• wikileaks ico  Home
  • privacy policy Privacy

Search   through 251'286 wikileaks cables

browse by topics
| advanced search
Select office:
Select classification:
Tags: ALL or ANY
B   R   O   W   S   E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY


By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
APER PERSONNEL
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ASEC SECURITY
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
CVIS VISAS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
[close]

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

[close]

More on tag:
ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
[close]

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)

[close]

More on tag:
KCOM: Chief of Mission
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
[close]

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)

[close]

More on tag:
KCRM: Criminal Activity
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KDEM: Democratization
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KGHG: Global Climate Change
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KHLS: Homeland Security
[close]

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)

[close]

More on tag:
KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KIRF: International Religious Freedom
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KISL: Islamic Issues
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KJUS: Administration of Justice
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAO: Public Affairs Office
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KPIN: Political Internationals
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KPWR: Power Support Program
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
[close]

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)

[close]

More on tag:
KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
[close]

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.
[close]

More on tag:
KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KSUM: Summit Meetings
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KUNR: UN Reform
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
KWMN: Women Issues
[close]

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)
[close]

More on tag:
MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OTRA TRAVEL
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PINR INTELLIGENCE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PREF REFUGEES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
SMIG MIGRATION
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
SNAR NARCOTICS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[close]

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
[close]

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
[close]

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
[close]
By tags:
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 AL-1 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 [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE 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


Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable


Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1'000 rows / 8'260 results
IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
08SANTODOMINGO119AMBASSADOR' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-23 15:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR EINV DR
08SANTODOMINGO1235PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER ON DRUGS, CHEVRON,
[...] (SBU) On July 23, in front of an audience that included President Fernandez and Acting U.S. DEA Chief, Dominican drug czar Marino Vinicio "Vincho" Castillo said that the United States is persistently obstructing the Dominican Republic's anti-drug efforts. Castillo said that this has harmed som [...]
2008-07-30 19:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ENRG SNAR IR DR
08SANTODOMINGO128AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...]
2008-01-25 15:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR
08SANTODOMINGO1340PLD LEADER MEDINA KEEPS DISTANCE FROM FERNANDEZ
[...] (C) BACKGROUND: Danilo Medina is the second-most powerful leader in the PLD party, after President Fernandez himself, and is seen as the strategic brains behind the organization's rise from third-party status in the 1980s to control of the presidency and both houses of congress by 2006. Medina se [...]
2008-08-25 19:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBIO SNAR ECON DR
08SANTODOMINGO142DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CONTRERAS EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On January 24, U.S. Marshals returned Rick Rogelio Contreras to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on charges of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, as well as possession with intent to distribute more than 500 [...]
2008-01-29 15:17:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1475LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - VISIT TO COLOMBIAN
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individuals who have been selected for a visit to the Colombian National Police, scheduled for October 19 - 25, 2008. Post has no disq [...]
2008-09-19 19:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1535LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - INT'L ASSOC. OF CHIEFS OF
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following NAS sponsored individual who has been selected for the International Assoc. of Chiefs of Police Annual Conference, scheduled for 08 - 12 November 2008 [...]
2008-10-02 13:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDDR MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1657U.S.-CARIBBEAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: DOMINICAN
[...] On October 28, the Ambassador delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-Caribbean Security Dialogue to Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. Morales expressed Dominican interest in the meeting and said that he would pass the invitation to Minister of Defense Pena Antonio. In addition, the Dom [...]
2008-10-29 18:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KJUS PTER EAID MASS MOPS DR
08SANTODOMINGO1727NON-AVAILABILITY OF CBP INTERDICTION ASSETS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Blackhawk helicopters stationed in Puerto Rico that have been assisting the Dominican Republic Directorate for National Drug Control (DNCD) and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the interdiction of suspected narcotics laden [...]
2008-11-07 20:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDR KCRM PHUM PREL SNAR
08SANTODOMINGO1811AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-28 14:05:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MARR SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1819VISIT BY WHA DAS ROBINSON
[...] (U) Summary: The November 17-19 visit of WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Robinson and WHA/CAR Deputy Director Willard Smith to the Dominican Republic provided them an opportunity to hear first hand about the challenges faced by the GODR and Embassy Santo Domingo - the energy and fiscal cr [...]
2008-12-01 18:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1917SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, DECEMBER
[...] IMF Visit 2. Fernandez Speech on Economic Crisis 3. Energy Sector Update 4. Job Losses in Mining Sector 5. Textile Sector Loses More Jobs  [...]
2008-12-16 13:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL SNAR ETRD ENRG DR
08SANTODOMINGO1950DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...]
2008-12-22 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1951DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...]
2008-12-22 14:11:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO1959RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008
[...] (U) This constitutes the first in a planned series of cables collecting and summarizing developments in the rule of law field, writ large: notable cases and controversies related to corruption, narco-trafficking, money-laundering, human smuggling and trafficking, as well as the functioning of [...]
2008-12-23 17:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR
08SANTODOMINGO387ONDCP DIRECTOR, DEA ADMINISTRATOR CALL ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 25, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters, accompanied by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Acting Administrator Michele Leonhart, U.S. Ambassador P. Robert Fannin, ONDCP and DEA Chiefs of Staff, and poloff called on Domi [...]
2008-03-17 19:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM SNAR MARR DR
08SANTODOMINGO487LEAHY REQUEST - MARITIME INTERDICTION, SANTO
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for EcoPol and NAS. 3. Names and ide [...]
2008-04-08 14:51:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDMARR PHUM SNAR KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO585DOMINICAN FUGITIVE CAYETANO EXTRADITED TO THE
[...] On April 21, U.S. Marshals returned Henri Cayetano (aka "Figura Vieja") to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico to face 4 narcotics-related counts, as detailed in indictment number 06-253 (PG),filed on August 19, 2006. The facts contained [...]
2008-04-22 17:35:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO659LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ADVANCED SIU COURSE, SANTO
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in rapidly processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individuals who have been selected for an Advanced Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU) training course, located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep [...]
2008-05-02 12:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO665LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: IDEC CONFERENCE, ISTANBUL,
[...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following Dominican Army flag officers who serve as the senior leaders of the DEA-equivalent National Directorate for Drug Control (DNCD). They have been select [...]
2008-05-02 15:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR SNAR KCRM DR
08SANTODOMINGO79DOMINICAN FUGITIVE NUNEZ EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED
[...] On January 10, U.S. Marshals returned Maria Nunez to the United States to appear before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey to face charges of conspiracy to commit food stamp fraud, as detailed in indictment number 00-776 (HAA),filed on December 1, 2000. The facts contained [...]
2008-01-16 11:43:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KCRM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO807LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: COUNTER DRUG OPS, WHINSEC,
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human right screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Names and id [...]
2008-05-27 20:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO967LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: TERRORISM AND
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and ide [...]
2008-06-13 16:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTODOMINGO990LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: UH-1H HELICOPTER MECHANIC
[...] This is an action request. Please see para. 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subject. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response for NAS and ECOPOL. 3. Name and ide [...]
2008-06-19 14:30:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM SNAR DR
08SANTOOMINGO1959RULE OF LW ROUND-UP - DEC 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-23 17:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGV KCOR KCRM SNAR PREL DR
08SAOPAULO170HUMAN RIGHTS AND PUBLIC SECURITY CHALLENGES IN MATO GROSSO
[...] (SBU) Mato Grosso do Sul's public security and human rights challenges are typical of those found in many Brazilian states today. The state's geographic location, sharing an international border with Bolivia and Paraguay, however, creates an additional set of public policy tests for the state [...]
2008-04-02 12:52:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO228SAO PAULO POLICE ACCUSED OF CRIMES AGAINST PCC LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the second anniversary of organized criminal violence in Sao Paulo approaches (reftels),an investigation has uncovered evidence of possible civil police misconduct related to the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal gang. Two investigators have been accused of illicit wire [...]
2008-05-09 09:41:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO242DRUGS, ARMS AND CONTRABAND CONTINUE TO ENTER BRAZIL
[...] (SBU) Brazil continues to wrestle with the serious challenge posed by increasingly creative traffickers of drugs, arms and IPR-infringing products, according to law enforcement officials and NGO representatives in Sao Paulo and Foz do Iguacu. Growing demand, both domestic and international, [...]
2008-05-13 12:39:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KIPR SENV ASEC PARM BR
08SAOPAULO49BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES:
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...]
2008-02-01 13:54:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR
08SAOPAULO56POOR SAO PAULO PRISON CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO POSE SERIOUS
[...] (SBU) Although state authorities emphasize that they are working hard on introducing new plans to address deficiencies in Sao Paulo's penitentiaries, reputed to have Brazil's best-organized and well-run jails and detention centers, local prison watchers tell us that conditions are in an abysma [...]
2008-02-08 10:46:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO66POOR PRISON CONDITIONS FUEL GROWTH OF PCC CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) According to Sao Paulo-based public security analysts, poor prison conditions in the state are a major contributing reason for the expansion of the First Capital Command (PCC) network into one of the most powerful gangs in Sao Paulo's criminal world. While state authorities argue that a [...]
2008-02-15 08:53:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC BR
08SAOPAULO77FOLLOW-UP WITH SENIOR JUSTICE ON DRUG AND WEAPONS
[...] (C/NF) Sao Paulo State Court of Appeals Criminal Division Justice, Jose Amado de Faria Souza, told Consul General (CG) that while his concerns expressed reftel regarding the possible transportation of heavy weapons across the Tri-Border Area (TBA) and from Colombia into Brazil were based on c [...]
2008-02-20 14:11:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV OEXC SNAR KCRM BR
08SARAJEVO16742008-2009 BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA INCSR REPORT (PART I)
[...] (U) Below follows the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part One for Bosnia-Herzegovina. I. Summary Narcotics control capabilities in Bosnia and Herzegovina ("Bosnia") remain in a formative stage and have not kept pace with developments in other areas of l [...]
2008-10-29 09:07:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM BK
08SEOUL107COMBAT METH EPIDEMIC ACT: ROKG PARTICIPATES IN
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Poloff confirmed that the Republic of Korea Government (ROKG) reported their 2006 legitimate domestic requirements for the licit use of ephedrine and psuedoephedrine to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) through the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade [...]
2008-01-18 03:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ETRD ECON KS
08SHANGHAI519SHANGHAI ACADEMICS ON CHINA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars believe Sino-Pakistan relations are strong and stable, one scholar calling it an "all weather partnership," with growing bilateral trade and good political relations. China's growing ties with India (Ref A),however, make Pakistan uncomfortable and force China t [...]
2008-12-02 02:05:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER PINR SNAR CH PK IN
08SHENYANG116PRC-DPRK BORDER DEFENSE, BORDER-CROSSERS, NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC has made some progress in PRC-DPRK border security in recent years, but advances ought not be overestimated, say northeast China experts. Although new investment, infrastructural improvements and modern technologies have enhanced defense capacity, the border remains porou [...]
2008-08-20 05:20:00Consulate ShenyangCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV PREF ASEC KTIP SNAR KN CH
08SINGAPORE11602008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits its draft 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I - Drug and Chemical Control. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: I. Summary The Government of Singapore (GOS) enforces stringent counter-narcotics policies through strict laws -- i [...]
2008-11-03 01:37:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
08SINGAPORE86COMBAT METHAMPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC ACT - REPORTING
[...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, this message contains information needed by the Department as part of the Control Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) reporting and certification process. Regulatory Environment ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is [...]
2008-01-24 00:21:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
08SINGAPORE87COMBAT METHAMPHETAMINE EPIDEMIC ACT - REPORTING
[...] (U) Per Ref A instructions, this message contains information needed by the Department as part of the Control Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA) reporting and certification process. Regulatory Environment ---------------------- 2. (SBU) The Singapore Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) is [...]
2008-01-24 00:22:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR ECON ETRD PREL SN
08SKOPJE160 MACEDONIA 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] This is the CY-2007 report summarizing end-use monitoring of INL provided support in the Republic of Macedonia (reftel). 2. Procedures. Our ICITAP Senior Police Advisors conduct ongoing assessments of the Ministry of Interior police equipment needs. Equipment is donated via a letter of don [...]
2008-02-27 16:22:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KJUS MK
08SKOPJE52MACEDONIA: HEROIN SEIZURE MAY PROVIDE LEADS TO
[...] (SBU) Macedonian police arrested a Macedonian citizen and seized 23.6 kilos of heroin during a traffic stop on the Skopje-Tetovo highway on 15 January. The seizure stemmed from a September 2007 investigation into an organized drug-trafficking operation running drugs from Turkey through Bulg [...]
2008-01-22 16:08:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMK PGOV SNAR KCRM
08SOFIA724BULGARIA AND COUNTERNARCOTICS: INTENSIFYING OUR
[...] Summary: The Bulgarian Government is acutely aware of the problems posed by transit across the Balkan region of narcotics and particularly of heroin from Afghanistan. The Minister of Interior contacted Ambassador to press for intensified cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, both [...]
2008-11-19 06:38:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCOR KCRM BU
08STATE100349HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-19 14:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE101603HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-23 17:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE101606HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-23 17:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE101608HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-23 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE101610HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-23 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE103751HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-29 14:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE103754HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-29 14:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE103757HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...]
2008-09-29 14:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE105409LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of date, it possesses no credible information of gross violationsof human rights by the security officers below: a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Date of birth: 17 April, 1968 Passport no.: SA 000205 Date of issue: 01 [...]
2008-10-02 15:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08STATE106314GUINEA-BISSAU: TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for the October 6 UN Security Council Consultations on Guinea-Bissau. Begin points: -- We would like to thank (DPA official) for his briefing on the situation in Guinea-Bissau. -- The United States is pleased by statements fro [...]
2008-10-03 22:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
08STATE106869GUIDANCE FOR PRST ON GUINEA-BISSAU OCTOBER 7
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the PRST on Guinea-Bissau (para 2) October 7 in the UN Security Council Consultations. 2. Begin text of PRST: The Security Council, recalling its previous statements on Guinea-Bissau, and having considered the latest report of the Secretary-General [...]
2008-10-06 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
08STATE116826DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA SECURITY FORCE LEAHY
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ODC Maneuver Captain Career Course that starts Novem [...]
2008-11-03 15:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE117668DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the ODC Integrated Maritime Security System "1206" Project [...]
2008-11-05 13:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE117684DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING - JUSMAG TITLE X
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Comprehensive Crisis Management course under JUSMAG' [...]
2008-11-05 13:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117686DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING - JUSMAG TITLE X
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism course [...]
2008-11-05 13:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117689DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUSMAG'S
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates for participation in the JUSMAG's Vector Balance Pi [...]
2008-11-05 13:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117691DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUSMAG IMET
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the International Officer Intelligence/Military [...]
2008-11-05 13:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE117832DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the Targeting and Risk Management (TRM) Course hosted in Jakarta and spon [...]
2008-11-05 17:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE118863DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is an additional candidate for the DS/ATA VIP Protection Course scheduled from November 24 thro [...]
2008-11-07 15:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE118865DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. The individuals are candidates to attend the Special Investigation Group Workshop on Pangolins and B [...]
2008-11-07 15:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE118867DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the Special Investigations Group (SIG) Workshop on Pangolin [...]
2008-11-07 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE118868DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - JUSMAG IMET
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Aviation Safety Officer course under JUSMAG [...]
2008-11-07 15:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE118991DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the LEGATT (FBI) National Academy 237th Session in Quantico, [...]
2008-11-07 18:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE118992DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - Surface Warfare Officer School from December 30, 2008 throug [...]
2008-11-07 18:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE119170DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MANILA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the Comprehensive Crisis Management course under JU [...]
2008-11-07 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119309AFGHANISTAN: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNGA AFGHANISTAN
[...] The Department requests that USUN co-sponsor the resolution on the situation on Afghanistan (para 3),to be considered by the UN General Assembly on November 10, and that USUN draw on the following points for use during the discussion. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: The United State [...]
2008-11-08 00:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA UNAMA KDEM PREL MARR MOPS SNAR PHUM AF
08STATE119625DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates for participation in the JUSMAG Balance Piston 09-1 [...]
2008-11-10 17:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119630DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Command Information Center Training of the Ma [...]
2008-11-10 18:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE119631DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Clandestine Lab Investigations and Chemical Con [...]
2008-11-10 18:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE119632DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL-DOJ/ICITAP Provincial Criminal Investigation Tra [...]
2008-11-10 18:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE119634DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG - 533 COMBAT
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the JUSMAG - 533 Combat Systems Science and Technology program at th [...]
2008-11-10 18:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE119636DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the USAID sponsored, and ASEAN-WEN facilitated, Support [...]
2008-11-10 18:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE119639DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MANILA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Combined Logistics Captain Career Course of [...]
2008-11-10 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119642DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MANILA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Naval Staff College under JUSMAG Internation [...]
2008-11-10 18:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119643DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the Fusion Mint 09-01 training exercise scheduled from February 23 [...]
2008-11-10 18:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE119644DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals below. These individuals are candidates to attend the Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attach Conference sponsored by U. [...]
2008-11-10 18:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS SN
08STATE119651DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MANILA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the Captain Career Common Core under JUSMAG Interna [...]
2008-11-10 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119671DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified in paragraph 2 below. The individuals listed below are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Pla [...]
2008-11-10 19:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH
08STATE119672DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MANILA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the International Officer School and Squadron Offic [...]
2008-11-10 19:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE119722DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at the Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference from November 17- [...]
2008-11-10 21:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE120035DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG - ROYAL THAI
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to visit the United States Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, N [...]
2008-11-12 16:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE120182DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for participation in a Naval Staff College Program training course from January 13, 200 [...]
2008-11-12 19:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE120185DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG THAI International Officer Intelligence, Captains [...]
2008-11-12 19:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE120188DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG THAI Civil Affairs Training program at Fort Bragg [...]
2008-11-12 19:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE120466DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course sch [...]
2008-11-13 15:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE120474DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the joint INL/DOJ, Standard Emergency Management Systems [...]
2008-11-13 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE121208DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA-Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning course. The course s [...]
2008-11-14 18:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE121209DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Multinational Force Standard Operating Proce [...]
2008-11-14 18:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE121875DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the unit and commander listed below. The unit and commander are candidates for participation in the Fusion Mint 09-01 training exercise scheduled f [...]
2008-11-17 18:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE123908DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for "Special Investigation Group Workshop on Pangolin and Big Cats." The In [...]
2008-11-21 20:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA
08STATE124166DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in the JUSMAG - Royal Thai Army Officer, Foreign Military Attac [...]
2008-11-24 12:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE124214DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigation Course schedu [...]
2008-11-24 14:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE124569DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates for participation in the JIATF-West Leather Piston [...]
2008-11-24 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE124745DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP STANDARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM tra [...]
2008-11-25 14:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE124746DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for attendance at the HIV/AIDS Conference training course December 5-12, 2008 in San A [...]
2008-11-25 14:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE124780DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP STANDARD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM [...]
2008-11-25 15:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE124901DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Thai JCET Fusion Torch 09-1 [...]
2008-11-25 17:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE124902DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for attendance at the HIV/AIDS Conference training course December 5-12, 2008 in San A [...]
2008-11-25 17:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE124992DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in a Basic Crime Investigation and Evidence Collect [...]
2008-11-25 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE125004DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the units and commanders listed below. These units and commanders are candidates to participate in the JUSMAG Thai CNT Fusion Torch 09-1 a [...]
2008-11-25 20:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE125046DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR VIETNAM LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Tactical and Safety Training Course from Decem [...]
2008-11-25 20:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR KCRM VM
08STATE125072DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the unit and commander identified below. The unit and commander received a nomination to participate in the "GPOI PKO Lanes Train the T [...]
2008-11-25 21:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE125908DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the Staff and Instructor Training from January 3 [...]
2008-11-28 17:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE125909DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the USAID/ILEA Q Special Investigation Group Workshop on [...]
2008-11-28 17:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE125910DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR TAIWAN LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - DEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These are candidates from the Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau selected to attend a DEA Basic Drug De [...]
2008-11-28 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM PTER SNAR TW
08STATE126744DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in Session Two of the Basic Crime Investigation and [...]
2008-12-02 16:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE126746DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a SET/PA Qualification course under JUSMAG International Military [...]
2008-12-02 16:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE126861DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course from Dece [...]
2008-12-02 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
08STATE126864DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR BRUNEI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok "Tactical Safety and Planning" course to be held fr [...]
2008-12-02 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM KCRM PREL SNAR BX
08STATE127279DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the INL/DOJ-ICITAP Standard Emergency Management System [...]
2008-12-03 15:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE127280DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the Cobra Gold 09 Medical Civic Assistance Program to proceed Febr [...]
2008-12-03 15:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE127281DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the Manpower Personnel Officer Course that starts January 3, 2009 [...]
2008-12-03 15:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE127294DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to participate in the DAO Advanced Security Cooperation/Executive Course a [...]
2008-12-03 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE127295DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in a JUSMAG Thai - Psychological Operation Course at Fort Brag [...]
2008-12-03 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE127297DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR BRUNEI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok "Clandestine Lab Investigations/Chemical Control Co [...]
2008-12-03 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM KCRM PREL SNAR BX
08STATE127337DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the USAID/ILEA Bangkok in Special Investigation Group Wo [...]
2008-12-03 16:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE127352DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SINGAPORE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for the Post-Blast Investigations Course at ILEA Bangkok. The course runs from January 11 [...]
2008-12-03 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PHUM SNAR MASS KCRM SN
08STATE127371DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in the USAID/ILEA Bangkok Special Investigations Group (SIG) [...]
2008-12-03 18:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE127372DEPARTMENT LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR PAPUA NEW GUINEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations for the following individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to attend the Naval Staff College at the Naval War College in Rhode Island from J [...]
2008-12-03 18:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM PP
08STATE127999DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO-ILEA Bangkok Clandestine Lab Investigations and [...]
2008-12-04 20:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE128039DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the "Tactical Safety and Planning" course hosted by International Law En [...]
2008-12-04 21:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA
08STATE128542DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual received a nomination to participate in the APCSS ASC 09-1 in Hawaii, USA from January [...]
2008-12-05 21:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE128543DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR SUVA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations for the following individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for the Engineer Basic Officer Course at Fort Leonard Wood, MO scheduled from Jan [...]
2008-12-05 21:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM TN
08STATE128544DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance in a Squadron Officer School training course conducted by the Air Un [...]
2008-12-05 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE128785DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...]
2008-12-08 14:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE128787DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the COBRA GOLD 09 Engineer Civic Assistance Program from January 9 [...]
2008-12-08 14:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE128796DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CHINA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - POST
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified in paragraph 2 below. The individuals from the Tianjin and Hubei public security bureaus listed below are candidates [...]
2008-12-08 15:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PTER PREL MARR SNAR HK CH TH
08STATE129296DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]
2008-12-09 18:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE129353DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]
2008-12-09 19:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE129531GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 11 CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the statement in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Guinea-Bissau December 11. 2. Begin Statement: I would like to thank Under Secretary General Pascoe for briefing the UNSC on the situation in Guinea-Biassau. Toda [...]
2008-12-10 00:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
08STATE129677DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Advanced Management Course scheduled for Janua [...]
2008-12-10 15:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE130223DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in a DAO Advanced Security Cooperation/Executive Course at the [...]
2008-12-11 16:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE130311DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance in an APCSS Advance Security Cooperation 09-1 training course schedu [...]
2008-12-11 19:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE130313DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance in a Defense Resource Management Training Course from January 3-30, [...]
2008-12-11 19:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE130314DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance in a Defense Resource Management Course training course from January [...]
2008-12-11 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE130315DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Combined Strategic Intelligence Training Program course schedul [...]
2008-12-11 19:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE131242DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a JUSMAG Title X Advanced Security Cooperation course scheduled f [...]
2008-12-15 17:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131250DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for a JUSMAG IMET Manpower Personnel Officer course starts January 30 [...]
2008-12-15 17:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131254DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates for a JUSMAG Teak Piston 09-1 Teak Piston 09-1, wh [...]
2008-12-15 17:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER KCRM SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131255DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for the FBI's Post Blast Investigations Course, which starts January 30 [...]
2008-12-15 17:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131256DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for an FBI National Academy Session, which starts April 5, 2009 and end [...]
2008-12-15 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131332HOLIDAY GREETINGS FOR INL PERSONNEL WORLDWIDE
[...] From: Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. 2. As the holiday season arrives, the year comes to a close, and we prepare for a Presidential transition that has historic implications, I want to express my thanks to the entire INL [...]
2008-12-15 19:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KCRM SNAR
08STATE131918DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY REQUEST - JUSMAG
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate to participate in JUSMAG THAI courses: UH 60 Aviator Qualification, AVN Maint [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE131919DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at an Intelligence in Combating Terrorism training course from Janua [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE131920DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA-Bangkok Clandestine Lab Investigations course scheduled f [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE131921DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Clandestine Laboratory Investigations C [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE131922DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Chemical Control Course from January 19 [...]
2008-12-17 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE132226DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individual listed below. This individual is a candidate for attendance at an Aerospace Medicine Primary training course from January 30, 2009 [...]
2008-12-17 20:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE132923DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigations Course from January 12-23, [...]
2008-12-19 16:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE134353DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...]
2008-12-24 15:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE134354DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok ATA-6885 Identifying and Developing Inv [...]
2008-12-24 15:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE134355DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the DEA Bangkok - International Asset Forfeiture Seminar [...]
2008-12-24 15:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE134356DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the RSO - ILEA Bangkok-Post Blast Investigations Course [...]
2008-12-24 15:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE134357DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at a Multinational Logistics training course from January 19, 2009 t [...]
2008-12-24 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE134358DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR MALAYSIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations for the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates for attendance at an Aerospace Medicine Primary training course from January 30, 20 [...]
2008-12-24 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR MARR KCRM MY
08STATE134950DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR THAILAND LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok Tactical Safety and Planning Course: Se [...]
2008-12-29 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM TH
08STATE135068DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ICITAP Maritime Security Development Project Comman [...]
2008-12-30 14:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135293DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the COBRA GOLD 09 Command Post Exercise scheduled from February 4, [...]
2008-12-30 23:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135294DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC-APCSS Pacific Rim Defense and Security Conference scheduled f [...]
2008-12-30 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135296DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate to attend the ODC - George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and [...]
2008-12-30 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135298DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual received a nomination to participate in the Special Operations Combating Terrorism Cou [...]
2008-12-30 23:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM CB
08STATE135299DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the "Clandestine Lab Investigations/Chemical Control" course hosted by t [...]
2008-12-30 23:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA
08STATE135300DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR LAOS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ILEA
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the "Post Blast Investigations" course hosted by the International Law E [...]
2008-12-30 23:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PHUM PREL PGOV MARR KCRM LA
08STATE135301DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Bangkok - Clandestine Lab Investigations/Chemical Con [...]
2008-12-30 23:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
08STATE135302DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR HONG KONG LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ILEA Roswell - Advanced Management Course, January 12, 200 [...]
2008-12-30 23:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM ASEC KCRM SNAR HK TH
08STATE135445DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR VIETNAM LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights committed by the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for the ILEA Bangkok Clandestine Lab Investigation/Chemical Control [...]
2008-12-31 18:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR KCRM VM
08STATE135506DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individual identified below. This individual is a candidate for participation in a USAID sponsored ASEAN-WEN Support Project Wildlife Enfor [...]
2008-12-31 19:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135507DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the units and commanders identified below. These units and commanders are candidates to attend the ODC - Joint Combined Exercise and Training ( [...]
2008-12-31 20:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE135508DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR CAMBODIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for participation in the ILEA Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course sche [...]
2008-12-31 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR CB
08STATE135509DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR PHILIPPINES LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and found that, as of this date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates for an ILEA Bangkok Post Blast Investigations course scheduled from J [...]
2008-12-31 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL PTER SNAR MARR RP
08STATE135510DEPARTMENT CLEARANCE FOR INDONESIA LEAHY VETTING REQUEST -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State reviewed its files and finds that, to date, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights for the individuals identified below. These individuals are candidates to attend the ODC-APCSS Advanced Security Course 09-1 scheduled from January [...]
2008-12-31 20:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM MARR KCRM PINR PGOV PREL SNAR ID
08STATE19187LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Last Name: Ngo'o Akoulou, Alphonse First Name: Alphonse Rank: Colonel Posotion: Chief of Investi [...]
2008-02-26 17:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE19189DRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORNE - CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 20, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Bankeke, Toussaint Rank: Lieutenant Position: Quick React Police Gender: Male DOB: [...]
2008-02-26 17:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CG
08STATE24209HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICA PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Jerome Noel MOUGOULA-SAGUILIBA Rank: Maitre Principal Position: New pilot (MP) DOB: Dec [...]
2008-03-07 21:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE24211HUMAN RIGHTA VETTING FOR ACOTA LESSONS-LEARNED
[...] (SBU) The department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Robert Owono Ella Anda Rank: Commandant Major Position: Advisor of the Chief of the Army [...]
2008-03-07 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE24214VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE-CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Germin Nestor OKOULA Rank: Liteutenant Position: Chief of Criminal Section, Lambarene DOB [...]
2008-03-07 21:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE25483LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Handy Dimoni KABANGU Rank: Captain Position: National Police DOB: August 4, 1964 Na [...]
2008-03-11 19:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CG
08STATE25866LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 10, 2008, it pssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Galega, Roland Njinouwo Title: Fonctionnaire Gender: Male DOB: November 26, 1967 2. [...]
2008-03-12 17:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CM
08STATE26036SECOND TRANCHE OF FAST TRACK COUNTRIES FOR LEAHY
[...] This cable announces the second tranche of countries for fast track treatment for Leahy vetting. Fast track treatment for selected countries with good human rights records was established in 2007 (reftel A) to alleviate workload and time required. Fast track policy is applicable to both Depa [...]
2008-03-12 20:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM PINR PREL SNAR MASS ASEC
08STATE29319RUSSIAN ENGAGEMENT WITH CENTRAL ASIAN CENTER -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-20 19:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR RU KZ
08STATE29748BORDER STRATEGY COORDINATION CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) This is an action request see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with the EU's Council Working Group on Eastern Europe and Russia (COEST) on February 28 in Brussels, the EU asked A/S Boucher whether the United States would support a border management coordination conference in Dus [...]
2008-03-21 17:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL SNAR TI PARM
08STATE39803LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Gervais Ndirakobuca Rank: Deputy Director General Position: Burundian National P [...]
2008-04-16 13:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR BY
08STATE40360LEAHY VETTING - CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE CANDIDATES FOR
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Ministry of Security and Public Order: Last name: Makamona First name: Etienne Gender: [...]
2008-04-17 14:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CF
08STATE40362HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...]
2008-04-17 14:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE41362LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR TRAINERS OF SOMALIA
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 18, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below who are overseeing the training of Somalia Transitional Federal Government military units. 2. Name: Ar [...]
2008-04-18 21:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
08STATE5189PARTICIPANTS FOR ILEA LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of January 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below. Name: Shemsu Jemal Sirur Rank: Deputy Commander Organization: Dire Dawa Police Commission Current [...]
