NAIROBI538 | THE KIBERA SLUM: POVERTY, REFORM, AND THE [...] On January 29 and March 10, the Ambassador visited the Nairobi slum area of Kibera (with almost 1 million people, it is the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa) as part of a continuing series of visits to interact with the people, to support assistance U.S. efforts including by publicizing what [...] | 2009-03-17 12:21:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL PGOV ECON KE |
| 09NAIROBI541 | KENYA: AMBASSADOR'S REMARKS TO KENYA [...] As reported in septels, as part of efforts to tackle the culture of impunity, and specifically corruption, the Mission is using a combination of private pressure on the coalition government leaders, support for Parliament, a range of programs like the MCC threshold, assistance to civil society [...] | 2009-03-17 13:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI545 | KENYA: PROMOTING RECONCILIATION AND PUSHING ON THE [...] Summary: Promoting reconciliation in the wake of the post-election violence and pushing for implementation of the reform agenda are inter-related aspects of supporting democratic change in Kenya. As part of these efforts, a Mission team, headed by the Ambassador, recently visited Nakuru and El [...] | 2009-03-17 13:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI550 | FOREIGN MINISTER WETANGULA BRIEFS THE DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) Summary: On March 3 Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula convened the Nairobi diplomatic corps to review developments in Kenya and highlight the accomplishments of the Coalition Government. Th Coalition Government is strong, and Wetangula expects it to serve out its full term to 2012. The GO [...] | 2009-03-18 11:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHSA PREL PHUM PGOV KE |
| 09NAIROBI553 | IRAN TRADE MISSION TO KENYA STRICTLY BUSINESS; AHMADINEJAD [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Division director Ken Vitisia, the recent visit of Iranian President Mahjmoud Ahmadinejad, accompanied by 200 businessmen and Iranian government officials, among them Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki, was principally a tr [...] | 2009-03-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EPET PREL ENRG ECON EINV PINR IR KE |
| 09NAIROBI565 | KENYA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS RECENT IRAN VISIT [...] Summary: On March 9, post received a formal response from Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula to the Ambassador's February 24th letter expressing U.S. concerns about the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Kenya. Ahmedinejad headed a large delegation for a two-day visit that was almo [...] | 2009-03-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD EPET KE IR |
| 09NAIROBI579 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF ON KENYAN KLEPTOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission Director Justice Ringera told Econ/C that while there was no evidence of involvement by "big fish" in either the Triton Oil or maize scandals (ref b) "every mover and shaker" in the Parliament, Cabinet, and the Attorney General's office is corrupt [...] | 2009-03-24 11:46:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | KCOR KCRM KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON KE |
| 09NAIROBI594 | SOMALIA - DIALOGUE AND DINNER WITH PRESIDENT SHARIF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, the Ambassador hosted President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and five TFG ministers for dinner at his residence. Sharif was in Nairobi at the conclusion of his mission to Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda. The trip marked Sharif's first bilateral visits since becom [...] | 2009-03-25 12:12:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI623 | SOMALIA - REVISITING THE MEDIA LAW [...] (SBU) The Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) new Minister of Information, Farahan Ali Mohamed, is making an effort to revisit and ratify the media law that was endorsed by Parliament in 2007 but never signed by former TFG President Abdullahi Yusuf. Several journalist associations are inv [...] | 2009-03-27 11:44:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SO |
| 09NAIROBI624 | SOMALIA - ASSISTING THE TFG WITH THEIR OUTREACH [...] (C) Post continues working to assist the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) in developing and implementing its media strategy, and the TFG remains very willing to receive any help offered. Indeed, President Sharif repeated a request for assistance during his March 19 dinner with Ambassador [...] | 2009-03-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI656 | PROPELLING THE REFORM PROCESS IN KENYA: MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. On March 23 I met separately with the National Intelligence Chief, the Foreign Minister, and the President,s permanent secretary to press on implementation of the reform agenda. I called attention to growing concerns at senior levels in Washington regarding insufficient progress [...] | 2009-04-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KE PGOV PHUM PREL |
| 09NAIROBI71 | Prime Minister Speaks About Coalition Government [...] In a lengthy newspaper interview published January 10 Prime Minister Raila Odinga revealed candidly his thoughts on the Coalition government, his relations with President Kibaki, his expectations for the U.S.-Kenya relationship, and the state of Kenya one year after the compromised elections of [...] | 2009-01-12 11:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI715 | KIBAKI TOURS THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Since mid-March President Mwai Kibaki has been visiting different areas of the country. This appears to be an effort to enhance the President's credibility with the Kenyan people, given polls showing substantial dissatisfaction with the performance of the coalition government in implement [...] | 2009-04-08 12:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI734 | SOMALIA - PRESIDENT SHARIF: A 60-DAY SCORECARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, President Sheikh Sharif returned to Mogadishu after being elected TFG President. In the two months since, the Sharif government has made progress that has prompted thousands to return to Somalia's capital. While security remains tenuous, there have been no major v [...] | 2009-04-09 17:59:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SO |
| 09NAIROBI744 | A Troubled Coalition, the Reform Process, and U.S. Policy [...] (C) Summary. Following a honeymoon period during its first six months in office, the coalition government emerged as an embattled marriage early this year. Disagreements between the two principal coalition government partners, President Kibaki's Party of National Unity (PNU) and Prime Minister [...] | 2009-04-14 15:28:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI782 | SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT ON PIRACY [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 tour d'horizon between President Mohamud "Faroole" and his team, and the Ambassador and Mission team, Faroole defined his Puntland Administration's main tasks as re-organizing the security forces and improving revenue collection mechanisms. Faroole told the Ambass [...] | 2009-04-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID MARR PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI784 | SOMALIA - TFG PRIME MINISTER REPORTS ON EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: TFG Prime Minister Sharmarke had a long tour d'horizon discussion with the Ambassador and Mission team on April 16. He stressed that the TFG's highest priority is establishing the Joint Security Force, and emphasized the need for urgent international support for this effort. He [...] | 2009-04-21 13:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EAID SOCI MARR SO ET |
| 09NAIROBI785 | THE SECRETARY'S LETTER AND THE REFORM AGENDA IN KENYA [...] (C) Summary. In response to the letter from Secretary Clinton, President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga both said that the reform agenda will move forward. While neither took responsibility for the slowness of implementation, they admitted that progress has been slow and that government ac [...] | 2009-04-21 14:45:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KE |
| 09NAIROBI806 | CENTRAL PROVINCE: SIGNS OF POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION [...] (C) During a recent visit to the Kikuyu homeland of Central Province by the Ambassador and Pol FSN, residents expressed growing frustration with their Members of Parliament (MPs) and the lack of financial and development benefits from the government despite their steadfast support of President [...] | 2009-04-24 11:00:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI808 | FRAGILE PEACE IN RIFT VALLEY: THE KALENJIN [...] Summary: On a recent trip to Rift Valley province, poloffs accompanied Ambassador Ranneberger to an important peace event at Ndeffo and Egerton University near Nakuru and then met with a range of contacts to discuss the situation on the ground and possible approaches to achieving the desired en [...] | 2009-04-24 11:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC KE |
| 09NAIROBI823 | Crisis in Coalition Government [...] (C) Summary: Although in mid-April meetings between President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, and their teams held out prospects to resolve differences which had troubled the coalition, another serious crisis threatens its existence. The crisis developed at the end of last week when Prime Mini [...] | 2009-04-27 15:31:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KE |
| 09NAIROBI863 | SOMALIA - AWEYS TELLS HIS CLAN HE WILL FIGHT [...] (C) African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) contacts shared their reporting of opposition leader Hassan Dahir Aweys' activities in Mogadishu since he arrived on April 23 (reftel). AMISOM's political analysts in Mogadishu say that Aweys has little support from his Ayr clan's elders and opin [...] | 2009-04-30 15:23:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO |
| 09NAIROBI864 | SOMALIA - Meeting with the TFG Minister of Humanitarian [...] (U) On April 23, we met for the first time Mohamoud Abdi Ibrahim, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Resettlement for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Ibrahim was appointed in February and was an active member of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia and participated [...] | 2009-05-04 04:22:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SO |
| 09NAIROBI930 | Migingo Island -- The View from Kenya [...] Summary: The current dispute over Migingo Island in Lake Victoria sparked in 2006 when Ugandan customs officers began to collect levies from Kenyan fishermen fishing in waters around the disputed island. Despite the competing claims to ownership and the generally inflammatory media hype, the K [...] | 2009-05-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EFIS ASEC UG KE |
| 09NAIROBI967 | SOMALIA - TFG IN GRAVE JEOPARDY AS FIGHTING RAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: This message reports on actions we are taking and recommend to support the TFG to resist the al-Shabaab onslaught in Mogadishu. Very urgent action is required. End summary. 2. (S/NF) As reported through cables, e-mails, and phone calls, the al-Shabaab onslaught in Mogadis [...] | 2009-05-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV MOPS PREL EAID PTER PINR SO |
| 09NAIROBI988 | AGOA PREPARATIONS MOVE APACE [...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Summary: At the May 7 meeting of the AGOA Main Preparatory Committee, the Government of Kenya (GOK) agreed to our request to separate lunch and the ministerial closing on the final day of the forum. The committee agreed with the recomme [...] | 2009-05-15 06:06:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT ECON ETRD AGOA PGOV PREL KE |
| 09NAPLES69 | SICILY: REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN TURMOIL WHILE THE MAFIA IS [...] (C) Summary: As host to an important U.S. Navy base, location of recently discovered gas reserves, and home to 17,000 U.S. citizens, Sicily's future is clearly of interest to the United States. For now, political feuding has replaced the war on organized crime in the headlines: Regional President R [...] | 2009-06-15 07:39:00 | Consulate Naples | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM ECON SNAR MARR KCOR IT |
| 09NASSAU113 | BAHAMAS: CRIME CONCERNS SIMMER AS ECONOMY SOFTENS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Increasing crime remains a major concern as the tourism-based economy weakens, though year-on-year crime figures show violent crime dipping slightly as property crimes rise. The GCOB has implemented measures aimed at improving the criminal justice system, but the impact is not [...] | 2009-02-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BF |
| 09NASSAU126 | AGREEMENT WITH BAHAMAS ON STATUS OF FORCES FOR [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas (MFA) submitted the attached diplomatic note (full text at paragraph 2) on March 27 in response to U.S. proposed draft language as contained in Reftel. The MFA advised the Embas [...] | 2009-03-02 21:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR MOPS PM PREL BF |
| 09NASSAU139 | SEIZURES UP, MIGRANT SMUGGLING DISCUSSED AT U.S.-BAHAMAS [...] (SBU) This is a cable with action issue items. Southern Command/Northern Command/Coast Guard please see paragraph 15 on piracy. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Minister for National Security Tommy Turnquest co-chaired the semi-annual Joint Counter Narcotics/Illegal Migration [...] | 2009-03-06 17:01:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL TK BF |
| 09NASSAU149 | BAHAMIANS WORRIED OVER IMPACT OF STOP TAX HAVEN [...] (U) Summary: News concerning the proposed Stop Tax Haven Abuse bill, which names The Bahamas as one of 34 secrecy jurisdictions, has generated considerable discussion in local media and amongst politicians. The financial services sector makes up 15 percent of the country's GDP and, tourism i [...] | 2009-03-11 20:37:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN BF |
| 09NASSAU159 | CLICO BAHAMAS LIQUIDATED FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF TRINIDAD'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly one hundred agents were laid off from one of The Bahamas largest insurance companies, CLICO Bahamas Ltd., the week of March 2 as the company goes into liquidation. Concerns were raised when Trinidad based parent company, CL Financial, collapsed due to massive losses and [...] | 2009-03-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON ETRD BF |
| 09NASSAU169 | ALL QUIET ON THE TURKS AND CAICOS FRONT [...] (U) The GCOB is "unconcerned" about the UK's planned partial suspension of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) constitution announced March 16 by the British overseas dependency's governor. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Brent Symonette told the press that the changes would have n [...] | 2009-03-17 21:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV BF TK UK |
| 09NASSAU170 | DEMARCHE - BAHAMAS PRESENTS CANDIDATE FOR 35TH CONFERENCE [...] This is an action request. 2. US Embassy Nassau received diplomatic note No. MFA/089 dated 13 March 2009, from the CGOB informing of their decision to present the candidature of Dr. Davidson L. Hepburn for election to the post of President of the 35th Conference of UNESCO in Paris in Octob [...] | 2009-03-17 21:46:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UN BF |
| 09NASSAU180 | CHINA AGREES TO FINANCE RESORT PROJECT IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Baha Mar Resort officials announced on March 10 that the ExIm Bank of China and the China State Construction Engineering Corporation have formally agreed to finance a major construction project in Nassau. Bahamian officials are hopeful that this project, which has been stalled [...] | 2009-03-19 19:34:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | ECON EFIN ETRD BF |
| 09NASSAU181 | BAHAMAS INKS PRELIMINARY AID DEAL WITH CUBA [...] (U) The GCOB signed a Basic Framework Agreement on Economic and Technical Cooperation with Cuba March 16 anticipating further projectsin health, education, and other areas, accordingto media. The GCOB is reviewing a draft agreemen to re-implement a Cuban eye-care program and is i talks with C [...] | 2009-03-19 21:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BF CU |
| 09NASSAU202 | PM VOWS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY IN FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary: In an address to Parliament on March 25, Prime Minister Ingraham announced his government's plans to 'reaffirm' their commitment to transparency and exchange of information on offshore tax standards. Ingraham said a press release detailing The Bahamas' plans to enforce evolvin [...] | 2009-03-30 17:11:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
| 09NASSAU247 | CODEL IMPRESSED BY OPBAT, STRONG BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Conyers visited The Bahamas April 7-9 to review OPBAT operations and assess current drug and migrant challenges. GCOB officials led by Prime Minister Ingraham described the negative impact of the situation in Haiti on both OPBAT and The Bahamas. PM Ingraham stressed th [...] | 2009-04-20 20:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV HA BF |
| 09NASSAU251 | SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: PM ASSERTS BAHAMAS WILL [...] (U) A banner headline April 20 captured the Bahamian media's coverage of Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham's attendance at the Summit of the Americas (SOA): "PM Lobbies U.S. on Tax Bill". All media prominently reported the PM's statement that The Bahamas did not deserve to be named as a secrec [...] | 2009-04-21 20:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KPAO PGOV PREL BF |
| 09NASSAU282 | TURKS AND CAICOS: BLOGGER ACCUSES COAST GUARD OF [...] (U) A blogger in the Turks and Caicos (TCI) posted an on-line report April 27 alleging that the TCI authorities, assisted by a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter, were engaged in "burning and smoking immigrants out of the 'bush'" during an immigration raid. The blogger witnessed the events a [...] | 2009-05-01 12:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO BF |
| 09NASSAU321 | BAHAMAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post recommends waiver of the provisions of Title III of the Libertad Act for The Bahamas. The GCOB has had a cordial relationship with Cuba, has supported Cuba in international fora, and has engaged in both cultural and economic exchanges with Cuba, including promotion of Cuban t [...] | 2009-05-19 20:50:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
| 09NASSAU349 | UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic op [...] | 2009-06-03 15:09:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN BF TK UK |
| 09NASSAU364 | BAHAMAS: U.S. NOMINATION FOR UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA |
| 09NASSAU39 | RENEWED OBAMA FEVER GRIPS BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bahamian public and press greeted the inauguration of President Obama with unbridled enthusiasm, reveling in the historic nature of the occasion which transcended social, religious, and political lines. All major media outlets sent teams of journalists to Washington to cove [...] | 2009-01-21 22:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV PREL BF |
| 09NASSAU400 | BAHAMAS: POLICE COMMISSIONER FERGUSON RULES OUT [...] (C) During a June 25 Embassy-hosted luncheon to discuss joint law enforcement efforts, Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) Commissioner Reginald Ferguson down-played previously mentioned prospects for law enforcement cooperation between The Bahamas and Haiti. Ferguson rejected the idea of statio [...] | 2009-06-30 20:58:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR SMIG PGOV KCRM HA BF |
| 09NASSAU41 | THE BAHAMAS LOOKS HOPEFULLY TO CHINA TO SPUR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amid the recent economic downturn The Bahamas has turned to China for a crucial infusion of liquidity to finance investment and capital projects. The two governments recently signed the agreement to proceed with the construction of the national stadium - China's gift to The Bah [...] | 2009-01-22 21:40:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN BF |
| 09NASSAU486 | GCOB VOWS TO SIGN NEW COPYRIGHT LAW REPEALING [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General, Ambassador Joshua Sears, told PolCounselor and USTR officials privately on August 5th that the Governor General will sign an amendment to the Copyright Act of 2000 in the next few weeks, which would narrow the scope of the compulsory [...] | 2009-08-17 20:51:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF PGOV |
| 09NASSAU526 | CHINA CHAIRMAN BANGGUO TO VISIT; SIGN MAJOR [...] (U) China,s Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People,s Congress and the country,s second-highest ranking party officer, Wu Bangguo, will make an official visit to The Bahamas September 3-6 to sign three major trade and investment agreements with the GCOB. These agreements incl [...] | 2009-09-02 19:19:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON EFIN ETRD |
| 09NASSAU531 | NASSAU- CRIME SPIKE TRIGGERS DEMAND FOR HANGINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent surge in violent crime to include home invasions, rapes and murders have triggered calls for capital punishment to resume. The crime wave, attributed in press editorials to Haitian gang activity, also threatens to undermine the shaky Bahamian tourist industry. The potent [...] | 2009-09-08 18:35:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM ASEC BF |
| 09NASSAU560 | CHINESE OFFER “GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES†TO THE BAHAMAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The highest ranking Chinese official ever to have visited The Bahamas, Chairman Wu Bangguo, announced several lucrative financial agreements for major infrastructure and tourism projects in The Bahamas totaling USD 164.3 million dollars. These agreements include a financing framework f [...] | 2009-09-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | BF ECON ETRD EFIN |
| 09NASSAU64 | POLICE RESTRUCTURING SIGNALS STRONG GCOB REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GCOB carried out a consolidation of the Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) hierarchy January 11, retaining the Acting Police Commissioner while promoting two up-and-coming yet rival officers to the next most responsible positions. At least 15 high-ranking policemen, including [...] | 2009-02-02 19:38:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BF |
| 09NASSAU644 | MAJOR SHAKEUP POSSIBLE AT OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leadership and deputy positions will be challenged at next week,s convention. If Perry Christie retains the leadership position it will likely cost the PLP the next election. Candidates for both leader and deputy also have backgrounds that are [...] | 2009-10-16 16:06:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BF PINR |
| 09NASSAU657 | OPPOSITION LEADER CHRISTIE,S "SCORCHED EARTH [...] (U) Bahamian incumbent leader of the Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Perry Christie retained his party,s leadership position, securing 84% of his party convention,s delegate votes. In the lead up to the October 21-23 Convention Christie had threatened a &scorched earth policy8 against any can [...] | 2009-10-26 19:48:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BF PINR |
| 09NASSAU684 | Nassau--October Monthly [...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Ambassador Avant Arrives to Warm Welcome -- Surprise Announcement At Opposition Political Convention Triggers Travolta Mistrial -- Massive Roundup of Illegal Immigrants Announced [...] | 2009-11-03 22:02:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM BF |
| 09NASSAU721 | BAHAMAS: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-20 20:29:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BF |
| 09NASSAU751 | PM Removes Major Port Manager for Deal with U.S. Company, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, PM Ingraham effectively removed the foreign manager of one of the world's largest and busiest ports after learning of his role in the partial sale of the Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) in Freeport to a U.S.-Singapore Firm. Confidential sources speculate [...] | 2009-12-18 16:21:00 | Embassy Nassau | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON EINT EINV EPET BF |
| 09NASSAU83 | THE BAHAMAS 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Openness to Foreign Investment: The Bahamian Government generally encourages and offers incentives for foreign investment in all sectors of the economy except those the Government reserves exclusively to Bahamian citizens. Reserved businesses include: wholesale and retail operations; commiss [...] | 2009-02-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR BF |
| 09NASSAU99 | THE BAHAMAS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in ref A, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. -------------------------------------- Para 23 -- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. What are the sources of available informatio [...] | 2009-02-13 20:54:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG BF |
| 09NDJAMENA100 | USG SHOULD PUSH BRITISH TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 11 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The British are considering establishing a small diplomatic presence in Chad, but Canada is planning no mission in the near term, according to visiting British and Canadian diplomats here last week. Th [...] | 2009-03-24 09:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA102 | CHAD STILL FEARS REBELS DESPITE DISUNITY; QATAR [...] (C) Chad's FORMIN warned Ambassador and DCM 3/23 that the GOC saw strong signs that Khartoum was getting ready to launch its Chad rebel clients based in Darfur across the border into Chad yet again. Moussa Faki Mahamat could not predict when or even if the rebels would actually attack, but e [...] | 2009-03-24 13:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AU AL CH SU |
| 09NDJAMENA104 | MINOR GOC CABINET RESHUFFLE SETS STAGE FOR PM TO [...] (SBU) President Deby and his PM affected a relatively minor shuffle to the cabinet 3/23, which left unchanged the leadership in all critical "power" ministries, including Defense, Foreign Affairs, Interior, Infrastructure, Education, Finance, Justice and others. All four of the former opposit [...] | 2009-03-25 12:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA111 | MAKING CHAD A PART OF THE SOLUTION IN DARFUR: AN [...] This is an action message: See para 5 and subsequent. ---------------------------- CHAD MOST AFFECTED BY DARFUR ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Besides Sudan itself, Chad is the country most affected by the Darfur Crisis. Virtually all Darfuri refugees are in Chad, which also [...] | 2009-03-27 13:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PTER MASS LY SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA114 | ROSY SCENARIO?: INSIDER AND OUTSIDER JUDGE CHAD [...] (C) Two authoritative sources, one a veteran Chadian political figure and Deby counselor, the other the chief intelligence officer for the French military forces here, offered concordant views on the unlikelihood of a major attack by Chad rebels in the near future. National Mediator Abderah [...] | 2009-04-01 16:59:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AL |
| 09NDJAMENA128 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOC ON TIP/CHILD SOLDIERS, JEM, [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request -- please see Para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Ambassador told FORMIN April 10 that he was seeking an audience with President Deby to discuss several issues of capital importance to the US, namely: The need for the GOC to make speedy, concrete p [...] | 2009-04-14 15:10:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MASS KTIP PREF MARR AU |
| 09NDJAMENA131 | LIBYA RENEWS "TRILATERAL CHAD-SUDAN EFFORT," [...] (SBU) Libya is intent on reviving its "trilateral initiative" mediation efforts between Chad and Sudan, starting with eliminating support for proxy rebel groups, as a prelude to helping to solve the Darfur problem, according to Libya's once and current Ambassador to Chad, Greene Saleh Greene [...] | 2009-04-15 14:39:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN SU LY PINR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA137 | CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA'S TIP COMPLIANCE ACTION [...] (SBU) In order to help the Chad Government to avoid sanctions because of TIP provisions, we are engaged in executing an action plan, which we first informed Department in REF A. 2. (SBU) Background: GOC Actions to Date: The most recent in the GOC's efforts to address trafficking in pers [...] | 2009-04-20 17:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA143 | SCENESETTER FOR SE GRATION'S MAY 1-3 VISIT TO CHAD [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena welcomes your visit to Chad. This message is aimed at providing you with background for use in meeting with Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, and for other requested meetings. It focuses primarily on Chad's role in the Darfur crisis, in regional humanitarian assistan [...] | 2009-04-27 14:53:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MASS MARR LY SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA147 | SUDAN/CHAD: GOS, JEM AGREE TO REACTIVATE DOHA [...] (C) The Government of Sudan and Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) have agreed to reactivate talks in Doha on Monday evening, May 4, following five sessions between Special Envoy Gration and JEM Chairman Khalil Ibrahim, and numerous calls between Gration and GoS Presidential Advisor Ghazi an [...] | 2009-05-03 19:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU QA LY MOPS CD |
| 09NDJAMENA152 | CHAD'S ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE LAMENTS "LACK OF [...] (SBU) In several recent meetings with Embassy officers and TDY visitors, members of the Chadian Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) have complained that lack of political will continues to plague preparations for 2010-11 elections in Chad. Lol Mahamat Choua, opposition figure and current Presi [...] | 2009-05-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA163 | CHAD UPDATE: FM FAKI'S MAY 9 REPLY TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro issued a demarche to FM Moussa Faki Mahamat May 9 to discourage GoC hot pursuit of remaining Chadian rebels into Sudan; to remind the GoC of the moral high ground that Ndjamena occupied at present; to describe SE Gration's efforts to convince the Sudanese government to [...] | 2009-05-10 12:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD |
| 09NDJAMENA175 | CEDANT ARMA TOGAE? WHERE CHAD GOES FROM HERE, [...] (SBU) The invasion of eastern Chad by Chadian rebels from Sudan, their decisive defeat by Chad government forces, and the GOC,s initial reaction to those events last week confirmed a changed balance of power between Chad and Chad rebels and raised questions regarding the GOC's military and d [...] | 2009-05-13 09:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF UN SU LY CH IS QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA177 | CHAD'S PRESIDENT CONTINUES ANTI-SUDAN STANCE [...] (SBU) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno held a rally May 13 in N'Djamena to protest against "Sudanese aggression," given the May 4-7 incursion by Chadian rebels from Sudan. Five times during the President's 15-minute speech, he focused specifically on Sudanese President Omar El Bashir, sayi [...] | 2009-05-14 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA184 | CHAD PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM AU AND QATARI [...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki thanked Ambassador May 15 for the USG's public support of Chad during the recent rebel incursion and explained that the GOC was likely to "freeze" or "suspend" participation in AU-sponsored and Qatar-sponsored mediation efforts to normalize Chad-Sudan relations, because of AU [...] | 2009-05-18 13:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA195 | CHAD-SUDAN: GOC SHOULD "SEIZE THE MOMENT" TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro and DCM told GOC Ambassador to the U.S. Bechir May 22 that the GOC should "seize the moment" to exploit diplomatically its recent military successes. We acknowledged Bechir's expression of gratitude for the clear USG public position on the rebel attack and told him tha [...] | 2009-05-24 14:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MARR MASS SU LY IS CD |
| 09NDJAMENA196 | JOUBERT TO DEBY: TRANSLATE BATTLEFIELD VICTORY [...] (C) Visiting French Presidential Advisor Joubert issued a demarche to President Deby and senior aides May 23, urging the GOC to translate its recent victories on the battlefield into diplomatic successes by exercising great care in its approach to Sudan, by reaching out to some of the Chad re [...] | 2009-05-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV LY SU UN FR PREF PHUM MOPS CD |