2008-01-16 22:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM SNAR ET
08STATE60219AFGHAN HEROIN PRECURSOR CHEMICALS -- INSTRUCTION FOR
[...] The Department requests that USUN welcome the French draft resolution on chemical precursors of heroin in Afghanistan and express our appreciation to the French for their efforts to address this problem. USUN should support the text of the draft resolution provided by the French, as copied i [...]
2008-06-04 20:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC SNAR PREL AF
08STATE62620AFGHANISTAN -- INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNSC RESOLUTION
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of and join in co-sponsoring the French-sponsored Security Council resolution on International Cooperation to Prevent Diversion of Chemical Precursors of Heroin for Illicit Use in Afghanistan, during the Security Council meeting on June 11, 2008. [...]
2008-06-11 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL SNAR AF
08STATE64009CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN
[...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 11, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below. 2. (SBU) Individuals attending Senior Leaders Seminars at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies i [...]
2008-06-13 15:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CM
08STATE66307GABON AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 19, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below. 2. (SBU) Information of proposed candidates is as follows: Name: Vanziller Menezes Rank: Aspir [...]
2008-06-19 20:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE67997GUINEA-BISSAU: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS AND TALKING
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the Guinea-Bissau PRST (paragraph 3) set for adoption on June 25. USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 2 for the Security Council briefing scheduled for the same day. 2. Begin talking points for briefing on Gu [...]
2008-06-25 00:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PGOV SNAR PU XA XY
08STATE69093THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JUNE 23 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) June 23, 2008, 11:15 a.m., Washington, D.C. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Deputy Secretary Negroponte WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon WHA/CAR Velia De Pirro (Notetaker) TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Prime Minister Patrick Manning Ambassador from Trinidad & Tobago Glenda More [...]
2008-06-26 23:31:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ECON ETRD ENRG KCRM XL TD
08STATE70837AGENCIES INVOLVED IN BRAZIL'S SHOOTDOWN PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4 and 5. 2. (S) In response to reftels, State reiterates the critical importance of reviewing U.S. assistance to Brazil's Aerial Bridge Denial (Shootdown) program. This information is necessary to satisfy a specific request from POTUS prior to making [...]
2008-07-02 03:18:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL SNAR BS
08STATE83662REQUESTING COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Action Request: Department requests that Posts approach host governments at an appropriate level, share the Financial System Assessment Team (FSAT) report provided in Paras 5-58 below, and make the following points and requests: -- Ur [...]
2008-08-04 20:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM PTER SNAR IZ
08STATE95999LEAHY VETTING OF BURUNDI MILITARY FOR AMISOM
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Floribert Biyereke Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Position: Deputy Chief of Per [...]
2008-09-08 19:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR BY
08STATE96000HUMAN RIGHTS BETTING FOR IMET TRAINING -
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Tumsifu Semana Rank: Captain DOB: December 12, 1969 2. (U) Post is permitted to [...]
2008-09-08 19:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE96693HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE -
[...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...]
2008-09-10 13:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE96828MILITARY PERSONNEL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - THE
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Middle Management Course - September 17 - 23, 2008 Name: CNE Messie Ngolla, Jean Vincent [...]
2008-09-10 15:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR CM
08STATE97316DEMARCHE REQUEST: OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 12, 2008, the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) will designate two senior Government of Venezuela (GOV) officials and one former official under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin [...]
2008-09-11 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE LE SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08STATE97575LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR MONTENEGRO ATTENDEES
[...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the following individuals to participate in a USCG Boarding Officer Course to be conducted at the Port of Bar, Montenegro from 22-26 September. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individuals listed in refte [...]
2008-09-11 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMW ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR
08STOCKHOLM528DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDES KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 08:18:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALCOL VE HR EUN PTER SNAR PGOV PREL SW
08STOCKHOLM598(C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR OFFICE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-29 13:20:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALSNAR OVIP SW
08STOCKHOLM754DEMARCHE REQUEST: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-10 16:31:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL SW
08TALLINN384 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's submission for the 2008 - 2009 (EUR) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. ---------- I. SUMMARY ---------- 2. (U) The seizures of record amounts of narcotic substances, destruction of cannabi [...]
2008-11-05 06:02:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EN
08TASHKENT113SECURITY SERVICE POWER-BROKERS LIMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel A discussed the keen interest of the counter-narcotics-focused Sensitive Investigative Unit in resuming active cooperation with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. However, it is still uncertain whether the Government of Uzbekistan would issue long-term visas to U.S. [...]
2008-01-29 04:23:00Embassy TashkentSECRETPREL PGOV KCRM KCOR PINR SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1280UZBEKISTAN INL/ICITAP CONGRESS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE ISTANBUL
[...] (U) In support of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Assistance (INL) and the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)-arranged visit and participation of an Uzbek Forensic Expert at the First International Congress of Forensic Sci [...]
2008-11-06 03:49:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS KFSC UZ
08TASHKENT13152008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]
2008-11-17 10:55:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT13162008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR
[...] INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT VOLUME II REPORT ON MONEY LAUNDERING UZBEKISTAN Uzbekistan is not an important regional financial center and does not have a well-developed financial system. Legitimate business owners, ordinary citizens, and foreign residents generally attem [...]
2008-11-17 10:57:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT133UZBEKISTAN, 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Per instructions in reftel, Embassy Tashkent presents the required annual End Use Monitoring Report to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) for calendar year 2007. ---------- PROCEDURES ---------- 2. (U) Embassy Tashkent requires the Government of [...]
2008-02-01 02:04:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL ASEC AFIN EAID UZ
08TASHKENT1429UZBEKISTAN: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR ONE GOU PARTICIPANT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. Post has been provided with one additional name of an officer nominated to participate in the Senior Executive Seminar 09-1 at the Marshal Center in Garmisch, Germany. The training program is funded by and arranged by the Marshal C [...]
2008-12-05 10:29:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC PGOV PREL SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT1472UZBEKISTAN: STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary:During a meeting with Colonel Rustamov of Uzbekistan's Ministry of Defense on December 15, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers discussed a range of defense and security issues.Rustamov voiced support ofinternational efforts to promote stability in Afghanistan and was pleased th [...]
2008-12-17 09:59:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ASEC MASS PINS PTER PHUM SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT156DOING BUSINESS WITH UZBEKISTAN: FOLLOW UP TO THE
[...] (SBU) Nine Jeep Cherokees were provided to the Uzbek State Customs Committee in August 2000. In post's 2004 End Use Monitoring Report (reftel B, paragraph #2-C),we first reported that "two of the vehicles are perhaps being misused" and may have been given to other agencies. The bilateral re [...]
2008-02-05 12:43:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR ASEC EAID PREL KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT174SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...]
2008-02-08 07:51:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT199RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON PUTIN-KARIMOV MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 the Ambassador called on Russian Ambassador Farit Muhametshin to discuss President Karimov's February 5-6 trip to Moscow, including his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Muhametshin described the trip as "nothing extraordinary" and said all meetings an [...]
2008-02-13 11:44:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EMIN ENRG ECON SNAR RS AF TI ZK UZ
08TASHKENT2UZBEKISTAN'S BORDER GUARD AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Julia Khersonsky, who works at the University of Georgia's Washington DC-based Center for International Trade and Security (CITS),briefed Poloff on her recent meetings with Border Guard and Customs officials. They were highly appreciative of past U.S. assistance in border securi [...]
2008-01-02 05:46:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
08TASHKENT400GOVERNMENT OF UZBEKISTAN WOULD WELCOME RETURN OF
[...] (C) Summary: Senior officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and the State Commission for Drug Control told U.S. officials on April 2 that their respective agencies as well as the National Security Service would welcome the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's return to Uzbeki [...]
2008-04-04 11:57:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT445UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]
2008-04-16 05:50:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT507FORENSIC LABORATORY PROJECT IMPROVES CAPACITY AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: An ongoing project to upgrade the Main Forensic Laboratory of the Ministry of Health, funded by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) with implementing support from the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICI [...]
2008-04-29 11:48:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PHUM PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT561PENTAGON AND DEA OFFICIALS PARTICIPATE IN
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the military-to-military Action Officers Working Group (AOWG),on April 17, 2008 a separate meeting was held with Uzbek officials to discuss possible counternarcotics cooperation and border security-related issues as part of a Counternarcotics Working Group. Two visiti [...]
2008-05-16 12:40:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT594UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S MAY-JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Tashkent offers a chance to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbek cooperation, particularly on counter-narcotics and border security, and to offer the Uzbeks candid advice on the necessity of translating recent positive messages on human rights into actual improv [...]
2008-05-23 14:10:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC KCRM MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT614UZBEKISTAN: INL MOTOR VEHICLES FLEET REPORT
[...] INL Tashkent vehicle report: A. STATE CUSTOMS COMMITTEE, COUNTER-SMUGGLING UNITS (2000): Vehicle: Jeep Cherokee Sport 2.5TD Inventory: 9 Requirement: 9 B. SPECIAL INVESTIGATIVE UNIT (2003): Vehicles: Opel Astra Sedan, Inventory: 3, Requirement: 3 Opel Vectra Elegance, Inventory: [...]
2008-06-02 05:09:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN UZ
08TASHKENT743UZBEKISTAN BURNS 1,435 KG OF NARCOTICS IN CEREMONY
[...] (SBU) During a June 26 ceremony at a facility in Tashkent, Uzbekistan's National Security Service (NSS) burned 1,435 kg of narcotics while representatives from the United States, Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Czech, Turkish, and French Embassies, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, and [...]
2008-06-27 09:29:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT922UZBEKISTAN FORENSIC LAB EXPERTS VISIT USA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged for the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in the 18th International Association of Fo [...]
2008-08-11 04:09:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT965UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]
2008-08-20 12:30:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TBILISI1029GEORGIAN COAST GUARD READY FOR COOPERATION WITH
[...] On June 16, Embassy Econoff presented the concept of the Global Maritime Partnership initiative to Ramaz Papidze, Head of the Resources Management Division of the Georgian Coast Guard Department. The Georgian Coast Guard is an organ of the Border Police, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs [...]
2008-06-18 04:55:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID PREL MARR SNAR GG
08TBILISI109GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES
[...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...]
2008-01-23 13:33:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI2336 A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY
[...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...]
2008-12-12 10:22:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI2492IMPACT OF CLOSING THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA
[...] (C) Summary and comment. The OSCE Mission to Georgia offers the international community several unique tools in monitoring and facilitating Georgia's democratic, secure and prosperous development. As a monitoring mission, it provides information on the situation on the ground, with a special [...]
2008-12-30 14:28:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI493THE POLICE: INL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPDATE -
[...] Summary: INL Tbilisi activities in the first quarter of 2008 run the gamut from forensics to first aid. Some ongoing projects were completed with fanfare, e.g., opening of the Police Academy's English Language Center, while others are being launched, such as evaluation and assessment of Georgi [...]
2008-03-21 11:41:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI60ANTI-TIP TRAINING AND AWARENESS FOR GEORGIAN MILITARY
[...] Summary: With support from INL, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia has implemented an Anti-TIP training and awareness program for military personnel. Using curriculum materials developed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the program includes a training DVD and printed mate [...]
2008-01-16 11:01:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI900EPISODE III - - THE DEFENSE BAR STRIKES BACK
[...] Summary: In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) conducted a series of in-court trial advocacy skills workshops using what will soon be Georgia's new Criminal Procedure Code ( [...]
2008-05-30 10:21:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1063AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO HONDURAS' MOSQUITIA COAST
[...] Summary. On 12 Nov, the Ambassador visited Puerto Lempira, in the Gracias a Dios region of Honduras accompanied by the Honduran Minister of Health (MoH),Vice Minister of Education (VMoE) and 20 media. The purpose of the visit was to 1) inaugurate USG-funded school facilities, 2) inaugurate a [...]
2008-11-25 18:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS SNAR PGOV KJUS MARR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1080MISSION HONDURAS LAUNCHES MERIDA COORDINATION
[...] Embassy Honduras has formed a plan to coordinate Merida Initiative efforts both mission-wide and bilaterally. We have created a Merida Working Group that meets monthly and includes senior-level representatives from POL/NAS, DEA, USAID, MILGROUP, DHS/ICE, DAO, RSO, PAS, MCC, JTF-B, RAO and TAT [...]
2008-12-02 19:26:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KDEM KCOR KCRM MASS EAID ECON KJUS
08TEGUCIGALPA1115SICA ANNOUNCES STRATEGY TO DEAL WITH GLOBAL
[...] 1. (SBU) Summary: Central American leaders announced a 59-point regional strategy at the 33rd summit of the Central American Integrated System (SICA) in San Pedro Sula December 5 covering a range of topics from security and financial cooperation, to tourism, environment and migration. In r [...]
2008-12-10 22:03:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV KINL PREL SOCI SNAR PBTS PNAT
08TEGUCIGALPA165ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION AT THE MIDPOINT: SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. In the fall of 2005, Embassy Country team engaged in an off-site exercise to determine the USG priorities in Honduras, dividing them into five categories. This cable, third in a series, analyzes Manuel Zelaya's administration at the midpoint in regards to one of those priorities: [...]
2008-02-26 18:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KHLS MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PTER SMIG SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA211ANOTHER JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATION IN
[...] (C) Summary. Police and military authorities were summoned to a late meeting at Casa Presidencial by President Manuel Zelaya on March 4 to discuss measures to combat the current wave of violent crime in Honduras. On March 5, they announced the joint police-military "Operation Hunter," consist [...]
2008-03-07 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA260RASH OF DRUG AND CASH SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN
[...] (SBU) On March 11, Colombian armed forces and police interdicted the Honduran-flagged fishing vessel Captain Cooley while it was docked at San Andres waiting to depart to Honduras. Inside three barrels located in the main cabin, they found bags containing a total of 1,375 pellets filled with [...]
2008-03-17 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM KJUS HO
08TEGUCIGALPA304NEW HONDURAN MINISTER OF GOVERNANCE AND JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ford paid a courtesy call on the new head of the Ministry of Governance and Justice (MGJ),Victor Meza, on March 14. Meza indicated that his appointment as the only "independent" minister was a signal of the Zelaya administration's intention to depart radically from [...]
2008-04-01 23:23:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA425TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A
[...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...]
2008-05-06 15:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA469SCENESETTER FOR TRIP OF DEPUTY SECRETARY TO
[...] (C) Summary: As you prepare to visit Tegucigalpa, relations between the United States Government (USG) and the current administration of Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya are strained, however, cooperation and relations on the working level remain good. Honduras faces many challeng [...]
2008-05-19 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EFIN ETRD ECON MARR MOPS SNAR
08TEGUCIGALPA566CIVIL SOCIETY REPS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a lunch with Deputy Secretary Negroponte and WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Honduran civil society representatives expressed concern over the country's growing security problems, rampant corruption, and weak democratic institutions. Discussion remained general, howeve [...]
2008-06-16 22:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA568THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Ricardo Maduro Joest enumerated the lengthy list of problems in the country caused by President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's poor leadership: the fiscal situation is "terrible;" institutions have been undermined; and drugs and gangs have sent crime spinning out of con [...]
2008-06-16 22:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA570THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BREAKFAST ON THE RULE OF
[...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary held a breakfast conversation on rule of law issues with Vilma Morales, the Chief Justice of the Honduran Supreme Court, and Leonidas Rosa Bautista, the Attorney General of Honduras. Both Honduran officials, who represent the National Party, empha [...]
2008-06-16 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALOVIP KCRM KDEM KJUS SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA615MERIDA IS APPROVED: NOW WHAT?
[...] (C) Summary: Now that the Merida Initiative has been signed by the President, the embassy team has put together an update to the critical security sector needs in Honduras, the current political situation that may affect our efforts, and our recommendations for areas of focus within the Merida [...]
2008-07-01 11:38:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PTER SNAR KCRM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA687HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESSURING THE FARC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-24 12:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA910AMBASSADOR LLORENS MEETING WITH HONDURAN ATTORNEY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista on September 29 where they discussed USG support for the Public Ministry in efforts to improve the security climate in Honduras. The Attorney General provided an outline of his plans for the final si [...]
2008-10-08 17:49:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CASC ASEC SNAR HO
08TEGUCIGALPA949PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S COMMENTS ON LEGALIZING DRUGS
[...] (C) Summary. During the opening session of the meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies (HONLEA) on October 13, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya made several references to the legalization of drugs in order to stop the violence that is associated with the trafficking of thes [...]
2008-10-20 14:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA997AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory meeting with Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge RODAS Gamero (ret.),the Ambassador laid out his vision for a coordinated, bilateral effort to make the most of the Merida Initiative and tackle Honduras' growing crime and security challenges. For his part, [...]
2008-11-05 21:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR KJUS EAID HO
08THEHAGUE200DUTCH RESPONSE TO CND DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Global Issues Officer delivered reftel points on USG priorities for the upcoming Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting separately to Ministry of Health Senior Policy Officer Marcel de Kort and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Departme [...]
2008-02-29 14:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SNAR UN NL
08THEHAGUE319 DUTCH DRUG POLICY: NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE ANTICIPATED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ministers of Justice and Health told Parliament during a March 6 debate that they did not anticipate significant changes in Dutch drug policy over the next few years; they also stressed that the government does not intend to seek revisions to international drug treaties. Th [...]
2008-04-04 12:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NL
08THEHAGUE631NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PRESSURE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-25 12:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR EU NL CO
08THEHAGUE924HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE
[...] The following individuals have been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. a. NAME - Commodore A.A [...]
2008-11-03 15:28:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
08THEHAGUE934NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING FOR CENTCOM SENIOR
[...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. NAME - Major General E.H. [...]
2008-11-07 14:48:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL
08THEHAGUE953NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: UNCERTAIN IF BOLIVIA TAKES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch note that it's "difficult to assess" whether Bolivia takes combating drugs seriously. The Dutch provide significant assistance to Bolivia and are concerned about the domestic political situation. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On November 13, embassy shared reftel A points wit [...]
2008-11-14 15:14:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NL BL
08THESSALONIKI53NORTHERN NOTES - JUNE 2008
[...] (SBU) On June 23, the chairman of the Federation of Northern Greek Industries and CEO of Alumil S.A. Giorgos Milonas was released after being held hostage for 13 days (Reftel A). The industrialist appeared before the national media shortly afterward, looking remarkably relaxed, stating that h [...]
2008-07-09 12:21:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG CH HK
08THESSALONIKI60NORTHERN NOTES
[...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...]
2008-09-04 14:41:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR
08THESSALONIKI84NORTHERN NOTES - NOVEMBER 2008
[...] (U) On November 7, a Rodopi First Instance Court issued a decision that was originally rendered, but immediately suppressed, in 2003, which ruled that Vistonida Lake and its surrounding area do not belong to Vatopedi Monastery but rather, to the Greek state. Vatopedi reportedly made a profit [...]
2008-12-04 14:39:00Consulate ThessalonikiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EINV PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR GR
08TIJUANA1153SHAKEUPS IN THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-20 00:28:00Consulate TijuanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM MX PGOV
08TIJUANA1253EAC AMCONSULATE TIJUANA - REPORTED THREAT OF PLANNED SNIPER
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-24 23:59:00Consulate TijuanaCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS CASC SNAR MX
08TIRANA825GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...]
2008-11-20 11:45:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALSMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR
08TOKYO3103INCSR: JAPAN 2008
[...] (SBU) Japan's efforts to fight drug trafficking comply with international standards; Japan is a party to the 1988 UN Drug Convention. Japan cooperates with other countries in intelligence sharing and law enforcement. Methamphetamine abuse remains the biggest challenge to Japanese antinarcotics [...]
2008-11-09 22:53:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SNAR JP
08TOKYO710NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...]
2008-03-17 08:29:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ
08TORONTO155Ontario Police Counternarcotics Efforts Paying Off
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug production, smuggling and trafficking continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement agencies. Since we last reported on counter-narcotics efforts in Ontario in mid-March, police have discovered and shut down several large-scale marijuana grow-ops and metham [...]
2008-05-15 20:07:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08TORONTO59Toronto's Cocaine Trade Takes a Hit
[...] In a one day sweep on Wednesday, February 27, Toronto Police arrested 23 suspects in an undercover street-level drug dealing bust that focused on Toronto's downtown Yonge Street strip. Toronto Police have charged 19 people with 61 different offenses ranging from drug dealing to conspiracy. Re [...]
2008-02-29 18:32:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM CA
08TORONTO69More Drug Seizures and Arrests in Ontario
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two months, Toronto Police rounded up 96 street-level drug dealers in western Toronto. The retail-level arrests come on the heels of a separate Toronto Police undercover operation that arrested 23 drug dealers in the downtown core of the city. On February 27 the [...]
2008-03-11 18:24:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV CA
08ULAANBAATAR138BABY STEPS FOR MONGOLIA'S FIU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia's (GOM) effort to establish an effective Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),as required under the nation's first Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism legislation (AML/CFT) passed in July 2006, has been slow going, but there hav [...]
2008-03-28 04:50:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER ECON PREL SCUL SNAR KPAO MG
08UNVIEVIENNA368CONSULTATIONS WITH INCOMING FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) On June 24 Mission discussed upcoming issues for Vienna-based international organizations with the French Mission, the next EU Presidency. France welcomed early consultation with the U.S. and outlined priorities for its Presidency, focusing on those relevant to Vienna organizations: energ [...]
2008-06-27 14:47:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNPP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA478FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TAKES SHAPE IN PREPARATORY MEETING
[...] (U) Representatives from Afghanistan, France, Italy, U.K., and U.S. met at the Italian mission in Vienna on August 27 to discuss the structure and format of the proposed "Friends of Afghanistan" group. Charge delivered guidance points from reftel, which were well received across the board. [...]
2008-08-27 15:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR UN AF FR UK IT CA AS NL GM DA NO TU RS PK
08UNVIEVIENNA504TALIBAN TO BAN OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN??
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points on eradication to UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on September 11. He urged Costa to clarify publicly UNODC's continuing support for a balanced, comprehensive eradication policy in Afghanistan. Ambassador also highlighted USG support to a [...]
2008-09-12 14:42:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL NATO PTER AF UN
08UNVIEVIENNA532 IMPROVING FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE AT UNODC
[...] (U) The open ended Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) of the UNODC will have its first meeting on October 7. This meeting is intended for member states to submit their position papers, which the chair (Namibia and Sweden) will use for developing a single paper that will be circulat [...]
2008-09-29 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA557UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...]
2008-10-15 10:24:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA558UNODC FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP MEETING, OCTOBER
[...] (SBU) At the first meeting of UNODC's Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) on October 7, delegations presented their position papers. The Secretariat distributed a paper on defining "core" activities, which the G-77 considered unsatisfactory. The G-77 and EU agreed on creating a for [...]
2008-10-15 10:47:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA578UNODC FINANCIAL-GOVERNANCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Co-chairs of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on Improving Governance and Financial Situation of the UNODC (FinGov) convened a two-hour informal meeting with key members on October 23 to discuss options of improving the financial stability of UNODC. The options included req [...]
2008-10-30 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR UN KCRM
08UNVIEVIENNA579UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF
[...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]
2008-10-31 10:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA581October 23 UNGASS CONSULTATIONS ON DRAFT ANNEX
[...] (SBU) On October 23 Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi, chair of the CND, briefed the WEOG group on the draft annex or Action Plan (emailed to Department previously). Prior to the briefing, a number of WEOG members met to discuss their reaction to the draft. There was general agreement [...]
2008-10-31 15:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM UN
08UNVIEVIENNA588SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...]
2008-11-06 15:54:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF
08UNVIEVIENNA617UNODC on Afghanistan and Related Drug Issues
[...] (SBU) Meeting in mid-November, UNODC Executive Director told Ambassador of the shocking level of amphetamine seizures in Saudi Arabia. He expressed surprise at the difference between USG and UNODC estimates of poppy cultivation in Pakistan, predicted a decline in Afghanistan poppy cultivatio [...]
2008-11-21 13:12:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN CO PK IR SA
08UNVIEVIENNA634 GETTING THE MOST OUT OF PARIS PACT
[...] (SBU) The upcoming December 15-16 annual meeting of the Paris Pact Consultative Group is a venue for USDEL to advance USG counternarcotics objectives in Afghanistan by expressing support the UNODC's "Rainbow Strategy." Specifically, the U.S. can use this forum to encourage donor contribution t [...]
2008-12-02 15:43:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL AF IR CA PK UN
08UNVIEVIENNA652ISRAELI DDG HIGHLIGHTS GROWING INTEREST IN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 16:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM
08UNVIEVIENNA655IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-12 16:03:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR IR KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA660INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-18 15:45:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA666 UNODC MAJOR DONORS MEETING TACKLES UNGASS REVIEW, PIRACY
[...] (SBU)INL A/S David T. Johnson led the USDEL to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Major Donors meeting, December 5. Discussion with the other 20 donor countries included (1) a proposal for UNODC action to combat piracy off the coast of Somalia, (2) the funding situation of UNODC, and (3) [...]
2008-12-22 13:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC AF SW SZ GM FR CA IN IT
08USNATO257VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Tajik participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 11-19, 2008. Post will forward the Afghan trainers names SEPTEL. [...]
2008-07-23 12:36:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR TI RS AF
08USNATO260VETTING REQUEST FOR AFGHAN PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Afghan participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 11-19, 2008. This request is an addendum to REFTEL concerning Tajik p [...]
2008-07-24 13:50:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR TI RS AF
08USNATO320AFGHAN MOD WARDAK PUSHES ANA EXPANSION AT NAC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Defense Minister Wardak briefed the NAC with ISAF contributors on September 4 on the current security situation in Afghanistan, the rationale for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) and methods to reduce civilian casualties. He portrayed the security situation as [...]
2008-09-05 16:49:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF UN
08USNATO321UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO Allies, partners, EU representatives and the World Bank on September 3 on UNODC's 2008 Afghanistan Opium Survey report. Costa reported that poppy cultivation d [...]
2008-09-05 17:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO323VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 15-26, 2008. The DEA will be conducting the [...]
2008-09-09 14:49:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS KZ
08USNATO327VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) Corrected copy. This is an action request cable to Embassy Ashagat. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Turkmen participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 15-26, [...]
2008-09-11 14:08:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS KZ
08USNATO350VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE NRC
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia October 7-22, 2008. No U.S. trainers [...]
2008-09-30 14:58:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
08USNATO354A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...]
2008-10-01 12:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO369VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from October 20-31. UNODC has proposed that the DEA conduct the se [...]
2008-10-14 12:40:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
08USNATO376VETTING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of additional Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from October 20-31. UNODC has proposed that the DEA cond [...]
2008-10-16 14:59:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
08USNATO405VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF NATO-RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from November 11-26, 2008. Afghanistan [...]
2008-10-31 12:32:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR RS
08USNATO423VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Central Asian and Afghan participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on November 17-28. No USG trainers will be pa [...]
2008-11-12 10:17:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NATO SNAR TX RS AF KG KZ TI UZ
08VALLETTA161MALTA: 2007 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Re reftel, the two eighty-seven foot "Protector" class patrol boats provided to the Armed Forces of Malta in November 2002 and July 2004 continue to be the backbone of the Maritime Squadron. To date, the boats have been kept in top condition by well-trained crews and an extensive supply of s [...]
2008-04-22 13:20:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN MT
08VALLETTA479 Malta: 2008 INCSR Submission: Part II - Money
[...] (U) Embassy Valletta submits this Part II of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Malta. The response is generally keyed to questions posed in reftel A related to "Money Laundering and Financial Crimes" and should be read in conjunction with Part I, reftel B. N [...]
2008-11-17 14:18:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN ASEC MT
08VIENNA1037AUSTRIA: KEEPING THE PRESSURE ON THE FARC
[...] (C) Econ/Pol Counselor delivered reftel message to Austrian MFA Americas Director Isabel Rauscher July 22. Rauscher reported that Austria's July 3 statement welcoming the liberation of Ingrid Betancourt and the other hostages had included the following call for the FARC to release all hostage [...]
2008-07-23 08:18:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR AF AU
08VIENNA1618AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for in [...]
2008-11-03 15:29:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1623AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for i [...]
2008-11-04 14:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1696AUSTRIA: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA
[...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points November 20 with Andreas Melan, MFA Unit Chief for Latin America and the Caribbean. Melan said he had just received notice that the French EU Presidency has decided to instruct EU troika ambassadors in La Paz to demarche the Bolivian Government on their co [...]
2008-11-21 07:31:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL AU
08VIENTIANE10WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
[...] (U) Summary: The USG estimate of poppy cultivation in Laos for 2007 is 1100 hectares, down from 43,150 hectares in 1989. Laos, at one time the world's third largest producer of illicit opium, stands poised to end its tenure as a part of the golden triangle. After an investment of more than [...]
2008-01-03 09:58:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID LA SNAR
08VIENTIANE525AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS WARMER
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Lao foreign affairs, defense and law enforcement officials confirmed to EAP DAS Ambassador Scot Marciel their interest in expanding bilateral cooperation. Lao Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Chairman Soubanh Srithirath hailed a new spirit of results-ori [...]
2008-09-23 09:44:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR SENV MARR LA
08VIENTIANE88VIENTIANE ILLICIT DRUG SECTOR DONOR GROUP BEGINS
[...] (SBU) In January the Vientiane Illicit Drug Sector Working Group (IDSWG) conducted its first semi-annual meeting for 2008. What was once the Vientiane Mini-Dublin Group has evolved IDSWG, a larger body that includes all of the drug sector donors in Laos. China, Korea, and the members of ASEAN [...]
2008-02-08 10:13:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR XC LA
08VIENTIANE89GOL SAYS COOPERATION WITH US ON COUNTER NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of the President's Office and Chairman of the Lao National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision (LCDC) Soubanh Srithirath to discuss counter narcotics and transnational crime cooperation. The Minister noted the marked improvement in the GO [...]
2008-02-08 10:13:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALSNAR XC LA
08VLADIVOSTOK102ADDICTION, SMUGGLING, AND CRIME IN THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST
[...] Summary. Speakers at a drug prevention conference discussed the challenges involved in fighting drug use and trafficking in the Russian Far East, an area with higher-than-average drug use and drug-related crime, and that is rife with smuggling. A predominant theme throughout the conference w [...]
2008-09-18 10:20:00Consulate VladivostokUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM RS
08WARSAW1301WARSAW EMPATHIZES WITH U.S. ON DEA EXPULSION BUT
[...] (C) Warsaw agrees that the suspension of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operations in Bolivia could have a serious impact on the level of narcotics, particularly cocaine, entering the European market. The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was aware of the DEA suspension and fea [...]
2008-11-14 07:29:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM SNAR BL PL
08WARSAW1327INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009
[...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...]
2008-11-20 06:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL
08WINDHOEK340NAMIBIA: INCSR PART I, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] (SBU) While occasionally used as a drug transit point, Namibia is not a major drug producer or exporter. Nevertheless, statistics compiled in 2008 showed a marked increase in illegal drug seizures compared to previous years, with approximately $570,000 worth of drugs (1383 kilograms of marijuan [...]
2008-11-03 12:44:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR WA
08WINDHOEK367NAMIBIA: INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Although Namibia has one of the most highly developed financial systems in Africa, it is not considered a regional financial center. In addition to the Bank of Namibia (the central bank),Namibia has four commercial banks. 2. (SBU) The major sources of potential money laundering in N [...]
2008-11-17 10:46:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR WA
08ZAGREB47Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report
[...] As per reftel, Post is pleased to provide INL with its End Use Monitoring Report. INL programs in-country during the year include the ICITAP program and Post's War Crimes Project. A. PROCEDURES For provision of equipment ICITAP and the GOC's Ministry of Interior jointly sign a donation le [...]
2008-01-24 08:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM AFIN SNAR HR
08ZAGREB67Croatia's 2007 End Use Monitoring Report
[...] In November, 2007 ICITAP donated a Volkswagen Passat to the Office for the Suppression of Organized Crime and Corruption in the State Prosecutor's Office. The vehicle has 90,000 km and is in very good condition. The vehicle, the only one owned by the office, is being used for prosecutors to t [...]
2008-01-30 14:07:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM AFIN SNAR HR
09ABIDJAN168COTE D'IVOIRE: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Bakayoko on March 10 to discuss a variety of topics including HIPC, the situation in Guinea, Sudan, Iraq, and Cote d'Ivoire's new policy regarding visas for Americans. The key points from the conversation are noted below. 2. (C) HIPC: FM Bakayoko, [...]
2009-03-12 13:03:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ECON CVIS IV
09ABUDHABI684 UAE TARGETING DRUG AND ILLICIT FINANCIAL FLOWS TO/FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings June 28 and 29, Central Bank and Ministry of Interior officials told visiting Staffdel Frantz the UAE is working with Afghanistan to disrupt illicit financing and drug trafficking. UAE officials stressed the importance of developing alternatives for Afghans currently [...]
2009-07-06 13:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN SNAR ETRD PGOV AF AE
09ABUJA1037Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency trained to
[...] (U) INL Abuja reports the successful completion of training for 48 officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the operation of 4 integrated drug and explosive detection itemizers donated for use at the international airports in Abuja, Lagos, Kano and Port Harcourt. The i [...]
2009-06-11 08:28:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
09ABUJA1052NIGERIA CUSTOMS BRIEFED PRIOR TO U.S. VISIT JUNE 15-19,
[...] (U) Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Comptroller General Mr. Bernard Nwadialo and two Assistant Comptroller Generals of Customs visited Embassy Abuja on June 4, 2009 to make a courtesy call on the Ambassador and the Deputy Chief of Mission and to inform the Mission of the purpose of their upcoming [...]
2009-06-12 12:19:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM NI
09ABUJA1103NIGERIA NATIONAL DRUG LAW ENFORCMENT AGENCY (NDLEA) DETECTS
[...] (U) The Mission confirms reports in local newspapers that, since May 1, 2009, the Nigerian National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 5 members of a drug trafficking ring that was operating out of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. NDLEA Director General [...]
2009-06-19 06:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1134 ILEA GABORONE - Drug Unit Commander Course, August 10-14,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 08:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1401 COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCE: FINANCIAL REGULATORY TRAINING
[...] The following five personnel from the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, Central Bank of Nigeria and Securities and Exchange Commission are nominated for attendance at the above referenced FDIC Training. Name: ERIN, Harry Tope DOB 31 October 1974 Position Senior Analyst, NFIU [...]
2009-08-03 05:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EFIN AE
09ABUJA1496 ILEA GABORONE - BASIC DRUG ENFORCEMENT COURSE, AUGUST
[...] The following four Nigerians from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) are nominated for attendance for the referenced ILEA Training. Name: HAMZAT, Mohammed DOB: 20 December 1972 Gender: Male Rank: Chief Narcotic Agent, Investigation Passport No: A3473392A [...]
2009-08-18 14:37:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA16 ILEA GABORONE - Law Enforcement Executive Development
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 06:50:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA1814 NIGERIA'S DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY MAKES FIRST ARREST ON
[...] (SBU) On September 23, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) personnel arrested Nigerian National Onugha Benjamin Simon at Lagos's Murtala Mohamed International Airport while he attempted to board a U.S. bound Delta Airlines flight with heroin. During the screening of passengers, NDLEA [...]
2009-10-02 12:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1852 Nigerian Nominees for ILEA GABORONE - Vetting for