| 09NDJAMENA197 | JEM-SLA/AW ALLIANCE OFFER ON THE TABLE, BUT IN THE [...] (SBU) JEM and SLA/AW leaders met north of N'Djamena May 22 to discuss forming a political alliance, according to a JEM member who spoke with poloff May 25. SLA/AW leaders told us that that the difference between the secular SLA and the Islamist JEM would likely prevent an alliance, although t [...] | 2009-05-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA208 | CHAD'S DC AMBASSADOR CLAIMS USG NOW HAS "MORE [...] (U) This is an Action Message -- please see para 8. ---------- KEY POINTS ---------- 2. (C) Key Points are: -- Chad AMB to the US Bechir claims USG support of Chad vs. Sudan following recent rebel attack gave USG "unprecedented leverage" with President Deby; -- Bechir said this w [...] | 2009-06-03 14:09:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA213 | CHAD COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATED PEACE WITH SUDAN BUT [...] (SBU) Key Points are: -- FORMIN Faki was effusive in his praise for President Obama's Cairo speech, saying it effectively rebutted extremist and Islamist propaganda; -- President Deby welcomes the opportunity to meet with A/S Carson and SE Gration at AU Tripoli Summit; -- Deby had succ [...] | 2009-06-05 10:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA214 | INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY: REBEL DEFECTIONS [...] (U) This message has an Action Request for Khartoum -- see para 6. ------------ KHARTOUM 729 ------------ 2. (SBU) Khartoum 729, another of the Embassy's superb reporting and analysis efforts, confirms the potentially decisive impact on the Chad rebellion of the GOC's victory over at [...] | 2009-06-08 16:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA216 | CHADIAN PRESIDENT MAKES MINOR CABINET CHANGES [...] (U) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno made slight changes June 6 in his Cabinet, bringing on two new ministers, eliminating one and reassigning other ministers and responsibilities. No top-line officials in major ministries -- Foreign Affairs, Defense, Justice, Interior, Infrastructure, Fina [...] | 2009-06-09 07:28:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON CD |
| 09NDJAMENA223 | OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHAD [...] (U) The U.S. Embassy in Ndjamena held rebroadcasts June 9 and 10 of President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. The rebroadcasts were in French and Arabic, respectively, in this barely-majority Muslim country. Reaction was almost uniformly positive, with participants stressing that they hoped to [...] | 2009-06-12 08:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP CD |
| 09NDJAMENA232 | UN POLICE ASSESSMENT MISSION TO CHAD REPORTS [...] Charge d'affaires and Refugee Coordinator received an outbriefing from members of the DPKO Mid-Term UN Police Assessment Mission to Chad June 13, including a generally positive assessment of performance by the DIS (Detachement Integree de Security, the special police force established to prov [...] | 2009-06-16 08:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CD |
| 09NDJAMENA234 | MINURCAT CHIEF DESCRIBES POST-EUFOR TROOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, UN Special Representative Victor Angelo da Silva chaired a meeting of diplomatic reps in N'Djamena to address concerns about MINURCAT's peacekeeping activities, including the inability of some contributing states to deploy fully-equipped peacekeeping contingents i [...] | 2009-06-16 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA235 | CHAD WEEKLY HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] RefCoord participated in the latest IASC meeting June 9 led by the Humanitarian Coordinator and attended by UNDSS, as well as representatives of humanitarian organizations. DSS reported that crime levels are increasing in eastern Chad as is usual at the beginning of rainy season, with a partic [...] | 2009-06-17 08:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA247 | JUNE 20 VIEWING OF CAPTURED CHADIAN REBEL WEAPON [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat convoked the diplomatic corps June 20, describing for the hastily-assembled group the June 7 capture by Chadian military units of two Toyota trucks bearing a large stash of weaponry in the vicinity of Bahr Keita in Chad's southeastern Salamat Province. According [...] | 2009-06-20 11:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA254 | GOC INFORMED OF USG PRIORITIES AT AU SUMMIT; [...] (SBU) With FM Moussa Faki Mahamat Faki and most of the Chadian delegation to the AU Summit preparing to depart for Tripoli later today, June 25, Charge d'affaires approached Chadian Ambassador to the U.S. Mahamoud Adam Bechir (who remains in Chad to assist with the June 27-29 visit of S/E Sc [...] | 2009-06-25 16:12:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC OTRA PREL PGOV PHUM ELA KWMN AU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA264 | DEBY-GRATION MEETING: DEBY WANTS TO HELP USG [...] (SBU) Meeting with Special Envoy Scott Gration June 29, Chad's President Deby Idriss Itno made the following points: -- Resolving the Darfur crisis is a key goal for Chad. -- Chad is committed to implementing the Doha agreement of May 3 and views the recent decrease in tensions in South [...] | 2009-06-29 17:41:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS ASEC AU UNAUS SU CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA267 | MINURCAT CAN HELP REDUCE CHAD-SUDAN TENSIONS, SRSG [...] (SBU) During the June 29 meeting with Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration, MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo made the following key points: -- MINURCAT (and likely UNAMID) could assist Dakar Contact group border monitoring mission, with amended mandates(s) and several hundred more troops, espe [...] | 2009-06-30 14:13:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM SU LY QA CT CD |
| 09NDJAMENA283 | WHAT THE USG EXPECTS FROM CHAD: PEACE IN DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Ambassador told Chad FORMIN Faki July 10 that The Secretary's willingness to meet with him was primarily a function of the centrality of he Darfur crisis to USG policyin the region; that she would be interested to hear from him how Chad could best play an active and positive role in rest [...] | 2009-07-13 12:03:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA287 | FOR FORMIN FAKI MTGS: ADDITIONAL INPUT [...] (SBU) This message offers information and views that might be helpful to the Department in preparing for Chad FORMIN Faki's meetings in Washington, in addition to reftel. ----------------------- CHAD-SUDAN AND CHAD/JEM ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Faki told us July 9 that President [...] | 2009-07-14 13:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA292 | GOC AIR ACTION VS. REBELS IN SUDAN BORDER AREA [...] (SBU) GOC military aircraft carried out operations from their Abeche base July 16. It is not yet confirmed if these operations were carried out inside Chad or across the border in Sudan. French diplomats and MINURCAT officials report that the GOC moved two SU-25 aircraft to Abeche on July 15 [...] | 2009-07-17 11:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA311 | GOC SHOULD BUILD ON MOMENTUM TOWARD NORMAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nigro told FORMIN Faki July 24 that GOC should build on the momentum created by his successful visit to Washington and productive talks with senior USG policy makers to move forward on normalization of Chad-Sudan relations by ending the "proxy war" between the two countries' [...] | 2009-07-28 06:50:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA318 | PARLIAMENT PASSES POLITICAL PARTY CHARTER, [...] (SBU) The National Assembly passed a key law supplementing the July 16 law regulating political parties (Political Party Charter) that provoked opposition outrage. The supplemental law added to the Charter law a controversial provision that prohibits elected officials from switching parties af [...] | 2009-08-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CD |
| 09NDJAMENA342 | FORMIN DENIES ATTACKING SUDAN AND SEIZING [...] (SBU) Chadian Foreign Minister Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador August 13 that no/no Chadian military units had attacked Sudanese villages in recent weeks; that the GOC had not/not seized any Sudanese properties in Chad, but had prohibited the reopening of the Sudanese School in Ndjamena f [...] | 2009-08-14 11:38:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM LY QA SU UN CD |
| 09NDJAMENA343 | LIBYA INTENSIFIES ITS SUPPORT TO CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) LIBYAN AMBASSADOR GREEN SALEH GREEN DESCRIBED TO AMBASSADOR ON AUGUST 6 HOW LIBYA HAD INTENSIFIED BOTH ITS BILATERAL SUPPORT FOR CHAD AND ITS EFFORTS TO NORMALIZE CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS SINCE HIS RETURN TO NDJAMENA AS COM. LIBYA IS INVESTING HEAVILY IN CHAD'S ECONOMY -- BUDGET SUPPORT, TR [...] | 2009-08-17 08:37:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY FR UN CD |
| 09NDJAMENA350 | NEW SUDAN DCM ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS: "DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Sudanese DCM gave POLOFF August 18 an overview of Chad-Sudan issues, stressing that the GOS sought international pressure on JEM to return to Doha, and that the GOS itself was pressuring Chadian rebels to return to Chad. DCM expressed his desire to have Chad-Sudan relations "normalize" a [...] | 2009-08-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA PINR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA355 | CHAD'S NATIONAL MEDIATOR ON A ROLL: GOUKOUNI, SOUBIANE [...] (SBU) Chad's National Mediator Abderamane Moussa told Ambassador and visiting SFRC Staffdel August 24 that the GOC was fully committed to national reconciliation with Chad rebels and to facilitating similar reconciliation in Darfur. Moussa described his role in bringing ex-rebel Ahmat Soubian [...] | 2009-08-25 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PINR SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA368 | SRSG ANGELO ON CHAD-SUDAN, CHAD REBELS, AND DIS [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Angelo told Ambassador August 31 that he had taken the initiative to engage with the GOC on Chad-Sudan normalization issues and had presented the GOC with a list of graduated confidence building measure, which Sudan SRSG Adada also would present to the GOS. Angelo said th [...] | 2009-09-02 11:35:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN PKO LY SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA398 | IMF STILL "HOPEFUL" AS CHAD MISSES BUDGET TARGETS [...] (SBU) IMF Chad chief Christian Josz, in Chad conducting a review of the Fund's current Staff-Monitored Program, told Ambassador September 11 that the GOC had not met its mid-term program targets, citing extra-budgetary capital investment and spending, as well as excessive reliance on credit an [...] | 2009-09-16 10:52:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EPET EFIN IMF PREL IBRD CBD EAID CD |
| 09NDJAMENA399 | FORMIN FAKI SAYS CHAD ACTING RESPONSIBLY ON JEM, [...] (U) ACTION MESSAGE: This is an action message: See para 8. ------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Chad FORMIN Faki told Ambassador September 16 that he was looking forward to representing Chad as Head of Delegation at the UNGA and afterwards in Washington. Faki said that Chad had cont [...] | 2009-09-16 12:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU PHUM LY QA CD |
| 09NDJAMENA401 | FRENCH IN CHAD SEE IMPROVED CLIMATE FOR CHAD-SUDAN [...] (SBU) French Ambassador Bruno Foucher, who returned last week from nearly two months in France, told me September 15 that he saw more indications of willingness to normalize Chad-Sudan relations on both sides of the border than he had before he left N'Djamena in mid-July. ----------- REASO [...] | 2009-09-16 17:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF SU LY QA FR MARR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA406 | AN EER FOR CHAD [...] (SBU) We learned two days ago of President Deby's decision to accept the invitation to lunch with POTUS and other African heads of state during upcoming UNGA meetings. This visit affords Embassy a good opportunity to lay out Chad's record of progress since its nadir of contemporary existence [...] | 2009-09-18 16:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU LY QA FR PKO MARR |
| 09NDJAMENA431 | HIGH PROFILE GOC CORRUPTION CASES MAY BE THE START OF A [...] (SBU) As Chad's oil revenue dwindles and the GOC exhausts its 2008 budgetary surplus, allegations of corruption are dominating local political discourse and headlines. Chad's Ministry of Morality, charged with investigating corruption within government ranks, has been hard at work, sparing no [...] | 2009-10-08 08:23:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON PREF PHUM CD |
| 09NDJAMENA438 | GHAZI VISIT TO CHAD; DEBY-BASSOLE MEETING; DOHA [...] (SBU) UN/AU Darfur Mediator Djibrill Bassole briefed USG officials October 10 on his meetings earlier in the week with Chadian President Idris Deby Itno, FONMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat, and Sudan rebel leaders from the JEM and various SLA factions. Bassole indicated that Sudanese Presidential Ad [...] | 2009-10-10 18:40:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM QA SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA446 | FM FAKI BRIEFS ON GHAZI VISIT RESULTS [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat called in DCM October 15 (Ambassador is traveling in Eastern Chad with MINURCAT) to provide a read-out of the October 10 discussions in N'Djamena among President Idriss Deby Itno, Sudanese Presidential Adviser Ghazi Salahhuddin, UN/AU Negotiator Djibrill Bassole, [...] | 2009-10-15 17:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS QA SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA447 | STATUS OF OURE CASSONI REFUGEE CAMP -- MOVE SEEMS [...] (SBU) The refugee camp in northeastern Chad on the Chad-Sudan border known as Oure Cassoni appears slated to be moved away from the border. The GoC announced on 14 September that the camp had to move (reported Ref A),and has designated a new site for its location. The United Nations High C [...] | 2009-10-16 09:30:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL SO CD |
| 09NDJAMENA457 | GOC "INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY" SCORING CONTINUED [...] The Deby Government's outreach to Chad rebels and former regime opponents, which we have long characterized as "intra-Chadian diplomacy," to distinguish it from classic, "Westphalian" intra-state diplomacy, has played a major role in ensuring Chad's national security by dividing and weakening [...] | 2009-10-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA460 | CHAD CONFRONTS CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] (U) This is the first of three cables on Chad's approach to environmental affairs, conveying information gathered in the course of the recent visit of the Regional Environmental, Science, Technology, and Health Officer (REO) to N'Djamena, and also following a number of high-level interventions [...] | 2009-10-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TBIO EFIS EAID CD |
| 09NDJAMENA462 | JEM ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) Khalil Ibrahim and Secretary of Humanitarian Affairs Suleiman Jamous, Secretary of Foreign Affairs Djibril Ibrahim, Secretary for Administration Abubakar Hamid, Economic Advisor Bushara Suleiman Nour, and Secretary for Finance Azadein Yousif. asked to see Ambassador Nigro and others at [...] | 2009-10-20 16:43:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA465 | CHAD: RUSSIAN SPECIAL SUDAN ENVOY BRIEFS PERM-3 [...] (SBU) Russian Special Envoy for Sudan Mikhail Margelov briefed U.S., French, and Chinese Ambassadors to Chad October 20 on his Chad visit, at Russian Embassy over breakfast. 2. (SBU) Margelov said that a recent seminar in Moscow on the CPA was a Russian attempt to interest Sudanese parties [...] | 2009-10-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM RU SU FR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA466 | CHAD: FRENCH HERE CONTINUE BULLISH ON CHAD-SUDAN, [...] (SBU) French DCM Erwan de Gouvello gave DCM an example of his nation's continued optimism about the prospects for Chad-Sudan rapprochement, GOC outreach to Chad rebels, and Chad's own progress toward improved standards of governance, based on the October 14-21 visit of Chadian President Idris [...] | 2009-10-21 12:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM FR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA469 | IOM IN CHAD: NEEDS MORE STAFF AND RESOURCES TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Accra and N'Djamena RefCoords have found that, in the continued absence of permanent staff to manage the USG's resettlement program for Central African and Sudanese Refugees in Chad, IOM's temporary staff are increasingly overwhelmed. We have requested acting IOM Chief of Mission in Ch [...] | 2009-10-23 07:44:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV CD |
| 09NDJAMENA479 | CHAD: MINURCAT SRSG GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo told Ambassador October 22 that he was "guardedly optimistic" regarding the current trend in Chad-Sudan relations, where momentum toward normalization and ending support for military proxies was building, and on Chad's election process, making "credible if n [...] | 2009-10-26 09:06:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU FR LY UN AU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA482 | CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) The following is an update of RefCoord N'Djamena activities for the period of 12 to 23 OCT, 2009. ------------------------------ RET'S SUDAN CURRICULUM EXAMS FOR GRADES 8 AND 11 -- PILOT CONTINUES IN 2010 ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) RefCoord met 12 OCT with Refugee Edu [...] | 2009-10-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PHUM SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA483 | JEM MATTERS: KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 3 and 6. ------------------------------------- KHALIL IBRAHIM ON INTERPOL WATCH LIST ------------------------------------- 2. (C) We understand that a "Red Notice" for JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim was placed on an INTERPOL list at the request of S [...] | 2009-10-26 16:11:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA485 | FORMIN SAYS CHAD PUSHING TO NORMALIZE WITH SUDAN, [...] (SBU) FM Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador and DCM October 27 that Chad was "perfectly serious" about pursuing normalization with Sudan; still talking to Sudan about confidence-building measures and normalizing relations along lines agreed during Dr.Ghazi Salahuddin's visit last month; and [...] | 2009-10-27 14:14:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU NI CD |
| 09NDJAMENA488 | CHAD: 2009 HARVEST AND FOOD SECURITY SITUATION [...] (SBU) In light of concerns on the part of NGO contacts and others that this year's cereals harvest will fall short of meeting Chad's food needs, Embassy staff had conversations October 27 and 28 with Ministry of Agriculture officials including Docteur Paul, Deputy Director of Production and [...] | 2009-10-28 16:51:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD ECON |
| 09NDJAMENA498 | CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE: THE NEXT STEP IS DEFINITELY [...] (SBU) "The ball is definitely in Sudan's court" in the current Chad-Sudan bilateral process aimed at detente between the two countries, Francophonie "Ambassador" Hassan Lebatt told Ambassador and DCM October 30. Lebatt, who is a keen analyst of the Chad-Sudan situation and very well-informed, [...] | 2009-10-30 12:20:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA501 | CHAD: WORLD BANK AND IMF REPS ON PUBLIC REVENUE [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings in recent days, World Bank and IMF representatives have commented on their in-country programs and on Chad's public revenue management, generally considered by both IFIs to be below par. The IBRD's Mary Barton-Dock confirmed that the World Bank was ready to step [...] | 2009-10-31 13:01:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EPET CH |
| 09NDJAMENA503 | THE CHADIAN GO-BETWEEN? EX-REBEL SOUBIANE "TELLS [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met November 2 with Ahmat Soubiane, who described his reasons for going into rebellion, his reasons for returning to Chad, his intention to continue to work to reconcile his former rebel comrades with the GOC, his intention to devote himself initially to socio-economic [...] | 2009-11-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PREF PINR SU LY FR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA510 | CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena and Accra RefCoords' activities for the period of 26 - 30 OCT, 2009. ------------------------------- REFCOORD AND RSO EASTERN CHAD SECURITY FAMILIARIZATION VISIT ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) N'Djamena and Accra RefCoords and N'dja [...] | 2009-11-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA531 | IN THE EYE OF THE STORM: ABECHE, CHAD'S EASTERN [...] (SBU) Abeche, the metropole of eastern Chad, is the center of activity for the local population and the international community's humanitarian and peacekeeping operations, as well as the far-flung region's commercial and administrative center, both civilian and military. The GOC's efforts to [...] | 2009-11-12 16:26:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF ECON CD |
| 09NDJAMENA536 | CHAD/JEM: FRENCH AND LIBYANS ON JEM ISSUES [...] (SBU) The French ambassador told us 11/14 that he had no information regarding recent or upcoming deliveries of arms to JEM in Chad and that he believed that the GOC has put Khalil Ibrahim "on a short leash," restricting his in-country travel to prevent him from getting involved in JEM armed [...] | 2009-11-16 13:54:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MARR SU LY PINR ER FR CD |
| 09NDJAMENA54 | CHAD/DOHA: THE IMPACT OF THE AGREEMENT HERE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ndjamena salutes Embassy Khartoum's intelligent and thoroughgoing analysis of the Doha Agreement (REF A),with which we by and large concur. We have a slightly different take on some of its Chad-related features. We doubt that both the Deby regime and the Chad rebels c [...] | 2009-02-23 17:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPKO UN AU CD SU |
| 09NDJAMENA540 | C-130 AIRCRAFT FOR CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA [...] (C) Embassy N'Djamena supports USG assistance to help Chad meet its legitimate needs for military air transport along the lines proposed Ref B, namely the package of C-130Rs, C-130Fs, and maintenance services at a cost of about USD 115 million. The visit here of an interagency assessment team, [...] | 2009-11-17 15:45:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PGOV ECON PREF PTER EFIN SU LY CD |
| 09NDJAMENA551 | ESSO CHIEF ON CHINESE OIL PROJECTS IN CHAD [...] (SBU) The Chinese are making concrete progress to exploit wells, build a pipeline system, and construct a refinery near the capital for domestic production, after years of speculation about Chinese development of oil fields in Chad, ESSO/Chad chief de Mahieu told Ambassador November 18, cal [...] | 2009-11-20 11:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EPET PREF CH CD |
| 09NDJAMENA591 | HOW TO THINK ABOUT CHAD: ASSESSING CHAD'S PROGRESS [...] (SBU) The Chad of December 2009 is not the Chad of December 2007. Much has happened in the intervening two years and the Chad's overall trajectory has generally been positive, when viewed in terms of USG bilateral and regional strategic goals. Any punctual assessment of USG policy toward C [...] | 2009-12-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR US CD |
| 09NDJAMENA601 | CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE "ON TRACK," CHAD REBELS IN [...] (SBU) FORMIN Moussa Faki Mahamat told Ambassador December 11 that the Chad-Sudan bilateral effort aimed at normalization of relations by ending their proxy war was "still on track," but going slower than the GOC would like, Faki said that the GOS apparently had duly "cantoned" some Chad rebel [...] | 2009-12-15 15:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA602 | "INTRA-CHADIAN DIPLOMACY" AND "CHADIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) National Mediator Abderamane Moussa told the Ambassador December 14 that the GOC's "national reconciliation" efforts continued to claim success, with the return of former armed rebels and former regime opponents to Chad. Moussa cited three recent events: the return to Chad this week [...] | 2009-12-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM ECON EFIN PINR SU |
| 09NDJAMENA615 | CHAD AND ITS FRANCOPHONE REGIONAL AFFILIATIONS: TENDING TO [...] (SBU) President Deby took over the annual rotating chairmanship of the Economic Community of Central African States (often referred to by its French acronym CEEAC) in October 2009. He will assume rotating leadership of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in January 2 [...] | 2009-12-22 16:47:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA617 | CHAD-SUDAN DETENTE: FORMIN FAKI TO LEAD CHAD [...] (C) Chad FORMIN Faki will lead a Chad delegation to Khartoum December 24, as the next step in the ongoing bilateral detente process, Chad AMB to Washington Bechir told Ambassador and DCM December 23 that he and the MFA Military Advisor would accompany FORMIN Faki, as would the Governors of C [...] | 2009-12-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF MARR MASS SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA621 | CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...] | 2009-12-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA622 | CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...] | 2009-12-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA623 | CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...] | 2009-12-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA624 | CHAD-SUDAN: "SUCCESSFUL" CHAD-SUDAN TALKS IN [...] (C) The Chadians consider that FORMIN Faki's visit to Khartoum December 24-25 was "very positive and successful" in advancing the bilateral normalization process and the end of their "proxy war," Chad's U.S. Ambassador Bechir told Ambassador Nigro December 26. The apparently very frank discus [...] | 2009-12-28 08:34:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA634 | CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS PERTAINING TO SEXUAL [...] (SBU) In response to request in Ref A on the status of possible legislation that might criminalize same-sex relationships in African nations, we have examined both Chad's Civil and Criminal Codes. The Civil Code, which dates from Chad's independence in 1960 and which resembles similar codes [...] | 2009-12-31 09:19:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CD |
| 09NDJAMENA70 | CHAD ELECTIONS UNLIKELY BEFORE 2010 [...] (SBU) Parliamentary and local elections in Chad are unlikely to be held until the first half of 2010, but the Chadian parties to the electoral reform process and Chad's key international partners remain committed to working towards credible elections as agreed in the 2007 August 13 Accord. Al [...] | 2009-03-04 17:02:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL PREF EU FR AU CD |
| 09NDJAMENA79 | WORLD BANK WANTS GOC PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT HQ IN [...] (SBU) World Bank Director of Operations for Chad Mary Barton-Dock told Ambassador March 4 the Bank's relationship with the Government of Chad had not progressed in the month and a half since the Bank had "partially" reopened its Chad office. A meeting between WB President Zoellick and Prime M [...] | 2009-03-10 06:27:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PREF EAID EFIN AU CD |
| 09NEWDELHI1009 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA HAILS [...] Excerpts from an editorial in the May 18 centrist, independent THE TIMES OF INDIA English daily: (BEGIN EXCERPTS) "New challenges are shaping up that require urgent action.... The economy will not recover on its own but will need action by the government on multiple fronts: roads, power, educa [...] | 2009-05-19 04:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1013 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA WELCOMES "END OF [...] (BEGIN EXCERPT): "President Rajapakse has achieved what no previous Sri Lankan leader came close to doing: securing the integrity and sovereignty of Sri Lanka by freeing it from the malevolent challenge of the LTTE. Now, in the post-Prabakaran era, he needs to address two big tasks: rehabilita [...] | 2009-05-19 10:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1029 | MEDIA REACTION: TALIBAN/PAKISTAN, SRI LANKA, [...] "TALIBAN, TALIBAN, TALIBAN," editorial in May 17 Islamist Urdu bi-weekly DAWAT: "In the Taliban, the United States seems to have found a new imaginary foe. Today the word Taliban has been reduced practically to an expletive. The U.S. initially carried out intensive bombardments against the Tal [...] | 2009-05-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI103 | INDIA MANAGING IMPACT OF GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ALTHOUGH [...] (SBU) Summary. Per Ref A, Mission provides an update on how India is weathering the global financial crisis and subsequent economic slowdown and on the political economy of the impact and government response. India's economy, already slowing from lower domestic spending in a high interest re [...] | 2009-01-16 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1036 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, PAKISTAN, UNITED [...] QWAR ENDS, BUT ISSUES STILL ALIVE,Q editorial in May 20 centrist Gujarati daily, JANMABHOOMI: QThe 30-year old violent ethnic struggle for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka may have ended, but it would be erroneous to infer that this will lead to a lasting peace. The Sri Lankan Rajapakse gov [...] | 2009-05-21 12:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1048 | NEW 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 18-22, 2009, including the following: -- Ministry of Finance Reorganization -- Insurance Bill Passage Likely in Winter Parliament -- CCI Goes Live -- India Notifies Initiation of Safeguard Duty Inve [...] | 2009-05-22 10:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV ELAB EMIN ENRG EPET |