[...] (SBU) The following six Nigerian personnel from the Nigerian Police Force and National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other Related Matters are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training. Name ELISHA, Taibat Oyedoyin DOB 01 April 1967 Gender [...]
2009-10-09 10:46:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PHUM KCRM ASEC EAID NI
09ABUJA1884NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 16, 2009
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- GUINEAN PROTESTERS IN LAGOS DEMAND CIVIL RULE --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Member [...]
2009-10-16 12:15:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN PHUM SNAR GV NI
09ABUJA2002SENIOR PDP OFFICIAL AND FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED ON
[...] (SBU) On October 26, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured convictions and prison terms for Olabode George, vice-chairman of President Yar'Adua's campaign in 2007 and a former chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA),and four other NPA board directors. The court f [...]
2009-11-02 06:53:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA20192009-2010 NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Nigeria remains attractive to drug traffickers. Heroin and cocaine transit Nigeria on their way to markets in Europe, and the heroin transiting Nigeria has a significant impact on the United States. During the past year, authorities have arrested increased numbers of drug couriers at Lagos [...]
2009-11-05 06:39:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR KFIN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA23512009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] (U) Nigeria remains a major drug trans-shipment point and a significant center for criminal financial activity. Individuals and criminal organizations have taken advantage of the country's location, porous borders, weak laws, corruption, lack of enforcement, and poor socioeconomic conditions to [...]
2009-12-30 15:32:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR EFIN KTFN EAID ASEC NI
09ABUJA238 ILEA GABORONE - Airport Interdiction Course, March 16-20,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-09 15:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA307 STATISTICS OF ARRESTS WITH INL DONATED BODY SCANNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 13:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA312 ILEA ROSWELL - Advanced Management Course, March 23-April
[...] The following 12 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Police force, Nigeria Customs Service and The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training Name DANDAURA Mustapha DOB January 15 1963 Gender Male Rank Chief Superintend [...]
2009-02-20 13:20:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS EAID NI IZ
09ABUJA590ECOWAS' RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN GUINEA-BISSAU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with ECOWAS Director of Political Affairs Dr. Abdel Fatah-Musa to discuss ECOWAS' next steps in Guinea-Bissau. Fatah-Musa, who has long followed Guinea-Bissau politics, related background information about what he said had led to the double assassinations o [...]
2009-04-06 16:45:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALECOWAS KPKO PGOV PREL MASS SNAR PU GV CU PO
09ABUJA600NIGERIA'S NON-MILITARY SECURITY CHALLENGES AND
[...] (U) The following is U.S. Mission Nigeria's collective response to questions posed in reftel regarding the assessment of law enforcement and judicial training needs of the non-military security apparatus of the Government of Nigeria (GON). Given the poor performance of Nigeria,s top anti-graf [...]
2009-04-07 16:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR KCOR KTIP KJUS KTFN KIPR
09ABUJA653UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] Post nominates Michael Makalou as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Patrick Ryan as Deputy Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer, Deputy TFCO. 2. Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer Name: Michael Makalou Title: Transnational Crime Affairs Officer Phone Number: +234-9-46 [...]
2009-04-20 09:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC PTER NI IZ KTFN SNAR
09ABUJA676TERRORISM FINANCE: COUNTERING TERRORIST ABUSE OF THE
[...] Post, in response to reftel, submitted a Non- Paper document to the relevant offices within the host government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),the Special Control Unit against Money Laundering (SCUML) and relevant National Assembly Senate and House of [...]
2009-04-21 09:49:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KTFN EFIN ETTC PHUM EAID PTER NI IZ
09ABUJA710ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETS WITH ECOWAS' CHAMBAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, visiting Africom Deputy Commander Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates met with ECOWAS President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to discuss regional affairs and the next steps in cooperation between Africom and ECOWAS. Ambassador Sanders, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, [...]
2009-04-24 11:57:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PU TO NI
09ABUJA711CORRECTED COPY: ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, visiting Africom Deputy Commander Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates met with ECOWAS President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to discuss regional affairs and the next steps in cooperation between Africom and ECOWAS. Ambassador Sanders, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, [...]
2009-04-24 11:59:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR PU TO NI
09ABUJA980ATTORNEY GENERAL AGREES TO ASSIGNMENT OF TDY DEA NARCOTICS
[...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 4 and 6. 2. Post wishes to report the receipt of Diplomatic Note number M.679/2009 from the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledging that the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Federal Republic of Nigeria approves the deploy [...]
2009-06-08 11:33:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID NI IZ
09ACCRA1070COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD DENIES POLITICS AT BOARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Executive Secretary Yaw Akrasi Sarpong told Poloffs October 5 that while he is a staunch supporter of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),party politics has no place at the NACOB. Sarpong complained about the lack of effective narcotics enforc [...]
2009-10-08 15:25:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV CVIS XA GH
09ACCRA1179GHANAIAN CONCERN OVER DRUG SMUGGLING BY VIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the head of the UK's "Operation Westbridge," the British government's anti-narcotics operation at Accra International Airport, told Poloff that President John Atta Mills wants itemizers for the Presidential suite at the airport to screen his entourage for drugs when leav [...]
2009-11-10 09:04:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCOR GH
09ACCRA1299MILLS AIDE DISCUSSES RULING PARTY DIVISIONS,
[...] (C) A senior Presidential aide said that President Mills has faced a challenging first year in office, dealing with economic difficulties and managing high expectations from National Democratic Congress (NDC) party faithful. He said Mills is determined not to repeat the ethical lapses of the [...]
2009-12-08 16:36:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR SNAR ECON GH
09ACCRA131ACCRA RESPONSE: ASSESSMENT ON THE NEED FOR LAW
[...] (C) Ghana's law enforcement and judicial sectors have a wide range of training needs, from basic criminal investigation to intelligence and surveillance techniques. In September 2008 post hosted a State/INL interagency team which assessed to Ghana's counter-narcotics capabilities. The Mission's res [...]
2009-02-19 15:45:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI ASEC KCRM SNAR GH
09ACCRA1331ACCRA SUBMISSION FOR 2009-1010 INCSR PART II (AML,
[...] SUMMARY. Post submits Q&A replies below in response to reftel. Post also submitted same content by email. Post POC is Philip Cummings, Economic Section Chief, cummingspm@state.gov. END SUMMARY. 2. Q: Describe the anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) plans, programs [...]
2009-12-16 16:02:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN PTER SNAR GH
09ACCRA294GHANA CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKER--AND U.S. JUSTICE
[...] (U) Summary. A Ghanaian court has convicted a Nigerian woman for her role in the trafficking of a fourteen year old Togolese female. The conviction is the second under Ghana's 2005 Human Trafficking Act, with at least one other high profile case pending. The head of the Ghana Police Service's [...]
2009-04-02 15:29:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH PHUM PREL KTIP SNAR JUS PGOV
09ACCRA328PRESIDENT MILLS FOCUSING ON GOOD GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a one-on-one meeting on April 2, President Mills emphasized his intent to govern Ghana within the law and to stand up to any pressure (read: Jerry Rawlings) to do otherwise. He expressed his strong support for the formation of an anti-narcotics "vetted unit" in cooperat [...]
2009-04-09 12:16:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR GH
09ACCRA60MILLS FIRES HEAD OF POLICE IN SHAKEUP OF SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. President Mills has made changes in key security service leadership positions, retiring the Inspector General of Police, Patrick Acheampong and the Chief of Defense Staff as of January 28. The President has also named a new director for the country's Narcotics Control Board. The [...]
2009-01-29 08:24:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SNAR GH
09ACCRA619GHANA PRESIDENT LEADS FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made private statements backed with public actions about his intention to reduce Ghana's growing role in the drugs trade. GOG agencies are following his lead and have also made a discernible effort to eliminate drugs in the country. END SUMMARY 2. [...]
2009-06-29 16:57:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR XA XY GH
09ADDISABABA1911AFRICAN UNION WANTS TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFIC
[...] (U) This cable contains an Action Request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The African Union Commission wants to be a partner with the United States and others who are fighting the drug traffic that originates in South America, transits West Africa, and ends up on the streets of Europe. The AU [...]
2009-08-06 13:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR XR AU
09ADDISABABA2061USAFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During their August 20 meeting at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, USAFRICOM Commander General William E. (Kip) Ward and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping discussed U.S./Africa cooperation in combating narco-trafficking through Africa, as well as ongoing USG [...]
2009-08-25 05:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS SNAR KCRM PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2499DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...]
2009-10-21 05:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC ET
09AITTAIPEI275REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
[...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan law enforcement personnel, who will participate in DEA Chemical Diversion Seminar beginning March 16, [...]
2009-03-12 09:57:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
09ALGIERS1071DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ALGERIA
[...] (U) Algeria serves as a transit point for drug trafficking, both for cannabis and cannabis resin from Morocco, and increasingly for South American-origin cocaine and heroin, which both transit Algeria to Europe. Algeria's long, remote and difficult-to-secure borders facilitate the drug trade [...]
2009-12-02 11:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALAG PGOV PINS SNAR
09ALGIERS948ALGERIA SAYS BAMAKO SUMMIT KEY TO REGIONAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Algerian Minister Delegate for Defense Guenaizia told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston October 19 that the Algerian, Mauritanian, Nigerien and Malian chiefs of staff had agreed to set up a regional command for joint counter terrorism [...]
2009-10-25 09:28:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS962ALGERIAN MINSTATE SAYS REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS CAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for African and Maghreb Affairs Abdelkader Messahel told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ambassador Vicki Huddleston on October 17 that governments in the Sahel region have the resources to combat terrorism and criminal networks and have agreed on the [...]
2009-10-27 17:34:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MOPS SNAR AG ML MR NG
09ALGIERS982ALGERIA'S 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) Algeria is primarily a transit country for drugs, but both domestic production and consumption are rising. Drug seizures increased substantially in 2008 and the first half of 2009. The Government of Algeria (GOA) is committed to addressing the problem and has begun several domestic pro [...]
2009-11-04 06:47:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AG
09AMMAN1157USG ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN AMMAN LEADS NATIONS TO
[...] (U) The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the Department of Justice's Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) recently delivered in Amman the workshop "Addressing the Challenges of Corruption" to explore and discuss method [...]
2009-05-19 10:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD PGOV PINS SOCI SNAR XF
09AMMAN1695 THE JORDAN INSTITUTION FOR STANDARDS AND METROLOGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited the new facilities of the Jordan Institution for Standards and Metrology (JISM) on July 16 where he commended JISM's activism and restated U.S. support for JISM's efforts through the award of INCLE funding for equipment. Though hampered by a weak legal fra [...]
2009-07-29 10:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN1782JORDAN CONTINUES TO RAID IPR VIOLATORS, AFFIRMING ITS
[...] (U) Recent anti-computer software piracy raids by Jordan's National Library (NL),the agency mandated with enforcing Jordan's copyright laws, demonstrate that Jordan is continuing to take credible steps to protect intellectual property rights (IPR) in the country. The National Library's Deputy [...]
2009-08-06 12:29:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09AMMAN202008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (U) Embassy Amman's submission for the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) follows. Information was provided by the Jordan Public Security Directorate's Anti-Narcotics Department (PSD-AND). --------------- Part I: Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) Jordan's [...]
2009-01-05 05:59:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC JO
09AMMAN2607JORDAN SUBMISSION FOR 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Per ref B, following is the text for Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes, of Embassy Amman's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),also e-mailed as requested as a Microsoft Word document. Embassy point of contact is Resident Economic [...]
2009-12-03 11:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER SNAR KCRM JO
09AMMAN414INVITATION TO ATTEND APRIL ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN
[...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will jointly deliver the workshop "Addr [...]
2009-02-16 13:21:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD KTFN PGOV SNAR XF
09AMMAN946JORDAN IPR UPDATE: SOME PROGRESS IN REVISING LAWS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan has continued its efforts to strengthen protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Jordan's revised Copyright Law, updated to bring it into full compliance with the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA),has passed the Legislative and Opinion Bure [...]
2009-04-23 07:53:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR SNAR JO
09ANKARA1254LEAHY VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR KURDISTAN
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. 2. PURSUANT TO THE LEAHY ACT AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT, POST REQUESTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT SCREEN THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES OF THE IRAQI SECURITY FORCES, WHO HAVE BEEN NOMINATED FOR US GOVERNMENT PROVIDED BASIC COUNTER-NARCOTICS INVESTIGATIONS TRAINING IN IRBIL, I [...]
2009-08-25 12:32:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR DEA
09ANKARA1732 TURKEY: Eastern Provinces Score Gains in Counternarotics,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Turkish officials are making steady inroads against drug smuggling in the southeast, local officials told Embassy officers during a recent visit. PKK terrorist activity has declined, but it remains active in drug smuggling. The inability of Turkish officials to share informati [...]
2009-12-04 15:00:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR PREL EFIN IR IZ TU
09ANKARA1733 TURKEY'S F-TYPE PRISONS: MOVING AWAY FROM "MIDNIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent Embassy visit to one of Turkey's high-security "F-type" prisons found a clean, modern facility housing inmates who appeared to be well-fed, well-behaved, and well-treated. The prisoners, incarcerated for crimes related to terrorism, organized crime and drug trafficking [...]
2009-12-04 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER SNAR SOCI TU
09ANKARA1773FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: POLICE PRAISE "KINGPIN"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller urged Turkey to accept an information sharing arrangement on biometric data during a November 18 meeting with Turkish National Police Director General Koksal. The Director separately offered to post a second FBI officer in Ankara to strengthen CT teamwork. K [...]
2009-12-14 15:24:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALOVIP PTER PREL SNAR KCRM IZ TU
09ANKARA1794 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING WORKSHOP,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Ankara will host a three-day regional counterterrorism workshop for law enforcement officials and prosecutors from Turkey, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Albania and Greece, February 10-12, 2010. Embassy Ankara requests assistance from addressee embassies to en [...]
2009-12-17 10:08:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER SNAR AL BU GR MK TU
09ANKARA226ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: American citizen Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi appeared in the Ankara Consular section around noon on January 9, 2009. Mr. Vahedi, age 75, told Conoff he had paid smugglers $7500 to take him across the Iranian/Turkish border after having been held against his will in Iran for seven month [...]
2009-02-11 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SNAR SOCI IR
09ANKARA445TURKEY: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (INCLE) program in Turkey wound down after 2000 because of the GOT's refusal to accept Leahy Amendment language contained in the Year 2000 Letter of Agreement. We are in the process of negotiating a new Letter of Agreement [...]
2009-03-24 16:37:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN TU
09ASHGABAT1010 TURKMENISTAN: INL-FUNDED EQUIPMENT PRESENTED TO COUNTER
[...] SUMMARY: On August 6, the Charge presented two light vehicles and twenty drug identification kits to the State Counter Narcotics Service of Turkmenistan. The donation was part of the ongoing INL counternarcotics project. SCNS officials praised our bilateral cooperation and expressed gratitu [...]
2009-08-11 06:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM SOCI SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT1018 TURKMENISTAN: COMMANDER ARRESTED FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A commander of a military Unit in Tejen Etrap (District) was reportedly arrested last week for drug smuggling. While the Defense Ministry was embarrassed by the case, officers from the same military unit commen [...]
2009-08-13 03:15:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT102STRAIGHT TALK BETWEEN TURKMENISTAN'S STATE
[...] (SBU) Chairman of the State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS),Col. Murat Islamov, told UN Office on Drugs and Crime(UNODC) Project Coordinator, Ercan Saka, at an Imamnazar Border Crossing Checkpoint Project Steering Committee meeting on January 15 that Turkmenistan is not a narcotics smuggling [...]
2009-01-22 08:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR TX AORC
09ASHGABAT1036 TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS OFFICERS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 14, Post conducted training for officers of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) on the use of recently donated narcotics field testing systems. The training included demonstrations of various [...]
2009-08-17 11:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1057 TURKMENISTAN: WILL "ADALAT" CONTINUE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On July 31, Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) newspaper published an article by Jumamyrat Achylov, Judge of Azatlyk Etrap (district) Court, reporting that two Ashgabat residents, Meylis Durdyev and Nurberdi Bayramov, bot [...]
2009-08-21 09:31:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1123 TURKMENISTAN: CHEMICALS SHIPMENT SNAFU
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A shipment of chemicals that arrived in February under the auspices of Post's INL- funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of Interior (MVD) has finally reached its destination at the Interior Ministry's Cr [...]
2009-09-03 12:59:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1143 TURKMENISTAN: UNODC EVALUATED IMAMNAZAR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 4, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Chief of Mission Ercan Saka hosted an evaluation meeting for its Strengthening Turkmen- Afghan Border project, particularly construction of Imamnazar border crossing che [...]
2009-09-09 12:27:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1209 TURKMENISTAN: INL COUNTER-NARCOTICS EFFORTS EXTEND TO THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At the invitation of Department's INL Bureau, Post hosted the visit of Travis Birney of DEA's International Training Division from 14-18 September. The visit was arranged to prepare for two one-week Basic Drug E [...]
2009-09-24 09:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1282 TURKMENISTAN: RECENT DRUG CRIME REPORTS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On September 18th, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) reported that a 40-year old, unemployed resident of Ak Bugday village in Ahal Province, Gurbanberdi Charyev, had been arrested by State Counter- Narcotics Service (S [...]
2009-10-09 10:11:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1301 TURKMENISTAN: AN APPARENT DECREASE IN THEFT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Theft is the second most common type of crime in Turkmenistan, drug crime being the most common. Although former President Niyazov sentenced many criminals, including the heads of criminal networks, to death [...]
2009-10-15 08:56:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1384 TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...]
2009-10-30 07:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1416 TURKMENISTAN: FAMOUS POP STAR IMPLICATED IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A popular Turkmen female singer was reportedly detained with drugs and sent into internal exile. The report could not be officially confirmed, but several sources provided details. Drug use has been a traditi [...]
2009-11-04 12:55:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1493 TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PUBLICLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov last week publicly reprimanded the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),Ingender Mulikov, citing "shortcomings." Mulikov was appointed to the position six months ago and received a promo [...]
2009-11-23 13:21:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1648 TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ashgabat held its last 2009 law enforcement coordination meeting on December 18th. Ministries and agencies members of the National Drug Control Committee f [...]
2009-12-23 06:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1675DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN
[...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...]
2009-12-30 12:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT172TURKMENISTAN: STATE COUNTER NARCOTICS AGENCY SAYS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) In a February 2 meeting, the acting director of the State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS),Serdar Batyrov, told Political Officer and DEA Dushanbe Special Agent (SA) (currently temporarily assigned to Ashgabat) that hi [...]
2009-02-04 05:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT188TURKMENISTAN'S TROUBLING DRUG ADDICTION PROBLEM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Summary: The fact that Turkmenistan suffers from a serious heroin addiction problem (10 percent of the population, according to the World Health Organization),is something that the Turkmen Government has barely begun to ack [...]
2009-02-06 05:20:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL IR TX
09ASHGABAT2: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]
2009-01-05 06:19:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT256READOUT FROM EMBASSY ASHGABAT LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Post,s Law Enforcement Working Group held its quarterly meeting on February 17, chaired by the DCM. DEA, POL/ECON (INL),DATT, RSO, EXBS and POL/MIL updated the group on their sections, activities in coordination with Turkmen law enforcement entities. DEA PRESENCE EXTENDED 2. (C) DE [...]
2009-02-24 13:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT264TURKMENISTAN: FORENSICS OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR OWN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 13:07:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT283IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]
2009-03-02 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT284IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]
2009-03-02 13:10:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT304TURKMENISTAN: DOWN AND OUT IN TEJEN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Poloff visited the town of Tejen (pop.52,000) this week to get a closer look at the place most people refer to as the "drug capital" of Turkmenistan. Located 200 kilometers south-west of Ashgabat not far from the Iranian bo [...]
2009-03-06 13:08:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT33IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: BACKGROUND ON TEHERAN MOU --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish diplomat told Embassy Ashgabat's Iran Watcher on January 8 that recent announcements of expanded cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan are more about the need to address the flow of Afghan opiates from Iran into Turkmenistan than anything else. Hakan Chengiz, the T [...]
2009-01-09 04:23:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR IR TX
09ASHGABAT338TURKMENISTAN: UNODC SEEKING U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Project Coordinator for Turkmenistan, Ercan Saka, met with Politial Officer yesterday seeking financial support from INL for a proposed project at Farap, on the Uzbek border. Under the proposal, which has a budget of one million USD and is divided [...]
2009-03-13 15:21:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALSNAR UZ PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT402TURKMENISTAN: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETS IN ASHGABAT
[...] (SBU) At a March 13 meeting in Ashgabat of Mini-Dublin Group members organized by the Italian Embassy in Moscow, representatives of the U.S.,French, UK, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Japanese and Russian embassies exchanged views with two officials of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) on [...]
2009-03-30 11:51:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT500TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICERS DISCUSS THE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Poloff, at the request of an instructor at Post's INL-funded English Training Center (ELT) for Turkmen law enforcment officers, gave a presentation to a group of students on April 17 in which she outlined the foundation and st [...]
2009-04-20 10:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT521TURKMENISTAN: BORDER GUARDS APPRECIATIVE OF U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol met April 22 with Colonel Myrat Yslamov, head of the State Border Service(SBS). They discussed Afghanistan, U.S. cooperation with the SBS, and potential cooperation between Turkmen and Afghan border services, and Turkmen preparedness [...]
2009-04-24 11:58:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT654 TURKMENISTAN: STREET PRICE OF HEROIN REPORTED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) On May 22, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) published an article by Ulugbek Amankulov, Judge of Hojambaz Etrap (district) Court of Lebap province, reporting that a resident of Olam village named Azat Abdyrahmanov purcha [...]
2009-05-27 09:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT672TURKMENISTAN: LOCALS RECOUNT LIVES MARRED BY DRUG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conversations with Iran Watcher, two Turkmen women candidly described how addiction to heroin and opium, the drugs of choice for Turkmenistan's addicts, has affected members of their own families and communities. The two women, of differing socioeconomic backgrounds, both a [...]
2009-06-01 10:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT696TURKMENISTAN: ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY "SOON"
[...] (S) The Israeli Ambassador to Central Asia and the Caucasus (currently based in Jerusalem),Shemi Tzur, said in a meeting with Charge on June 4 that Israel was planning to open an embassy in Ashgabat "very soon" -- in July or perhaps even sooner -- in part due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Libe [...]
2009-06-05 12:36:00Embassy AshgabatSECRETPREL EINV PTER EPET ETRD SNAR TX IS AJ KZ
09ASHGABAT721TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, plans to brief UN and U.S. officials on the activities of the Center during an upcoming visit to the U.S. The Center is working on some ideas to promote stability in Afghanistan and high-level regio [...]
2009-06-09 10:47:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR SNAR UN TX AF
09ASHGABAT754 LEAHY VETTING FOR GOTX NATO-RUSSIA
[...] Per reftel, Post was asked to conduct a human rights review for the nominees listed below to attend the USG-funded NATO-Russia Counter- Narcotics Training 22 June-26 June 2009, Turkmenistan. 2. Post has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 12, 2009, it possesses no credible informa [...]
2009-06-15 06:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT803TURKMENISTAN: AFGHAN OFFICIALS WERE NO-SHOWS AT
[...] (C) On June 26, Political Officer provided an overview of INL cooperation with Turkmenistan to an OSCE-organized counternarcotics training course for Customs officials carried out at the Ashgabat "Golden Century" Customs Training Center. The ten participants were supervisory-level officials f [...]
2009-06-26 10:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV OSCE AF TX
09ASHGABAT825TURKMENISTAN: DRUG DEALING VILLAGERS DIG MOATS TO
[...] (SBU) On June 27 at 07:00am, a local contact riding in an SUV saw a resident of the village Gysa in Ruhabat district outside of Ashgabat parked in an old car. As the contact's SUV approached, the driver of the old car started his car and sped off quickly. Post's contact was not surprised, b [...]
2009-07-02 03:53:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT858 TURKMENISTAN: FREE DISTRIBUTION OF ANTI-DRUG BROCHURES AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Red Crescent Society's Drug Demand Reduction Project (DDRP) recently conducted several public activities dedicated to the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking. Among the public acti [...]
2009-07-08 12:38:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT883 TURKMENISTAN: DEA SPECIAL AGENT COMPLETES A LONG TERM TDY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 10, 2009, through July 25, 2009, a DEA special agent conducted a long-term TDY in Ashgabat. The agent was involved in various activities with the Turkmen State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) in order [...]
2009-07-15 08:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT94TURKMENISTAN: UNODC PROMOTES CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge, the head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) office in Turkmenistan described his continued efforts to promote bilateral counter-narcotics and border security cooperation between Turkmenistan and neighboring cou [...]
2009-01-21 12:52:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT953 TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT'S TOUTED CRACKDOWN ON THE DRUG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's local press continue to report an increase in arrests and convictions of drug dealers. Ashgabat residents, however, are skeptical about the government's so-called "rigorous measures" to crack down [...]
2009-07-30 09:22:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT97TURKMENISTAN: THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three mid-ranking Turkmen law enforcement officials took part in a four-day study tour in London, the culmination of a year-long English language course funded by INL. The trip gave them an opportunity to prac [...]
2009-01-21 12:52:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT974 TURKMENISTAN: NEW COUNTER NARCOTICS CHIEF BROUGHT FROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 29th, President Berdimuhamedov replaced the Acting Chief of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) of Turkmenistan with the Deputy Minister of National Security. No background information is yet ava [...]
2009-07-31 12:34:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT992TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]
2009-08-05 12:46:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASTANA1084CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF D, THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS EMBASSY ASTANA APPROVAL OF CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF) DURING 4TH QUARTER FY09. 2. (SBU) U.S. AGENCY REQUESTING CN [...]
2009-06-26 10:18:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA1171 KAZAKHSTAN: DRUG AND CRIME UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY: Drug seizures in Kazakhstan increased by 75% during the first quarter of 2009 while drug-related crimes dropped almost 2%. Prime Minister Masimov criticized law enforcement efforts to combat drug trafficking and called for the establishment of an interagency unit to arrest governmen [...]
2009-07-13 09:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1403 KAZAKHSTAN: NARCOTICS AND PROPERTY SEIZURES BY COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security (KNB) publicly reported its narcotics seizures for the first half of 2009. Total KNB seizures increased 466% from the same period last year. In addition, the KNB reported [...]
2009-08-17 10:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1446KAZAKHSTAN: OBSERVER LETTER DELIVERED TO CARICC
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) As requested in reftel, the request for observer status was delivered to the Central Asian Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) via the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Almaty on August 21. UNODC's Senior CARI [...]
2009-08-28 03:51:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1508 KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW SIGNED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On August 28, President Nazarbayev signed the long-awaited law on anti-money laundering (AML),which will enter into force in March 2010. The law should increase the effectiveness of measures aimed at combating mon [...]
2009-09-10 09:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1547 KAZAKHSTAN: TEMIRTAU IS "AIDS CAPITAL OF KAZAKHSTAN"
[...] SUMMARY: Home to AcelorMittal, Kazakhstan's giant steel plant, Temirtau is known as the "AIDS capital of Kazakhstan." An "explosion" of new HIV/AIDS cases peaked in 1997, then dropped, and has since held steady. The local AIDS Center believes that financial difficulties and layoffs followin [...]
2009-09-21 06:35:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON SOCI SNAR KHIV KZ
09ASTANA1768KAZAKHSTAN: FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Embassy Astana submits the following proposals for FY 2009/2010 FSA funding for counter-narcotics, border security, drug-demand reduction, and anti-trafficking in persons programs. Responses are keyed to paragraph 19 of the reftel. 2. All projects proposed directly respond to targets estab [...]
2009-10-02 11:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1967 KAZAHKSTAN: DAS KROL COMPARES NOTES WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS George Krol met with Security Council Deputy Chairman Marat Shaikhutdinov in Astana on October 29. Their meeting was a refreshingly open "exchange of views," in which Shaikhutdinov, hand-picked from the Foreign Ministry by Security Council Chairman Marat Tazhin, asserte [...]
2009-11-05 03:45:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR SNAR CH RS AF ZK
09ASTANA210 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW DIRECTORS NAMED FOR TWO INTERIOR MINISTRY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Karaganda Legal Institute of the Ministry of Interior (MVD) and the MVD Academy in Almaty swapped directors. General Major Serik Yerkenov is the new director of the Legal Institute and General Dzhan Kenzhetayev is the new director of the MVD Academy. INL has c [...]
2009-02-04 10:30:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SOCI SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2110 KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...]
2009-12-04 04:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2196KAZAKHSTAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 1, DRUGS AND CHEMICAL
[...] In response to reftel, the text of Part 1 of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Kazakhstan follows in paragraphs 2-67. SUMMARY 2. Kazakhstan is primarily a transit country for drug trafficking and is located on the northern route from Afghanistan. According [...]
2009-12-22 10:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA2201 KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL
[...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...]
2009-12-23 05:01:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA367 KAZAKHSTAN: NEW CHAIRMAN APPOINTED TO HEAD DRUG
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Colonel Zhanat Suleimenov was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Combating Drugs on February 25. Colonel Askar Isagaliyev, the previous chairman, resigned in early February, in a suspected attempt to avoid bein [...]
2009-02-27 09:47:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR SNAR KCRM KZ
09ASTANA445 KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...]
2009-03-13 09:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ
09ASTANA610KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...]
2009-04-09 05:04:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA660KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE
[...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...]
2009-04-17 10:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ
09ASTANA718 KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT
[...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...]
2009-04-27 10:48:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA759REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...]
2009-05-04 10:24:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA827NEW LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK IN KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In early April, President Nazarbayev reshuffled the heads of nearly all of Kazakhstan's law agencies. General Major Serik Baimagambetov, a member of the Majilis (i.e. the lower house of parliament),was named Ministe [...]
2009-05-12 11:38:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA925KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...]
2009-06-01 06:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA949 FINANCIAL POLICE ACADEMY TRIP TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL sponsored a visit to the United States by General Major Tleukhan, director of the Academy of the Financial Police. Tleukhan had the opportunity to study the structure and programs of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia, and the FBI Academ [...]
2009-06-04 11:15:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASUNCION10HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Alvaro Lopez Cattebecke [...]
2009-01-08 17:00:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION112HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Jorge Godoy Uriarte [...]
2009-02-23 12:46:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION117HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Ramon [...]
2009-02-24 20:30:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION13PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]
2009-01-09 22:20:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MASS PTER SNAR PA
09ASUNCION132HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These Paraguayan National Police officers are sc [...]
2009-03-04 18:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION133HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Selva Noemi Galeano Alvaren [...]
2009-03-04 18:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION134HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Rojas [...]
2009-03-04 18:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION14PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE
[...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]
2009-01-09 22:28:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETMASS PTER SNAR PREL PARM PA
09ASUNCION143FISHING IN TROUBLED WATERS WITH LUGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: I accepted an invitation from President Lugo to join his February 28-29 trip to a nature reserve in Alto Paraguay. The trip included fishing for piranhas, eating alligator or "jacare," and bird watching on the Black River with the President -- providing me with a unique opportunit [...]
2009-03-05 20:39:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR PGOV MASS PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION149HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan National Police that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Crim [...]
2009-03-10 15:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION150CONVICTED NARCOS AND KIDNAPPER ESCAPE PARAGUAYAN
[...] (U) Two convicted Brazilian narcotics traffickers and a convicted kidnapper escaped March 6 from a maximum-security police detention facility in Asuncion. Narcotrafficker Nilton Antunez Veron, a member of the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Brigade (PCC),narcotrafficker Eder Pedro de Ferrato, [...]
2009-03-10 22:05:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION157PARAGUAY'S 2008 FOURTH QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-16 11:11:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION165HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Patrocino Rivas Ramirez [...]
2009-03-20 13:11:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION173END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Asuncion's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program provided computer equipment, software, vehicles, a construction project, and rent assistance to a variety of Paraguayan government agencies in 2008, including the Anti Drug Secretariat (SENAD),the Women's Secretar [...]
2009-03-23 21:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN PREL PA
09ASUNCION190HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Pe [...]
2009-03-30 20:06:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION198HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend Intelle [...]
2009-04-01 19:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION228HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance (refs A-D). Many were previously vette [...]
2009-04-13 21:03:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION233HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Ru [...]
2009-04-15 18:05:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION239HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Mr. Valdez Ruiz is scheduled to attend drug enfor [...]
2009-04-20 18:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION240HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Army that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Peacekeeping [...]
2009-04-20 18:53:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION241HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Co [...]
2009-04-20 18:54:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION2432010 DEMARCHE FOR THE MAJORS LIST TO THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 21:04:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CFED CJAN KCRM PGOV PREL SOCI PA
09ASUNCION252HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Joint [...]
2009-04-23 21:55:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION253HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Senior C [...]
2009-04-23 21:55:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION264HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Interage [...]
2009-04-30 17:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION265HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Senior [...]
2009-04-30 17:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION268PARAGUAY'S 2009 FIRST QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 20:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION293CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...]
2009-05-06 22:33:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
09ASUNCION30HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Teresa Concepcion Britez M [...]
2009-01-14 20:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION326HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend Antite [...]
2009-05-21 18:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION345HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the U.S [...]
2009-05-27 14:18:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION355HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Amalio Rios Rolon DOB: [...]
2009-06-08 12:47:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION356HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This candidate, who is the new coordinator for th [...]
2009-06-08 21:34:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION359NARCOTICS MAJOR LIST 2010 PARAGUAY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 18:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PA
09ASUNCION376HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This individual, who is [...]
2009-06-17 20:24:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION377HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]
2009-06-17 20:26:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION378HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals, who are Paraguayan police offic [...]
2009-06-17 20:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION383HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-06-18 19:17:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION384HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]
2009-06-18 19:22:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION385HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate i [...]
2009-06-18 19:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION389SUCCESSFUL HIGH-PROFILE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political-Economic Sections, and the local Military Information Support Team, collaborated on a successful anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign launched in conjunction with the June 16 release of the Department's TIP Report. The campaign brought atten [...]
2009-06-23 20:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV GTIP KPAO GIWI SNAR MX PA
09ASUNCION39LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...]
2009-01-16 18:17:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION402HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security force that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]
2009-06-30 13:46:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION403HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance (refs A-D). Jose [...]
2009-06-30 13:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION422HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). This [...]
2009-07-07 11:35:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION423HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are schedule to participate in [...]
2009-07-07 11:37:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION427HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-07-08 17:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION428HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are an intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate [...]
2009-07-08 17:16:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION429HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-07-09 18:47:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION456HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]
2009-07-21 11:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION463HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]
2009-07-24 12:01:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION464PARAGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 12:51:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION469HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-07-27 18:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION49HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Felix Raul Benitez Velazqu [...]
2009-01-22 22:43:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION50HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Join [...]
2009-01-22 22:44:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION504TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W,
[...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]
2009-08-07 15:18:00Embassy AsuncionSECRETPHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09ASUNCION51HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals will attend the ICT Alumni Even [...]
2009-01-22 22:45:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION515HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-08-17 11:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION516HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]
2009-08-17 11:17:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION521MIXED REVIEWS OF LUGO AT THE ONE YEAR MARK
[...] (C) President Fernando Lugo had several successes in his first year in office, including improvements in health care and an improved deal from Brazil regarding electricity from the Itaipu dam. However, Lugo's failings (increased insecurity, slow response to the financial crisis, lack of agrar [...]
2009-08-20 19:55:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION528HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-08-24 11:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION532CODEL GRANGER SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Granger September 2-5. Your visit follows President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. A corrupt judiciary and national police, under-funded law [...]
2009-08-25 19:42:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR PREL OVIP PA
09ASUNCION535HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-08-27 10:45:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION544HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-09-01 12:32:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION546HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]
2009-09-02 10:57:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION547HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]
2009-09-02 11:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION580Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]
2009-09-15 16:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION582Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]
2009-09-15 16:26:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION588CODEL GRANGER IN PARAGUAY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Appropriations Committee Member Kay Granger (R- Texas) led a delegation to Paraguay September 2-5. Codel Granger conveyed U.S. support for Paraguay's fight against corruption and drug trafficking. Meeting with a variety of law enforcement and criminal justice partners th [...]
2009-09-16 22:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OREP PREL PA SNAR
09ASUNCION59HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Christian Saturnino Centurio [...]
2009-02-02 12:39:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION592Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]
2009-09-21 14:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION594Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]
2009-09-21 14:21:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION595BOLIVIA EXPLAINING ARMS PURCHASES
[...] (U) Press reports that Bolivian ministers of defense and foreign affairs are visiting Paraguay to better explain up to USD 100 million in future Bolivian arms purchases from Russia. Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata responded to earlier press reports with an official request for information to Boli [...]
2009-10-08 20:55:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PA
09ASUNCION596Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]
2009-09-21 14:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION598Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]
2009-09-21 14:29:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION613Kidnapping by Paraguayan People's Army or EPP Seizes
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) kidnapped well-known rancher Fidel Zavala on October 15. According to initial reports, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of US $5 million for Zavala's release. The Zavala family initially refused involvement of the Paraguayan National Police, b [...]
2009-10-21 22:01:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR
09ASUNCION675SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY
[...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...]
2009-12-07 18:33:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA
09ASUNCION68HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adalberto Garcete DOB: [...]
2009-02-05 11:16:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION72SCENE-SETTER FOR CAPSTONE FELLOWS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CAPSTONE fellows February 22-24. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents an historic transition after the Colorado Party's 61 years of rule. Lugo's challenges are many: An inexperienced team, exceedingly high expectations for change, endemi [...]
2009-02-06 12:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON MARR SNAR MASS MCAP PGOV PA
09ASUNCION9HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the Str [...]
2009-01-08 16:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION93HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of Tactical Commander's ATA training March 2 - March 20, 2009, in As [...]
2009-02-12 13:40:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION94HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN
[...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training March 9 - 20, 2009 in Lima, Peru. 2. Candidate n [...]
2009-02-12 13:43:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ATHENS114THE HELLENIC POLICE: FEW FRIENDS, BIG CHALLENGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the riots that swept across Greece after the death of a 15-year-old youth in an altercation with police, the public spotlight has been on the Hellenic Police (HP) -- both for its role in the shooting but also for its perceived ineffectiveness in protecting property owners a [...]
2009-01-29 15:06:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KCRM PTER EAID SNAR GR
09ATHENS1331Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan
[...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...]
2009-07-27 07:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK
09ATHENS1920Greece: 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1
[...] (U) Greece's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR, Part 1: Greece 2009-2010 INCSR Part I: Drugs and Chemical Control I. Summary Greece is a "gateway" country in the transit of illicit drugs and contraband. Although not a major transit country for drugs headed for the United St [...]
2009-10-30 16:31:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM GR
09BAGHDAD1172MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RESUMES EXECUTIONS OF DEATH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 3, the Ministry of Justice executed 12 death-sentenced inmates at the Khadamiya prison in Baghdad. There were 13 inmates scheduled for execution on this date, but one sentenced inmate was withdrawn pending an ongoing appeal. Of those executed, 10 were convicted a [...]
2009-05-04 15:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR IQ
09BAGHDAD1609CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 13:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ
09BAGHDAD1632CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently met the Director and Legal Consultant of the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO),the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Iraq, which is part of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). MLRO leadership and emboffs discussed the recent Middle East and North Africa [...]
2009-06-21 15:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ
09BAGHDAD2694BAGHDAD: INL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE
[...] (U) Summary: INL faces significant challenges in its effort to ensure contractor performance in Iraq. Some of the challenges are due to current constraints on the number of program officers and in-country contracting officer representatives (ICOR) in Baghdad, while others appear to be inhere [...]
2009-10-06 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SNAR MOPS SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2946INL Baghdad October Highlights
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office supports the development of rule of law in Iraq through police, judiciary, corrections, and anti-corruption programs. In response to challenges facing the GOI, INL Baghdad has worked throughout October t [...]
2009-11-05 03:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3133TRILATERAL COUNTER-PKK COOPERATION REMAINS ON TRACK
[...] (SECRET/NOFORN) Summary: MNF-I MGEN Stephen Hummer led a MNF-I/EMB Baghdad group, accompanied by MSNSA Staff MGEN Fukaiki, to the Trilateral Intelligence Sharing Office (TISO) on November 25. Bilateral U.S.-GoI (with KRG host) discussions on the margins with hosting KRG Zerevani (paramilita [...]
2009-12-02 14:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MARR PINR SNAR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3353IRAQ: INCSR Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Iraqi Government officials acknowledge that illicit drugs enter Iraq from Iran, some to be used by Iraqis, but most transshipped south out of Basra or north through Iraqi Kurdistan. However, officials deny that illicit narcotics are a major problem in Iraq. Indeed, faced w [...]
2009-12-29 04:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD3354IRAQ: INCSR Report Part II - Money Laundering and Financial
[...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's economy is primarily cash-based, and there is little data available on the extent of money laundering in the country. Smuggling is endemic, involving consumer goods, cigarettes, and petroleum products. Bulk cash smuggling, counterfeit currency, trafficking in persons, and [...]
2009-12-29 04:14:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD563PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS JUDGE DARA NOOR-ELDEEN AS NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Iraqi Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to confirm the appointment of Judge Dara Noor-Eldeen Baha,-Eldeen as the new Minister of Justice. Subsequent to the vote, Judge Dara Baha,-Eldeen took the oath of office and was sworn in as the Minister of [...]
2009-03-05 06:22:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS SNAR IQ
09BAGHDAD565IRAQ'S NEGLECTED MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING OFFICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's two year-old Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO) is under-budgeted and under-staffed; lacks capacity; works out of woeful office conditions; and its work is hindered further by loophole-ridden anti-money laundering legislation that is self-contradictory and unenforceab [...]
2009-03-05 08:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEFIN PTER KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ
09BAGHDAD692RRT ERBIL: BORDER ISSUES WITH IRAN AS SEEN FROM
[...] (S) Summary. Local security officials in Sulaimaniyah admit that the province,s long and porous border with Iran is under-patrolled and claim that Baghdad does not give them the resources they need to guard it effectively. They consider the main threat to be the Iran-based &Kurdistan Battal [...]
2009-03-16 09:57:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER PINR PBTS SNAR IZ TU IR
09BAKU128AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW
[...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...]
2009-02-17 05:05:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
09BAKU130AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW
[...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...]
2009-02-17 06:31:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
09BAKU169IRANIAN SCHOOLTEACHER RELATES STUDENT PROTESTS AND
[...] (C) An Iranian schoolteacher from XXXXXXXXXXXX told Iran Watcher that the vast majority of Iranians (but not necessarily the regime) want good relations with the United States, though most are too caught up with their daily problems to focus on this. She described Iranian intellectuals as "c [...]
2009-03-04 08:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU172IRANIAN FILM DIRECTOR ON IRANIAN ROCK, DRUGS, AND
[...] (C) An Iranian film Director told Iran watcher that Iranian society is becoming more liberal even as the regime becomes more "backward." He described a widespread youth culture, embracing all regions and classes, in which underground rap and rock music bands are proliferating and "classic ro [...]
2009-03-04 12:05:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU175IRAN'S MONEY LAUNDERERS, SANCTIONS-BUSTERS, AND
[...] (S) According to widespread rumor, many Iranians in Baku are involved full- or part-time in Iranian regime-related profit making, sanctions-busting, money laundering, and similar activities. Activities range from assisting Iranian interests "on the side" of pursuing private activities, to w [...]
2009-03-06 09:55:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD SNAR ECON AJ TU RU IR
09BAKU177"DO US A FAVOR": IRANIAN EXPORTER DISCUSSES REGIME
[...] (S) A Tehran-based Iranian shoe manufacturer and agricultural exporter told Baku Iran Watcher that he and other export/importers utilizing the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran route and reverse are occasionally approached by known regime insiders or representatives of Iranian security for "help" in br [...]
2009-03-06 09:55:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL ETTC SNAR ETRD AM RU AJ IR
09BAKU178"DO US A FAVOR": IRANIAN EXPORTER DISCUSSES REGIME
[...] (S) A Tehran-based Iranian shoe manufacturer and agricultural exporter told Baku Iran Watcher that he and other export/importers utilizing the Russia-Azerbaijan-Iran route and reverse are occasionally approached by known regime insiders or representatives of Iranian security for "help" in br [...]
2009-03-06 10:49:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL ETTC SNAR ETRD AM RU AJ IR
09BAKU275AZERBAIJAN: GOAJ'S "IRAN POINT MAN" ENDORSES
[...] (C) In an April 3 meeting with Ambassador, GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov warmly applauded President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's outreach efforts to foreign partners, including their commitment to increased consultation on international issues. He praised President Obama's [...]
2009-04-07 09:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON ELTN PREL SNAR RU IR AJ
09BAKU305AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Council of Europe,s MONEYVAL issued a statement March 20 welcoming the progress that Azerbaijan had made in adopting an anti-money laundering/countering terrorism financing (AML/CTF) law, signed by President Aliyev February 24, and the steps that were being taken to complete [...]
2009-04-15 11:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PTER SNAR AJ
09BAKU315AZERBAIJAN: SPOT REPORT - U/I HIGH SPEED BOATS
[...] (C) At 22:50 local time on 14 April 2009, the head of the Off-Shore Production Unit Center for British Petroleum (BP) called the DATT to report that two fast boats came within one mile of their offshore platforms, tracking at speeds in excess of 45 knots. The incident allegedly took place 13 [...]
2009-04-20 03:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ TX PTER SNAR
09BAKU406IRANIAN DESCRIBES ECONOMIC WOES, NARCOTICS
[...] (C) An Iranian architect from Karaj told Baku Iran watcher that economic conditions for most people in Iran are steadily deteriorating. The architect cited examples of crony corruption, inflation, rising unemployment, decreased consumer purchasing power, and credit obstacles in illustrating [...]
2009-05-19 10:39:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU476AZERBAIJAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE SHOWS NEW
[...] SUMMARY: A long period of inaccessibility to the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan by the Embassy appears to have ended after the October 2008 elections. After a fruitful and warm meeting with the Ambassador and the DOJ Resident Legal Advisor, the Prosecutor General asked the RLA to travel th [...]
2009-06-12 11:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
09BAKU478IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: VIOLENCE IN BALUCHISTAN
[...] (C) "Iran view from Baku" is the first in an occasional series from Embassy Baku Iran Watcher that will report on short and/or partially documented items of interest to Iran information consumers, but not necessarily warranting separate cables. This cable includes information on reported increasing [...]
2009-06-12 12:11:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PTER SNAR ENRG ELTN AJ PK TU TX IR
09BAKU482AZERBAIJAN: DELAY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Although the Anti-Money Laundering/ Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) law was signed in late February 2009, as of June 2009 progress seemed to be halted. Despite previous desire to accept technical assistance from the United States, the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) was r [...]
2009-06-16 05:58:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PTER EFIN SNAR AJ
09BAKU694IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITY SCHOLAR DICSUSSES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 11:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KIL AJ IR
09BAKU695IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...]
2009-09-02 11:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR
09BAKU801IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-07 12:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU804IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-08 06:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU806IRAN'S UNIMPRESSIVE REGIONAL ROLE
[...] (S) This cable deals with Iran's political effectiveness as a state player in the Caucasus and Caspian region. Baku observers see Iran's current regional activities as anti-Western, reactive, entirely self-focused, and frequently driven by an opaque and unpredictable decision making process [...]
2009-10-08 11:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ECON ELTN SNAR AM GG AJ RU IR
09BAKU818TEHRAN-BAKU TENSIONS HEAT UP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 07:08:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PTER SNAR ECON AJ IR
09BAKU905AZERBAIJAN: TREASURY A/S COHEN DISCUSSES AML/CTF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baku, October 21-22, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, David S. Cohen, met with relevant Government and Embassy officials as well as private sector bankers and business representatives. A dinner meeting with representatives from Azerbaijan's Pasha B [...]
2009-11-19 13:23:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ
09BAKU918AZERBAIJAN: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 09:41:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM AJ
09BAKU931AZERBAIJAN: 2009-2010 INCSR PART 2, MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 12:41:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR AJ
09BAKU942HITTING THE PERSIAN POCKETBOOK: IRAN INFLATION
[...] (C) The magnitude of inflation in Iran and the reliability of Iranian government inflation and income statistics are long-standing matters of dispute among Iran watchers within and without the USG. This cable attempts to clarify these issues by providing the results of an informal salary and [...]
2009-12-08 12:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SNAR PGOV AJ IZ IR
09BANGKOK1268TRAFFICKING A PRIORITY CONCERN FOR THAI SECURITY
[...] (C) During a recent trip to Northeast Thailand, security officials along the border with Laos emphasized to us concerns regarding illegal smuggling as cross-border trade and travel have increased. Officials were particularly worried about movements of people and goods through the Northeast du [...]
2009-05-26 10:49:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR TH
09BANGKOK706AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...]
2009-03-20 04:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS
09BANJUL101AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-03 10:52:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR GA
09BANJUL103JAMMEH ANNOUNCES ZERO TOLERANCE FOR THE DRUGS TRADE
[...] On March 27, President Jammeh strongly condemned the trade in narcotics and urged the country's judges to exercise no mercy for drug dealers in his annual speech to the National Assembly. This is Jammeh's strongest condemnation of the drug trade to date, and could be a reaction to recent event [...]
2009-04-06 17:05:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EPET KDEM SOCI SNAR GA
09BANJUL114GUINEA-BISSAU AMBASSADOR TO THE GAMBIA CALLS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 07:58:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR GA
09BANJUL68AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador had a 2 hour meeting with President Jammeh on a wide range of issues, including the current state of bilateral relations, drug trafficking in the region, future assistance for The Gambia and the inquiry by Senator Durbin on the case of missing journalist Chief Manneh. Jammeh [...]
2009-03-02 14:52:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR GA
09BANJUL96AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUINEA-BISSAU
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Guinea-Bissau Ambassador to the Gambia Munira Ribeiro following assassination of the President and Military Chief of Staff in Bissau. Ambassador Ribeiro expressed little hope for a quick resolution to the current crisis in Guinea-Bissau. Meanwhile, Embassy s [...]
2009-03-30 16:31:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALAMGT PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09BASRAH60BASRA PROVINCE IRAN-IRAQ BORDER POST: NO PROOF OF LETHAL
[...] (U) This is a Basra PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Operations, equipment and procedures at the Shalamsha port of entry (POE) at the Iraq-Iran border are under-financed and inadequate for appropriate cargo and passenger screening. The POE lacks clear lines of authority as [...]
2009-11-21 13:26:00REO BasrahSECRETSMIG SNAR ECON PGOV ETRD PTER KTFN KCOR PREL IR
09BEIJING146CHINA-AFGHANISTAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Afghan Embassy First Secretary Meerwais Nab told PolOffs January 14 that China and Afghanistan have good bilateral relations, but he noted Chinese concerns, including the presence of U.S. forces near the Sino-Afghan border, India's influence in Afghanistan, "elements" in Afghanistan assist [...]
2009-01-16 08:45:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIJING2339REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...]
2009-08-13 08:19:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH
09BEIJING2402REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individual [...]
2009-08-20 08:35:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH EAID
09BEIJING2461REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information on these individuals. [...]
2009-08-27 10:51:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN ASEC CH EAID KCRM PTER SNAR TH
09BEIJING301PRC PARTICIPATION CANCELLED IN ILEA BANGKOK
[...] (SBU) Post regrets to inform Department that on February 4, PRC Ministry of Public Security unexpectedly cancelled its participation in upcoming ILEA Bangkok Supervisory Criminal Investigators Course (SCIC) Session 26 February 16 to March 27, 2009. 2. (SBU) Post has nothing to indicate that [...]
2009-02-06 11:10:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM SNAR CH
09BEIJING3024REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: POST BLAST
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Provincial Public Security Department who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has n [...]
2009-11-03 01:38:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH
09BEIJING3025REQUEST LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA BANGKOK: TACTICAL
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidates from the Ministry of Public Security,s Shandong Police College who have been nominated for training at ILEA Bangkok, pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informati [...]
2009-11-03 01:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AFIN PTER KCRM SNAR TH CH
09BEIJING3263CHINA QUIETLY USHERS IN AG BIOTECH REVOLUTION
[...] (SBU) In early November 2009, China authorized the first commercialization of major biotech food crops. A government website confirmed their approval of phytase corn and Bt rice. Despite little fanfare, this will revolutionize China's agriculture and may be the global agricultural development [...]
2009-12-07 09:54:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING3331AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: CONSULTATIONS REVEAL
[...] (C) An eight-member U.S. delegation held bilateral consultations in Beijing November 12 on potential areas for future collaboration with China in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Throughout the consultations, the U.S. delegation stressed the many areas of aligned strategic interests of the United Sta [...]
2009-12-15 03:32:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3332U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP ON SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS
[...] (C) In U.S.-China consultations on South Asia in Beijing November 11, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ministry of Public Security (MPS),and Ministry of Finance and Commerce (MOFCOM) expressed a preliminary willingness to cooperate with the United States on reconstruction and develo [...]
2009-12-15 03:51:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING3347AF/PAK: CHINESE SCHOLARS SHARE VIEWS WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: PRC scholars from three government-affiliated think tanks told Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman November 12 that the United States needs to demonstrate its resolve in the fight against the Taliban and speed up the pace of reconstruction in A [...]
2009-12-15 09:13:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL SNAR EINV PARM PTER ECON MASS
09BEIJING33938th U.S.-China High Level Joint Biotechnology Working Group
[...] (SBU) On September 16, government officials and technical experts convened the 8th meeting of the U.S.-China High Level Joint Biotechnology Working Group (BWG) in Beijing. Discussion focused on: 1) affirming U.S. and Chinese joint interests in agricultural biotechnology; 2) recognizing the pot [...]
2009-12-18 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING33946th U.S.-China Technical Working Group Meeting in Beijing
[...] (SBU) On September 15, officials and technical experts from the United States and China convened the Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-China Biotechnology Technical Working Group on Food and Environmental Safety (TWG). Discussion focused on scientific and regulatory issues relevant to genetically engi [...]
2009-12-18 08:55:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH
09BEIJING3401SMUGGLING OF FOOD PRODUCTS INCREASES ON CHINA'S SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) U.S. exports of agricultural products smuggled into China have surged due to an increase in politically motivated trade restrictions. China's border with Vietnam has become a prime transit point for trade in beef, pork, and poultry. A smuggler involved in this trade recently described h [...]
2009-12-21 03:13:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV EAGR ETRD ECON CH VN
09BEIJING606CHINA STANDING BY ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Chinese eyes are focused intently on U.S. plans for, and action in, Afghanistan and Pakistan, an area the Chinese see as a dangerously unstable, interconnected threat to Chinese security - but one that they are uncertain about how to address. China has mixed feelings about U.S. involvement [...]
2009-03-09 11:49:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL KSCA PTER SNAR PARM ETRD PK IN AF CH
09BEIRUT114LEBANON: 2008 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) The 2008 End Use Monitoring Report for INL programs in Lebanon, formatted as directed by Reftel, follows: PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Virginia Sher Ramadan, +961-04/542600 ext. 4368, ramadanvs@state.gov Inventory System: Post records the distributio [...]
2009-01-28 11:57:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AFIN
09BEIRUT1205LEBANON: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Lebanon is not a major illicit drug producing or drug-transit country. The Lebanese government reported ongoing cannabis cultivation in 2009, and increased drug use particularly among the young, due to greater availability and reduced price of most drugs sold in Lebanon. During 2009, L [...]
2009-11-06 12:04:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NAS LE
09BEIRUT768LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER BAROUD AND A/S JOHNSON
[...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary David Johnson, caretaker Interior Minister Ziad Baroud believed that technical preparations for securing Lebanon's border with Syria were moving forward, but that real security would require clea [...]
2009-07-10 10:44:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PTER SNAR SMIG KCOR LE SY
09BELGRADE1266SERBIAN SOCCER FANS: HOOLIGANS OR GANGSTERS?
[...] (SBU) The recent death of French national Brice Taton in Belgrade after being beaten by Serbian soccer hooligans has prompted Serbian authorities - and society - to reexamine the murky ties Serbia's two major soccer clubs (Partizan and Red Star) and their fan clubs have with organized crime. G [...]
2009-10-29 14:21:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KCOR KCRM KPRV PINR SNAR SR
09BELGRADE1316SERBIA: 2009 INCSR PART 1 SUBMISSION
[...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Serbia. BEGIN TEXT. Serbia I. Summary The Republic of Serbia is a major transit country for narcotics and other drugs along the Balkan smuggling corridor from Turkey to Centra [...]
2009-11-06 16:42:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SR
09BELGRADE1534FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...]
2009-12-22 13:24:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS SNAR SR
09BELGRADE374SERBIA: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2008 End Use Monitoring Report follows. 2. PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Kneza Milosa St. 50, Belgrade, Serbia Inventory System: ICITAP does not use and automate [...]
2009-04-29 16:21:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN SR
09BELGRADE393SERBIA: 2008 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Belgrade's 2008 End Use Monitoring Report follows. 2. PROCEDURES A. Inventory Management EUM Program coordinator: Robert Norris, +381.11.306.4836, U.S. Embassy Belgrade, Kneza Milosa St. 50, Belgrade, Serbia Inventory System: DOJ/OPDAT and DOJ/ICITAP do not [...]
2009-05-06 11:16:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN SR
09BELGRADE420 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH,
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS had a follow-up meeting with Border Police High Commissioner Zoran Lasica regarding the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System; this system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras [...]
2009-05-14 16:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE523 EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- EXBS continued technical correspondence regarding the software integration of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System. This system is comprised of a network of radar and optical (high resolution daylight cameras and night c [...]
2009-06-17 09:22:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE803EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...]
2009-08-05 12:11:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE805EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The technical correspondence for the complete definition of the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package is getting close enough to develop an RFQ. This system should provide a "fused" situational pic [...]
2009-08-05 12:11:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE840RECALL 09 BELGRADE 840
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-11 14:08:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELGRADE842EXBS: SERBIA, ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY, 2009
[...] BROAD AREAS OF INTEREST TO ADVSORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- The initial set of technical systems definition requirements for the Montenegrin Maritime Surveillance System integrated software package has been submitted for the further development of an RFQ. This system should provide a "fu [...]
2009-08-11 14:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP PBTS SNAR KCRM SR BK
09BELMOPAN229 BELIZE'S MONEY-GRAM MONEY LAUNDERING INVESTIGATIONS
[...] Recent GOB investigations into money laundering operations conducted through a MoneyGram sub-agency in Belize have revealed identity theft through the fraudulent use of the Belize City Council's drivers license database during the period October 2007 to December 2008. 2. Money Exchange In [...]
2009-06-11 20:53:00Embassy BelmopanUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN EINV BH
09BERLIN331IRANIAN MAJLES DELEGATION TALKS REGIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Majles Foreign Affairs Committee chair Alaeddin Boroujerdi led a Majles delegation visit to Berlin March 4-6, meeting with Interior Minister Schaeuble, as well as a variety of senior Chancellery officials and Bundestag MPs. Boroujerdi expressed Iran's interest in increase [...]
2009-03-20 12:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR PHUM GM IR AF IS GZ WE
09BISHKEK1337KYRGYZSTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Following is Embassy Bishkek's submission for the 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. 2. Begin Text: Kyrgyz Republic I. Summary The Kyrgyz Republic continues to have minimal internal production of illicit narcotics or prec [...]
2009-12-30 08:23:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC CIS KG KCMR PREL PGOV
09BOGOTA1014AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MEDELLIN, ANTIOQUIA
[...] (U) On March 10-11, the Ambassador traveled to Medellin on the occasion of a State Department-sponsored workshop on protecting cultural patrimony. Antioquia Governor Luis Alfredo Ramos and Mayor Alonso Salazar Jaramillo told the Ambassador that the security situation had improved with the Rev [...]
2009-03-27 21:46:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL EAID SNAR PHUM PTER PREF ECON CO
09BOGOTA1027JUSTICE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS PROPOSE WAY FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 14:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1108NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to poor weather, 6,410 total hectares were sprayed in February; eradication aircraft were involved in one hostile fire incident. February's operations in Tumaco included several NAS humanitarian missions to aid victims of floods and violence. The GOC's 2009 manual eradicat [...]
2009-04-02 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1113COLOMBIA NEGOTIATES NEW AGREEMENT WITH UN TO MONITOR COCA
[...] SUMMARY: The Colombian government (GOC) and the United Nations Office of Drug Control (UNODC) in Colombia have signed a new agreement on how the UNODC conducts its annual coca cultivation census. The GOC requested to renegotiate the agreement after the UNODC reported a 27 percent increase in [...]
2009-04-03 12:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1126AWA INDIGENOUS SEARCH FOR MEMBERS SLAIN BY FARC; 8
[...] (U) An indigenous humanitarian mission of 600 returned to the Awa community in Narino department where the FARC killed at least eight Awa members in February. Search parties found eight bodies in the area. The mission was greatly complicated by security concerns, which also prevented any int [...]
2009-04-06 14:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM SMIG SNAR SOCI CO
09BOGOTA1203 COLOMBIA'S YEAR FOR THE BOOKS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008, the NAS coordinated closely with the Colombian Government to achieve sustainable nationalization for USG-supported programs. With significant help from the USG, the Colombian Government made great strides in battling narcoterrorism and denying Foreign Terrorist Organiz [...]
2009-04-08 19:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1208COLOMBIA: PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED
[...] (C) The Colombian Supreme Court's recent denial of seven U.S. extradition requests marked the Court's shift to a more restrictive interpretation of Colombia's constitutional limits on extradition. The shift reflects a longstanding debate in Colombian judicial circles, a nationalist backlash [...]
2009-04-08 21:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1248U.S. GOVERNMENT AIDS IN THE CAPTURE OF COLOMBIAN NUMBER ONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:40 a.m. on April 15, Colombian National Police (CNP) captured paramilitary head and narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera, alias "Don Mario." "Don Mario" led a large criminal organization that engaged in drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, and other narcot [...]
2009-04-15 22:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1283NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MARCH 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Aerial eradicators sprayed 10,920 total hectares in March; this number brought the calendar year total to 23,200 hectares of coca sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in three hostile fire incidents, resulting in four impacts for a total for the year of seven hostile f [...]
2009-04-20 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1294COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY
[...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...]
2009-04-20 20:57:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA1364GOC CELEBRATES DON MARIO'S ARREST, BUT CONCERNS
[...] (C) GOC officials celebrated the April 15 arrests of major narcotraffickers Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") and Jose Leonardo Munoz (alias "Douglas"),noting that the detentions will disrupt drug flows in northern Colombia and send an important message to the public that no one is invi [...]
2009-04-27 22:23:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1379 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MARCH 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for March, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 4,698 tracks during December. Six were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). One resulted in a Phase I event with the event ending wh [...]
2009-04-29 16:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA145HOMICIDES CONTINUE ON DOWNWARD TREND IN COLOMBIA
[...] (U) The GOC's preliminary numbers for 2008 showed that homicides dropped from 16,318 in 2007 to 15,200 in 2008, a 6.8 percent decrease. Atlantico and Meta saw a ten percent reduction due to an increase in Police operations and military presence. Still, some regions -- including Medellin -- [...]
2009-01-15 21:39:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PTER PHUM KJUS CO
09BOGOTA1493 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: APRIL 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for April, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,408 tracks during April. Three were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). One resulted in a Phase II event with the event ending wh [...]
2009-05-12 13:15:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1534FARC DESERTIONS SLOW, BUT MILITARY REGAINS
[...] (C) FARC desertions dropped nearly 20% in the first quarter of 2009, slowing for the first time since 2005. Kills and captures also fell. Still, some military officials believe that FARC desertions are starting to "cut to the bone," citing the defections of more senior members. The Colombia [...]
2009-05-14 21:09:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER MARR PHUM SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1539SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your trip to Colombia will allow you the opportunity to see the incredible progress Colombia has made from a near failed state to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America over the last decade. Despite Colombia's significant progress, USG support remains critica [...]
2009-05-15 14:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1552CODHES REPORT SPARKS RENEWED DEBATE ON
[...] (U) A local human rights group--the Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES)--recently reported a 24.5 percent increase in internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2008. CODHES attributed the increase to GOC efforts to expand security, competition among illegal armed groups inclu [...]
2009-05-15 20:19:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI CO
09BOGOTA1571FRANCISCO PATINO FONSECA ASSUMED DIRAN LEADERSHIP ON MAY 6,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, 2009, Colonel Francisco Patino Fonseca (promotable in June to Brigadier General) became the Director of DIRAN (Antinarcotics Section of the Colombian National Police-CNP),taking over from Brigadier General Alvaro Caro Melendez. COL Patino faces challenges such as en [...]
2009-05-19 14:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1582SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USNS COMFORT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of the USNS Comfort and her crew to Colombia from June 6-17. The humanitarian and medical services you will provide will be welcomed by the Government of Colombia (GOC) and by the people of Tumaco, Narino -- one of the poorest areas of Colombia. Your visit [...]
2009-05-19 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV PTER OIIP SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1595ERADICATION OF COCA -- GOOD NEWS FROM MANY FRONTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last year numerous surveys, studies, and serious field reports have come out touting the success of eradication in reducing the amount of cocaine produced, the funding available to narcoterrorists, the amount of coca leaf available, and the amount of coca under cultivati [...]
2009-05-20 20:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1596DCM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO VULNERABLE POPULATIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 20:17:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV CO SCUL SNAR PHUM PTER
09BOGOTA1701SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL MEEKS TO CARTAGENA AND
[...] (SBU) Your attendance at the presentation of the Afro-Colombian Inter-Sectoral Commission's recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sends a strong signal of US support for the legitimate aspirations of this long-suffering minority. In addition to attending this meeting, you will mee [...]
2009-05-28 11:28:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA1750COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJOR 2010 REQUEST FOR REPORT CARD
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...]
2009-06-01 11:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1832LESSONS LEARNED FROM PLAN COLOMBIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. I asked my Country Team to distill our combined Colombia experience into a cable offering a selection of lessons learned that may be of use to our colleagues in Mexico and other countries confronting escalating drug trafficking and related violence. This is not [...]
2009-06-08 19:26:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNEAID SNAR PREL MOPS PTER MX CO
09BOGOTA1855NAS MONTHLY w5a hectares, with poor
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 13:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA1891CONGRESSMAN GREGORY MEEKS VISIT TO CARTAGENA AND TUMACO
[...] (SBU) Congressman Gregory Meeks visited Cartagena and Tumaco from May 28-31. In Cartagena, his attendance at the Afro-Colombian Commission's presentation of recommendations to Colombian Vice President Santos sent a strong signal of U.S. support for the legitimate aspirations of Afro-Colombian [...]
2009-06-12 15:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV EAID PHUM SNAR ECON PREL CO
09BOGOTA1982SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION
[...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...]
2009-06-18 23:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA1983 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,137 tracks during December. Four were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events this month. END SUMMA [...]
2009-06-19 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA1984 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: MAY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for May, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,137 tracks during December. Four were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events this month. END SUMM [...]
2009-06-19 11:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2001SCENESETTER FOR URIBE VISIT: RELATIONSHIP IN
[...] (C) President Uribe will use his visit to reaffirm our strong bilateral ties. He will seek a timeline for approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, and will want continued U.S. help against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and drug trafficking organizations. Ur [...]
2009-06-22 16:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID SNAR PGOV PREF PTER PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2030NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Aerial Eradication program sprayed 10,895 hectares in May, putting the program on schedule to reach the calendar goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Due to enhanced communication and synchronization, Accion Social management agreed to remove previously established, large no- [...]
2009-06-24 22:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2329COCA CULTIVATION IN COLOMBIAN NATIONAL PARKS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The GOC National Parks Unit (NPU) insists that coca -- despite its presence in 15 parks -- is less of a concern than invasion of licit crops and that manual eradication is effective at controlling cultivation. Coca exists in an estimated 30 percent of parks, which make up 11 p [...]
2009-07-23 17:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV SNAR EAID ECON CO
09BOGOTA2380NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 14,380 hectares in June and is on schedule to reach the 100,000 hectare goal. Accion Social opened up more area to spray in Tumaco, Narino. Phase II of the manual eradication campaign will end in July and Phase III will start in mid-August; [...]
2009-07-28 18:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2493 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 3,041 tracks during December. There were no Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). A Law Enforcement End game based on intelligence information [...]
2009-08-05 20:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2520URIBE'S WHIRLWIND TOUR DEFUSES SOME U.S. DEFENSE
[...] (C) President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez visited the presidents of Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil from August 4-6 to privately make the case that the August 10 Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) summit in Quito would be an inappropriate forum to [...]
2009-08-10 22:08:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2563COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE (AUGUST 20-23)