| 09NEWDELHI1051 | MEDIA REACTION: SRI LANKA, TERRORORISM IN [...] "END OF LTTE," editorial in May 5 centrist Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Although the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been crushed, the fundamental problems of equal rights and status for the Tamils persist. The Sri Lankan government has to ensure that the Tamil people get justice. India, a [...] | 2009-05-22 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1052 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR UPDATES ON INFORMATION ON [...] (SBU) The following information is provided in response to reftel request for details of India,s immigration and border controls. A. (SBU) Immigration Data Bases and Traveler Information Collection: -- What computerized immigration databases are used to track entries and exits? Foreigners Re [...] | 2009-05-22 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1054 | NEW DELHI EST HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 18 TO MAY 22, [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 18 - 22, 2009, including the following: -- It's Official - Panna Tiger Reserve Has Lost All Its Native Tigers -- Oil Spill Threatens Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary -- Indian [...] | 2009-05-22 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1056 | CORRECTED COPY: INDIAN MINISTERS, SANS [...] (SBU) Indian President Pratibha Patil administered the oath of office to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 19 Cabinet Ministers at 6:30pm (local time) on May 22. Portfolios will be announced in the coming days. Among the returning ministers were prominent Congress Party names from the previo [...] | 2009-05-26 04:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1062 | GOI PORTFOLIOS ANNOUNCED INCLUDING NEW FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: At a Cabinet meeting on May 23, the newly formed Indian government announced six major portfolios: -- S.M. Krishna, External Affairs -- Pranab Mukherjee, Finance -- P. Chidambaram, Home -- A.K. Antony, Defense -- Sharad Pawar, Agriculture -- Mamata Banerjee, Railways Former [...] | 2009-05-26 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI109 | BJP VETERAN ATTACKS CENTER, INFIGHTING CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat's criticism of his own Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial hopeful L.K. Advani garnered widespread media attention last week. While the 86-year-old party stalwart's cranky outburst is unlikely to cause any lasting da [...] | 2009-01-16 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1129 | CHARGE MEETS NEW INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER; [...] (C) Summary: In a June 2 courtesy call by the Charge, newly appointed External Affairs Minister Krishna said he welcomed enhancement of the bilateral dialogue. In a prior meeting with Foreign Secretary Menon, the Charge flagged the need to move forward on "legacy" issues in the run-up to ne [...] | 2009-06-02 14:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ENRG CE IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1138 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...] | 2009-06-03 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI115 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: The Indian media reported and commented widely on the incoming and outgoing Presidents. Reports said President Bush on Monday made a round of farewell phone calls to world leaders, while President-elect Obama and his wife Michelle attended the Lincoln Memorial inaugural concert in Wa [...] | 2009-01-20 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1151 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT I [...] "Obama's eloquent address conspicuously excluded any reference to the Kashmir issue in the Indian sub- continent, home of the largest concentration of Muslims in the world, likely to the dismay of Pakistan and its separatist proxies who have made it a cause, and the delight of Indian nationali [...] | 2009-06-05 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1162 | New 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 1-5, 2009, including the following: -- GDP Growth of 6.7% Surprises on the Upside -- Infrastructure Sector Recovers Somewhat in April -- Some Signs of Expanding Manufacturing Sector -- FY 2009-10 Be [...] | 2009-06-05 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI1163 | NEW GOVERNMENT'S AGENDA: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian President Pratibha Patil's address to a joint session of Parliament on June 4 outlined the achievements of the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and charted a road map for the next five years. It was largely in-line with the Congress Party's election [...] | 2009-06-05 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI118 | FIERCE INDIAN REACTION TO MILIBAND'S KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: British Foreign Secretary Miliband's visit to India January 14-16 was a public relations disaster after his comments linking the Mumbai attacks to the Kashmir conflict made headlines. Miliband was widely criticized by the media and was the victim of pointed remarks by Indian offic [...] | 2009-01-20 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK UK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1185 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT II [...] "OBAMA'S CANDOUR IN TIMELESS CAIRO," opinion piece in June 6 centrist English daily, THE INDIAN EXPRESS: "Barack Obama's speech is quite simply one of the most important articulations by any world leader on the relationship between Islam and the West-indeed, between Islam and the rest of the w [...] | 2009-06-08 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1191 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA TRYING TO BECOME SAVIOR OF THE WORLD," op-ed in June 8 right-of-center AMAR UJALA: "President Obama is trying to become the savior of the world, projecting himself as a messiah. The United States, before advising others, should know that the Israel-Arab conflict, terrorism in Pakistan a [...] | 2009-06-09 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1196 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/U.S. MILITARY AID, [...] "INDIA NEEDS TO KEEP HER EYES WIDE OPEN," op-ed article in June 10 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "For over five decades now, Pakistan has been receiving U.S. aid on one pretext or another just to gain military superiority over India. It is thus widely perceived that the purpose of U. [...] | 2009-06-10 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI12 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN IN DEEP CRISIS," op-ed article in January 4 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "The only contribution of Pakistan in the war against terror is that it is the origin of terrorism, safe haven for Al-Qaida and the hub of the Pakistani and Afghan [...] | 2009-01-05 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1204 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "DOES THIS NEW LANGUAGE SPEAK OF NEW POSSIBILITIES?" editorial in June 11 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "The importance of President Obama's Cairo remarks is certainly different since he wants to dissociate himself from his predecessor. He does not offer an immediate solution [...] | 2009-06-11 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1209 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS MEETS INDIAN PRIME MINISTER SINGH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 11 meeting, Prime Minister Singh assured Under Secretary Burns of his strong personal commitment to strengthening further India's ties to the United States. Singh welcomed the development of a road map that would provide structure to the strategic partnership and produce [...] | 2009-06-11 17:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS PTER ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1210 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...] | 2009-06-11 17:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1211 | FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS NEW STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed a new architecture for the Strategic Dialogue and a variety of bilateral and regional issues during several meetings June 10. Remarking on the substantial overlap in thinking on how t [...] | 2009-06-11 17:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1212 | UNDERSECRETARY BURNS AND FOREIGN MINISTER KRISHNA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his first meeting with Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna, visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns outlined opportunities to expand the bilateral relationship as it enters the next phase. Foreign Secretary Menon and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Mee [...] | 2009-06-11 17:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1213 | HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...] | 2009-06-11 18:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1223 | U/S BURNS AND AHLUWALIA CHART NEXT STEPS IN THE BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman, and close economic adviser to the Prime Minister, Montek Singh Ahluwalia on June 11 to discuss proposals for moving the economic relationship forward. They focused on ways [...] | 2009-06-12 14:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1224 | ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...] | 2009-06-12 14:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1225 | FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA [...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...] | 2009-06-12 15:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1226 | INDIAN "YOUTH WAVE": NEW STARS IN THE PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of the 2009 parliamentary election highlighted the possible emergence of a generational change in Indian politics, with the spotlight on Rahul Gandhi as well as a large contingent of young contestants vying for seats in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliament) [...] | 2009-06-12 15:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1228 | NSA NARAYANAN MEETS WITH U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan saluted the dynamic nature of the U.S.-India relationship in a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, stating "we don't want a hiatus." The NSA encouraged visits of senior U.S. officials, and described cooperation on defense and coun [...] | 2009-06-12 16:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1229 | INDIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS: RELEASE AUNG SAN SUU KYI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indian press reported June 11 that a group of Indian parliamentarians had submitted an appeal to Prime Minister Singh to ask Burma to release Aung San Suu Kyi and to hold elections. Member of Parliament Sharad Joshi, a leader of the previously defunct Indian Parliamentarians' F [...] | 2009-06-15 04:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1236 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH IN [...] "OBAMA'S EXPRESSION," op-ed in June 14 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "President Obama's speech in Cairo was meant to assure the Islamic community of American goodwill. Some warmly supported it and some expressed a need for concrete actions, particularly on the Palestine-Israel i [...] | 2009-06-15 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1245 | U/S BURNS MEETS INDIAN HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Kapil Sibal, the genial and upbeat new Minister of Human Resources Development (MHRD) welcomed Under Secretary Burns and his delegation for a tour d'horizon of India's educational challenges and a proposal for partnership. In office only two weeks, Sibal is clearly relishing the [...] | 2009-06-16 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO OIIP SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM PK PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1251 | AVIATION FEE IMPASSE FORCES EMBASSY TO CANCEL SUPPORT FLIGHT, SEEK INTERIM SOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date (ref A and previous) on the issue of aviation-related fees for official U.S. Government aircraft and understands that an interagency process is currently underway to pr [...] | 2009-06-16 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR KMGT OTRA EAIR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI126 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] SUMMARY: On Tuesday night (22:30 India time) urban India was glued to their TV sets as "history was being made, and hope and change being ushered in" for the United States. Live telecasts, with Indian language commentary and voice-overs, ran on all mainstream news channels. Leading broadcaster [...] | 2009-01-21 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1260 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.-INDIA [...] "NATURAL CONCLUSION," editorial in June 16 nationalist Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is not unnatural for Indian policymakers to conclude that Pakistan will not take action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai terror attack. The basic reason behind Pakistan's tenacious anti-India attitude [...] | 2009-06-17 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1263 | SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COMMENTARY ON [...] "IRAN ON THE BOIL," editorial in left-influenced THE HINDU: "The official declaration of incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a runaway winner in a hotly disputed and possibly rigged presidential election has generated a white heat of popular anger that has no precedent in Iran's post-re [...] | 2009-06-17 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1266 | INDO-PAK TALKS: MEDIA REPORTS OF LEADERS' FIRST [...] SUMMARY: Indian Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg June 16, their first meeting since the Mumbai terrorist attacks last November. Indian media widely applauded PM Singh's comments, cr [...] | 2009-06-17 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER PK IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1272 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PALESTINE, [...] "CLEAR WARNING," editorial in June 17 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Manmohan Singh clearly and publicly told President Zardari in Yekaterinburg that Pakistan's territory should not be used for terrorist attacks against India. Such a firm attitude is absolutely right when deal [...] | 2009-06-18 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1276 | INDO-PAK TALKS: ICE BROKEN ON ENGAGEMENT WITH [...] (SBU) The meeting between Prime Minister Singh and Pakistani President Zardari on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg on June 16 (ref A) continued to dominate headlines following press conferences by Prime Minister Singh June 17 and Foreign Secre [...] | 2009-06-18 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1277 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...] | 2009-06-18 14:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1278 | BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...] | 2009-06-18 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI128 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-21 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1285 | MANMOHAN SINGH: GREAT EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) on June 9, reaffirming the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's agenda and goals as mentioned in President Prathiba Patil's parliamentary address one week before. PM Singh em [...] | 2009-06-19 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1287 | INDIA: DEMARCHE ON MEF LEADERS MEETING DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge D'Affairs (CDA) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and Minister for Science and Technology, on June 19. CDA emphasized to Minister Chavan that the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF),and a strong Lead [...] | 2009-06-22 03:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGHG SENV PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1290 | NEW INDIAN S&T AND ENVIRONMENT MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Environment, Science and Technology (EST) issues have taken on renewed emphasis in India with the appointment of two key Ministers that are well respected, action and results oriented, and favorably disposed toward the U.S. MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES [...] | 2009-06-22 10:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1291 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "PAKISTAN USES NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BLACKMAIL AMERICA," editorial in June 22 right-of-center Marathi daily, SAAMNA: "Despite the rising global pressure on Pakistan after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, Pakistan does not seem to have changed its ways. On the contrary, the Pakistani government s [...] | 2009-06-22 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1294 | INDIA: EMPHASIS ON INCREASING U.S. S&T COLLABORATION [...] (SBU) During a 19 June courtesy call, Mr. Prithviraj Chavan, newly appointed Minister for Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, and continuing Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, told the Charge (CDA) that he wanted science and technology (S&T) collaboration betwe [...] | 2009-06-23 04:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KSCA SENV TSPL ECON SOCI IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1302 | OBAMA SPEECH IN CAIRO: INDIA MEDIA REPORT III [...] "OBAMA'S EFFORTS," editorial in June 8 right-of- center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "Obama cannot be held responsible for the atrocities perpetrated by Bush, but it is a fact that massacre and bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq were committed by none other than Obama's predecessor. To what extent can O [...] | 2009-06-23 13:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1308 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "PAKISTAN'S PROBLEMS," editorial in June 24 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "There is not going to be an end to the problems faced by Pakistan despite its receiving enormous aid from America. This is because most of the aid is utilized to amass weapons against India and the [...] | 2009-06-24 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1316 | MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "IRAN ON THE THRESHOLD OF CHANGE," op-ed in June 25 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAAL: "The turbulent aftermath of Iran's elections also holds some positive possibilities. Nobody can predict when the violence will stop over there, but President Ahmadinejad now cannot be stripped of his presidency [...] | 2009-06-25 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1321 | HUMAN RESOURCE, LABOR, AND WOMEN/CHILD DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The Congress Party appointed three party loyalists to positions in the Human Resource Development, Labor, and Women/Child Development Ministries. Sibal: Experienced Lawyer and Politician Takes Helm at Human Resource Development ----- 2. (U) Kapil Sibal was sworn into the cabinet on M [...] | 2009-06-26 06:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN KDEM KOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB |
| 09NEWDELHI1333 | MEA KRISHNA HONORS BHUTAN WITH FIRST VISIT ABROAD [...] (U) Summary. India's newly-appointed Minister for External Affairs S.M. Krishna visited Bhutan June 18-20, marking his first trip abroad after assuming power. Krishna met with the current and former kings, Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley, and other officials to reaffirm the close relationship b [...] | 2009-06-26 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM IN BT INR ENRG EAID ELTN |
| 09NEWDELHI1337 | NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...] | 2009-06-29 05:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1338 | PRIME MINISTER SINGH DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh shared his views on the bilateral relationship and regional security challenges with visiting National Security Advisor Jones June 26. The Prime Minister welcomed the Secretary of State's planned visit to develop the "enormous opportunities" in the relationsh [...] | 2009-06-29 05:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1339 | NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...] | 2009-06-29 10:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1357 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S MUSLIM [...] "OBAMA'S NEW KID ON THE KASHMIR BLOCK," editorial in June 30 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The Obama administration's appointment of Farah Pandith, a woman of Kashmiri-origin chosen to reach out to the Muslim world, has been welcomed. This is the first time the post of such [...] | 2009-06-30 10:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI137 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA INAUGURATION; NEW DELHI. [...] "DREAM AND REALITY," editorial in 21 Jan centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Despite its openness, American society is very conservative when it comes to gender and racial equality. When you see how difficult it is for women and non-whites to make it big, then you know the significance of B [...] | 2009-01-22 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1372 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA [...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...] | 2009-07-02 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1386 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, PAKISTAN; [...] "UNNECESSARY CONCERN ABOUT CHINA," op-ed in July 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "In 1962, India's political and military leadership was not experienced enough to face China. The question is should we be still worry about another armed struggle with China? 2009 is not 1962, and now India may not [...] | 2009-07-06 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1411 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, POTUS [...] "ALTHOUGH LATE, ZARDARI FINALLY SPEAKS THE TRUTH," editorial in July 9 centrist Gujarati daily, DIVYA BHASKAR: "Pakistani President Zardari's admission, that Pakistan created and nurtured terrorists to achieve short-term goals, is the first such instance by any Pakistani head of state in recen [...] | 2009-07-09 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1432 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "A SHAMELESS CONFESSION," editorial in July 10 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "President Zardari made a sensational admission, saying Pakistan nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives. Now anything that Zardari does is not simple. So he might take a u-turn and deny or tw [...] | 2009-07-10 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1439 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "DOUBTS ABOUT ZARDARI'S INTENTIONS," editorial in July 10 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Pakistan President Zardari's statement that his country not only willfully created but also nurtured terrorists as a policy to achieve tactical objectives is important. However, confessions a [...] | 2009-07-13 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1447 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PAKISTAN, [...] "READY FOR PEACE TALKS," editorial in July 13 right- of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "PM Manmohan Singh has once again made it clear that India is ready to restore bilateral relations with Pakistan. Now Pakistan should also take initiatives to make the joint efforts successful. Pakista [...] | 2009-07-14 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1458 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "ANOTHER ABOUT TURN BY PAKISTAN," editorial in July 15 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "Despite the prevailing security threats and volatile political situation in Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government informed Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday that it wanted to withdraw its petition ch [...] | 2009-07-15 11:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1464 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...] | 2009-07-15 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | EAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI1466 | INDIAN AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN SECRETARIES MET; [...] (SBU) The Sharm-el-Sheikh session between India and Pakistan,s Foreign Secretaries on July 14 appears to have gone fairly well, with the Indian press reporting that Menon and Bashir discussed terrorism, specifically the 26/11 attack and Islamabad's next steps in trying the accused perpetrators [...] | 2009-07-15 14:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI147 | MEDIA REACTION: CORONATION OF OBAMA; NEW DELHI. [...] "BIRTH OF A NEW DREAM," editorial in January 22 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "In the U.S., thousands will attend a rock concert, but it gets tough to get even a hundred people to a political gathering. But they came for Obama -- in thousands, braving the numbing cold. So, what made th [...] | 2009-01-23 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1475 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, G-8 [...] "ZARDARI'S TRYST WITH TRUTH," commentary in July 15 right of center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Zardari has shown rare courage in making a candid admission of the domestic realities. Till recently it was both blasphemous and anti-national in Islamabad to acknowledge this truth. The military-l [...] | 2009-07-16 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1485 | INDO-PAK TALKS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Singh's July 16 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani has drawn a heated reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The political fallout threatens to overshadow the potential positive developments stemming from t [...] | 2009-07-17 12:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1488 | NIRUPAMA RAO: A POISED NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indian President Patil appointed Nirupama Rao as India,s second female Foreign Secretary. She will take office at the end of the month. A trusted East Asia hand, Rao is a veteran diplomat, known for her poised demeanor; she most recently served as Indian Ambassador to China. [...] | 2009-07-20 01:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1490 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "TERRORISM, PAKISTAN AND HILLARY CLINTON'S INDIA VISIT," editorial in July 17 centrist Marathi daily NAVSHAKTI: "The Indian government is as usual is in a state of high alert in order to protect its financial capital - Mumbai -- from yet another terror attack. On the other hand, the Pakistani [...] | 2009-07-20 07:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1501 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "RELATIONS WITH U.S. IN NEW ERA," op-ed in July 19 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic analyst K. Subrahmanyam: "Hillary Clinton is very popular among the Indian community in the U.S. No previous secretary of state was in a better position than her to strengthen the U.S.-India relations.... [...] | 2009-07-20 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1514 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] The Secretary's press conference with External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna generated lead stories today. Reports said U.S. and India announced they had agreed on an "end-use monitoring" pact that takes a major step toward allowing the sale of sophisticated U.S. arms to India. 2. Secretar [...] | 2009-07-21 12:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1517 | SPECIAL REPORT: MEDIA COVERAGE OF SECRETARY [...] Media reports said that the Indian government, under attack from the Opposition for "compromising" national sovereignty by agreeing to allow U.S. inspection of military installations, asserted it has not bargained away India's interest by going in for the End-User Monitoring Agreement with Ame [...] | 2009-07-22 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI152 | CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE MISSION REVEALS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A trade mission co-led by the U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) and Nuclear Energy Institute explored opportunities for civil nuclear cooperation in meetings with senior political and technical officials in New De [...] | 2009-01-23 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI153 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 20-23, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 20-23, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Dalai Lama Asks Delhi to Choose Dialogue, Promote Tolerance -- Former BJP Parliamentarians Join Congress in Karnataka -- CPM Sus [...] | 2009-01-23 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR |
| 09NEWDELHI1538 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE INDIA VISIT, INDO-PAK [...] "NEW MILESTONE IN RELATIONS," editorial in July 23 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The agreements finalized during the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to India can be defined as a new milestone in U.S.-India relations. No doubt there are differences over enrichment and reproces [...] | 2009-07-24 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1546 | RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT: [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary (Russia) Rahul Shrivastava. He welcomed the information and said it was useful to get a more detailed readout. Shrivastava noted that he did not believe that Russia's main irritant [...] | 2009-07-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1547 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO INDIA, INDO- [...] "U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP: IS IT A REAL FRIENDSHIP?" article in centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "The U.S. Secretary of State received an extraordinarily warm welcome in India. However, the overwhelming media coverage is not an indication of the nature of bilateral bonds between India and the U. [...] | 2009-07-27 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1565 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "WELCOMING ARIHANT: INDIA NEEDS TO BE ALERT TO A POSSIBLE ATTACK FROM THE SEA," editorial in July 28 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "India's naval defense preparedness has taken a decisive leap forward with the launch of the first indigenously-built nuclear powered submarine, INS Arihant, whi [...] | 2009-07-28 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1583 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-29 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1595 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISCONCEPTION OF INDIA AND PAKISTAN," op-ed in July 29 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The media in both India and Pakistan failed to rise above their mindsets to welcome the outcome of the Sharm-el- Sheikh meetings. Hillary Clinton's statement that the two countries should resol [...] | 2009-07-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1600 | AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS PARTNERSHIP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 26-27 visit, Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta announced the establishment of an India-Afghanistan Partnership Council and discussed security concerns with Prime Minister Singh, Foreign Minister Krishna, and National Security Advisor Narayanan. Embassy contacts called the v [...] | 2009-07-30 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1604 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S- [...] "INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS: NO NEGOTIATION OUT OF FEAR; AND NO FEAR OF NEGOTIATION," editorial in July 31 centrist Marathi daily, LOKMAT: "In his response to the accusation of being a sellout to Pakistan, Prime Minister Singh reiterated Kennedy's rhetoric: "let us never negotiate out of fear, but l [...] | 2009-07-31 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1620 | PM SINGH DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY IN PARLIAMENT (CORRECTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Singh defended his government's handling of foreign policy before the Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament) on July 29, addressing head-on opposition criticism of the joint statement with Pakistani Prime Minister Gillani at Sharm el-Sheikh, and ancillary gripes ab [...] | 2009-08-03 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1621 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "PRIME MINISTER'S NEW POLICY," op-ed in August 2 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh's message in Parliament was clear: Pakistan is a tough neighbor, and we along with other nations should prepare it to denounce terror. Since Pakistan has nuclear weapons, all nati [...] | 2009-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI163 | BHUTANESE KING AND PM CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Summary. Post received letters of congratulations to President Barack Obama from Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley and His Majesty the Fifth Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. The letter from the Prime Minister is the signed original and we will forward the original via pouch and fax [...] | 2009-01-27 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP KDEM PGOV PHUM BT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1636 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MISPLACED GENEROSITY," op-ed in August 3 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's latest peace overture to a recalcitrant Pakistan seems bewildering and misplaced. How can you repose trust in a Pakistan that is unwilling to own up to its misdemeanors? Paki [...] | 2009-08-04 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1648 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S INTENTION," editorial in August 4 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Pakistan is showing its true colors now. From its attitude on the Hafiz Saeed's case, it is clear that Pakistan has no intention to improve relations with India. India should also adopt a tit- for-tat attitude against Paki [...] | 2009-08-06 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1649 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: NEXT STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Following on the August 5 Interagency Policy Committee meeting to discuss the Strategic Dialogue, Mission offers its views on next steps in the run up to the Prime Minister's November visit. We spell out dialogue goals, describe ways to move forward, flag pitfalls and propose po [...] | 2009-08-06 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI165 | POST COMMENTS AND CONCERNS ABOUT DOL'S DRAFT LIST [...] (C) Summary. Embassy New Delhi welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that DOL has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Post requests the Indian goods listed (reftel A) be withdrawn from DOL's draft list until post [...] | 2009-01-27 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD IN PHUM |