[...] (SBU) We welcome the return of House Democracy Assistance Commission Chairman David Price and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes as a regional debate over a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement has heated up and amidst significant political developments, as Congress exerts greater [...]
2009-08-13 16:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2604 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,758 tracks during July. There were two Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks ------- 2. ( [...]
2009-08-19 11:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2698NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following developments occurred in July, 2009: The aerial eradication team sprayed 10,576 hectares (ha) and, with 57,219 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Total manual coca eradication through July was 28,739 ha. The GOC is ta [...]
2009-08-24 19:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2712 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,758 tracks during July. There were two Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks ------- 2. ( [...]
2009-08-25 19:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2714GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA2715GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...]
2009-08-25 21:26:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX
09BOGOTA2759GENERAL SAAVEDRA SENDS POSITIVE SIGNALS ON SECURITY
[...] (SBU) The Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group met August 24 with Colombian Army General Carlos Saavedra, who coordinates implementation of the GOC's security strategy in relation to the National Consolidation Plan (PNC). Many areas targeted for CSDI assista [...]
2009-08-28 19:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2763 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,758 tracks during July. There were two Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks ------- 2. ( [...]
2009-08-28 20:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA2786AERIAL ERADICATION RESUMES IN THE MACARENA CONSOLIDATION
[...] Summary: On July 2, officials from the Macarena Consolidation Program (PCIM) met with NAS and the Colombian Antinarcotics Police to request aerial eradication operations in the PCIM. The request comes over a year after the Colombian government declared the PCIM off-limits to spray to accommod [...]
2009-09-01 11:31:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL SENV KCRM PGOV PTER CO
09BOGOTA2904AUGUST COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Colombian military is moving forward with its security strategy in support of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),the GOC's effort to increase state presence in Colombia. Civilian participation at a senior level meeting for the Coordination Center for Integrated Action (CCAI),the [...]
2009-09-09 13:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2923CODEL PRICE: COLOMBIANS EMPHASIZE DEFENSE COOPERATION, FREE
[...] (U) The House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Colombia from August 20-23. Led by Chairman David Price, HDAC met with President Uribe and Colombian Congressional leadership, including the Senate and House Foreign Affairs committees. President Uribe highlighted the successes of Pl [...]
2009-09-11 14:13:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM CO
09BOGOTA2929NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team sprayed 5,868 hectares (ha) and, with 73,084 ha sprayed so far this year, is on track to reach the 100,000 ha calendar goal. Phase III of the GOC's 2009 manual eradication campaign began in early August; total manual coca eradication through August [...]
2009-09-11 21:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA2961MILITARY'S MOMENTUM SLOWS: COLOMBIA CONFLICT
[...] (C) Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) demobilizations continued to decline in the second quarter of 2009, as did FARC kills and captures by the Colombian military. National Liberation Army (ELN) demobilizations remained higher. FARC Secretariat member Jorge Briceno (alias "Mono J [...]
2009-09-16 14:42:00Embassy BogotaSECRETMOPS MCAP PTER MARR ASEC SNAR CO
09BOGOTA2977COLOMBIA OK WITH MAJORS LIST DETERMINATION FOR
[...] (C) Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Director for Multilateral Political Affairs Margarita Orozco and Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Adriana Maldonado on September 14. Deputy Polcouns stressed that the USG was committed to remaining engaged with Bolivi [...]
2009-09-16 18:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR UN BL CO
09BOGOTA3043(C/NF) COLOMBIAN SENATOR CLAIMS DEATH THREATS BY URIBE
[...] (C/NF) Opposition Senator Rodrigo Lara told us he received death threats that he believes emanate from influential supporters of President Alvaro Uribe. Lara - son of a crusading Justice Minister slain by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel - claims his own anti-corruption efforts unearthed corrup [...]
2009-09-23 15:45:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PTER KJUS SNAR
09BOGOTA3045SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR KERLIKOWSKE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota warmly welcomes the visit of R. Gil Kerlikowske, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Your visit comes as Colombia faces new challenges from narcotrafficking groups as well as some political uncertainty. The Colombian Congress has just approved a referend [...]
2009-09-23 23:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR OVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3062Air Bridge Denial: August 2009 Program Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,880 tracks during August. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks --- [...]
2009-09-22 20:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3070Air Bridge Denial: August 2009 Program Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,880 tracks during August. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks --- [...]
2009-09-22 21:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3072Air Bridge Denial: August 2009 Program Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 2,880 tracks during August. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks --- [...]
2009-09-23 13:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3123CONSOLIDATION EFFORTS IN NARINO PROMPTS FARC THREAT
[...] (C/NF) The Colombian National Police (CNP) obtained on August 22 a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) 29th Front pamphlet declaring all social projects under the GOC's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) military targets. The CNP has reviewed the communique and believes it to be authe [...]
2009-10-05 13:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO
09BOGOTA3160AMBASSADOR'S TRIP HIGHLIGHTS THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN
[...] (U) The Ambassador participated in a September 16 ceremony to transfer ownership of five counterdrug radar installations to the Colombian Air Force (COLAF). The ceremony was held at the Tres Esquinas Air Force Base, in a remote area near the Colombia-Ecuador border. The transfer ceremony incl [...]
2009-10-02 17:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MARR PHUM PTER SNAR AORC MOPS
09BOGOTA3204AMBASSADOR'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS USG INTEREST IN SAN ANDRES
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to San Andres, Colombia on September 22-23, to highlight U.S. interest in San Andres and discuss how the United States can best support the development of the island. The Ambassador was briefed by the Governor, leaders in conservation and tourism, leaders of the A [...]
2009-10-09 15:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OEXC PREL KLSO SNAR SENV PHUM CO
09BOGOTA3254EXTRADITION APPROVED FOR PYRAMID SCHEME MASTERMIND
[...] (SBU) On October 14, the Colombian Supreme Court approved the extradition of David Murcia Guzman, head of the Colombian financial services firm DMG and the prime suspect in one of the largest pyramid schemes in Colombia. The ruling comes a month after the Court denied the U.S. extradition requ [...]
2009-10-15 23:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KJUS KCRM EFIN CO
09BOGOTA3256AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,703 tracks during September. There were three Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks [...]
2009-10-15 23:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3262SEPTEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (U) Diego Molano was named the new head of the President's Agency for Social Action and International Cooperation (Accion Social). The GOC has officially changed the name of "Fusion Centers" to "Regional Coordination Centers." Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul Stockton visited the Plan for [...]
2009-10-16 13:26:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3300NAS Monthly Report for September 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During September, aerial and manual eradicators experienced an uptick in attacks on eradication efforts. The complaints committee's resources are strained as a deluge of new claims of alleged spray damage to legal crops in the CSDI-priority zone of Narino continues. The aeria [...]
2009-10-16 19:09:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA335COLOMBIA RAISING ITS REGIONAL PROFILE, STARTING
[...] (C) High-level meetings between Colombian and Mexican officials in recent months highlight the GOC's growing willingness to take on a leadership role in the region in combating terrorism, narcotics and other criminal activity. The two countries are working more closely than ever to fight narc [...]
2009-02-03 21:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
09BOGOTA3362TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY: FROM FAILING STATE TO STABLE ALLY
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador challenged the Embassy's Country Team to critique and refine Post's strategic mission during the annual offsite meeting on October 5. The Country Team developed several objectives for the coming year, including: articulating and promoting the USG message on human rights i [...]
2009-10-23 14:19:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM PREF PTER MARR SNAR ETRD
09BOGOTA3435SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD'S DEC 2-6 VISIT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and Cartagena is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric and trade freeze as [...]
2009-11-24 15:12:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3437SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL FRASER'S NOV 30 - DEC 1 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Your return to Colombia is an opportunity to reassure the Colombians of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. Colombians have begun to perceive our decision not to be baited by Venezuela's bellicose rhetoric, violence against Colombians along the b [...]
2009-11-25 18:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
09BOGOTA3525Ambassador Discusses Drug Policy, DCA with Polo Democratico
[...] (C) Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) presidential candidate Gustavo Petro told the Ambassador December 4 that U.S. drug policy was mistaken by attacking illegal drug production but not the political power behind it. Petro argued that land reform was key to rolling back the regional power that [...]
2009-12-09 22:51:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KJUS MARR CO
09BOGOTA3526Researchers Assess Post-FARC Consolidation, Intelligentsia
[...] (U) On October 28, think tank New Rainbow Corporation and the Dutch Embassy held a public forum on the Integral Plan for the Consolidation of La Macarena (PCIM). La Macarena lacked a state presence for years and was the home base region of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). R [...]
2009-11-05 17:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3559Charge Discusses Colombia-Panama Border Cooperation with
[...] (S/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with General Oscar Naranjo, Director of the Colombian National Police (CNP),on December 15 to discuss Colombia - Panama law enforcement cooperation. Naranjo repeatedly stressed that cooperation with Panama would be completely coordinated with the USG, and that the [...]
2009-12-16 20:21:00Embassy BogotaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PINR ASEC PM CO
09BOGOTA3577COLOMBIA'S LEFT STRUGGLES FOR POLITICAL SPACE
[...] (SBU) During eight years of an extremely popular center-right Uribe Administration, Colombia's political left has struggled to define itself, its opposition role, and ways to influence national institutions of power. The left has been fractured, changing, and not united by shared objectives or [...]
2009-12-18 14:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON SNAR PHUM CO VE
09BOGOTA3582OCTOBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (U) At a senior level coordinating meeting, Diego Molano, civilian lead of the National Consolidation Plan (PNC),set goals for consolidation and attempted to reinvigorate the interagency coordinating mechanism. The military is still playing a large role in Montes de Maria. USAID held 11 town [...]
2009-11-10 21:51:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA3586Colombia Shares Lessons from Demobilizing over 51,000
[...] President Uribe and Frank Pearl, High Presidential Commissioner for Reintegration and High Commissioner for Peace, launched a document based on Colombia's experience in disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) on November 3. The GOC initiative seeks to share with other nations in c [...]
2009-11-12 14:55:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO BR HA RP
09BOGOTA3604COLOMBIA TOTAL COCA ERADICATION IS DOWN IN 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citing record coca eradication in 2008, the USG and United Nations reported significant declines in Colombian cocaine production potential and coca cultivation in Colombia last year. Total coca eradication in 2009 is projected to be approximately 157,000 hectares, 32 percent less tha [...]
2009-11-13 15:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA3635COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL (JANUARY 7-10)
[...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Cartagena and Monteria is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. President Uribe's final decision on whether to push for r [...]
2009-12-31 19:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
09BOGOTA3662NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress. So far in 2009, the Colombian government has reported a total of 40 fatalities during manual eradication operations. Other GOC forces have also incurred ca [...]
2009-11-18 13:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA36702009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA36722009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 17:12:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA3752ADJUSTMENT TO TASK ORDER-0056
[...] Following funds are provided to adjust ARINC task order 0056 for O/A costs of aircraft fuel tank repair in the amount of USD 9,700: CNP ARAVI Appropriation: 19 7911540000 Allotment: 0110 Obligation: 0110808191 Fu [...]
2009-11-25 14:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
09BOGOTA3806AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 1,711 tracks during October. There were five Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS) for the month. END SUMMARY. ------- Tracks -- [...]
2009-11-30 20:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA3914REQUEST FUNDING AUTHORITY FOR VOLUNTARY SEPARATION LIABILITY
[...] Post requests funding authority for advance voluntary severance pay for the following employees. Name: Munzer, Lilian (FSN/PSA) --CFSC ID No.: L11001964 --Service computation date: 06/01/2009 --Date of impending separation: 09/30/2009 --Reason for separation payment: ADVANCE [...]
2009-12-07 14:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
09BOGOTA3916INL FLASH REPORT THRU NOVEMBER 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 14:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
09BOGOTA3968NOVEMBER COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (SBU) The Embassy activated the Northern Band (Bajo Cauca in northern Antioquia) as the fourth Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) priority zone. Montes de Maria will remain a part of CSDI but requires less coordinated action from USG agencies due to progress on the ground. Gener [...]
2009-12-11 15:21:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
09BOGOTA39982009 Colombian Demobilization Rates Down, Yet More
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia's robust Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) policy continues to bear fruit late into 2009 primarily due to several years of sustained security operations. Yet, after high rates in 2007 and 2008, a natural leveling off is evident with demobilization slowi [...]
2009-12-15 18:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PHUM PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PREF SNAR PM VE PE EC
09BOGOTA4108FOR RELEASE: NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...]
2009-12-29 18:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
09BOGOTA4122NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first days of December the aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication numbers continue to lag behind last year's due to funding constraints affecting manual eradication progress, while fatalities during manual eradication o [...]
2009-12-30 21:50:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA413SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 16-18 VISIT OF CHAIRWOMAN
[...] (SBU) We welcome your visit as the first major CODEL to Colombia during the Obama administration. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has made major progress in its fight ag [...]
2009-02-09 16:41:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD CO
09BOGOTA434SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...]
2009-02-11 20:18:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA435SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 18-22 CAPSTONE VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of the CAPSTONE fellows to Colombia, which comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. In ten years, Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and terrorist haven to an economic, political, and social leader in Latin America. Colombia has [...]
2009-02-11 20:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR EAID PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PREF CO
09BOGOTA477 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JANUARY 2009 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for January, 2009, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 4,720 tracks during January of which two were declared Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase III event that transitioned [...]
2009-02-17 14:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA478 NATIONAL POLICE SPEARHEAD RECORD YEAR OF DRUG SEIZURES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian Public Forces set new records for seizures of cocaine (including base),marijuana, and drug labs in 2008. Colombian Public Forces seized 245 metric tons of cocaine and base, 258 metric tons (MTs) of marijuana, and 695 kilos of heroin this past year. They also de [...]
2009-02-17 16:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER CO
09BOGOTA519WORRIED GOC ACTS TO SAVE "MEDELLIN MIRACLE"
[...] (C) The GOC in late January launched a major push in Medellin to combat the rising rate of violent crime in the city and nearby areas. Medellin has enjoyed the most dramatic drop in homicide rates of any major city or region in Colombia under President Uribe's Democratic Security policy, mak [...]
2009-02-18 20:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CO SNAR
09BOGOTA589 COLOLMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE DC-3 LOST
[...] On February 18, 2009, a Colombian National Police (CNP) DC-3 airplane (tail number PNC 0211, GOC-titled and USG-supported) suffered significant damages while on the ground loading Colombian National Police personnel in Medellin, Antioquia. A CNP load-master aircrew member is in critical condi [...]
2009-02-24 18:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR CO
09BOGOTA749 COLOMBIA DRUG SURVEY RESULTS OUT AND GOC USES THEM TO PUSH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Colombia released the National Household Drug Consumption Survey's executive summary on February 24 and used the results to re-launch efforts to penalize possession of a personal dosage of drugs, fueling the political battle between President Alvaro Uribe and P [...]
2009-03-05 11:56:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV CO
09BOGOTA792COMMISSION OF FORMER LATIN PRESIDENTS SUGGESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-09 21:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KJUS CO
09BOGOTA849SUBJECT: URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER CONTINUES
[...] (C) The recent scandal involving the Department of Administrative Security's (DAS) surveillance of several Supreme Court justices has exacerbated the already tense relations between the Court and the GOC. The dispute, originally centered on longstanding turf battles between the Supreme and Co [...]
2009-03-13 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO
09BOGOTA856 NEW EMBASSY BRANCH OFFICE OPENS IN CARTAGENA; RECEIVES
[...] Summary: The Ambassador inaugurated a new Embassy Branch Office (EBO) in Cartagena on March 3 with an opening ceremony that included the participation of the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero, the Governor of Bolivar, Joaco Hernando Berrio, and the Mayor of Cartagena, Judith [...]
2009-03-16 15:23:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PGOV CASC SNAR CO
09BOGOTA9 AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: NOVEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for November, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6160 tracks during November. Two were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event that transitioned to a ground Law [...]
2009-01-05 19:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
09BOGOTA970SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY SECRETARY GEITHNER'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the first Cabinet Secretary of the new administration to visit Colombia, you trip comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. Evidenced by its hosting of the Inter-American Development Bank's 50th Annual Meeting in Medellin, Colombia has progressed from a [...]
2009-03-20 18:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL OVIP EAID SNAR CO
09BRASILIA1140KEEPING LIT BRAZIL AND BOLIVIA'S FLICKERING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials raised Bolivia,s nascent interest in trilateral counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and Brazil during a late August meeting with U.S. officials. In follow-up discussions with PolOffs, Itamaraty,s Head of the Departm [...]
2009-09-14 17:30:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR BR BO
09BRASILIA11422009 RECOMMENDATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Building on the information received from the GOB last year (ref c) and the importance ref a placed on confirming that Brazilian procedures as [...]
2009-09-14 21:43:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL MOPS BR
09BRASILIA1360BRAZIL ON U.S.-BOLIVIA DIALOGUE, ARGENTINA,
[...] SUMMARY. In a meeting November 19 with PolCouns, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) South America 1 (Southern Cone) Department head Minister Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto (protect) described Brazil-Bolivia relations as frustrating and indicated a continuing interest in trilateral counte [...]
2009-11-24 18:20:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR AR BR BL PY
09BRASILIA1472U.S.-Brazil Project on Racial Profiling by the Police --
[...] Summary: In meetings in Brasilia December 2-4, three U.S. technical experts, together with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Justice, Ministry of External Relations, Special Secretariat for the Promotion of Racial Equality (SEPPIR) and Police Academy of the State of Santa Catarina, [...]
2009-12-16 14:40:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB SNAR SOCI KCRM BR
09BRASILIA156COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: MAKING THE 3 PLUS 1
[...] (C) Summary: The 3 Plus 1 Mechanism on Security in the Triborder Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay remains, six years after its initial plenary session, the only instrument available to discuss counterterrorism (CT) with regional partners at the policy level. Given the likelihood t [...]
2009-02-06 15:30:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRETPTER EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KTFN PA AR BR
09BRASILIA278 OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERSHIPS IN BRAZIL
[...] SUMMARY. Public security is Brazil's top social concern, making Brazil an increasingly eager partner for the United States on law enforcement matters. The year ahead will present even more significant law enforcement challenges and opportunities for South America's dominant country. The f [...]
2009-03-10 14:41:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BR ASEC KCRM
09BRASILIA390THEFT OF SMALL PLANE ACTIVATES SHOOTDOWN PROCEDURES
[...] (S/NF) Ref B describes a March 12 incident in which a small private aircraft was stolen at gunpoint in Luziania (approximately 23 miles from Brasilia) and after two hours was intentionally crashed into a parking lot of a shopping mall in Goiania, approximately 90 miles from Brasilia. The inc [...]
2009-03-28 00:09:00Embassy BrasiliaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR MOPS PGOV BR
09BRASILIA402BRAZIL'S DEFENSE MINISTER PURSUING REGIONAL
[...] (C) In a discussion with Ambassador Sobel March 28, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim (protect) said he knew of President Lula's offer to President Obama during their March 14 meeting to look for ways that the region could work with the United States on counterdrug issues, possibly throu [...]
2009-03-31 21:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MOPS MARR XR BR
09BRASILIA516BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS MRE POLITICAL UNDER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met April 24, with Brazilian Under Secretary for Political Affairs Amb. Vera Machado on the eve of her departure for her first trip to Washington since taking over the position. In addition to leading the delegation to the Major Economies Forum (MEF),Machado will [...]
2009-04-27 20:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL SENV SNAR SCUL UNSC KSUM BR
09BRIDGETOWN219 Counter-Narcotics on our Eastern Caribbean Third Border:
[...] (SBU) The countries of the Eastern Caribbean are seeing a steady increase in narcotics trafficking and the attendant problems of gun and gang violence in their communities. Trafficking is on the rise as drug runners look for alternate routes to compensate for successes under Plan Colombia and [...]
2009-04-06 20:25:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN339 Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: May 2009 NAS Update
[...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...]
2009-06-09 16:28:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN345 ADVANCE ACQISITION PLAN - PFP'S FISCAL YEARS 2010 AND
[...] NAS Bridgetown has no acquisition requirements above $100,000 at this time. HARDT [...]
2009-06-10 21:12:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN XL
09BRIDGETOWN438 Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: June 2009 NAS Update
[...] (SBU) The island nations that make up Embassy Bridgetown's area of responsibility - Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines continue to see a steady increase in the volume of narcotics destined for and transshipped th [...]
2009-07-20 16:54:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRIDGETOWN514GOOD PROGRESS AT SECOND CBSI WG MEETING
[...] (U) An August 13 working group meeting between Caribbean officials and USG representatives made good progress on moving the President's security agenda for the Caribbean region forward. The two sides agreed to craft a political declaration, strategy, and action plan to frame assistance under [...]
2009-08-24 15:46:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDMASS EAID KJUS SNAR PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN567 Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: NAS Summer 2009
[...] (SBU) The following is a summary of law enforcement and counter-narcotics activities and training for July and August 2009 in Embassy Bridgetown's AOR. Most of the reporting period was dominated by a JIATF-S led operation, Operation Flying Fish II, which resulted in numerous contacts with drug [...]
2009-09-16 22:42:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS MASS PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN739BARBADOS COAST GUARD COMMANDER TACKLES CORRUPTION, TRAINING
[...] (C) Newly installed Barbados Coast Guard Commander Sean Reece emphasized the need for further training for his units as the Coast Guard grapples with serious internal corruption issues and regional capacity deficiencies. Reece commended the close cooperation between the Coast Guard and U.S. So [...]
2009-12-04 14:46:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS SNAR CH XL
09BRIDGETOWN786International Efforts Keep Drug Trafficking at Bay in
[...] (SBU) A consistent presence of counter-drug assets from the international community throughout the summer had a noticeable impact on suppressing trafficking activity in the Eastern Caribbean. Most countries in the region continue to lack financial and human resources to adequately address the [...]
2009-12-04 19:38:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
09BRUSSELS132AFGHANISTAN: CAN THE EU BE A STRONGER PARTNER IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. We currently have a window of opportunity to lay the groundwork for more EU contributions in Afghanistan. The current window may close as soon as April 3-4, 2009 -- the dates of the NATO Summit. It is unlikely that the 21 out of 27 EU member states who are also N [...]
2009-01-29 16:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS1514BELGIUM: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] With a major world port at Antwerp, an airport with connections throughout Africa, and its proximity to major consumers in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and The Netherlands, Belgium has ecome a crucial transit point for a varietyof illegal drugs, especially cocaine and heroin. Belgium is not a [...]
2009-11-10 16:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL KSEP BE
09BRUSSELS1710WHITHER EU GUINEA-BISSAU SECURITY SECTOR REFORM?
[...] (C) On December 17, Leonardo Sanchez, a Spanish diplomat who will chair the EU's civilian crisis management working group under the incoming Spanish Presidency, told PolOff that a mandated strategic review of the EU's security sector reform (SSR) mission in Guinea-Bissau could set the stage f [...]
2009-12-22 06:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PINS XY PU EUN
09BRUSSELS1733 U.S.-EU Drugs Troika Advances Counternarcotics Cooperation
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson led the U.S. delegation (USDEL) to the U.S.-EU Informal Drugs Troika meeting on December 1, 2009 in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting focused primarily on U.S.-EU cooperation in combating West African drug trafficking, and produced the foll [...]
2009-12-29 16:41:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV VXY EUN ZL
09BRUSSELS218DISCUSSIONS AT U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (U) This is an action request telegram; please see paragraph 29. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Participants at the U.S.-European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Informal Meeting in Prague February 5 to 6, 2009, engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of cooperation against terr [...]
2009-02-13 17:08:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM CZ
09BRUSSELS247AFGHANISTAN: GENERAL PETRAEUS HITS RE-SET BUTTON
[...] (C) Summary. General David Petraeus, Commander of U.S. Central Command, discussed Afghanistan with representatives from all 27 EU member states and other high-ranking EU officials in Brussels February 11 and 12. General Petraeus emphasized that his objective in meeting the EU was to consult [...]
2009-02-20 16:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF AID BE EAID
09BRUSSELS447THE STOCKHOLM PROGRAM: EUROPEAN UNION'S NEXT
[...] (U) The European Union (EU) will adopt a new five-year program in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) in 2009, which will succeed the Hague Program in place since 2005. This program will outline EU-wide policy priorities and objectives for the years 2010-2014. In honor of the (July t [...]
2009-03-27 15:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PREL KCRM SNAR PGOV SOCI CVIS
09BRUSSELS651SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Richard Holbrooke met with European Union leaders on March 23 during his first visit to Brussels as Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. He expressed appreciation for EU support to Afghanistan and Pakistan, applauded the EU for deploying the only inte [...]
2009-05-08 05:19:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID KDEM SNAR PINS PTER EUN
09BUDAPEST792HUNGARY INCSR PART I
[...] (U) Summary: Hungary continues to be a primary narcotics transit country between Southwest Asia and Western Europe due to its combination of geographic location, a modern transportation system, and the unsettled political and social climate in the neighboring countries of the former Yugoslavia [...]
2009-11-03 06:03:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PREL PGOV HU
09BUENOSAIRES1017ARGENTINA: CFK'S NEW CABINET CHIEF
[...] (S) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) promotion of former Justice Minister Anibal Fernandez (AF) to Cabinet Chief puts in place someone with six years of experience working for the First Couple, first as former president Nestor Kirchner's Interior Minister and then [...]
2009-09-10 15:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR KCOR ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES102ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO COOPERATE
[...] (U) Action request for State and DEA HQ Washington, para 18. 2. (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez received the Ambassador January 28 in his office and answered "yes" to virtually every offer of collaboration and assistance, including new anti-terrorism training, an enhan [...]
2009-01-30 20:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM ASEC KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES1029ARGENTINA URGES CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT ON BOLIVIA IN
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered points in reftel regarding potential Majors List determination for Bolivia to Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti on September 14 (see septels for other issues discussed). Taccetti did not react with particular concern or surprise to the renewed listing of [...]
2009-09-16 19:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV BL AR
09BUENOSAIRES1077HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-25 16:42:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1117 Argentina Upgrades Agriculture to Ministry Level, Appoints
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 2, Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner created a Ministry of Agriculture to be headed by Kirchner loyalist Julian Dominguez. This change upgrades the agriculture portfolio to a Ministry level - a status it had not held since 1981, despite Argentina's role as a [...]
2009-10-08 20:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR
09BUENOSAIRES1155HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-23 11:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1156AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE VP COBOS
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine Vice President Julio Cobos, long estranged from the Kirchners and now the country's most popular politician and leading contender for the presidency in 2011, received the Ambassador for a warm and friendly half-hour introductory courtesy call in his Senate office Octobe [...]
2009-10-23 12:54:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1160ARGENTINA: MINISTER OF JUSTICE WELCOMES LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) Argentine Minister of Justice, Security and Human Rights Julio Alak invited the Embassy Law Enforcement Working Group (LEWG) to brief him October 16 on the range of USG activities in the law enforcement area and to make suggestions regarding challenges he should address as minister. His [...]
2009-10-26 00:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC PTER KCRM PGOV EFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES1165AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE CABINET CHIEF FERNANDEZ
[...] (C) Summary: In her introductory call on Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez (AF),the Ambassador thanked AF for his role in strengthening bilateral relations and expressed appreciation for GOA cooperation on law enforcement issues. AF said he had always had good relations with the Emba [...]
2009-10-27 18:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR KTIP SENV AR
09BUENOSAIRES1209HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-09 12:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES1212ARGENTINE MINISTER OF JUSTICE DESCRIBES SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Argentine Minister of Justice Alak welcomed USG interest in deepening cooperation on counter-narcotics, trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and other security issues. The Minister requested USG help in developing a national security plan [...]
2009-11-09 20:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SNAR KTIP CPAS AR
09BUENOSAIRES1257ARGENTINA FACES CHALLENGING AML/CFT REVIEW
[...] (S/NF) The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) held a two week peer review of the Argentine anti-money laundering and counter terror finance (AML/CFT) regime. Although hoping to see some positive moves by Argentina, the FATF operational team leader is skeptical of the GoA's intentions to combat mone [...]
2009-12-01 16:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AR
09BUENOSAIRES126ARGENTINA: FUGITIVE HACKER RETURNS TO ARGENTINA
[...] (U) Fugitive Argentine government employee or contractor Pablo Carpintero returned to Buenos Aires on February 3 and is in the custody of the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura). Carpintero and his fellow indictee, Ivan Velazquez, sought political asylum in Uruguay in May 2008 claiming to be the [...]
2009-02-05 19:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER SNAR ASEC KCOR KFRD UY AR
09BUENOSAIRES1272ARGENTINA: 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control
[...] (U) Per reftel, Buenos Aires draft INCSR report follows, with partial changes suggested by INL Washington in response to first draft (ref. B). 2. (SBU) Argentina Part I. Summary Argentina continued to be an important transshipment route for Andean-produced cocaine during 2 [...]
2009-11-20 18:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES174EX-PRESIDENT DUHALDE HANDICAPS THE NEW GENERATION
[...] (C) Summary: Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde predicted during a meeting with the CDA that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) will complete her term, but that the Kirchners were fast being eclipsed by new faces and new ideas in Argentine politics. After venting his spleen a [...]
2009-02-20 09:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES229ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT TELLS STAFFDEL LEWIS IT WELCOMES THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina MFA Chief of Staff D'Alotto and Sub-Secretary for Latin American Relations Colombo Sierra told visiting U.S. Congressional Staffdel Lewis on February 16 that it welcomed a perceived opportunity to deepen and improve bilateral ties at the outset of the Obama Administrati [...]
2009-03-04 18:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON SNAR KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES234ILEA LATIN AMERICA - ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS FOR ARGENTINE
[...] (U) Following is a list of the vetted candidates who will be attending the "ILEA Latin America Trafficking in Persons for Law Enforcement Professionals (G/TIP)", course Lima, Peru from March 9-20, 2009. Guillermo Alfredo SANGUINETTI (Captain) Head of the Department for Illegal Smuggling and [...]
2009-03-05 11:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN SNAR SMIG ELAB EAID PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES295ARGENTINE GENDARMERIE COMMANDING GENERAL WELCOMES
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine Gendarmeria (Border Patrol) Commanding General Hector Schenone called on the Ambassador March 4 at his request to introduce a new staff officer and to review cooperation with the USG on key issues. Schenone described the Gendarmeria's efforts to address increasing [...]
2009-03-16 21:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MARR MASS KTIP ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES328HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 19:29:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES35ARGENTINA'S 2008 EPHEDRINE BUBBLE MAY BE POPPED,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The legal entry into Argentina of ephedrine bound for illicit uses appears to have slowed substantially by late 2008 following government decrees to sharply limit permitted trade in the chemical, though law enforcement continues to pursue up to eight metric tons of excess ephed [...]
2009-01-09 14:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES376NEW GOVERNMENT PLAN REFLECTS GROWING IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Fernandez de Kirchner announced a new public security plan on March 27 to respond to rising public concerns about crime. The plan is focused on the provinces of Buenos Aires and Mendoza and includes promises of 4,000 new police to patrol the streets, a redeployment of [...]
2009-03-31 22:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR ASEC PREL MASS EAID AR
09BUENOSAIRES406 INL-FUNDED ASSISTANCE IN ARGENTINA: 2008 END-USE
[...] Embassy Buenos Aires' CY-2008 End-Use Monitoring Report follows below: 2. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator: Theodore J. Craig, Phone number 54-11-5777-4858, email address: craigtj@state.gov Post's Narcotics Program has to date not utilized PD&S funding and has been unable [...]
2009-04-06 14:51:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN AR
09BUENOSAIRES424HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 17:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES428Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...]
2009-04-09 21:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES43HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-12 18:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES430AMBASSADOR BREAKS THE ICE IN NORTHERN PROVINCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first U.S. ambassadorial visit to the northern province of Santiago del Estero in 22 years on April 6, Ambassador Wayne sent a message that Argentina matters to the United States. Pragmatic Governor Gerardo Zamora seized the opportunity to mobilize key private and public [...]
2009-04-11 14:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON SCUL SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES500ARGENTINA: "SALTENOS" WELCOME AMBASSADOR'S APRIL
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne made his third visit to Argentina's northwestern province of Salta on April 28. The province is gearing up for national congressional mid-term elections on June 28, with three of its seven deputy seats in play; the province's shifting coalitions partially reflect major n [...]
2009-04-30 21:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES520HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 16:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES532ARGENTINA: "VALIJAGATE" JUDGE DENIES DEFENDANT'S
[...] (SBU) Investigating Judge Daniel Petrone ruled May 5 against an appeal by lawyers for former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti to dismiss evidence from the Miami trial of Franklin Duran. The local investigation into the infamous suitcase carried by Venezuelan-American Guido Antonin [...]
2009-05-06 20:25:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCOR SNAR CJAN KFRD AR
09BUENOSAIRES534(C) ARGENTINA: RECENT UNSETTLING DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent moves by the Government of Argentina (GoA) undermine the independence and efficacy of Argentine agencies with jurisdiction over corruption cases. In early March, Manuel Garrido, Argentina's chief prosecutor for corrupton cases resigned, claiming frustration over perc [...]
2009-05-06 21:41:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM PHUM KFRD SNAR ASEC AR
09BUENOSAIRES538ARGENTINA ELECTIONS: NO KIRCHNER COATTAILS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Argentina's northern province of Salta, a picturesque, agriculturally productive regional center bordering Bolivia, offers another demonstration of Argentina's confusion of competing Peronists and temporary alliances in the run-up to national mid-terms on June 28. With only three [...]
2009-05-07 16:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES548 Glyphosate Herbicide, a Catalyst for Argentine Politics
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's pro-government press has been waging a campaign against the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's widely used Roundup herbicide, which appears to be driven more by local politics than health concerns. The press campaign started with reports in the l [...]
2009-05-07 20:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SNAR ECON EINV PGOV ELAB PHUM TBIO AR
09BUENOSAIRES563Argentina: Hidden Camera Investigation Uncovers TIP in
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Argentine press recently reported a hidden camera investigation conducted by anti-trafficking NGO La Alameda that appears to show drug and human trafficking activity in brothels located in the capital city of Santa Cruz, the home province of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirch [...]
2009-05-12 15:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES592ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO
[...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...]
2009-05-19 22:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR
09BUENOSAIRES594HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 23:45:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES598(C) ANTONINI-WILSON BANKRUPTCY CASE NAMES
[...] (C) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former President Nestor Kirchner and Planning Minister Julio De Vido were named as "interested parties" in an April 15 voluntary personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in Florida of "Suitcase scandal" principal Alejandro Antonini-Wilson (A-W). A sup [...]
2009-05-21 13:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCOR KJUS PGOV CJAN KFRD VZ AR
09BUENOSAIRES602ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS MOJ FOR LAW
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20, the Ambassador paid a farewell call on Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez and thanked him for the Ministry of Justice's (MoJ) collaboration in promoting human rights and addressing international crime, including drug trafficking, trafficking in persons (TIP),m [...]
2009-05-21 22:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM AR
09BUENOSAIRES626ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS SUPREME COURT CHIEF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call, May 26, on Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, commending the Court for its efforts to strengthen the judicial system and to improve its functioning and access for the country's most vulnerable sectors. The Chief Justice had rec [...]
2009-05-28 21:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PHUM AR
09BUENOSAIRES631ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA
[...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...]
2009-05-29 15:11:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR
09BUENOSAIRES643ARGENTINA: BUENOS AIRES GOVERNOR'S OFFICE THANKS
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary General to the Buenos Aires Governor's Office Jose Scioli (JS) visited Ambassador Wayne May 29 to extend the appreciation of his brother, Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli, for the Embassy's close collaboration. JS is a chief adviser to Governor Scioli, Argentina's fo [...]
2009-06-02 17:40:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES658ARGENTINA: CODEL Thompson Advances Bilateral Homeland
[...] (U) Summary: The May 28-30 visit of CODEL Bennie Thompson to Argentina helped to advance bilateral cooperation on port and other infrastructure security issues, as well as positively demonstrate broad USG interest in bilateral cooperation with Argentina. Representatives Thompson (Chairman, Home [...]