| 09NEWDELHI1655 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, THE [...] "MISCONCEPTIONS BEHIND INDIA'S PAK POLICY," op-ed in August 6 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Even though India's extended hand has been slapped again and again by Pakistan, right-minded Indians still desire peace and stability on the subcontinent -- but with dignity. Instead of P [...] | 2009-08-07 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1666 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, U.S.- [...] "AFTER BAITULLAH," editorial in August 8 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud's killing in a U.S. drone attack does not benefit the NATO forces struggling in Afghanistan much, but it is a big relief for Pakistan. The U.S. strategy is to weaken the T [...] | 2009-08-10 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1667 | DALAI LAMA SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a August 8 introductory meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on his upcoming October visit to the U.S. and his strategy for engaging China. The Dalai Lama suggested the U.S. engage China on climate change in Tibet, recognizing that Tibetans could wait five to ten ye [...] | 2009-08-10 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | SENV PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1690 | MEDIA REACTION: WAR AGAINST TERRORISM, INDIA- [...] "AMERICA'S DOUBLE STANDARDS," op-ed in August 12 left-of-center Marathi daily, AAPLA MAHANAGAR: "The U.S. policy towards Pakistan is duplicitous and not favoring India. The U.S. is more bothered about Pakistan's sovereignty, as if it is America's responsibility to protect Pakistan from variou [...] | 2009-08-12 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1698 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "HOTLINE OF RELATIONS," editorial in August 12 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Both India and China are mature in diplomacy, but their deep distrust of each other does not allow any progress in relations. The decision to set up a hotline between them was the only outcome of last week's talks. [...] | 2009-08-13 11:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI17 | MENON PRESENTS EVIDENCE OF PAKISTAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon shared with Ambassador Mulford and fourteen other ambassadors January 5 evidence linking the Mumbai terrorist attacks to Pakistan. Menon reported that he had summoned the Pakistan High Commissioner earlier in the day to share a similar, more limite [...] | 2009-01-05 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1707 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO UPBEAT AND EXPANSIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Foreign Secretary Rao August 12, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of the Strategic Dialogue and of implementing the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement, as well as bringing to justice the perpetrators of the 26/11 terrorist attacks in Mumb [...] | 2009-08-13 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1708 | THE 13TH ROUND OF INDIA-CHINA BORDER TALKS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The thirteenth round of the India-China boundary negotiations, expanded to include a range of bilateral and international issues, was held on August 7-8 in New Delhi and ended without progress on the border dispute. The two sides agreed to establish a telephone hotline between ca [...] | 2009-08-13 14:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1717 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "USED TO BEING CHEATED," commentary in August 14 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Pakistanis must be laughing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's borrowed formulation that we must adopt a "trust but verify" approach to our relations with their country. Our politicians only trust [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1722 | INDIAN AF-PAK ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: When Ambassador Holbrooke visits New Delhi, his GOI interlocutors - National Security Advisor Narayanan, Foreign Secretary Rao, and Special Afghanistan Representative Lambah - will be eager to discuss India's USD 1.2 billion dollar assistance program in Afghanistan. They will like [...] | 2009-08-17 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL PTER PINS EAID MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1728 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, SHAH [...] "MUSHARRAF IN TROUBLE," editorial in August 17 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry's Supreme Court bench got ex- President General Musharraf into trouble declaring his provisional constitutional order unconstitutional. If President Zardari and PM Gilani accept th [...] | 2009-08-18 11:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1739 | MEDIA REACTION: SHAH RUKH KHAN, TERRORISM, [...] "WAS THE IMMIGRATION OFFICER WHO HARRASSED SHAH RUKH A JEW?" commentary in August 19 right-of-center Urdu daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prior to the Shah Rukh Khan incident, several Muslim clerics have been deported from American airports. The strong American Jewish lobby prevents entry of Muslims [...] | 2009-08-19 10:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1749 | UPA 2.0: SLOW AND STEADY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly constituted Indian parliament concluded its first post-election session on August 7 after approving the annual national budget and passing important legislation on education while shelving several other pressing matters. The budget session was a mild disappointment f [...] | 2009-08-20 02:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1753 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "MANMOHAN'S STATEMENT," editorial in August 19 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's remarks on Monday that there was credible information that terrorist groups based in neighboring Pakistan were planning new attacks in India may be news to him, but it's n [...] | 2009-08-20 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1763 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "STATES' ROLE IN INTERNAL SECURITY," editorial in August 20 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said there was credible information of ongoing plans of terrorist groups in Pakistan to carry out fresh attacks. On the one hand, the PM's warning reminds [...] | 2009-08-21 11:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1766 | New 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 17-21, 2009, including the following: -- Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council Reconstituted -- Dr. Subir Gokran Likely to be Next RBI Deputy Governor -- Ministry of Finance Releases Direct T [...] | 2009-08-21 13:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID ECIN ECPS EINT EAGR EFIN EINV ENRG EPET |
| 09NEWDELHI1774 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "WARNING OF DANGER," op-ed in August 23 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh recently warned that there was credible information of possible terror attacks from Pakistan- based terror groups. If Pakistan is really sincere about cooperating with India on terrorism [...] | 2009-08-24 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1778 | MEA JOINT SECRETARY RAGHAVAN CALLS MEETING FOR AN [...] (C)Summary: Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, T.C.A. Raghavan called an ""urgent briefing"" on August 18 for representatives of countries whose nationals were killed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Raghavan provided a dossier on Hafiz Saeed, [...] | 2009-08-24 14:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI178 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GUANTANAMO: [...] "POLICY OF FRIENDSHIP," editorial in the January 28 pro- Congress Party HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "All of the following happened at the same time: U.S. President Barack Obama said in his message on Republic Day that the U.S. is India's best friend -- the message had a very personal touch; secondl [...] | 2009-01-29 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1782 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL [...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...] | 2009-08-25 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1783 | HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S WASHINGTON D.C. VISIT, SEPT. 7-10 [...] (S) Summary and Background: India's Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram will visit New York and Washington D.C from September 7 - 10. On August 19, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials shared the ""agenda points"" for the Home Minister's visit. The GOI sees the visit as an opportunit [...] | 2009-08-25 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1795 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZES DE-LINKAGE BETWEEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Shahid Malik August 25, Ambassador Roemer stressed the importance of bringing to justice the perpetrators of the Mumbai terrorist attacks and dismantling terrorist groups. He specifically emphasized the import [...] | 2009-08-27 10:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1801 | INDIA BOOSTS TIES WITH NEPAL, KEEPS AN EYE ON CHINA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nepali Prime Minister Nepal's visit to New Delhi allowed India to hit the reset button in its ties with Nepal. PM Nepal met with all the right people and, despite Maoist pressure from home, came away with promises of substantial aid in infrastructure, trade, police training, and [...] | 2009-08-28 05:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1806 | FOREIGN MINISTRY PROPOSES MOU ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed External Affairs Minister Krishna August 28 to complete the outstanding civil nuclear cooperation implementation items prior to Prime Minister Singh's November 24 visit to Washington. Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Gaitri Kumar [...] | 2009-08-28 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1808 | New 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 24-28, 2009, including the following: -- India Announces Foreign Trade Policy for 2009-2014 -- ICRIER Seminar On Express Delivery Issues -- Washington Apples Bring Bonanza to Indian Importers -- [...] | 2009-08-31 02:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1812 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...] | 2009-08-31 14:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET//NOFORN | OVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1819 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, INDIA- [...] "LATE WISDOM DAWNS ON THE U.S.," editorial in September 1 left-of-center Marathi daily, MAHARASHTRA TIMES: "The U.S. has made a great and late discovery - that Pakistan illegally modified missiles given by the US to expand its capability to strike targets in India. There have been countless in [...] | 2009-09-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1853 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA IFTAR DINNER, [...] "OBAMA'S IFTAR" editorial in September 4, 2009 centrist Urdu daily, MILAP: "The U.S President's hosting an Iftar dinner at the White House is a praiseworthy initiative by all means. Hosting Iftars is a good way to feel the essence of Islam. However, the invitees are generally those who agree [...] | 2009-09-04 12:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1857 | JAPANESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Ambassador Hideaki Domichi described the Indo-Japanese relationship as "on an upswing" in a meeting with Ambassador Roemer August 31. The implications for Japan's foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan's (DPJ) victory in the August 30 elections were not yet cle [...] | 2009-09-04 13:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JA IN AF |
| 09NEWDELHI1861 | New 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 31 - September 4, 2009, including the following: -- India Hosts WTO Mini-Ministerial to Re-energize Doha -- India's Own Trade Continues to Plunge -- More Investment Options for Foreign Venture Cap [...] | 2009-09-08 03:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI187 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. POLICIES, WAR AGAINST [...] "FIRST OF ALL ERADICATE OPPRESSION AND ITS USURY", editorial in the January 29 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "Barrack Obama is a symbol of a 'Change' in the America of the 21st century. Therefore, the American hand of friendship extended by the American to India, through the g [...] | 2009-01-30 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1872 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...] | 2009-09-08 13:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1879 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIAN MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S [...] "NATURAL ASSESSMENT," editorial in September 8 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "A discussion on Pakistan's promises and will to eliminate terrorism is natural during Indian Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram's forthcoming visit to the U.S. But it is difficult to say if the U.S. will se [...] | 2009-09-09 11:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1887 | MEDIA REACTION:SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, VISIT OF [...] "CHINA TAKING ADVANTAGE OF INDIA'S SILENCE," commentary in September 9 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "On the one hand China denies India's allegations of intrusion in Ladakh and talks about investigating it. On the other hand, however, it is quite evident that China does not respect the borde [...] | 2009-09-10 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1897 | INDIA: READY TO HELP NEPAL, SKEPTICAL OF MAOISTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Satish Mehta told us September 3 that India's priority in Nepal is to support a stable, democratic government. Prime Minister Nepal's August visit was a positive step and left a strong impression of Nepal's confidence and commitment to democracy. India [...] | 2009-09-11 11:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1899 | MEDIA REACTION: 9/11 ANNIVERSARY, U.S. FOREIGN [...] "THE SHADOW OF 9/11 CONTINUES TO LINGER," editorial in September 11 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "America became alert to the dangers of Islamic fundamentalism after the 9/11 attacks... But the counter- insurgency and counter-terrorism measures of the U.S. have their limitations, mainly [...] | 2009-09-11 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI190 | REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...] | 2009-01-30 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1902 | DUSTR Marantis Visit to Re-energize Trade Policy Forum [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (DUSTR) Demetrios Marantis visited New Delhi August 11-13 to meet with GOI officials and private sector representatives to prepare for USTR Ambassador Kirk's participation in a bilaterl Trade Policy Forum (TPF) ministerial in Delhi later this fal [...] | 2009-09-11 14:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EINV EAGR EFIN CVIS KGHG ECPS PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1903 | New 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 8-11, 2009, including the following: -- Possible Warming of India-Pakistan Bilateral Trade Ties -- India's First Annual Foreign Trade Barriers Report -- Jet Airways Pilots Strike - An End in Si [...] | 2009-09-14 02:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD BEXP PHUM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI1917 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, INDIA-CHINA, [...] "EXPECTATION FROM PAKISTAN," editorial in September 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's U.S. visit has yielded something, in that the U.S. has now at least asked Pakistan to bring the perpetrators of 26/11 to justice. Despite providing all the evidences, Pakistan [...] | 2009-09-15 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1928 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, PAKISTAN / [...] "MUSHARRAF'S REVELATION EXPOSES U.S.," editorial in September 15 Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Pervez Musharraf is back to playing games. His admission that U.S. aid was diverted against India is nothing but a ploy to gain public support. During his forthcoming U.S. visit, External Affairs Min [...] | 2009-09-16 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI195 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIAN ANXIETY OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: There is uncertainty and anxiety within the Indian foreign policy establishment over the direction the new U.S. administration might take on its India policy. The principal areas of Indian concern are: -- renewed U.S. activism on Kashmir; -- replacement of the stand-alone bil [...] | 2009-01-30 14:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KISL PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1955 | PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI [...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...] | 2009-09-22 02:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI198 | MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI. [...] "OBAMA AND MUSLIM WORLD," op-ed article in the February 1 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic expert K. Subrahmanyam: "George Bush kept fighting till the last day of his term against terrorism, but never defined his enemy. But the new U.S. President Barack Obama did not vaci [...] | 2009-02-02 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1983 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH [...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...] | 2009-09-24 11:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI1991 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, TERRORISM, [...] "INDIA'S CORRECT SUGGESTION," editorial in September 24 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "Indian minister Jayram Ramesh and climate change expert Rajendra Pachauri have rightly underlined the need for the U.S. to bring about a 'lifestyle change' to combat climate change. America has [...] | 2009-09-25 10:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI20 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "UNNECESSARY STEP," editorial in January 5 right-of- center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Home Minister P. Chidambaram's upcoming U.S. visit to share evidence of Pakistani links to the Mumbai attacks means the U.S. is not convinced of Pakistan's complicity in the Mumbai carnage. With an FBI team [...] | 2009-01-06 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2000 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES NSA NARAYANAN ON CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. During a lengthy September 22 meeting with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan, the Ambassador pushed for rapid GOI action to implement several key provisions of the 123 Civil-Nuclear Agreement in advance of Prime Minister Singh's November 24 state visit to the U.S. Na [...] | 2009-09-26 07:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2022 | MEDIA REACTION: G20 MEETING, INDO-PAK [...] "FROM EIGHT TO TWENTY," editorial in September 27 nationalist Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "That economic changes are sweeping the entire world once again became clear at Pittsburg, with the G-20 proving itself to be the new driving force. This proclamation has several significances. No doubt, [...] | 2009-09-30 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2032 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, NUCLEAR [...] "DEADLOCK AS USUAL IN INDO-PAK RELATIONS," editorial in September 30 right-of-center Urdu daily, ETEMAAD: "Islamabad is responsible for the failure of talks between India and Pakistan. When there are no concrete initiatives in view, what should India recognize? India will not hesitate to exten [...] | 2009-10-01 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2038 | INDIA CAUTIOUS ON DELIVERING STRONG MESSAGE TO IRAN [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Y.K. Sinha (Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division) told us in an October 1 meeting that India shares our concerns about Iran's nuclear program and agree [...] | 2009-10-01 15:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC IAEA PHUM PREL PROP CASC KNNP MNUC PARM |
| 09NEWDELHI2043 | FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on September 30 that recent GOI-Pakistan talks in New York were detailed and "useful," observing that the Pakistan side "seemed to realize that terrorism is as much a threat to them as it is to us." Noting that Pakistani a [...] | 2009-10-05 08:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETTC TRGY IN AF PA |
| 09NEWDELHI2079 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: BLAST OUTSIDE INDIAN [...] SUMMARY: The blast outside the Indian embassy in Kabul on October 8, 2009, the second attack in two years allegedly targeting the Indian Mission in Afghanistan, generated widespread reporting in the Indian media today. Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao on Friday arrived in Kabul to review the sit [...] | 2009-10-09 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2084 | PM SINGH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE'S BULLISH ON GREEN [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told the Ambassador on October 8 that he was looking forward to his November state visit to Washington. In a conversation on the margins of the annual Air Force Day reception, Singh stressed his strong interest in the U.S. and India working togethe [...] | 2009-10-09 12:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SENV ENRG ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2088 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: Mission India warmly welcomes you back to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washington [...] | 2009-10-09 14:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2094 | SPECIAL REPORT: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] SUMMARY: Indian media commentators were divided on whether President Barack Obama deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. Those in favor argued he has shown remarkable initiatives on the Middle East, inclusive Muslim outreach, and non-proliferation and has all the makings of a world statesman. They f [...] | 2009-10-13 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2104 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, POTUS NOBEL [...] "PAKISTAN, PLEASE WAKE UP!" editorial in October 12 Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The terrorist attack on Pakistan's military headquarters shows that it is reaping what it has sown. The strategy of nurturing terrorism against India has now become the biggest challenge for Pakistan's own exis [...] | 2009-10-14 11:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI211 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PAKISTAN [...] "OBAMA'S POSSIBLE PAKISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 16 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "Diplomatic conjecture about President Obama's possible Pakistan policy points to the fact that Pakistan is useful in safeguarding America's interest in the Indian sub-continent. True, America has [...] | 2009-02-03 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2111 | MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE, [...] "RESPONSIBILITY OF THE AWARD RECIPIENT," editorial in October 14 independent Bengali daily, ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "President Obama should have declined the Nobel Prize, because the U.S. is still engaged in Afghanistan and is accused of not withdrawing troops from Iraq. However, now that the awa [...] | 2009-10-15 11:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2132 | MEDIA REACTION: PM VISIT TO U.S., PAKISTAN, [...] "COUNTDOWN TO U.S. VISIT," editorial in October 19 centrist, Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "Preparations for building new bridges between America and India have started in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's state visit to United States. U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wi [...] | 2009-10-20 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2135 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD, OPENS [...] (C) Summary: Not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue to resume, India has moved forward unilaterally on the Delhi-Srinagar dialogue and its efforts for reconciliation in Kashmir. Home Minister Chidambaram announced on October 14 that the GOI will talk directly "with all shades" [...] | 2009-10-21 11:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI214 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, PALESTINE / GAZA [...] "OBAMA'S AFGHANISTAN POLICY," editorial in January 23 centrist Cuttack Oriya daily SAMAJA. "President Obama's plan to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to intensify the war on terror has received only lukewarm response from the European nations. At the upcoming April 3 NATO Summit Obama wi [...] | 2009-02-04 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2140 | Antrix: The Commercial Door for India's Space Program [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antrix sells Indian space capabilities to the commercial market, including foreign governments and private companies, but the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is responsible for delivering those capabilities. Antrix's budget and income sources are not published and many [...] | 2009-10-21 13:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA KSCA TSPL KBIO PREL TPHY EIND SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2141 | NSA NARAYANAN REVIEWS PREPARATIONS FOR PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 16, National Security Advisor Narayanan previewed with Under Secretary Burns preparations for Prime Minister Singh's official state visit to Washington November 24. They agreed in principle to work toward deliverables from each of the five pillars of the Strategic Dia [...] | 2009-10-21 14:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP ENRG TSPA TSPL ADPM AMGT KREC |
| 09NEWDELHI2142 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS [...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...] | 2009-10-21 14:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA |
| 09NEWDELHI2147 | U/S BURNS AND FM KRISHNA DISCUSS PM VISIT, AF-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 15 meeting, Indian External Affairs Minister SM Krishna told U/S Burns that Indian Prime Minister Singh looks forward to a productive state visit to the U.S. in November. He took on board Burns' message on the need to complete remaining Civil Nuclear Initiative steps [...] | 2009-10-22 10:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS MASS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2149 | MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE, NOBEL PRIZE [...] "ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION," editorial in October 21 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's approach on the Kyoto Protocol just before the Copenhagen Climate Change summit was not right. While there is no harm in India reconsidering its stand [...] | 2009-10-22 11:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2155 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...] | 2009-10-22 14:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2162 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-US DEFENSE RELATIONS, [...] "US AMBASSADOR ROEMER'S VIEWS WELCOME," editorial in October 22 Hindi daily, VEER ARJUN: "US Ambassador Timothy Roemer recently said that America is ready to support India's drive to modernize its armed forces. The US is ready to support India in its drive to modernize its armed forces, Roemer [...] | 2009-10-23 11:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2172 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] QCHINA: VERY LITTLE SWEETNESS IN TIES,Q editorial in October 25 nationalist Hindi daily, PUNJAB KESARI: QPM Manmohan Singh and his counterpart Wen JiabaoQs meeting in Thailand seems to have brought about some sweetness in the otherwise bitter India-China relations. China is our biggest interna [...] | 2009-10-26 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2177 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns met Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal in New Delhi on October 15 to discuss educational cooperation and Prime Minister Singh's November visit to Washington. Sibal previewed his late October travel to the United States and pushed [...] | 2009-10-27 08:04:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EINT EINV IN PHUM SCUL SOCI TBIO TSPL |
| 09NEWDELHI2179 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, AF-PAK, [...] "PART OF THE FAMILY," editorial in October 27 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "U.S. President Barack Obama's saying that he considers the Indian Prime minister a part of his family is a great honor. This shows how strong the bilateral relations between the two nations are. [...] | 2009-10-27 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2190 | MEDIA REACTION: SINO-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CHINA'S REPLY," editorial in October 27 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh did right to reiterate New Delhi's traditional stance that the Dalai Lama is free to travel anywhere in India. China has not reacted and we cannot be sure that it has accepted the Indian [...] | 2009-10-28 10:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2195 | SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (S) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as the government prepares for PM Singh's official state visit to Washington and India approaches the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks. You will find a government that is secure politically after recent victories in several state assembly election [...] | 2009-10-28 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2197 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS/TALIBAN, [...] "TALIBAN AND INDIA", editorial in October 28 right- of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "Pakistan's allegation linking India with Taliban is bizarre by any stretch of the imagination. Pakistan is today reaping what it sowed.... America and China may support Pakistan, but Islamabad should u [...] | 2009-10-29 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2198 | SCENESETTER FOR USD(P) FLOURNOY,S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Flournoy: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi as we begin the final stages of preparation for Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 visit to Washington. Since the Secretary of State's July visit, the Embassy has been hard at work with our counterparts in Washingto [...] | 2009-10-29 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV MAPP MASS IN PREL |
| 09NEWDELHI2207 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...] | 2009-10-30 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV |
| 09NEWDELHI2214 | MEDIA REACTION: SECSTATE VISIT TO PAKISTAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 10:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2231 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, [...] "CLOSENESS WITH THE U.S.," op-ed in November 5 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "U.S. Ambassador to India Timothy Roemer recently said the U.S.-India relationship today is very different from what it was even a few years back. Not only Mr. Roemer, but even President Obama and his predecessor George [...] | 2009-11-05 11:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2235 | SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER AND THE STRATEGIC [...] (C) Under Secretary Tauscher: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi for the launch of the Strategic Security Dialogue. The Indian Government is focused on using the Strategic Dialogue process launched during Secretary Clinton's July visit as a mechanism to explore ways to broaden an [...] | 2009-11-05 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2242 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "PALESTINE-ISRAEL CONFLICT AND AMERICA," commentary in November 5 right-of-center Urdu daily, SIASAT: "U.S Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been completely unsuccessful in convincing Arab leaders that the United States is adopting a serious attitude to stop construction of Jewish settlem [...] | 2009-11-06 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2247 | PREVIEW OF IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a visit characterized by GOI officials and local observers as routine, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will meet here on November 16 with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna. Mottaki's planned visit, which follows a 2008 visit to Tehran by his Indian coun [...] | 2009-11-06 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2248 | SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE TURNS INTO WAR OF WORDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: India and China have launched a "war of words" over disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh (AP). The GOI has been uncharacteristically bold in responding to Chinese moves, spurred on no doubt by unrestrained hyperventilation in the Indian media over Beijing's intentions. It seem [...] | 2009-11-06 12:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2257 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, INDIA- [...] "PM-OBAMA MEETING RAISES HOPES," op-ed article in November 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "There are high expectations from PM Manmohan Singh's upcoming U.S. visit. U.S.-India relations have come a long way... These two democracies will have to jo [...] | 2009-11-09 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2265 | India Reporting Workshop Puts Strategic Dialogue in [...] (SBU) The Ambassador enthusiastically welcomed more than 80 participants from throughout India and neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and China to an October 5-6 India Reporting Workshop in New Delhi. SCA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Blake, addressing the group via DVC, underscored the valu [...] | 2009-11-09 12:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON POL AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2269 | MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA [...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...] | 2009-11-10 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2274 | INDIA: STEEL SAFEGUARD DUTY CONSIDERED AGAIN [...] Summary: At an October 28 Directorate-General of Safeguards (DGS) public hearing, Indian steel companies argued for a 25-percent preliminary safeguard duty on imports of hot-rolled steel coils/sheets/strips, claiming that they had suffered serious injury due to a flood of low-priced imports. [...] | 2009-11-10 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EIND IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2280 | New 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 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...] | 2009-11-13 09:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2314 | INDIA AGREES WITH POSITION OF FOOD SECURITY LETTER [...] (U) Deputy Economic MinCouns delivered the talking points from REFTEL on October 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Office of Multilateral Economic Relations Director Charanjit Singh. The letter was also delivered to MEA and an additional copy was provided to the Ministry of Agriculture. [...] | 2009-11-17 12:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2330 | MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS [...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...] | 2009-11-18 14:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2339 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] The Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson was reported saying: "The Government of India is committed to resolving all outstanding issues with Pakistan through a peaceful bilateral dialogue in accordance with the Simla Agreement. A third country role cannot be envisaged nor is it necessary. [...] | 2009-11-19 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI234 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/OBAMA PRESIDENCY, SRI [...] "INDIA'S EXPECTATIONS For OBAMA" op-ed article by former diplomat Rajendra Abhyankar in the February 6, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is welcome that the new U.S. President feels that Pakistan needs to play a more positive role in the interest of peace and stabilit [...] | 2009-02-06 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2342 | INDIA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UNGA [...] (C) The Indian Mission to the UN in New York will vote in favor of resolutions that reaffirm support for the three UN institutions devoted exclusively to Palestinian issues as New Delhi remains unwilling to review its policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues. On November 18, PolCouns conveyed Ref A po [...] | 2009-11-19 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2344 | U/S OTERO ENGAGES INDIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the Global Issues Forum held November 5 (Reftel),Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF)Secretary Sharma on November 6 to discuss areas for global cooperation on environmental issues including forestry [...] | 2009-11-20 03:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV PREL TSPL KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2349 | MEDIA REACTION: POTUS ASIA VISIT, U.S.-INDIA [...] "DIPLOMATIC FAILURE," op-ed in November 20 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "China is becoming increasingly aggressive toward India. A new troublesome U.S.-China-India triangle has come into being in South Asia, with the China visit of President Obama and the Arunachal visit of Da [...] | 2009-11-20 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2350 | New 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 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...] | 2009-11-20 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP |
| 09NEWDELHI2354 | TURBULENCE IN PARLIAMENT AWAITS PRIME MINISTER ON RETURN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The winter session of Parliament kicked off on a stormy note on November 19 as the opposition parties brought parliament and the capital to a halt over the issue of sugarcane prices to farmers. The Opposition effectively mobilized over 25,000 farmers from western Uttar Pradesh to [...] | 2009-11-20 13:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM EAGR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2355 | JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOVERNMENT TALKS TO SEPARATISTS [...] (C) Summary: Following up announcements by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister last month (ref a-c),the GOI and the Mirwaiz Omar Farooq-led separatists have publicly acknowledged that they are engaged in closed door talks. The separatists have indicated to Embassy that they intend to en [...] | 2009-11-20 13:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2357 | INDIA PROVIDES PART 810 ASSURANCES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) conveyed by diplomatic note November 20 a document entitled "Assurances by the Government of India to the Government of the United States on Nuclear Technology Transfers" in reply to reftel demarches. These "Part 810" assurances constituted a key r [...] | 2009-11-20 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI236 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "UNNECCESARY ACTION," editorial in February 7 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan has done it again, speaking out of turn and thereby harming the interest of the nation. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee last week almost snubbed Narayanan in pu [...] | 2009-02-09 09:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2375 | USTR KIRK AND MINISTER SHARMA REACTIVATE TRADE POLICY FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 26, United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Ron Kirk led an interagency delegation to India for the first Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting with the GOI since February 2008. Noting the 20 months between TPF meetings, USTR Kirk and Minister of Commerce and [...] | 2009-11-24 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EAGR EINV KIPR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2377 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S VISIT TO U.S., [...] "WHAT SHOULD INDIA ASK AMERICA FOR?" editorial in November 23 centrist Hindi daily NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Both countries want to send out the message of a strong partnership between two big democratic forces. One wonders, however, if anything substantive will come out of the visit. Will the same ol [...] | 2009-11-24 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2382 | MEDIA REACTION: PM'S VISIT TO U.S., 26/11 [...] QONUS ON U.S. TO STRENGTHEN TIES, REASSURE INDIA, editorial in November 24 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Barack Obama is neither path breaking, nor ambitious in any respect. By anointing China the lord of entire Asia, Obama not on [...] | 2009-11-25 10:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2386 | A NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: PM RUDD VISITS NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2388 | IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI'S HOLLOW VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, and Vice President Hamid Ansari during a November 16-17 visit to New Delhi that was large on formality but little on substance. A senior Indian Ministry of [...] | 2009-11-25 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2389 | INDIA: U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND [...] (C) A/DCM discussed reftel points and key messages on November 24 with Y.K. Sinha, Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs. Sinha stated that he had some insight into current Iranian attitudes on the nuclear issue as he had recent [...] | 2009-11-25 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2396 | CURRENT INDIAN GOVERNMENT THINKING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: In an extended November 24 meeting, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran Affairs Y.K.Sinha lamented that recent media focus on the corruption and inefficiency of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government is "undermining" international commun [...] | 2009-11-27 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK AF |
| 09NEWDELHI2397 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MATURING TIES," editorial in centrist, independent English daily, THE TIMES OF INDIA: "The outlook for Indo-US ties going forward is substantive, though it might not be spectacular, and promises decent dividends. It is in India's interests to push through more market reforms and scale up its [...] | 2009-11-27 12:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2398 | U/S TAUSCHER ENGAGES FS RAO IN STRATEGIC SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Delegations led by Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao exchanged views on the full spectrum of nonproliferation and disarmament issues in the first meeting of the Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD) November 12-13 [...] | 2009-11-27 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2401 | FRESH MOMENTUM: CANADIAN PM HARPER VISITS INDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian PM Stephen Harper's November 15-18 visit to India was long on atmospherics but short on solid deliverables. In addition to official meetings with PM Singh, EAM Krishna and Sonia Gandhi, Harper had a highly visible public program in Mumbai and touched base with the Sikh c [...] | 2009-11-30 12:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2403 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "MANMOHAN SINGH'S SUCCESSFUL AMERICA VISIT: BOTH [NATIONS] NEED EACH OTHER," editorial in November 29 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "The number of accords signed in the field on defense, science and technology, trade and commerce, education, etc., by the United States and India duri [...] | 2009-11-30 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2409 | K-1 FIANCE(E)VISAS: TILL DEATH DO US PART? [...] New Delhi has completed its first-ever K-1 Fianc(e) Visa validation study. During FY2008, New Delhi's Immigrant Visa (IV) Unit issued 184 fianc(e) visas. In almost 50 percent of the cases, we were able to contact neither the beneficiary nor the petitioner due to disconnected, non-existent, or [...] | 2009-12-01 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2413 | MEDIA REACTION: PRIME MINISTER SINGH'S [...] "U.S. ASSURANCE," editorial in November 29 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's U.S.-visit has been more successful than was expected. Singh held talks with Obama on the entire gamut of bilateral relations, the situation in the region and global challenges like terroris [...] | 2009-12-01 11:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2429 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT - COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] The speech appeared on major Indian news networks soon after it was delivered. NDTV 24x7 headlined their story "Nuclear-armed Pakistan big security threat, says Obama," and quoted the President as saying the cancer of terrorism has spread from Afghanistan to Pakistan and that the danger will g [...] | 2009-12-02 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2433 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT -- COVERAGE OF POTUS AF- [...] India said it was not "complaining" about not being mentioned in President Obama's speech. Instead, India welcomed Washington's continued commitment in Afghanistan, saying it was "very pleased" that pressure on al Qaeda and the Taliban would not be eased. Minister of State for External Affairs [...] | 2009-12-03 12:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2435 | INDIAN AF-PAK PUNDITS VOICE "CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The overall reaction of selected Political Section interlocutors - a diverse group of journalists, commentators, academics, think-tank analysts, and parliamentarians from different religious communities and political orientations - to President Obama's December 1 speech on Afgh [...] | 2009-12-03 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER IN AF PK |
| 09NEWDELHI2453 | MEDIA REACTION: PM SINGH'S U.S. VISIT, NPT, [...] "INDIA, AMERICA IN THE NEW AGE," op-ed in December 6 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Singh's U.S. trip was more about symbolism than substance. America's pledges to fight terror in India's neighborhood seem to be diplomatic. It remains to be seen if the US will really exert pressure on Pakista [...] | 2009-12-08 11:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2459 | MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ISSUES, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "DEAL OF EQUALITY," editorial in December 8 right- of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "The India-Russia nuclear deal further strengthens the close relations between the two nations, while uncertainty still looms over the implementation of the U.S.-India nuclear initiative. The pact with Russia [...] | 2009-12-09 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2461 | PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...] | 2009-12-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PGOV PREL IN SL |
| 09NEWDELHI2470 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, [...] "OBAMA'S AF-PAK STRATEGY," op-ed in December 9 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It seems very unlikely that America's work will be over in 18 months. The Taliban will sit tight to execute their plans till the Americans leave. There are, however, crucial elements in this strategy th [...] | 2009-12-10 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2481 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-RUSSIAN NUCLEAR [...] "RUSSIA-INDIA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT," editorial in December 11 Leftist Kolkata Bengali GANASHAKTI: "The Indo-Russian nuclear agreement will have far reaching effect on bilateral relationship. This pact offers more facilities than the Indo-U.S. civilian nuclear deal. Washington naturally faces terr [...] | 2009-12-11 11:32:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI249 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/A.Q. KHAN, JOE BIDEN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-11 01:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2494 | INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...] | 2009-12-14 13:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR |
| 09NEWDELHI25 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "THE CRAFTY MOVES OF PAKISTANI ARMY" editorial in the January 7, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It would be naove to conclude that Pakistan- based terrorist outfits were the sole engineers of the Mumbai terror attacks. It is as naove as the assumption that a singular a [...] | 2009-01-07 10:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2502 | South Asia: Integration as Anti-crisis Response [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 11 opening of the "Second South Asia Economic Summit" in New Delhi, speakers stressed that enhanced regional cooperation could be an effective response to the global recession and allow countries to diversify and insulate against developed country problems in the [...] | 2009-12-15 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2510 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS, MUMBAI [...] "INDIA-RUSSIA RELATIONS: ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON THE TALIBAN," op-ed in December 17 left-of-center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "U.S. forces will leave Afghanistan after the year 2011 and that's when a vacuum will form in the country, which is likely to be filled by nefarious insurgent forces [...] | 2009-12-17 09:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2516 | NSA NARAYANAN ON CIVIL NUCLEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan in a telephone call December 16 for progress on civil nuclear implementation, assurances about the protection of sensitive information, and a commitment not to seek extradition in the Headley case. Narayanan remai [...] | 2009-12-17 13:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2529 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG [...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...] | 2009-12-18 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2530 | INDIA-RUSSIA CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL DOMINATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: During an annual India-Russia summit on December 6-8 in Moscow, Prime Minister Singh and President Medvedev inked six bilateral agreements that included a civil nuclear deal and pacts focused on military relations, cultural exchanges, and trade. The joint statement was warm in to [...] | 2009-12-18 15:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2532 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR PAKISTANI ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 conversation with Pakistani High Commissioner Shahid Malik, the Ambassador pressed for Pakistani government action to convict suspects implicated in the 2008 Mumbai attacks; action against suspected Mumbai mastermind and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) supremo Hafez Saeed; a [...] | 2009-12-18 16:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 09NEWDELHI2539 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2540 | MEDIA REACTION: COPENHAGEN, AFGHANISTAN- [...] "COPENHAGEN'S FAILURE," op-ed in December 20 right- of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "It is difficult to understand why President Obama called a face-saver accord a useful and unprecedented success! No unanimous agreement could be reached at Copenhagen, because of the Obama Administration [...] | 2009-12-21 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2545 | ADVANI MOVES UPSTAIRS, HANDS OVER REINS TO THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: India's principal opposition party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),implemented a generational change at the top when its leading stalwart, former Deputy Prime Minister L.K. Advani, stepped down from his position of Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, India's lower hou [...] | 2009-12-21 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2548 | ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...] | 2009-12-22 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2558 | Industry, GOI on WTO, Government Procurement, SAFTA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Assistant Secretary General Manab Majumdar, who is responsible for trade policy, said FICCI is a strong believer in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and understood that India would be poorer without a Doha Deve [...] | 2009-12-24 07:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND ETRD ECON EINV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI2588 | BHUTANESE KING'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (U) The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, visited India from December 21-26 on his first state visit to a foreign country following his coronation in November 2008. In addition to holding meetings with political figures that included the President and Vice President of India, Pri [...] | 2009-12-31 02:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PHUM CH BH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI266 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO - PAK RELATIONS, WAR [...] "PAKISTAN'S MANEUVER," editorial in the February 11 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan's demand for more information to complete its probe into the Mumbai terror attacks shows that it is simply misleading the world and killing time. But, for how long will the Indian government tolerate Pakis [...] | 2009-02-12 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI267 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES MENON TO IMPLEMENT CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Highlighting U.S. industry concerns about the slow pace of civil nuclear cooperation and stressing the opportunities it holds for U.S. commerce and job creation, Ambassador Mulford pressed Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon February 11 for swifter action on implementation. Menon reit [...] | 2009-02-12 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI268 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as India begins to gear up for parliamentary elections likely to be held in April-May. While popular anger over the November Mumbai attacks has cooled slightly, Indian officials continue to demand that Pakistan respond to Delhi's demands for action against the [...] | 2009-02-12 12:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI269 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS [...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...] | 2009-02-12 12:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI274 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO-PAK [...] QPAKISTAN FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACEQ editorial in the February 13, 2009, Mumbai edition of left-of-center Marathi daily LOKSATTA. QAlthough PakistanQs Interior Minister has finally acknowledged that the Mumbai attacks were partly plotted on Pakistani soil, there are some expected twists in this [...] | 2009-02-13 10:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI278 | DALAI LAMA REQUESTS SECRETARY TO PROMOTE CALM IN [...] (C) Summary. In a February 13 farewell meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on the Secretary's upcoming visit to Beijing. The Dalai Lama underlined that neither Tibetan leaders nor the PRC would like a repeat of last year's violence. Consequently, he suggested the Secretary [...] | 2009-02-13 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IN CH |
| 09NEWDELHI28 | INDIAN GROUPS PROTEST ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza strikes are emerging as a significant issue for some Muslim groups in India, who are raking up traditional anti-Israel rhetoric. Urdu media has been portraying the U.S. and Israel as enemies of Islam, stoking Muslim anger further and radical Islamic groups are gearing u [...] | 2009-01-07 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER PREL IS IN |
| 09NEWDELHI282 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: A THAW IN CONGRESS-COMMUNIST [...] (C) Summary: Communist supremo Prakash Karat signaled that the Left parties could, under certain conditions, return to a coalition that includes the Congress Party. The Congress Party was quick to pick up the olive branch, saying it is ready to join hands with the Left parties to keep the B [...] | 2009-02-13 13:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI283 | INDIANS SEEK MODIFICATION OF AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: While stressing that a complete overhaul is not necessary, Indian officials and experts on Afghanistan have expressed a clear desire for a change in approach to implementing Afghan reconstruction. India has been a significant contributor to Afghan reconstruction. Visits by Afgha [...] | 2009-02-13 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI288 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY: “HUGE STAKE†IN SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon and Special Representative Richard Holbrooke on February 16, Menon: -- stated that India "has a huge stake" in the Special Representative's success in his new role and promised to support Holbrooke's efforts publicly to al [...] | 2009-02-17 08:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI289 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS/ WAR [...] "PAKISTAN4S CRISIS," editorial in the February 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's saying that the Taliban is trying to take over Pakistan is not surprising. The Taliban and Al-Qaida are spreading terror with the aim of global jihad and their fir [...] | 2009-02-17 10:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI29 | MUKHERJEE SHARES CONCERN ABOUT SPECIAL ENVOY IN AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL [...] (S) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Mulford's January 7 farewell call on External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, the Minister said he understood the seriousness of the error in releasing sensitive intelligence from the Mumbai terrorism investigations and pledged that the Ministry would not further diss [...] | 2009-01-07 14:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG |
| 09NEWDELHI309 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, NEW ADMINISTRATION'S [...] "DEFEAT IN SWAT," editorial in the February 18 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "Not even a week has passed since Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari admitted that the Taliban has established sway over large parts of his country and aims to take it over entirely. Now we hear that Islamab [...] | 2009-02-19 09:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI317 | MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO [...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...] | 2009-02-19 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI319 | BOUCHER IN BHUTAN: VISIT EXPLORES WAYS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The February 9-11 visit to Bhutan of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher demonstrated continuing U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom. In meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and the Fourth King, Boucher addressed Bhutan's peaceful transit [...] | 2009-02-20 05:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREF PREL IN BH |
| 09NEWDELHI33 | INDIAN READOUT ON CHINESE VICE FM HE YAFEI'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei visited New Delhi on January 5, where he met with FM Menon, FS Mukherjee, and NSA Narayanan as well as Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission Ahluwalia. Press coverage of the visit focused almost exclusively on discussion of the India-Paki [...] | 2009-01-08 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PK CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI346 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDO - PAK RELATIONS, [...] "TALIBAN IN PAKISTAN," editorial in the February 23 AMAR UJALA Hindi daily: "It is pretty evident from the ceasefire in Swat Valley that the Taliban is regaining strength in Pakistan. President Asif Ali Zardari's comments also underline Islamabad's helplessness in the face of the Taliban. The [...] | 2009-02-24 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI35 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "HERE'S THE PROOF," editorial in January 7 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES: "Pakistan is a nuclear capable nation and no one wants a nuclear war. But there's a limit to taking atrocities lying down, and very soon India will reach that point of no return. If the world thinks India is not capable of la [...] | 2009-01-08 10:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI351 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] "PAKISTAN'S MILITARY WAR PLAN AND UNSTATELIKE CHARACTER", editorial in the February 23 right-of-center Urdu daily URDU TIMES, Mumbai: "It is of course not a concealed fact that the formation of terrorist outfits has always been a special ingredient of Pakistan's military strategies. Pakistan h [...] | 2009-02-25 10:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI365 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN/INDO-PAK RELATIONS, [...] "DISQUALIFICATION OF 'SHARIFS'", editorial in the February 26 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS, New Delhi: "Every sane human being has a right to tell Pakistani rulers, judiciary and authorities that they should finally come to their senses and leave the path that leads to death an [...] | 2009-02-27 09:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI378 | MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US [...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...] | 2009-03-02 11:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI392 | MEDIA REACTION: TERRORIST FINANCING, INDIA- [...] "COASTAL SECURITY," editorial in March 2 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "With the Mumbai terror attacks exposing the lack of coordination among security agencies, India has completely overhauled its coastal security apparatus and handed over the overall responsibility of maritime security to the [...] | 2009-03-03 10:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI40 | DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 2-9, 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 2-9, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- J&K: Omar Abdullah Sworn-In as Chief Minister -- PDP Pulls out of UPA Coalition -- Shootout in Poonch -- UAE Naval Commander Vis [...] | 2009-01-09 07:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI403 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NATIONAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking in world history. Neither of the two largest parties, the currently ruling [...] | 2009-03-04 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI405 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TO FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S/Noforn) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram: -- thanked the FBI for assistance in the Mumbai terror attacks investigation and pledged to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation; -- expressed concern at the possibility of terrori [...] | 2009-03-04 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI412 | INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...] | 2009-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI413 | INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HOLBROOKE: WANT YOU TO [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke and Ambassador Mulford, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who is also acting Prime Minister, congratulated the United States on the election of President Obama. Mukherjee made the following points on U.S-Ind [...] | 2009-03-05 04:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI414 | IACC Removed from Mission India Business Executive Program [...] Summary. After uncovering a series of fraudulent visa cases and unqualified applicants directly supported by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC),Mission India has removed the IACC from its visa facilitation Business Executive Program (BEP). In FY-2007 and FY-2008, the refusal rate [...] | 2009-03-05 06:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC ECON EFIN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI415 | INDIAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR TO SR HOLBROOKE: PAKISTAN [...] (C) In a February 16 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan emphasized that Pakistan's relationship with India would be driven by the Pakistani military. Defense Secretary Vijay Singh, who also attended, noted that the Indian and Pakista [...] | 2009-03-05 06:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN |
| 09NEWDELHI42 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-01-09 11:58:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI420 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH DIRECTORS OF [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with the Director of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Mathu and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director Radha Vinod Raju. Director Mueller thanked the government of India (GOI) for its cooperation and access in the investigat [...] | 2009-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR POREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI435 | NEW 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 2-6, 2009, including the following: -- India Continues to Slow Down -- Inflation Declines to 7-Year Low; RBI Moves -- FDI Clarifications Just Cloud the Issue -- FATF Gives Go Ahead for India Mutual [...] | 2009-03-06 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI436 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORISM; NEW DELHI. [...] "TROUBLED SOUTH ASIA", op-ed in March 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs columnist Vinay Kaura: "When Hasina won the elections, India celebrated. Today with the army crisis in Bangladesh, India grieves. Barely a year has passed and Pakistan democracy is already being questioned, pa [...] | 2009-03-06 10:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI438 | THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...] | 2009-03-06 11:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN |
| 09NEWDELHI440 | WOMEN IN INDIA: GOVERNMENT'S PROGRESS GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During its five-year tenure, the Congress Party-led ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),has made uneven progress on women's issues. Activists credit the current government with creating an independent Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and initia [...] | 2009-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI441 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON,S WASHINGTON VISIT: [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon will travel to Washington March 9-11 at the invitation of Special Representative Holbrooke to provide India's input to our Afghanistan policy review. While in Washington, Menon will meet with Ambassador Holbrooke, the Deputy Secretary [...] | 2009-03-06 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ABLD ECON OFDP IN |