2009-06-04 20:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES666HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 11:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES669HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 16:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES698ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER USES DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ARM
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's husband and former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) reportedly has called on Argentina's Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE) to dig up dirt against his closest competitor, Peronist dissident Francisco De Narvaez, and other politica [...]
2009-06-16 10:35:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ECON AR
09BUENOSAIRES776Argentina: Transport Secretary Resigns; Other Key Changes
[...] (SBU) Ricardo Jaime, Argentine Secretary of Transportation, resigned on July 1 in the face of numerous criminal charges on grounds of alleged corruption. His replacement is close to one of the President's most trusted advisors. Several other changes are rumored to be close, or even to have al [...]
2009-07-02 21:49:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EFIN SNAR KCOR AR
09BUENOSAIRES8ARGENTINA: DEPUTIES ENGAGE WITH CODEL MEEKS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine Members of Congress meeting with CODEL Meeks December 17 saw the beginning of a new U.S. administration as a "window of opportunity" to strengthen bilateral relations while bemoaning what they characterized as the USG's past focus on confronting "problem" countries ins [...]
2009-01-02 18:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OREP PGOV ECON SNAR PTER AR
09BUENOSAIRES801ARGENTINA: POWERFUL KIRCHNER ALLY ON
[...] (C) Summary: CDA and Buenos Aires Province Vice-Governor Alberto Balestrini discussed July 7 Argentina's political panorama following former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) and his Victory Front (FpV) slate's second-place finish in the June 28 election in Buenos Aires province. A powerful insider an [...]
2009-07-08 20:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES802ARGENTINA: CABINET SHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO AUGUR MAJOR
[...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) shuffled her Cabinet on July 7 a week after her party's defeat in a mid-term vote, but the personnel moves do not bring much new blood to the administration. CFK named feisty Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez as her new [...]
2009-07-08 20:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON SNAR MASS AR
09BUENOSAIRES811ARGENTINA: FIRST AND SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina experienced increased drug trafficking pressure during the first six months of 2009, with the apparently expanding use of small aircraft to traffic cocaine and marijuana across the country's northern borders. Cargoes are quickly offloaded at clandestine strips and dist [...]
2009-07-13 11:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL AFIN KCRM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES816HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 20:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES831(C/NF) ARGENTINA: INTELLIGENCE CHIEF IN SANTA CRUZ
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Local press recently linked Wilfredo Roque, the chief of the Santa Cruz provincial office of Argentina's intelligence agency, SIDE, to a trafficking in persons (TIP) ring led by Alejandro Guerrero and his wife "Yani." A local TV show aired footage showing Roque's right hand m [...]
2009-07-16 13:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV SNAR ASEC ELAB AR
09BUENOSAIRES849ARGENTINA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PLEDGES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary. Argentina's newly-appointed Minister of Justice Julio Cesar Alak pledged to continue bilateral law enforcement cooperation in a productive courtesy call meeting with CDA on July 21. During the meeting, the CDA briefed Alak [...]
2009-07-21 22:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM MASS AR
09BUENOSAIRES869ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15
[...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...]
2009-07-24 22:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR
09BUENOSAIRES911ARGENTINA: URIBE VISIT POSITIVE BUT CANNOT HEAD
[...] (U) Summary: Despite a relatively cordial exchange between visiting Colombian President Uribe and Argentine President Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK),Argentine Government sources told the press both before and after the meeting that Argentina opposed the Colombia-U.S. agreement allowing USG force [...]
2009-08-07 18:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS SNAR PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES927(C) ARGENTINA: TAIANA TRIES TO EXPLAIN CFK'S
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA confirmed August 12 President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's (CFK) August 10 invitation to South American heads of government to an August 28 UNASUR meeting on the Colombia-U.S. negotiations of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). CFK made the invitation during UNASUR [...]
2009-08-13 22:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES944HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 20:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES975ARGENTINA: CODEL GRANGER, AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 2
[...] The Charge d'Affaires, Tom Kelly, warmly welcomes Representative Kay Granger and the delegation she is leading to Argentina August 30 - September 2. Per reftel, the purpose of the trip is to examine Department of Justice office operations in Buenos Aires and consult with the Government of Arg [...]
2009-08-26 15:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SNAR PTER KTIP AR
09BUENOSAIRES977ARGENTINA: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEEKS TO DEEPEN LAW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a productive meeting with CDA on August 20, Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi expressed interest in expanding and deepening bilateral law enforcement cooperation on a wide range of areas including extradition, human trafficking, money laundering, terrorism finance and [...]
2009-08-26 16:38:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KTIP SNAR PTER EFIN KCRM KFRD ASEC ELAB
09BUENOSAIRES978HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAM - LATIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 19:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR PTER SNAR AR
09BUENOSAIRES982ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT RULES FOR LIMITED
[...] (U) Summary: As anticipated for many months (reftel),the Argentine Supreme Court ruled August 25 against criminal penalties for the personal possession of marijuana in a case involving five young adults arrested with marijuana cigarettes in 2006. The court ruling appears to open the door to d [...]
2009-08-28 18:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KCRIM PGOV AR
09BUENOSAIRES984DAS MCMULLEN BRIEFS ARGENTINE OFFICIALS ON
[...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Christopher McMullen visited Buenos Aires August 26-27 to brief Argentine authorities on the USG's Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with Colombia ahead of the August 28 UNASUR conference hosted by Argentina in Bariloche. He had excellent meetings with Cabinet Chief Min [...]
2009-08-28 22:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS SNAR PTER PARM PGOV CO AR
09BUENOSAIRES999TALES FROM BARILOCHE: ARGENTINA HOSTS A SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) Summary and introduction: The August 28 summit meeting in Bariloche of South American Union (UNASUR) leaders is getting puzzled, mixed reviews. After seven hours of a rambling, inconclusive discussion (on live television) of the U.S.-Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and other [...]
2009-09-02 21:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR MASS AR
09CAIRO1229INTERIOR MINISTRY EAGER TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 07:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CAIRO163DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NORTH SINAI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-01 05:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL ECON PTER SNAR EAID EAGR EG IS
09CAIRO1691INVITATION TO ATTEND OCTOBER WORKSHOP in ALGIERS, ALGERIA -
[...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-6. 2. The Cairo based offices of the U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Justice, Office of International Affairs (OIA),will jointly coordinate the delivery of a workshop in Algiers on [...]
2009-08-30 14:44:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KTFN SNAR XF
09CAIRO1778MFA DIPNOTE AGREEING TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING
[...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. On September 14, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA agreeing to continue USG-funded police training consistent with the terms of our April 21 dipnote (refs C, D). 3. Begin text of MFA dipnote (informal MFA and embassy translation) [...]
2009-09-14 16:35:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CAIRO2249SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 08:16:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER EAID SOCI SNAR SCUL KPAL KCRM IS EG
09CAIRO2351 Egypt's 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 15:08:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR ECON EG
09CAIRO694POLICE PROGRAM DIPNOTE DELIVERED TO THE MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 15:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CANBERRA331GANG VIOLENCE SPARKS CALLS FOR TOUGHER MEASURES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Following the murder of an outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) associate in full view of hundreds of travelers at Sydney Airport on March 22, the GOA and New South Wales (NSW) are calling for tougher efforts against gang-related violence. The Deputy National Security Adviser told [...]
2009-04-02 01:26:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV SNAR SOCI AS
09CARACAS1000WHY CHAVEZ FEELS THREATENED BY THE COUP IN HONDURAS
[...] (C) Summary: President Chavez's public statements and actions indicate that he feels threatened by the June 28 military ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya. While initially leading the international response to the coup, Chavez is now side-lined by the mediation process led by Preside [...]
2009-07-31 16:03:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1051VENEZUELA: UN MEETING PRESENTS COUNTERNARCOTICS
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) From September 28-October 2, 2009, the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) will host the 19th meeting of Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Latin America and the Caribbean (HONLEA),for the United [...]
2009-08-12 20:43:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1073GBRV RESPONDS TO CRITICAL GAO REPORT ON NARCOTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Minister of Interior and Justice (MIJ) Tarek El-Aissami and Director of the National Anti-Drug Office (ONA),Colonel Nestor Reverol, addressed the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) on July 21 following the release of the GAO report on declining U.S. - Venezuelan counte [...]
2009-08-14 17:04:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS1186HIGH PROFILE MURDER HIGHLIGHTS ANOTHER BLOODY
[...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a Guardia Nacional (GN) colonel combined with a spike in the overnight murder rates in Caracas and Valencia on September 5 surprised Venezuelan media. However, overall homicide statistics for the weekend remained steady at about one murder per hour. [...]
2009-09-10 14:51:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1325GBRV INCREASINGLY ISOLATING ITSELF ON AVIATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA),reports that all international airlines continue to experience prolonged delays in receiving dollars from the Venezuelan Commission for Foreign Exchange Administration (CADIVI). According to IATA statistics in early October [...]
2009-10-15 15:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
09CARACAS1353POLITICAL NOTES ON AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador traveled to Venezuela's western states of Zulia and Falcon October 4-8 and met with a range of political leaders. Complaints of Colombian guerrillas operating openly in Zulia and reduced budgets were widespread. Pablo Perez, the opposition governor of Zulia, sai [...]
2009-10-20 19:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SNAR VE CO
09CARACAS1355AA ASKED TO HEAD NEW US-VENEZUELA BUSINESS GROUP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: American Airlines Senior Vice President for Latin American Peter Dolara informed the Ambassador that he had been approached by the Venezuelan Ambassador to the U.S. concerning a proposal to help form a new bilateral business organization to promote a positive image of Venezuela. [...]
2009-10-21 19:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALCASC CVIS EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
09CARACAS1430FM MADURO: DCA IS MOST SHAMEFUL ACCORD IN HISTORY
[...] (SBU) Summary: One week after the U.S. - Colombian Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) signing on October 30, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced increased military intelligence and other activities so the country "would never be touched by even one single U.S. soldier." Usi [...]
2009-11-06 20:56:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1461VENEZUELAN AIRLINE NO LONGER AUTHORIZED TO MAKE UNSCHEDULED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior executive of Venezuelan cargo carrier Vensecar, the Government of Colombia (GOC) has retaliated against a September 10 decision by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) that it would no longer authorize unscheduled flights by Colombia [...]
2009-11-17 14:32:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE CO BEXP EINT ETTC
09CARACAS1483VENEZUELA DESTROY BORDER BRIDGES; ACCUSES COLOMBIA OF
[...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan Army troops on November 19 demolished two locally constructed foot bridges joining villages in Colombia and Venezuela. General Aguero of the 2ND Infantry Division, at a press conference later that day, claimed the structures were "pedestrian crossings used by dr [...]
2009-11-20 19:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL SNAR CO VE OAS
09CARACAS1499FM MADURO TO PROVIDE UNASUR PROOF OF COLOMBIAN PLANS TO
[...] (U) In a November 24 press release, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro announced that Venezuela would provide proof of Colombian "paramilitary incursions and intent to destabilize" Venezuela at the November 27 UNASUR meeting in Quito, Ecuador. He said the November 19 capture of Magaly Ju [...]
2009-11-25 20:47:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1565TRIBAL DEATHS HIGHLIGHT GOVERNMENT LAND TRANSFER PROGRAM IN
[...] (C) Summary: The October 13 killing of three members of the Yukpa tribe in the border state of Zulia highlighted the tension surrounding the Venezuelan government's (GBRV's) land transfer program. The killings, supposedly by other Yukpa members, followed the alleged theft of 124 cattle two d [...]
2009-12-17 16:30:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1581Venezuela Hosts New FARC-Affiliated Organization
[...] (C) Summary: In a meeting in Caracas on December 7-9, about 1,000 delegates from 24 countries established the Continental Bolivarian Movement (MCB),named FARC leader Alfonso Cano its honorary president, and expressed support for the FARC and for President Chavez's fight against "U.S. imperia [...]
2009-12-21 21:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS1587CHAVEZ VOWS TO SHOOT DOWN "SPY" PLANES
[...] (SBU) In his nationally-televised weekly Alo Presidente show on December 20, President Chavez accused Colombian President Uribe of having "handed over Colombia to the yankees" and having allowed them to send unmanned aircraft into Venezuelan airspace near the Colombian border. Chavez said tha [...]
2009-12-22 20:22:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS264CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF
[...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...]
2009-03-02 19:22:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR VE
09CARACAS265CHAVEZ TO PRESIDENT OBAMA: GO (EXPLETIVE) YOURSELF
[...] (C) Summary: In two mandatory "en cadena" TV broadcasts February 28 and March 1, President Chavez verbally assailed President Obama in response to the recent public release of the U.S. Human Rights Report and the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). More specifically, Ch [...]
2009-03-02 19:38:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR VE
09CARACAS322CHAVEZ CONCENTRATES MORE POWER AT THE EXPENSE OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Chavista-dominated National Assembly (AN) approved an amended Organic Law of Decentralization March 12 which enables President Chavez to take control over state infrastructure, goods, and services that are "in the general public's interest." Chavez ordered the military on [...]
2009-03-16 22:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SNAR VE
09CARACAS355CODEL DELAHUNT MEETINGS WITH CHAVEZ AND FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: After a briefing by the Charge', Congressman Delahunt discussed bilateral relations alone with Foreign Ministry (MFA) officials and ALBA Bank President and former Ambassador to the United States Bernie Alvarez on March 19. He also met alone with President Chavez and Minister o [...]
2009-03-20 20:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR OVIP AMGT VE
09CARACAS422CHAVEZ AS HE SEES HIMSELF - THE REVOLUTIONARY
[...] (C) Summary: President Chavez claims that he wants to improve relations with the new U.S. administration (Reftel),but his intolerance for what he perceives as criticism and his radical worldview continue to pose major hurdles to bettering bilateral relations. His perennial (mis)treatment [...]
2009-04-01 19:59:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR PTER VE
09CARACAS471NATIONAL ASSEMBLY POISED TO SILENCE INDEPENDENT
[...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly is reportedly poised to pass a revived version of the 2006 Law on International Cooperation. If promulgated in its current form, the law would severely limit the ability of foreign donors to support development, human rights, counternarcotics, and pro-dem [...]
2009-04-16 12:06:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS561EU AND OTHERS CONCERNED OVER NGO LAW; FEW WILLING
[...] (C) Summary: The local diplomatic community is concerned about the increasing authoritarianism of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV),including the draft law that would restrict NGO activities. Domestic economic concerns, reluctance to interfere in internal affairs, [...]
2009-05-05 20:21:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS583INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WORKING QUIETLY TO STOP
[...] (C) Summary: The international diplomatic community is quietly questioning the Venezuelan government about the proposed law restricting international financing of NGOs. Several European Union (EU) ambassadors are not convinced that the law will pass, at least not in its most aggressive form. Nor do [...]
2009-05-11 11:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS730CHARGE'S MEETING WITH CARABOBO GOVERNOR SALAS FEO
[...] (C) Summary: Carabobo Governor Henrique Fernando Salas Feo discussed increasing economic problems, his disagreements with other opposition parties, and concerns about the future of elections in a June 9 meeting at his home with the Charge d'Affaires. Governor Salas Feo asserted that Presiden [...]
2009-06-11 21:12:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR PREF VE
09CARACAS79FM'S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES ACTION ON RECIPROCITY
[...] (C) Summary. Chief of Staff to the Foreign Minister Temir Porras met with the Charge January 19 to "turn the page" on ongoing MFA-imposed administrative impediments to normal diplomatic relations, provided the USG reciprocates in the United States. Porras pledged to issue and renew visas for [...]
2009-01-20 21:26:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AMGT MCAP SNAR VE
09CARACAS912NATIONAL GUARD DRIVES OUT LOCAL POLICE
[...] (C) Summary: In the early hours of July 15, Venezuelan National Guard (GN) soldiers, using tear gas, took over a Miranda state police substation in the small town of Curiepe. Townsfolk who gathered to protest the takeover were driven off with plastic bullets and tear gas. The GN soldiers were [...]
2009-07-17 23:03:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SNAR VE
09CARACAS935GBRV INCENSED OVER LEAKED GAO REPORT
[...] (SBU) International media reports during the week of July 13 referred to a "congressional report", classifying Venezuela as "approaching a narco-state," have raised the ire of the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV). (Note: A GAO report on U.S. - Venezuelan counter-dr [...]
2009-07-20 22:29:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR VE
09CARACAS980VENEZUELA CONDITIONS NORMALIZATION OF RELATIONS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a July 21 press release from the Foreign Ministry the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) said that normalization of relations between Venezuela and the U.S. was conditional on the cessation of criticism, referring specifically to official reports releas [...]
2009-07-28 20:19:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR VE
09CASABLANCA21MEETING WITH CASABLANCA POLICE PREFECT
[...] (U) On February 5th, 2009 Consul General and RSO Casablanca met with Police Prefect Mustapha Mazouni at Casablanca's Prefecture to discuss the security situation in Casablanca. Prefect Mazouni, who requested the meeting, began by outlining his view of the current security climate in Casablan [...]
2009-02-06 17:00:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAGR KIRF MO PGOV SNAR
09CHENGDU169YUNNAN: CHINA'S MAIN COUNTERNARCOTICS BATTLEFIELD SEES
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Narcotics control is making progress in Yunnan Province, the heart of Chinese drug trafficking, a senior provincial official told Consul General, but interdicting imp [...]
2009-08-26 05:39:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PGOV PREL CH
09CHENGDU284BURMA'S CG IN SOUTHWEST CHINA DISCUSSES RISING TRADE,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Burma's Consul General in Kunming, July-August unrest on the border with China's Yunnan province did not significantly affect overall bilateral trade, which continues to increase. Trade between China and Burma increased annually by: 11-18 percent between 2005 and 2 [...]
2009-12-03 07:38:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIALETRD EINV PREL SNAR SENV KTIP CH BM
09CHENGDU293GUIZHOU HUMAN TRAFFICKING TRENDS MIRROR THOSE OF YUNNAN,
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Human trafficking patterns in Guizhou are very similar to neighboring Yunnan province, and are dominated by forced marriages and illegal adoptions, Guizhou Public Secu [...]
2009-12-08 09:46:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR KTIP KWMN CH
09CHENNAI349INDIAN COPS BUST NETWORK TRAFFICKING PRESCRIPTION DRUGS TO
[...] Summary: India's Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has made three arrests in South India as a part of a wider effort to prevent illegal export of controlled pharmaceuticals, primarily to the United States, by so-called "net pharmacies." The NCB's investigation has revealed a network comprised o [...]
2009-12-15 02:52:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ETRD PTER IN
09CHIANGMAI167THAI INTELLIGENCE KEEPS WARY EYE ON BURMA BORDER
[...] (C) Thai intelligence service "Burma Watchers" in northern Thailand do not believe conflict is imminent between the Burma Army and United Wa State Army (UWSA). In their view, the Wa's military and economic strength, the degree of support the Wa enjoy from China, and the regime's hope that it [...]
2009-11-06 10:50:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PINR PREF BM
09CHIANGMAI2CITIZENSHIP MANUAL OUTLINES LEGAL MAZE FACING STATELESS HILL
[...] UNESCO has collaborated with the Thai Government (RTG) and an NGO to publish a Citizenship Manual that will serve as a "how to" guide for government officials and civil society on citizenship procedures among stateless hill tribe minorities. Broadly speaking, a highlander who is born in Thaila [...]
2009-01-06 02:01:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG ELAB PREF PGOV PREL SNAR KWMN TH BM
09CHIANGMAI71BURMA: ETHNIC ARMED GROUPS RETHINKING STRATEGY IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) In the wake of a rumored GoB plan for armed ethnic ceasefire groups to integrate into Burma's security forces as border guards or hand in their weapons altogether, several groups are reportedly contemplating whether to comply. The United Wa State Army is reportedly exploring the option of [...]
2009-06-04 01:33:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS MARR PINR PINS SNAR BM TH
09CHIANGMAI98LOWER NORTH ECONOMIES CONTRACTING; POLITICAL DIVIDES
[...] (SBU) The economy in Phitsanulok remains stable, providing a solid economic foundation for the region, despite the global economic crisis causing many workers to return to the lower north. Although the agricultural sector in the region's economic hub of Phitsanulok is reportedly accommodating [...]
2009-07-13 09:47:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR ECIN EFIN ELAB PGOV SNAR SMIG SOCI TH
09CHISINAU620FY2009 Project Proposals for INL Law Enforcement
[...] Summary: Post believes the best use of FSA/INL funds for law enforcement in Moldova will combine technical and training assistance to strengthen institutional as well as individual capacities. This cable outlines a program for using FY2009 funds to provide an array of projects for the Go [...]
2009-08-07 07:15:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC EAID MD
09CHISINAU988CHISINAU: INCSR 2009-2010 PART 1
[...] (SBU) Embassy Chisinau's submission for the 2009-2010 INCSR Part I follows: Â [...]
2009-12-24 06:29:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR MD
09CIUDADJUAREZ222008 - THE YEAR IN NUMBERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The incidence of violent crime in Ciudad Juarez this past year was high by any standard. There were 1,633 murders in and around Juarez, a figure that represented more than one quarter of all homicides registered in Mexico during 2008, and five times the number recorded in the [...]
2009-01-23 01:24:00Consulate Ciudad JuarezUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV CASC SNAR MX
09COLOMBO1077 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT FOR
[...] Per reftel, below is the 2009/10 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report for Sri Lanka. The INCSR for the Maldives will be transmitted septel. SUMMARY -- 2. Sri Lanka has a relatively small-scale drug problem. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) remains committed to targeting drug [...]
2009-11-27 07:02:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR CE
09CONAKRY102CONAKRY RESPONSE - ASSESSING THE NEED FOR
[...] (U) In response to reftel request, Post submits the following information regarding assessed needs for increased law enforcement and judicial training in Guinea. Post notes that the USG has suspended aid to Guinea, with the exception of humanitarian and democracy assistance, in response to th [...]
2009-02-13 09:14:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR ASEC GV
09CONAKRY131GUINEA - NARCO-TRAFFICKING CRACKDOWN BONANZA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Agents of the Ministry of High Crimes and Anti-Drugs recently moved to arrest several suspected narcotics traffickers, including kingpin Mamady Kallo, Ousmane Conte, the eldest son of former Guinean President Lansana Conte and four high-ranking police officers. The Red Beret [...]
2009-02-27 14:47:00Embassy ConakrySECRET//NOFORNASEC PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM GV
09CONAKRY135CNDD LEADER'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR SUGGESTS SUBSTANCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Sensitive reporting indicates that military junta leader, Moussa Dadis Camara, is drinking heavily and may be abusing drugs. Dadis' recently exhibited erratic behavior and sudden outbursts during recent meetings with the International Contact Group on Guinea suggest that he may b [...]
2009-03-02 16:41:00Embassy ConakrySECRETPGOV PREL SNAR ASEC GV
09CONAKRY138MINISTER OF JUSTICE TALKS ABOUT PROSECUTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 16:02:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR PHUM ASEC GV
09CONAKRY146GUINEA POST-COUP: A POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR 18
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Politics in Guinea continue to be fluid since the coup d'etat on 23 December 2008. Given these circumstances, Post will periodically transmit roundups of significant political and economic events not covered in other reporting. This roundup covers the period between 18 Febru [...]
2009-03-06 13:26:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SNAR ELAB GV
09CONAKRY498CONAKRY - ARREST OF EL HADJ MOUSSA CONTE FOR
[...] (U) The Ministry of Special Services, Anti-Drugs, and Organized Crimes (Ministry of High Crimes),led by Minister Moussa Tiegboro Camara, announced the arrest of Elhadj Moussa Conte on August 20, 2009. Conte, a son of former Guinean President Lansana Conte, is charged with possession of toxi [...]
2009-08-25 16:54:00Embassy ConakryCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PGOV PMIL SNAR GV
09CONAKRY502SUSPECTED FORMER GOG NARCO-TRAFFICKERS POSSIBLY NO
[...] (C) A Ministry of Security source reveals the CNDD,s decision to release and/or not prosecute for narcotics trafficking former ranking leaders of the Ministry of Security under Lansana Conte,s regime. The CNDD does, however, intend to prosecute for narcotics offenses a former founding membe [...]
2009-08-26 14:28:00Embassy ConakrySECRETASEC PGOV PMIL KDEM SNAR GV
09COPENHAGEN490 INCSR - DRAFT REPORT
[...] (SBU) There follows post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Denmark: I. Summary Denmark's relatively central geographic location and status as one of Europe's transportation hubs make it an attractive drug destination and transit cou [...]
2009-11-03 17:45:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL DA
09CURACAO32UNCERTAINTY SURROUNDS CURACAO'S MAY 15 REFERENDUM OUTCOME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polls for Curacao's May 15 referendum on agreements relating to dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles (reftel) are limited, but seem to give the "YES" vote a solid lead. The current governing coalition strongly supports the agreements' provisions for Dutch assistance on Antill [...]
2009-04-23 22:07:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDNA AA NL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR SNAR
09CURACAO38CURACAO'S MAY 15 REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN TIGHTENS
[...] The ruling coalition remains confident of winning Curacao's May 15 referendum on agreements with the Dutch relating to dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles (reftels). While polling here can be unreliable, its May 2 survey of 994 voters showed "YES" maintaining a lead of around 20 percent. [...]
2009-05-14 16:27:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDNA AA NL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR SNAR
09CURACAO40SLIM "YES" WIN IN MAY 15 REFERENDUM SHOWS DIVIDED ISLAND
[...] (U) NARROW MARGIN OF VICTORY: According to preliminary results, the "YES" vote won Friday's referendum with 52 percent of the vote compared to 48 percent for "NO", a narrow margin reflecting divided support for the Netherlands Antilles dissolution agreement (reftels). Turnout was higher than [...]
2009-05-18 15:40:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDNA AA NL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR SNAR
09CURACAO69NETHERLANDS ANTILLES PLANS FOR JANUARY 2010 ELECTIONS, AND
[...] (U)This is an action request (para. 6) 2. (SBU) POLITICAL CALENDAR: The Government of Netherlands Antilles (GONA) has announced that national Parliamentary elections will be held, as required, in January 2010 (ref. A Curacao 000012). The current Parliament expires in March, 2010. PM de J [...]
2009-08-28 20:38:00Consulate CuracaoUNCLASSIFIEDNA AA NL PGOV PREL MARR SNAR
09DAKAR25GUINEA-BISSAU: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] Below is Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control, of the 2008 INSCR for Guinea-Bissau. The text is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. Guinea-Bissau, a tiny impoverished country in West Africa, has evolved into a major transit hub for narcotics trafficking from South America to Europe. [...]
2009-01-08 11:55:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PU SNAR XY
09DAKAR477GUINEA-BISSAU DEFENSE CHIEF DEFENDS ACTIONS AND
[...] (C) Summary: On April 2, PolCouns met with Naval Captain Jose Zamora Induta, the de facto head of the armed forces of Guinea-Bissau. PolCouns expressed U.S. concern regarding the apparently unconstitutional designation of Induta as chief of the armed forces, the recent political violence carr [...]
2009-04-14 19:24:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPU XY PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM KCRM
09DAKAR509ICE-FUNDED FOR BULK CASH SMUGGLING WORKSHOP IN DAKAR,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 08:21:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDECON ABUD EFIN SNAR ID
09DAKAR562CONFIDENCE BUILDING IN GUINEA-BISSAU: CHOD TOLD TO
[...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, Ambassador Bernicat and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates told the head of the [...]
2009-05-05 17:38:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM PU XY
09DAKAR563AMBASSADOR AND DCMA PRESS BISSAU-GUINEAN OFFICIALS
[...] (U) This cable was cleared by U.S. Africa Command Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities Mary Carlin Yates. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, 2009, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Deputy Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) and Ambassador Bernicat led a nine-person delegation to [...]
2009-05-05 17:58:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS SOCI SNAR PU XY
09DARESSALAAM747TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 12:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL TZ
09DHAKA1014BANGLADESH: DRAFT 2009-10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] (U) There was no evidence that Bangladesh was a significant cultivator or producer of narcotics. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) officials charged with controlling and preventing illegal substance trafficking lacked sufficient training, equipment, continuity of leadership, and other resources [...]
2009-11-03 09:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS SNAR IN BM BG
09DHAKA10702009 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR BANGLADESH
[...] In 2009, there were no INL projects in Bangladesh that required end-use monitoring. MORIARTY [...]
2009-11-25 03:34:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN
09DHAKA2382008 END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR BANGLADESH
[...] (U) In 2008, there were no INL projects in Bangladesh that require end-use monitoring. [...]
2009-03-05 07:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN BG
09DHAKA464A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND
[...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...]
2009-05-07 11:50:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG
09DHAKA805FY2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR INL LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 08:52:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BG KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI
09DILI258TIMOR-LESTE: REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010 JIATF WEST
[...] (U) This is an initial request for fiscal year 2010 (FY10) JIATF West support in Timor-Leste, as defined and authorized by the National Defense Authorization Act of 1991 (as amended). 2. (SBU) Timor-Leste is vulnerable to exploitation by transnational criminal organizations due to its ov [...]
2009-09-24 06:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PINS PINR SNAR TT
09DUSHANBE105TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to conclude an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison officers in Afghanistan. Funding will be available upon signing of the next Amended Letter o [...]
2009-01-26 11:36:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE1108EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE
[...] Site Assessments a) On August 11, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. An initial invoice was approved by the Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant as the Contract Offi [...]
2009-09-29 03:41:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE1168TAJIKISTAN: INL JUSTICE SECTOR PROGRAM SUMMARY
[...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office justice sector program aids in the development of a well-functioning justice system. The INL program supports: --the drafting of a modern criminal procedure code (CPC),adopted 10/14 by Tajikistan' [...]
2009-10-21 06:05:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE120TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000 to the International Organization for Migration to fund an anti-trafficking project. Tajikistan has made progress in bringing its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with international standard. Despite the [...]
2009-01-29 03:24:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE1209EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER
[...] Site Assessments a) On October 14 the EXBS Advisor and Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. They resolved several ongoing construction issues. They instructed the contractor to reinforce the inte [...]
2009-11-09 05:25:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE124TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement authorities continued seizing significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed traffickers from Afghanistan. D [...]
2009-01-30 03:33:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TI
09DUSHANBE130TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a merit based promotion because he m [...]
2009-02-02 12:31:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE1336EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER
[...] Site Assessments a) On November 5 the EXBS Advisor, Lead EXBS Program Management Assistant and the EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS funded construction of the calibration laboratory is mov [...]
2009-12-01 06:04:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE1365NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 3,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 3, 2009, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed into law a new criminal procedure code (CPC) that will go into effect on April 1, 2010. It enhances the power of the judiciary and introduces adversarial procedures to Tajik justice system. INL assistanc [...]
2009-12-04 12:16:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE1394TAJIKISTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Other than geographically limited and small-scale hashish cultivation, Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics. It is a major transit country. Significant amounts of opium/heroin are trafficked north from the 1344-km Tajik-Afghan border along the established land-based routes and [...]
2009-12-09 11:03:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE1454DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BENCHMARK REVIEW, JULY - DECEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, INL Dushanbe and DEA Dushanbe participated in an International Working Group (IWG) meeting at the Drug Control Agency (DCA). General Nazarov is exposing his executive staff to donors and DEA, a change in behavior. While donors made up a 23,000 USD shortfall in [...]
2009-12-24 05:51:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE156TAJIKISTAN: JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM GRANT AWARD
[...] Summary: Post requests INL Washington approve and sign a grant for $33,435 to the NGO Child Rights Center to implement a portion of the mission's overall justice reform program. The International Narcotics and Law office Dushanbe solicited proposals for grants to reform the Justice Sector. Th [...]
2009-02-10 03:50:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE228NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...]
2009-02-25 13:51:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI
09DUSHANBE250KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB
[...] Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students in a spi [...]
2009-03-03 13:25:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE302TAJIKISTAN FINALLY TO TRAIN AFGHAN BORDER GUARDS
[...] Summary: After months of deliberation and several public and private pronouncements by President Rahmon, General Gafarov, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for National Security, told INL, EXBS and OSCE officers on March 2 that Tajikistan was prepared to go forward with joint training of Afgha [...]
2009-03-10 13:32:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PGOV AF TI
09DUSHANBE307TAJIKISTAN: TWO TAJIK DCA OFFICERS SHOT AND KILLED IN THE
[...] (SBU) On March 10, 2009, the acting head of the Tajik Drug Control Agency's (DCA) operational department provided a written report to the DEA Dushanbe Country Office regarding the Tajik DCA/Tajik Border Guard joint investigation and the events occurring on February 27-28, 2009. 2. (SB [...]
2009-03-11 11:18:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR TI
09DUSHANBE409GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT
[...] (SBU) ON 03/31/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHI FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT OF THREE NARCOTIC INVESTIGATIONS IN [...]
2009-04-02 05:07:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE418UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) REF: A) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CU [...]
2009-04-07 09:21:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE419GFUI-09-9322/TAJIKISTAN/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE JOINT
[...] (SBU) ON 04/03/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) FOR THE REPUBLIC OF TAJIKISTAN, COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. THE MEETING WAS HELD IN ORDER TO REVIEW THE CURRENT D [...]
2009-04-07 09:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE42 Mission Law Enforcement and Stability Goals
[...] Introduction and Summary: A recent review of the Mission Strategic Plan provides a good snapshot of what we achieved in the last year and our top priorities looking ahead. This is the first in a series of cables to provide a goal by goal look of what Embassy Dushanbe is doing. The Border and La [...]
2009-01-09 04:57:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID MASS PREL KCRM TI
09DUSHANBE449KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students [...]
2009-04-10 13:12:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE476REQUEST OF INFORMATION FROM DEA SOD REGARDING NARCOTICS
[...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DEA ASHGABAT COUNTRY OFFICE (ACO) IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A REGIONAL-RELATED TRAFFICKING PROFILE. THE PROFILE WILL BE USED TO ANALYZE TRAFFICKING INFORMATION DEVELOPED BY THE TURKMENISTAN STATE COUNTER-NARCOTIC [...]
2009-04-16 10:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE477UI-09-0004/WEH1F/MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH SUMMARY
[...] MADAYOMOV, HAYRIDDIN MADINOMOVICH: DESCRIBED AS A TAJIKI NATIONAL; DATE OF BIRTH: 1976; RESIDENT OF THE SHAURABADSKIY REGION, JAMOAT SARI-CHASHMA, SECTOR, KAVOK, TAJIKISTAN. MADAYOMOV WAS WANTED BY THE TAJIK AUTHORITIES IN RELATION TO OTHER DRUG CHARGES. 2. KODIROV, RAJABALI GADOEVICH: [...]
2009-04-16 10:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE488UI-09-0003/WEH1F/SAROV, NOSIR/TELEPHONE TOLL INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) ON 04/21/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE FOR THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),MICHAEL W. BROWN AND SPECIAL AGENT (S/A) WILLIAM T. GUSTAFSON MET WITH THE COUNTER NARCOTICS UNIT CHIEF OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MOI) OF THE GOVERNMENT OF TAJIKISTAN COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV. (THE DCO H [...]
2009-04-24 10:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE52TAJIKISTAN: INL PROJECTS DECEMBER 2008 STATUS UPDATE
[...] Summary: INL Dushanbe border security, policing, anti-crime programs, and justice sector reform projects update for December, 2008. INL Dushanbe provides the following status report on ongoing projects under Assistance Letters of Agreement 5,6,7,8. End summary. Border Security 2. INL [...]
2009-01-13 07:35:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
09DUSHANBE530TAJIKISTAN: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan drug traffickers killed two Drug Control Agency officers and wounded three Border Guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon's Shurabad district. Border Guards killed six Afghan drug traffickers in Shurabad district. The Drug Control Agency reported early 2009 seizure [...]
2009-05-06 11:14:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR TI
09DUSHANBE563GFUI-09-9322/DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE REQUEST FOR AFGHAN
[...] (SBU) On April 29, 2009, The DCO received an official request from the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (TDCA) for assistance in obtaining subscriber and toll data for the following three Afghani telephone numbers: [93] 7797567165, [93] 799146416 and [93] 700508066. [...]
2009-05-08 12:24:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE569UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SAROV, NOSIR-FIRST DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) DURING MARCH 2009, THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO) INITIATED A JOINT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION WITH THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OF TAJIKISTAN (MVD),TARGETING THE NOSIR SAROV DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). THE SAROV DTO IS BASED IN AFGHANISTAN AND TAJIKISTAN. THE MVD HAS IDENTIFIED [...]
2009-05-12 12:44:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE571UI-09-0003/YEH1K/NOSIRI, SARAF- DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE
[...] (SBU) THE DEA DUSHANBE COUNTRY OFFICE (DCO),WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY DUSHANBE, INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT SECTION (INL),HAVE COMBINED RESOURCES TO ENHANCE THE APPLICATION OF TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT IN SUPPORT OF TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS (MVD [...]
2009-05-12 12:54:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE602UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR - TAJIK MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) ON 05/15/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIO [...]
2009-05-21 04:48:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE617TAVILDARA SITREP
[...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]
2009-05-22 12:12:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE619TAVILDARA SITREP
[...] (C) Summary: On May 22, the Regional Security Officer met with the Ministry of Interior's Deputy Chief of Staff following a week of intense rumors about foreign fighters in Tavildara, Tajikistan and the movement of government forces to the area. (See REFTEL) While initially providing the cove [...]
2009-05-22 12:38:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL MARR SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE628UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD),COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO THE JOINT DEA/MVD INTERCEPT INVESTIGATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORI [...]
2009-05-22 19:34:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE668UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR SARAF/TAJIK MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) ON 05/20/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION/UI-09-0003/YEHIK (DTO). 2. (SBU) ON 05/20/09, COL. BUHORIEV OB [...]
2009-06-02 11:54:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE669UI-09-0003/YEH1K/SARAF, HAJI NASIR, TAJIK MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) ON 05/29/09, ACTING COUNTRY ATTACHE (A/CA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH TAJIK MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MVD) COL. MANSUR BUHORIEV PERTAINING TO TELEPHONE TOLL AND SUBSCRIBER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ONGOING WIRE-INTERCEPT OPERATION TARGETING THE HAJI NASIR SARAF DRUG TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION [...]