| 09NEWDELHI442 | CORRECTED COPY: BHARAT BALLOT: NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) Corrected Copy: To revise seat distribution in paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: India will hold national elections in five stages from April 16 to May 13. Results will be announced on May 16. With an electorate of 714 million, the election will be the largest democratic undertaking [...] | 2009-03-09 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI451 | INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...] | 2009-03-09 12:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI475 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY; NEW [...] "PAKISTAN'S TRUE FACE," op-ed in March 13 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by editor Sanjay Gupta: "Musharraf's statements in New Delhi show clearly how much ill will this man harbors against India. When someone out of power can harbor such ill will, you can imagine what kind of mindset those in powe [...] | 2009-03-16 10:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI48 | MENON TOUGH ON PAKISTAN, BULLISH ON BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on January 8 discussed Pakistan and the bilateral relationship in the context of the U.S. political transition with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford. Boucher and Menon were in full agreement on the need to ensure th [...] | 2009-01-09 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN TSPL KNNP ETTC |
| 09NEWDELHI484 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...] | 2009-03-17 07:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI489 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN; NEW [...] "HERE'S THE ANSWER," editorial in the March 16 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan sent 30 questions earlier in March on the Mumbai attack, and on Friday India gave 32 answers which included more than 400 pages in all, as well as CDs, intercepted voice recordings and voice logs [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI493 | AFFORDABLE HOUSING: A RAY OF LIGHT IN AN OTHERWISE GLOOMY [...] (U) Summary: After a period of unprecedented growth, the Indian real estate sector is in the midst of a protracted slowdown. Housing prices are in a phase of adjustment; having been reduced 20-30% in the major metros, and developers are not sure they have yet hit the bottom. However, a ray of [...] | 2009-03-17 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV EIND IN |
| 09NEWDELHI52 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA; [...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...] | 2009-01-12 11:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI531 | PREYING MANTIS? NEW DELHI WEIGHS IN ON SAO DELAYS [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department; see paragraph 13 2. (SBU) Summary: This cable joins those of Missions Beijing (ref A),Moscow (ref B) and others to emphasize the serious burden the Visas Mantis Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) processing system has imposed on American busi [...] | 2009-03-20 12:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CMGT CVIS ECON PREL BEXP TSPA IN |
| 09NEWDELHI543 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN, TERRORISM [...] "AMERICA'S INAPPROPRIATE ADVICE," editorial in March 21 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The U.S. advice to India to pull back its troops from the Indo-Pakistan border is inappropriate. Islamabad projects to the U.S. that it cannot concentrate on fighting terrorists active on the Afghanistan border [...] | 2009-03-23 11:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI564 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, U.S./IRAN; NEW DELHI. [...] "SAUDI ARABIA'S INTEREST IN PAKISTAN IS DUE TO THE BOMB," op-ed article by columnist Lata Raje in the March 25 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT. "Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are close, and that is for specific reasons. They have had a deep strategic military relationship for decades. Pakistan has e [...] | 2009-03-25 09:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI578 | INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...] | 2009-03-26 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IN BG |
| 09NEWDELHI592 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, [...] "BRIGHT INITIATIVES OF BLACK U.S. PRESIDENT" op-ed article in the March 26 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA by staffer Asad Raza: "Obama is implementing his election campaign promises. The U.S. can regain the lost trust of the Muslim world by stopping its blind support to Israel, an [...] | 2009-03-27 10:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI594 | INDO-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP: FORMER AMBASSADORS TO [...] (C) Summary: Five former Ambassadors to Iran now in Delhi recently shared with us their views on the current Indo-Iranian relationship. The Ambassadors were unanimous that the Indo-Iranian relationship is important to India primarily for energy security, but lacks depth. Bilateral ties - describ [...] | 2009-03-27 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MNUC EPET IR PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI6 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, [...] "SOFTENING OR ACTING?" editorial in January 1 nationalist RASHTRIYA SAHARA Hindi daily: "Pakistan's National Security Advisor Durrani's not ruling out that captured Mumbai militant Kasab is a Pakistani national indicates a softening in Pakistan's attitude. But, that's not without reason. Besid [...] | 2009-01-02 10:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI601 | SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] "TARGETING THE REAL PROBLEM," editorial in March 30 Centrist, nationally circulating, pro-Congress Party English daily THE HINDUSTAN TIMES: "There is no greater strategic threat to India than the struggle that today encompasses southern Afghanistan and, increasingly, swathes of northwestern Pa [...] | 2009-03-30 10:48:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI604 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING [...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...] | 2009-03-30 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI61 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "SHAMELESS STATEMENT," editorial in January 12 right- of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Drawing a parallel with the Israeli strikes in Gaza, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Gilani has accused the international community of double standards saying that it was more concerned about the Mumbai [...] | 2009-01-13 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI633 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AF-PAK STRATEGY, G-20 [...] "PAKISTAN HEADED TOWARD DESTRUCTION," editorial in March 31 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "From the attack on the police academy in Lahore, it is clear where Pakistan is headed. Pakistan covertly supports terror, allowing blacklisted outfits to operate under different names. The U.S. knows this w [...] | 2009-04-01 11:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI637 | TOWARD A MEANINGFUL NATO-INDIA RELATIONSHIP [...] (S) SUMMARY. The primary goal of a strengthened NATO-Pakistan relationship must be to support our vital efforts in Afghanistan, and Post concurs that ref A's recommendations can help soothe Indo-Pak sensitivities. However, we should not assume India's automatic opposition to greater NATO enga [...] | 2009-04-01 14:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI647 | SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you both back to India. Since your last visit, the political season has entered its final phase, with the political establishment fixated on elections in April-May that will deliver a new government in June. Despite hot campaign rhetoric and political tu [...] | 2009-04-02 10:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI663 | NEW 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 30-April 3, 2009, including the following: -- Update on India's External Sector -- Indian Carriers Cancel Aircraft Orders -- Boeing Opens Research and Technology Center -- Bihar Govt Official Comm [...] | 2009-04-03 10:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAGR EAIR ECPS EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI665 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: MOHAN BHAGWAT NEW RSS CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) selected 59-year old Mohan Bhagwat as its new leader, replacing the 78-year old K.S. Sudarshan who stepped down citing health problems. Bhagwat is the youngest chief in RSS history and represents a "generational change" in the organizatio [...] | 2009-04-03 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KIRF IN |
| 09NEWDELHI670 | MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, TERRORISM, [...] "OBAMA'S PAKISTAN POLICY" op-ed in April 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "Now Pakistan will obtain U.S. aid only if it delivers against the Taliban. America is isolating Pakistan, putting together a 'contact group' and getting Muslim countries like [...] | 2009-04-06 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI674 | INDIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] (C) During his introductory April 6 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, Charge Burleigh delivered reftel points to Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and Joint Secretary Gaitri Kumar (Americas),providing both officials with copies of the White House statement. The Charge urged the G [...] | 2009-04-06 14:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP KN IN |
| 09NEWDELHI678 | MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, PAKISTAN/TERRORISM, [...] "ARBITRARY ACT" editorial in April 6 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "The United Nations Security Council is obviously ineffective in checking North Korea. North Korea's desire to equip itself with weapons of mass destruction seems to be turning into an obsession. There is a need to find a permanen [...] | 2009-04-07 11:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI679 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of a Press Trust of India (PTI) wire story that appeared in several leading English language dailies, including THE INDIAN EXPRESS, THE HINDU, THE ASIAN AGE and DECCAN HERALD: 2. (Begin text) DUBAI: Reaching out to the Muslim world, President Barack Obama on Monda [...] | 2009-04-07 11:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI698 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] "BARACK OBAMA AND ISLAM" editorial in April 8 right- of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "President Barack Obama's significant remarks at the Turkish parliament indicate that he does not intend to repeat the follies of his predecessor George W. Bush, but rather establish a broader engagement with the [...] | 2009-04-09 11:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI699 | INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...] | 2009-04-09 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI705 | INDIA: PRESSING FORWARD WITH GPS, SATELLITE, MOON PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an April 8 conversation, Shantanu Bhatawdekar, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Officer on Special Duty in New Delhi, updated ESTOff on personnel changes in ISRO, progress on GPS systems, upcoming satellite launches, moon mission cooperation, and the Bhuvan applicatio [...] | 2009-04-09 12:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TSPA TSPL TPHY SENV EAIR ANET PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI706 | FOREIGN MINISTRY WELCOMES NEW CHARGE D'AFFAIRES [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly April 6 tour d'horizon with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge d'Affaires Burleigh raised the "unfinished business" of the Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and End-Use Monitoring, protested Indian tactics which have delayed construction of Mu [...] | 2009-04-09 13:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT KNNP PARM PREL SCUL IN PK |
| 09NEWDELHI708 | MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN- [...] "SHORTCOMINGS OF HOLBROOKE MISSION," op-ed article in April 12 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by strategic affairs specialist K. Subrahmanyam: "An Asia Society report on the Pakistan-Afghanistan region and U.S. Envoy Richard Holbrooke's mission is causing concern in India. There is fear that Holbro [...] | 2009-04-13 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI730 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE [...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...] | 2009-04-14 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI74 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "WAR NOT AN OPTION," op-ed in the January 13 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily by Joginder Singh, former director of India's Central Bureau of Investigation: "Addressing chief ministers of Indian states, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh recently conceded that the defense mechanisms to thwart terror thr [...] | 2009-01-14 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI742 | INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...] | 2009-04-15 15:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN |
| 09NEWDELHI745 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] Following is the full text of another report in April 8 independent, centrist Eastern India based English language daily THE TELEGRAPH by Washington correspondent K.P. Nayar: 2. (BEGIN TEXT): Washington, April 7: The speech was delivered in Prague. But its echoes are being felt in New Delh [...] | 2009-04-16 04:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI746 | HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: OPINION LEADERS [...] (SBU) Senior Indian officials welcomed the new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan in a series of meetings in Delhi April 8 with visiting Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen. (The [...] | 2009-04-16 05:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI782 | PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...] | 2009-04-21 06:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD |
| 09NEWDELHI79 | KARZAI VISIT TO INDIA "SYMBOLIC" OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Karzai met January 12-13 with Indian Prime Minister Singh to express solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and to discuss counterterrorism cooperation. The two leaders also lauded India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction, pledged to f [...] | 2009-01-14 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI792 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, CUBA; NEW DELHI. [...] "AMERICA'S AF-PAK POLICY DANGEROUS," op-ed article by foreign affairs columnist Lata Raje in April 22 centrist Marathi daily LOKMAT: "The U.S. is finding it difficult to contain the Taliban in Pakistan. Afghanistan claims that unless the terrorist hideouts on the Pakistani borders are destroye [...] | 2009-04-22 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI796 | U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: CLEARING THE BRUSH [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In advance of the April 24 Interagency Meeting to discuss India policy, Mission offers its views on the next steps that should be taken to move the relationship forward in the near term. We are focused on high priority items whose resolution will lay the groundwork for a stronge [...] | 2009-04-22 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN |
| 09NEWDELHI797 | NSA NARAYANAN SHARES VIEWS ON SECURITY AND U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan described to a visiting congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman April 17 what he viewed as a genuine convergence of interests between India and the United States, as well as his concerns about Pakistan-based terrorism [...] | 2009-04-22 12:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI800 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO [...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...] | 2009-04-22 13:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI804 | CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES BILATERAL, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In an April 17 meeting between Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon and a U.S. congressional delegation led by Representative Howard Berman, the two sides discussed regional issues, including the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan policy, terrorism, and Iran, as well as bilat [...] | 2009-04-22 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI805 | INDIA'S VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian officials and media have welcomed the new U.S. administration,s positions on non-proliferation issues, reciprocating by signaling a willingness to join with us in several areas to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Prime Minister,s Special Envoy Shyam Sa [...] | 2009-04-22 14:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN |
| 09NEWDELHI809 | MEDIA REACTION: THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS, PAKISTAN, [...] "CRISIS STILL CONTINUES" editorial in April 23 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "The Manmohan Singh government is silent about the sufferings of the Tamils in Sri Lanka. While it considers the LTTE terrorists, it doesn't like to meddle in the internal affairs of its next-door [...] | 2009-04-23 12:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI816 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani appears to have walked back some of his party's opposition to the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Instead of finding knee-jerk fault with the deal, he carefully pointed out the di [...] | 2009-04-23 15:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI823 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN / TALIBAN, SRI LANKA [...] "WE TOO HAVE TO FIGHT THE TALIBAN," op-ed in April 23 right-of-center AMAR UJALA Hindi daily by columnist Kuldip Talwar: "The Pakistan government believes that the Sharia deal with the Taliban in the Swat Valley will strengthen peace in the country. The international community is, however, not [...] | 2009-04-24 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI828 | NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 20 TO [...] (U) Below is a compilation of environment, science, and technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of April 20-24, 2009, including the following: -- Tiger Deaths in Madhya Pradesh - Poaching on the Rise -- EST Section Celebrates Earth Day -- Famous Tiger Gets Lifetime Achieve [...] | 2009-04-24 20:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN |
| 09NEWDELHI829 | RAJAPAKSA PROMISES A PAUSE TO INDIAN ENVOYS [...] (C) On April 25, National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan told Charge that Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa had agreed to announce on April 27 a cessation of hostilities with the LTTE. Narayanan, who had traveled with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon to Colombo on April 24, related that he had p [...] | 2009-04-25 13:28:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF ASEC IN |
| 09NEWDELHI863 | DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST [...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...] | 2009-04-30 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN |
| 09NEWDELHI877 | INDIA SELECTS HARDEEP SINGH PURI AS ITS NEW UN [...] (C) The GOI announced the selection of Hardeep Singh Puri on April 16 as the new Indian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Puri replaces Nirupam Sen, who has served India as Permanent Representative since 2004, and was a dyed-in-the-wool Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocate who made coo [...] | 2009-05-01 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN |
| 09NEWDELHI88 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, MIDDLE [...] "NOW IS THE TIME TO REALLY COME TO THE POINT" editorial in the January 15, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It is commendable that India's Home minister P. Chidambaram spoke of the possibility of breaking off business, transport and tourist links with Pakistan and isola [...] | 2009-01-15 10:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI885 | MEDIA REACTION: STATE DEPARTMENT TERRORISM [...] "INCOMPLETE STUDY," editorial in the May 2 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "In its recent report on terrorism, the U.S. State Department has included India among the worst-hit countries in the world. But Pakistan does not figure in the list of countries whose governments support te [...] | 2009-05-04 11:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI922 | MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS, [...] "NEPAL RATTLED AGAIN" op-ed article in May 6 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "China is quietly playing its anti-India games in Nepal. Beijing has for long been working on Nepal's leaders to shake off their leanings toward India. China's slow convincing seems to have worked, and it is evi [...] | 2009-05-07 09:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI933 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: BATTLEFIELD BULANDSHAHR -- TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. On May 5th, two days before its parliamentary district went to the polls, PolOff and PolFSN ventured back to Bulandshahr to see how [...] | 2009-05-08 10:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI947 | MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, TALIBAN / [...] "FRESH DIALOGUE WITH INDIA," editorial in the May 8 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "Pakistan today is in the grip of grave dangers both within and from outside. It is imperative for Pakistan to improve its ties with India. Who is behind enervating and destabilizing Pakistan? The needle of [...] | 2009-05-11 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI948 | SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S.- [...] The Xinhua news agency reported that India Sunday welcomed Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari's remarks that India is not a threat to Islamabad, saying it is a positive step towards a peace process between the two neighbors. "It is a positive step. It looks to be a positive step towards the [...] | 2009-05-12 05:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI964 | MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI [...] "PAKISTAN ON COURSE CORRECTION," editorial in the May 12 right-of-centers DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari recently conceded in Washington that India is not a threat to Pakistan. This does not, however, mean that Pakistan's Army necessarily subscribes to this vie [...] | 2009-05-13 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI968 | CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K. [...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...] | 2009-05-13 14:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN |
| 09NEWDELHI98 | MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, U.S.- [...] "EXHAUSTED STRATEGIES..." op-ed article by columnist Ajay Lele in the January 16, 2009, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "Terrorist Ajmal Kasab's arrest and interrogation is the only instance in which India has compelled Pakistan to admit Pakistani complicity in terrorist viol [...] | 2009-01-16 11:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN |
| 09NEWDELHI981 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN [...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...] | 2009-05-14 14:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN |
| 09NEWDELHI988 | BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...] | 2009-05-15 11:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NEWDELHI998 | BHARAT BALLOT 09: JAI HO! CONGRESS PARTY WINS [...] (U) Please note that the numbers in this cable are all approximate, based on the latest media reports of vote count in progress. The actual results may vary slightly but we do not expect any major changes. The Election Commission will certify the final results on Monday, May 18. 2. (C) Su [...] | 2009-05-16 13:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KDEM IN |
| 09NIAMEY1021 | Response: Information on Human Rights Trends Pertaining [...] Summary: Niger is a conservative country both culturally and religiously, and homosexuality is not discussed publicly. There are no provisions in the 1993 Penal Code that make homosexuality illegal, and there are no advocacy groups regarding homosexuality. While there is tolerance of homosexu [...] | 2009-12-30 16:20:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI SCUL NG |
| 09NIAMEY112 | SULTAN OF AGADEZ CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 12 luncheon, the Sultan of Agadez told Ambassador that the security situation in Niger's north had improved, with fewer abuses by the military, although sporadic attacks by rebels and smugglers continued. His efforts to get insurgents to cease their hostilitie [...] | 2009-03-02 07:09:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL PHUM SOCI ASEC CASC PTER NG |
| 09NIAMEY22 | 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: NIGER [...] Openness to Foreign Investment The Government of Niger (GON) welcomes foreign private investment and considers it to be critical to economic growth. Under the Investment Code (revised in 2000) industrial investments enjoy tax and customs exemptions and even, in some cases, exemptions from th [...] | 2009-01-20 07:18:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR NG |
| 09NIAMEY336 | NIAMEY: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Allen, accompanied by Embassy Econ/ConsOff (notetaker),met with Ali Mahamane Lamine Zeine, Minister of Economy and Finance on May 8, 2009, at Zeine's request. He called attention to Niger's high growth rate in 2008 and expressed the Government of Niger's (GON) intere [...] | 2009-05-12 07:33:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND PGOV KMCA EAID NG |
| 09NIAMEY44 | PRES. TANDJA GREETS DIP CORPS; COMMENTS ON TERRORISM, UN [...] On January 13, President Tandja received the annual greeting of the diplomatic corps and offered his own remarks in return. His comments, a stocktaking of the past year, covered a wide range of subjects, ranging from thanking development partners for their assistance, the state of the economy [...] | 2009-01-27 16:49:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI PTER EMIN EAID UN US NG |
| 09NIAMEY505 | NIGER: Ambassador Allen Hosts Political Parties [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Allen hosted a series of dinners at the Chief of Mission Residence (CMR),June 4-30, inviting six of Niger's most influential political parties. These dinners allowed Embassy officials to meet political party leaders and gain insight into party perspectives on upcomin [...] | 2009-07-06 15:51:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NG |
| 09NIAMEY551 | SINO-NIGERIEN COOPERATION; PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) [...] Summary. Le Sahel (the state newspaper) prominently featured reports on the Sino-Nigerien and Sino-African partnerships this past week. Journalist Saidou Daoura filed a front-page image of Beijing with the headline "The Marvels of the Middle Empire" together with a two-page story and a full-p [...] | 2009-07-30 17:07:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON PGOV SOCI CH KN JA NG |
| 09NIAMEY591 | Niger: Potential Suspension or Termination of USAID and MCC [...] (SBU) Summary: I am writing to urge continuation of two programs in Niger that promote girls education on the grounds of our national security interests and for humanitarian purposes. I believe that cancelling the investment in the education of girls would send a message that we are abandonin [...] | 2009-08-14 11:36:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG |
| 09NIAMEY595 | NIGER: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (MFA) SUMMONS [...] (C) Summary: Government of Niger (GON) MFA Secretary General Dan Maradi summoned Ambassador Allen on August 17 to voice complaints regarding communication between the MFA and the Embassy leading up to the latter,s August 14 press release rejecting the results of the August 4 constitutional re [...] | 2009-08-17 15:40:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR NG |
| 09NIAMEY599 | Niger: President Addresses Nation, Enacts New [...] On August 17, President Tandja addressed the nation following the Constitutional Court's validation of the August 4 referendum for a new constitutional (ref A). Tandja thanked Nigeriens for "massively voting 'yes' for this Constitution, paving the way for the Sixth Republic...(and for) having o [...] | 2009-08-18 19:12:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG |
| 09NIAMEY664 | Niger: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 14, Ambassador Allen, accompanied by Political Officer (notetaker) met with Government of Niger (GON) Foreign Minister (FM) Mindaoudou, in the presence of the GON Director of the Americas, Asia and Oceania (notetaker),to deliver three demarches related to: the Unit [...] | 2009-09-15 11:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EAGR UNGA NG |
| 09NIAMEY79 | NIGER: FORCE ARMEES NIGERIENNES (FAN) COMMANDER [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Niamey Acting Defense Attache learned informally from the Nigerien Deputy Chief of Defense Staff that the Forces Armees Nigeriennes (FAN) will scale back its acceptance of USG-offered military training until such time as all training programs offered prior to sanctions [...] | 2009-02-13 11:10:00 | Embassy Niamey | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL NG |
| 09NIAMEY809 | President Tandja Appoints New Prime Minister [...] (U) Summary: On October 2, President Tandja appointed former finance minister and deputy governor of the Central Bank of West African States, Ali Badjo Gamatie, to serve as Prime Minister. This comes on the heels of the resignation of former Prime Minister Seini Oumarou (reftel),who resigned [...] | 2009-10-06 07:23:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM SOCI NG |
| 09NIAMEY836 | Niamey Fraud Summary (March 1 - Sept 30, 2009) [...] The following cable responds to the Department's request (ref A and B) for updated information on patterns of fraud in consular activities and post's fraud prevention efforts. a. Country Conditions in Niger ------------------------------ 2. Niger recently was ranked last among the 182 count [...] | 2009-10-27 06:29:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC SOCI SCUL NG |
| 09NIAMEY854 | NIGER: PRIME MINISTER GAMATIE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie held a meeting with Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff was note taker) that broached a wide scope of topics, ranging from the ongoing peace process in the North, the current political situation and discus [...] | 2009-11-03 18:25:00 | Embassy Niamey | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM NG |
| 09NIAMEY89 | NIGER -- ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] The following is Post's response to provide input to help further define law enforcement and judicial training needs. Below are Post's responses to the questions posed: A. What are the key internal or regional challenges the host government's non-military security apparatus confronts? (i.e [...] | 2009-02-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCRM PARM PGOV PTER SNAR SOCI NG |
| 09NIAMEY99 | Niger 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following information on Niger for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post's responses correspond to checklist paragraphs as below: 2. (SBU) NIGER'S TIP SITUATION: A. Primary sources of information on trafficking in persons includ [...] | 2009-02-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Niamey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB NG |
| 09NICOSIA10 | CYPRUS FAVORS EARLY APPROVAL OF EU-SYRIA [...] (C) In response to Reftel regarding U.S. request that the European Union delay approval of its Association Agreement (AA) with Syria until the SARG improves its behavior and demonstrates commitment to its public pledges, PolChief on January 12 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Di [...] | 2009-01-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY SY LE |
| 09NICOSIA123 | REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: [...] | 2009-02-13 10:39:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF CY |
| 09NICOSIA124 | TURKISH CYPRIOT-ADMINISTERED AREA -- NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified --not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3-364, Fax: [...] | 2009-02-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 09NICOSIA135 | CODEL DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS SOLUTION [...] (C) During February 15-17, Senator Richard Durbin led a Codel of six persons to Cyprus to discuss progress towards a solution to the island's division. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot leaders, including President Chrisotfias, Chief Negotiator Iacovou, Foreign Minister Kyprianou, and Oppos [...] | 2009-02-20 07:47:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA148 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eur [...] | 2009-02-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA149 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...] | 2009-02-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA150 | CYPRUS/NATO: EP REPORT PUTS GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recently-approved European Parliament (EP) report on EU-NATO relations has sent Cypriot President Demetris Christofias and his Communist AKEL party into another anti-Alliance tizzy. Of concern to the government was a last-minute amendment, tabled by a right-leaning Cypriot Eu [...] | 2009-02-27 05:53:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA180 | CYPRUS: FINANCIAL CRISIS IN EASTERN EUROPE [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of Cyprus' Central Bank is fairly confident that Eurozone nations in eastern and central Europe will be provided with sufficient assistance from the EU and ECB to avoid systemic risk. Non-Eurozone member states he believes will not be allowed to fail, but he is less c [...] | 2009-03-13 11:50:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECOIN ECON EFIN EUN PREL CY |