2009-06-02 12:21:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE723JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS
[...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...]
2009-06-09 04:22:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
09DUSHANBE727EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORT - MAY 2009
[...] Site Assessments a) On May 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Assistants visited Nizniy-Pyanj border crossing to examine the recently installed luggage x-ray equipment at the pedestrian passenger terminal. An end-use review of EXBS donated equipment was also conducted and it wa [...]
2009-06-11 04:43:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE782TAJIKISTAN: MAY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jacobson and Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zarifi signed Amendment 9 to the INL Letter of Agreement which provides almost $9.5 in additional counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan, and a Memorandum of Understandi [...]
2009-06-24 04:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE798EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JUNE
[...] Site Assessments a) To monitor EXBS and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) equipment end-use, and to get information on additional equipment and training needs, the EXBS Advisor, EXBS Program Management Assistant, Director, ODC, and the ODC Program Management Assistant (hereafter the EX [...]
2009-07-01 10:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EAID MNUC PARM PREL KSTC SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE866TAJIKISTAN ASKS FOR ANOTHER BORDER ACADEMY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The First Deputy of the State Committee for National Security requested U.S. assistance to construct a new Border Guard Academy on the grounds of a soon-to-be-handed-over Russian military base near Dushanbe. End summary. 2. (SBU) First Deputy of the State Committee for [...]
2009-07-21 12:11:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM EAID PINR MASS TI
09DUSHANBE886JOINT ODC/EXBS END-USE MONITORING TRIP REPORT
[...] Summary: Monitoring results of U.S. funded communications equipment in Tajikistan are positive. The equipment is being used along the porous Tajik-Afghan border as intended and is being maintained to the highest degree of serviceability. Some issues were identified, but could be easily overco [...]
2009-07-24 10:01:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR EAID MASS ECPS TI
09DUSHANBE900TAJIKISTAN: JUNE 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik border guard wounded and Afghan drug trafficker killed in a skirmish on the border in the southern Khatlon province. Counter Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized 101 kilos of heroin in Sugd. Traffic Police Officers seized 50 kilos of heroin in a [...]
2009-07-27 10:18:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09DUSHANBE970EXBS: TAJIKISTAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JULY
[...] Site Assessments a) On July 15, 2009, the EXBS Advisor and EXBS Program Management Assistant visited the construction site of the Nuclear Radiation Safety Agency (NRSA) laboratory. The EXBS-funded renovation of the laboratory is moving forward and the contractor has made substantial pr [...]
2009-08-17 10:59:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP SNAR TI
09DUSHANBE971TAJIKISTAN: JULY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A clash between government forces and an unknown armed group took place in Nurobod. Results of the first phase of the Poppy 2009 anti-drug operation are summarized. Drug control officers seize a large amount of hashish in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Two Tajiks suspected of sup [...]
2009-08-17 11:02:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
09FREETOWN103JUSTICE QUESTIONS KEMOH SESAY'S INVOLVEMENT WHILE
[...] (C) Summary: Two of the accused in the ongoing cocaine trial had their charges dismissed on March 16, an additional sign that the case is quickly being brought to a close. Civil Aviation employees Badara Allieu Tarawalley and Ebenezer Adetunji Macauley were released based on the lack of evidenc [...]
2009-03-17 18:00:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KJUS SL
09FREETOWN113COCAINE CASE CLOSES: WILL OUR WINDOW OF
[...] (C) Summary: The cocaine case closed on March 23, following final statements from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the defense teams. Justice Browne-Marke adjourned the court, stating that he would reconvene no later than four weeks from now to render his decision. While the def [...]
2009-03-24 17:53:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KJUS SL
09FREETOWN135MARIJUANA CULTIVATION SEEN AS NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 11, a highly-placed security sector source provided Poloff with a classified assessment from the Office of National Security (ONS) on the proliferation of cannabis cultivation. Drafted for the President, the assessment states that Sierra Leone is "gradually emerging as [...]
2009-04-14 15:41:00Embassy FreetownSECRETSNAR PGOV PREL ASEC SL
09FREETOWN146PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENTS ON KOROMA'S STRONG
[...] (SBU) The following paragraphs provide further background information (paras. 2-5) on the Ambassador's meeting with President Koroma on April 15, and proposed press statements for the White House (para. 6) and Department (para. 7),per reftel D. Please note that the draft press statements must [...]
2009-04-16 16:26:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL SNAR SL
09FREETOWN152LANDMARK NARCOTICS CASE ENDS: DEFENDANTS NOT GOING
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sierra Leone's judicial system completed its landmark narcotics case (reftel A) on April 20, finding all defendants guilty. The first case tried using the national Narcotics Control Act of 2008, this creates valuable legal precedent, while also sending a message to na [...]
2009-04-22 15:44:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN154DRUG DESTRUCTION MAY BE FINAL STEP IN COCAINE SAGA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 14:29:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV SL
09FREETOWN209FOREIGN MINISTER ON GUINEA'S "GIFT FROM HEAVEN"
[...] (C) On June 5, CDA and Poloff took advantage of a routine meeting with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura to discuss her views on two key issues impacting Sierra Leone's security: drugs, and Guinea. FoMin expressed some alarm over the threat posed by marijuana cultivation, and then stated her can [...]
2009-06-08 18:32:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR SL GV
09FREETOWN23GIBRILLA KAMARA PAYS COCAINE DEFENSE TEAM BILLS
[...] (S/REL UK) A source from the cocaine defense team disclosed on January 15 that two members of the legal team met with Gibrilla Kamara (aka GK) in Conakry prior to the Guinean coup in December, 2008. The source initially stated that GK was contacted to provide case-related information, but late [...]
2009-01-15 17:38:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNPREL SNAR PINR SL
09FREETOWN270COKE, TOKES, AND INEPT FOLKS: CAN SL STAY TOUGH ON DRUGS?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 15:12:00Embassy FreetownSECRETPGOV PREL SL SNAR
09FREETOWN327U.S. PLANE DETAINED IN SIERRA LEONE AFTER ILLEGAL
[...] (S) At approximately 1800 GMT on August 19, a U.S.-registered plane (N-748AA) illegally landed at Lungi Airport. The airport crew told the aircraft, reportedly a "Kruman 154," that they would have to identify an alternate landing site, since they did not have a landing permit. The plane eventu [...]
2009-08-20 14:55:00Embassy FreetownSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL PINR PBTS SNAR EG UK SL
09FREETOWN328UPDATE ON PLANE LANDING: CONTINUED DETENTION
[...] (S) Summary: Embassy learned at 1930 GMT on August 20 that the eight detained individuals connected to the reftel plane were released by the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) following brief interviews. However, the individuals were then re-detained at 1000 GMT at the orders of the Vice President, and [...]
2009-08-21 12:05:00Embassy FreetownSECRETASEC CASC PGOV PREL PBTS SNAR EG UK SL
09FREETOWN389SIERRA LEONE RAISES ALARM OVER GUINEAN
[...] (S/NF) CDA and Poloff met with a highly-placed intelligence contact on September 30, who stated concerns that narcotics traffickers are exploiting the current instability in Guinea for their own ends. Source said that he had received information that two known Colombian drug traffickers, "CiCi [...]
2009-09-30 16:20:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNPGOV SNAR PINR GV SL
09FREETOWN424CONFIDENCE WANING IN CORRUPT POLICE LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) With the President seemingly placing greater civilian security authority in the hands of the military due to an increase in crime (reftel D),the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is currently facing significant criticism both within and outside of government. Brima Acha Kamara, a hold-over [...]
2009-10-28 10:57:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SNAR SL
09FREETOWN425VICE PRESIDENT MAY BE BOOTED FOR ALLEGEDLY
[...] (C) Vice President Samuel Samsumana has been named as a third party defendant in a civil suit in Perry County, Arkansas. The original suit was filed against the West family of Perry County, who borrowed money to buy equipment to be used in an logging enterprise in Sierra Leone; the Wests in tu [...]
2009-10-28 13:57:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR SNAR SL
09FREETOWN430SIERRA LEONE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Please see the following draft of the Sierra Leone 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, keyed to reftel: 2) Summary Sierra Leone has taken steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and has mounted efforts against drug abuse. I [...]
2009-11-02 15:49:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN462SIERRA LEONE NARCOTICS WRAP-UP, 2009
[...] (C) Summary: Sierra Leone continues to stay invested in the narcotics issue, and attempting to become more pro-active operationally despite resource constraints. International actors, including post, UK/SOCA, and the UN remain sources of support and encouragement, while also advancing our own [...]
2009-11-30 19:05:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PGOV PREL SL
09FREETOWN471SIERRA LEONE STABILITY, PART III: SECURITY SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third in a four-part series (reftels A/B) that highlights risks to Sierra Leone's stability. Given recent events in the sub-region and Sierra Leone's own blighted history, the ability of the security sector to maintain peace is an ongoing, critical concern. While [...]
2009-12-02 17:45:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL PINS SNAR KCOR SL
09FREETOWN65SL PRESIDENT SAYS THIS IS RIGHT TIME TO NAB GK
[...] (C) On February 27, Ambassador met with President Ernest Bai Koroma to discuss pending bilateral issues and relay the new administration's domestic and foreign policy priorities. She was accompanied by DCM and Poloff, and Koroma by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura. Key bilateral and multilateral [...]
2009-02-27 13:10:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM SL
09FREETOWN78KOROMA MAKES PROGRESS ON DRUGS; WE URGE SWIFTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with President Koroma on February 27 to discuss the new administration's policy goals and pending bilateral issues, underlining the President's importance in the region as a bulwark of stability. The meeting was also attended by Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura, DCM, [...]
2009-03-03 17:12:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PHUM MASS SNAR PINR SL
09FREETOWN82OUR CLOSEST ALLIES? MEETING WITH INCOMING BRITISH
[...] (C) Incoming British High Commissioner Ian Hughes paid an office call on the Ambassador February 25. Deputy High Commissioner Rachel Cooper and DCM Glenn Fedzer also attended. The Ambassador discussed President Obama and Secretary Clinton's foreign policy objectives and areas of mutual int [...]
2009-03-04 16:46:00Embassy FreetownSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PREL PGOV UK SL
09FREETOWN85COCAINE CASE NEARLY IMPLODES: PRESIDENT INTERVENES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 5, emboffs learned from a well-placed source within the government that the Attorney General (AG) had secretly secured a deal with the foreign defendants in the cocaine case to grant their release in exchange for USD 2.5 million. According to our knowledge of the deal, the [...]
2009-03-06 15:31:00Embassy FreetownSECRETSNAR PGOV PREL SL
09GABORONE479SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA
[...] (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof Gab [...]
2009-06-15 07:59:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC
09GEORGETOWN157JAGDEO UNREPENTANT AFTER LATEST ANTI-US OUTBURST,
[...] (C) Summary: A day after another set of searing public criticisms of the U.S. Government and its "condescending lectures" on fighting drug trafficking and other issues through its annual reports, an entirely unrepentant President Jagdeo asserted to the Ambassador on March 19 that the tone of t [...]
2009-03-20 19:16:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR GY
09GEORGETOWN231GUYANA SUMMIT REACTION: PRAISE FOR'ENLIGHTENED' APPROACH,
[...] (U) Summary: Initial local media reports reflected President Jagdeo's generally positive comments following CARICOM's meeting with President Obama at the Summit of the Americas in Trinidad April 17-19. The press played up Jagdeo's praise of POTUS's leadership style and apparent willingness to [...]
2009-04-22 20:47:00Embassy GeorgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR GY
09GEORGETOWN418BLAZE AT MINISTRY OF HEALTH IS OUT, BUT NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Testimony in the U.S. trial of a Guyanese drug kingpin,s lawyer alleged that the Minister of Health (and AMCIT) Leslie Ramsammy gave narco-trafficker and death squad leader Shaheed 'Roger' Khan the necessary permission from the GoG to purchase sensitive eavesdropping equipment [...]
2009-07-31 20:51:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALGY PHUM PREL SNAR
09GUADALAJARA238NO SMALL BEER: MICROBREWERY'S MARKETING CAMPAIGN RAISES
[...] Summary: Cerveceria Minerva, a microbrewery in Guadalajara, used a notorious narco-saint as a successful marketing tool, garnering some high profile press. The strategy increased sales, and the new-found success placed the business at odds with an entrenched Mexican beer business. Narco-culture [...]
2009-06-24 22:23:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SNAR ETRD EIND MX
09GUADALAJARA250GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT: "JUSTICE" AND REFORM IN
[...] Summary: Jalisco state incarceration and court case statistics along with concern over current practices expressed by the Jalisco State Human Rights Commission underscore the urgent need for judicial and penal reform. However, the state faces many challenges in its attempt to implement the fe [...]
2009-07-08 17:54:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIEDMX PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID
09GUANGZHOU166CHINA: AMCIT BUSINESS DISPUTE SHAKEDOWNS INCREASING AS
[...] (U) Summary: There appears to have been an increase in the number of business disputes in which American citizens have been forcibly detained until money is paid to obtain the victim's release. We believe the trend is related to worsening economic conditions, and that many cases likely go unre [...]
2009-03-15 08:20:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC ELAB PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM CH
09GUATEMALA1027WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOCUSES ON MERIDA INITIATIVE AND
[...] (SBU) A variety of interlocutors described Guatemala's deteriorating security situation, rampant corruption, and the GoG's struggle against increasing narco-trafficking to WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during a November 18-21 visit. MOD Valenzuela reiterated his support for a professiona [...]
2009-12-17 15:50:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR ECON GT
09GUATEMALA1029Ambassador Brokered Historic First Step in Dialogue Between
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Guatemalan MOD officials exchanged views, November 23, during a first of its kind breakfast the Ambassador hosted in honor of visiting SouthCom Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Ken Keen. The meeting, designed to stimulate dialogue between the mutually distrustful groups [...]
2009-12-18 17:51:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETPGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA1031SOUTHCOM Visit Provides Opportunity to Showcase USG
[...] (C) Summary: USSOUTHCOM's Military Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Ken Keen's visit provided an opportunity to highlight USG assistance in Guatemala while noting areas where the Guatemalans need to improve. The USG-trained Guatemalan military/police joint unit boasts some successfu [...]
2009-12-23 19:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA1035WHA DAS Reynoso's Visit Reaffirms Partnership with Guatemala
[...] (C) Summary: During her December 13-16 visit to Guatemala, WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso met with President Colom, First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom, senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, the press, and the business community. Col [...]
2009-12-24 18:16:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON SNAR PGOV PHUM UN HO GT
09GUATEMALA106UNDER NARCO THREAT, RULE OF LAW COLLAPSING IN COBAN
[...] (C) Confronted by the threat from three narcotrafficking groups, including recently arrived "Zetas" from Mexico, the local Rule of Law (ROL) apparatus in the northern city of Coban is no longer capable of dealing with the most serious kinds of crime. What is happening there is typical of many rural [...]
2009-02-06 10:15:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR EAID KCRM ASEC PHUM PINR MX GT
09GUATEMALA134CICIG CONFRONTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AS CORRUPT
[...] (C) On February 3 a judge released former prosecutor Alvaro Matus on $2000 bail after the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) had raised charges against him for obstructing justice in the murder of Victor Rivera. Matus resigned as the country's Chief Homicide Prosecutor [...]
2009-02-12 16:22:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PINR SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM GT
09GUATEMALA1376Congressman Arrested for Illicit Investment Scandal
[...] On November 26, Former President of Congress Rub????n Dar????o Morales was arrested while attempting to flee from the Congress building. The previous day, the Supreme Court had stripped Morales of his parliamentary immunity for accepting payoffs in return for authorizing illicit investments [...]
2009-12-02 17:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM SNAR KDEM PHUM PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA1418Embassy Guatemala: November 2009 Merida Report
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for November 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (SBU) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Some Embassy programs are still aw [...]
2009-12-10 22:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA147GUATEMALA: ESCALATING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guatemala is experiencing a significant escalation in the level of violent crime throughout the country, including areas in close proximity of the Embassy and Embassy staff residences. In addition to a general increase in the frequency of street assaults and homicides, new wea [...]
2009-02-17 17:38:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC GT KCRM PHUM PTER SNAR
09GUATEMALA162COLOM'S FIRST YEAR HAS SUCCESS IN SOCIAL POLICY,
[...] (C) President Colom's first year in office was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom led the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social inclusion of indig [...]
2009-02-20 11:47:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA17SEEKING TO IMPROVE SECURITY, COLOM REPLACES
[...] (C) On January 7, President Colom named Salvador Gandara to replace Francisco Jimenez as Minister of Government, the position that has responsibility for the police and domestic security. Gandara is a tough and ambitious politician who has earned a reputation as an effective administrator, e [...]
2009-01-09 13:31:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR ASEC PHUM KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA170GOG LEADERS DISCUSS APPLICABILITY OF COLOMBIAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted a meeting February 18 for senior Guatemalan leaders, including Acting President Espada, with Embassy Bogota's NAS Director to discuss the applicability of Colombian lessons to Guatemala's deteriorating security environment. Bogota NAS Director identified political wil [...]
2009-02-24 08:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV ASEC PINR CO GT
09GUATEMALA239RECOMMENDATION THAT USG SUPPORT CICIG MANDATE
[...] (SBU) The two-year mandate of the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) is set to expire in September 2009, and public opinion in Guatemala strongly favors extending it. The Embassy recommends that the USG support extension. CICIG is of pivotal importance to [...]
2009-03-17 07:09:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR EAID PINR PHUM UN GT
09GUATEMALA254SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) President Colom's tenure has been characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom leads the government's efforts to fulfill campaign promises of poverty alleviation and social in [...]
2009-03-18 18:21:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PINR ASEC SNAR EAID GT
09GUATEMALA265GUATEMALAN ECONOMY SUFFERS THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL
[...] SUMMARY: The latest round of economic indicators shows continued deterioration of the Guatemalan economy as a result of the global economic crisis. The Central Bank indicated it would revise downward 2009 economic growth estimates, currently at 3 to 3.5 percent. Remittance flows and internati [...]
2009-03-19 13:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EAID SNAR KJUS PGOV GT
09GUATEMALA289CN TACTICAL RESPONSE TEAM SEIZESS A CESSNA 210 AND
[...] SUMMARY: On March 20, 2009 a host nation Tactical Response Team (TRT) consisting of Guatemalan Counter Narcotics Police (SAIA),Guatemalan military special forces unit GEIR/KAIBIL and DEA agents from the GCO intercepted a drug trafficking group as they attempted to off load a shipment of narco [...]
2009-03-26 14:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
09GUATEMALA298GUATEMALAN POLICE ARREST TEN NARCOTRAFFICKERS
[...] (C) On March 5, the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) arrested ten alleged members, mostly Guatemalans, of the Mexican Zetas (the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel) in response to shootouts that same day between PNC officers and the alleged narcotraffickers. The confrontations between the PNC [...]
2009-03-30 14:57:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA311A/S SHANNON'S MARCH 19-21 VISIT TO GUATEMALA
[...] (C) During his March 19-21 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon met with President Colom, other senior members of government, CICIG Commissioner Castresana, and representatives of civil society, press, and the business sector. Colom said Guatemala's fiscal conservatism would h [...]
2009-04-01 17:11:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETPREL ECON SNAR CVIS PGOV PHUM UN HO ES CU GT
09GUATEMALA45NEW MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT OUTLINES AMBITIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Newly sworn-in Minister of Government Salvador Gandara, with whom the Embassy has long had a good relationship, outlined an ambitious agenda to the Ambassador January 9. He said he planned to increase the tempo and efficiency of police operations, including against major narcot [...]
2009-01-14 16:51:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SNAR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA454SUPREME COURT SELECTION: HIGH STAKES FOR RULE OF
[...] (C) The Guatemalan Congress recently set aside draft legislation that would have cast much needed sunlight on the selection process for the next Supreme Court, which is to be selected not later than October. Congress will soon establish a nominating committee to select the 13 new magistrates [...]
2009-05-13 13:27:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA497ROSENBERG CASE OPENS DOOR TO IMPORTANT RULE OF LAW
[...] (C) Summary: Public opinion, newly focused by the Rosenberg murder on corruption and transparency, created a political opening for the U.S. Embassy, along with the international community, to revive a stalled law to improve transparency in the process of selecting supreme court magistrates. T [...]
2009-05-26 18:26:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT
09GUATEMALA518DAS ROBINSON HIGHLIGHTS NEED TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC
[...] (C) Summary: During his May 18 visit to Guatemala, WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Robinson underscored U.S. support for CICIG's investigation into the assassinations of businessman Khalil Musa and his Amcit daughter Marjorie, and lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg. He urged his interlocutors to de-poli [...]
2009-06-02 15:32:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SNAR PINR ELAB KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA732ATTEMPTED ARREST OF NARCO FAMILY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 21, 2009, DEA agents accompanied Guatemalan military and police units in the execution of search and arrest warrants in Reforma, Zacapa, Guatemala. The warrants were for the arrest of members of the Lorenzana family. No arrests were made. End Summary 2. (U) PRE RAID D [...]
2009-07-30 20:11:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
09GUATEMALA756WHILE STEALING COCAINE, POLICE CONFRONTED BY AG'S
[...] (U) This is a spot report based on late-breaking, initial information that is subject to confirmation. 2. (U) Guatemalan press reported that on August 6 authorities captured 830 (according to DEA sources, 800-830) kilos of cocaine hidden in a semi-trailer truck in a northern part of Guate [...]
2009-08-07 18:26:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR KCRM MOPS PINR GT
09GUATEMALA776SENIOR POLICE FIRED FOR STEALING COCAINE,
[...] (S) On August 7 President Colom ordered the firing of four senior police officers after they were implicated in a partially successful police heist of more than 1000 kilograms of cocaine. The Attorney General's Office is now investigating at least 23 police officers. The Attorney General vis [...]
2009-08-12 23:00:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR KCRM PINR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA780CONGRESS APPROVES JUDICIAL REFORMS ON CICIG'S
[...] (U) On August 4, the Guatemalan Congress passed two measures intended to strengthen the rule of law. Both were requested by the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG); the U.S. and other embassies lobbied hard for their passage. The "Law on Penal Competence in [...]
2009-08-13 22:53:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA884WITH ENCOURAGEMENT FROM THE AMBASSADOR AND CICIG,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom signed into law two important pieces of criminal legislation that had been supported by the international community. The two laws, one for plea-bargaining and one for &high-impact8 courts with additional security measures, would [...]
2009-09-16 18:01:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA899Despite Retaliation Attempts, Guatemalan Prosecutors Put
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the wife of Guatemalan organized crime prosecutor Rony Lopez became the victim of a possible assassination attempt. The Ambassador immediately met with the Attorney General (MP) following the attack and discussed ways to assist the MP in improving security [...]
2009-09-21 21:31:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA9EX-SECURITY CHIEF QUINTANILLA TURNS HIMSELF IN
[...] (C) Controversial ex-Director of Presidential Security Carlos Quintanilla, a longtime friend and campaign financier of President Alvaro Colom, turned himself in to authorities December 22. Now under house arrest and prohibited from leaving the country, Quintanilla faces charges of negligence, [...]
2009-01-06 16:31:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ASEC SNAR GT
09GUATEMALA913Ten Arrested in Rosenberg Murder Case
[...] (S) Summary. Ten men, including three police officers, were arrested as a result of a CICIG investigation into the May murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg. The FBI is assisting with the investigation. The men are currently being held together at Guatemala City's Zone 18 prison, but CICIG [...]
2009-09-28 22:40:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETPGOV PINR SNAR ASEC KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA925CICIG Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Compounding
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) celebrated its two-year anniversary and the approval of another two-year mandate. CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana summarized CICIG's successes, including numerous CICIG-led investigati [...]
2009-10-05 23:23:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS KDEM GT
09GUATEMALA943USG Assistance Positively Impacting Poptun; Playa Grande a
[...] (C) Summary: During field visits to Poptun and Playa Grande in northern Guatemala on September 28 and October 5, EmbOffs and official visitors observed the positive impact of U.S. Special Forces training of the Guatemalan Army's Special Forces Brigade and an elite police unit, and the joint forces [...]
2009-10-21 21:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA955President Calderon Bolsters Ties with Guatemala in Oct 26-27
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 26-27 visit to Guatemala, Mexican President Felipe Calderon discussed a number of initiatives with his Guatemalan counterpart, Alvaro Colom, to better control migration and enhance security along their shared border. The two leaders pledged to reinforce joint eff [...]
2009-10-29 23:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS SNAR SENV ENRG CVIS MX GT
09GUATEMALA969Congress Elects New Executive Board; Pre-Election Jockeying Under Way
[...] (C) On October 27 Congress elected a new Executive Board. Roberto Alejos, of the governing UNE party, was re-elected as President of Congress. Alejos has been helpful to the Embassy, particularly on rule of law reform issues, and we anticipate two more important rule of law reform measures will soo [...]
2009-11-09 19:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR PINR KDEM SOCI GT
09GUATEMALA979A Violent Weekend Underscores the Need for Change
[...] (C) Summary: Guatemala's security situation continues to worsen. In five separate attacks in two days, two prison guards and two police officers were killed, with others injured. A recent poll showed security remains Guatemalans' top concern. Under international pressure, Congress is likel [...]
2009-11-13 19:08:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRET//NOFORNSNAR PGOV KCRM GT
09GUATEMALA983Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public
[...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...]
2009-11-24 15:24:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT
09GUATEMALA99HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CRITICIZE MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 lunch with the Ambassador, human rights defenders criticized President Colom's decision to replace former Minister of Government Jimenez with Salvador Gandara, whom they accused of complicity in social cleansing killings during his tenure as Mayor of Villa Nuev [...]
2009-02-04 16:17:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KJUS KDEM GT
09HANOI1184Vietnam - 2009 International Narcotics Control Strategy
[...] The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2009. Specific actions included: sustained efforts of counternarcotics law enforcement authorities to pursue drug traffickers; increased attention to interagency coordination; continued cooperati [...]
2009-11-05 08:27:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR VM
09HANOI1198U.S. Coast Guards Begins Training the Vietnam Marine Police
[...] (U) Summary. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) kicked off its partnership program with the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP) under the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program by conducting two sessions of the Maritime Law Enforcement Boarding Officer course in Haiphong and Phu [...]
2009-11-06 07:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KNNP MASS VM
09HANOI1374(SBU) PEPFAR supports Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister
[...] (U) Summary. With support from the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),Deputy Prime Minister Trong of Vietnam visited the United States on November 5-14, 2009 to explore medication-assisted therapy (MAT) for heroin addiction, including the manufacturing of methadone. The visi [...]
2009-12-17 11:05:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID SOCI SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI1400(SBU) Vietnam's seventh PEPFAR-supported Methadone Clinic
[...] (U) Summary. The Ministry of Health of Vietnam (MOH) in conjunction with the Hanoi Peoples Committee opened a medication-assisted therapy (MAT) "Methadone Clinic" in Hanoi on World AIDS Day. U.S.-led innovations, such as the provision of MAT (including treatment with methadone which is curren [...]
2009-12-18 10:29:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI312008-2009 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Hanoi's submission for the narcotics section of the 2008-2009 INCSR. 2. (U) Begin INCSR text: Vietnam I. Summary The Government of Vietnam (GVN) continued to make progress in its counternarcotics efforts during 2008. Specific actions included: sustai [...]
2009-01-12 10:36:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR VM
09HANOI578PEPFAR VIETNAM, SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Warm congratulations on your appointment from me and the entire PEPFAR team here at Mission Vietnam. I wanted to personally congratulate you and spend a little time giving you my perspective on what I believe is a somewhat unique component of your PEPFAR community. Before you [...]
2009-06-22 11:28:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PGOV PROP SOCI EAID SNAR KHIV VM
09HANOI64Vietnam-China Border Issues in Lang Son Province
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the recent announcement of the completion of border demarcation between China and Vietnam (Ref A),the DCM visited the Chinese border province of Lang Son January 7 - 8. Provincial officials emphasized expanding trade relations with China while admitting a growing tra [...]
2009-01-23 06:16:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PGOV TIP KWMN KCRM SNAR VM
09HANOI758REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE "COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post proposes the following Vietnamese banking officials, and two alternates, for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement [...]
2009-08-11 10:08:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL SNAR VN
09HANOI862REQUEST FOR LEAHY VETTING TO PARTICIPATE IN "COMPLEX
[...] (SBU) Post proposes the following additional Vietnamese government officials for the Department of State's clearance to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" to be held in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. Four other training candidates have already been su [...]
2009-08-27 09:17:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR PREL SNAR VM
09HANOI956FINAL NOMINATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN "COMPLEX FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Post nominates the following Vietnamese government officials to participate in the training course titled "COMPLEX FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS" to be held in Bangkok from October 5-9, 2009. The visit is funded by the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, Thailand. Both [...]
2009-09-16 03:44:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PINR PTER SNAR VM TH
09HAVANA112CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] General Assessment: There were no significant developments or changes regarding Cuba's policy on anti-money laundering or counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) in 2008. The Government of Cuba (GOC) claims to be in full compliance with international counter-terrorism conventions and to have t [...]
2009-02-19 11:55:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU
09HAVANA172CUBAN MININT'S THOUGHTS ON TRAVEL, LAW
[...] (S) Summary: On 9 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) stationed at the United States Interests Section in Havana, Cuba (USINT) attended a routine working meeting with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officers, including one Cuban Border Guard Colonel [...]
2009-03-17 15:36:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA187KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE AND CUBA EVEN CLOSER
[...] (S) Summary: On 18 March 2009, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of 16 Cuban migrants at Baha de Cabaas. During the repatriation, the DIS spoke at length wit [...]
2009-03-24 16:14:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA210CAUGHT IN THE ACT: AMCIT IN CUBA CAUGHT SMUGGLING
[...] (C) Summary: On 30 March 2009 the American Citizens Services (ACS) unit at the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, received notice from the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations that on 27 March, the Government of Cuba (GOC) took into custody an American Citizen (AMCIT) su [...]
2009-04-09 19:40:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA278U.S. LEGAL TEAM SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTS WITNESS
[...] (SBU) A team made up of prosecutors from the US Attorney's Office from the Southern District of Florida, public defenders assigned to the defendants in two criminal alien smuggling cases, a court reporter, videographer, two interpreters and two DHS/ICE agents traveled to Cuba May 6 to take cou [...]
2009-05-14 18:36:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR ASEC PGOV CU
09HAVANA330USINT HAS FRONT ROW SEAT FOR RAFTER INCIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: On 4 June 2009, United States Interests Section Havana (USINT) personnel witnessed an apparent Cuban migrant raft floating extremely close to the Malecon seawall directly in front of the USINT building. The raft had seven males onboard who refused, at first, to come off the vess [...]
2009-06-05 18:09:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALASEC CU PGOV PREL SMIG SNAR
09HAVANA341FROM THE MOUTH OF MINREX: POSSIBLE INSIGHT INTO
[...] (S//NF) Summary: On 5 June, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a repatriation of sixteen Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to and from the pier, a Cuban Ministry of For [...]
2009-06-09 19:53:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA351CUBAN MINREX SOUNDS OFF - AGAIN
[...] (C//NF) Summary: On 11 June 2009, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the United States Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, attended a repatriation of 14 Cuban migrants at Bahia de Cabanas. During the transit to the migrant receiving pier, DIS enga [...]
2009-06-12 20:38:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA491GOVERNMENT OF CUBA FRUSTRATION INCREASES OVER LACK
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba has spoken with Cuban Ministry of Interior (MININT) officials on multiple occasions, as recently as 4 August 2009, regarding their perceived lack of Government of Jama [...]
2009-08-11 13:32:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA559CHECK PLEASE! GOVERNMENT OF CUBA MAY ACCEPT U.S.
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 3 September 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba, engaged in a candid conversation with a Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) official who provided insight into the possible Govern [...]
2009-09-14 10:36:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HAVANA753CUBA - MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] GENERAL ASSESSMENT: The Government of Cuba (GOC) made no significant changes to its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF) policy in 2009, nor did it publicly report any significant arrests, seizures or prosecutions. One minor regulatory change gave the GOC even mor [...]
2009-12-18 12:05:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR CU
09HAVANA755CUBAN BORDER GUARD'S FEATHERS RUFFLED BY USCG
[...] (C) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Drug Interdiction Specialist (DIS) assigned to the U.S. Interests Section (USINT) in Havana, Cuba attended a 10 December 2009 meeting with the Cuban Ministry of Interior's (MININT) International Relations Directorate (DRIC) and Border Guard (CBG). The [...]
2009-12-18 18:39:00US Interests Section HavanaSECRETSNAR PREL SMIG PGOV CU ASEC
09HELSINKI429FINLAND: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 14:46:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM FI
09HONGKONG2025HONG KONG 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate rou [...]
2009-11-03 09:08:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HK
09HONGKONG212FY2008 SUMMARY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING BY
[...] (SBU) Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. To this end, during FY 2008, USG security officials stationed at AmConGen Hong Kong organized and/or funded training programs for 69 police officers, 79 customs officials, and five othe [...]
2009-02-04 10:39:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR PINS ASEC TW CH HK
09HONGKONG2148USG-SPONSORED LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY BUILDING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Law enforcement cooperation and capacity building in Hong Kong and Macau are top priorities in Post's Mission Strategic Plan. This cable highlights the active efforts by Post's eight resident law enforcement agencies during Fiscal Year (FY) 2009. Post coordinated and/or funded [...]
2009-11-23 07:57:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR PINS OEXC KCRM PREL TW CH MC HK
09HONGKONG62HONG KONG 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) is not a major transshipment point for illicit drugs destined for the international market. Some narcotics shipments do transit Hong Kong's high volume port, but its efficient law enforcement efforts, the availability of alternate [...]
2009-01-09 09:59:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR HK
09ISLAMABAD1375ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 04:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
09ISLAMABAD1377 ACTION REQUEST FOR SUBSCRIBER, TOLLS AND
[...] (SBU) ON JUNE 16, 2009, SA JOSEPH LABENBURG RECEIVED A LIST OF INTERNATIONAL PHONE NUMBERS FROM THE PAKISTAN ANTI NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (ANF/SIC) CONCERNING HAJI MIR AHMAD KHAN. KHAN IS THE MAIN CONSPIRATOR LINKED TO THE FOURTEEN (14) METRIC TON ACETIC ANHYDRIDE SEIZURE (X [...]
2009-06-23 05:42:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR
09ISLAMABAD1969 OPERATION TRITON/GFXZ-09-8004/PAKISTAN CONTAINERS DESTINED
[...] (SBU) ON 08/17/09, DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) ACTING COUNTRY ATTACH (ACA) MICHAEL W. BROWN MET WITH A HIGH RANKING PAKISTAN CUSTOMS OFFICIAL CONCERNING TWO CONTAINERIZED FABRIC CONSIGNMENTS WHICH DEPARTED THE SEAPORT IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN, DURING THE END OF JULY AND THE BEGINNING OF A [...]
2009-08-19 06:43:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR DEAX TI
09ISLAMABAD2008 GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...]
2009-08-24 09:59:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2014 GFXZ-08-9180/MULLAH YUSEF DTO INTEL PASSED TO PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 18, 2009, SPECIAL AGENT (SA) JOSEPH LABENBURG BRIEFED PAKISTAN CUSTOMS-PREVENTIVE, SOUTHERN ZONE, KARACHI, PAKISTAN, WITH THE FOLLOWING INTELLIGENCE ON MULTI-TON HASHISH TRAFFICKER MULLAH YUSEF. THIS INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING WILL ASSIST PAKISTAN CUSTOMS PREVENTIVE WITH AN ONGOING [...]
2009-08-25 01:38:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2052 GFXZ-09-9180/JOINT DEA ISLAMABAD CO/ DEA NEW YORK FIELD
[...] (SBU) REF. (A),(B): ON AUGUST 25, 2009, THE DEA ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA NEW YORK FIELD DIVISION ORGANIZED CRIME DRUG ENFORCEMENT STRIKE FORCE, GROUP Z-53 GROUP SUPERVISOR PATRICK J. HAMLETTE, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TARGETING THE TRAFFICKING ACTIVI [...]
2009-08-27 10:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR DEAX TI
09ISLAMABAD2160 XZ-09-0004 / YEH1K / NAWAB, ARSHAD - INTERCEPTED
[...] (SBU) THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PAKISTAN ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT (ANF/SIU) HAS AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO THE ARSHAD NAWAB POLYDRUG/PRECURSOR CHEMICAL (HEROIN, HASHISH, ACETIC ANHYDRIDE) TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATION. IN MARCH 2009, THE MAI [...]
2009-09-08 12:54:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2199 RE-09-0010 / WGC1R / LOPEZ, JAMES. DEA ISLAMABAD CO
[...] (SBU) REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE ELECTRONIC MAIL (EMAIL) CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SA JOHNSON, ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) AND SA BRENDA MCINOTOSH AND SA JACK WILSON OF THE SEATTLE DIVISION OFFICE (SDO). THE EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE PERTAINED TO AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE SDO REGARDING THE AFOREMENT [...]
2009-09-11 11:12:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2250 GFXZ-09-9180 / DEA ISLAMABAD CO RESPONSE TO DEA/SOD
[...] (SBU) ON MAY 30, 2009, THE ISLAMABAD COUNTRY OFFICE (ICO) RECEIVED AN ACTION REQUEST FROM THE DEA SPECIAL OPERATIONS DIVISION (SOD) REGARDING THE AFOREMENTIONED CASE FILE TITLE(S). THE ICO HAS PROVIDED SEVERAL OFFICIAL LETTERS TO THE ANTI-NARCOTICS FORCE/ SPECIAL INVESTIGATION CELL (SIC) REQUE [...]
2009-09-16 12:51:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2279 NON-INJURY ACCIDENT INVOLVING OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT VEHICLE
[...] (U) ON 9-18-2009, OGV T-06-0022A, DRIVEN BY ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR (ARD) JOHN A. F. DUDLEY, WAS STATIONARY, FACING EAST ON AGHA KHAN ROAD, SECTOR F-6/4, IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN, WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY A MOTORCYCLE BEARING PAKISTAN LICENSE PLATE MM-234. THE OPERATOR OF THE MOTORC [...]
2009-09-18 09:49:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX SNAR TI
09ISLAMABAD2288PRIME MINISTER GILANI OUTLINES GOP PLANS ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: In an hour-long meeting September 18, Prime Minister Gilani said the Malakand campaign against extremist groups is 70 percent completed. He emphasized the need to undertake reconstruction and rehabilitation in the region, not only to help the population there but also to convi [...]
2009-09-20 09:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PTER PREL SNAR PINS PREF AMGT PHUM
09ISLAMABAD2384UPDATE ON DISPLACEMENT, RETURN, ASSISTANCE, AND
[...] (U) Summary and introduction: According to the Government of Pakistan, approximately 1.85 million of the roughly 2.7 million displaced Pakistanis (69 percent) had returned to their areas of origin as of September 25. Ongoing military operations to clear remaining pockets of insurgent resistan [...]
2009-10-03 07:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL EAID MOPS SNAR PK
09ISLAMABAD25Pakistan: 2009 INCSR Submission, Part I - Narcotics and
[...] (U) Pakistan is on the frontline of the war against drugs as a major transit country for opiates and hashish from and precursor chemicals to neighboring Afghanistan. In 2008, Pakistani forces have engaged the militants along the border with Afghanistan, particularly in the Bajaur Agency of th [...]
2009-01-05 13:27:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM PK
09ISLAMABAD2799POST RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING ON CFT CAPABILITIES
[...] (C/NF) Mission Islamabad provides the following response to Ref A request for information on the Mission's resources and for staff combating terrorist financing in Pakistan. 2. (C//NF) Embassy Islamabad has dedicated the following resources to terrorism finance issues, at least part-time. I [...]
2009-11-19 13:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SNAR PK
09ISTANBUL137IRAN/NARCOTICS: ENGAGING IRAN ON COUNTER-NARCOTIC ISSUES IN TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-10 11:57:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PINS PREL SNAR TU
Pages 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1'000 rows / 8'260 results

This work is licensed under a creative common licence creative commons image creative commons another image