| 09NICOSIA181 | CYPRIOT STANCE AT MARCH GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 12, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with the upcoming GAERC, and in particular with its Western Balkans discussion component, Panayiotou assured that the GOC position on Bosnia remains the same, and that the GOC believe [...] | 2009-03-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SU GZ HR MW IR IS BO SY CY |
| 09NICOSIA194 | EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (C) Meeting in Nicosia February 24, U.S. Ambassadors and interagency representatives covering the Eastern Mediterranean RSI region discussed ways to strengthen counterterrorism efforts in an environment characterized by new migration waves from the Middle East to Europe, the aftermath of the I [...] | 2009-03-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PTER PREL EAID ASEC GR TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA196 | CYPRUS FIRM ON NON-RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS RS GG CY |
| 09NICOSIA199 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT MAIN OPPOSITION UBP [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 14:22:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA200 | CYPRUS: DIKO BATTLE COULD AFFECT COALITION, TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democratic Party (DIKO) leader Marios Karoyian suffered a major defeat in March 15 internal party elections that puts his political future in doubt, threatens the fragile coalition with President Demetris Christofias's AKEL party, and conceivably could hinder Cyprus settlement [...] | 2009-03-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CY |
| 09NICOSIA21 | CYPRUS: 2009 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 Offices [...] | 2009-01-16 13:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY |
| 09NICOSIA210 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA211 | CYPRUS: T/C NEGOTIATOR CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Cypriot (T/C) Negotiator Ozdil Nami, in a March 19 meeting with the Ambassador, dubbed a new UN proposal to open the Limnitis/Yesilirmak crossing point as "not beyond the realm of the possible." Under the new plan -- which has still not been officially discussed between t [...] | 2009-03-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PREL EAIR TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA233 | CYPRUS: DENKTASH SCION A RELUCTANT KINGMAKER IN [...] (C) Summary: Denktash family scion and Democrat Party (DP) leader Serdar Denktash believes his center-right party, the perennial junior coalition partner in Turkish Cypriot (T/C) politics, may once again play that role after April 19 "parliamentary" elections. Nevertheless, the second son of [...] | 2009-04-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA235 | CYPRUS: GOC NEGATIVE REACTION TO INCSR [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ACTION REQUEST CONTAINED IN PARA. 5. 2. (SBU) On March 27, Embassy Econ Officer and Econ Specialist met with Eva Papakyriacou, Head of the local Financial Intelligence Unit (known as MOKAS) and Michalis Stylianou, Sen [...] | 2009-04-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EFIN CY |
| 09NICOSIA256 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN [...] (SBU) Embassy Nicosia looks forward to welcoming you to Cyprus, an island whose political complexity and strategic value belie its small size. We have crafted an intensive program including calls on President Demetris Christofias and other high ranking Republic of Cyprus (RoC) officials, a m [...] | 2009-04-09 14:54:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA266 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S APRIL 15 [...] (C) Summary: Your April 15 meeting with the leader of the Turkish Cypriot (T/C) community, Mehmet Ali Talat, is an opportunity to unambiguously register U.S. support for current efforts to re-unify Cyprus. This is a time of extreme crisis for T/C pro-solution forces, of which Talat is the un [...] | 2009-04-14 12:37:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA271 | CYPRUS: PRO-SOLUTION TURKISH CYPRIOTS HEADED FOR [...] Summary (C) The "governing" party in the Turkish Cypriot north, the pro-solution, center-left Republican Turkish Party (CTP),appears headed for defeat in April 19 "parliamentary" elections. The main opposition, solution-skeptical National Unity Party (UBP),has forged and held a double-digit [...] | 2009-04-16 13:48:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA272 | CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...] | 2009-04-16 14:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA278 | CYPRUS: CODEL BERMAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Howard Berman on April 14 led a six-member Congressional delegation to Cyprus to discuss progress towards the island's reunification. In their meetings with Greek Cypriot (G/C) leaders, the Codel heard repeatedly that "the obsta [...] | 2009-04-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA28 | CYPRUS: UN ENVOY CRITIQUES SETTLEMENT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a spirited and friendly exchange of views, UN Special Envoy Alexander Downer on January 14 told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza that Cypriot leaders Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat had made measurable progress in settlement discussions, although [...] | 2009-01-21 04:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA314 | CYPRUS: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus (ROC): United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on seaport security and anti-terrorism. 2. (SBU) Cyprus has rou [...] | 2009-05-13 08:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MARR MOPS PREL PGOV CY |
| 09NICOSIA325 | CYPRIOT STANCE FOR MAY GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. First taking up Iran, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes the new USG direction and agrees that the U.S. and EU must remain united in message. The GOC strongly supports the "E3 3" appr [...] | 2009-05-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IR SO IS RS MD CG CY |
| 09NICOSIA332 | CYPRUS: HARD-LINE HOUSE SPEAKER UNBOWED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cypriot House Speaker and DIKO party leader Marios Karoyian voiced his desire for closer relations between the U.S. and Cypriot legislatures during a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador. As such, he felt great disappointment when two high-profile Members of Congress visited Cypru [...] | 2009-05-20 14:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA333 | CYPRUS: TALAT IN FOUL MOOD ON LIMNITIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat continues to demand the right to transport vehicle fuel to the T/C military enclave in Kokkina as quid pro quo for the opening of a Buffer Zone (BZ) crossing at Limnitis. During a May 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Talat explained he could [...] | 2009-05-21 14:34:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA379 | CYPRUS: PRESIDENT CHRISTOFIAS BELIEVES TALAT UNDER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-16 04:42:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA44 | CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...] | 2009-01-23 13:58:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI |
| 09NICOSIA456 | CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...] | 2009-07-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA46 | CYPRUS: LOCAL BRITS LAUD CHANGE IN TONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In moving from earlier debates on procedure to real substantive give-and-take, the Cypriot leaders had progressed far, UK High Commissioner Peter Millett and visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza agreed on January 14. Mehmet Ali Talat and Demetris Christofias's [...] | 2009-01-26 06:35:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY UK TU |
| 09NICOSIA48 | CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...] | 2009-01-26 12:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA488 | CYPRUS: REGIONAL BENEFITS FROM NATURAL GAS IN THE [...] (C) Summary. Houston-based Noble Energy will conduct seismic exploration in its offshore Cypriot and Israeli blocs beginning the end of September and expect to finish about two months later. We anticipate the Turkish Cypriots will object to the exploration activity, arguing that offshore assets bel [...] | 2009-07-29 09:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL ENRG EPET CY |
| 09NICOSIA50 | CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS DISAPPOINTED IN TALAT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Demetris Christofias, while acknowledging Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's desire to reach a Cyprus settlement, worries that the model Talat prefers is confederal, not federal. Still, Christofias remains ready to engage in a genuine give-and-take discussion w [...] | 2009-01-26 12:41:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA532 | CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] | 2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA533 | CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...] | 2009-08-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY |
| 09NICOSIA537 | CYPRUS--SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP: GOC PLANNING [...] (U) This message contains an action request--please see Paragraph 4. 2. (C) MFA Political Director Amb. Rea Yiordamlis on August 17 called in the Charge to convey an urgent request that the USG give its opinion on whether a planned Cypriot contribution of Euro 50,000 to the Trust Fund of th [...] | 2009-08-19 04:25:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR TU CY |
| 09NICOSIA58 | CYPRUS WASHING HANDS OF M/V MONCHEGORSK? [...] (S) SUMMARY: It is becoming evident that the Republic of Cyprus, likely fearing Cyprus Problem-related "reprisals" from Damascus, hopes to avoid having to interdict and/or divert to an RoC port the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged, Russian-owned ocean freighter carrying arms from Iran to S [...] | 2009-01-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Nicosia | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC IR SY CY |
| 09NICOSIA594 | CYPRUS: GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS FINALLY HITS [...] (SBU) Summary: As we begin to see signs of recovery from the global economic crisis, Cyprus is just beginning to feel pain. For months the Finance Ministry (MinFin) minimized in its public statements the risks to the local economy posed by the international economic situation, but on Septemb [...] | 2009-09-17 12:57:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN CY |
| 09NICOSIA6 | CYPRIOT FM TO VISIT CARACAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his second official foray to Latin America -- his first took him to Havana in September -- Cypriot Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will visit Caracas on January 10 for two days of meetings with BRV officials, then fly to Panama, Brazil, and possibly Costa Rica. A working-l [...] | 2009-01-09 14:32:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY VE |
| 09NICOSIA681 | CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADER TALAT: "THE SIDES [...] (C) Summary: "The sides cannot finalize a deal without international involvement," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat warned the Ambassador during an October 21 lunch. Although he admitted that progress was possible, Talat lamented what he dubbed the "acquiescence" of the internatio [...] | 2009-10-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR GR CY |
| 09NICOSIA685 | CYPRUS: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2009-20010 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 militar [...] | 2009-11-02 14:12:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR CY |
| 09NICOSIA692 | CYPRUS: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, we met with two officials at the MFA: Ms. Francis Lanitou-Williams, Head of the Division of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance, and International Economic Organizations, and Mr. Nicolas Karaitidis, Counsellor, Department of Bilateral Relations with Member States [...] | 2009-11-04 06:46:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID ETRD CY |
| 09NICOSIA7 | CYPRUS: SIDES STILL DIFFER ON GOVERNANCE, UN ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNFICYP Senior Advisor Wlodek Cibor on January 7 painted a less rosy picture than boss Special Representative Taye-Brook Zerihoun of the most recent (January 5) leaders' gathering. Cibor (please protect) discounted the significance of Demetris Christofias and Mehmet Ali Talat r [...] | 2009-01-09 15:33:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU |
| 09NICOSIA716 | CYPRUS: RUSSIAN FM LAVROV PROVIDES SUPPORT FOR GOC [...] (SBU) Russian FM Sergey Lavrov made an official visit to Cyprus November 4-5 where he stressed the need for the two sides in Cyprus to "find the formula for a settlement to the problem themselves." Echoing Greek Cypriot political leaders, Lavrov said a settlement formula in Cyprus "must be to [...] | 2009-11-09 17:06:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CY RU |
| 09NICOSIA789 | REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF UNITED STATES COAST GUARD [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Nicosia requests Department approval to initiate the following select Department of Defense (DoD) engagement activity with the Republic of Cyprus: United States Coast Guard (USCG) training on Waterside Port Security. This activity is clearly in the US national i [...] | 2009-12-22 14:09:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | CY MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09NICOSIA93 | MONCHEGORSK: MFA SEEKING LEGAL OPINIONS, [...] (U) This telegram contains action requests; please see Paragraphs 3, 4, and 11. ------------ Ship Status: ------------ 2. (C) M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in the Limassol port. Cypriot maritime officials have conducted a cursory inspection, finding high explosives of obvious [...] | 2009-01-30 14:11:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PREL PGOV SY IR CY |
| 09NICOSIA96 | CYPRIOTS STILL WEIGHING OPTIONS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C) Status of Ship: M/V Monchegorsk remains at anchorage in Limassol, although the Embassy has received reports it might have moved slightly owing to traffic conditions in the port area. Cypriot maritime officials are conducting a more-thorough inspection of 50-plus crates onboard the vessel. [...] | 2009-02-02 16:31:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC PGOV PREL IR SY CY |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT101 | BEATING FEET: THE FREEZE DEEPENS [...] (U) Charge spoke with Israeli Ambassador Arbel over week-end and on February 1st and 2nd. 2. (C) Ambassador states that Israeli MFA contacted Mauritanian Embassy in Tel Aviv on February 1st. Embassy staffer, non-Mauritanian, discussed situation in English without realizing contact was wit [...] | 2009-02-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT102 | "TIME TO TALK TO AL QAEDA?" ARTICLE [...] (U) Summary: Local English language monthly, Peace, ran an item on January 18 entitled "Time to Talk to Al Qaeda?" by Junta Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Mohammad-Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou. The article posits that Al Qaeda grievances are legitimate and invites the US to acknowledge them: "Septemb [...] | 2009-02-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MR PGOV PREL |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT105 | MORE AMBIGUITY ON MAURATANIAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT11 | REFINING THE FNDD POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD will hold back until February or March to launch a political counter-offensive believing General Aziz will see himself further isolated both internationally and domestically. The "National Dialogue on Democracy" brought nothing substantive to the negotiation table and w [...] | 2009-01-06 18:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT111 | TAWASSOUL, APP, AND SAWAB POLITICAL PARTIES OFFER [...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup parties and one pro-coup party gave their reactions to recent events. From the anti-coup Tawassoul and APP parties, the main themes were categorical rejection of the "National Dialogue on Democracy" and upcoming presidential elections, concern about civil war, and [...] | 2009-02-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT116 | POLITICAL AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RUMINATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, AID Rep met with United Nations Systems Mauritania Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative Maria do Valle Ribeiro (protect) to discuss the current political and assistance environment in Mauritania. While Ms. Ribeiro is a sociologist and technical program spe [...] | 2009-02-09 17:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT118 | MAURITANIAN JUNTA PRESSURES ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary: Mauritanian Junta Foreign Minister has called Israeli Ambassador and strongly suggested it is time for the Ambassador to leave. After consultations with the Israeli MFA, the Israeli Ambassador has informed us that if further pressure applied, he will indeed depart but he "won't [...] | 2009-02-09 18:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT126 | IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING [...] Summary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor. He has been approached by Aziz' own Ouled Bisbaa tribe business leaders about resigning but rejects any negotiations with the military and hopes to return [...] | 2009-02-11 19:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT127 | MAURITANIA: NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) Post Coup Caveats: This is a response to REFTEL request for information. Our response reflects activities we believe would be useful if political conditions -- i.e. the return of democratic governance -- will allow. In the Post-Coup environment, our engagement must be very limited a [...] | 2009-02-12 13:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC XW XY XI |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT128 | MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...] | 2009-02-12 14:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT130 | FOLLOWING THE MONEY PART 2 [...] (C) Summary: This cable is a follow-on to post's first following the money cable (REF A). Six months after the coup, the economic situation in Mauritania has deteriorated precipitously. There are increasing signs that the junta is running out of money and hard currency is becoming increasing [...] | 2009-02-12 14:30:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT138 | MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Having watched the evolution of the Israeli relations issue in the context of the Mauritanian political crisis, we believe that the junta, particularly Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou, is deeply concerned about the repercussions of a formal break in the Maurit [...] | 2009-02-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL USAU PGOV MR IS |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT158 | MAURITANIA 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructins, post submits the following information on Mauitania for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persos (TIP) Report. POC for this report is Political fficer Nitza Sola-Rotger, phone: (222) 525-2660 xt 4404, sola-rotgern@state.gov. 2. (SBU) MURITANIA'S TIP SITUATION [...] | 2009-02-22 10:27:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCM KTIP KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT165 | EDUCATING THE LIBYANS; FNDD OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Front for the Defense of Democracy (FNDD) Director of External Relations, Mohamed Ould Maouloud, met with Charge, Thursday, February 26, to outline policies regarding the mediation efforts of African Union President Qadhafi, relationships within the Mauritanian opposition, [...] | 2009-03-01 07:56:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT167 | MAURITANIAN JUNTA ASKS ISRAELIS TO LEAVE [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel called Charge evening of March 1 advising that he had been convoked that afternoon by the MFA Secretary General and asked to reciprocate actions taken by the Mauritanian authorities by closing his embassy and leaving. The Secretary General said Mauritania had [...] | 2009-03-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT176 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR TO LEAVE "ON EXTENDED VACATION" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-05 10:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT182 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...] | 2009-03-05 14:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT187 | ISRAELI AMBASSADOR LEAVES TOWN AS JUNTA CITES U.S. [...] (C) Status of Israeli Presence: Israeli Ambassador Miki Arbel and his wife departed Mauritania the evening of March 7. The Israeli Chancery is now officially "closed" with all security barriers and Mauritanian protective services removed. The Israeli management/security officer and two TDY [...] | 2009-03-08 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT188 | HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters under one party has found detractors. While stating their support to the High State Council (HSC),independent parliamentarians are distancing themselves from [...] | 2009-03-08 14:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT191 | FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...] | 2009-03-09 12:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT199 | GLOBAL FUND ALLEGES FRAUD AND MISMANAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Geneva-based Global Fund issued a formal complaint letter to its Mauritania Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) February 13 alleging fraud and mismanagement of the country's $32 million Global Fund aid package for malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. All funding has been fro [...] | 2009-03-12 11:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV UNDP KHIV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT2 | THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY - AN INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary: The respected moderator of the National Dialogue on Democracy (Etats Generaux de la Democratie) sees the process as the best chance to get out of an untenable situation. The 'pragmatists" in the process are looking to establish a framework that will get democracy back on track [...] | 2009-01-02 13:15:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT203 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 8-12, Muammar Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania dominated events. Qadhafi pressed hard for a joint declaration between the parties to the crisis, without success. Adding insult to injury, FNDD leaders walked out on his speech at the Palais des Congres when [...] | 2009-03-15 08:13:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PROP KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT204 | OULD DADDAH AND THE FNDD: UNITED AGAINST QADHAFI, [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation," Ahmed Ould Daddah and President Abdallahi's FNDD have again been pushed towards cooperation in denouncing Qadhafi and renouncing the military strategy for June 6 elections. Ould Daddah remains fixed in opposition to President Abdallahi's re [...] | 2009-03-15 17:05:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT211 | PRESS CRACKDOWN: JOURNALIST ARRESTED, WEBSITE [...] (C) Summary: On the night of March 15th, Mauritanian police arrested Abbass Ould Braham, University English Teacher and editor of the tri-lingual on-line newspaper Taquadoumy while he sat in a restaurant among friends. On March 16th, General Prosecutor Seyid Ould Ghaliani ordered Mauritania's [...] | 2009-03-18 13:03:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT215 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 15-19, the effects of Qadhafi's visit reverberated throughout the political scene. Aziz began a series of trips around the country that were widely viewed as campaign stops, and launched direct verbal attacks on President Abdallahi and former presidents [...] | 2009-03-20 11:38:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM LY MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT220 | PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI REACTS TO RECENT EVENTS; FEARS [...] (C) Summary: In the Charge's fourth visit to Lemden, President Abdallahi expressed concern for Mauritania's economy, and the lack of international reaction to Qadhafi's failed "mediation" efforts. He offered his side of the story with his meeting with Qadhafi, and reiterated his belief that [...] | 2009-03-23 14:25:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT226 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...] | 2009-03-30 07:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT227 | CONSOLIDATING POWER: THE JUNTA'S NEW CLIENTELISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Qadhafi's mediation efforts unfolded the week of March 9-13, the High State Council (HSC) continuedQming coup supporters to key government positions -- particularly in ministries involved with elections such as the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Communicat [...] | 2009-03-30 11:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT235 | FORMER PRESIDENT HAIDALLAH WEIGHS IN ON THE CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Haidallah has maintained a low profile after the August 2008 coup. Nevertheless, he expressed clear support for the upcoming June 6 elections, and tacit support for General Aziz. He characterized the FNDD's position as "illogical," and by extension, the USG po [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT236 | MAURITANIA TURNS TO CHINA, LIBYA AND IRAN FOR AID [...] (C) Summary: China agreed to provide a low-interest loan to the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania to finance a $294 million expansion of the Port of Nouakchott. The port will be expanded from 500 meters to 1400 meters, allowing it to accommodate four ships at a time. China also [...] | 2009-04-01 15:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EINV ETRD PREL MR CH IR LY |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT240 | ROUND UP OF CURRENT EUROPEAN DIPLOMATIC VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Marked differn*ces exist between the French, Germans, Spanish and European Commission in Nouakchott. The EC sees the Europeans poised to join the American hard-line against the coup with the release of its Article 96 conclusions o/a April 6 (but at a lamentable cost for the Maur [...] | 2009-04-02 15:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USEU MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT257 | MAURITANIA'S NEIGHBORS -- ABDALLAHI LOSING MALIAN [...] (C) Summary: Charge did the rounds April 5 of neighboring country embassies to check on evolving views following the failed Qadhafi mediation. Morocco and Algeria remain fixed on two sides of the fence -- Morocco urging acceptance of the status quo based on stability concerns (and discounti [...] | 2009-04-08 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV USAU AG ML MO SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT269 | THE FNDD'S INTERIM STRATEGY [...] (S - N/F) Summary: The FNDD sees opportunity in General Aziz's upcoming resignation to work on internal divisions in his support base -- hopefully leaving him out in the cold. Diplomatic activities (including travel by President Abdallahi) will continue as will open resistance. The FNDD fea [...] | 2009-04-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT276 | MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OULD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-16 10:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT277 | THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ETHNIC RELATIONS AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's political crisis keeps stirring longstanding ethnic rivalries. The media talks about a "war" between junta leader General Abdel Aziz and anti-coup Haratine political leaders. Some of the leaders themselves describe it as the regime's "permanent" war with anyone re [...] | 2009-04-16 13:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT278 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...] | 2009-04-16 13:47:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT28 | ANTI-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATIONS REACH NEW LEVEL OF [...] (SBU) Friday prayers in Nouakchott January 9 ended with people taking to the streets to protest continuing Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip. Accurate crowd numbers are hard to obtain -- some press reports placed the crowd at 10,000 or even 13,000 people. A more realistic number may [...] | 2009-01-12 10:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT312 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces through the signature of NDI's CFD Charter, which earned them criticism from Ould Daddah for accepting foreign money and interference. Deputy Sid'Ahmed Ould Ahme [...] | 2009-04-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT321 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: This week in Nouakchott the authorities surprised everybody by authorizing protests. Demonstrations were overall peaceful except for two incidents of violence by FNDD and RFD supporters against the journalist who published the Ould Daddah interview and an Aziz supporter. Mauri [...] | 2009-05-10 07:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT323 | AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President of the Senate Ba M'Bare's "presidency," and the role played in the political crisis by Mauritania's neighbors. The FNDD and RFD asked the U.S. to pressure Fra [...] | 2009-05-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT327 | THE FNDD'S EVER-CHANGING ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD, while suspicious of Senegalese President Wade's intentions, is again looking at the Senegalese mediation as a method to derail the regime's election agenda. The FNDD has multiple conditions, but sees the Senegalese proposal as the basis to start talking about talking [...] | 2009-05-12 17:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL USAU SG MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT328 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI IN LEMDEN [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi, still determined to fight the coup and very much active in the opposition, declared himself open to concessions as long as proposed solutions respected the constitution. The president thinks the Senegalese, rather than coming to the negotiation table with [...] | 2009-05-13 17:01:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT332 | MEETINGS WITH NEW PRO-COUP POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst met with two different breeds of new pro-coup political parties. Union Pour la Republique (UPR),intimately connected with coup leader and now presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sees the June 6 election as an opportunity to return to constitution [...] | 2009-05-17 08:26:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT333 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON JUNTA "FOREIGN MINISTER" [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on the junta "Foreign Minister" on May 12 amid a wave of negative press featuring accusations of improper interference by the Embassy in internal affairs, an apparent GIRM suspension of visa issuances for official Americans, and attempts to limit in-country US [...] | 2009-05-17 08:40:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | SECRET | PREL PGOV ODIP MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT343 | THE FIRST LADY: NOT THE PRIMA DONNA DETRACTORS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware's wife and EconOff spent the day with First Lady Khatou Mint El Boukhary while Ambassador met with President Abdallahi. Boukhary, portrayed by many as controlling and demanding, was warm and down to earth and clearly pleased by Mrs. Boulware's visit. She than [...] | 2009-05-21 09:02:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT358 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SGHAIR OULD M'BARECK: "I [...] (C) Summary: Sghair Ould M'Bareck is a Haratine (Black Moor) with extensive experience in Mauritanian government, and says he will strengthen democracy in Mauritania if elected. He accused the United States of encouraging a "radical" opposition, and maintains the June 6 elections are the so [...] | 2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT360 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE HAMIDOU BABA KANE: "YES WE [...] (C) Summary: Hamidou Baba Kane is one of two Afro-Mauritanian candidates in the upcoming June 6 presidential elections. The Vice President of the National Assembly (and former Vice President in Ahmed Ould Daddah's RFD party),Kane claims he is still a member of RFD, even though Daddah expel [...] | 2009-05-28 16:53:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT363 | ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESIDENT: CARTE BLANCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara believes that the June 6 elections are the only way out of the crisis. Camara, not a friend of the FNDD or President Abdallahi's, is convinced that moving forward with the June 6 election has ma [...] | 2009-05-31 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR KDEM PHUM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT378 | HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR [...] (C) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a sometimes raucous ceremony. After a meeting with President Abdallahi in Lemden on June 6, International Contact Group members and representatives of the three po [...] | 2009-06-08 16:13:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT386 | MAURITANIA: A NEW DRUG-TRAFFICKING HUB IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Drug-trafficking in Mauritania is on the rise and becoming a concern not only for the country but also the region. Mauritania is a transit country for hashish resin and cocaine, two highly profitable drugs. Hashish resin is trafficked from Morocco to the Gulf States through t [...] | 2009-06-11 12:20:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MR SNAR PTER |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT431 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...] | 2009-07-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT443 | MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 8 -- [...] (U) The OIF will send observers: The Organisation internationale de la francophonie (OIF) confirmed on July 8 it will send an observer mission headed by former President of Burundi Pierre Buyoya. 2. (U) Aziz comes forward as the real author of the 2005 coup: During a political rally i [...] | 2009-07-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT446 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Campaign against forced-feeding and over-eating: The Mauritanian government will launch a program in 2010 in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund to fight cultural practices and perceptions that adversely affect women, including forced-feeding and over-eating. The program [...] | 2009-07-09 15:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT46 | IRAN URGES/ENTICES MAURITANIA TO CUT TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Iranian Vice President Mohamed Ridha Rahimi came to Nouakchott January 13 and met with military junta leader General Aziz to discuss primarily Gaza. Press reports in the official media said the Iranian welcomed the Mauritanian decision to recall their ambassador. Independent press and [...] | 2009-01-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT461 | THE RISE OF THE OULED BISBAA [...] (SBU) Summary: It is extremely difficult for Westerners to gain an understanding of the complex and opaque world of Mauritanian tribes. Mauritanians tend to be tight lipped about tribal issues and rarely unveil tribal details or the dynamics of tribal politics. The Ouled Bisbaa, a traditi [...] | 2009-07-16 14:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT47 | FREEZING OF MAURITANIAN - ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) The Mauritanian regime's decision, as announced by General Aziz at the Doha Summit on January 16, to "freeze relations" with Israel has little practical effect for the time being. The Israeli Ambassador received a diplomatic note January 17 announcing that Mauritania had decided to freez [...] | 2009-01-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT480 | THE MAURITANIANS DISAPPOINT -- AZIZ ELECTED [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian people appear to have selected General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their next duly elected president. Although there are isolated reports of inappropriate efforts to influence voters, the election itself proceeded reasonably well offering the population a chance [...] | 2009-07-20 11:29:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT491 | IT'S OFFICIAL -- CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL CONFIRMS [...] (U) The Mauritanian Constitutional Council on July 23 issued its ruling ratifying the results of Mauritania's July 18 presidential elections definitively establishing General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as president elect. Prior to ratifying the election, the Constitutional Council addressed the [...] | 2009-07-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT496 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON PRESIDENT-ELECT AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Boulware called on President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to say that the USG accepted the Constitutional Council,s determination that Aziz had been elected and was not persuaded that opposition complaints of major electoral irregularities were convincingly supported [...] | 2009-07-29 09:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT5 | AGGRESSIVE EVOLUTION OF NOUAKCHOTT ANTI-ISRAELI [...] (U) Summary: Sporadic Anti-Israeli demonstrations have grown in size and aggressiveness. Pre and post prayer marches on Friday, January 2, numbered several hundred; active but handily turned back from Israeli, Egyptian, and other Mission precincts by riot police. The January 4th return of [...] | 2009-01-05 15:16:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPAL KPAO MR PREL |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT500 | MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...] | 2009-08-02 23:28:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT503 | MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ [...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...] | 2009-08-03 08:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT504 | ON IRAN, ISRAEL AND US-MAURITANIA RELATIONS: HEADS [...] (C) Summary: According to Mohamed Aly Cherif, Parliamentarian Majority President and leader of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),the new government is willing to work with the opposition but the ball is now on the opposition's court. Cherif doe [...] | 2009-08-03 09:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT505 | MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...] | 2009-08-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT515 | THE "FIRST" FEMALE ARAB MUSLIM FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass emphasized the importance for women in the Arab world that she not fail as the "first Arab Muslim" foreign minister. She welcomed renewed cooperation with the United States in all areas of counter-terrorism but emphasized devel [...] | 2009-08-17 17:36:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KWMN MR IS |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT53 | MAURITANIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] President Abdallahi's government strongly encouraged foreign direct investment and economic liberalization. The government's investment and development strategy emphasized private sector development, which was seen as the main engine of economic growth. Privatization, liberalization, and inves [...] | 2009-01-19 16:52:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC KTDB USTR EFIN ELAB MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT538 | BIO INFO FOR MAURITANIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On August 11, President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz named his cabinet, composed of 29 positions (24 ministers, 3 deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generals and one minister counselor) (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf: Laghdaf was first appointed prime [...] | 2009-08-20 11:33:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MR PINR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT546 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER LAGHDAF - [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian relationship with the U.S. has "turned a page," and the newly (re)appointed Prime Minister looks forward to a broad and strong revitalized relationship. Counter-terrorism is of extreme importance -- the withdrawal of Peace Corps following the killing of an Ameri [...] | 2009-08-25 15:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT549 | JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Taqadoumy Website Director Hanevy Ould Deha, detained on June 18 on charges of defamation against presidential candidate Ibrahima Moktar Sarr, was sentenced on August 19 to six months in prison, a 30,000 UM ($111 USD) fine and 230,000 UM ($851 USD) in legal fees [...] | 2009-08-26 16:09:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT569 | PRESIDENT AZIZ ON MAURITANIAN RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Ambassador met with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on September 8 ostensibly to deliver President Obama's invitation for a luncheon with sub-Saharan Heads of State on the margins of UNGA (SEPTEL) and to deliver REFTEL demarche on the eve of the Arab League summit. Ambassador expanded [...] | 2009-09-08 16:32:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT574 | MAURITANIAN DISASTER DECLARATION CABLE: HEAVY [...] Pursuant to the authority stated in Section 062, Volume 2 of the Foreign Affairs Manual, and in accordance with OFDA's mandate to save lives, alleviate suffering and reduce the economic impact of disasters, I, Ambassador Mark Boulware, have determined that Mauritania is suffering from a disaste [...] | 2009-09-09 16:11:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MR SOCI |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT580 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...] | 2009-09-14 13:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT608 | VENEZUELA ANNOUNCES PLANS TO CONSTRUCT AN OIL [...] (U) In a statement released by the Venezuelan Ministry of Information and covered widely in the Mauritanian press, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Venezuela reached an agreement with the GIRM to build a refinery in Mauritania capable of processing 30,000 to 40,000 barrels of cr [...] | 2009-09-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ENRG EIND PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT611 | IMF AGREES TO A NEW THREE YEAR PROGRAM WITH [...] (C) Summary. A delegation of IMF advisors visited Mauritania to mark the resumption of GIRM and IMF relations following the 2008 coup d'etat. The IMF announced a Special Drawing Right loan valued at USD 80 million for Mauritania, as well as plans for a three-year IMF aid plan to begin in 201 [...] | 2009-09-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IMF MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT619 | FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW [...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...] | 2009-09-28 12:39:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT623 | FORMER PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI - "I UNDERESTIMATED THE [...] (C) A Man Content With Himself: Charge met with former President Abdallahi on September 24 at his simple home in the village of Lemden (three hours southeast of Nouakchott). This was the first meeting with Abdallahi since he resigned his office on June 24 as his part of the Dakar Accords. Ab [...] | 2009-09-29 13:41:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PINR MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT635 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the month of September, the International Contact Group visited Mauritania to take stock of the post-election political situation. Delegations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank also visited and renewed programs with Mauritania. President Aziz travel [...] | 2009-10-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT636 | MAURITANIA'S SEMI-ANNUAL FRAUD REPORT [...] Mauritania is a poor developing country whose small population and relative isolation have kept the demand for visas relatively low. There has been significant rural to urban migration since the devastating drought of the 1970s. There are three major ethnic groups in Mauritania: White Moors, Bl [...] | 2009-10-01 14:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT658 | MAURITANIA'S 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-13 12:19:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT663 | GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-19 08:08:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MR GV |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT676 | POSSIBLE APPROACH BY PRESIDENT AZIZ TO CAPTAIN [...] (C) In a call on President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on October 21, Ambassador Boulware explained that the U.S. was extremely preoccupied with the situation in Guinea. He noted that during recent consultations in Washington he had been asked to explore with Aziz the possibility of his approachin [...] | 2009-10-22 07:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GV MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT697 | MAURITANIAN MINISTERS ON COUNTER-EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) DCM met October 21 in separate meetings with the Minister of Islamic Affairs, The Minister of Communication, and the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports to discuss the efforts of these ministries to combat extremism and to discuss how the DOD Media Information Support Team (MIST),USA [...] | 2009-10-28 14:24:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT698 | TAWASSOUL: PUSH TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PRESENCE [...] (C) Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul has been one of the few winners in the past year of political crisis -- successfully establishing itself as a credible political movement and poised to expand its influence. This political party, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Taya's gove [...] | 2009-10-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT7 | GAZA: MAURITANIANS INDIRECTLY LINK RECALL OF [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michael Arbel confirmed with junta Foreign Minister Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Mohamedou the Mauritanian authorities have recalled their Ambassador in Israel "for consultations" in response to tremendous domestic and foreign pressure. Ould Mohamedou told the Ambassador that [...] | 2009-01-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT705 | MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...] | 2009-11-02 07:45:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT708 | MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW [...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...] | 2009-11-03 11:35:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT711 | SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA: AN OVERVIEW AND ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: A deeply entrenched social, cultural and economic phenomenon, slavery is present in both the Moor and Afro-Mauritanian communities and is linked to a caste system rather than exclusively racial considerations. Slavery practices still exist in many forms -- from the most tradit [...] | 2009-11-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM TIP PGOV KDEM MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT75 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI TO [...] (SBU) Charge received January 25 from Presidential Chief of Staff Ahmed Kaber Ould Hammoudi a congratulatory letter from President Abdallahi to President Obama dated January 22. A scanned copy of the letter will be sent to AF/W. In the letter, Abdallahi expresses his belief that the USG will [...] | 2009-01-25 13:18:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ODPC MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT790 | LETTER FROM MINISTER MOUKNASS TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] (U) On December 6, post received a letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Naha Mint Mouknass to Secretary Clinton. The English translation of the letter (written in Arabic) reads as follows: December 1, 2009 Nouakchott Mrs. Hillary Clinton United States of America Secretary of State - [...] | 2009-12-10 08:54:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT818 | MAURITANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEES ALGERIA AS [...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian Foreign Minister sees Algeria as hindering a regional response to the AQIM threat -- both by seeking to exclude some regional countries (presumably Morocco) from the conversation and dissuading neighbors from cooperating with external partners like AFRICOM. The [...] | 2009-12-28 14:17:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EPET MR AG |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT825 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS RECEPTION FOR MAURITANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador hosted an off the record, roundtable discussion for a diverse group of seven Mauritanian business leaders to discuss the challenges Mauritania faces to stimulate economic growth, provide employment to young Mauritanians and to create economic opportunities for women. [...] | 2009-12-30 16:06:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID SOCI MR |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT83 | MAYOR OF NEMA FIGHTS ON WHILE PRO-COUP PARTISANS [...] (C) Summary: The mayor of the remote southeastern town of Nema continues to try to improve the living conditions of his residents, despite ongoing attempts by pro-coup politicians to unseat him from his post. The economic situation remains as precarious as ever, exacerbated by the pullout o [...] | 2009-01-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD KDEM MR PGOV PREL PTER |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT92 | MEDIA REACTION: INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [...] (U) Arabic and French dailies and websites gave superb coverage to the MissionQs innaugural program which attracted more than 250 guests. However, in the weeks leading to the event, coverage of the transition itself was limited reflecting the ambiguity of the Mauritanian political/intellect [...] | 2009-01-29 13:07:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KPAO KMDR |
| 09NOUKKCHOTT514 | AZIZ' EW GOVERNMENT "NOT BAD" [...] (C) Summary: President elect Mohamed Ould AbdelAAziz appointed a new cabinet on August 11. Led by former Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagha f, the cabinet has 29 positions (24 ministers, deputy ministers, 2 minister secretary generalsa nd one minister counselor). Aziz set a posit [...] | 2009-08-13 12:58:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MR |
| 09OSAKAKOBE135 | Of Madonnas and Manifestos: Kansai Braces for [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in western Japan are poised to hand a historic victory to the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) in legislative elections, tracking developments nationwide in a race highlighted by negative campaigning by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),a debate dominated by issue [...] | 2009-08-28 09:09:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV JA |
| 09OSAKAKOBE45 | KANSAI ECONOMIC RECOVERY OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Summary. Kansai-based business people and experts are generally optimistic on the mid to long term outlook for Kansai's economic recovery. In the short term, they cite lack of economic confidence and the uncertainty over Japan's leadership and political outlook are the biggest obstacl [...] | 2009-03-16 23:13:00 | Consulate Osaka Kobe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PGOV JA |
| 09OSLO115 | PART I: CONSTRAINTS ON NORWAY'S MIDDLE EAST ROLE? [...] (C) Summary: Norway aspires to be a leader in Middle East peace negotiations and could be a genuine asset in bringing peace to the region. Norway's diplomatic principles, focus on dialogue, and mediation history have helped raise Norway's profile as a peacemaker. Its tense relationship with I [...] | 2009-02-13 14:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PINR IS NO |
| 09OSLO116 | PART III: NORWEGIAN FM STOERE: THE WORLD AT HIS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-13 14:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL IS NO |
| 09OSLO171 | (C) NORWAY'S MORE POSITIVE IRAQ POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Recognizing the improved situation in Iraq and wishing to support President Obama, Norway decided to "even further normalize relations" with Iraq and to consider a possible political level visit. Despite this positive direction, the GON continues to be skeptical to engagement w [...] | 2009-03-17 08:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL PGOV IZ NO |
| 09OSLO174 | HOLD THE LINE: NORWAY'S SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary. As Washington agencies consider the Special 301 Watchlist, Post wishes to strongly emphasize its earlier recommendation (Reftel B) that the GON should remain on the list. Norway was first listed in 2008 (Reftels C,D). Per Ref B, Post is aware that there is an internal USG discus [...] | 2009-03-17 13:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON KIPR NO |
| 09OSLO199 | JAGLAND'S CANDIDACY FOR NEXT COE SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. Thorbjorn Jagland is a leading Norwegian politician whose thoughtful comments often crystallize debates and support US positions. While he was the subject of some controversy while he was Prime Minister, he is now a seasoned elder statesman who would be a strong candidate to hea [...] | 2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM COE NO |
| 09OSLO216 | LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL EINV RU NO |
| 09OSLO217 | (S) NORWEGIANS WILL RAISE SABERI ISSUE WITH [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points at length with the acting director of the Mid-East Section of the MFA, Ingrid Schoyen. Schoyen said that Norway finds it nearly impossible to obtain meetings with officials in Tehran, and furthermore that the workings of Iranian goverment are extremely opaque [...] | 2009-03-31 15:14:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR NO |
| 09OSLO352 | NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW, MAY 2009 [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director, to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights, and, indi [...] | 2009-05-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO |
| 09OSLO383 | NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY After four years of only minimal contact with the Iraqi government, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere is planning a day-long visit to Baghdad on June 17. This visit comes in response to a direct request from Secretary Clinton to FM Stoere during their bilateral meeting in [...] | 2009-06-09 14:07:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL IZ NO |
| 09OSLO384 | NORWEGIAN IRANIANS: A MODEL IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Iranian immigrants in Norway are some of the country's most successful and best-integrated non-Western minorities. There are currently over 15,000 first and second generation Iranians in Norway, making them the tenth largest immigrant group. The community is highly educated, s [...] | 2009-06-10 11:24:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CVIS IR KCRM NO PINR PTER |
| 09OSLO399 | NORWAY'S RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-18 07:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PINS PREL RS NO |
| 09OSLO434 | OSLO NEC - THE HIGH COSTS OF FREEZING THE PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: After winning a nail-biting vote in the City Council, an appeal to the governor, two lower court cases, and a final Supreme Court appeal, then successfully concluding four years of negotiations over the purchase price for the land, we at last have a clear pat [...] | 2009-07-07 07:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD PREL AMGT ASEC KLIG NO |
| 09OSLO494 | THE NORWAY HAMSUN YEAR CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: August 5 marked the official opening of the Hamsun Center in Hamaroy, Norway, and the continued celebration of the "Hamsun Year," a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize winning author and Nazi sympathizer Knut Hamsun. The "Hamsun Year" has brought co [...] | 2009-08-07 14:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SCUL KIRF NO |
| 09OSLO526 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder in Oslo August 17, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth-Eide and Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad said they looked forward to reviewing the new COMISAF Strategic requirements this fall; suggested tha [...] | 2009-08-26 13:44:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS AF RU NO |
| 09OSLO527 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions August 17 with visiting USNATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jonas Gahr Stoere and MFA DG for North America and Security Policy Steffen Kongstad said the GON would welcome a new U.S. Missile Defense strategy that emphasized a multilat [...] | 2009-08-26 13:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PARM RU NO |
| 09OSLO538 | NORWAY'S RESPONSE: SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Fife told PolOff September 2 that Norway submitted its request on July 13 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make an oral statement on Kosovo in December 2009. He added that representatives from the legal offices of the UK, Germany, France, an [...] | 2009-09-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICJ KV PREL NO |
| 09OSLO540 | NORWEGIAN MFA AF/PAK DIRECTOR VIEW'S ON [...] Summary: (C) CDA James Heg, PolCouns, and PolOff held wide-ranging discussions August 31 with Ambassador Bjorn Janis Kanavin, the MFA's Af/Pak Director and previously Ambassador to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kanavin said the GON's contribution to Afghanistan would likely be strengthened after [...] | 2009-09-04 07:10:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
| 09OSLO564 | U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE: VIEW FROM NORWAY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The removal of two Brigade Combat Teams and one and a half fighter squadrons from Europe to the United States would likely provoke Norwegian angst over the effectiveness of the U.S. commitment to NATO and to Europe in general, just as Norway is promoting increased NATO engage [...] | 2009-09-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PARM NO |
| 09OSLO572 | SE WOLPE HAS PRODUCTIVE TALKS WITH GON AND NGOS IN [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy Howard Wolpe had a day of productive meetings on September 4 in Oslo with representatives of the Norwegian government (GON),the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC),Norwegian Church Aid (NCA),and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI). The GON agreed t [...] | 2009-09-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO KWMN SOCI NO |
| 09OSLO575 | NORWAY MEDIA REACTION: MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S.'s decision to shelve the plans to base a missile defense shield in Poland and the Czech Republic has gotten wide and favorable coverage in Norwegian media. One commentator questions whether the decision might weaken the President. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) As reported [...] | 2009-09-18 12:54:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC MARR NO |
| 09OSLO600 | PROFILE OF THE LARGE AND ACTIVE NORWEGIAN DIASPORA [...] (U) Summary: The Norwegian diaspora in the United States is a large identifiable group with some 4.5 million people and maintains deep and firmly institutionalized connections to Norway. This cable responds to reftel request for information about this group. Several Norwegian-American organi [...] | 2009-09-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP SCUL SMIG TSPL |
| 09OSLO609 | IRAN NUCLEAR FACILITY DEMARCHE REDUX, THIS TIME [...] (C) Summary: Then-Charge d'affaires Daniels (now A/DCM upon the return of Post's charge later on October 2) followed up post's initial Iran nuclear facility demarche of September 25 with an additional demarche October 2 to the acting head of the Norwegian MFA's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation [...] | 2009-10-05 10:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | IR MNUC NO PARM PREL |
| 09OSLO623 | P5+1 DEBRIEF: "TOTAL CONVERGENCE" OF NORWEGIAN, [...] (C) Charge Heg met on October 7 with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, as well as with the Norwegian Special Representative to the Middle East, Jon Hanssen-Bauer. The discussion covered reftel demarche points on Iran, as well as the Israel- [...] | 2009-10-08 15:03:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM IR NO |
| 09OSLO624 | NORWAY'S TUNE ON ISRAEL, THE PEACE PROCESS, AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 7, Charge Heg had a constructive discussion about overall U.S. Norway cooperation in the Middle East with senior Norwegian diplomats Jorn Gjelstad, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East Section, and Special Envoy to the Middle East Jon Hanssen-Bauer. [...] | 2009-10-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER KPAL IS IQ NO |
| 09OSLO700 | FM STOERE, NEW U.S. AMBASSADOR SHARE VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial courtesy call November 9, Foreign Minister Stoere welcomed Ambassador White to Norway and offered that the priorities the Ambassador outlined during his Senate confirmation hearings in September closely match the priorities of the Government of Norway. [...] | 2009-11-09 16:16:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NO PREL PTER |
| 09OSLO720 | NORWEGIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY ON NATO, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: MoD Security Policy Director Svein Efjestad told EUR/NB Director, DCM, PolCouns, A/DATT and PolMil Officer November 12 that the recent NATO-Russia Council meeting held in Oslo on nuclear policy was a useful discussion, particularly as it addressed sub-strategic weapons, which re [...] | 2009-11-18 13:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OVIP NO |
| 09OSLO725 | NORWAY'S MFA ON POTUS VISIT, IRAN, HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings November 12, MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen and MFA Security Policy Director Rune Resaland and senior members of his staff outlined their views on topics of current interest, including their thoughts on deliverables during the upcoming POTUS visit, to [...] | 2009-11-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL NATO PARM NO |
| 09OSLO73 | NORWAY ? 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] (U) Summary. Here is the submission for Norway's 2009 Investment Climate Report. Per reftel, it will be incorporated in the Country's Commercial Guide. End summary. Chapter 6: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensati [...] | 2009-01-14 13:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV OPIC KTDB USTR NO |
| 09OSLO739 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO OSLO [...] (S) Mr. President, your visit to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize is of great significance to the Norwegians. Norway is a geographically mid-sized country with a population on par with Colorado, and, according to the IMF, a 2009 GDP per capita just below 100,000 USD - surpassed in the wo [...] | 2009-11-30 15:25:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD SENV MOPS NO |
| 09OSLO748 | Ambassador's Stavanger Discussions with GON and Oil [...] (SBU) In meetings during the Ambassador's first visit to Norway's "oil city" of Stavanger, U.S. companies told the Ambassador they were keenly interested in access to more offshore production acreage, particularly in the environmentally/ politically sensitive area of Lofoten-Vesteralen. The Di [...] | 2009-12-04 06:43:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV SENV PREL NO VE RS |
| 09OSLO777 | GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT'S NOBEL VISIT [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ---------------- GENERAL REACTION ---------------- 2. (U) The response to President Obama's visit, and to his Nobel Prize acceptance speech in particular, has on the whole been overwhelmingly enthusiastic, even pa [...] | 2009-12-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL SCUL KPAO NO |
| 09OSLO787 | NORWAY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER ERNA SOLBERG DISCUSSES NOBEL, ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative ("Hoyre") Party (the second largest opposition party in Norway after the right-wing Progress Party) told Ambassador White on December 15 that many Norwegians were favorably impressed by President Obama's direct message in his Nobel speech [...] | 2009-12-23 12:29:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NO OXEC PGOV PREL |